Chapter 31
Except for Zhai Jinbao, all the other people who came were well-dressed and looked out of place in Fenglin Village.
Ruan Jinguo found chairs for them and asked them to sit down, which was very thoughtful.
"Secretary Zhuang, why are you here?" Jiang Huanming tried to remain calm and act as if nothing had happened.
Secretary Zhuang spread his hands, took the water that Ruan Zhenli poured for him, and took a sip.
Ruan Wenwen's face was unusually pale, but because the two slaps were so powerful, her cheeks were particularly red and burning with pain.
She was about to fall and motioned for Jiang Guo to support her.
But Jiang Guo didn't come forward. Looking as if he couldn't take responsibility, he shrank beside Jiang Cheng, staring at the scene stupidly.
"Wenwen, don't cry. If there is anything, your father and I will take care of it for you." Chen Liping said this, and her eyes looked at Ruan Jinguo with a hint of blame. "Today is Wenwen's big day. It only happens once in a lifetime. Why did you call these insignificant people over?"
Secretary Zhuang frowned.
Ruan Zhenli laughed dryly and said to Secretary Zhuang: "Liping doesn't mean that. You are Huanming's leader, so you are definitely not an insignificant person."
Secretary Zhuang nodded indifferently, but was thinking in his heart, Ruan Zhenli and Chen Liping are also well-known figures, why did they get involved in this mess?
"The evidence is right here. Who's going to speak first?" Ruan Jinguo looked at Zhai Jinbao and tapped him with his chin. "Didn't you say you were busy going back to work? Come on."
Upon hearing this, Zhai Jinbao stood up.
It can be seen that he has been living a good life recently. He just had his hair cut, his clothes are not patched, and his face is rosy.
Ruan Wenwen's legs felt weak and she wanted to speak to stop him, but Meng Jinyu had already walked up to her.
As soon as she met Meng Jinyu's eyes, she shrank back in fear, fearing that another slap would fall on her cheek.
"Didn't the Jiang family's third branch want to send their little girl to his house last time?"
"That's him. He doesn't look honest. He was fierce when he came last time. I would recognize him even if he turned into ashes! Fortunately, Youyou didn't let him take him away, otherwise, he would have suffered."
"But didn't he give the Jiang family's third branch some money to ask them to help make clothes for the baby? How come now it's Ruan Wenwen who's selling the child?"
"Jin Yu is a reliable person. She will never say anything she is not sure about. Let's wait and see..."
Zhai Jinbao was pulled in front of Ruan Wenwen by Ruan Jinguo and confronted her face to face.
"Tell me yourself, did I want to sell the child to you? The money has been returned, and it was originally intended to make clothes for the child. Since you have already taken the money back, just make it clear in front of everyone and don't wrongly accuse me." Ruan Wenwen took a deep breath and spoke in a calm tone, but her eyes were already flustered and her gaze was wandering everywhere.
Zhai Jinbao's attention was attracted by Youyou who walked next to Meng Jinyu.
Although the little girl knew that he would not buy her again, she subconsciously put her hands on her hips and showed a fierce expression on her face, trying to scare the man away.
"Everyone in the entire Zhaijia Village knows that your family is extremely poor. You can barely eat meat all year round. When winter comes, your sons don't have thick cotton-padded jackets to wear, and they have to go to their grandmother's house to beg for money! You are so poor, how can you take out 30 yuan to buy a daughter? Who are you trying to fool?" said Ruan Jinguo.
"If you can't explain where the money came from, we will have reason to suspect that you made the thirty yuan through speculation." Meng Jinyu's face darkened. "Then I will report you, and you will be sent to the labor camp."
After this threat, the smile on Zhai Jinbao's face immediately disappeared.
The labor camp is so scary. Not only is it humiliating, but you have to work so hard every day that you may not even get out of there alive!
"No, the thirty yuan was given to me by the child's mother!" As soon as Zhai Jinbao finished speaking, he was stunned to see that Ruan Wenwen and Meng Jinyu looked exactly the same, with a head full of question marks.
