On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 1983, it was the Dragon Boat Festival. Every household was celebrating this annual festival with joy. However, in Yang Tianzhu's home in Yangshu Village, the scene was one of crying daughter and wiping mother's tears.
Just an hour ago, Yang Tianzhu's second sister Yang Niannian had just jumped into the river to commit suicide, but fortunately she was rescued by the village chief's eldest son and escaped.
Huang Guihua grabbed her second daughter's hand, completely ignoring her tearful pleas as she had just woken up from a suicide attempt.
"Niannian, I'm going to kneel down and beg you, okay? Just agree to marry Lu Shishen! Although he's not a college student, he's a soldier with a stable job. If you marry him, your life will definitely be better in the future, and you won't have to suffer."
Yang Niannian saw that Huang Guihua was still trying hard to persuade her to marry Lu Shishen, and she suddenly burst into tears.
"Mom, I am your daughter, and I am also your daughter. Aren't you being too partial by doing this?"
Before Huang Guihua could say anything, Yang Tianzhu spoke up first, "Niannian, do you really want our mother to kneel down and beg you? Our father passed away early, and it was not easy for our mother to raise us alone. Lu Shishen has a stable job, and you will not starve if you marry him. How can our mother and I harm you?"
Yang Niannian wiped away her tears and sneered, "Lu Shishen is so good, why don't you let me marry him? The person he was originally going to marry was me, wasn't he?"
Yang Niannian suddenly felt that the tears she had just shed were not worth it.
In fact, she was not Yang Tianzhu's sister at all. The real Yang Niannian had drowned when she jumped into the river.
She was a female college student in the 21st century, also named Yang Niannian. It was Friday, and she was playing games all night. She lost ten games in a row, and she was so angry that her chest ached. Her eyes turned black and she traveled here.
She has the memory of this body in her mind and knows the reason why the original owner jumped into the river. She can only say that she feels sorry for the original owner.
Huang Guihua married two husbands. She gave birth to Yang Tianzhu and Yang Huiying with her first husband. Her husband died shortly after her daughter was born, so she married her second husband with her child and gave birth to Yang Niannian.
Due to the poor family conditions, Yang Tianzhu was not allowed to go to school and was forced to stay at home to do farm work. He always resented his stepfather because of this.
When Yang Niannian was thirteen years old, Huang Guihua's second husband also died. She did not remarry and raised three children alone.
Huang Guihua favors her eldest daughter and son, and loves Yang Niannian the least. However, the daughter she loves the least is the more sensible and filial she is. Huang Guihua said that she could not afford to send two children to school, so Yang Niannian took the initiative to drop out of school and work at home to earn money to support her sister's studies.
After the college entrance examination, my sister had not received an admission notice and thought she had failed. Coincidentally, a matchmaker introduced Yang Huiying to Lu Shishen. Because the man was a soldier and could not return for the time being, they looked at each other's photos and were very satisfied with each other, so the marriage was settled.
Because the man was temporarily busy and could not come back, his family gave him 20 yuan as an engagement fee. 20 yuan is the price of a cup of milk tea in the 21st century, but in this era, it is the expenses of an ordinary family for half a year. It is said that the man is a company commander in the army, young and promising with great potential for advancement. Since the engagement, everyone who meets Yang Huiying praises her for being blessed.
Who would have thought that less than a month after getting engaged, Yang Huiying suddenly received a college admission letter. The man's family was very happy when they heard about it, and they specially sent her 50 yuan, saying that they were willing to support Yang Huiying through college. It should have been a happy thing for everyone, but who would have thought that Yang Huiying changed her mind just one year after school started.
Not only were they dating at school, but the person they were dating was Yang Niannian's boyfriend. This was enough to make Yang Niannian despair. Huang Guihua couldn't come up with the money for divorce, so she suddenly had an idea and let Yang Niannian marry him instead of Yang Huiying.
Yang Niannian couldn't accept it all at once, her faith collapsed, and in a fit of rage she jumped into the river and committed suicide, leading to the current scene.
Now their family has become the laughing stock of the whole village.
Seeing that she was unmoved, Yang Tianzhu said with a dark face, "Even if Huiying were to marry Lu Shishen, Fang Hengfei would not marry you. He is a college student now and has a bright future. How could he possibly marry you? He and Huiying are a perfect match."
"I have given up on Fang Hengfei. A man who changes his mind easily is not a good guy, and I don't like him. I don't want to marry in place of Yang Huiying." Why should Yang Huiying live a good life while she has to clean up the mess?
In her previous life, her parents treated her like the apple of their eye. She had never suffered such an injustice. Thinking of her parents, Yang Niannian's eyes turned red. She didn't know whether her parents could bear the blow of her death.
Yang Tianzhu snorted coldly, "I'm telling you the truth! It's useless for you to disagree with this. Our mother has already sent your household registration booklet to Lu Shishen to get your marriage certificate. You are husband and wife now. Military marriage cannot be divorced. Just accept your fate!"
He and Yang Huiying are biological siblings with the same father and mother, and their relationship is deeper. Because when his stepfather was alive, he treated Yang Niannian better than he and Yang Huiying, so he has always been hostile to Yang Niannian, feeling that they are not born by the same father and that Yang Niannian is not close to him.
It was also because of this that the Lu family was worried that Yang Huiying would become wild in the future, so when they proposed to get the marriage certificate first, he and Yang Huiying came up with this idea.
If they cancel the engagement, they will have to pay back the money, but they are penniless and have no money to pay back.
Yang Niannian was stunned for a moment and looked at Huang Guihua, "Is what he said true?"
In fact, she could tell from Yang Tianzhu's expression that Yang Tianzhu was not lying, but she still held a glimmer of hope for her original self.
Huang Guihua wiped her tears and sobbed, "Niannian, I am sorry for you. I know you are a sensible and obedient daughter. Can you be obedient again? As long as you live a down-to-earth life with Lu Shishen, he will definitely treat you well."
Yang Niannian pursed her lips and said nothing. She just felt her heart chilled.
Military marriages cannot be divorced. Yang Tianzhu was not trying to scare her. This was the truth.
In other words, she and Lu Shishen, whom she has never met, are now husband and wife?
For Yang Niannian in the 21st century, this news was truly shocking.
"Niannian, Nian Nian, don't scare your mother, say something." Seeing that she didn't say anything, Huang Guihua shook Yang Niannian's arm anxiously.
The Lu family has given their family more than one hundred yuan in total. If the second daughter is depressed and commits suicide, she really won't be able to pay the money back, and she will also lose a daughter.
Although she favors her son and eldest daughter, she also has feelings for her youngest daughter.
Yang Niannian laughed coldly, "Mom, I am willing to marry you, but listen carefully, once I step out of this door, I will never come back. Even if I die outside in the future, it has nothing to do with you. Similarly, I don't care how you live in the future."
If a military marriage cannot be divorced, then just grit your teeth and live with it.
Yang Niannian admired soldiers in her previous life. She didn’t want to get married before because she didn’t want to clean up the mess for Yang Huiying. Besides, she had never met Lu Shishen, and they had no feelings for each other. She didn’t even know what this man looked like.
Fortunately, he is a soldier after all, and his character must be good. Yang Huiying has a picky eye, and a man she agrees to get engaged to after just looking at his photo must not be too bad.