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Chapter 163 Rain

This wave of autumn wind and autumn rain swept across the land of Zhongjiang, and the further to the cities south of Huxia, the heavier the rain after the encounter of cold and warm air.

Heavy rain covered the sky and covered the ground, covering a small county called Yuye, which is more than [-] kilometers away from Huxia. From the city to the countryside, the heavy rain fell like a pouring rain from three to four o'clock in the afternoon, stopping the people in the city. The pace of returning home from get off work also disturbed the people in the village who got together to enjoy the cool and play cards after dinner.

At eight o'clock, the rain still hadn't stopped. Xia Minghua, a villager who worked in the county but lived in Fuhua Village on the outskirts of Yuye County, finally returned home.

Xia Minghua's daughter-in-law, Ma Cuilian, watched the TV restlessly. When she heard the movement in the yard, she immediately turned off the TV and opened the door of the main room. When she saw her husband taking off his raincoat with wet hair, she knew that she must be completely soaked.

"It's true, I told you to come back later, but you didn't listen. Look at the wetness. It's raining in autumn, and it's hard to catch a cold." Ma Cuilian complained, but her concern was real. Here I am.

Xia Minghua shook his hair that was still dripping, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'll just take a hot shower."

"Well, go quickly, I'll make you a bowl of ginger soup, the rice is still hot." Ma Cuilian said as she walked along the corridor into the next kitchen.

After being busy for a while, the couple finally sat down at the small dining table in the main room. Xia Minghua glanced at his daughter who was doing homework in the room, and smiled contentedly.

Ma Cuilian watched her husband drink the ginger soup first, then began to eat again, pursed her lips, and said softly: "I just watched TV, and I seemed to see your cousin's daughter-in-law, who was brought back the year before last, named Zheng Fen, but the TV It's not called that name."

Xia Minghua looked at his daughter-in-law with a puzzled expression, and seeing her solemn face, he asked, "Is it because you look alike or something? I don't think your expression is a good thing. Why do you speak like you saw it?" Like a wanted criminal?"

Ma Cuilian shook her head: "Although she is not a wanted criminal, she is not much better. She said she scolded an old lady to death with a few words, and then ran away. The court ordered her to pay 10,000+ death compensation to her family. I have been unable to find her." No one, but the name on TV is Wang Yifang."

Xia Minghua continued to eat while listening to his wife's chatter, and said, "Then it should be that they look alike. Aren't there a lot of lookalikes in this world?"

Ma Cuilian is a Chinese teacher in a nearby elementary school, and she is very confident in her ability to recognize people: "I just think that the triangular eyes of those two people are exactly the same. And don't you find it strange? When Minghui was running the winery, No one from Zheng Fen's natal family came, and you said that people didn't just pop out from the cracks in the rocks, so why don't they have any relatives or friends?"

"Look at you, suspicious person, how many times have you nagged me about this? Hey, it's not easy for Minghui to find a daughter-in-law to live a life, and my uncle and aunt live too early. As long as they live a good life, you don't always want to criticize In the past two years of marriage, although Zheng Fen talked less, she finally lived with Minghui sincerely, and she lost her baby two or three times, which is not easy."

Ma Cuilian knew her husband's character. She had a deep affection for her uncle and aunt since she was a child, and always cherished that short brother, but this only showed that her husband still valued love and justice, so she also sighed: "Look What I said, I don't want Minghui to live a good life, but if this is really an unknown source, I can't keep it in the dark, I'm afraid it will hit Minghui even more."

Xia Minghua didn't speak, just finished his meal in silence, stood up to clean up the dishes, and said to his wife, "Go and see if Yunyun has finished her homework."

Ma Cuilian originally wanted to say something more, but seeing that her husband no longer wanted to talk, she knew that talking too much would be disgusting, she couldn't help but secretly sighed, what her mother said was true, try not to talk too much about her husband's family, okay It's not good to be bad, just live your life well...

It seemed to be raining heavily outside the house again. Ma Cuilian shook her head and walked into her daughter's room.

The rain was swallowed by the night, leaving only the clear sound between the sky and the earth. As noisy as the rain, there was also the roar of the machines in the printing factory in the early morning. The printing sites of Zhongjiang Metropolis Daily were as busy as ever, just to ensure that the early morning , Brand-new newspapers can appear in various newspaper outlets, in the letter box of subscribers, and in the communication room of the unit...