"That's the child's stepmother." Ruan Jinguo explained considerately.
Zhai Jinbao thought about it, but still didn't quite understand, so he simply ignored their family affairs and just recounted the whole story of how he spent money to buy the child.
"We heard from people that marrying a wife is very expensive now. The gift money is dozens of yuan. If the wife you marry is educated, not to mention the gift money will be hundreds of yuan, you also have to buy three turns and one ring! They also said that the gift money will be even more expensive in the future. What will we do if we have several sons and can't find wives?" At this point, Zhai Jinbao's facial features wrinkled into a ball, and he was very worried. "Later, someone gave us an idea. Go to someone's house to get a girl, raise her up, and let her be the wife of our son. No gift money is required! If several sons can't find wives, then the girl will be more useful. Anyway, we can be a family behind closed doors - hehe."
Meng Jinyu clenched her fists in anger.
Is this human language?
"I spread the word and asked someone to find a little girl for me. A few days later, the child's stepmother came to me. I originally thought that I could take a little girl home without spending any money, but I didn't expect that she would ask me for five dollars!"
"That's a huge ask! But I think the little girl is really pretty, just like a doll in a New Year picture. I think she'll be pretty when she grows up, so I asked my wife to go back to her parents' home to borrow money. Five dollars can help my sons find wives in the future, so it's worth it..."
"But I didn't expect that she would take the money but not send the baby over! Did she really think that I, Zhai Jinbao, was easy to bully? I immediately brought people to your Fenglin Village to ask for an explanation, but guess what? In order to prevent others from knowing that she sold her daughter, she was willing to pay me a full thirty yuan to shut up! I will definitely take the free money, that's it, it's definitely not earned from speculation, how dare I do that!"
Everyone knows what happened afterwards.
When Ruan Jinguo thought about how Youyou almost suffered such a great injustice, his face turned dark. He was so angry that he punched Zhai Jinbao directly.
"You want my little niece to be a child bride for so many sons in your family. Are you worthy of that? Are you a human being to have such a bad idea in your mind?"
Zhai Jinbao was hit so hard that his mouth twisted and he covered half of his face: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I won't dare to do it again! I have explained the matter clearly, you won't report me again, right?"
Ruan Wenwen's eyes were red: "You lie! You lied!"
At this time, Old Mrs. Jiang, supported by her eldest daughter-in-law Zhu Dali, had walked up to her with a cane.
Old Mrs. Jiang was so angry that she was shaking all over. She hit her with her cane and said, "It's not your own daughter, so why are you so cruel?"
Ruan Wenwen jumped up and down in pain and hid behind Chen Liping: "Mom, I didn't do it, they were in collusion!"
Ruan Zhenli's face had become extremely ugly.
He couldn't help but think of the day in Fenglin Village, at Jiang's house, in front of so many villagers, when Ruan Wenwen was exposed...
At that time, he was as embarrassed and awkward as he is now.
Is it going to happen again today?
It would have been fine if he had embarrassed himself in front of these villagers before, but Secretary Zhuang was his old classmate, and he really couldn't afford to lose face!
Old Mrs. Jiang hit Ruan Wenwen with her cane, but she was agile and dodged far away.
The old lady couldn't hit him anymore, so she turned to look at Jiang Huanming.
"Do you know about this?" She asked sternly, leaning her crutches on the ground.
What can Jiang Huanming say?
The leader of the unit was sitting on the side, watching how ridiculous his wedding was!
Although he didn't know what Ruan Wenwen had done behind his back, in Secretary Zhuang's opinion, the couple were one. If he couldn't protect his wife, he would probably lose face as well.
The incident happened so suddenly that Jiang Huanming had no time to think it through. Almost subconsciously, he said to Old Lady Jiang, "Mom, Jin Yu was angry about what happened between Wenwen and me, so she deliberately made this scene. I know Wenwen better than anyone else, and she wouldn't do this."
Ruan Wenwen's eyes were red and she threw herself into Jiang Huanming's arms.
