From Cultivator to Widow

Zhao Xialan and her man Zhang Dahai came to the special zone to seek life after the new year.

After listening to Su Hui's suggestion, the husband and wife set up a breakfast stall. The eldest son, who is 23 years old this year, has a lot of energy, so he went to the construction site and worked hard to make money to marry a wife.

The stall business is very good early.

Zhao Xialan has been cooking for so long, and there are people in the village who make feasts. She often goes to help. Now that she has enough food and good taste, many people are willing to come to her stall to eat a hot meal.

Hard work is really hard, but the cost is low.

In the beginning, they brought the materials from their own homes, and then they bought the vegetables from local farmers' homes.

Cheap and affordable.

As for the tables and chairs, they were given by Su An's friendship, and they paid for the stove.

After the support was established, the business was very good. I bought some steamed buns, vermicelli, hot porridge and tea eggs.

In addition, there is her exclusive miscellaneous sauce noodles.

Up to now, the daily income has also stabilized.

Twenty or thirty when it is less, and three digits when it is more.

After deducting the cost, you can earn more than entering the factory!

This is also the location where they are located. There are a lot of people here, and most of them are willing to spend some money to buy some food.

There is also a hard part. I have to get up very early every day, and everything must be ready when everyone has breakfast in the morning.

And if they want to taste good, they have to work hard. If they don't work hard, customers won't turn back.

They soon got a taste of it, and they earned more in a month than they could in a year. As long as you know what to do, you know how to choose, and it's not just hard work, but also good things.

The outside world is too vast.

They met a lot of people of all kinds here. In their spare time, they would talk to the free guests. These things would not have been known if they stayed in the village.

No wonder the older generation said that when you come out, you will gain insight, and after you come out, you will really gain insight.

...

Zhang Gui did find out that something was wrong with Zhou Xiaoqing. He knew during the New Year that her mood was not right. She seemed to be erratic during the New Year.

If it wasn't for his busy schedule this year, he might have been laughed at by others.

When she came here, for a while, her condition was much better, but the good times didn't last long, and she was decadent for a while. It was the kind of decadence that was even more invigorating than before, as if she had received a major blow.

I asked her and she said no.

He was busy with his work, and tried to visit her in the rented place as much as possible, cook her food, or take her out for a walk. It seemed to have an effect, and she was more cheerful than before.

It's just that there is still some distance from the intimate state of the two people before. He wants to make out, but most of her are not in the mood.

He asked her, and she said that she was very irritable at work, annoying and tired.

Tired and really not in the mood, until he had a rest day, when he came here, he found something they were not willing to buy before in the crevice of the bed.

He found a beautiful gold earring under the pillow.

He has bought gold jewelry himself, and knows its price. Generally, they can't afford it, but like this style, it is too extravagant at the speed at which they are making money now.

But this is the money that Zhou Xiaoqing earned by herself. If she wants to spend it, she will spend it. Buying this kind of thing is not a waste. Gold is a store of value. She didn't tell herself, should she want to surprise herself? There is only one, are you afraid that she will find out and blame her?

As if he didn't find it, he silently put it back in place.

Zhou Xiaoqing put away all the other things. This one fell off when she was sleeping. She thought it was gone, so she let him find it.

The things she has recently are not the same as before. The beautiful clothes and beautiful jewelry that she could only look at before are now easily in her hands. She sells cosmetics and knows what kind of things are good for her skin. , She could only buy basic models before, but now she has money in her hands. She buys whatever is good for her body and face. She looks several years younger than before, compared to the young girl, Another kind of mature charming charm.

It made Fang Kun even more fascinated, and even more willing to spend money on her.

This is the life Zhou Xiaoqing wants. She can buy anything she wants without worrying too much.

It's just that in the end it's not just right, if only he was his righteous husband.

She has taken this step, but she is also a little uncertain about the future.

Zhou Xiaoqing couldn't let go of her two children, it was a piece of flesh that fell from her body. As for Zhang Gui, she didn't have any admiration for Zhang Gui from the beginning.

She hasn't made up her mind yet. If he is willing to marry her, that's fine. Will he help herself? Think of a way to be harmonious and beautiful together?

Now it's been like this for a long time. Not only does he have a husband, but the other party also has a wife.

It's not the right way for them after all.

