Before getting married, Kong Jinxing's home was in a small county town east of the city. Her mother is from Dayangtun Village, and her grandfather was a teacher in a township middle school, and to this day, some students from Dayangtun and neighboring villages are studying in this middle school. Jin Xing's mother is the eldest daughter in the family, and she has undergone a lot of exercise since she was a child, and she is very capable and has a strong personality. She didn't want to stay in a poor ravine, so she embarked on a career as an official, and later transferred to an unfamiliar county town with much better conditions than her hometown. There, she was introduced to Kong Jinxing's father, a section chief who worked for the county government.

Because Jin Xing's mother was relatively old at that time, under the urging of his family and his own heart, he and the section chief got married in a bit of a hurry. After marriage, Jin Xing's mother picked out a lot of problems from the section chief that she had not found before, although they did not involve principled issues, mainly manifested in lazy housework, gluttony, greed for small gains, etc., but these problems became an excuse for Jin Xing's mother to be disappointed and dissatisfied with her husband. She often had to talk about it for a long time. was annoyed by her chatter, and the section chief had to return a few words. The volume of quarrels between husband and wife gradually increases, so that the quarrels evolve into quarrels. After several fierce quarrels, there were cracks in their marriage, and even the birth of their daughter Jin Xing could not eradicate the conflict between her parents. It can be said that Jin Xing's childhood was spent in the shadow of the emotional crisis of her parents. When Jin Xing was in her first year of junior high school, it was also the time when her parents had the most stiff quarrel, and the two were on the verge of divorce. In a fit of rage, her mother took Jin Xing back to her parents' house, and transferred Jin Xing to the middle school where her grandfather used to teach. At that time, Chang Zhimin also attended that school.

Walking into Chang Zhimin's shelter in this city, Jin Xing was taken aback. She hadn't been to his house since high school—any of his residences, to be exact—and she couldn't imagine that he had made his room as messy as he had been in high school, and that he had been scolded by his father for it when he was in school. An urge arose to help him clean up the house, but she resisted. No wonder I have to eat outside, I want to make some for him, and there is no material in the house. The house was littered with books, clothes, stationery, and leftover fast food boxes. Chang Zhimin cleared out a swivel chair and invited her to sit. After sitting down, Jin Xing looked casually and realized that the only things he had neatly arranged here were the photos and albums on the desk and bookshelves.

Chang Zhimin took out two cups of hot water and put them on the coffee table in front of her. "Sorry, I don't usually drink tea. Do you want to eat chewing gum?" the vegetable leaves in the noodle soup just now stuffed between his teeth, "Let's just talk about it." You said that Chang Feipeng asked you to come to me, what does he want to do?" "Zhimin, I won't fight with you haha. What kind of virtue Chang Feipeng has, you should know very well, right?" "Of course it's clear, the whole village knows it. You should know better than I do. ”

The last sentence seemed to have an off-string sound, touching Jin Xing's sore spot. Yes, she knows, she knows best, but what can she do? The unhappy marriage of her parents made her full of yearning for a happy family since she was a child, and when she reached the first age of love, she had not yet fallen in love, so she made a wish to build a perfect home with someone she fell in love with in the future. However, it backfired, and she ended up marrying an unsatisfactory husband. Unable to fight, she lost her love, but she did not give up her desire to have a perfect family. The in-laws and concubines were pleasantly surprised to see that the daughter-in-law, who was rumored to be "unwilling", did not have any rebellious behavior after passing the door, but took care of the family affairs wholeheartedly, honored the elders, and always got along with the moody Chang Feipeng with a tolerant attitude. After Chang Feipeng had some of her own property, she quit her job according to the advice of her husband, mother-in-law and concubine, and became another full-time wife in the family. Although she always seems to be lukewarm emotionally with the people in her family, she still has the unanimous trust of her in-laws. They believe that she must have been influenced by the traditional family style of the Kong family, which his father often talked about. Only she understands that what supports her more powerfully is the belief in the beauty of her family - raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice, and since a family has been established, she should take responsibility and maintain it well. After the birth of my son, this belief became stronger. In the nearly five years of marriage, Chang Feipeng occasionally scolded her for being angry when she encountered unsatisfactory things, and she never blushed with him or anyone else in the family until the last time she was in the kitchen......