Youyou was so angry that her eyes glared, her round face was puffed up, and she looked like she was about to burst into flames.
"Jinyu, even if you make a fuss, I will never be on good terms with you again. Let these people go back and stop wasting time!" Jiang Huanming looked at Meng Jinyu coldly, with a hint of warning in his tone.
Meng Jinyu smiled and said, "As expected, if there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Ruan Jinguo again: "What about Shanshan's matter?"
Ruan Jinguo asked two salesmen from the supply and marketing cooperative to stand up.
When the little girl saw her sister who took her to the toilet that day, her anger was quenched. She tilted her head and greeted her sweetly.
Zhu Qin's heart almost melted when she saw the child's cute and sweet smile. She walked up to her and pinched her cheeks which looked like little buns, but at the same time, she felt more indignant in her heart. From the situation just now, anyone with a discerning eye would know that Ruan Wenwen is not an easy person to deal with. In this case, the little boy's disappearance might have been intentional by their stepmother!
Thinking of this, Zhu Qin couldn't help but hold Youyou's little hand tightly with heartache.
The little one looks innocent and cute, but he was schemed against by an adult. It was not easy for him to get here.
Then she looked at the other salesperson who came with her.
Another salesperson, Chen Qingqing, nodded and stood out with Zhu Qin.
Ruan Jinguo said: "That day I took Youyou to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a small wooden sword, and I met these two sales comrades. They said that after they discussed it, they felt that Shanshan's disappearance was not that simple."
Youyou listened carefully to her uncle's words. Suddenly, she saw her uncle's eye signal and walked in front of everyone. She told them in a baby voice about the day when she followed her father and stepmother to the town.
"We took the bus there. Along the way, my stepmother gave me lots of water to drink. When we got to town, my father went to work, so my stepmother took us to buy a washbasin, washing powder, and toothbrushes... Youyou was very well behaved and didn't make a fuss. After eating the candied haws, she stood aside and waited. When she got thirsty, my stepmother gave me some water to drink."
"It's time to go home. Stepmother asked Youyou if she wanted to go to the toilet. It would be embarrassing if she accidentally peed her pants on the bus. Youyou didn't want to be embarrassed, so she went to the toilet."
The little girl spoke in an orderly and clear manner, and she looked very serious.
This is to give Ruan Wenwen the final nail in the coffin.
Zhu Qin added: "I met Youyou at the toilet door. She knew how to protect herself and kept asking me to wait outside the toilet. Now that I think about it, the child had a premonition that someone was going to deal with her. But she didn't expect that her stepmother didn't lose her. The person she wanted to lose was her brother!"
Ruan Wenwen panicked and said, "Isn't it normal to go to the toilet after drinking water? Do you want to blame me for this?"
Suddenly, Shanshan spoke up: "Shanshan didn't drink water. Stepmother didn't let Shanshan drink water."
The child's voice was soft and he spoke in pauses. His clear eyes were fixed on Ruan Wenwen with an exceptional firmness.
"It's normal to let children drink water while on the bus. But he kept giving Youyou water, didn't he just want to get her away when we get to the supply and marketing cooperative?" said Ruan Jinguo.
Of course Ruan Wenwen did not admit it, but just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by him.
"I was wondering, our Youyou is not a small bucket, how can she drink so much water? Did you secretly put a lot of salt in her breakfast so that the child would drink water when thirsty?"
Ruan Wenwen was choked by him and was speechless. She just kept shaking her head.
Seeing this, Zhu Qin glanced at Ruan Jinguo.
The way he talks is quite irritating, and it's quite satisfying.
"Shanshan, what happened next?" As Ruan Jinguo squatted in front of Shanshan, his tone became gentle and his brows relaxed.
Shan Shan pursed her lips and said in a baby voice, "Youyou, is gone... We have to run to a very far place to look for her."
"Shanshan, who said that?" Meng Jinyu asked.
Shanshan raised her little hand and pointed straight at Ruan Wenwen.
