[Host, wake up quickly. The matchmaker that Sheng Zexi found is here. If you don't wake up, she will leave. How can you marry Sheng Zexi and have a baby with him?]
Gu Jianing felt extremely cold all over, as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and even his soul was trembling.
My head was aching badly, and the long and tragic memories of my past life kept flooding back.
She fell in love with a scumbag, was used by him, missed the true lover, became infertile, her family was broken up, and she died in a fire.
Hatred and regret filled my heart, but my eyelids felt heavy, as if they were filled with lead. I wanted to open them, but I couldn't.
The mechanical voice in her head was urging her to wake up, and there were all kinds of noisy sounds around her.
"Little sister, wake up. As long as you can wake up, don't even mention work. I will agree to whatever you want."
"Why did the daughter of the old Gu family jump into the river? In the middle of winter, even if she didn't drown, she would have frozen to death. What a sin."
"What else could it be? It must be because of Wen Zhiqing. Everyone in Huaihua Village knows how much trouble Gu Jianing has gone through just for Wen Zhiqing."
At this time, an old lady dressed like a matchmaker, wearing a red flower on her head and holding a red handkerchief in her hand, squeezed in.
He first glanced at the unconscious Gu Jianing, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Sister, it seems that you know the inside story. Tell me about it."
The aunt, who was originally talking excitedly, immediately thought of something when she saw that it was a strange elder sister dressed as a matchmaker.
Seeing the expectant looks of the people around him, he immediately said proudly, "Of course I know, I live next door to the old Gu family."
She lowered her voice a little, "Yesterday, the eldest son of the Gu family passed the exam to become a clerk in the steel plant. Gu Jianing wanted the eldest son of the Gu family to give the job to Wen Zhiqing, but unfortunately, her sister-in-law disagreed. So, Gu Jianing jumped into the river."
"Oh, so that's how it is."
"The old Gu family has always favored Gu Jianing. Look at how sad and guilty the eldest of the Gu family is. When Gu Jianing wakes up, this job will definitely be given away."
"So, this Gu Jianing likes that Wen Zhiqing?" asked the matchmaker.
"That's for sure. Everyone in Huaihua Village knows about this."
The matchmaker stopped asking questions and couldn't help but sigh when she thought about the purpose of her visit today.
This flower is already taken, so this can't be done.
Just as she turned around and was about to leave, a cold hand suddenly grabbed her calf tightly, which scared her.
She turned around and saw that Gu Jianing, who was originally unconscious, had opened his eyes at some point.
"Little sister, you're awake!"
"Finally woke up, great!"
The matchmaker looked at the little girl at this time, who was wet all over, wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket of her elder brother, with messy hair and pale face. She looked so miserable, yet still so stunningly beautiful, with an oval face, willow-shaped eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, delicate and charming. At this time, her almond-shaped eyes were watery, and one glance at her made people feel pity for her.
To be honest, she had introduced many marriages and had seen quite a few girls in the city, but she had never seen one as beautiful as this one.
No wonder Sheng Zexi, who was an officer in the Northwest Military Region, came all the way here to find her as a matchmaker.
Which boy wouldn’t be moved by the girl’s look?
The matchmaker looked up and saw the little girl, with a pair of watery almond eyes that seemed to be full of stubbornness.
"Yes, it was Sheng Zexi who asked you to come to my house." The little girl's voice was a little weak, but delicate and sweet, as if it was mixed with honey.
"Is he going to meet me?"
After she finished speaking, she took a long breath, as if those two sentences had consumed all her energy at the moment.
"Yes." The matchmaker nodded, feeling very surprised. How did this girl know that it was Officer Sheng who asked her to propose marriage?
"If that's the case, I agree."
"Little sister, why do you care whether we meet or not? Big brother will take you home." Gu Yunting picked her up sideways, squeezed through the crowd, and trotted home.
Qingjun's face was tense and he was mumbling in panic, trying to comfort Gu Jianing.
"Little sister, let's go home and take a shower and change clothes. We can talk about anything."
"As long as you don't do anything stupid, you don't have to work."
"You can give it to Wen Zhiqing, Zhang Zhiqing, or anyone else."
“…”
Gu Yunting's anxiety, panic and concern were all seen by Gu Jianing in his arms. Two lines of tears fell silently. In his previous life, after she jumped into the river, her eldest brother compromised and gave the job to Wen Zhuqing. This also laid the fuse for the quarrel between her eldest brother and sister-in-law in the second half of their lives. It seemed that after this, her eldest brother's luck was gone. The smart and business-minded eldest brother failed in everything he did, lived a mediocre life, and became a resentful couple with his eldest sister-in-law.
Halfway through the journey, other members of the Gu family came from the fields, the village committee and home after hearing the news.
"Hurry, take it home."
As soon as she entered the house, the hostess Yao Chunhua forced herself to calm down, opened Gu Jianing's closet, took out clothes and towels, and said, "Boss, put Ning girl on her bed, I'll change her clothes, you go and boil some water, she needs to take a bath later."
Father Gu glanced at his sober but wet and disheveled daughter, turned around and walked out quickly, "I'll go get Old Zhang."
Old Zhang, the village doctor of Huaihua Village, is afraid that people who fall into the water will develop a high fever.
Sister-in-law Yang Manman looked at her delicate sister-in-law with a pale face and wet hair. She knew her sister-in-law's purpose for jumping into the river, but she couldn't get over her conscience and stamped her feet, "Mom, I'll go make ginger tea for my sister to warm her body."
The second son, Gu Yunnan, took out the hens in the chicken coop that he had originally planned to kill a few days later and killed them.
The third brother, Gu Yunzhou, looked at the closed door of his younger sister's room, and seeing that he could not help her, he turned around and walked out, secretly clenching his fists. The younger sister must have been bewitched by Wen Zhiqing to jump into the river, and that guy must be taught a lesson.
Gu Jianing was forced by her mother to change her wet clothes, dry her body, put on dry clothes, and drink the ginger tea brought by her sister-in-law.
"It's winter, the river water is enough to freeze people to death, and you are the only one who jumped in without knowing the consequences."
"Hurry up and drink the ginger tea to get rid of the cold. When the water boils, take a hot bath. Your second brother has killed a chicken, so have a bowl of chicken soup. Go call Old Zhang to see why he hasn't come yet." Yao Chunhua touched Gu Jianing's forehead with her rough hands. "I'm afraid you'll have a high fever."
"Coming, coming." As if hearing the old woman's urging, Old Man Gu trotted in with Old Zhang.
Old Zhang took Gu Jianing's pulse and prescribed some Chinese medicine before leaving.
Yang Manman, "I'll go make the medicine."
The eldest brother came in with a bucket of hot water, pulled out a large wooden barrel beside him, poured it in, and added some cold water, "Take a hot bath first."
When Gu Jianing finished her bath and her mother wrapped her in a quilt, her second brother Gu Yunnan came in with a bowl of steaming chicken soup.
The steam rising from the chicken soup blurred Gu Jianing's eyes. She remembered that at this time, her second sister-in-law was in confinement after giving birth, and the chicken was to be left for her to eat. But now...
Gu Jianing raised her eyes and stared at her family members who were full of anxiety and worry, without any remorse towards her. At this moment, the suppressed emotions from past and present lives surged out like a tide. She hugged her mother and cried loudly, "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry, I was wrong, it's all my fault..."
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