Chapter 1: Rebirth after death
In the kitchen, 78-year-old Liang Xiulan stood by the stove with a rag in her hand, her head tilted, motionless.
Outside the kitchen, Jiang Jinzhou, an old man who had been sitting in the restaurant drinking tea, kept muttering to himself.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. The grandson of Liang Xiulan’s sister came to visit relatives and brought a box of pure milk, two buckets of tea, and a box of eight-treasure porridge.
But he kept complaining about this and that, and even belittled the tea he drank.
"What the hell is this? Every time I come here, I only get pure milk. It's said online that this kind of milk isn't real milk at all and drinking too much is bad for the body."
"This eight-treasure porridge is also sweet. We are all old people, and it's not good to drink something sweet like this!"
"And this tea, what kind of tea is this? It tastes so bad. I can tell it's a company benefit and they sent it to me because no one at home drinks it."
Liang Xiulan's family was poor, and he had always looked down on them. Now, fifty years had passed, and he even looked down on her grandson. Every time he came to their house, he would complain after leaving.
Liang Xiulan was so angry that her eyes turned black.
[Your family is so kind and always comes to see you during the holidays, but your nephews and nieces haven't even given you a milk carton, let alone milk!]
"It's their fault if someone comes to see you. Besides, they're not here to see you, they're here to see me, your aunt! If you don't like it, put it down. Don't waste it!"
She had a lot of grievances that she wanted to vent, but now she couldn't say anything. Her lips were numb, her whole body was weak, and she felt dizzy.
Gradually, a buzzing sound began to appear in my ears, and the old man was still chattering outside.
"Let me tell you, I really don't like the son of your sister's second son. Selling insurance, what kind of job is that? Isn't that just cheating people?"
"It's been five years, and he's still a manager. How many people must he have cheated? I think that boy is dishonest, and your sister is the same. You don't teach her a lesson."
He kept chattering, not noticing that the old woman in the kitchen behind him was losing her balance.
Just as he picked up the teacup, he heard a thud behind him. He turned around quickly and saw the old woman lying straight on the ground with her eyes rolled up.
"Oh, what's going on? Is the floor too slippery? I told you to wait until the floor is dry before cleaning the stove, but you refused to listen..."
Even at this point, he was still blaming the old woman, without reflecting at all whether what he had just said had irritated her.
Because he has been used to it over the years, he always thought that he was a straightforward person and not targeting anyone, so the old woman was generous and would definitely not mind.
But she cares, she has cared for decades.
She vaguely felt that her son and daughter-in-law had returned.
"Dad! What's wrong with my mom?"
Jiang Jinzhou stood there at a loss, still complaining.
"I don't know. It must be because the floor is too slippery. I've already told you not to use those kinds of tiles in the kitchen. Use the non-slip kind. You guys are just trying to follow the trend..."
Before he could finish his words, his daughter-in-law interrupted him immediately.
"Okay, stop talking. What's the point of blaming the tiles now? Did you call an ambulance?"
Only then did Jiang Jinzhou remember that there were such things as ambulances in this world.
As soon as the daughter-in-law saw his expression, she knew that he must not have screamed, so she quickly took out her cell phone and called the emergency number.
Liang Xiulan covered her chest and pursed her lips tightly, her consciousness gradually fading away. When the ambulance arrived, her vital signs had completely disappeared.
The doctor said that the cause of death was a heart attack. Jiang Jinzhou then said, "He must have forgotten to take his medicine these past few days."
At night, Liang Xiulan stood by the bed, watching Jiang Jinzhou crying heartbrokenly, and she felt so happy in her heart.
"Humph! You deserve this day!"
"Now you know I love you, you'll cry till you go blind!"
"You're just a pile of shit, and you still think others stink. From now on, you'll live your whole life alone! I won't serve you anymore! I don't think anyone would care about you without me!"
Liang Xiulan crossed her arms, raised her chin proudly, and strode away, not wanting to look at the old man again.
When I walked out the door, I saw a beam of white light, which seemed to be a door.
She walked in without hesitation, and the white light was so bright that she couldn't open her eyes.
I don’t know how long it took, the dazzling white light in front of my eyes disappeared, and a familiar yet unfamiliar voice came to my ears.
"Actually, we just paid off the tractor bill, so we really don't have that much money right now. We can still barely afford the four major items, but as for the 288 betrothal gifts you mentioned, it's really a bit difficult..."
"In our area, there's no such high betrothal gifts. When my eldest daughter-in-law got married, she only gave 66..."
This means that the bride price is too high and they want to lower the price.
Liang Xiulan slowly opened her eyes and saw the person sitting in front of her. It was the young Jiang Jinzhou.
She looked around the room blankly, which was full of people.
His own parents, uncles and aunts, Jiang Jinzhou's parents, uncle and aunt, all looked young.
I looked around at the furnishings. Is this my old home? It looks quite new.
This talk, this scene, isn't this... the day of the engagement?
Could it be that she went back to more than fifty years ago? She was reborn!!!
The two met through chatting and had been dating for more than a year. Jiang Jinzhou saw that all his friends were getting married, so he was anxious and brought the two families together to discuss the marriage.
Her eyes met with 22-year-old Jiang Jinzhou, who was looking at her lovingly.
Liang Xiulan immediately rolled her eyes and didn't want to look at him any more.
I thought reincarnation would get me rid of this annoying guy, but when I opened my eyes, I saw him again. My heart was completely chilled...
He had suffered so much from him in his previous life, and he would never live with him in this life.
Moreover, his family was not short of money at that time, but Jiang Jinzhou's mother thought that Liang Xiulan's family were honest people and easy to fool.
She has several thousand dollars in her hands.
When doing business, every penny saved counts. This is human nature, and Liang Xiulan understands it.
But she used the money she saved to buy a bicycle for her eldest daughter-in-law!
Because she didn't buy one when she got married, and when she heard that Liang Xiulan wanted a bicycle for her wedding, she wanted one too!
Liang Xiulan already knew what this family was planning, and she stood up immediately.
"Auntie may think that an uneducated person like me is not worth this price. It doesn't matter. Auntie can ask your Jinzhou to find a girl who has been to school and the betrothal gift is only 66!"
After that, she turned to her parents and uncle and aunt and said, "Mom, Dad, aunt, since we can't come to an agreement, let's just go. Actually, I'm not that eager to get married."
The reason why she said this was entirely because in her previous life, Jiang Jinzhou's mother had despised her all her life.
His mother and he are both of the same character. His mother despises her because she has never been to school and because her family is poor.
Jiang Jinzhou disliked her family for being unrefined, her father for being only good at farming, her mother for not cooking well, and her sister for being too lazy. In short, no one in the Liang family caught his eye.
Everything is fine before marriage, but after marriage all the bad faces of the family are revealed.
Liang Xiulan directly pulled her mother and second aunt up from the stools and immediately walked out of the main room.
Everyone was stunned. Everything was fine just now, how could it suddenly become like this?
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