Ruan Wenwen wanted to argue, but before she could figure out what to say, another salesperson stood up.
Chen Qingqing said: "At that time, there were only me, this little boy, and his stepmother in the supply and marketing cooperative. His stepmother asked me to go to the warehouse to get polished rice and white flour. I told her that she couldn't carry so many things by herself, but she insisted. I had no choice but to go to the warehouse to get them. When I came out, the child was gone. I guess she thought there were some things she couldn't let me hear, so she sent me away on purpose."
Zhu Qin also said: "I remember that I seemed to hear this female comrade asking the child if he wanted to go to the toilet, but later when the boy was lost, she said it was the little girl who ran around and caused the boy to go out to look for her. At that time, I didn't know she was the child's stepmother, and I thought she was too sad, so she said nonsense and wrongly blamed the child, but now I think about it, she planned it all for that moment!"
At that time, Ruan Wenwen was just talking nonsense and turning black into white, but now when everyone lays out what happened at that time, they can see that her plan was full of loopholes.
The villagers had never seen such a vicious person. Everyone was stunned and looked at each other in amazement.
After a while, He Qingmiao said, "At that time, the Jiang family's eggs were eaten by Youyou, and there was a lot of commotion. Ruan Wenwen invited me and the village party secretary over, wanting to use us as pawns. Fortunately, Youyou was smart and argued for herself. And, that day, Shanshan's little hand was pointing at his stepmother just like today."
The village party secretary nodded solemnly: "The child's heart is like a mirror. It's all our fault. We didn't realize that the child's mother was a fake, so we were deceived by her again and again. During this period of time, the two children have suffered."
Youyou and Shanshan did suffer.
Children are children after all. Even if they are brave and keep rushing forward, there will always be times when they feel helpless.
But fortunately, all this is over.
"Director He, Secretary Zhao, you can't be blamed for this," Meng Jinyu said. "You are all village cadres who work hard for our villagers. You are usually busy and can't take care of so many things. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame the child's biological father. He allowed the children to be bullied and turned a blind eye to these things, which caused them to suffer."
Meng Jinyu looked at Youyou and Shanshan and felt sad.
During the time she was tied up, the two children were even more helpless than the orphans in the welfare home.
However, when the two little kids saw her, they didn't say a word of complaint. They just threw themselves into her arms with full dependence, having long forgotten the suffering they had endured.
Meng Jinyu loves her two children, and Jiang Cheng also loves his younger brother and sister.
He knew that his stepmother was a bad person, but he didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns in the story.
She took her brother to the supply and marketing cooperative and accidentally lost him. But in fact, it was not an accident. She tricked her brother out and let him run away and be picked up by someone else.
She wanted to send her sister to another family, but she didn’t just send her sister away. She took money from the family and wanted to sell her sister. She wanted her sister to be a child bride of that family, and she would never be able to come back and live the hardest life...
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng's eyes turned red and he stared at Ruan Wenwen closely.
When Ruan Wenwen came to her senses, she saw a thin young boy standing there, looking at her with eyes full of hatred.
Although this child has an honest personality, his love for his younger brothers and sisters comes from the heart. Somehow, Ruan Wenwen was actually a little afraid of him.
He is not young anymore, at the age of twelve, he will grow up in a few years, and then...
Ruan Wenwen shuddered.
The other villagers did not notice Jiang Cheng's eyes. They were still discussing Jiang Huanming's inaction.
"Jin Yu is right. This father is really outrageous."
"Does he really not know how Ruan Wenwen treats the children? He's in his thirties, so he shouldn't be unable to see it, right?"
"Divorce and remarriage is his family affair, and no one is too lazy to gossip about his family. But is he blind to find such a wife?"
"There is a saying among intellectuals: What you have is what you are made of—"
“Birds of a feather flock together!”
Everyone looked at Jiang Huanming with contempt.
Although the men in the village don't care much about children's affairs and mostly leave them to the women in the family, there is no other person like Jiang Huanming who doesn't care about the lives of children at all!
