People who eat melon are in 70 - Chapter 15

As soon as the system finished speaking, someone trotted past Jiang Youtao and the others; she was Xu Dazui. Jiang Youtao pulled Gu Nianwei to catch up with her: “Aunt Dazui, where are you going in such a hurry?”

Aunt Dazui’s name is Xu Dazui. According to her, it was because she was born with a big mouth and a small body. Her grandmother gave her this name.

Seeing that it was Jiang Youtao, Xu Dazui slowed down and said, “Zhao Chunhua wanted to sell Wenrong from Lin Jianzhong’s family. Wenping and Wen’an found out and are making a fuss now.” Zhao Chunhua is Lin Jianzhong’s mother and the mother-in-law who has been tormenting Gu Nianwei in the book.

It is 1974 now. The years have been good. Unless they are too lazy to have maggots, few people sell their children, let alone grandmothers selling their children.
This kind of thing hasn’t happened in Liushugou for many years.

Jiang Youtao remembered that there was this paragraph in the book. The book says that Lin Jianzhong was originally unwilling to remarry, and he was particularly opposed to blind dates. Lin Weihong persuaded him many times because of this incident, but it was useless. After this incident, he agreed to the blind date.

Because he suddenly found that his mother was vicious, he needed someone to take care of his children. Gu Nianwei’s appearance, figure, and family background perfectly met all his fantasies about women. After seeing Gu Nianwei during the blind date, he changed his previous impatience and perfunctory attitude and became particularly active and frank.

How nice he was during the blind date, saying that two of the three children have grown up, and they don’t need to be taken care of, and they can help take care of the younger ones. They are obedient, well-behaved, and sensible. They are not like the naughty children picked up in the village; they will definitely not embarrass Gu Nianwei.
All Gu Nianwei has to do is cook for them and wash their clothes, and she doesn’t need to take care of the rest. As for Zhao Chunhua, Gu Nianwei doesn’t need to pay attention to her; just pretend that she doesn’t exist.

How nice he was before marriage, how disgusting he is after marriage. Lin Jianzhong was obviously rich, had a position in the commune, and was high enough to live in the family compound of the commune, but in order to show his kindness and generosity, he gave all his retirement benefits to the widows of his comrades, and he also let them distribute the dormitory of the commune to the families with many children in the supply and marketing cooperative.
There was no money to build a house in the village, and Gu Nianwei wanted to use the money to build it, but he refused and even said hypocritical words such as he didn’t want to use Gu Nianwei’s dowry, which moved Gu Nianwei in the book to tears and also made Gu Nianwei live under the nose of Zhao Chunhua, the evil mother-in-law, for the rest of her life.

Lin Wenping and his two brothers seemed to be well-behaved and obedient on the surface, but in fact, they were stabbing Gu Nianwei in the back. If she did anything bad to the three of them, Gu Nianwei would be talked about when she went out.

Gu Nianwei was scolded and belittled three times a day by the Lin family. Is this a life for people? Don’t good people have to be driven into lunatics by these people? What was Lin Jianzhong doing at that time?

He was busy with his career, leaving home early and coming back late. When he came back and knew what had happened, he would just hit people with a big stick and yell at Zhao Chunhua. He defended Gu Nianwei, but when he left, those who were beaten and scolded by him took out their anger on Gu Nianwei.

Jiang Youtao felt breast pain when she thought of the contents of the book.

If you want someone to take care of your sons, wouldn’t it be better to just find a nanny? You have to find a daughter-in-law.
Only a woman can take care of his sons? How can he not be so capable?

Gu Nianwei didn’t know why, but when she heard that Lin Lin Wenrong was going to be sold, her heart trembled. She grabbed Jiang Youtao’s hand and said, “Is this her real grandmother? Why do you want to sell her grandson? How cruel.”

Xu Dazui pouted: “Why not her real grandmother? My old lady used to be a midwife. She delivered almost all the babies of the younger generation in our village. Lin Jianzhong was taken out of Zhao Chunhua’s belly by her own hands. How can it be fake?”

Zhao Chunhua gave birth to a baby on her own kang. Even if she wanted to change it, no one would change it with her.

“Zhao Chunhua is the most hypocritical and vicious woman. You will know it after a long time.”
Jiang Youtao asked Xu Dazui to talk about it immediately when she heard that there was something fishy.

Zhao Chunhua’s affairs have been discussed by everyone in the past few decades. They were too lazy to talk about the trivial things in her family. Facing Jiang Youtao, an outsider, Xu Dazui was in high spirits.

