Chen Chunhua really just came for a stroll, she brought nothing and took nothing away. Zhong Hui, however, walked her to the village entrance and chatted with her about what had happened in the past two years.
"From what you said, Lao Wu can be considered a good thing after the bad bamboo has grown?"
Chen Chunhua smiled and looked at Zhong Hui, who pulled the corners of her lips and smiled bitterly.
Okay? Compared to the other two men in the Shen family, it is of course much better. In fact, Shen Qiusheng is often considered a very obedient husband.
He would not fight with Zhong Hui. If necessary, under Zhong Hui's command, he would go out and fight with Shen Laicai and Shen Xiasheng.
But this man, apart from his good looks, really had no future. He hid behind Zhong Hui in everything. He would not speak up unless his wife spoke up. Even if his wife spoke up, he would repeat it twice before going out to do things under Zhong Hui's name.
Zhong Hui actually had a very tiring life. She had to make all the decisions on trivial matters by herself. When the family was divided, the two old people followed them, but she didn't care at first.
She was not someone who didn't know propriety, righteousness, integrity, and filial piety. Since she was married to Shen Qiusheng, it was her responsibility to take care of the elderly. Besides, they were not very old, they were all able to work, and the family could always live a good life by working together.
Unfortunately, she overestimated Shen Laicai, the troublemaker.
After his two sons had started their own families, he suddenly felt that his life mission was complete. After the family division, he stopped going to the village to work, saying that he felt unwell and needed to stay at home.
Qian Lai'er doesn't work, and she does all the housework, big and small, at home.
There are four people in the family and two of them can’t even finish eating. The pressure on the young couple is instantly huge, but it’s okay. If they budget carefully, they can still make ends meet.
As a result, Chen Laicai was still not at peace after his retirement. He would wander around outside the village when he had free time. He didn't know when he got addicted to gambling last year. He couldn't win, so he came back every few days to ask her for money.
She had just given birth and was still in confinement. How could she get the money if she didn't work?
When she said she had no money, Shen Laicai thought she was unwilling to give it, and started to beat her, saying things like "If you don't have money, go back to your parents' home and ask for it. People in the city have money!" He didn't care that she was his daughter-in-law who had just given birth.
That day, Shen Qiusheng happened to be out to pick up her parents, so they weren't there. When Shen Qiusheng returned with his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Zhong Hui was already standing on the village bridge, holding her child, ready to jump.
Zhong Hui's parents were furious and didn't care about being polite or not. One of them picked up a stone and the other found a branch and rushed to fight Shen Laicai. In addition, Shen Qiusheng helped to hold Shen Laicai down, and he was indeed beaten to a bloody mess.
Zhong Hui and her mother hugged each other and cried. Zhong's mother asked her if she wanted to divorce, but after the divorce, what next?
She is an educated youth who was sent down to the countryside. She cannot leave the farm. How can she live with her child alone?
Besides, this matter was mainly about Shen Laicai and had little to do with Shen Qiu Sheng. Shen Qiu Sheng had taken very good care of her during that period. Looking at her son who was not even a month old in the cradle, she didn't want to leave.
So in the end, after the confinement period, Zhong Hui asked her parents to take the child away. It was impossible to raise a good child in such an environment.
Although Shen Qiusheng was reluctant to leave his child, he knew that his wife's approach was right. After all, his mother-in-law's house was too far away. At worst, he could go visit her every month.
After being beaten, Shen Laicai rested for half a month and never dared to hit Zhong Hui again. Instead, he took out his anger on Qian Laier. Sometimes he would also hit Qi Xiuyun and Qi Xiuyun's daughter.
When her daughter was beaten, Qi Xiuyun would rush over to take the beating, but she had no ability to resist and would not talk to Zhong Hui. However, Qian Laier looked at Zhong Hui with increasingly hostile eyes, believing that it was all because of Zhong Hui that she had been beaten so often recently.
Zhong Hui didn't take good care of herself during her postpartum confinement and often suffered from headaches and back pain. Looking at the old couple made her even more upset.
She regretted countless times why she married Shen Qiu Sheng, but would sigh and say forget it in the face of Shen Qiu Sheng's flattering smile, at least he was okay.
Chen Chunhua felt that the reason why Shen Qiusheng was better than Shen Laicai and Shen Xiasheng was probably because he was younger and had seen more retribution before he had formed his values.
When Chen Xiahua destroyed the Shen family, Chen Qiusheng was only 8 years old. When Lin Guoqing came to marry Chen Chunhua, Chen Qiusheng was only 13 years old.
And later Shen Donghua ran away.
It is said that this is what Zhong Hui said now, and Zhong Hui also heard it from Shen Qiusheng.
It is said that Zhu Laosan and his son both paid a deposit of 20 yuan. After hearing that Shen Donghua had run away, they believed that the Shen family was playing a trick on them, so they brought people to the house and smashed it. Not only did they ask for the 20 yuan back, they also refused to compensate them for the broken tables and chairs.
Shen Laicai suffered heavy losses and didn't have the energy to vent his anger on Qian Laier, because he was also beaten black and blue and had no strength left.
Every time the Shen family was about to be smashed, Shen Qiusheng would hide far away. At first, it was because he was small and others didn't notice him, but later he was smart and had no reason to join in the fun.
It was also because of this that he avoided being beaten and developed the habit of not hitting women for no reason. This kind of thing will definitely bring retribution.
After hearing Chen Chunhua's explanation, Zhong Hui burst into laughter. "You're right. If he dares to hit me, I'll stab him to death with a knife!"
She looked at Chen Chunhua and sighed again.
"If this family wasn't so... terrible, we might have become a model sister-in-law. What a pity..."
Unfortunately, Chen Chunhua didn't want to have anything to do with this family at all. She would not come back if she could. This was the first time they had spoken to each other in the two years since she got married. She felt that this lady was quite compatible with her temperament.
"Hey, what's there to do as sister-in-law?" Chen Chunhua waved her hands dismissively. "That means we have to be connected to this family. We might as well be friends!"
Chen Chunhua knew that the educated youth who had gone to the countryside would be able to return to the city the following year. If her information was correct, Zhong Hui seemed to have divorced and returned to the city by then.
The child was supposed to be sent back home, but Zhong Hui's parents, having raised their grandson for two years and already grown attached to him, couldn't bear to part with him. Using numerous connections, they managed to keep him in the city. The child's surname was even changed. However, it seems that Zhong Hui never remarried, raising the child alone and emigrating around the turn of the millennium.
The one who suffered the most was probably Shen Qiusheng, who lost his wife and children and still had to support his parents.
His father's reputation as an unreliable person had spread far and wide, and not even a widow nearby wanted to marry him. He would basically be a bachelor for the rest of his life.
Chen Chunhua didn't know what this life would be like, but,
"If you're free in the future, you can come visit Sihe Village," Chen Chunhua smiled and winked. "As long as you don't come to me because of something bad here like Jin Fengxian did, I will definitely treat you with sugar and tea."
Zhong Hui also smiled and said, "Of course not. I'm fed up with this place."
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