"What a good kid! Bullying a kid is nothing!"
"Luckily, both kids are smart and lucky. Despite all the troubles, they are still fine."
"Even if something happens, the father and stepmother won't mind. They might even be happy!"
"What do you mean by being a father? I think the third son of the Jiang family is just a stepfather. He has studied so many years, but all his studies have gone to waste!"
Jiang Huanming is not deaf, so how could he not hear these sounds?
At this moment, he seemed to be burned by Ruan Wenwen, and bounced half a meter to the side: "You, you really did this?"
Ruan Wenwen burst into tears: "Huanming, believe me - I -"
Ruan Jinguo sneered: "Let me see how you can argue!"
Ruan Wenwen really couldn't argue anymore.
Whether it was Zhai Jinbao, Zhu Qin, or Chen Qingqing, everything they said, when combined, was not in her favor.
Even though she refused to admit that she sold Youyou and abandoned Shanshan, it could be seen from the looks of the villagers that they didn't believe it at all.
It was supposed to be her grand day, but in the end, her truth was exposed in front of so many people. As they cast sharp glances at her, she was certain that she could not recover.
Looking at Jiang Huanming again, she saw that his eyes were full of anger. Ruan Wenwen's heart seemed to fall from a great height into an abyss.
Her eyes were red and her eyelashes were stained with tears. She asked Meng Jinyu: "Why do you have to be so hard on me? What happened is over. The children are all fine now. Why are you still holding on to me?"
"Ruan Wenwen, you have never given birth to a child, so you probably don't know that for a mother, a child is more important than her life." Meng Jinyu stepped forward and said, "I will not let you go no matter which of these four children you touch."
Ruan Wenwen was startled, frowned slightly, and then looked at Jiang Guo.
Jiang Guo stood beside Jiang Cheng. Compared with the hatred and determination in her brother's eyes, her eyes looked much more confused, as if she couldn't digest it all for a while. She stood there stupidly, frozen.
Looking at Jiang Guo's expression, Ruan Wenwen seemed to remember something.
She gritted her teeth and approached Meng Jinyu, her tone provocative: "Do you think you won? Meng Jinyu, you actually lost miserably. Your man wants to vomit when he sees you being so rude and illiterate. Although he knows that divorce will make people laugh at him, for him, life is too painful if he doesn't divorce... He would rather be laughed at than keep you!"
Meng Jinyu listened to what she said quietly.
In her previous life, when the children were young, her relationship with Jiang Huanming had always been tense. She knew that he disliked her, but at that time, it would take a lot of courage to file for divorce just because of the bad relationship between husband and wife, and she didn't have that kind of courage.
But in fact, she had had enough of her marriage in her previous life.
That is why she is so decisive in this life.
"And Jiang Guo—" Ruan Wenwen sneered, with a cold light in her eyes, like a venomous snake, "You gave birth to her and raised her, so what? She is just an ungrateful little girl, who only loves me! You embarrassed me in front of so many people today, do you think she will feel good? She will only hate you even more!"
Ruan Wenwen was furious.
Doesn’t Meng Jinyu care about the children at home? In that case, use her child to pierce her heart!
"Huanming has already divorced once, will he do it again? This matter will be over soon. Even if you win, it's only a temporary win. Huanming and I will move out of this village soon, and then we will take your children away. I will enjoy wealth and glory, but they will live a miserable life." Ruan Wenwen gritted her teeth, and her expression was almost distorted.
However, no matter what she said, Meng Jinyu's expression did not change.
No matter how she motivated Meng Jinyu, in the end, she was the only one performing a one-man show.
"Grandpa village chief, when will the police uncle and aunt arrive?" Youyou asked.
The childish voice frightened Ruan Wenwen so much that her whole body froze.
"Have you reported it to the police?"
Youyou ran over and said, "Yes! The village chief has already asked someone to report to the police!"
