Chapter 274 Power Outage
Su Nanzhi's pupils trembled and she looked at Xue Jiawang.
Xue Jiawang felt a little uncomfortable when she looked at him. He turned his face away and sighed deeply.
"At that time, although no one knew what your mother's family did, you could tell from her words and actions that she came from a wealthy family."
"At that time, families like this were considered the five black categories."
"Even if your father is in the army, your mother's situation is not good."
At this point, Xue Jiawang couldn't help but clench his fists. "Your mother, a woman, really can't bear it anymore. She can only abandon you and go find your grandfather by herself."
Su Nanzhi felt that her brain was not enough. Before she could digest the news that her mother was not an orphan but came from a wealthy family, she was told that her mother was not dead, but had gone to find her grandfather.
Liang Hongying said apologetically, "Your mother came to see us the day before she left. Although she didn't explicitly say she was going to see your grandfather, we only realized it after she left."
"Your father also knows about this, but in order to protect you, he told us not to mention it to you." Xue Jiawang sighed again.
Brother Minglang is such a good person, why does he have such bad luck?
"Don't blame your parents, they just had no other choice." Liang Hongying looked at Su Nanzhi's red eyes and patted her head. "When your mother married your father, she published a newspaper to disown the family. But even that had an impact on your father. Later, coupled with the negative public opinion, she had no choice but to resort to this last resort."
Su Nanzhi's fingertips dug deep into the palm of her hand, but she didn't feel any pain.
"So..." she croaked, "my mom might still be alive?"
Xue Jiawang and Liang Hongying looked at each other and then shook their heads.
"We don't know either, but a year before your father died, we went to Chuncheng to investigate. It was said that someone saw your mother sitting on the black bed on the way to Gangcheng, but we don't know if it's true."
Su Nanzhi nodded and didn't ask any further questions. She didn't know what to ask.
After a few years of full opening, she will go to the port city to take a look.
"Although not many people know about your mother's family, Qin Youliang and your father have been comrades-in-arms for many years. Your father may have revealed it to him."
Seeing Su Nanzhi's low mood, Xue Jiawang immediately returned to the point and asked, "If Qin Youliang and Huang Baogui told you, would it have any impact on you?"
Su Nanzhi took a deep breath and gently placed the photo back into the envelope. When she looked up, the confusion in her eyes had faded, replaced by a familiar determination.
"Uncle Xue, my mother has been gone for so many years. If anything was going to happen, it would have happened a long time ago." She carefully put the envelope into her pocket, a sneer on her lips. "Besides, I'm no longer the helpless little girl I was a few years ago."
"But..." Liang Hongying wanted to speak worriedly, but was interrupted by Su Nanzhi.
"Aunt Liang," Su Nanzhi stood up and held her rough hands, "Have you forgotten? I know a big shot."
Thinking of the gossip in the county that there was a big shot behind Su Nanzhi who was able to trip up Huang Baogui and the Lu family, Xue Jiawang and Liang Hongying were both happy and nervous.
However, both of them tacitly did not ask what the relationship between Su Nanzhi and the big shot was.
"You're old enough now, you can handle some things on your own." A hint of worry flashed in Xue Jiawang's eyes. "If you encounter any difficulties, don't try to be stubborn. If things really don't work out, your uncle Xue can still give you something to eat."
"That's right, your Uncle Xue is not good enough, and you have two brothers Xue Wen and Xue Wu, and one younger brother Xue Shuang." Liang Hongying also echoed.
Su Nanzhi nodded. Although the Xue family treated her very well, sometimes speaking out would only add to their troubles.
In order to welcome Su Nanzhi back, Liang Hongying cooked a lot of dishes.
As if he had let go of something that had been hidden in his heart for many years, Xue Jiawang also took out the wine that he had collected for many years. Su Nanzhi drank a lot of wine with him. By the time she left the Xue family, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
Xue Wen didn't drink, so he accompanied Su Nanzhi home.
Halfway through the journey, Su Nanzhi looked at Xue Wen who seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Brother Wen, do you have something to tell me?"
Under the dim street lights, Su Nanzhi saw his face turn red instantly.
"I...I...just..." Xue Wen doesn't stutter normally, but he will stutter when he is nervous.
Su Nanzhi saw that he couldn't say anything for a long time and looked at her with an embarrassed expression.
She raised her eyebrows and said, "Brother Wen, I haven't congratulated you and Sister Xinxin on being together yet."
The blush on Xue Wen's face instantly spread to his neck, "You... you know, I'm... I'm sorry, we agreed to pretend..."
Su Nanzhi waved her hand to interrupt Xue Wen's next words, with a teasing look on her face.
"Even if you're willing to pretend to be my boyfriend for the rest of your life, I don't want that."
"I still want to find a tall, rich and handsome partner."
When Xue Wen heard what she said, he felt relieved. Seeing Su Nanzhi walking towards the old house, he immediately followed her.
It was past nine in the evening and most people had already fallen asleep.
The Su family's old house was also dark. Xue Wen turned around and left after seeing Su Nanzhi enter the house.
When Su Nanzhi returned home and turned on the light switch, there was no response.
Although the Su family's old house had electricity, the infrastructure was not very good in that era, and power outages occurred from time to time. Su Nanzhi didn't take it seriously. She picked up the match on the table and lit the oil lamp.
The originally dim room suddenly became bright. Su Nanzhi squatted on the ground and looked at the flickering candlelight. His mind couldn't help but become a little empty, and finally he couldn't help but burp.
She had just had a drink with Xue Jiawang, but she didn't feel anything when she was at Xue's house, but now she was drunk.
Usually she would go straight into the space, but today she was a little slow to react because she had drunk a little bit of wine.
In my previous life, I used the wine table as my dining table and developed a good alcohol tolerance. But after my rebirth, I forgot that I have only had a few drinks now.
Just as Su Nanzhi was about to stand up, she suddenly felt dizzy. She subconsciously held onto the edge of the table, but accidentally knocked over the enamel cup on the table.
"Bang—"
The enamel cup hit the ground with a dull sound.
But at this moment, Su Nanzhi didn't care about this movement. Besides feeling dizzy, a strange heat suddenly swept over her whole body.
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