Jiang Dongcheng seemed to be able to imagine how difficult it was for a woman to raise three children in those difficult times.
"National Treasure, can you tell me about the years I was here, and what happened after I left?"
"Yes, I can tell you. Their family is a landlord, and everyone in the village knows what happened in their family. Let's start from when you first arrived in Qingping Bay.
When Vanilla saved you, you were injured and indeed had lost your memory. He and his father helped you find someone who knew you, but maybe your hometown was too far away, so they couldn't find anyone after searching for a long time...
That time, the bandits came down the mountain and the bandit leader wanted to take Vanilla up the mountain to be his concubine. In order to save Vanilla, you fought against more than a dozen bandits alone and took eighteen knife blows from them. You gritted your teeth and stood in front of Vanilla to prevent them from taking her away. You scared the bandit leader.
Later, you fainted, and Vanilla took care of you day and night and stayed by your side, crying until her tears almost dried up.
Fortunately, you survived the ordeal and came back to life. Later, you married Xiangcao, and not long after, you had Jiangye.
You were originally living a good life, but suddenly a trend arose. Our lives were considered good, but you were also defeated.
At that time, in order to prevent Grandpa Mei and Xiangcao from suffering, you changed the children's surnames, so the Mei family became the Jiang family, and you were the one who suffered... Later, you had Jiang Yang and Jiang Ting, and you disappeared when the two children were not yet old.
At that time, Vanilla was taking care of two babies who couldn't walk, and a little boy named Jiang Ye who was four or five years old. You have no idea how difficult life was.
In fact, there was also a matchmaker for Vanilla. Judging from Vanilla's appearance, even if she was just taking care of three children, there were men willing to marry her and take care of them.
But she doesn't want to get married, she's waiting for you, she says you'll come back. Many people have advised her that if you don't come back for two, three, four, or five years, you're either in danger or have gone somewhere else and won't come back.
But no matter what others said, she just didn't believe it. She has been waiting for you for nearly twenty years.
Yu Guobao's throat was choked with sobs and he wiped his tears with the sleeves of his cotton jacket.
Jiang Dongcheng, who was beside him, had already had his eyes wet with tears.
He squatted down and kept his head down for a long time before he calmed down.
In fact, he was crying just now.
Yu Guobao said, "Dahe, they are not at home anymore. They have all gone to Jing City. Do you still want to go back to the village to check on them?"
"Go, I'll go take a look."
"Oh, that's fine. Since you're here, why not go visit the place where you used to live? Maybe it can help you regain some memories. By the way, how have you been these years?"
"Compared to them, I am much better."
They waited for a while, and several villagers who were returning to the village came over. At first glance, these villagers also mistook Jiang Dongcheng for Jiang Ye, but three of the older ones quickly recognized him as Jiang Dahe.
"Dahe, you are not dead, you are still alive."
"Dahe, where have you been all these years? Vanilla waited so long for you, and only after she finally made it through did you come back."
"Dahe, what have you been doing all these years? Why didn't you come back to find Vanilla? We all thought you were dead, because we all know that Vanilla is your life. If you were alive, you wouldn't have ignored the four of them."
When Jiang Dongcheng heard their words, his eyes unconsciously became moist again.
He really had a deep love with Mei Xiangcao, and he abandoned them, an orphan and a widow, for so many years. Even though he still couldn't remember what happened in the past, he felt very uncomfortable just listening to these people talk about it. Why did God play such a trick on them?
"I, this is a long story."
Suddenly, an old lady yelled, "You look like a jerk. You haven't come back in all these years. Have you changed your mind? Have you gone out and married another woman?"
"How could Dahe be that kind of person? We all watched him and Vanilla live together for those few years. He would never betray Vanilla."
"But if he's still alive, why hasn't he come back for all these years? And now he's dressed so well, doesn't that mean he's hooked up with someone more capable?"
"I, am not."
He lowered his head and spoke in a voice as thin as a mosquito, probably only he could hear it, because it could not completely deny what others said. Although he did not marry a wealthy woman, he did marry another woman.
"Since you've already chosen someone else, why did you come back? Are you thinking about your children growing up? Do you want to claim them?
Bah, you've become such a traitor that the children won't recognize you. You'd better get out of here now and don't come to our village."
"Yes, so you really came here to recognize the children. You didn't raise them when they were young. Vanilla worked so hard to raise them, and you want to sit back and reap the benefits. I didn't know you were that kind of person."
"It's useless for him to go. He's not at home. Even if he were, we should go and tell him that he's a heartless man and ask Vanilla and the child not to recognize him."
Jiang Dongcheng listened to the villagers' anger, and it was obvious that they had all witnessed the time she spent with Mei Xiangcao.
"Don't misunderstand me, I'm not what you say."
The captain waved his hand at the angry women, "Stop arguing! Dahe didn't mean to stay away. You forgot that when he first came to our village, he had no memory. Later, he regained his memory, but he forgot the years he lived here."
He had already seen Xiangcao and her three children in Jing City. Xiangcao and the children didn't recognize him, so he came here to inquire about their past.
"Ah? I see."
The villagers suddenly realized, "So he didn't mean to be unfaithful. I was wondering, if he was alive and well, would he really not care about the lives of Xiangcao and her daughter?"
The ox cart returned to Qingping Bay. Before entering the village, Jiangdong City saw the endless mountains.
It was the same as in his dream, except that there were no blooming flowers on the mountain or at the foot of the mountain, nor was there that graceful girl.
The captain pulled him to the door of the Jiang family and said, "This is where you used to live."
The gate of the yard was open. Jiang Dongcheng got out of the car and saw a row of imposing brick houses inside through the gate. Suddenly, something came to his mind.
This place, he once lived here.
He stumbled in and saw a man standing in the vegetable garden in the yard. He didn't know this person. Just as he was about to ask who the other person was, Mei Dongliang walked towards him.
"Jiang Ye, oh, are you Jiang Ye?"
He hadn't seen Jiang Ye for less than a year, but how come Jiang Ye seemed to have aged by ten years?
Just when Mei Dongliang was thinking of another possibility, Jiang Dongcheng spoke: "I am not Jiang Ye, I am Jiang Dong... I am Jiang Dahe."
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