“Zhao Chunhua married on the front feet and got tortured on the rear feet. She got married at the beginning of the year. She wasn’t pregnant until the middle of the year or until the beginning of the next year. She has never been pregnant. Her mother-in-law is not a good person. She tortured her.”

When she mentioned it, Xu Dazui said: “The mothers-in-law of that year were not good, I sympathized with Zhao Chunhua.”

“She was tortured, and there was no way to avoid it, so she found the witch of Wangzhuang next door to buy Fu Shui remedies to eat. She didn’t eat fewer ants and scorpions; we were afraid of it.” At that time, they were young and did not know the terrible human nature.

It’s better to feed the dog, at least the dog can shake its tail at her.

“When my eldest child was almost one year old, she finally got pregnant. The Lin family had been a single-line family for three generations. Once she got pregnant, she turned the tables in the Lin family, and the Lin family held her in high esteem.”

“Once she gained power, she became very different. She looked down on all the sisters who had treated her well before.”

“My mother-in-law was not a very decent person at that time. Once I quarreled with my old mother-in-law, and Zhao Chunhua happened to pass by. She stood on my mother-in-law’s side and squeezed me with her, saying that I was not filial to my mother-in-law and was not a good daughter-in-law. She also told her about the fact that I gave her dry food to eat.”

“You don’t know how angry my mother-in-law was at that time. Even my husband had complaints about me.” It was still in the 1940s and 1950s. Every household was poor. Anyone who could eat five points for every meal was already a very wealthy family.

Xu Dazui gave her own food to outsiders. Who wouldn’t be angry when hearing this? Her mother-in-law was so angry that she hit her. Her husband was good. Although he was angry with her, he still protected her, but she still paid a price.

From that day until she got pregnant with her second child, she could no longer do kitchen work. She was given the least food for every meal. Her husband was also watched by his family and could not leave her any food.

Every day, she was too hungry to bear it, so she just drank water to fill her stomach. It was common for people to drink water on an empty stomach and vomit acid. It was also because of this incident that Zhao Chunhua lost all her popularity in the village. Those who helped her before avoided her like the plague. Who wouldn’t be afraid of being the next Xu Dazui?

Xu Dazui was not a grudge-bearing person, but she hated Zhao Chunhua for her whole life.

“Zhao Chunhua raised the baby too big in her belly. She had a difficult birth, and it took her a whole day and night to give birth. She was also injured because of this. Lin Jianzhong was taken away by her mother-in-law to be raised after he was born. She lived the same life as before she got pregnant. Her mother-in-law beat and scolded her.”

“But this time, no one sympathized with her. When she was being argued with by her mother-in-law and her husband, no one spoke up for her.” After all, the lesson of Xu Dazui was still in front of them. Although they were young at that time, they were not stupid.

“She blamed Lin Jianzhong for her bad life and physical injuries. She was particularly mean to Lin Jianzhong and sometimes acted as if she had never given birth to this son.”

“It was three years later that she got pregnant again. This time, she gave birth to another son. She spoiled this son to the sky. Lin Jianhua was still breastfeeding when he was ten years old. It is said that he slept in the same bed with her when he was fifteen.”

Every household in Northeast China sleeps on a kang. In order to save firewood, unmarried children basically sleep on the same kang with their parents. But when children grow up, they sleep in separate beds. A fifteen-year-old boy has semen and can make a woman pregnant. Who wouldn’t laugh at him sleeping in the same bed with his mother? It’s not like there haven’t been cases of mothers having affairs with their own sons in their corner.

They also privately speculated whether Zhao Chunhua had deflowered her son.

Although Xu Dazui didn’t talk about how hypocritical and vicious Zhao Chunhua was, listening to this gossip made Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao very fascinated.

As they were talking, they arrived at the Lin family’s house. In the countryside, every household has a big house. The Lin family’s house is a typical northern courtyard, with five main rooms and three side rooms. In the middle is a vegetable garden, where some seasonal vegetables are planted.

It was just time to get off work, and the Lin family’s courtyard was full of people. Some of them were holding farm tools, and some were holding bowls and dry food.

The protagonists in the center of the courtyard were divided into two groups. One group was the Lin Wenping brothers, who protected their younger brother behind them, and Zhao Chunhua and two well-dressed middle-aged couples on the opposite side.

Zhao Chunhua was short, no more than 1.5 meters tall, but she was very plump, and her waist was as thick as a bucket. In this era when most people were not full, someone who could feed herself so much and make her family look skinny was also a rare talent.

Normally, fat people tend to be more friendly, but Zhao Chunhua is the opposite. She has high cheekbones, a flat nose, narrow triangular eyes, and her eyelids droop in the middle. She always looks at people with a bit of harshness.

