Chapter 1: Tryst

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The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, which is the best interpretation of "Little Taiwan".

Zhang Shuangning's parents grew up in such a small mountain village that was not wealthy, but had pleasant scenery. It was the 80s of the 20 th century, and under the bath of the spring breeze of reform and opening up, people's thinking was greatly changed. Young men and women, in particular, abandoned the marriage tradition of their parents' orders and concubines, and began to talk about free love.

Zhang Shuangning's parents Zhang Jizong and her mother Kang Shumei also caught up with this new wave and secretly talked about their so-called "free love", but such a "shameless" love was not supported and recognized by their parents, and the two were anxious about their family affairs.

No matter how difficult the road ahead is, I swear to defend my love to the death, and no one or anything can stop us from being together. Even if the head is broken and the bones are broken, I, Zhang Jizong, will not marry you Kang Shumei in this life. This is the oath that Jizong made for the love between them, and of course Kang Shumei also thinks the same thing in her heart.

Another day, the blue sky is thousands of miles, the sun is setting, the two meet at the place where they often date, Zhang Jizong and Kang Shumei sit next to the freshly piled straw, watching the sunset fly all over the sky.

"I'm 25 years old, can your father or mother do it?" Zhang Jizong held a dog's tail grass in his mouth, looking at the sunset on the horizon, and his words were a little anxious.

Kang Shumei folded and folded a straw in her hand, her expression was a little helpless, "Daddy said, if I have to be with you, he will break my legs and sweep me out of the house, as if he never gave birth to my daughter." ”

After Zhang Jizong heard this, he was silent for a long time, and only after a long time did he squeeze out a sentence, "Or ...... We eloped? ”

"Elopement?" Kang Shumei looked at him with surprised eyes, he nodded fiercely, "No, absolutely not, your father and mother are just your only seedling, who will serve them when we leave, this kind of unfilial thing can't be done." ”

Kang Shumei's head shook like a rattle, and she was a little excited when she spoke. Although Jizong also had a married sister, in that era, this inheritance didn't seem to have much to do with his daughter.

"So what do you say?"

At this time, Tang Boyi, who was in charge of helping them keep guard, came out from behind the haystack, "Have you finished speaking?" No matter how late the fishing boats are collected, they can only swim back. ”

Tang Boyi, Zhang Jizong, and Kang Shumei grew up together since childhood, Tang Boyi and Zhang Jizong are from the same village, and Kang Shumei is from the neighboring village. It is said to be a neighboring village, but in fact it is separated by a large river.

There was a stone bridge in the river, but there was a lot of rain in summer, and the stone bridge was buried under the river.

The three of them grew up together since childhood, and their relationship has always been very good, in fact, Tang Boyi also likes Kang Shumei, but Kang Shumei only has Zhang Jizong when she is a child, so his love for Kang Shumei has become unrequited love, and he can only put it silently in his heart.

"Then you go back first! We'll make an appointment another day. Kang Shumei pulled up Zhang Jizong, who was still sitting on the ground and refused to get up, and pushed him and asked him to cross the river quickly, seeing that it was almost dark.

Tang Boyi dragged and dragged him, and Zhang Jizong reluctantly walked, "Let's go!" Let's go! Don't look at it, there will be time in the future. ”

Kang Shumei watched the two of them go away, patted the weeds on her pants, and then walked home alone, greeting her fellow villagers who came home from work all the way, and it seemed that the popularity was not too bad.

As soon as she arrived at the gate of her house, she heard the sound of her mother crying and shouting, and she hurriedly pushed open the courtyard door and ran towards the house. "Auntie, what's wrong?"

Her brother Kang Dafa was lying on the bed with a splint on his leg, her mother's face was full of tears, and her father was also sad.

Seeing Kang Shumei enter the door, her father was furious, "You are wild enough, you know to come back!" Her father picked up the sorghum broom in the corner of the wall, and hit her with a broom, and her father raised the broom and wanted to hit it again, she must have to hide!

She and her father began to circle around the square table in the hall and play a game of eagle and chicken.

"I can't see anyone all day long, do you go to have a private meeting with that bastard boy again, I'll kill you white-eyed wolf." Her father was out of breath and scolded while chasing.

"Daddy, I don't understand, the Jizong people are handsome and diligent, why don't you agree with me and his relatives?" Kang Shumei shouted to her father.

"You look handsome enough to eat? Poor as a ghost. Unless your mother and I die, you don't want to marry that bastard. ”

The parents are forced to die, and Kang Shumei can't continue to talk about it.

"Daddy, don't chase me anymore, be careful to flash your waist, what's wrong with my brother?"

Hearing Kang Shumei ask like this, her father stopped, "Your brother broke his leg when he went up the mountain to chop wood, and the doctor said that even if it is good, he will limp when he walks in the future." Her father said as he spoke, tears were about to be squeezed out.

"How so?" Kang Shumei was also so sad that she wanted to cry, her brother was a man, and it was not easy to marry a poor family, so I was afraid that I was going to fly again.

Her mother, who heard her father speak in the back room, burst into tears again. Kang Shumei hurriedly ran into the house to comfort, "Auntie, don't be sad, as long as people are okay, everything will be fine." ”

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