If it is short-term... then there is no need to tell Zhang Gui for the time being.

Zhou Xiaoqing deliberately wanted to get more things. In addition to these clothes and jewelry, she also had pocket money.

She has to think about her future.

The money earned from doing business is not of the same order of magnitude as the money earned from part-time jobs. For Fang Kun, it is really a little pocket money, but for Zhou Xiaoqing, this is already a very generous amount. She earns much more than her work. If she hadn't quit her job, she would have been found out. She would have quit the job.

She wanted to be a woman who just had to dress herself up and do nothing else.

Instead of standing in front of the counter, smiling at the guests, no matter what the other party says or makes things difficult, you must keep a smile on your face.

Fang Kun is also very satisfied with this relationship.

Buy clothes and jewelry, and make your girlfriend look beautiful, so that you can take it out yourself and have a face.

The expenses are not much, and she is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. As for those "sweet words", she knows some things.

Zhou Xiaoqing wanted to make a promise, so she scolded side-by-side, and if she didn't have a definite word, she really knew it in her heart.

She has to seize the opportunity to make more money.

They probably have no future.

She didn't want to let go easily, she had to work hard while leaving a way for herself.

what else can we do?

She is now working with Fang Kun while she is at work. She guessed that Su An should not have seen her at that time.

At that time, she just glanced in the direction where she was. In this case, the job could still be done. Otherwise, she knew that she was working there and could look down on herself... Zhou Xiaoqing was unwilling to bear it.

Now she has lost all enthusiasm for the job.

Only in order to prevent Zhang Gui from discovering the strangeness, he maintained it.

But Su An actually found her.

Su An was a little surprised to see her in it at the time, but if the two of them had chatted at the time, the scene would have been a little ugly, so she thought she didn't notice it.

Then, she bumped into the scene where she and Fang Kun were shopping in a jewelry store.

And now this time, they bumped into it again, they were shopping for clothes.

The special zone is still developing, and the street with luxury brands is very unified. Here, Wang Haiwen's major hobby is to buy, buy, buy, and beautiful clothes and jewelry can bring her a good mood.

The two of them are the most talkative, business people, it is rare to have a few female compatriots, not to mention they are all good looking.

The two of them are now in the business field and spend their money together.

When she is free, she likes to take Su An to buy and buy together, to enjoy food and leisure time together, so it is not strange to meet her here.

Zhou Xiaoqing's smile was much brighter than before.

She seems to be really happy with Fang Kun, but her happiness is based on her betrayal, the betrayal of marriage.

When they come together, they gather; when they do not gather, they disperse.

In the world of self-cultivation, there are also Taoist couples. The choice of Taoist couples is much more careful than today's marriage, because it also includes the understanding of Taoism. If two people's beliefs are diametrically opposite, or if there is a major difference, Can't be together at all.

No matter how prudent the choice is, there is still a case of separation, and separation is not appropriate. Even if you face a major loss, you should still be divided, and you are responsible for your own future.

If one party is procrastinating, while not in contact with the relationship, and at the same time looking for a new love in private, it will be despised just like ordinary people.

Whether Zhou Xiaoqing is doing it for the other party's money or people, in Su An's opinion, she should end the relationship.

Instead of the current situation, her situation is different from that of Wang Haiwen. Wang Haiwen has her own calculations, and her "boyfriend's" wife also knows each other very well.

She couldn't agree with Zhou Xiaoqing's approach, she said it was different, and they didn't plan for each other...

For some reason, Wang Haiwen felt that Su An's current situation was not suitable to be disturbed. She saw that she was looking outside the door, but there was no focus as far as her eyes could see, and she was placed in the void.

It seemed that she was distracted, but there was a very strange atmosphere around Su An's body, which made people dare not go to disturb them easily.

Until the other party moved his eyes, lowered his eyes, took a light sip of water from the teacup in his hand, the atmosphere just disappeared suddenly, as if it was just his own illusion, it must be an illusion.

What was she thinking just now.

Wang Haiwen walked over, held the skirt on her body, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think of this skirt? I think it suits you very well when I see it, do you want to try it?"

"I have a friend. She likes the clothes of this house very much recently. I took a look at it today. It's really good. You haven't bought new clothes for a while..."