This is the person in the book who tortured Gu Nianwei to the point of losing half her life.

Jiang Youtao turned to look at Gu Nianwei and found that Gu Nianwei’s eyes fell on the three brothers again, with a little pity in her eyes.

“Zhao Chunhua, who allowed you to buy and sell people? What qualifications do you have to sell Wenrong?” A woman squeezed into the crowd and went to Zhao Chunhua.

Gu Nianwei said, “It’s Aunt Weihong.”

Lin Weihong’s workplace is quite far away, and she hasn’t returned to the village yet.

When she heard that Zhao Chunhua was going to sell Lin Wenrong, she ran home immediately. When she saw the couple behind Zhao Chunhua, her mind exploded.

Zhao Chunhua was unhappy when she heard this: “Can you speak? Human trafficking is illegal. How can I do that? I just found a father and mother for Wenrong. Didn’t you say that? It’s not easy for Jianzhong, a man with three children, to find a wife. I’m trying to reduce his burden. Can’t I do it? You are a married girl, like water spilled. Don’t come here to be disliked. Go back to where you came from.”

Zhao Chunhua and Lin Weihong, the sister-in-law, didn’t get along with each other from the first time they met. They did everything the opposite. Zhao Chunhua hated something, but Lin Weihong liked it, and she liked something, but Lin Weihong hated it.

Later, Lin Weihong married in the village and met Zhao Chunhua every day. The two hated each other. If it weren’t for Lin Jianzhong’s children, they would have stopped talking to each other.

“Bullshit, you like to lighten the burden for others so much; why don’t you lighten the burden for your Jianhua? Doesn’t he have two sons too?”

The onlookers thought what she said made sense, and they all agreed, “Wei Hong is right, Chunhua; you can’t be so biased; Jianhua won’t hate you?”

“Yes, these two are from the county town, and once the children are sent there, they will be city people. It’s such a good thing. Why didn’t you let Jianhua’s son go? That way, he will have someone to rely on when he grows up.”

Jiang Youtao looked around and found that those who said these things were women about the same age as Zhao Chunhua, among whom Fourth Aunt Jiang said the most.

Xu Dazui stuffed a handful of pumpkin seeds into Jiang Youtao’s hand and whispered to her: “Have you noticed how unpopular Zhao Chunhua is in our village? Look at your fourth aunt Jiang. Zhao Chunhua almost broke up her family.” Jiang Youtao gave half of the pumpkin seeds to Gu Nianwei and widened her eyes: “What’s going on, Aunt Xu?”

This matter is not a secret in the village. Xu Dazui said: “When your fourth aunt Jiang was young, she was beautiful. She was the most beautiful among the young girls and wives of my generation. Zhao Chunhua was ugly, and she was particularly jealous of her. She told everyone that the fourth aunt was restless and spread rumors that she was having an affair with someone. Drilling into the cornfield. When your Fourth Aunt Jiang’s husband heard this, he had five fights in two or three days. You should know that before this, your Fourth Aunt Jiang and her husband were famous for their love in our village. “

Xu Dazui clicked her tongue and said, “Your fourth aunt Jiang was almost divorced. From this incident until now, her relationship with her husband has been very bad. Even if they knew that the rumors behind them were made by Zhao Chunhua, they couldn’t maintain it. ”

Once a man’s suspicion is planted, it may take root and sprout at any time. A thorn has been planted in the heart of Fourth Aunt Jiang’s husband, and he has never let it go in the following years. Fourth Aunt Jiang and Zhao Chunhua have become mortal enemies. Fourth Aunt Jiang spared no effort to make things difficult for Zhao Chunhua. Just like now, she not only provoked the relationship between Zhao Chunhua and Lin Jianhua but also made the faces of the couple behind Zhao Chunhua very ugly.

What is the most feared thing about adopting a child? The most feared thing is that the child has lingering ties with the previous family and is entangled by the previous family.

The couple looked at each other, and the woman said to Zhao Chunhua: “Sister since your family is like this, why did you call us here without discussing it before? That’s not how you do things, Old Wu; let’s go.”

The couple walked out together. Zhao Chunhua’s face changed, and she quickly grabbed her: “Sister, what are you talking about? I can make the decision in my family. Don’t worry about these people. They are just jealous. Just go and take the kid away.“

Zhao Chunhua gave birth to two sons and three daughters in her life, breaking the embarrassing situation of the Lin family’s three generations of only one son. She gave birth to more and more children, and her words in the Lin family became more and more powerful. When her mother-in-law was alive, she had to avoid her edge. Lin Laozhuang, who followed his mother to argue with her when she was young, has been subdued by her over the years.