Chang Zhimin didn't understand Jin Xing's thoughts at the moment, so he only heard her ask: "Do you know what the situation in the village is now?" "Are you talking about the casino?" Chang Zhimin talked to his father on the phone yesterday, and Chang Jiucheng knew everything that happened in the village. "No, that's too specific. I mean, my father-in-law, your father, is more energetic......" "To be honest, my father has been tired of your father-in-law and your lover's actions for a long time. If you want to say that you have a lot of fighting, it should be many years. "Because of the casino, my father-in-law and the police took him away. You asked me what Chang Feipeng asked me to do, and he asked me to ask you to intercede, and persuaded your father to raise his noble hand and let my father-in-law go. "This bastard, why are you so shameless?" Chang Zhimin was furious, and immediately regained his composure, "Do you think my father deliberately manipulated your father-in-law?" He and his brother thought so. "What about you?" "I didn't want to come at first, but at last I promised him to come and convey my plea to you. Chang Zhimin was so angry that he gasped and said, "I only help innocent people intercede." ”

Not long after Kong Jinxing transferred to the new school, a freshly collected textbook fee was lost in the drawer of the head teacher's office, and the two girls in the class unanimously accused Kong Jinxing, saying that they saw her sneaking out of the office, and Jin Xing did go to the office that morning, and she was speechless. At this time, Chang Zhimin, who has always been very wilted and does not like to talk, raised his hand and stood up, saying loudly that he had seen the two girls who had testified against Jin Xing outside the office door and turned over the drawers of the head teacher. "They are thieves and cry out to catch thieves. He was telling the truth, and the subsequent investigation also proved that it was indeed the two girls who stole the money, and Jin Xing was innocent.

This trick to unravel the theft case became the beginning of the fate of the two, and this big boy who looked a little dull established a tall image in Jin Xing's mind and became the first friend of the opposite sex she made at her new school. At that time, the two were still young, and they couldn't explain each other's meaning a little, but they didn't dare to break it, and both of them had very strict family education, whether it was Chang Jiucheng or Jin Xing's grandfather, they couldn't allow early love to happen to their children, and the study tasks were heavy, so the two of them maintained a relationship of good classmates and good friends.

In the second semester of the third year of junior high school, the relationship between Jin Xing's parents eased. Her grandfather helped her through the back door, and after the high school entrance examination, she went to a high school in the city and became a boarder. And Chang Zhimin's academic performance is very poor, he has no other interests except painting, and he naturally failed in the high school entrance examination. After that, he went to an outside training school to learn computer graphics and design. During this period, he maintained telephone contact with Jin Xing, and the relationship between the two further deepened. But in order not to affect Jin Xing's entrance to university, their call is usually held on Friday night. After Jin Xing was admitted to university, the two formally established a relationship, and Chang Zhimin, who had learned skills from the training school, went to the city where Jin Xing School was located to find a job. On weekends, the two often see each other, and their relationship is getting closer and closer.

"You're right. In Jin Xing's eyes, Chang Zhimin seems to be the boy who tried to defend himself, "I understand, my father-in-law, my mother-in-law, my uncle, and my husband are not innocent in the village." So I told you, please intercede with your father, that's what my husband meant, I'm just conveying it on his behalf. Whether you find your father or not, that's your choice, he doesn't care, and I don't care. Actually, I advise you not to look for it, just his temperament, I heard you look for him for this, and I can't scold you again?" "Huh?" Chang Zhimin understood the meaning of her words, but he was still confused, "Then ...... you" "You want to ask me what I think?" I said, I didn't want to come. The reason why I came is that I ...... I can't resist him, and the second is that I do have something to tell you. I...... I can't stop you......" "Don't say it, don't say it. It's all gone. Chang Zhimin waved his hand again and again, "Besides, it's not your fault." No, that's not entirely wrong......"