Su An did realize something, and entered a state similar to epiphany. The time was short, but the harvest was not cheap.

She was in a good mood, looking at Wang Haiwen, her eyebrows curved: "I feel good too."

——

Su An went to the provincial capital, it was Su Qianming's birthday.

Because of all these things, the atmosphere at home was a bit weird. Su Zhong specifically told her in advance that the family had a meal together, which also made him happy.

I didn't plan to go anywhere to eat, so I bought the materials myself, and the family had a round meal together.

Su An passed by a day earlier.

Su Zhong said to let her go back to live, she lives in Su Shiwei's room, and Su Shiwei can go to the living room and make do with it.

Su An didn't agree, she went back to the office.

In the provincial capital, they have their own strongholds and their own office space. She has an office here, and her office has a standard configuration, that is, it will be equipped with a lounge.

Everything inside is complete, you can move in when you go there.

The birthday present she prepared was two ginseng roots and other medicinal herbs.

This ginseng is suitable for brewing ginseng wine, and other medicinal materials are also useful. Now they rarely go up the mountain again. Su Qianming still feels itchy when he sees good medicinal materials.

In addition, Su Qianming and Tian Siyi each prepared a suit.

Su Qianming, the birthday star, is in good spirits today.

Wearing new clothes, sitting in the middle of the spirit, cheerful.

He felt that he lacked everything now, and he was short of a small turnip head that went around him.

Su Zhong also deliberately bought a cake, which was passed down from the West. This thing is soft and does not require teeth, so it is suitable for elderly people to eat.

This thing is quite expensive.

This is the first time Su Zhong has eaten.

Su Zhong looked at Su An and touched his head a little embarrassedly: "My house is already looking good, but it needs to be renovated. It can't live in now. Several families lived there before, and they changed a lot of places." He has already bought The new house is much more spacious than this one. When the time comes, when my sister comes, or when his eldest son comes back, they will all have their own rooms. Unlike three rooms here, there are six rooms alone. , the room is also large, if necessary, it can be divided into two rooms.

It was that place that was more expensive, and all his savings were smashed, and he returned to a state of absolute poverty, leaving only the purchases and a little bit of turnover.

Su An shook her head: "Don't apologize to me, what's the matter."

Su Zhong shook his head, the younger sister came, and there was no room for her to rest for a night.

Su An came over after breakfast, sat down and chatted with Su Qianming and the others, and Zhang Fenghua came over not long after.

She was studying at the university here in the provincial capital. She saw Su Zhong when she was shopping for clothes, and then caught up with him. She knew where he was. This time, she knew that the second aunt would come over and give it to the second aunt's father. On her birthday, she specifically told Su Zhong that she would come and sit down on this day.

She also prepared gifts.

In college, many people don't like business people, let alone do business on their own, because it's insulting, and it's necessary to draw a clear line.

Zhang Fenghua also secretly does some small businesses, such as studying with a tailor, helping him match up, etc. The work is not big, and she earns enough for her own expenses. Her subsidy also supports her two younger sisters to go to school. If there is no extra money , she was at a loss.

She brought two boxes of dim sum and saw Su An with a sincere smile on her face: "Happy birthday to grandpa, I wish you a long life like Nanshan, more than every year, good health..."

After saying a long line of birthday wishes, he smiled and greeted Su An: "Second Aunt, long time no see." His voice was filled with excitement.

After Su Hui went to work in the capital, she never went back for three years.

Su An nodded slightly: "Long time no see, sit down."

"Second aunt, how are you now, is everything okay?"

"all good."

Although I knew that Second Aunt was living a good life, I still wanted to listen to her in person. Now that I heard the answer, her eyebrows curled up, and her happiness came out from the bottom of her eyes. It was obviously sincere. This made Su Qianming and Tian Si Yi felt happy to see it.

The son-in-law also has good children.

Tian Siyi pushed the fruit in front of the table towards her: "You're a junior right now, right?"

Zhang Fenghua nodded: "Yes, I will be a senior in September, and I will graduate soon."

Tian Siyi nodded: "You graduated in the same year as Banxia. You came out as a teacher. How's your teacher?"

Zhang Fenghua laughed when she heard this, and she herself liked the profession of a teacher.

If it wasn't for the second aunt back then, she wouldn't be where she is now.