Under her guidance, the two daughters-in-law dared not say a word. The Lin family is a one-man show of Zhao Chunhua.

People on the other side were also talking about it. Jiang Youtao was confused and asked Xu Dazui: “Aunt, didn’t they say that Lin Jianzhong’s father was a single-son family for three generations? Aunt Wei Hong was adopted by his family?”

“No, the legend in his family says that there is only one male child in each of the three generations, and girls don’t count in his family. Wei Hong’s parents gave birth to two daughters before Lin Lao Zhuang was born. The two daughters before that were drowned in the chamber pot by Lin Lao Zhuang’s grandmother. They said that they blocked the way for the old Lin family to have a son.”

Xu Dazui pouted: “There are many families that value sons over daughters, but there are really few that reach the level of the old Lin family. If Lin Lao Zhuang hadn’t been born before Wei Hong, Wei Hong probably wouldn’t have grown up.”

Jiang Youtao was born at the end of the 20th century and grew up in the 21st century. It was not uncommon for boys to be favored over girls, but this was the first time Jiang Youtao had heard
of a family like the Lin family. She was amazed. The evil and stupidity of human beings were fully displayed in the Lin family.

Lin Weihong didn’t look at Zhao Chunhua. She went to the yard and picked up Lin Wenrong. She said to the two brothers, “Let’s go home with aunt.”

Lin Wenan took Lin Wenping’s hand, and the two followed Lin Weihong closely. Seeing Gu Nianwei in the crowd, Lin Wenping’s tears flowed down. Jiang Youtao hurried to look at Gu Nianwei, and sure enough, the look of heartache in her eyes became even more intense.

The crowd who were watching the excitement consciously sent them away. Lin Weihong walked to the gate, and she turned around and looked at her brother Lin Laozhuang, who had been sitting on the threshold with his head in his arms and said nothing.

“Brother, Jianzhong is also your son. You just let Zhao Chunhua abuse your grandson like this. Aren’t you afraid that Jianzhong will come back and not let you go?”

Lin Weihong left after she finished speaking, and Lin Laozhuang still maintained the same posture as before, without moving at all.

Zhao Chunhua was so angry that she trembled all over when she saw Lin Weihong carrying Lin Wenrong away. She always felt that her sister-in-law was here to collect debts, and she had been against her in the past, and she was still against her now.

Before she could make any move, the couple who came to hold the child left.

Zhao Chunhua immediately chased after them, explaining as she chased that she couldn’t afford to offend these two people; her nephew from her mother’s family was promising and worked in the county town; these two people were neighbors of his leader, and it was his leader who brought them to hold the child. If they left like this, how could her nephew, who had brought them together, be okay?

The two men kept walking and soon walked out of everyone’s sight.
Without the excitement to watch, the crowd dispersed spontaneously.

Jiang Youtao and the others were able to walk the same route as Xu Dazui.

Xu Dazui continued to tell them what he had not finished just now: “Zhao Chunhua is not a good person. Jianzhong used to be in the army, and his wife was bullied by her in her hometown. Jianzhong obviously sent a lot of money home, but she and her children still lived a miserable life.”

If other new wives encountered such a thing, Xu Dazui would have to give them some advice, but this was Zhao Chunhua’s family’s business, so she didn’t plan to care about it, not to mention that Lin Jianzhong’s previous wife was not someone who could stand up. So she didn’t care about their family’s affairs; otherwise, she would end up getting covered in dirt.

Thinking of this, Xu Dazui glanced at Gu Nianwei next to Jiang Youtao.

Gu Nianwei is so beautiful. She hasn’t caused any trouble in more than a year since she came to Liushugou. She is also hardworking. It’s a pity for such a girl to marry a man like Lin Jianzhong.

Even if Lin Jianzhong was a cadre and received a salary and ate food from the government, what was the problem? He was already so old, had three sons, and had a mother like Zhao Chunhua. Even if the conditions were good, wouldn’t she still suffer grievances if she married into the family?
That family was no different from hell.

With a trace of reluctance, she continued: “Zhao Chunhua always felt that Lin Wenrong was not Lin Jianzhong’s child. After all, Lin Jianzhong had only been back for a week at that time, so it was not easy for his wife to get pregnant.”

