"The tribe has always regarded him as the successor to the clan leader and trained him. When he came of age, he was supposed to inherit the position of clan leader, but my father unexpectedly fell in love with my mother."
Speaking of this, Long Xiangling felt a little emotional and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong with your mother? Just because I fall in love with your mother, I can't be the clan leader?" Su Yan was puzzled.
"My mother is Han Chinese. According to the rules of the village, the clan leader cannot marry a Han Chinese." Long Xiangling explained.
"After my father's persuasion failed, he secretly held a ceremony with my mother and got married without telling the clan leader or anyone else in the village.
But the good times didn't last long, my mother got pregnant with me...
According to the rules of the village, men and women who have sex without the approval of the clan leader will be burned to death!
But my mother's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it seemed that the truth would be exposed sooner or later, so my father had no choice but to take my mother and escape from the village!
When the clan leader learned that my father and his men had escaped the village, he was furious and expelled all of my grandfather's clan members from the village in front of the entire clan!
There was a moment of silence in the car!
This experience sounded really depressing, and Lan Guoer couldn't help but sigh!
But who is to blame? People have different beliefs and pursuits. In life, everyone is simply paying the price for their own choices!
"Then why do your uncle and his family appear here?" Su Yan asked another question.
Long Xiangling explained,
"After leaving the village, my father was always thinking about my grandfather and grandmother. He did not go far at that time. Later, he learned that my grandfather, grandmother and uncle had also been driven out, so he brought the whole family here and settled down.
But ever since leaving the village, my uncle has always been resentful of my father.
After grandma left, uncle got very angry with dad. He blamed dad for making grandpa and grandma stay in a foreign land and unable to return home!
After handling grandma's funeral, he moved out with his family and settled down here! He hasn't been in touch with us for all these years. If it weren't for the fact that all the family members were gone this time, I wouldn't have thought of looking for uncle.
......After she finished speaking, Long Xiangling lowered her head, with an unconcealable loneliness in her eyes.
Su Jin was driving and didn't say a word the whole time, but every word Long Xiangling said fell into his ears.
His brows were knitted together, and a trace of guilt arose in his heart. If he had known that her life experience was so miserable, he should have been gentler to her just now.
When we arrived at the camp, the rain had stopped.
Chen Lin was guarding the front of the camp. When he saw the car stop, he quickly walked over.
"sister in law!"
He took the luggage from Lan Guo'er, but didn't dare to look her in the eye. A variety of emotions mixed together and poured out of his chest, making him choke on his words.
Tang Zhan’s sacrifice dealt him a heavy blow!
That was his brother who fought side by side with him! He was even his spiritual support. The relationship between them could even be said to be no worse than that between Lan Guoer and him!
He hasn't been able to let it go these days!
He forced all the responsibility onto himself. He blamed himself for not going on the mission with him, for not preparing them better beforehand, and even hated himself for not being strong enough...
Lan Guoer understood his feelings, raised her hand, patted his shoulder, and said, "Relax! Everything will be fine!"
Lan Guoer's calmness made Chen Lin relax a little. He was really afraid of seeing his sister-in-law looking depressed and crying.
No one knew better than him how much Tang Tuan cared about his sister-in-law! She was the person he had always wanted to keep at the top of his heart.
Su Jin had already arranged rooms for them in advance, but he didn't expect that they would bring back another person, Long Xiangling, so he could only let her live in the same room with Lan Guoer for the time being.
On the way back, Long Xiangling already knew their identities, knew that Su Jin was a member of the team, and also knew that the three of them were siblings.
Seeing that she was alone, had nowhere to go, and was being targeted by human traffickers, Lan Guoer asked for her opinion and brought her to the military area.
"Miss Guo'er, why did you come all the way here? It has never been peaceful here, you shouldn't have come." In the room, Long Xiangling was busy tidying up the room, and said to Lan Guo'er with concern in her eyes.
"I came here to wait for someone!"
Lan Guoer looked out the window. It was getting dark. She was not sure when the man she was thinking about would come back. She could only wait here as Yuan Lanxi said.
"That person must be your lover, right?" Long Xiangling asked generously without any reservation when she mentioned the word "lover".
Most of the villages here are inhabited by ethnic minorities, and are relatively open to matters between men and women.
In the village where Long Xiangling lived, if a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old fell in love with a girl, he could go to the girl's house at nightfall and play the flute or sing love songs.
If the girl is interested, she will prepare tea and invite the man in. If she is not interested, she can just ignore him, and the man will know her intentions.
The people here are relatively open-minded when it comes to love matters, and are not as reserved as the Han people.
Lan Guoer nodded, her tone teasing as she asked, "What about you? You're already twenty years old and so pretty, isn't there any young man who would sing a love song for you?"
"You know, my father doesn't belong here, and my mother is a very traditional Han Chinese. They attach great importance to my marriage! But..."
Long Xiangling lowered her head, picking at her nails, her tone filled with sadness.
"But until they died, they were never able to find a man that satisfied them."
Lan Guoer knew that she was missing her family again. She had been feeling this kind of longing for her family while isolated from the world.
She walked over to her and hugged her gently.
Lan Guoer knew that any words would be pale and powerless at this moment, but she still opened her mouth and said, "We will meet each other eventually!"
These words were spoken to Long Xiangling, but also seemed to be spoken to herself.
Perhaps feeling the oppressive atmosphere, Long Xiangling wiped away her tears, then raised her beautiful eyebrows.
"Look at me! Bringing up these unhappy things again.
My grandma always said that we should look forward to the future. We should learn to accept the past, no matter how regretful or remorseful it is, and then live every day with a smile.
From now on, I will do as my mother said, hold my head high and walk forward with a smile on my face."
Lan Guoer was instantly amused by her confident and cute expression. She lay on the table, holding her chin with both hands, and joked:
"How can you be so cute? I'm a woman, and I wish I could sit at your doorstep and sing love songs every day! Tell me the truth, has even the threshold of your house been trampled down?"
Although they had only been together for a short time, Lan Guoer really liked this girl's personality.
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