LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 30: Chapter 30: Shocking News 2
Oh no, one melon was not finished yet another one popped up. Jiang Youtao's melon seeds all fell to the ground. She grabbed Gu Nianwei's arm and almost shook it off.
Gu Nianwei was not a gossiper. In her previous life, she would just glance at all the gossip about celebrities on the Internet. After crossing over, she had heard a lot of rural gossip, but none of it excited her.
She looked at Jiang Youtao's bright eyes, then her red face from excitement, and she became excited too.
Xu Dazui was already slapping her thigh beside them.
Emma, it's too exciting, too exciting. Xu Dazui has something to talk about for the next year. In the past, they only knew that Zhao Chunhua was restless, but they didn't expect her to be so restless. My goodness, there are three leaders in Liushugou, the team leader, the village party secretary and the accountant, two of whom are her henchmen.
Even the big operas in the commune during the New Year's Day don't dare to be sung like this.
The crowd around were also excited to varying degrees. Some of those who thought more about it unconsciously set their eyes on the accountant.
Accountant Xu, who came with the team leader and the village party secretary, had twitching faces. He hated himself for being so curious. Couldn't he have just gone home? Why did he follow them? Now he was being suspected. It was a pity that he was an old man who was almost seventy years old and was still suspected of having a relationship between a man and a woman.
Accountant Xu felt extremely uncomfortable with those subtle looks.
Fortunately, after a while, everyone's attention fell on Zhu Yuemei and the other two again, and the sleepiness that had just arisen after dinner had long disappeared without a trace.
Zhu Yuemei's expression froze on her face.
Zhao Chunhua stuck out her tongue and licked the corner of her lips, and the taste of blood spread in her mouth.
Zhao Chunmei looked at Zhu Yuemei and smiled, "You didn't expect it, didn't you? How could it be better if you hadn't had a miscarriage? How come your health is not so good? The Su family doesn't have a wicked mother-in-law to torture you. How could your health be so bad that you can't even keep a child? What's the point of being a mother?"
Zhao Chunhua did not have a good life in the first half of her life. As the eldest in the family, she ate the least, but her figure became better and better. By the time she was sixteen, her figure was so good that even the loosest clothes could not cover it.
In the village, the men's eyes would always linger on her chest, hips and waist, and Zhao Chunhua always felt scared at that time.
She was particularly happy when she married Lin Lao Zhuang because she had a man now. Those men who were still thinking about her would finally restrain themselves, and she felt that Lin Lao Zhuang would protect her.
But she was disappointed. Except for the passionate period in the beginning, Lin Lao Zhuang did not protect her. On the contrary, when his mother scolded and beat her, he never sided with her.
Su Changshan is Lin Laozhuang's uncle. He is older than Lin Laozhuang, but only eight years older than Lin Laozhuang and ten years older than her.
The time when Su Changshan and her really interacted was after she was beaten by Lin Laozhuang and his mother again. She hid in the back mountain and cried, and met Su Changshan who went up the mountain to chop firewood. Su Changshan handed her a handkerchief, gave her two wild fruits to eat, and then sat with her for a long time.
They don't talk, but sometimes that kind of silent companionship is the most touching and reassuring.
From then on, she and Su Changshan had more interactions. One day, she was so angry after being scolded by Old Lady Lin as a hen that didn't lay eggs and a horse that only seduced people that she went to the mountain where they first met. Su Changshan was also there.
Since their first meeting, they often went to that mountain. They slept that day, and Zhao Chunhua took the initiative.
It was at that time that Zhao Chunhua knew what a real man was. Compared with Su Changshan, Lin Laozhuang was just a long worm that couldn't get hard, a thumb and a little finger!
At that time, Zhao Chunhua and Su Changshan promised to spend their lives together, and they even sat together to imagine their future. How happy they were at that time.
"How could you have a miscarriage? How could you have a miscarriage?" Zhao Chunhua repeated this sentence over and over again as if she was possessed by a demon.
More than thirty years ago, it was still the 1940s, and population control was not so strict. They could just leave and find an unfamiliar place and do anything to support themselves. They would have one or two children, and she would definitely love their children and teach them well.
Over the years, whenever she felt unhappy, Zhao Chunhua would think, if Zhu Yuemei hadn't had a miscarriage, would her life have been different?
The more she thought about it, and the more she heard villagers talk about Su Changshan's tolerance of Zhu Yuemei, the more hatred she felt in her heart.
She was angry at the time and also because the captain was really nice to her at that time.
