Chapter 42: A Bitter Past

"At that time, I held Dandan and Tongtong tightly in my arms, and at that time, Ji Han was still away from home all day, and I felt quite fortunate at that time."

When he said this, Zhang Li smiled bitterly, and said the bitter sadness at that time, although Liu Meiniang said that there was no way to empathize, but from Zhang Li's eyes, Liu Meiniang seemed to see a person who was weaker than the mother-in-law who was usually strong.

In fact, maybe Zhang Li doesn't want to pretend to be strong all the time, but in fact, more often than not, she hides all her true thoughts, as if she completely covers up those past pains.

But if it weren't for the day at the end of life, no one would be able to say forget it, especially the fear that is imprinted in life, I don't know where it started, but it is timeless.

"Relying on a few stinky money in your family, you don't take human life seriously? At that time, even if there were only three people in the family, but the three of them were women and children who were powerless, even if they were not upright gentlemen, at least they didn't even have a conscience to be human? ”

Speaking of which, Liu Meiniang is really angry, although she is not the Liu Meiniang they think, and she does not have any particularly strong feelings for the so-called family, but the nine-year compulsory education has made Liu Meiniang have a strong sense of accusing unfairness, although she knows that this so-called morality is completely unworkable in this era of eating people and not spitting out bones.

But there will always be a way, no matter what method is used, Liu Meiniang will definitely try to find a correct path and become the first person in this era to break the convention, this road may be difficult and dangerous, thorny, but it is worth affirming that as a person with modern thinking, this is a path that everyone will choose.

"What kind of conscience, Wang Fa or something, I have always heard this set of rhetoric since I was a child, but in the final analysis, the fate of most people, their lives, and even their lives, are not all in the hands of those few people?"

Zhang Li's helpless stall hands, no matter what era, there will never be a shortage of people who are left out by this world, perhaps the world is too big, so that it is too late to think, let alone understand, what kind of lifestyle is completely correct.

"Later, how did you get out of the devil's claws?"

"It's your Aunt Li, I don't know where the backbone came from at that time, I've never seen that old woman so hard in her life."

When Zhang Li said this, the smile on his face became deeper and deeper, as if every wrinkle was telling the special touching and emotion brought about by a particularly difficult period.

Only when people are in a desperate situation can they realize the difficulty of sending charcoal in the snow, time can always take away something, but more is the more timeless memories brought by time, this period of memory takes root in the mind, and finally grows into a towering tree.

"At that time, she held your husband's rank tightly in her hands, blocking in front of all the family members, in fact, I saw that she was so frightened that her hair was covered with beads of sweat, and the old woman, for me, was really desperate."

"This is the only strong man in our village who fights on the battlefield, even if he dies now, then his family and widow can't bear to be bullied by you no matter what, but I heard that the Forbidden City has recently issued instructions, if you treat the soldiers' families lightly, it is not a misdemeanor."

Zhang Li learned Aunt Li's way of speaking at that time, as if she was telling a warm story, and her face was full of indescribable joy and relief.

The warmth at that time should be irreplaceable, according to Zhang Li's words, since that day, no matter what kind of actions Aunt Li makes in the future, even if she holds a knife in front of her, Zhang Li will not dodge, because her life is given by Aunt Li, even if those family members are just scaring and scaring the Zhang family, but every inch is in the hearts of the people.

Aunt Li's warm gesture has been kept in Zhang Li's heart, Zhang Li originally thought that according to the current living conditions, it would be difficult to have the opportunity to repay Aunt Li's kindness no matter what, but he didn't expect to have such an opportunity now.

"Mei Niang, I didn't think of anything for my mother, you would think about this matter so thoroughly, it was all bad for my mother before, and I always didn't know what to do when I was afraid."

Zhang Li didn't say polite words, because many of Liu Meiniang's behaviors have been refreshing recently, as if Liu Meiniang had been suppressing herself before, and after the last concubine incident, Liu Meiniang seemed to have completely changed a person, although she was still affectionate and righteous, but when facing things, she had to change a lot.

