parentshiftbook Chapter 195 The Miserable Woman
Chapter 195 The Miserable Woman
"How do you know I'm from Sichuan City?"
Looking at the red dishes on the table, Zhou Zhenxian was a little dazed for a moment.
The biggest characteristic of Sichuan people is that they are both spicy and happy.
But Jin Caihu is an exception, and he is taboo about this.
Since marrying him, Zhou Zhenxian has not had a satisfying meal for more than ten years.
Even if the department usually goes out for dinner, everyone's taste is usually bland.
But now, every dish in front of her is her favorite.
Just looking at it, I can already feel my mouth filled with saliva.
It seemed like it would flow out the next moment.
"I have also stayed in Sichuan City for a while before, and I am quite good at this. I didn't expect you would like it too, Mr. Zhou."
Of course, Li Zhongnan couldn't be stupid enough to tell Zhou Zhenxian directly that he only found out after reading her household registration information.
For such women, the more utilitarian you act, the more defensive they will be.
Zhou Zhenxian picked up a piece of Maoxuewang and put it into his mouth.
Feel the taste of chili pepper blooming on your tongue's taste buds.
His nose couldn't help but feel sore, and the tears that were filling his eyes almost burst out.
"Li Zhongnan, thank you."
Zhou Zhenxian suppressed the emotion in her heart and bowed deeply towards Li Zhongnan.
His actions and words were all so sincere.
"It's all a piece of cake. Mr. Zhou, please eat quickly."
While talking, Li Zhongnan kept putting vegetables into Zhou Zhenxian's bowl.
This is the first time in more than ten years that Zhou Zhenxian feels that she is taken seriously.
After a full meal, a heartfelt smile appeared on her charming face for the first time.
There is no such barrier as when they first met Li Zhongnan.
The two of them just sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, chatting in the sun.
Zhou Zhenxian was covered with a thin blanket, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, and her white feet were constantly raised.
"Mr. Li, would you like to hear my story?"
Suddenly, Zhou Zhenxian changed the topic and looked in the direction of Li Zhongnan.
"As long as you are willing to speak, Mr. Zhou, then of course I am willing to listen."
Li Zhongnan had seen this scene last time when he was with Long Ziyun.
If something like this happens, it means that the woman is opening her heart to you.
"I was born in a small village in Sichuan City. The terrain there is steep and there are mountains everywhere. Basically every family lives in the mountains and makes a living by farming and hunting."
The level of development of Sichuan City more than thirty years ago was far from what it is now.
In addition, the land in Sichuan City is not generally a large plain like other cities.
Usually, even if the same crops are planted, the harvest will be small due to the different soil quality.
It was not until fifteen years ago that Sichuan City gradually found its own development direction.
"Our family is considered the poorest in the whole village. I am the youngest child in the family, and there are two sisters before me. However, my parents do not have any patriarchal ideas and are very good to us three sisters. Although my family was very poor, they still tried their best to provide us with education.”
With his thoughts at this point, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Zhenxian's mouth.
It seems to remind me of my childhood, a life that was poor but still happy.
"and after?"
Like a perfect listener, Li Zhongnan asked at the right time.
"In the beginning, the school in the village did not charge any fees. As long as the children were willing to go to school, they just had to bring a little food every day and get together a lunch. But then our village party secretary changed people. He felt that school education was a profitable opportunity. In some places, after the original old principal was persuaded to retire, fee-based education began."
"The situation at home was not very good. Even with a year's income, we might not be able to afford the education of three children. At that time, my two sisters did not hesitate and directly gave me the opportunity to study, saying that they were the ones Now I can work and help my family share the pressure.”
"When my eldest sister was fourteen, she left the mountains to work. She would send money home every month. The second sister helped her parents farm the land and feed chickens. At that time, I felt that the whole family's hope was there. I have been studying very hard, from morning to night every day, and I have memorized all the poems and words that have appeared in the books."
"I also successfully entered the best junior high school in our county. However, although my grades were very good in the village at that time, I suddenly fell behind in the county. In order to climb up, I had to study harder. At that time, the school was far away from home, and if I wanted to go back, I would have to take a long car ride."
At this point, Zhou Zhenxian's words suddenly stopped, and a hint of loneliness slipped through his eyes.
The whole figure was like a sculpture, just maintaining this posture without any movement for a long time.
Li Zhongnan didn't say anything, and stretched out his hand to gently pat Zhou Zhenxian's back.
Compared with Long Ziyun's previous experience, Zhou Zhenxian's starting point was really much lower.
He also suffered more hardships, no wonder he developed such a character.
I don’t know how long it took, Zhou Zhenxian said with a thin sob.
"At that time, in order to save money, I would only go home during the Chinese New Year. I stayed at my teacher's house during the winter and summer vacations. I went out to work during the day and came back to study hard at night. When I was preparing for the high school entrance examination in my third year of junior high school, something happened at home. A very serious matter.
Due to years of hard work, my father would suffer from backache on rainy days, and he could not even sleep well at night. In the past, he could barely get relief by relying on the ointment given by the village doctor, but in the spring of that year, the doctor was not in the village due to some matters. The second sister couldn't bear to see her father in such pain.
She went up the mountain to collect medicine alone. In order to gain experience, she learned some skills from the doctor and also knew what kind of herbs were used to prepare the ointment.
However, not long after the second sister went out, heavy rain began to fall in the village. At that time, many low-lying homes were flooded by the torrent rushing down the mountain. The second sister never came back until the heavy rain stopped.
Later, under the father's constant pleading, the whole village went up the mountain together to find out whether the second sister was still alive.
However, after searching for three days and three nights, there was no result. No one was found alive, and no body was found dead.
Everyone felt that the second sister must have died in the mountain. There was only our village on that mountain, and further inside was a forest that stretched for hundreds of miles.
Once you enter that kind of place, the possibility of survival is zero.
This was also my first time to go home outside of Chinese New Year, and I never thought that the purpose of my return home was to attend the funeral of my second sister.
At that time, my parents originally wanted my eldest sister to come back, but there were no telephones in the village at that time. At that time, except for the address where my sister sent money every time, none of us could contact her for a while.
After going to the funeral, I hurried back to school to prepare for the next high school entrance examination. It was only later that I found out that my eldest sister never came back while I was away studying.