She had a longing for the profession of a teacher since she was a child.

Su Hui looked at Zhang Fenghua carefully. Compared with before, she has changed a lot. It is not a change in clothing, but a change in spirit.

Her manners were much more generous. Before, she couldn't be said to be obedient, but she just didn't have enough confidence.

Now, she is smiling confidently, Su An is very pleasing to the eye, she likes confident people.

"How does your school arrange you now, and where might you be assigned?"

"In our last session, some stayed in the provincial capital, and some returned to their hometown..."

Su Qianming drank tea, tasted the aroma of tea, and looked at them with a smile.

Seeing Zhang Fenghua, it's hard not to think of what happened before.

When they went back for the Chinese New Year, it was the next village, and many villagers asked them if they knew about their daughter's situation. Many of them were just joking.

They did know it before, but they were also concealed, but they were different. He was worried about his daughter, which was different from the Zhang family's scolding attitude, or in other words, there was an essential difference.

He still remembered Zhang Fenghua. When she was studying, she often went to her daughter's house to do homework and ask for homework together. Compared with several grandchildren, she was steady and steady, and now the situation is not bad.

The only thing to worry about is lifelong events.

This actually doesn't matter, as long as you can stand up and have your own job, you can stop your losses in time.

He also saw a little bit of her daughter's admiration for her mother from the way she looked at her daughter. Seeing this, Su Qianming was a little silent. Her parents weren't very good, so she let her empathize with her daughter.

Su Qianming is the protagonist of the day. After saying a few words, Su An poured him a cup of tea and changed the subject: "Dad, do you want to visit the capital? If your grandson is free, I will take you to the Great Wall, to the ** *."

Su Qianming was heartbroken after hearing this, but said, "What about you? You don't care about us."

Su An: "I want to see the time period, I may not have time."

Now that she came here, in addition to celebrating Su Qianming's birthday, she also had a lot of things to do.

Tian Siyi thought of a good idea: "How about this, we will go together at the end of the year and go to your place for the New Year. You will always be free for the New Year."

He lived with his sister for a period of time and was also celebrating the New Year in the capital. Hearing this, Su Zhong quickly said, "What about me? What should I do? I have to do business here."

Su Qianming was very ruthless: "If you want to do business, then you should stay here. Anyway, you have also visited the Great Wall."

"And you're not a child anymore, or you don't know what to do if I go for a walk with your mother."

Su Zhong felt that he was wronged: "Dad, that's not what I meant." My parents went to the capital to play and left them at home to watch the house. Why do I feel a little desolate?

Su Shiwei raised his hand, indicating that he had something to say: "Is it during the winter vacation, can I go?"

Su Zhong looked at his son, also ruthless: "You study hard, you count, how long are you from the college entrance examination?"

Su Shiwei was silent for a long time before he muttered in a low voice: "I can't pass the test at all..."

Chang Xiaohe unceremoniously twisted it hard, and his face distorted immediately.

Chang Xiaohe smiled: "What did you just say, the voice was too low, I didn't hear it."

Su Shi was very loud and righteous: "I said I will definitely study hard!"

Chang Xiaohe smiled with satisfaction.

Zhang Fenghua coughed twice, holding back his smile.

Su Qianming nodded and smiled, "Then it's agreed that during the Chinese New Year this year, your mother and I will go to the Great Wall for a walk."

Having lived to this age, while I can still move, now I have the conditions to go for a walk in the capital, and I can also visit my daughter's home in the capital. I haven't seen my grandchildren for a long time.

Tian Siyi also thought of a few grandchildren: "During the Chinese New Year, Ding Guo will not come back?"

Zhang Dingguo has gone abroad.

Su An: "It's hard to say. It depends on his class schedule. He will come back when he has time."

Tian Siyi nodded: "What about Baoguo, does Baoguo have any holidays?"

Su An shook her head: "It's hard to say."

Hearing this, Tian Siyi sighed, Dingguo was fine, but the grandson was really worried. He was looking forward to his letter, and seeing that he didn't, he was afraid of receiving his message, but he didn't. is bad news.

If it was bad news, they would rather not have believed it.

"He must be fine for Bao Guo, I don't know if he is injured or not."

Su An smiled and comforted her: "He will take care to protect himself, don't worry too much."