Village Chief Li cleared his throat and said loudly: "We have been tolerant and accommodating to you time and time again, but you are getting more and more excessive! This time, we will definitely not tolerate you again! We will report to the public security comrades. This series of crimes is enough to send you to the labor camp!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his peripheral vision swept to the village entrance, and his eyes lit up: "They are coming!"
Ruan Wenwen's eyelids twitched.
Labor reform!
She had heard that going to a labor camp to undergo labor reform—
It's so scary.
No, you must not be arrested and sent to labor camp.
Ruan Wenwen was completely panicked. She no longer had the arrogance she had when she provoked Meng Jinyu just now. When people are at a loss, they will always make some stupid decisions. Just like now, when she saw several labor reform cadres in uniform walking towards her at the entrance of the village, she didn't even think about it. She turned around and ran away.
The village committee was not far from the Jiang family's home. Her first reaction was to run back to the Jiang family's home first and then consider what to do next. At this time, her steps were very fast, and her bright red skirt fluttered in the wind.
The villagers present naturally did not let her run away.
Some people stepped forward to stop her, and some people shouted behind her, but Ruan Wenwen fled left and right, and almost bumped into the tables and chairs several times when she ran through the banquet.
She overturned the table and threw away the dishes, trying to force the people chasing her to retreat step by step.
"Comrade, stop right there!"
The serious voice of the labor reform cadre came from behind.
But Ruan Wenwen could no longer think rationally. She was afraid of the labor camp and she couldn't be locked up there...
She ran away quickly and saw Jiang Guo standing there stupidly from a distance.
She shouted, "Jiang Guo, help mom stop them."
"Guoguo, hurry up, do you want your mother to be taken away? Help me now!" Ruan Wenwen shouted hysterically. Her face was distorted and hideous. Her hair was gradually falling apart, and even the big red flower on her head began to sway, as if it was about to fall off.
"Guoguo! Take a broom, take a chair, and beat them!" Even though the distance was not far, every second was a thrilling moment for Ruan Wenwen. When she was getting closer and closer to Jiang Guo, she shouted and asked Jiang Guo to take action.
Some villagers also tried to wake Jiang Guo up.
"Jiang Guo, stop her quickly."
"She's not a good person!"
One step, two steps, three steps...
She saw Jiang Guo standing there with a blank look on his face, blinking his bright big eyes, and his eye circles turned red.
Afterwards, she saw Jiang Guo stupidly turn his head, move his steps, and look at the villagers and labor reform cadres who had rushed over.
Ruan Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief.
She believed in Jiang Guo. This child was simple-minded and always failed at critical moments, but he was particularly "loyal" to her.
While running, she had already thought it through.
She had to run away first and absolutely not go back to the Jiang family. She had to hide in the back mountain and sneak out of the village at night. It was just a loss of a child, and there was no solid evidence. She believed that the police and labor reform cadres would not mobilize a large force to catch her.
When the limelight has passed, she will fly away and start her life anew.
Thinking of this, she had to thank Jiang Guo very much.
The voice behind her was noisy and sharp, but the little girl in front of her was as beautiful as a painting. When she was only two steps away from her, Ruan Wenwen gave her a grateful and relieved smile.
But unexpectedly, the smile froze in an instant.
The picture seemed to be frozen at this moment.
She saw Jiang Guo stretching his legs out and raising his toes.
This girl wanted to trip her!
Ruan Wenwen's heart skipped a beat and when she wanted to dodge, it was too late.
With a loud bang, she fell forward, face down, and hit the ground hard.
All the sounds around disappeared.
Everything was dark before my eyes.
Ruan Wenwen fell extremely hard, and the pain was so severe that she felt dizzy.
Her face was buried in the ground, and she didn't raise it for who knows how long.
Until she tasted a hint of blood.
Ruan Wenwen screamed, supported herself on the ground with her hands, and slowly raised her body.
With a "click", a bloody big front tooth fell to the ground.
She froze and reached out to grab her front teeth.
However, he didn't expect that at this time, the villagers and labor reform cadres had already arrived in front of him.
