This wave of autumn wind and autumn rain swept across the land of Zhongjiang. As we moved toward the cities further south in Huxia, the cold and warm air encountered, and the rain became heavier.
Heavy rain covered the ground, covering a small county town called Yuye, more than 300 kilometers away from Huxia. From the city to the countryside, starting from three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the heavy rain fell like a torrential downpour, blocking the way for people in the city.
The pace of returning home from work also distracted people in the countryside who gathered to enjoy the cool air and play cards after dinner.
At around eight o'clock, the rain had not stopped yet. Xia Minghua, a villager who worked in the county but lived in Fuhua Village on the outskirts of Yuye County, finally returned home.
Xia Minghua's daughter-in-law, Ma Cuilian, was watching the TV uneasily. When she heard the movement in the yard, she immediately turned off the TV and opened the door to the hall. When she saw her husband taking off his raincoat with wet hair, she knew that he must be soaked.
"That's true. I asked you to come back later, but you didn't listen. Look at how wet it is. It's autumn rain now. It's uncomfortable to catch a cold." Ma Cuilian's words were full of complaints, but her concern was also real.
Here I am.
Xia Minghua shook up his dripping hair and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'll just take a hot shower."
"Well, go ahead and I'll make you a bowl of ginger soup. The rice is still hot." Ma Cuilian said as she walked along the corridor into the kitchen next to her.
After busying for a while, the couple finally sat down at the small dining table in the main room. Xia Minghua looked at his daughter who was doing homework in the room and smiled very satisfied.
Ma Cuilian watched her husband drink the ginger soup first and then start eating. She pursed her lips and said softly: "I just watched TV and I seemed to see your cousin's daughter-in-law, the one I brought back the year before last, named Zheng Fen, but the TV
It’s not called that name above.”
Xia Minghua looked at his wife with a puzzled look on her face. He saw her solemn expression and asked, "Does that mean they look alike or something? I don't think your expression is a good thing. Why do you say it as if you saw something?"
Like a wanted criminal?"
Ma Cuilian shook her head: "Although he is not a wanted criminal, he is not much better. He cursed an old lady to death with a few words, and then ran away. The court sentenced her to pay hundreds of thousands of death compensation to her family. She has been looking for
Not many people, but her name on TV is Wang Yifang."
Xia Minghua continued to eat while listening to his wife's ramble. Hearing this, he said: "That should mean they look alike. There are not many people who look alike in the world, right?"
Ma Cuilian is a Chinese teacher at a nearby primary school. She is very confident in her ability to recognize people: "I just feel that the triangular eyes of those two people are exactly the same. And don't you find it strange? When Minghui was running the wine shop,
No one from Zheng Fen’s natal family is here. You said people don’t just pop out of the cracks in the rocks, so there aren’t even any relatives or friends?”
"Look at you, you are so suspicious. How many times have you nagged me like this? Hey, it's not easy for Minghui to find a wife, and my uncle and aunt passed away early. As long as they live a good life, don't always find fault.
.In the past two years of marriage, although Zheng Fen talks less, she finally lives with Minghui sincerely. She has had two or three miscarriages, which is not easy."
Ma Cuilian knew her husband's character. She had a deep affection for her uncle and aunt since she was a child, and she always cared about her short brother. However, this only meant that her husband still valued love and righteousness, so she sighed: "Look,
That said, I don't want Minghui to live a good life, but if this is really someone with unknown origins, I can't keep it in the dark. I'm afraid it will hit Minghui even more when the time comes."
Xia Minghua didn't say anything. He just finished the meal in silence, stood up and cleaned up the dishes, and then said to his wife: "Go and see if Yunyun has finished her homework."
Ma Cuilian originally wanted to say something more, but when she saw that her husband no longer wanted to talk, she knew that saying more would be offensive. She couldn't help but secretly sigh, what her mother said was really right, try not to talk too much about her husband's family affairs, okay?
No matter how bad things happen, just live a good life...
The rain outside seemed to be getting heavier again. Ma Cuilian shook her head and walked into her daughter's room.
The rain was swallowed up by the night, leaving only a clear sound between heaven and earth. Just as noisy as the sound of rain, there was the roar of the machines in the printing factory in the early morning. The printing offices of Zhongjiang Metropolis Daily across the province were as busy as ever, just to ensure that the early morning hours
, brand-new newspapers can appear at various newspaper outlets, in the mailboxes of subscribers, and in the communication rooms of units...
