Chapter 1 95 years
"Grind~scissors~chopping kitchen knives~"
"Grind~scissors~chopping kitchen knives~"
In the early morning, the red sun rises, The golden-red sunshine passed through the clouds and fell like broken gold.
In the quiet mountain village, there were long and lasting shouts coming one after another.
Chen Ling was sitting cross-legged on the bed, staring blankly at the calendar in his hand, speechless for a long time.
"On March 6, 1995, the sixth day of the second lunar month, the Waking of Insects...1995..."
"The ancients said that yellow rice is a dream, but I didn't expect that I would have such a long dream. A dream."
Chen Ling muttered to himself.
Although he still found it hard to believe, he gradually accepted this fantasy experience deep in his heart.
Who would have thought that in just three days when he was in coma, he had already lived another long life...
Except for the different places of birth and different life experiences, the development of the times is 99% similar. , and it’s real and not half false.
Let him use a popular saying in modern society: After he fell into a coma, he traveled through time and space by chance and arrived in a parallel world, where he lived for decades.
Looking back now, it is like a long, long dream.
When he woke up, he changed from an ordinary rural youth in the 1990s to have memories that transcended the times for more than 20 years...
It's not surprising.
Looking at the familiar blue brick house, Chen Ling's eyes slowly passed over the rafters and beams on the roof, as well as the basket of eggs hanging from the beams.
Underneath me is an old-fashioned but new-looking wooden bed. On the bed is a thin plum silk quilt with a blue background.
On the south side of the bed are two pairs of small square wooden windows. The two pairs are divided into four windows and are covered with white window paper.
Behind the wall on the north side of the bed are two bulky old-fashioned wardrobes, right next to the bed, both about two meters high.
The wardrobe in the corner is wider and is a combination cabinet.
The vertical wardrobe outside is a separate one with a mirror on the door.
Getting out of bed and looking at his young self in the mirror and everything familiar in the room brought a smile to his face.
“It’s better to be at this time, the age of innocence, and my young self.”
It’s just...
When his eyes fell on the other small photos on the mirror and saw clearly the delicate little woman in the photo, his smile faded and his mood became complicated again.
That is his current first wife.
The first wife was married to a gentle, caring family, respectful to the elderly, and considerate of her husband, but she never lived a happy life.
I have spent so many years in the dream and experienced many things. Now I opened my eyes and woke up from the dream, but I felt unable to face her.
This is a hurdle in his heart.
The current him is not the Chen Ling in his "dream" who went to college, served in the military, and started a career.
He is still a bastard with a high ambition but low ambitions.
Although I have been married for two years, I still don’t look like a man after getting married.
I always feel that I am a person who can do great things, and I always want to get out of this poor mountain village.
He has read a book and gone to high school, and his academic qualifications are very impressive. He is not willing to spend his whole life digging in the land and being a farmer, nor does he want to spend his whole life guarding his "rustic" wife.
Because in his eyes at this time, his daughter-in-law was just a country girl, dressed in a country style, dressed in a country style, everywhere, and he disliked her very much.
What he thinks about day and night is to go to a big city to make a lot of money and marry a woman like Wang Zuxian, so that his life will not be in vain.
He was infatuated with the charming Hong Kong actress at the first sight. Even after getting married, he was still crazy about Wang Zuxian, imagining that one day Wang Zuxian could Marry him.
Every year, someone buys posters of the goddess from the city, and they are almost all plastered on the bedside and walls at home.
Of course.
There are no posters on the wall now.
It was because my uncle who was far away in the mountains came here a few days ago. While beating him up, he also took off the 'goblins' on the wall and burned them all.
The reason is that I heard that Chen Ling, the brother-in-law, often beats and scolds his sister, and often vents his anger on her because of the female stars on the wall, so she couldn't help but come to teach him a lesson.
Actually.
Chen Ling never hit his wife after marriage.
But some aspects of what he did are, in the eyes of modern people, even more excessive than physical beatings.
There is a proper term called "cold violence".
What I’m talking about is Chen Ling’s behavior.
At this time, his mind was filled with the fashionable, glamorous and charming goddess of Xiangjiang.
He doesn’t take his own daughter-in-law seriously.