It was so tiring to build a reservoir. As soon as you opened your eyes, you had to go down to the reservoir. You couldn't come out until dark. You didn't have enough food or clothes. There were more male workers than female workers. There were countless people who coveted her, and some even took advantage of her.
The captain was a militiaman at that time. He took special care of her because she was from the same village. One night, she finished her mission late and was stopped on the road by a man from another village and molested on her way back. The captain passed by and saved her.
The most fascinating thing is the hero saving the beauty. The captain at that time was tall and strong, and had the vigor that only young people have. He would always wait for her to come back after work. If her work was not completed, he would silently help her with the work.
But nothing happened when they were on the construction site. Until their affair was reported back to the village, Lin Lao Zhuang was afraid of being cheated on, so he took her back. On the night when Lin Lao Zhuang went down to the reservoir, Su Changshan came to her and said he wanted to break up with her.
Zhao Chunhua still remembers the pain and unwillingness at that time. The captain came back, and she wanted to take revenge on Su Changshan, so she got together with him. But the captain was so talented that he made her pregnant after just one or two times.
Now, she couldn't break off the relationship with the captain even if she wanted to. For more than 30 years, she had been mediating between Su Changshan, the captain, and Lin Laozhuang, and she was already very tired.
Zhu Yuemei wanted to speak her mind, and so did Zhao Chunhua.
Zhu Yuemei looked at Su Changshan in shock. They had been married for more than 40 years, and she really didn't know that Su Changshan had ever thought of eloping with Zhao Chunhua.
At this moment, all Zhu Yuemei's hatred was directed towards Su Changshan.
Zhu Yuemei pointed at Zhao Chunhua and then at Su Changshan: "Su Changshan, you are really great, really great. I have been your bedmate for more than 40 years, but I really don't understand you at all. Why didn't you take her away in the first place? It would have been great if you had taken her away. You are free, and I am free too."
The resentment and heartache of more than 30 years gnawed at her heart day and night. Zhu Yuemei thought, if Su Changshan had eloped with Zhao Chunhua, it would have been better. She was young at that time, and it would not be difficult for her to find someone to remarry. Even if she didn't marry, it would not be impossible for her to be a widow with three children.
Secretary Su still said nothing.
Jiang Youtao had already taken out the fourth handful of melon seeds to share with everyone. This time, Zhao Yonglan and the other person also joined in. She didn't know when Fourth Aunt Jiang and Second Aunt Zhang came over.
They squatted in a row, very conspicuous among the crowd. Some people became greedy when seeing them eating, and those who lived close to home also went back to get some food.
If you have pumpkin seeds, eat them. If you don't have pumpkin seeds, chew on dried salty lumps.
Jiang Youtao clicked her tongue twice: "Now the question is, whose child is Lin Jianzhong? Is he really the captain's son?"
Xu Dazui and the others were not sure either: "This is really a bit mysterious. Secretary Su has an aunt who went to Lao Luo's house. That aunt happens to be the captain's grandmother."
The relationship was suddenly in disarray. Jiang Youtao was so confused that she couldn't think straight. It took her a long time to figure out the relationship between them: "That means the captain has to call Secretary Su uncle."
"That's not the case."
Jiang Youtao was excited again and clapped her hands: "Uncle and nephew are fighting for a girl! It's exciting. Do you think the captain knows that Secretary Su is having an affair with Zhao Chunhua?"
Aunt Jiang nodded at the captain and said, "Look at his face, it's almost as black as the bottom of my pot. How could he know? It's obviously the first time he heard about it."
Aunt Jiang felt that the captain was so pitiful. He originally thought that he was Zhao Chunhua's true love, but when he turned around, he found that he was only one-third of Zhao Chunhua.
Second Aunt Zhang shook her head: "Poor thing, poor thing. He sacrificed his own son's chance to succeed in life for Lin Jianzhong. He originally thought that Lin Jianzhong was also his own child, but now, Lin Jianzhong may not be his. What's the point? Zhao Xiaotao is such a good woman, but he has to treat her like this."
"How come these men can't control their own bad ways? If they could control themselves, there wouldn't be anything like this today." Aunt Jiang was angry when she talked about this: "How many families that could have been harmonious and happy have been ruined because of this?"
"That's not the case. If Zhao Chunhua wasn't promiscuous, they wouldn't have loosened their belts, right? Both of them are at fault in this matter. You can't just blame the man, both of them should be blamed. Zhu Yuemei is obviously also not right. Why did she just slap her twice and be done with it? If it were me, I would scratch Zhao Chunhua's face until it was all bruised." Aunt Zhang was very disappointed with her.