Lu Beicen bought the latest Zhongjiang Metropolis Daily on the way, turned to the fourth edition of the legal news column, and saw Wang Yifang's ID card headshot, which was not very clear at first, but it was even more blurry when it was printed in black and white newspapers Yes, Lu Beicen couldn't help shaking his head.

Zhu Wenya and her father Zhu Zhenghe also saw the newspaper. The two sat at the breakfast table in silence for a long time. Zhu Zhenghe put down the newspaper and looked at his daughter who was peeling eggshells. He couldn't help feeling sad and sighed. Tone: "Xiaoya, you have lived very hard these past few years, and you have done everything you should do, but Dad has not fulfilled his responsibilities. Now that TV is on and newspapers are also published, if you still can't find it, you can put it down." Well, people always look forward, your mother won't blame you..."

Zhu Wenya saw his father, whose hair was already whiter than black, looking at him with loving and sorrowful eyes. This is a man with a gentle temper all his life. He is gentle and honest. When his mother was there, he always said one thing at home, and he was always just gentle. Laughing, how young he looked at that time, a man in his 50s, still with black hair and no wrinkles on his face...

In fact, last night, after Zhu Wenya watched the news on the Metropolitan Channel, she didn't sleep well all night. The past of these years, like a movie, appeared clearly in front of her eyes, even the things she had almost forgotten. Ex-husband, his face is so clear.

She used to think that she could grow old with that person forever, but in the face of the cruelest reality, they separated easily.

The way her mother smiled was always in her mind. She used to think that her mother would always look at her like that, watching her give birth to a lovely child and live a happy life.

However, just as soon as she went to the bathroom, her mother was gone and left forever.

It is said that time is the best medicine to heal pain. In order to fight against this powerful medicine, she has been tormenting herself non-stop for the past few years. Isn't she tormenting her elderly father?
I tried my best, I really tried my best. At this moment, Zhu Wenya felt exhausted like never before. Maybe the female reporter surnamed Lu was right. Maybe she could talk to that Professor Wu again. Yesterday, she used The seemingly calm attitude analyzed her heart. In fact, Professor Wu has already seen it. She gently but firmly left a business card for herself. Her eyes seem to know everything...

Shutting her nose, Zhu Wenya nodded in silence, barely swallowing back the tears in her eyes.

After a night of heavy rain, it finally cleared up in the morning.

Zheng Fen stuck her head out from under the quilt, looking at the sunlight coming in through the gaps in the thin curtains. Although the temperature was not low, she didn't know why, but she felt a chill emanating from every pore, and a slight discomfort came from her lower abdomen. It started last night.

There are only Zheng Fen and Xia Minghui in this family. Since they married Xia Minghui, the two of them have the same goal of having a child as soon as possible. Therefore, Xia Minghui treats Zheng Fen very well.

Xia Minghui had a high fever when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, and then he stopped growing, and his height stayed at 1.5 meters [-]. This short and thin man was unable to marry a wife until the matchmaker introduced Zheng Fen to him.

Although Xia Minghui is short and thin, he has a craft of painting and is an honest person. When the nearby people who are doing decoration outside take over the work, they are willing to outsource the painting part to him, so his income is not low.

The matchmaker who introduced Zheng Fen was when he was doing renovations in a neighboring county, he heard that his parents had died early, so she took the initiative to mention the girl Zheng Fen.

At the beginning, Xia Minghui was very puzzled. Zheng Fen looked good everywhere, so how could she fall in love with her? Later, Zheng Fen explained it herself, because she saw her mother fighting with her grandma since she was a child, and her mother was bullied to death by her grandparents together. If she wanted to live, she had a natural fear of her in-laws. When talking about kissing, she just couldn't match her high and low, and she never found a suitable match.

When Zheng Fen got married, none of her parents came. Zheng Fen only explained that they went to the frontier to do business together, and they hadn’t come back for several years. They would have to spend thousands of dollars in travel expenses to come back, and they had to stop their business. , she doesn't care, as long as they live a good life, it's the same when they come back and see you later.

Although Xia Minghui thought it was a little strange, but the brother-in-law and mother-in-law said the same thing on the phone, and also talked about business in the frontier, and let them go to the frontier when they had time, so he didn't care too much.

After getting married, Zheng Fen really stayed at home to support her body and prepare for pregnancy at any time. Xia Minghui had hot tea and rice when she came home, and people greeted her when she went out. Although his wife was not beautiful, but with his appearance, he could marry such a wife , can be regarded as very contented.

