Chapter 226 The Past
When Jiang Xiurong first saw Tang Mingli, his clothes were patched up and his cheeks were sunken due to his thinness.
Although supplies were scarce in those days, it was abnormal for a young man who was willing to work hard and was in his prime to become emaciated due to hunger.
There was a subsidy when they signed up to go to the countryside, but Tang Mingli didn't bring any good things at that time, and he didn't even have 5 yuan on him. He was so pitiful.
Tang Mingli's mother didn't know what was wrong with her, but she was trying her best to suck the blood of her own child to raise her first love's child, for fear that her own child would live too long.
Tang Mingli has been responsible for all the chores in the family since he was young. Although he has never been to the countryside, he is very good at his job because he has been trained since he was young. Even so, he rarely gets a good look from others and it is common for him to not have enough to eat.
Xiao Tang was able to grow up alive and well, probably because of the blessing of his father who has passed away.
After graduating from junior high school, he found a part-time job based on his own abilities. Although he could take some money home, his life was not much better.
Some people may ask why he doesn't just live on his own?
That mother is my biological mother.
When he got older and was able to earn money, he became more independent and could no longer be made to obey by beatings alone.
But if he showed any disobedience, his mother would rush to his workplace and cry and make a fuss, threatening to commit suicide, fearing that she would not be able to force him to death.
At that time, Tang Mingli was only a boy of more than ten years old. Faced with such a scene, what could he do? He could only grit his teeth, swallow the blood, and endure it.
Later, when the street organized everyone to go to the countryside, his half-brother, who was half a year older than him and had no work to do, bore the brunt of the problem.
Her mother couldn't bear to see her beloved child suffer in the countryside, so she immediately enrolled him and even withheld the resettlement fee.
Just go to the countryside.
Tang Mingli went to the countryside carrying his tattered luggage, some biscuits given by his co-workers, and a few dollars that he had secretly saved for a long time.
It’s also good to go to the countryside.
In fact, Xiao Tang felt that life in the countryside earning work points was much better than life at home. Not only could he eat and drink enough, but he also had quietness in his ears. He even enjoyed it a little.
Most people don't think highly of his behavior of eating Jiang Xiurong's gigolo.
But even without Jiang Xiurong, he could still live a happy life farming in the countryside.
He is strong and able to endure hardships, and can support himself. Maybe he will even have some money left at the end of the year.
The reason why Tang Mingli refused to get married in his previous life was because his mother told him to go home and get married.
The emotional card was played earlier.
Later, he threatened to come to his place to cause trouble and said he would die in front of him, so that everyone could see how cruel and ruthless he was, and that he had forced his own mother to death and sent him to prison.
Tang Mingli: There is no greater sorrow than a dead heart.
But he still didn't want to listen to his mother, but he was really worried that his mother would come and make trouble, so he simply didn't get married. Even if his mother came and made trouble, he would be the only one who would be in trouble, and no one else would be implicated.
He held on until the opening, when his mother died. Only then did he feel that the dark clouds above his head had finally dispersed, welcoming a new life, and happened to meet the divorced Jiang Xiurong.
He never listened to his mother in his previous life, and he will never listen in this life.
But I still feel a little frustrated and panic in my heart.
This seemingly perfunctory concern was just to trick him into selling himself and pave the way for her to have another son.
The scene of his mother pointing at him and cursing him appeared before his eyes again.
Those sharp and harsh words were like blades, cutting his heart into pieces.
The less loved a child is, the more hurt he will be by these things.
Fortunately, he has learned to ignore it. Maybe one day in the future, he will reconcile with himself, but it takes time.
Tang Mingli's stepfather was of poor means, just an ordinary worker, and he looked ordinary. I don't know why his mother was so devoted to him.
His mother lived a good life with Tang Mingli's father for a while. They had fine clothes and delicious food at home, and were taken care of by farmhands and helpers.
Maybe wild boars can't eat fine bran, so she doesn't like living like this.
After returning to his beloved first love, his living standard naturally dropped a lot. With his first love's salary, it was not easy to give his mother Tang a full meal, let alone a good meal.
But money can't buy people's willingness. Tang's mother was happy to follow her first love, even if it meant having to eat coarse food.
But life is all about the daily necessities of life. Tang's mother thinks she is already very frugal, but sometimes the two of them still quarrel over money.
Her first love did not sympathize with her difficulties, but only thought that she was extravagant and wasteful.
Every time this happened, Tang Mingli's mother would curse his biological father, whose appearance he could hardly remember, in his ear. After cursing, she would stare at him hatefully, as if they had some deep hatred.
Tang Mingli didn't understand. They were arguing over money, so what did it have to do with his biological father? The only wrong thing his biological father had done with Tang's mother was that he only married her at the behest of his parents and the matchmaker. If she really didn't want to, why didn't she just say so?
Also, if she hated herself so much, why did she take him with her when she remarried?
When Tang Mingli was young, he fantasized more than once that it would be great if he could be with his biological father. They could live any kind of life and it wouldn't matter if they couldn't survive.
As long as I don't have to bear the grace of her giving birth to me, it would be better than anything else.
Tang's mother stared at him angrily and explained, "Who made me soft-hearted? If I had known you were such a heartless person, I should have strangled you to death to save you from wasting food at home!"
Tang Mingli didn't understand how he could be so heartless. Besides, how much food could he waste? Even if he had a mother, his life was almost the same as an orphan. He fainted on the roadside due to hunger more than a few times when he was a child.
It was his neighbors who felt sorry for him and fed him some soup, and saved him. He grew up eating at other people's homes, but fortunately he knew that he couldn't eat and drink at other people's homes for free, so he would go to other people's homes to help out whenever he had time.
Seeing how well-behaved and sensible he was, his neighbors loved him even more. Knowing that his mother really didn't like him, some people even suggested to her that they adopt him.
But his mother disagreed and picked up a stick to beat him up, saying that he was a heartless person who sold his mother for fame and fortune. She had raised him with great difficulty, but he did not think about repaying her and only wanted to leave her to live a good life with someone else.
During those dark and gloomy years, he thought more than once that it would be great if she had really strangled herself to death.
Fortunately, life will eventually pay off.
From the moment he stepped on the train to the countryside, fate finally favored him.
When Tang Mingli was on the train, he saw Jiang Xiurong at first sight.
She walked up to him gracefully, carrying her luggage, with a smile in her eyes, and said in a gentle voice: "Comrade, can you help me put my luggage down?"
Tang Mingli didn't know why, but he suddenly became nervous. He was even more nervous than when the factory leaders suddenly came to inspect him when he was working in the factory.
His heart was pounding, he stood up hurriedly, and fumbled to help her put the luggage on the shelf.