Injury is certain, how could he not be injured, the difference is only in the severity of the injury, she reserved medicine for him, and specially instructed him not to let his kindness give to others, and let him keep himself for backup, just in case there is a problem, if it is true If something happened, he had another way out.

He didn't mention it in the letter, he just didn't want to worry his family. Su Hui understood and would help cover it up, so why tell them and make them worry.

What's more, they didn't know it in their hearts.

All of them have experienced wars in their generation. Only after experiencing wars do they know the value of peace. Where did their peace come from?

It was brought to them by these soldiers who were fighting on the front line. How could it be possible to fight without dying and not being injured?

They can only hope that there are no names they are familiar with on the list of those killed in battle. At this point, everyone is selfish, hoping that the names of others will appear, not the names of their own children.

The big guys were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was peaceful. Zhang Fenghua was smiling. When there was something she could talk about, she would speak up. is a good girl.

The lunch meal was plentiful.

Everyone worked together and quickly made a hearty lunch.

After eating, Zhang Fenghua left a gift and went back. Tian Siyi asked her to bring a few dyed birthday peaches, which Tian Siyi and Chang Xiaohe made yesterday.

Zhang Fenghua is gone, and the rest is all his own family, and Su Qianming just said something about the past.

His father, that is, Su Zhong's grandfather, left. When he sent a letter to Zhang Baoguo during the Chinese New Year, he replied with two words, and he ignored it.

He didn't want to see him.

He didn't make it through, he was not too young, and it was nothing to leave at this time.

Su Qianming was not interested in going back to see what he was like now.

They should have forgotten his existence, why go back.

He didn't want to see him anymore, but he asked someone to help pay attention to the information over there. There are no details, and the ones that everyone knows are enough.

So he knew that the man was gone.

If you count the days, it is the New Year. After two months, several months have passed.

He hasn't talked about these things with Su Zhong and the others, and he doesn't want to talk about it, but now he is interested.

"Speaking of which." Su Qianming's eyes were distant: "It's been a long time since I thought it would be completely forgotten by us, but it's not a good thing, so I didn't tell your brothers and sisters, although my mother and I were at that time. There is still a biological father, but sometimes our biological father is not as good as our stepfather."

The stepfather may also be afraid that people will not dare to do too much. What about the biological father?

When he became unfeeling, whoever said that tiger poison does not eat his son, he didn't kill himself with his own hands, he just watched his son become a **** step by step indifferently.

I don't know if it is more serious to die, or more serious to be raised as a crippled person.

Now that he is dead, Su Qianming is not at all sad: "Actually, there is nothing to say. The Su family is considered a big family in the local area. I make a living with the medicinal herbs business. At that time, my ancestors also donated medicinal herbs to □ □. There are hundreds of people in the Su family's main family. I am from the main family, but after the elopement, my name should be drawn from the family tree. It's gone, it's not crossed out, the genealogy has also been burned in those years, it's meaningless, now it's just to let you know where the Su family root is, there's no accident, we will never have any contact with them in our life, so you know enough."

Tian Siyi continued: "The situation in my family's side is not very different. My ancestors were an official. Later, when the prodigal son came out, he opened a shop and bought and sold porcelain. In the local area, it is not as powerful as the Su's family, nor is it comparable to the Su's family. I’m also a stepmother, but before my stepmother, my father was a careless man and had many women. After my mother passed away, he couldn’t wait to marry a newcomer. After that, I became a little maid. I still remember, that When it's winter, the dripping water turns into ice, and I'm going to wash my brother's diapers..."

She is an eldest lady, and she wants to do this kind of work, and she has to be specially asked to do it when there is a maid, let alone when the maid is not around.

Because of a lot of work, her hands are as rough as other maids, and she can't play the piano or hold a needle. If she hadn't received a little education when she was a child, and because of a little reputation, she might not be able to recognize the word.

Speaking of which, isn't there a saying that no woman, no talent is virtue?

"It's been so long, it's actually nothing." Tian Siyi smiled when she saw the corners of her son's red eyes.

She doesn't have any sad feelings, and she talks about these things indifferently, especially after she knows the current situation of the Tian family, and the Tian family is now down, she also feels it, and her mood has improved uncontrollably.