What's more, my wife has endured a lot of hardships in the past two years. She couldn't sit still after being pregnant with the third child. Although Xia Minghui was pregnant again, although Xia Minghui was happy in his heart, he dared not tell anyone, let alone make his wife tired. Even when I go out to work in the morning, I don't let my wife get up early to cook, and I will cook the meal thoughtfully, sit on the stove, and eat it deliciously when my wife is full of sleep.

When Xia Minghui left this morning, Zheng Fen didn't want to say a word, she just bent over the bed and pretended to be asleep. She didn't want to talk, and she didn't want to face her husband who loved her. She was afraid that she would collapse at any time...

In fact, Zheng Fen didn't sleep much all night. She also watched the news last night, but she only read the beginning, and her heart was pounding. Pretended to be uncomfortable and went to bed.

But how could she sleep, how could she sleep, in fact, in the past few years, she occasionally wondered, is this retribution?

But she didn't dare to face it. In the past few years, she had a very bad life.

In fact, when she went back to the hospital to see a doctor, it was also to prepare for pregnancy. She and her man, yes, they can’t be called ex-husband, they can only be called men. They didn’t have a marriage certificate. She was only eighteen or nineteen years old at that time. She is tricky, and she will swear when things go wrong. If she knows that swearing can kill people, she will not swear even if she is killed. Let alone swearing, she can even keep silent.

She was found and locked up by the police for a day, and then ran back to her parents-in-law's house. She was so frightened that her parents-in-law and the man beat her so hard that she trembled even thinking about it.

Later, she ran home, and with the arrangement of her parents and the help of her brother, she called Zheng Fen and hid at the house of her mother's distant cousin, who was a matchmaker.The mother told her that her daughter had been spoiled since she was a child and had a bad temper. She went to her husband's house and was beaten to death, and then ran back.The mother promised that as long as she told her that she was married, all the dowry money would go to the cousin, and in addition, she would give 800 yuan a month for living expenses until she got married.

Aunt Yuanfang was only interested in money and didn't ask anything, she just thought that this distant niece had a bad life with the man before her, so it was difficult to marry now, so she went to her.

Zheng Fen followed Xia Minghui, he wanted a child, and she happened to have an excuse to hide at home and not go out.Everyone in the village joked that Xia Minghui married a treasure and went home and hid his wife at home. Xia Minghui just laughed and said that his wife was introverted and shy.

Only Zheng Fen knew how much her personality had changed from before to now, so much so that even her eyebrows had changed.

At this moment, Zheng Fen didn't feel hungry, but felt that the discomfort in her lower abdomen was getting heavier and heavier, but she just wanted to lie down like that, didn't want to go to the hospital, and didn't want to call Xia Minghui, she just felt that if this was God's punishment for her , then it would be better to come more violently, so as not to live like this now, not even daring to breathe, parents are obviously in Huxia, and they dare not go to see them, even the name, even the name, can only be called Zheng Fen...

Zheng Fen misses and hates the girl named Wang Yifang from the past. She is protected by her elder brother who is a few years older. She used to be a well-known wild girl in the village. Living recklessly, scolding and beating whenever she wants, she thought that there was nothing she dared not do.

It wasn't until she saw that person falling down in front of her with purple lips like that, that Wang Yifang realized that she wasn't afraid of anything. At that time, she was terribly afraid. During that time, all her thoughts were to run away, to hide Wake up, it's like when I was a child, I bullied my little friend in the village and hid in the mountains behind the village, waiting for my brother to take her back...

But this time, Wang Yifang couldn't go back, and became Zheng Fen, a dull little daughter-in-law, a little woman who was constantly suffering retribution and could never sit still...

Xia Minghua walked into the office as usual, first browsed today's newspapers, read all the party newspapers, and then read the Metropolitan Daily. In the legal section of the Zhongjiang Metropolis Daily, he saw the news that his wife mentioned during dinner last night. He pondered for a long time about that blurry photo.

At noon, Xia Minghua didn't eat in the cafeteria of his work unit, but went to a dumpling restaurant near his work unit, ordered dumplings and a stir-fried dish, and switched the TV of the small shop to the rebroadcast news of Zhongjiang City Channel, and the dumplings were eaten very slowly , with that dish, until around 12:30, when the news finally came out, he watched it silently, finally put down his chopsticks, and went out with a serious face to check out...

(End of this chapter)