"Mother, where are you, as the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family for so many years, I have not done enough, it is not easy for you to support this family for so many years, and the daughter-in-law is willing to share it for her mother."

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, and a warm atmosphere spread among the two of them.

In fact, the current Zhang family, what Zhang Jihan lacks is a chance to prove himself again, the only man in the family, although he is still young, but he is ready to improve himself and support the future of this family, and this Zhang Li and Liu Meiniang both see it, so they are more confident in the future of this child.

Most of the men of that era were divided into two categories, one was lazy, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, in short, no matter what kind of background they were, no matter what kind of worth they had, they were drunk all day long, and in the final analysis, they were men who had no way to survive in an ordinary life.

There is also a kind of diligent and honest person, and these two are not Liu Meiniang's liking, so it is not a good thing that her husband is gone.

When he returned home that night, Dandan was standing at the door and looking, and when he saw Liu Meiniang and Zhang Li walking back with smiles on their faces, they seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran into the house to find Zhang Jihan to come out together.

After Zhang Jihan came out, he took the salted duck eggs that Aunt Li gave them when they were leaving, Liu Meiniang nodded at Zhang Jihan as a sign of politeness, and walked to Zhang Dandan and squatted down.

Zhang Dandan looks really a beauty embryo, whether it is delicate facial features or fair skin, she is a little beauty that is difficult to see in these ten miles and eight villages, but this child may be very thin because of the lack of nutrition when he was young, and his slender wrist is also thin as if he will break if he is not careful.

"Is Dandan at home today?"

Liu Meiniang touched Zhang Dandan's hair dotingly, and Zhang Dandan quickly responded with a bright smile.

Such a little girl looks so cute, and is sensible like a little adult, if it were placed in modern times, she should have been discovered by talent scouts to be a child star.

"Of course, Dandan listens to her sister-in-law the most, and her sister-in-law goes out to do important things with her mother, and the second brother has already told Dandan that it is to let everyone live a better life, and we will never be like before, without enough food and clothing, right?"

Zhang Dandan's big flickering eyes and those words made people really feel heartbroken, at such a young age, before experiencing a colorful childhood, she began to worry about whether she could eat enough and dress warmly, what kind of girl is this.

"Dandan is good, as long as the sister-in-law is here, she will never let Dandan go hungry."

Liu Meiniang gently hugged Zhang Dandan, and the warmth was transmitted from Zhang Dandan's body, as if she was her sister, gentle and lovely, in this just time.

Although Liu Meiniang has not participated in the past between these people, she will stay by the side of these lovely people for a long time in the future, or even in this life.

This is a new life, a new opportunity, each has such a distinct character, such a lovely life, after experiencing the pain of dying, Liu Meiniang has learned what to cherish.

In this life, no matter what, you must cherish it and spend it well.

Only after losing do you know how to cherish, and this is what should be said.

When Liu Meiniang smiled and looked at the story she told to herself about the recent gentleman at the entrance of the village, she felt as if there was a beam of eyes in some direction.

Liu Meiniang looked up and saw a figure flickering in the window of Zhang Tongtong's room.

Liu Meiniang sighed softly, in fact, in the end, it was just a child, what kind of experience created the current character?

"You said Tongtong, she wasn't like this when she was a child."

After dinner, Liu Meiniang took Zhang Jihan to the fish pond to take a look at the condition of the fish pond, and by the way to see how the transplanted mulberry tree grew, in fact, there was another reason, that is, Liu Meiniang thought about it and was still curious about why Zhang Tongtong became such a character now.

Although there are innate factors in the development of character, in fact, most of them are more developed by various things that have been experienced.

And the Zhang family has never been smooth, so Liu Meiniang's first consideration is whether Zhang Tongtong will be hit in her heart because of what she has experienced.

After all, most of people's personalities are cultivated when they are young, and if there is no influence of external factors, it is basically impossible to form a strong character like Zhang Tongtong.

"Didn't you when you were young?"

Zhang Jihan's answer obviously confirmed Liu Meiniang's thoughts.