Xu Dazui's focus was obviously not here: "Do you think Zhao Xiaotao will come too? Today is a great opportunity to trample Zhao Chunhua into the mud. If you miss today, you may not have it again in the future."
As soon as Xu Dazui mentioned Zhao Xiaotao, Zhao Xiaotao came. She had obviously found out everything. She laughed out loud in the crowd, and the joy in her laughter was not concealed at all.
The captain's already dark face was even darker than before, and he looked at Zhao Xiaotao with anger.
Zhao Xiaotao didn't bother to look at the captain at all. She walked straight into the crowd and went to Zhu Yuemei: "Aunt, send this bitch Zhao Chunhua to the commune, hang a pair of old shoes on her, and parade her around the commune, from village to village."
When speaking the last few words, Zhao Xiaotao gritted her teeth.
Zhao Xiaotao's suggestion made Zhu Yuemei's eyes light up, and Zhao Chunhua's originally smug face changed in an instant, with blue in the white and white in the blue.
The discussions of the villagers who were watching became louder.
Liushugou had not seen such a typical case since liberation. Not only in their village, but also in the surrounding villages.
Such things happen in every village, but if there is no big hatred, who would report such things?
But Zhao Xiaotao is different from Zhu Yuemei. Zhao Chunhua's son ruined Zhao Xiaotao's son's chance to succeed. Because Zhao Chunhua and Su Changshan had an affair, Zhu Yuemei's three-month-old son had a miscarriage.
How could this not be considered a great hatred? The two were extremely happy to have the opportunity to trample Zhao Chunhua into the mud.
Especially Zhao Xiaotao, she has already inquired about it. As long as something happens to Zhao Chunhua, her biological mother, her son Lin Jianzhong's position as director of the commune supply and marketing cooperative will be unstable and he may even be fired.
Lin Jianzhong's dismissal did not benefit Zhao Xiaotao in any way. Her son would not be promoted if he was dismissed, but Zhao Xiaotao was happy. She had had enough of the captain's covert care for Lin Jianzhong, and she hated the captain's lingering relationship with Zhao Chunhua.
Who could believe that even now, the captain still came to Zhao Chunhua once or twice a month. As for Zhao Xiaotao, she would not be touched by the captain for half a year.
What a humiliation this is for a woman! If her children were not grown up and her grandchildren were not about to be born, and she had no great need for men, she would have already found a wild man outside.
The captain had feelings for Zhao Chunhua, and he became anxious when he heard what Zhao Xiaotao said. He turned around and yelled at Zhao Xiaotao: "Why are you making trouble here? Go home quickly, or I'll settle accounts with you when I get home."
Zhao Xiaotao was not afraid of the captain at all. The captain had been obedient to him over the years only because he felt guilty.
She had cried countless times and asked the captain to break up with Zhao Chunhua, but the captain never agreed. Every time she cried, the captain would either remain silent or hide away, and come back after an hour or two to help her with some work or talk about some irrelevant topics.
Once she answered, the matter was over. In more than 30 years of marriage, Zhao Xiaotao had never heard a word of apology from the captain. But she had heard the captain give in to Zhao Chunhua several times, apologizing and begging for mercy one after another.
Who could believe that the captain, who was so majestic in the village, was as soft as a dog in front of Zhao Chunhua, calling her sister all the time, and sometimes she were unwilling to pay attention to him.
How could Zhao Xiaotao not hate him? What others had discarded was something she would never get in her entire life: "Luo Xuemin, stop talking to me. I have been praying in my fucking dreams that you and that bitch Zhao Chunhua would get retribution. Today, retribution has finally come. Don't worry. Zhao Chunhua is a whore, and you, the adulterer, can't escape either."
"Don't you love her? I'm giving you a chance to be together openly, shouldn't you thank me? When the time comes, you can go to every village with a sign hanging, and everyone will know that you are a couple, isn't that good? Now you go on dates every month, like thieves, how bad is that."
Originally, Zhao Xiaotao didn't want to do such a drastic thing, but Luo Xuemin was the first to do it: "Luo Xuemin, you used all the money in the family to give to Lin Jianzhong, right? I don't understand what charm this woman Zhao Chunhua has that makes you sit like this for her. But it doesn't matter. If you don't give my child a way out, I won't give you a way out either."
Zhao Xiaotao has been married to Luo Xuemin for more than 20 years, but she has never had any control over the family's financial power, and she has no right to participate in major family affairs.