She looked so openly, other people might not be able to do it, they would feel sorry for her and feel sorry for her, Su Zhong muttered: "Would you like to go back and have a look, is there anyone who can't let go?"

Hearing this, Tian Siyi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "There is no one I want to see there."

Su An: "Where's your grandfather's house?"

Generally speaking, under any circumstances, the mother's family is going to come forward.

Tian Siyi and Su Qianming looked at each other: "I have one thing in common with your father, that is, no one in our grandfather's family is there. I was when my biological mother didn't give birth to me, and the renter's family fell. Moved away when he was less than three years old, and there is no news."

Su Qianming: "As for my grandfather's family, they went abroad, leaving only a few distant relatives who have nothing to do with each other, and they have long since cut off contact."

It turns out that this is no wonder. Generally speaking, if you marry later, you should also pay attention to it in the front, otherwise the original wife's family will come to the door.

This fully shows the importance of the married daughter's maiden family. After her accident, if the entrustment is not human, the children who remain will suffer. This father can't be trusted, and the grandfather's family can't help, so we can only see that the stepmother's character is not enough?

There are a few who have passed the test of being a stepmother, and it is rare enough not to discuss.

Su Zhong: "Then do you want to inquire about the situation of your grandfather's family?"

Su Qianming and Tian Siyi shook their heads together.

If they really found it, what can they do?

They didn't have any relevant memories of them when they were young, and now they're all that old, do they still have to travel thousands of miles to find their relatives?

They have relatives. They have two children. Now they have two grandchildren and four grandchildren. They will soon be able to carry them to the next generation, and the population will be larger by then.

There is only one point, they all say that the more children you have, the more blessed you are. Now there is no way for those who have formal jobs to have more children. Both men and women can only have one child. They are now where the workers live. They are making a lot of noise about this. , not to mention how lively it is.

Now it’s not allowed to give birth in the public eye, but there are a lot of births in private, so take a period of leave, and then go to a remote mountain or a remote relative to give birth to the child.

Losing a job This is only binding for people with formal jobs, for the country folks, it doesn't matter much at the moment.

Su Qianming smiled: "To find them, it is better to urge Baoguo and Banxia to give us great-grandchildren, whether it's a boy or a girl."

Su Zhong and Chang Xiaohe both laughed, boys and girls are indeed fine, but boys are better, they will worry about this.

The eldest son went to college, obviously he had a formal unit. At that time, he could only have one. How could one be enough?

Although it is now said that women hold up half of the sky, and boys and girls are the same, traditional thinking, for so long, has regarded men as a symbol of succession.

If they give birth to a daughter, unless they lose their jobs, or find another way to escape, but how to find a way to pass the hukou to someone else is not as justifiable as the name.

Tian Siyi saw it and comforted his son and daughter-in-law: "This is what the national policy requires, and we can't do anything about it. This child has a fate, maybe it's like me, she gave birth to a dragon and a phoenix, and she made up a good character all at once. Both."

Chang Xiaohe smiled all of a sudden: "It would be great if I could be like my mother."

This pair of children born by the mother-in-law has a lot of promise. If her granddaughter can be like her aunt, the girl can also stand up.

Su An doesn't mind men and women anymore: "They don't have a partner yet, who can say what will happen in the future? By the way, the house on the land I bought is about to be built, when the time comes, parents, you and your brother will go to my place for vacation. Bar."

Lingzhi Villa has hot springs, forests and gardens, which is very suitable for vacation.

She plans to live for a long time in the future, and she will add things slowly in the future. Now it is suitable to take it out and change the topic.

When Su Zhong heard this, he immediately cheered up: "It's finally built, and I want to go see it too. Parents, you don't know, this has been built for a long time, and the road was specially built..."

...

At this time, somewhere in the dense forest, Zhang Baoguo used a knife to take out the residue from the wound with a blank face, applied medicine, and bandaged it. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but fire in his eyes.

It's too late to go back. In this case, they have to withstand it. They want to go there. Yes, they can step over their corpses!

Their corpses are not so easy to step over, how can they pull down a few pads.

When the situation of Zhang Baoguo and his party was not very good, the situation of "stutter" Zhang Ping was the opposite.

He silently touched his gun, looked at the "companion" who was already talking about the celebration banquet, and a light flashed in his eyes.