Chapter 4: Forever the Zhou Family's Daughter-in-Law
"She was pregnant and went to an unlicensed clinic for an abortion, but she suffered severe bleeding. By the time the village chief and the others arrived, she was already beyond saving."
Wang Hongying showed no sympathy whatsoever for Cui Miao's death.
Life in the countryside is tough, and some people always want to find shortcuts.
For female educated youth, their health was their greatest asset.
Cui Miao is a prime example of someone who used this advantage to gain convenience.
She probably doesn't even know whose child is the illegitimate one in her belly.
Su Jin remained silent.
These days, the educated youth are all in a state of panic, and some with connections have already begun to return to the city ahead of schedule.
But once a female educated youth becomes pregnant, she can't go back. Cui Miao's choice to have an abortion was a last resort.
But this child took her life!
"Su Jin, don't you remember your identity and your family?" Wang Hongying had a good relationship with her and genuinely cared about her.
“I think your family must be doing well. If you remember, you might still have a chance to go back.”
Staying to live in this remote mountain village will ruin your life.
Su Jin said calmly, "What difference does it make whether I remember or not? I'm already married."
So they all have a chance to go back, but she has to deal with this first.
Wang Hongying glanced around to make sure no one was paying attention to them, then lowered her voice and reminded them, "You don't even have a child. If you can go back, do you think their family will be able to find you?"
The educated youth sent to the countryside were scattered all over the country, so finding one was extremely difficult.
Su Jin chose to remain silent.
Looking at her pretty face, Wang Hongying felt genuinely sorry for her. "You agreed to marry Zhou Zhenxing to repay a debt of gratitude. You've already taken care of your in-laws for three years, and your father-in-law is dead. That debt of gratitude should be repaid. Zhou Zhenxing is in the army and rarely comes back. What's the difference between your life and that of a widow? If I were you, I would definitely find a way to go back."
Su Jin is not Wang Hongying; some things cannot be resolved simply by leaving.
In the evening, Su Jin returned home from work and found that Liu Guizhi had cleaned up her west-facing room.
There was only a kang (heated brick bed) in the house and a wooden chest that the Zhou family had specially made for her when she got married. That was all.
However, she casually tucked the telegram Zhou Zhenxing sent her back under the covers.
So Su Jin was a little worried: had Liu Guizhi seen it?
Sure enough, when the blankets were opened, the telegram that had been there was gone.
"Xiao Jin, let's eat."
Liu Guizhi's urging voice rang out at the door.
A moment later, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat down at the dining table.
Cornbread, pickled vegetables, and wild vegetable soup.
"Mom, when you were cleaning my room, did you see a piece of paper with writing on it?" Su Jin asked directly.
Her mother-in-law was illiterate, and she hadn't been told that she had received a telegram from Zhou Zhenxing, so this was the only way she could ask.
"No, what paper? Is it important?"
Liu Guizhi looked puzzled.
Su Jin stared at her for two seconds, then shook her head.
"unimportant."
She goes out to work during the day, leaving only her mother-in-law at home. Who else could possibly take a telegram besides her?
Liu Guizhi changed the subject somewhat guiltily, "Xiao Jin, many educated youths in the village have left. What are you thinking about that?"
"I don't remember anything from before. This is my home."
Su Jin's answer relieved Liu Guizhi, and the anxiety that had been weighing on her all day finally subsided.
"This is your home, of course. Even if you remember everything later, you will still be a daughter-in-law of the Zhou family."
Liu Guizhi said it as a matter of course.
She was indeed well-behaved and sensible, and didn't have any messy thoughts.
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