Ruan Wenwen looked embarrassed and yelled at Jiang Guo, "You are such an ungrateful bastard! Such an ungrateful bastard!"
Jiang Guo seemed not to understand and stood there in a daze, looking down at the foot he had used to trip Ruan Wenwen.
She didn't know why she did this, but she was suddenly very angry.
My sister was almost sold and my brother was almost lost and became someone else's child.
And she knew nothing about it.
When the labor camp cadres took Ruan Wenwen away, she screamed and struggled like a madman, begging for mercy hysterically.
Ruan Zhenli could hardly bear to watch, but Ruan Wenwen kept calling him.
"Dad! You have to save me! You have to save me!"
"Dad, I don't want to be taken to a labor camp. If I'm taken to that kind of place, my life will be over."
"I was wrong, Dad, I was wrong..."
Ruan Zhenli raised his head and met Secretary Zhuang's eyes, which were full of sympathy, as if he felt sorry for him.
"I--" Ruan Zhenli's lips moved and his voice was hoarse.
Secretary Zhuang nodded meaningfully and patted him on the shoulder: "I understand."
"Dad, you have to save me, I..."
"Shut up! I'm not your dad!" Ruan Zhenli was so angry that he interrupted Ruan Wenwen.
Suddenly, Ruan Wenwen felt like she was struck by lightning, and her whole body was stiff.
She looked at Ruan Zhenli in disbelief, and infinite fear surged in her heart.
They were the ones who asked her to call mom and dad just now...
Now, do they disown her?
If even her adoptive parents don't care about her, what should she do in the future?
Once you are put in a labor camp, will you never be able to come out?
As she thought about it, Ruan Wenwen felt uncomfortable in her stomach, and a feeling of nausea surged up like a tidal wave.
She covered her mouth tightly and lay on the ground vomiting, vomiting to death...
"Wenwen, what's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable?" Chen Liping asked anxiously.
…
In the end, Ruan Wenwen was taken away.
Looking at her back, Chen Liping lowered her head and gently wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands.
A happy event, in the end, turned into an embarrassing farce.
Jiang Huanming stood there in a daze, unable to figure out what was happening to him lately.
Why do I always have bad luck?
He slumped down on the ground, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the other members of the Jiang family turning around and leaving.
They looked so disappointed, especially Old Mrs. Jiang, whose back looked as if she had suddenly aged ten or eight years.
"Comrade Jiang." Secretary Zhuang walked over.
Jiang Huanming suddenly came to his senses, stood up immediately, and straightened his clothes and hair with his hands: "Director Zhuang."
However, at this moment, Ruan Jinguo also walked up to Director Zhuang.
"Director Zhuang, I want to report Jiang Huanming," he said.
Upon hearing this, Chen Liping immediately tugged at her son's hand and lowered her voice: "Leave some room for him so we can meet again in the future!"
But Ruan Jinguo would never listen.
He said to Director Zhuang, "I want to report him. I want to report him for misconduct and promiscuous relationships! There's a saying for this, it's called a work style issue, right?"
Director Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said, "I understand. Our unit will definitely investigate this thoroughly."
Jiang Huanming looked at Ruan Jinguo in a daze, then at Director Zhuang, as if he didn't understand what they were saying at all.
He really didn't understand.
Didn't they say he would be promoted to director soon?
Why now are the leaders of his unit investigating whether he has any problems with his work style?
…
The villagers all dispersed.
The Jiang family was quiet.
Whether it was Old Lady Jiang or the first and second wives of the Jiang family, their hearts were bleeding.
This banquet was arranged in a grand and elegant manner, and it cost money.
The money was spent but the face was lost. For the Jiang family, nothing could be more painful than this.
"Go to work. If even today's work points are deducted, you really won't be able to eat at the end of the year." Zhu Dali said bitterly.
Wang Xiaofen wiped away her tears, "How can we prepare meals? With so many children in the family, we rely on the work points earned by the first and second wives. Now my brother-in-law is losing his job. Even if we prepare meals, we won't be able to afford meat. The children are looking forward to it, but they didn't expect that they can't even afford meat during the Chinese New Year. It doesn't matter if we suffer, I feel sorry for the children. I never thought that our family's life would get worse and worse!"