“Lin Jianzhong’s wife suffered a lot from her. The reason she had a difficult delivery was because Zhao Chunhua asked her to wash clothes in the middle of winter. It was so cold in winter that water would freeze into ice in a short time when it dripped on the ground. She slipped and fell, and the baby came out. After the baby was born, she herself almost died of heavy bleeding. Zhao Chunhua didn’t even let her go to the health center, saying that every woman would bleed when giving birth, and it was a waste of money to go to the health center for treatment.” ”

As a result, the baby was not even three days old when Lin Jianzhong’s wife died. ” They were all women, and Xu Dazui felt a little uncomfortable when he saw someone die in childbirth.

She added, “I heard that Lin Weihong is now looking for a wife for Lin Jianzhong. I don’t know who is so unlucky. Not only does she have three sons after marrying in, but she also has to put up with such an old woman. Lin Jianzhong is not a good man. He can’t even protect his own wife.”

“If he had protected his wife a little more, his mother wouldn’t dare to mistreat her like that.” Lin Jianzhong is the most promising son of the Lin family. Even for the money in his pocket, she dares not do too much. The bad relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is mostly due to the inaction of the man, just like in her family. Wasn’t her mother-in-law also powerful in the past? Her man protects her, so under normal circumstances, she won’t do too much.

“Okay, I’m home; you can go now.” Xu Dazui waved to Jiang Youtao and the others and turned into her own home.

Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei continued to walk towards the educated youth point.

Jiang Youtao organized her words and spoke to Gu Nianwei: “Weiwei, did you hear what Aunt Xu said just now? You and Aunt Weihong work together every day. Did she say who she has her eyes on as her niece’s wife?”
The news spread all over the village that Lin Weihong wanted Gu Nianwei to be her niece’s wife. Gu Nianwei worked with her every day. Did she know about this?

Gu Nianwei looked around and whispered to Jiang Youtao: “She told me that she wanted to match me with Lin Wenping’s father, but I refused.”

Although Gu Nianwei liked the three brothers, she had been single for many years and had grown up with so many bumps and bruises. She was not here to be someone else’s stepmother. She refused at the time, but Lin Weihong still didn’t give up. Whenever she got the chance, she would say how good Lin Jianzhong was.

Gu Nianwei didn’t like Lin Jianzhong in the first place. After seeing and hearing so many things today, Gu Nianwei kept her distance from Lin Jianzhong.

She told Jiang Youtao: “Don’t tell anyone, or it will be so embarrassing in the future.”

Jiang Youtao thought Gu Nianwei was too naive. She said to Gu Nianwei: “The news that Lin Weihong likes you has spread all over the village. I heard those aunts discussing this matter this morning.”

“Just now, I thought you didn’t know, so I reminded you. The Lin family is not a good family. You just heard it. If you become their daughter-in-law, you might be tired all day. We are young, beautiful, and youthful here, but it is not popular to become a stepmother.”
Jiang Youtao said it very seriously.

Gu Nianwei looked at Jiang Youtao’s serious expression and felt warm in her heart.

Maybe because of what happened in her childhood, she has always felt very inferior in her heart. After growing up, she was unwilling to make friends. She didn’t even contact her roommates, who lived together for four years in college after graduation.
After graduation, she stayed at home as a rent collector. Even the rent was collected by WeChat and Alipay. Her greatest pleasure was to play games and go shopping online. She had too few friends in real life.

She had no expectations for friends. After traveling to this era, she did not expect to have good friends. Jiang Youtao broke in by accident.

At first, she thought Jiang Youtao was good-looking and took better care of her, but it was unexpectedly easy to get along with her. Now, she has treated her as a friend.
Gu Nianwei promised, “Don’t worry.”

Jiang Youtao was worried. After observing for a few days, she found that Gu Nianwei, who was usually very normal, became a different person when she saw the three children of the Lin family. Her IQ was seen as a mentally retarded level.

She decided to take a look and use some extraordinary means when necessary. In short, she couldn’t let Gu Nianwei go down the old path in the book.

[Ding~~~Complete the task of eating melons in Key Plot 1. Random rewards: 100g fruit candy, 3 meat buns, 250g original melon seeds. The system reward has been issued to the system backpack; please accept the reward again. ]

The reward of the melon-eating system came, and Jiang Youtao’s mood improved immediately, especially the meat buns as reward, which really touched her heart.

Entering the Youth Educated Camp in a happy mood, the melon-eating system sounded a reminder sound again: [Ding~~~ The host has changed the original key plot, stimulating Gu Nianwei’s awakening progress; reward melon coin X1; please continue to encourage.]
Jiang Youtao’s raised right foot stopped.

Huh? Gu Nianwei’s awakening progress? Before Jiang Youtao could digest what this awakening progress represented.
There were bursts of exclamations from the Youth Educated Camp: “Zhao Yonglan, what did you say? You want to go and live with the fellow villagers?”