Chapter 1 A Tragic and Miserable Death
"Help...help me!"
"Build a nation, build a country! Mom doesn't want to be here, take me home!"
"Jiancheng, Jiangong, come back soon, Mom is dying. Jianmei, Mom won't pressure you anymore. Whatever you do, Mom will support you. Come back and see Mom..."
"Jianli, where are you? Come back quickly, please... Mom, it's too late, it's not going to end..."
In the countryside, on a rainy night, thunder roared.
Over seventy years old, Zhao Fengxiu was too weak to stand up and collapsed on the muddy road a few hundred meters away from the thatched hut.
I cried out to heaven but received no response, and cried out to earth but received no help.
The only thing she could think of were her children, whom she loved dearly and who had worked hard for her all her life.
It rained heavily that night, and Zhao Fengxiu stayed up all night.
Her body was already cold by the early hours of the next day.
Until dawn, my third uncle from the neighboring hill came over to scrape wood oil. He was humming a little tune as he passed by when he suddenly tripped and fell to the ground!
He looked down and was so frightened that he almost died.
A few days later, Zhao Fengxiu's funeral began, but it was anything but lively.
Only a few relatives and elders from the countryside came to show their support, and the only person in charge was her eldest daughter, Liu Jianxin, whom she disliked the most and with whom she had severed ties.
Liu Jianxin cried out in anguish, his heart breaking, which brought tears to the eyes of his fellow villagers.
The funeral ended three days later.
In front of Zhao Fengxiu's thatched hut, a large crowd of adults and children had gathered.
They began to feign weeping and prayed repeatedly around the hut!
"Oh my god! Why did you leave so fast without saying goodbye? How could you be so heartless! Waaah!"
"Yes! You should have waited for us to come back before leaving. I didn't even get to see you one last time. Mom, I miss you... I miss the delicious ribs you used to make, I miss the days when you took me to school. Please come back!"
"We really miss you, we really can't bear to part with you!..."
After a long period of crying and sobbing, the place returned to calm.
Zhao Fengxiu, watching from above, saw everything clearly. Her eyes were filled with tears, but she was helpless and closed them heavily.
...
When she opened her eyes again, she was surrounded by a noisy commotion and the laughter of her children!
Zhao Fengxiu was stunned and couldn't come to her senses for a long time.
Her husband, Liu Shiping, sighed, "Fengxiu, don't be angry. No matter what, she's still our eldest daughter. Now that she's married, at least she has a home. There's still a long road ahead. Since you're here, eat something."
Hearing the familiar words, Zhao Fengxiu was stunned!
Wasn't I dead? Didn't I die in the rainy night in the countryside?
How did I end up back more than 20 years ago, on the day my eldest daughter, whose reputation was ruined, who was kicked out of the house, and with whom I had no relationship, got married?
At this time, Zhao Fengxiu was fifty years old, and she and her husband Liu Shiping had four sons and three daughters together.
The eldest daughter, Liu Jianxin, is 28 years old now. Over the years, she has been known as a beauty in the surrounding villages. She only completed high school and works as a saleswoman in a clothing store in town. She met Chen Juncai, a woodcutter, and fell madly in love with him. They had a relationship in broad daylight. Despite being disliked by the Chen family for many years, they still offered a dowry of 100 yuan to marry her. The Liu family severed ties with them beforehand, as if they never had this eldest daughter.
Later, after her husband Liu Shiping passed away, the lonely Zhao Fengxiu learned the truth about her eldest daughter: her reputation had been tarnished by the Chen family, causing her to have multiple miscarriages and be disowned and kicked out by the Liu family!
Zhao Fengxiu and her family did not believe her, only listening to the rumors outside and refusing to listen to her explanations. In the end, Liu Jianxin was even willing to come back to collect his elderly mother's body!
The second son, Liu Jianguo, is 26 years old. He supported Liu Jianguo's university education and helped him return to his hometown to become a primary school teacher. He also helped Liu Jianguo get married and have children. He takes care of Liu Jianguo's three children. Any income from the peanut oil shop goes to Liu Jianguo's wife. In the end, Liu Jianguo's wife was disliked by her husband's family and lived in the same house.