Lu Beicen bought a copy of the latest Zhongjiang Metropolis Daily on the road, and turned to the legal news column on the fourth page. He suddenly saw Wang Yifang's ID card photo. It was not very clear in the first place, and it looked a bit blurry when printed on a black and white newspaper.
, Lu Beicen couldn't help but shook his head.
Zhu Wenya and his father Zhu Zhenghe also saw the newspaper. The two sat at the breakfast table in silence for a long time. Zhu Zhenghe put down the newspaper and looked at his daughter peeling off egg shells piece by piece. He couldn't help feeling sad and sighed.
Tone: "Xiaoya, you have had a hard time in the past few years. You have done everything you should do, but your father has not fulfilled his responsibility. Now it is on TV and in newspapers. If you still can't find it, just put it down."
Well, people always have to look forward, your mother won’t blame you..."
Zhu Wenya saw her father, whose hair was now whiter than black, and looked at her with loving and sad eyes. He was a man who had always been mild-tempered all his life. He was gentle and kind. In the past, when his mother was around, she always said that at home, he would always be gentle.
He laughed heartily, how young he looked at that time. A man in his fifties still had black hair and no wrinkles on his face...
In fact, Zhu Wenya couldn't sleep well all night after watching the news on the metropolitan channel last night. All the past events over the years were like a movie in front of her, with each scene emerging so clearly, even the ones she had almost forgotten.
My ex-husband’s face is so clear.
She once thought that she could grow old with that person, but in the face of the cruelest reality, they separated easily.
Her mother's smiling face was always in her mind. She once thought that her mother would always look at her like that, watching her give birth to a lovely child and live a happy life.
However, just when she went to the bathroom, her mother disappeared and left forever.
It is said that time is the best medicine for treating pain. In order to resist the powerful effect of this medicine, she has been tormenting herself in the past few years. Isn't she torturing her already elderly father?
She tried her best, really tried her best. At this moment, Zhu Wenya felt weak as never before. Maybe the female reporter named Lu was right. Maybe she could talk to Professor Wu again. Yesterday, she used
The seemingly calm attitude analyzed her own heart, but in fact, Professor Wu had already seen it. She left her business card gently but firmly, and her eyes seemed to understand everything...
After sniffing her nose, Zhu Wenya nodded silently and managed to swallow back the tears in her eyes.
It rained heavily all night and finally cleared up in the morning.
Zheng Fen stuck her head out from the towel quilt and looked at the sunlight coming through the gaps in the thin curtains. Although the temperature was not low, she didn't know why, but she felt a chill emanating from every pore, and there was a slight discomfort in her lower abdomen.
Started last night.
There are only two people in this family, Zheng Fen and Xia Minghui. Since marrying Xia Minghui, the two of them have had the same goal of having a child as soon as possible. Therefore, Xia Minghui is very good to Zheng Fen.
Xia Minghui had a high fever when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, and then he stopped growing taller. His height stayed at 1.58 meters. This short and thin man was unable to marry a wife until a matchmaker introduced Zheng Fen to him.
Although Xia Minghui is short and thin, he has a skill in painting and is honest and responsible. People who are decorating nearby took over the work and were willing to outsource the painting part to him, so his income is not low.
The matchmaker who introduced Zheng Fen was when he was renovating in a neighboring county. He heard that his parents died early and took the initiative to mention the girl Zheng Fen.
At first, Xia Minghui was puzzled. How could Zheng Fen like her when she looked so good? Later, Zheng Fen explained herself because she had seen her mother and grandmother fighting since she was a child, and her mother was bullied to death by her grandparents.
If she wanted to live, she had a natural fear of her parents-in-law. When it came to getting married, she couldn't agree on the high or the low, and she never found the right one.
When Zheng Fen got married, none of her parents or relatives came. Zheng Fen only explained that they went to the frontier to do business together and hadn't come back for several years. A trip back would cost thousands of dollars in travel expenses and the business would have to be stopped. She couldn't bear it.
, it doesn’t matter to her, as long as they live a good life, it will be the same when they come back to see each other again in the future.
Although Xia Minghui found it a bit strange, he didn't pay much attention to it because his uncle and mother-in-law said the same thing on the phone. They also talked about some business matters in the frontier and allowed them to go to the frontier when they had time.
After getting married, Zheng Fen really took care of herself at home and was ready for pregnancy at any time. Xia Minghui had hot tea and rice when he came home, and people greeted him when he went out. Although his wife is not beautiful, he can marry such a wife with his appearance.
, which can be considered very contented.