Jiang Jianming tugged at his wife, signaling her to stop talking, and pointed in the direction of the inner room: "Third brother will feel bad if he hears this."
But Wang Xiaofen refused and cried, "Why should he feel bad? He did it himself! When Jinyu was at home, everything was so good. There wouldn't be so many weird things!" She became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. Her voice suddenly rose. "In my opinion, your third brother should go find Jinyu and beg her. Maybe there will be a turnaround."
Under normal circumstances, Jiang Jianming would never let her interfere in Jiang Huanming's affairs.
But today was different. He was angry, but at the same time, he admitted that what she said made sense.
In the main room, everyone was talking about what had happened today.
In the inner room, Jiang Huanming was lying on the kang with a dazed look on his face.
He was thrown into a state of confusion by these successive blows.
"Jin Yu is a sentimental person. When the two of you get remarried, let her go to the supply and marketing cooperative to talk to your third brother. Maybe she can still keep her job."
"Four children need a mother!"
"I think Jin Yu still loves your third brother from the bottom of her heart..."
These voices reached Jiang Huanming's ears.
He suddenly thought, is it really only by marrying Meng Jinyu back home that his life can return to normal?
He simply couldn't stand this man.
But maybe he has to bite the bullet and accept her again.
…
Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo walked from the end of the village to the beginning, and then from the beginning to the end.
Finally, their footsteps stopped at the door of Meng Jinyu's thatched cottage.
There was a burst of fragrance coming from the house, and it seemed that my mother was preparing dinner.
The door was ajar, and my uncle's hearty laughter could be heard. He picked up Shanshan, then lifted Youyou high up, making them both giggle.
Jiang Cheng's eyes were full of longing: "Guoguo, let's go too."
"Brother, you go in and eat. I don't want to go." Jiang Guo shook his head.
"But..." Jiang Cheng wanted to say something, but saw Jiang Guo quietly turn around and walk in another direction, dejected.
Jiang Cheng wanted to chase Jiang Guo, but also wanted to go to his mother's house for dinner. When he was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard the cries for help from several ladies by the river.
"Help! Help! Help! Help!"
"Someone jumped into the river!"
The sound was urgent and sharp, and soon many villagers came running out of their houses.
"What's wrong?" In the thatched hut, Ruan Jinguo also heard the cry for help. He put down Youyou, who was riding a horse on his shoulders, and ran out.
"Jin Guo!" Meng Jinyu's expression suddenly changed, and she quickly grabbed Ruan Jinguo's hand, "Don't go!"
"We don't know what happened, we have to go check it out!" Ruan Jinguo said anxiously, "Someone has jumped into the river, this is a matter of life and death!"
After saying that, Ruan Jinguo ran out of the thatched hut and rushed to the river.
Meng Jinyu hurriedly followed his pace, and scenes from her previous life replayed in her mind.
Ruan Jinguo goes to the river and meets someone.
They must never be allowed to meet.
She wanted to stop Ruan Jinguo.
But it was too late.
Because at this moment, Ruan Jinguo was already standing by the river.
A slender figure walked towards the river. The further he walked, the deeper the water became.
But she did not struggle, as if she was determined to die.
"No!" Ruan Jinguo shouted.
The woman slowly turned her face.
Her jet-black hair fell on her shoulders, making her skin look white. Her eyes were big and round, sparkling with tears. She looked weak, helpless and pitiful.
Youyou looked at her from afar, her eyes wide open in shock, and whispered, "Shanshan, she is so beautiful." After a pause, she added, "Is there a baby in her belly?"
Meng Jinyu walked forward towards the river.
Whenever she thought of what happened in her previous life, she couldn't help but gasp.
This woman who is trying to commit suicide will change Ruan Jinguo's life and lead him from light to darkness.
Absolutely not.
This time, she must not let the tragedy happen again.
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