The third son, Liu Jianbang, was 24 years old. He was allowed to attend high school for the third time, but instead, he was introduced to a restaurant in the county town as an apprentice. After meeting a foreign woman, he took a sum of money from home and went abroad, never to return.
The fourth son, Liu Jiancheng, was 22 years old. He married a woman from the Li family for the third time, swindled her out of all her money, but he still loved her. In the end, he and the woman from the Li family stayed in Shenzhen and never returned.
The fifth son, Liu Jiangong, is 22 years old. He is the twin of the fourth son, Liu Jiancheng. The two of them go out and cause trouble all day long, leaving an endless mess for others to clean up. They lose money again and again, and in the end, they cause someone's death, lose all their family's wealth, and still end up in prison.
The sixth son's second daughter, Liu Jianmei, is 20 years old and very beautiful. She couldn't go to university, loved to learn art, dance, and sing but had no talent. In the end, she met a scumbag who cheated on her and got her pregnant out of wedlock. She couldn't get the child back. He found her an honest man in town, but she disliked his honesty and went to become an actress, but her career was lukewarm.
The seventh child, Liu Jianli, is 16 years old. He supported her through university, but she went to Shanghai with her boyfriend and they have been living far away ever since.
The four sons and two daughters couldn't raise 20,000 yuan for their elderly father's surgery, causing him to miss the optimal time for the procedure and die at home.
Zhao Fengxiu was disliked by her children and was kicked out of her town home by her eldest son, Liu Jianguo. She was sent to the countryside to fend for herself, where she slipped and fell to her death in the rainy night!
In the end, it was her uncle from the neighboring hill, with whom she had the worst relationship, who found her and helped notify her six children.
The eldest son, Liu Jianguo, said that he had just taken the whole family on a trip and wouldn't be back for a while.
The second son, Liu Jianbang, is having a great time abroad and has no intention of returning.
The third son, Liu Jiancheng, said he was in Shenzhen negotiating a big business deal and asked not to be disturbed.
The fourth son, Liu Jiangong, also said that his wife had just given birth and was in postpartum confinement, so he couldn't leave.
The second daughter, Liu Jianmei, said that she had a work commitment to attend and didn't have time to come back.
The third daughter, Liu Jianli, also said that she was busy with her career in Shanghai and couldn't come back, so she suggested that she try contacting her eldest sister, with whom she had severed ties for many years.
The third uncle had no choice but to go find Liu Jianxin. When he found him, Liu had already been kicked out of the Chen family and was homeless, about to be harassed by an old man. The third uncle rescued him and told him the truth, thinking it would be of no use.
Unexpectedly, Liu Jianxin burst into tears and followed his third uncle back to the countryside without stopping, trekking through mountains and rivers!
Liu Jianxin gathered some elders, villagers, and neighbors to help him, and they barely managed to finish the funeral arrangements.
For three days, the six children did not return and were nowhere to be found.
After Liu Jianxin finished his business, they arrived late, weeping and wailing in front of the thatched hut. They offered some vegetables and meat, bowed, and said words of remorse that moved heaven and earth.
They left in a hurry in less than half a day, finishing their business hastily.
Zhao Fengxiu kept it in mind.
Over the years, she has devoted half her life to her children, but none of them have shown her any kindness. Only her eldest daughter, with whom she has severed ties, has come to help her with her funeral arrangements.
Human nature is cold-hearted; these children are all ingrates!
He toiled for them his whole life, but in the end, he didn't even have time to collect his mother's body and hold a funeral!
If you don't treat your elderly mother well when she's alive, what's the use of crying when she's dead?
Thinking about all this, Zhao Fengxiu gritted her teeth in hatred, her fists clenched so tightly under the table that they cracked.
Today is the wedding day of Liu Jianxin, the eldest daughter who has been estranged and kicked out of the house, as she marries Chen Juncai of the Chen family.
At the wedding banquet, the Liu family only sent their own relatives; they didn't invite any of their other aunts or uncles, feeling it would be a disgrace!
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