In addition, in order to establish relationships with some so-called respectable people, I went to the county town to hang out with others all day long. Gradually, I also imitated those young people in the county town and spent their time in game arcades and video halls.
He squandered the family's money in this way.
That's it, after I ran out of money, I started rummaging through boxes and cabinets at home to find it.
When he couldn't find it, he thought his wife was hiding and lost his temper.
Although he doesn’t hit anyone, how can a woman endure a man’s yelling and scolding?
There is also the temple fair in the county town in the first month of this year.
We had spent all the money at home, and we still wanted to play with friends. My wife didn’t give me any money, so I pushed her around and didn’t let her sleep on the bed at night.
How can a serious family live like this?
As time passed, his wife would always hide outside and cry secretly.
When the villagers in the same village saw their daughter-in-law like this, they thought she had been beaten by Chen Ling, so the rumor spread.
The consequence was that his uncle who was far away in the mountains somehow heard about this, came over and beat him up, and warned him that if he bullied his sister again, he would rather make her a widow than kill him.
Chen Ling was beaten severely and was threatened by his uncle, so he developed a high fever and was unconscious in bed for three days...
"The past is too painful to look back on."
Shaking his head in pain, Chen Ling's heart was once again filled with guilt and regret.
Now he has decades of life experience.
I have also seen enough warmth and warmth in human relationships.
How can you not understand what is good and what is bad?
Daughter-in-law, father, elders...
I have let down so many people who are kind to me, and I have let down too many relatives.
Fortunately, God has taken care of me.
Not only did it give him the opportunity to re-recognize himself and change his ways, it also helped him get rid of the fog of the times and no longer be confused.
...Putting the calendar card back, Chen Ling opened the curtain, walked out of the room, and looked around to see the steep spring branches. Under the lazy red sun, a few wisps of smoke rose from each house in the village. .
His own yard is a simple mountain village yard. There are pressurized water wells, grape trellises, pear trees, peach trees, chicken coops in the yard...
Slowly walking out of the yard, walking on the bluestone path, wandering in the familiar small mountain village.
Pig pens, livestock sheds, village committees, wheat fields, and old stages were all seen in passing.
He also met many villagers from the same village on the road, but even if he met, no one was willing to talk to him.
Because in the eyes of the villagers, he is just a useless lazy man and a prodigal.
And his reputation as a lazy guy has long been spread. Who doesn’t know about him from all over the country?
After dropping out of high school, I went out to work with others.
I have worked as a security guard, a waiter, and a porter, but none of them lasted long.
It’s because he is too lazy to endure hardship.
Every time he works, he is picky and picky. He doesn’t want to do heavy and tiring work, he doesn’t want to do the night shift, and he often slacks off. If he does this all the time, what boss would want to use him?
At first, his fellow villagers put in good words for him, but he refused to listen to his advice several times, causing several people to lose their jobs. Later, no one wanted to talk to him anymore.
Just like that, after living outside for only two months and failing to do anything, I returned to the village in despair.
He is the only child in the family. After his mother disappeared when he was ten years old, he lived with his father.
The old man loved him so much that he was reluctant to hit him and scold him. He would not even say a few harsh words except sighing.
This only made him worse and worse, and his reputation became worse and worse.
Originally, such a person would not be able to find a wife in the countryside.
However, his father was a rural postman in the county, responsible for delivering mail and letters to two towns. Once when he was delivering letters to a village in the mountains, he saved a medicine farmer in the mountains.
Due to the nature of my work, I have to run into the mountains several times every six months.
The friendship gradually deepened over time. The drug farmer felt that Chen Ling's father had good conduct and a good family tradition, so he wanted to marry his daughter to him.
At that time, Chen Ling's father was worried about his son's marriage. Hearing this, he felt happy from the sky. How could he not agree?
In fact, this village is even more remote than Chen Wangzhuang where Chen Ling is located. It is farther away in the mountains. I don’t know what Chen Ling’s virtues are.
Otherwise, I’m afraid we have to think carefully.
...
Going out in the morning, Chen Ling lingered in the mountains, forests, reservoirs, and wheat fields, greedily enjoying the beautiful scenery of his hometown.
Over the years, I have been traveling all over the world for work, and my tired and sophisticated mind has gradually calmed down.
