Chapter 166: On the day of coming of age, my sister went out and never came back
The eldest sister's name was Chang Xiaoyu. She said that both her parents had passed away, and she came from Langzhou to seek refuge with distant relatives. But when she got here, before she had time to ask around, she saw this child fainted in her yard.
She knew some medical skills and found out that the child had fainted due to hunger. She went to dig up some wild vegetables that could fill his stomach, mixed them with some dry food, and made some wild vegetable soup for him to drink.
After the elder sister finished telling how she rescued him, she stood up and prepared to leave.
He was terrified and reluctant, but even though he was still a child he understood that this sister was not his relative and he could not stop her if she left.
He asked her which family her distant relatives were from. Chang Xiaoyu stopped, turned around and said with a smile that she didn't know either, but she only knew that her relative's surname was Ji and they were a family in this village.
This surname is not common, and Ji Ranlin is the only family with this name in the entire village.
Chang Xiaoyu said she was his distant cousin and stayed.
That night, grandma's body was sent back by the villagers. She was killed by a wild beast. Her neck was almost broken, but for some reason the beast did not eat her.
The villagers said that grandma was punished for disrespecting the earthly gods, and they avoided her. No one was willing to help bury her. Chang Xiaoyu took him to bury his grandma, and he heard her whispering words facing the newly built grave.
She said, don’t worry, I will raise Alin safely.
He didn't ask, and she never mentioned leaving again.
From that day on, Ji Ranlin called her "Sister" and she took on everything at home.
My sister was extremely capable. She went to the mountains to collect herbs and firewood, and went to the town to exchange them for cloth and food. She made new shoes and clothes for him, and also cooked delicious meals and tea.
Since my sister came, life has become much better. I have never been hungry and can often eat rice and meat.
My elder sister also saved some money and sent him to a private school.
At first, many people in the village came to propose marriage to my sister, but she politely refused them all.
But perhaps because others thought that she was a virgin, helpless and easy to be bullied with a little baby, the matchmakers did not restrain themselves at all and even came more and more frequently, and the men they introduced were becoming less and less reliable.
Either he has a crooked eye or a lame leg, or he is a criminal, or he has beaten more than one wife to death.
The mediator's words gradually changed from smiling advice at the beginning to sarcastic sarcasm and threats.
He felt uneasy and asked her if she was going to get married soon and would not want him anymore.
The elder sister smiled and touched his head, saying that it was not true, she didn't want to get married at all, and it would be useless for anyone to act as a matchmaker.
But the idle men in the village believed that Sister was a delicacy and there was no way they would give her up.
Soon, Wang Cuzi, who lived at the entrance of the village, often hung around the house, looking at my sister with malicious eyes.
Finally one day it was a day off and he didn't have to go to school. Wang Quezi suddenly rushed in drunk and made advances towards Ajie.
He was so angry that he wanted to rush forward to protect his elder sister, but before he could move, his elder sister gave him a sneer he had never seen before, rolled up her sleeves and beat Wang Quezi so hard that he cried for his parents.
That afternoon, Wang Cuzi's mother and her son blocked the door, scolding Chang Xiaoyu for being unfaithful to her husband, seducing her son, and seriously injuring her son. She demanded that she pay 100 yuan for medical expenses, and if she couldn't pay, she would have to give him the money as his wife.
The elder sister rolled her eyes, stood at the door with her hands on her waist, pointed at Wang Quezi's mother and cursed her, exposing all the past of the mother and son.
He had heard a lot of sarcastic remarks from the fierce women in the village since he was a child, but he had never seen anyone like Ah Jie, whose words were so sharp and touching, and she kept saying them in different ways every half an hour.
Wang Cuzi's mother was scolded so badly that she left in disgrace with her son.
From then on, Ajie became famous overnight. Wang Quezi and his mother would avoid her whenever they saw her, and their lives became much quieter.
But there are always people who, when they fail to bully others openly, try to do it secretly. One day, when he was coming back from school, he was put in a sack and kidnapped on the way.
The one who kidnapped him was another old bachelor in the village. When the elder sister came, he smiled and handed her a glass of wine, saying that if she wanted him to let her brother go, she had to drink the wine first.
He could tell with his toes that there was definitely something wrong with the wine, but the sister didn't hesitate at all and drank it all.
The old bachelor smiled in an extremely obscene manner and said that she would be his soon, and he would untie her brother after the matter was done, in order to prevent the little kid from making trouble and delaying important matters.
My sister smiled brightly and said, since you broke your promise, don't blame me.
She knocked the old bachelor unconscious with a single blow of her hand, untied Ji Ranlin, and held him in her arms, comforting him softly.
In fact, he was no longer afraid at that time, but he still threw himself into her arms and cried hard for a long time.
I secretly hoped that there would be more kidnappings like this.
His elder sister took him back home, heated up some food for him to eat first, and said that she had to go out for something else.
He didn't ask what happened.
But the next day, the old bachelor who tied him up was found naked and hung upside down on a tree, begging for mercy and becoming the laughing stock of the whole village.
After being rescued, the old bachelor refused to tell who had beaten him.
The villagers gradually became wary of my sister, and the brother and sister seemed to be tacitly isolated.
However, he didn't care at all. He just felt that it would be better to live a quiet life with his sister without being disturbed by anyone.
In this way, ten years passed by unknowingly.
His elder sister sent him to the best school in the town. He worked hard and passed the examinations for the title of scholar with excellent results. He then passed the examinations for the title of juren. In the autumn examination the year before last, he was among the top three and became a jinshi.
When he was in Beijing, he was appreciated by officials, who intended to marry their daughter to him. With the support of officials, his future must have been bright.
But at that moment he realized that all he wanted was to return to his hometown to marry his elder sister, bring her to Beijing, and let her live a good life with him from then on.
When the official heard that he already had a lover, he felt a little regretful but did not force him. He packed his bags and went home that same day.
Along the way, he was both anxious and afraid.
What he was afraid of was that his elder sister would not agree to his request. He did not understand this when he was a child, but now he understood what it meant for his elder sister, a woman who was ten years older than him.
At this point, Ji Ranlin gave a bitter smile. Perhaps he had already understood through various signs that his elder sister was not an ordinary person, but he was subconsciously afraid to think about it, afraid that he would no longer have an excuse to stay with her.
My sister was stunned by his proposal.
But he took a gamble and used all means to get his sister to agree.
He put a knife to his neck and said he couldn't live without marrying her.
Since he was a child, he often heard his elder sister nagging him to grow up safely and what she would do if something happened to him.
After ten years of living together, he knew that every time she said this, she meant it sincerely, and what she could not accept the most was that something happened to him.
He finally coaxed her into promising never to abandon him, and he married her when she was eighteen.
The two moved to the town. He had achieved great success, and although he deliberately did not stay in the capital, his life was still much more comfortable than before.
He thought he would live with his sister forever.
However, two years later, on the day he came of age, his sister went out and never came back.
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