Jiang Liting and Su Wanyan turned around and were speechless when they saw the loving couple.
The woman smiled and said politely:
"What do you want from him?"
Just as Jiang Liting was about to speak, Su Wanyan stopped him and said, "It's okay now. Sorry to bother you."
The man's smile faded, and the woman pulled him away good-naturedly, continuing to discuss the teacher's praise of the child's academic progress.
The man sighed with emotion: "Our son, now we can finally save our worries. When he comes back tonight, I will personally cook a meal for him."
The two of them discussed and walked out of the courtyard, not noticing Qin Sufang leaning against the wall at all. Her eyes were sad, tears were falling like rain, and there was unspeakable bitterness in her throat.
Jiang Liting and Su Wanyan came out, and Su Wanyan said: "Even if you don't want to meet him, you should always call the police and explain what happened back then, and then divorce Jiang Ergou."
Qin Sufang naturally thought so, but once she called the police, she would inevitably meet him. She felt inferior and timid for no reason, shook her head and said:
"Forget it, it's nice to live a peaceful life like this now."
Su Wanyan was annoyed by her failure and said:
"Now that so many years have passed, even if the traffickers may not be caught, Jiang Ergou cannot escape the crime of buying and selling."
Qin Sufang's eyes were struggling. If she had done it at the beginning, she would have done it without hesitation, but now her family is gone.
Now her life is extremely stable. Whether she does something or not will cause other problems, which is of no use. The most important thing is that she doesn't dare to think about the look in her former lover's eyes when he sees her like this.
He disappeared at the time he loved the most. In his memory, he would always look young and beautiful. So since it was impossible to be with him, there was no need to ruin the last fantasy.
Seeing that Su Wanyan was unhappy, Jiang Liting told the truth: "Daughter-in-law, you are too naive. In the past, at least one-third of the people in our village alone bought wives, let alone the nearby villages.
I guess the police station can't even accommodate them. The law is the law, but there were so many people doing it at that time that the law couldn't even enter the village, let alone the villagers. "
Su Wanyan was at a loss for words, yes, the truth that unruly people come out of poverty is not groundless. Ten or twenty years ago, too many families didn't have enough to eat, couldn't afford to build a new house, or pay a bride price. It was too difficult to marry a matchmaker.
It is much easier to spend part of the money to buy it from the traffickers. Now the group of people in the village probably have children. It is too difficult to trace this matter.
Qin Sufang said dullly: "Can you help me find out where my parents and eldest brother are buried?"
Jiang Liting said: "I'll ask you some other time."
When the three of them returned home, Qin Sufang seemed to be as busy as before. She only occasionally went out to worship when she got the address.
She even sat in front of the tombstone for a long time. She said nothing about her years of suffering, but her eyes were full of regrets and regrets.
After thinking for a long time, she finally called Jiang Ergou and told her that she had found her parents. She also said:
"I want to separate from you now. The money I spent in the past year is enough for you to buy me in the first place..."
Before she could finish her words, Jiang Ergou's irritable voice came from the other end of the phone: "You've only been out for a few days? You dare to talk to me like this? Do you believe that I will chase you over and beat you?"
Qin Sufang said: "Then don't blame me for calling the police to arrest you. You haven't treated me well anyway."
Jiang Ergou didn't know anything about the law, so he threatened:
"Why are you trying to catch me after I spent money on it? I don't even mind that you can't have children, but you still want to separate from me. You are so beautiful."
Qin Sufang's shoulders trembled with anger, and her eyes were full of tears. She suddenly grabbed the phone with a big hand and said:
"If you say break up, then break up. The money she gave you this year is enough for you to find another one. If you dare to come here in the future, or make this call to disturb my purity, don't blame me for messing with you."
Jiang Ergou was so frightened that he did not dare to speak out, and then he cried without giving up:
"Li Ting, you said you would compensate me for losing her. You can't do this again. Besides, I have been with her for more than ten years and we have feelings for each other. You can't separate me from her."