He didn't return home until it got dark.
Find the light cord in the house, turn on the light, and prepare to make some dinner.
After wandering around outside for a day, I didn't eat at noon, and now I was already hungry.
Just as I was about to prepare food, the thick cloth curtain hanging at the door was lifted.
A slender young woman with braided braids walked in with a long-handled bamboo basket on her arm.
Chen Ling glanced and saw that there were carbon blocks in the bamboo basket.
It is early February, and the temperature at night is still relatively low. There is still an iron stove burning in the room to keep warm, otherwise it will be too cold to sleep at night.
So every day when making dinner, Wang Susu would take advantage of the time to get vegetables from the backyard cellar to load a bamboo basket with fresh charcoal for use at night.
This process has to happen every day.
But as soon as she entered the door today, she saw Chen Ling standing in the middle of the room, staring at her.
The two looked at each other, and Chen Ling clearly saw the fear flashing in Wang Susu's eyes. She shivered, the bamboo basket fell to the ground with a clatter, and the charcoal rolled on the ground.
"You, you are back..." Wang Susu suddenly tensed up, her expression full of fear and panic.
Although her husband had never hit her, his indifference and indifference were the most painful, making her always cautious for fear of upsetting him.
After waiting for a few seconds, Wang Susu became obviously more nervous when she saw that Chen Ling was stunned and didn't move, with no extra expression on her face.
He hurriedly squatted down and picked up the charcoal pieces piece by piece back into the bamboo basket.
While picking it up, I carefully peeked at Chen Ling, fearing that he would lose his temper suddenly.
As a result, Chen Ling just looked at her blankly, with complicated eyes.
After a long time, a faint smile appeared on his face: "Did you go to the backyard to get charcoal? I thought you had gone out!"
I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but when I saw my little daughter-in-law again, he was actually there There was a sense of surprise in my heart.
With a delicate and white face and big, watery eyes, she stood in front of Chen Ling, as beautiful and lovely as a camellia, soft and gentle yet gentle.
Such a pure woman is extremely rare in later generations when girls of fifteen or sixteen years old start to wear makeup.
However, seeing Wang Susu shivering in fear of him like a little rabbit, Chen Ling felt quite distressed and at the same time, the feeling of guilt in her heart became even more profound.
Because of my previous behavior as such a jerk.
He wanted to get close to her, but he was afraid of scaring her.
But I sighed softly, I have spent most of my life in another world, so what do I have to be afraid of?
If you want to be nice to your wife, do you still have to hide her?
I didn’t cherish it before, why are I hesitating now?
He walked forward and prepared to help her clean up the carbon, but this move frightened Wang Susu.
His body trembled, and his hands trembled as well. At this moment, the palms full of carbon black and cracks broke into Chen Ling's sight.
He was completely stunned.
What on earth were you thinking about? Why would such a good wife treat her like that?
No wonder my uncle is so angry.
If she had such a virtuous sister and was treated like this by her husband's family, I'd be tempted to kill someone.
Looking at the young woman in front of him, Chen Ling felt mixed emotions in his heart. He had thousands of words to say, but he couldn't say them out.
Mumbled a few times, then said softly: "Let me do it, you pour some hot water and wash your hands first."
Wang Susu was stunned for a moment by his words. , Shui Lingling's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly, obviously a little surprised.
Then I thought about what happened in the past few days when he had a fever and was in coma, and I slowly came to my senses.
He must have been frightened by his eldest brother's visit this time. Otherwise, with his temperament, how could he be willing to talk down to him?
He has always looked down upon himself, a rustic and silly girl.
Thinking of this, Wang Susu lowered her head with sad eyes and said in a low voice: "I didn't find the eldest brother. He saw that I hadn't been home in the two years since my marriage, and my family missed me very much, so he Come over for a visit, it’s really not what I wrote to tell my eldest brother..."
Wang Susu choked up as she spoke, and squatted on the threshold, unable to say anything else.
"I..."
Chen Ling was speechless for a moment. He didn't know how to explain it, and his heart became more and more panicked.
Warm reminder: This book focuses on rural farming and the mountain village life of farming and hunting. It is not about becoming the richest man in business.
(End of this chapter)