After graduating from Jin Xing University, the two disclosed their relationship to their respective families, but the parents of both sides resolutely opposed it as if they had discussed it in advance. Chang Jiucheng was accustomed to seeing the misdeeds of officials in the village, and when he heard that his son's girlfriend was Kong Jinxing, whose parents were all on an errand in the Yamen, he immediately said, "Such a girl and our family's style and habits are definitely not compatible," and he absolutely did not want to marry her civil servant parents. Jin Xing's parents felt that Chang Zhimin was unproductive, and his mother's attitude was particularly intense. This strong woman used to quarrel with her husband, saying that it was because of laziness and greed, but in fact, she disliked him in her bones and did not seek progress. This man is envious of how nourishing everyone is, and who has jumped out of a wider road and made more profits, but when he has the opportunity to get ahead, he is not active at all, afraid that he will have to take more responsibilities and risks at the same time, and be satisfied with the state of being rich and peaceful. "Lao Jiu's son, he didn't go to high school, and he doesn't even have a serious unit until now," "Lao Jiu" has some prestige in Dayangtun, and his son also has a certain degree of popularity, because he often can't help but complain to outsiders that his son can't do this or can't. Everyone understands that "Lao Jiu" hates his son for not being successful, and Chang Zhimin went to school a year later than the legal age, and he stayed one level, which makes it easier for the villagers to think that he is really not successful. recruited such an unsuccessful son-in-law, Jin Xing's father also felt that he would be very faceless. "But Mom, he really likes me. "I believe this, but he doesn't even have a foothold in society, how can he like you in the future? Could it be that the two of you will suffer poverty and drink the northwest wind together!"

"Not only did I not live with you in the past, but I can't live with you now. Jin Xing, who had been emotionally stable before, became a little excited. She pulled something out of her bag. "I've got to give this back to you. Her hand trembled, and the golden reflection stung Chang Zhimin's eyes.

It was a hard-shell photo album the size of a villain's book, and Chang Zhimin knew that it contained a "group photo" of him and Jin Xing at attractions across the country, which was a gift he gave Jin Xing to her on her 20th birthday. At that time, she dreamed of being able to travel all over the country and even the world in the future. Chang Zhimin collected photos of those scenic spots, and then used computer technology to delicately synthesize him and Jin Xing into the photos, and the connection between people and scenery was seamless. "It's made. If there is a chance in the future, let's go and take a few real photos together. ”

This token Jin Xing was not brought to her mother-in-law's house with the dowry items, but was stored in the bedroom where she used to live at her parents' house in the county seat. Before coming to Chang Zhimin this time, she first took a detour back to her parents' house in the name of visiting her parents by the way - now her father's diabetes is getting more and more serious, and she can't do without her mother's care, and the smell of gunpowder between the old couple has dissipated a lot because of this situation - and silently took out this photo album and took it with her.

"Why?" Chang Zhimin did not take the album. "Zhimin, from now on...... Forget me. Jin Xing tried her best not to let the tears roll out of her eyes, "You should have a new life." And I'm ...... I became their daughter-in-law, although I didn't want to, but it's already like this, I'm a member of their family, and I have to maintain this family and the people in the family......"

"So, you still want me to intercede with my dad?" "No, no, no, you're mistaken. My father-in-law, in front of me and my son, is still a good father-in-law and grandfather. But he, as well as Feipeng and Feihu, if he suffers retribution for the sins he created, I will admit it. I mean, I can't help you anymore...... You guys. "Help us?" "Yes, so before I go, I must remind you that you must tell your father." Jin Xing said earnestly, "This time my father-in-law was arrested by the police, whether it was your father or not, the two families will end here." Don't let your dad go against him again. ”

Chang Zhimin felt incredible, and he saw Jin Xing's eyes flashing with fear. "You don't know, my father-in-law, he is very cunning, and he makes a lot of tricks to calculate your father. And your father's temperament can't prevent him. My parents are all officialdom, I can see it. If my father-in-law cares, he will do everything possible to make your family suffer. I don't want to see you...... Your family suffers. This time, his prestige has been swept away, and I will try to persuade my family to take this as a lesson and keep to myself in the village in the future. And you, you must let your father be careful of my father-in-law. The best way to watch out for him is to stop him......"

Jin Xing wanted to say more, but her phone rang. It was Chang Feipeng who called. She held up her mobile phone to Chang Zhimin: "Look, I'm here to supervise this time." He hung up his phone as he spoke.

Chang Zhimin wanted to say, "Let's sit down for a while", but for some reason he didn't say it, just like he and Jin Xing mechanically refused a table of spicy Sichuan food at lunch, and said nothing with a full stomach. Leaving his house, Jin Xing saw that the rain was a little lighter. Holding a pink Winnie the Pooh umbrella alone, she slowly walked to the bus stop. While waiting for the car, she called Chang Feipeng's phone back.

"What was so beautiful just now that you didn't even answer my phone?" Chang Feipeng's weird laughter came from the other end. "Beautiful fart, it's not the task you gave me!" Hearing her husband's tone, Jin Xing was not angry, "I told him......" "Tell him everything! Come back quickly, have a reunion dinner at home in the evening!" "Reunion dinner?" "Yes, Dad is back!"