Chapter 4: She also has a husband
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The letter was sent from the subdistrict office of the original owner’s hometown.
The content was straightforward. It said her grandfather left a will before his death, leaving the old house where he lived to Shi Xiaoai, and entrusted the agency to help transfer it.
The message was sent to urge her to return and complete the procedures.
Reading the letter, Shi Xiaoai needed clarification. Why didn’t she remember such a plot in the book?
If so, the original owner must have escaped immediately, so how could she be trapped in such a predicament?
The village chief opposite saw her holding the letter without saying a word, so he couldn’t help but ask aloud: “Mother Rui, what’s in the letter?”
When Xiao Ai heard this inquiry, she suddenly understood——
According to the settings in the book, the original owner and the fool had been caught sleeping in the bed by a woman and an intended group of people, and there was already a big fuss.
In this case, even if there was a letter from home, no one would give it to her.
Afterward, because of the power of the party secretary and his family, I am afraid she will never have the chance to see this letter in her life.
When I think about the difference of just a few hours, it cost the original owner and the children their lives——
An unspeakable bitterness and sadness surged in her heart, reding Shi Xiaoai’s eyes.
Seeing that she looked about to cry, the village chief was a little worried: “Xiao Rui, did something happen at home? Hey, it’s the Chinese New Year… why are you weeping?”
Hearing that their mother was sobbing, the two brothers and sister who had been watching from behind gathered around.
The two hugged Shi Xiaoai’s thigh tightly, shouting: “Mommy, don’t cry, Mommy, don’t cry.”
This sadness should come from the lingering ghost of the original owner. As a woman, Shi Xiaoai can, too, feel the same.
She muttered in her heart: “Don’t worry, I have avenged this grudge for you. From today on, their whole family will live a life worse than death! I will still raise the kids well for you, so you can rest assured.”
Then she wiped the tears and handed the letter to the village chief.
Seeing the children’s worried expressions, she gently touched the heads of the two cubs and said, “It’s okay. Mom is happy. We can go home!”
Hearing what she said, the village chief, who had already read the letter at a glance, was immediately stuck.
He was about to ask Shi Xiaoai if she was going home?
There is no need to ask now.
So the words that came to my lips changed to: “Don’t you want to delay until Rui’s father comes back?”
Await for him to come back?
When he arrived, the original owner’s bones had turned to ashes!
Shi Xiaoai lowered her eyes to hide the sneer in her eyes.
Yes, the initial owner of this book has a partner. If not, how could she have such a pair of children?
The initial owner’s husband is Cheng Yang. Like her, he is a young man who went to the countryside and is too miserable.
The initial owner’s parents had passed away, and she had no direct relatives in the city. No one could help her with the matter of returning to the town right away.
Cheng Yang’s mother died, and his father remarried soon, and he was, too, a member who was abandoned by the family.
The Crescent Village, where they are located, is in a remote area, and there are few young adults in the village. The village has issued preferential policies to keep educated youth and the labor force.
As long as you are willing to stay in the village and get married in the town, you can apply for a homestead regardless of whether or not you marry someone from the town, and men from the city will help set up the house.
They can supply even the materials needed to build a house at low prices.
This policy left a group of individuals behind, including these two little cabbages whose fathers did not care for their mothers.
Cheng Yang and her original host had a great relationship after their marriage. The two of them lived together and experienced a wonderful life.
But less than a year after getting married, Cheng Yang received an enlistment notice from the army, asking him to report to the unit within fifteen days.
This news shocked the entire village.
Being able to join the troop now is excellent; many people would never even think about it!
But Cheng Yang didn’t know about it beforehand. The key point——
Just one day before receiving the notification, the initial owner had just confirmed the announcement of her pregnancy.
Cheng Yang called his father for the first time in many years.
Because the call had to go to a town several miles away, the initial owner was having a severe reaction, so she did not follow.
She waited and waited at home, but what she expected was the report that Cheng Yang had to leave.
Cheng Yang’s father obtained the enlistment notice through connections.
She owed Cheng Yang a favor before, but because of the poor relationship between father and son, Cheng Yang announced his separation from his dad very early, so the favor could never be repaid.
He had spent tremendous effort to get this indicator, but he also knew Cheng Yang’s temper and was afraid that he would not go if told in advance.
He could complete all the formalities and then report, and the army would send him the notice.
Of course, because the two parties hadn’t interacted with each other for many years, the man didn’t know about Cheng Yang’s marriage.
Matters have become a certainty when situations develop to this point, and it is impossible to change.
After all, refusing to perform military service is illegal and will develop into a lifelong black history and affect future generations.
No matter how stubborn Cheng Yang was, he would not dare to take risks on such matters.
So he left, leaving behind the original owner, who was three months pregnant.
Initially, he would send letters and money back, but this situation only lasted three months.
After the fourth month, this person seems to have disappeared, and no trace can be found again.
The original owner wrote many letters to him, but all of them were returned because there was no such person.
You can imagine how difficult it was for a young woman to live in the village while pregnant with twins.
The original owner gritted her teeth, endured hardship, and successfully gave birth to two babies.
She hadn’t even finished her confinement, so she entrusted her babies to her neighbors, who took pity on her and walked for several hours to the town to make long-distance calls to her husband.
That was the number Cheng Yang had left for her in the letter. He stated that if there was anything urgent, she could call him on this number and that she must tell him if the child was born.
The original owner waited at the post office for almost an hour before the administrator dialed the number. However, the operator on the other side replied that the number was unavailable and had been withdrawn a few months ago.
And the unit number mentioned by the original owner does not exist at all.
It rained that day, and the original owner stood under the eaves in front of the post office to take shelter from the rainstorm.
She cried as long as it rained.
After the rain stopped, she wiped away her tears and returned to the village without looking back, never mentioning Cheng Yang again.
When registering for household registration after the full moon, she gave the twins two names, “Shi Mingrui” and “Shi Mingxi.”
They all follow her surname and have nothing to do with anyone named Cheng Yang.
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