The mother-in-law took Zhou Shujie's hand, looked at her with soft eyes and was pleased with her, and talked to her about some things in her family back then, as well as business and current money.

Zhou Shujie, listening to her mother-in-law's voice with memories, said hoarsely: "Our family used to have three shops and a big house in Hacheng, which is the result of three generations of hard work from your grandfather to your father. ”

The old lady said in a proud tone: "Our three big shops are notoriously spacious on that street, and there are dozens of people in the shops. One is a rice grain shop, one is a cloth shop, and one is the most profitable, our family relies on it to save, it is a pawnshop. At that time, rice and cloth did not make any money, only pawnshops were the most profitable, and many large families did not have any permanent production, so they relied on the things accumulated by their ancestors to live. ”

"Everything becomes insignificant in the face of war. When our family decided to move back to our hometown, the first business to close down was the pawnshop, because it was the most eye-catching. ”

"Your grandparents built a basement under the guise of building a house, and then they hid things in wood and smuggled them back in truckloads and carts. ”

The mother-in-law sighed with a little sadness on her face, and then said: "At that time, your father and I were there, and on the surface, it was to support the last two businesses of the family, but in fact, it was a cover for your grandparents. ”

"Actually, at that time, our family was targeted by a big traitor, and your father and I sent old guys out to buy goods on the surface, but in fact, we sent their families out. By the time your grandmother has arranged a letter to us, we've basically done it. There is only one niece of your grandmother's family who has not left, she has grown up with your grandmother, and the old lady is not worried that she will let us take her back here. But she was already married and had children at that time, and the person she married was also a bit powerful, except for good wine, there was nothing else wrong. At that time, he was able to arrange so many people to leave quietly, and he also helped a lot, he couldn't give up his own power, and he didn't want to follow us to this mountain, and your sister-in-law couldn't bear her son, so she stayed with him. At that time, my mother's family also had an accident, and I also had an illness, so I didn't have much energy to take care of their affairs. At this point, the mother-in-law couldn't help but shed tears.

Zhou Shujie understood that her mother-in-law said that her mother's family also had an accident, and she herself was sick, which was what Aunt Guo learned from herself last night, and she cried when she watched her mother-in-law talk, and her eyes turned red together.

"At that time, we returned to the village two months later than expected, and these two months caused me and your father to regret it for the rest of our lives. ”

"When we got home, the two elderly people in the family had fallen ill one after another. They are all very old, and they have been eating and sleeping in the open along the way, and they are scared. When I got home, I did so many things, and when everything was arranged and I was relieved, my body couldn't bear it. As soon as your father and I came back, I went around to ask for a famous doctor, and I saw a lot of Chinese and Western doctors, but there was no way. In the end, less than two months apart, both old men died. ”

"We're done with the old man's funeral. Your father, according to your grandmother's last words, came back to Hacheng once, your aunt was raised by the old lady on the tip of her heart, she didn't worry about leaving her alone in that city without relatives and no reason, and let your father go to see it again before she died. Your father, who didn't see them that time, it is said that her man was arrested, and your aunt and child were missing, and the person who captured her man was the traitor who targeted us back then. ”

"Your father was a little depressed after he came back, he felt very guilty in his heart, he didn't take care of his father and mother, he didn't listen to his mother's last words and brought back his sister, and he knew that her man was arrested, but he couldn't help. ”

"Since then, your father's body has not been as strong as he used to be, which is why he did not survive that year, and left us orphans and widows behind. At this point, the mother-in-law covered her face and began to cry.

As soon as she saw her mother-in-law crying, Zhou Shujie also cried.

She didn't know if she sympathized with them or felt for herself.

After crying for a while, the two mothers gradually stopped talking.

The mother-in-law straightened up and wiped her tears, then glanced at the sleeping children first, and only showed a relieved expression when she was sure that the two children had not been awakened.

The mother-in-law looked at Zhou Shujie, who was also crying and red-eyed.

patted her hand and said, "After your father left, I also went crazy with it, so my family's pillar life was very hard." The past is over, I won't think about it anymore, my mother only hopes that you can live well with the pillar in the future. ”

Regarding the word "live well", Zhou Shujie was a little at a loss, she didn't understand what kind of life was what her mother-in-law said.

She also doesn't understand whether the life of the general's wife, which everyone envied in her previous life, is a good life.

But somehow, there is a faint unwilling breath in the bottom of my heart.

Although Zhou Shujie hadn't figured out this question yet, seeing her mother-in-law's eyes looking at her with hope, she still nodded heavily and said "um" and agreed.

When the mother-in-law saw that she agreed, a reassuring smile appeared on her face.

Since, my mother-in-law told Zhou Shujie about the money and things in the family.

Zhou Shujie has been thinking about it repeatedly in his head, pondering about it.

The more she thought about it, the more she realized that something was wrong.

The more she pondered about it, the more she felt that what her father-in-law and mother-in-law suffered back then was not accidental, but more like someone deliberately targeting them.

Zhou Shujie once remembered that when she and Zhu Zi were married, her grandfather and uncle talked about his family's affairs back then. According to the grandfather, the village secretary and the captain of the village pleaded with Zhuzi's father at that time, but the clerk sent from above had a very tough attitude, only saying that this matter was assigned by the above, and he must pry open their mouths.

Zhou Shujie thought of this, and then thought of the big traitor that her mother-in-law said, and the arrest of her aunt's husband, she felt that they were connected.

Zhou Shujie thought about it in her heart for a few days.

In the end, I couldn't hold back, and after dinner, I told my mother-in-law all the doubts in her heart.

The mother-in-law listened to Zhou Shujie's conjectures and questions, and only shock was left in her heart, she never thought that there would be such a possibility, and said unconsciously in her mouth: "No, it's not like this, that big traitor, he doesn't know where we have moved." ”

Zhou Shujie looked at her mother-in-law, although she couldn't bear it, she still said what she said in her heart: "Mother, the big traitor doesn't know, but he arrested his brother-in-law, you said that your move was arranged by your brother-in-law, so he must know where our family is?"

The mother-in-law stared at Zhou Shujie in disbelief, and it took half an hour for her to come to her senses, and said in a trembling voice: "She...... She...... They can't do such a thing, your aunt was raised by your grandmother as her own daughter, and even your uncle, your father, gave him a lot of money. It's impossible! They can't! Can't ...... Don't....... In the end, the mother-in-law did not dare to say any more, and she was afraid that the more she continued, the more she would be unable to find a reason to defend them.

After all, at a time when the life of the individual is at stake.

Anything can be done, and anyone can be betrayed.