Chapter 112: A Woman Who Keeps Her Promises
After all, he was a person who was used to living in a big city, and when he was just sent to that remote and backward mountain village to cut the queue, the thing that Old Man Chen longed for most at that time was to be able to return to the city.
But after a few years, there was no sign of him returning to the city, and by this time he had been reformed and was no different from the local peasants.
He followed the peasants in the village to work in the fields every day, leaving early and returning late every day, exposed to the wind and sun.
In today's parlance, it is to wake up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, and eat worse than pigs.
Under these circumstances, he had given up the idea of returning to the city, and he felt that he had no hope in his life, and could only be a farmer in this remote village.
It is precisely for this reason that he chose to accept the most beautiful girl in the village, and he also had a super friendship relationship with her.
Once this kind of relationship happened, there was a first time and a second time, and the old man Chen at that time had already decided to be with that woman for the rest of his life, so he didn't consider what protective measures he had taken in the past.
But at that time, the old man Chen and the woman were about to go to the village to make a certificate and start a family, but the village received a notice from above, saying that the old man Chen could return to the city.
When he heard the news, Old Man Chen was overjoyed and reluctant, happy that he could finally return to the city, he could reunite with his relatives, and he could leave this poor and remote mountain village and regain his identity as a city person.
But what he gave up was that he had just confirmed the relationship and made him feel the woman he liked in his heart.
Because according to the situation at that time, it was not easy for him to return to the city by himself, and he was absolutely not allowed to return to the city with a girl from the countryside.
If he didn't want to be separated from that girl, he had to stay in the countryside and be a farmer for the rest of his life.
It was difficult for him to choose between the two, and the old man Chen at that time was so entangled that he couldn't even eat or sleep.
Seeing that his beloved was so entangled, the woman persuaded him instead, saying that he could choose to go back to the city first, and after he had established himself in the city, he would come to the countryside to marry her into the city.
As soon as the woman said this, the old man Chen at that time resolutely made the choice to go back to the city first, because after all, the conditions in the city are much better than those in the countryside, and no matter who it is given, the same choice will be made.
Love is important, but when you can't even eat, everything is!
Before leaving, Old Man Chen swore to the woman, saying that she must wait for him, and once he has established himself in the city, he will definitely come to marry her, and he will definitely let her marry in the city.
The woman patted her chest and gave the old man Chen a promise at that time, saying that if he didn't marry her, she would never marry for the rest of her life!
Then the old man Chen returned to the city with endless hopes, and he thought that he would make a career in the city in the shortest possible time, establish himself in the city, and then marry his beloved woman into the door.
But I didn't expect the reality to be so cruel, don't say anything after returning to the city, I can't even arrange a job for him.
Later, his parents asked him to find a relationship, and finally arranged a job for him, but this was two years later.
Men have a good face, and they swore that they made a promise, saying that after returning to the city, they must establish a foothold in the shortest possible time, mix up their personal appearance, and then marry the woman into the door, but after returning to the city, they didn't even find a job, so Old Man Chen has never had the face to contact the woman.
And because the woman had never read and was illiterate, she couldn't contact Old Man Chen even if she wanted to.
So within two years, the two people were cut off from each other.
After Old Man Chen's work was implemented, his family began to urge him to find a partner to marry, but at this time, Old Man Chen told his family that he already had a woman he liked when he was in the countryside and that he wanted to marry that woman.
If it is said that in the present, as long as both men and women are willing, as long as they have ID cards, whether they have urban or rural hukou, it is a very simple thing to get a marriage certificate.
But in the era when Old Man Chen was young, it was almost impossible for a girl from a remote rural area to marry into a big city like Xi'an!
The differences and restrictions on just one account are like a moat, making it difficult for countless couples to become dependents.
What's more, in the eyes of Old Man Chen's parents, they are from the city, and they are from a big city like Xi'an, so they naturally want to find a person who is the right person, and the conditions must be at least similar to their family, and they can also help their son in all aspects.
Therefore, Old Man Chen's parents resolutely disagreed with Old Man Chen marrying that girl from a remote rural village into the house.
But at that time, the old man Chen was very stubborn and said that he must marry that woman.
In desperation, Old Man Chen's father lied to his Old Man Chen, saying that the parents of both parties should discuss the marriage first, and if he wanted to marry someone's daughter, he had to obtain the consent of his parents, so he had to go to the countryside to talk to the woman's parents first.
Old man Chen wanted to go with his father at that time, but he had just gone to work at that time, and his father said that taking leave would affect his work and plant a bad influence on the leader, so he let his father go alone.
But when his father returned, he said that the girl had been married the year after he had left the village, and that the child had now been born.
Seeing that his father really knew the situation in that village very well, and what he said was accurate, Old Man Chen did not doubt it anymore.
Since the woman was already married and had children, Old Man Chen didn't have any hope, so he obeyed the family's arrangement and married his current wife.
Originally, Old Man Chen always thought that the woman had failed him, and he still had a lot of resentment in the face of the woman in his heart, but just before his father died, he called him aside alone, and then told him that in fact, the woman was not married and had been waiting for him.
As a parent, from his point of view at that time, he couldn't let his son marry a rural girl, so when he came back, he lied to his son that the woman was married and had a child.
He had been feeling uncomfortable all these years, so before he died, he decided to tell the story.
After saying this, Old Man Chen's father seemed to be about to say something, but he was speechless at that time, and died that night.
At that time, the sons born to Old Man Chen and his current wife were all adults, and he himself was about to become an old man, but after learning the truth, he felt very sorry for that woman.
So not long after his father's funeral, he made a special trip to the remote mountain village where he was in the queue.
As a result, after arriving at that mountain village, he found that the mountain village had long been a matter of people, and he didn't know the younger generation, and the older generation had moved away, and the dead had died.
He found the woman's house, but it was only ruins and no one lived in it for a long time.
Eventually, after much inquiry, he learned that the woman had been dead for many years, and it was said that she had committed suicide by jumping into the river with her brother.
The most important point is that the woman has been keeping her promise, and she has never married until she died.
And after the death of the girl and her brother, her parents soon died of depression.
Since then, this matter has become a knot in Old Man Chen's heart, he has always felt sorry for the woman, and he has been thinking about whether he can give an explanation to the woman, apologize to her in person, and confess to her.
But he is a living man, and the woman has been dead for many years, so how can a living person apologize to a dead man?
So, after hearing by chance that I had the ability to conjure spirits, even if he didn't believe it, he still wanted me to give it a try.
But what he never expected was that not only would I be able to summon spirits, but I would also calculate so many things at once through the eight characters of my birthday.