Su Wanyan stood nearby and said angrily: "You have feelings and you still hit her?"
"Hitting means kissing and scolding means loving. Who doesn't beat their daughter-in-law? This does not mean that I don't love her. She has been in my house for so many years and I only beat her when she wants to run away.
Either it was reported last time that my uncle didn't know why he hit her. Ask her at other times, did I hit her? "Jiang Ergou cried even harder and said:
"She was beaten to death when she followed someone. If I didn't buy her, I don't know where she would be buried.
If you beat her, you still want to keep her. Ask Li Ting yourself, which man in the village doesn't beat his wife?
Even his father was instigated by his mother to fight with him when he was young, not to mention his two brothers, who were also instigated by his mother when they first got married, and they had many fights. "
Su Wanyan was dumbfounded and glanced at Jiang Liting unconfidently. She was inexplicably afraid. Fortunately, Jiang Liting didn't beat her until she was obedient like the men in the village.
Jiang Litingli said vigorously:
"I've never been beaten before, so stop making excuses."
Jiang Ergou mustered up his courage and said unconvinced:
"Then it's temporary for you, and you will be beaten sooner or later. This is the tradition of our village."
Jiang Liting looked livid and warned:
"Go away, that's what I said. If you dare to come here, I will let you see the tradition of our village."
After saying that, he hung up the phone, and Su Wanyan swallowed hard. In fact, when she first saw Jiang Liting, she felt that Jiang Liting was not easy to mess with, and she was also said to be a bit scared.
Jiang Liting saw her intention and said in a bad voice:
"Am I like that kind of person?"
Su Wanyan nodded hesitantly and said:
"A bit like."
Jiang Liting angrily sat aside and shook the newspaper, glanced at her sideways and said, "You are so pregnant, why can't your eyesight heal? I will take you for treatment another day."
Su Wanyan was amused, but she didn't say anything. After Qin Sufang solved the matter, she believed that Jiang Ergou was not a person who had the courage to go against Jiang Liting's words. She breathed a sigh of relief and went back to the room alone.
But what happened next was strange. The phone didn't ring. Jiang Ergou didn't come to find him, but he received letters one after another.
The letter looked like it was ghostwritten, but the lines were full of disgusting words, expressing how much I cared about her.
However, she couldn't have a baby even if they stayed apart for three words, and he didn't look for her again. At her age, it was hard for her to look for her again, so she had to make do with him.
Qin Sufang never replied. The following letters accumulated one by one, but were never opened again. They were usually collected here and thrown away there.
Her current life has been the best for her. With a monthly salary of 45 yuan, she doesn’t have to spend any money on food, clothing, housing and transportation.
With all my salary saved, retirement care will not be a problem in the future, and I don’t care about getting involved in marriage at all. But every time I look back on the first half of my life, I still feel... it’s all regrets.
..............
Su Wanyan was getting closer to her due date, so Jiang Liting bought a car to take her to and from her prenatal check-up. When he learned that she was still more than half a month away from giving birth,
Jiang Liting didn't want to take advantage of Fu Hanmu's favor, so he specially picked a time when Qin Sufang was away and called Huo Qing to ask his brother-in-law to inform the hospital.
Su Wanyan said: "If you ask him about this matter, then you have to help him deal with the mother and daughter. It seems that it is not easy to solve.
Moreover, those two people haven't called or come to the door yet, so they might just plan to marry him later. "
Jiang Liting said: "Then I will definitely not take advantage of that person. Besides, isn't it great that his uncle is the dean? Do you believe it or not that he still nodded and bowed when he met Huo Qing's brother-in-law?"
Su Wanyan laughed: "No one is allowed to nod and bend when meeting an official. I didn't even see you stand up in front of brother-in-law Huo Qing that day."
Jiang Liting was speechless, and then made an excuse unconvinced: "That day... I just had a little pain in my waist that day. I was tired. It was not my intention to be unable to stand up."
Su Wanyan was made laugh by him and no longer punctured his little self-esteem.