What's more, my wife has suffered a lot in the past two years. She has been pregnant with three children and has not been able to sit still. Now that she is pregnant again, although Xia Minghui is happy in her heart, she dare not say anything to anyone, let alone make her tired.
Even when I go out to work in the morning, I don’t let my wife get up early to cook. I will prepare the meal thoughtfully and sit on the stove. When my wife wakes up from sleep, I can eat it deliciously.
When Xia Minghui left this morning, Zheng Fen didn't want to say a word. She just bent over the bed and pretended to sleep. She didn't want to talk, let alone face her husband who loved her. She was afraid that she would collapse at any time...
In fact, Zheng Fen didn't sleep much all night. She also watched the news last night, but she only watched the beginning, and her heart was pounding. She quickly changed the channel with the remote control, and then she didn't even finish her meal.
I pretended to be uncomfortable and went to bed.
But how could she sleep? How could she sleep? In fact, in the past few years, she had occasionally wondered if this was retribution?
But she didn't dare to face it. She had been having a very hard time in the past few years.
In fact, she went to the hospital to see a doctor to prepare for pregnancy. She and her husband, yes, they couldn't call her ex-husband, they could only call her man. They didn't have a marriage certificate. She was only about eighteen or nineteen years old at that time. She had a fierce personality and was a good person.
She is tricky and will curse when things don't go her way. If she knew that scolding could kill someone, she wouldn't curse them even if they were beaten to death. Not to mention cursing, she would even not speak.
She was found by the police and imprisoned for a day, then ran back to her in-laws' house. She was so frightened that she lost her soul. Her in-laws and the man beat her so severely that she was shaking even thinking about it.
Later, she ran home, and with the arrangement of her parents and the help of her brother, she called Zheng Fen's name and hid in the house of her mother's distant cousin, who was a matchmaker. Her mother told her that her daughter had been spoiled since she was a child.
She had a bad temper. She went to her husband's house and was beaten to death. Then she ran back. Her mother promised that as long as she told her to marry someone, all the bride price would go to the cousin. In addition, she would also give her 800 yuan in living expenses every month until she
Until you get married.
The distant cousin was interested in money and didn't ask anything. She just thought that the distant niece had a bad relationship with the man before her, so it was difficult for her to get married now, so she defected to herself.
Zheng Fen followed Xia Minghui. He wanted a child, so she had an excuse to hide at home and not go out. People in the village laughed at Xia Minghui for marrying a treasure and hiding his daughter-in-law at home. Xia Minghui just laughed and said:
Introverted and afraid of strangers.
Only Zheng Fen knows how much her character has changed between the past and the present, so much so that even the look on her face has changed.
At this moment, Zheng Fen didn't feel hungry. She only felt that the discomfort in her lower abdomen was getting worse. But she just wanted to lie like that. She didn't want to go to the hospital or call Xia Minghui. She just felt that if this was God's punishment for her,
, then it is better to come more violently, so as not to be like now, living without even daring to breathe, with parents who are clearly in Huxia, and dare not go to see them, even the name, even the name, can only be called Zheng Fen...
Zheng Fen misses and hates the girl named Wang Yifang from the past. She was protected by her brother who was a few years older. She used to be a famous wild girl in the village. From childhood to adulthood, she lived an extremely happy life.
She lived a life of wantonness, scolded whenever she wanted, and hit whenever she wanted. She thought there was nothing she didn't dare to do.
It wasn't until she saw that person falling down in front of her with purple lips that Wang Yifang realized that she was not afraid of anything. She was extremely afraid at that time. During that time, all she could think about was running away or hiding.
She got up, just like when she was a child, she tricked her friends in the village and hid in the mountains behind the village, waiting for her brother to come and take her back...
But this time, Wang Yifang couldn't go back and turned into Zheng Fen, a dull little daughter-in-law, a little woman who constantly suffered retribution and could never be pregnant...
As usual, Xia Minghua walked into the office and first browsed today's newspapers, reading all the party newspapers, and then the metropolitan newspapers. In the legal edition of the Zhongjiang Metropolis Daily, he saw the news that his wife mentioned during dinner last night, and faced
He pondered for a long time about that blurry photo.
At noon, Xia Minghua did not eat in the canteen of the work unit. Instead, he went to a dumpling restaurant near the work unit and ordered a dumpling and a stir-fry. He turned the TV in the shop to the news rerun on Zhongjiang Metropolis Channel and ate the dumplings very slowly.
, just eating that dish until the news finally came out around 12:30, he read it silently, finally put down his chopsticks, checked out with a solemn face and went out...