She only found out about Lin Jianzhong's military service after he left. She thought that since Lin Jianzhong had gone to the military, Luo Xuemin would no longer protect him, but she didn't know that he had just returned and had emptied the family's savings.
She had originally intended to save the savings to build a house for the eldest son, and the second son was going to get married next year. Every single thing required money. As a result, Lin Jianzhong came back and caused trouble, and Luo Xuemin was willing to spend all his money to help him keep his position as director of the supply and marketing cooperative.
Why?! How much salary did Luo Xuemin get from the brigade every year? He never used that money at home, and gave it all to that bitch Zhao Chunhua. What Luo Xuemin was touching now was the money she and her two sons and one daughter worked hard to earn in the fields, and what she shamelessly asked from the educated youth.
"Since you value that bastard so much, I will destroy him." Zhao Xiaotao looked crazy.
Luo Xuemin was shocked: "Zhao Xiaotao, are you crazy?"
Luo Xuemin's expression pleased Zhao Xiaotao, who laughed at him until tears came down her face. "Yes, I'm crazy. I was crazy when you were racking your brains for that bastard, and I was crazy when you were tossing and turning for Zhao Chunhua."
"Do you think you are very successful, Luo Xuemin? You have one outside and one at home. The one outside is very promising and glorious, and the ones at home are also well-known in the village for their abilities. Are you very proud? Do you often think that even if you die, you will be able to see your ancestors?"
"You said you felt sorry for Lin Jianzhong, but what does that have to do with me? Was it me who let you have an affair with Zhao Chunhua and gave birth to him? If you feel sorry for him, then don't get married. Why did you marry me? You are a marriage fraud. I married you for a clean life and I married you for half a year before I found out you had an illegitimate child outside."
"Do you think you are particularly great?"
Jiang Youtao's melon seeds all fell to the ground, and Xu Dazui's thighs were swollen from slapping her hands: "That's the way to do it. Good job, Zhao Xiaotao."
Second Aunt Zhang also agreed: "Yes, that's what we should do. It would be best to take away all the men who have affairs in our village, as well as Widow Liu's cousin."
Fourth Aunt Jiang rarely said anything. After all, she had also had an affair with one, but the man she had an affair with was not married at the time, and her husband was having an affair with Widow Liu. Why should the man be able to find another woman outside, but women like her have to stay with the man who has an affair with a woman?
Zhu Yuemei clapped her hands: "Great job, Zhao Xiaotao. I underestimated you before."
Zhao Xiaotao smiled at Zhu Yuemei and said, "What do you think? Do you want to send yours in?"
Zhu Yuemei turned her head to look at her son. Her eldest son avoided her gaze. Sun Xiaojuan looked at her for two seconds. Her youngest son and eldest grandson were not at home. She didn't care about the opinions of a girl like Su Guixiang.
She looked at Su Changshan again. He had changed his depressed look and looked at her with pleading eyes. The stubborn look that he had just shown when he wanted to divorce her was gone.
Zhu Yuemei felt extremely bored. Ever since Zhao Chunhua said that he wanted to take her away, Zhu Yuemei's heart turned cold towards Su Changshan.
What's the point of such a person? He has never been interested in her. If Zhao Chunhua also gave birth to his child, I'm afraid his actions would be no different from the captain's, right?
That's not the case. It's hard to say whose father Lin Jianzhong is.
"Send him away. Doesn't he love Zhao Chunhua very much? Let them go together."
"I have asked my son to report to the commune, and people from the commune will be coming soon." Zhao Xiaotao was not a very smart person, but her intuition told her that this was a good opportunity to bring down Lin Jianzhong and Luo Xuemin.
She immediately asked her eldest son to go to the commune.
Her son also hated Luo Xuemin for favoring Lin Jianzhong, especially after he knew that Luo Xuemin was spending money on Lin Jianzhong again. Zhao Xiaotao asked him to go, so he went, and no one in their family stopped him.
After Zhao Xiaotao finished speaking, the scene became quiet again.
Zhao Chunhua's face was full of panic. Her eyes swept across Su Changshan and then to Luo Xuemin. The two of them were her strongest backers. Over the years, she had relied on their covert care to live a more comfortable life than many people in the village. Zhao Chunhua's back was straight wherever she went.
She was not afraid of confronting Lin Lao Zhuang. But today, her two backers fell.
Zhao Chunhua did not beg for mercy. She had been superior to Zhu Yuemei and Zhao Xiaotao all her life, and she would rather die than let them make a fool of herself.