Struggle Life in the 1970s

It's no wonder Chu Ye was wary. She knew too well how good Zhao Xuesong was at disguising himself. Once they met, Zhao Xuesong would surely appear gentle and kind to win the approval of the people around him, plus he did have a good-looking appearance.

Unlike the men in the village who worked on the farm all day, Zhao Xuesong had fair skin and tender flesh, and he didn't look much like he was exposed to the sun and wind. He was also tall, his family was rich, and he dressed like a fashionable city girl! He was also polite in his speech, although he did this on purpose most of the time to look different from others, as if he was a crane among chickens!

But I have to say, this look is still able to scare a teenage girl who has never seen the world.

What the matchmaker said was right. There were indeed many young girls behind Zhao Xuesong who were attracted to him, and in terms of family background, Chu Ye was indeed marrying above his station.

Zhao Xuesong's parents are both factory employees. Their combined salary is a considerable sum, enough for them to live a comfortable life.

In her previous life, Chu Ye was the prey that fell into the crane's trap. Although she killed Zhao Xuesong in the end, it was considered that the feud between the two was settled. But in this life! She did not intend to have any relationship with Zhao Xuesong anymore.

Her eyes rolled around, and only her eyes on her thin face were surprisingly bright.

It's no wonder that Zhao Xuesong fell in love with her at first sight. Chu Ye was indeed good-looking. She was 1.6 meters tall and weighed only 80 kilograms. Her small face, the size of a palm, was white and clean, unlike other people who were tanned from years of work. Her face was embedded with a pair of black eyes, which were big and bright. Her hair was tied into two shiny pigtails, which always hung on her shoulders.

At first glance, it looks like willow branches swaying in the spring wind, so tender and green that it seems as if water could be squeezed out of them.

In terms of appearance, Chu Ye was also one of the most beautiful girls in the village, which was why Zhao Xuesong was able to notice her in the crowd at a glance and have a matchmaker come to propose marriage to her.

In a flash, an idea suddenly came to Chu Ye's mind, and she thought of a solution!

However, if she wanted to make it happen, she had to pretend.

Chu Ye bit her lips tightly, turning them pale, and then she covered her forehead with her hands, crying miserably, "Oh, Mom, my head hurts so much right now."

"It hurts, Mom. My head hurts when you talk about blind dates."

As he spoke, he staggered and almost lost his balance.

Chu's mother quickly got up from the bench, reached out to catch Chu Ye, and frowned, "What's wrong with you, kid? Just now you were so energetic that you could jump out of the bed, but now you're suddenly sick again."

As he spoke, he helped Chu Ye back into bed.

"Why do you get a headache when I mention blind dates? I see you have a fever and haven't recovered yet, so you ran to the door in a hurry. Lie down quickly."

Mother Chu kept mumbling, "I'm not saying that you're old enough. Look at your three sisters. They all got married early. Aren't they living well now? The main thing is that the conditions introduced by the matchmaker are really good. You have to seize the opportunity."

Oh! Her three elder sisters did get married early, but it was hard to say how many of them were willing and how many were forced to accept it because they had no power to resist.

Only you know whether your life is good or not. This is the truth that Chu Ye spent several years to realize.

In order to avoid listening to Chu's mother's nagging, Chu Ye quickly opened his mouth, "Mom, I'm telling you the truth. I had a fever these few days and I dreamed of the Bodhisattva."

Chu Ye had a serious look on his face, his black eyes were clear.

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent. Outside, the wind blew against the windows, as if responding to Chu Ye's words.

Chu's mother was surprised and asked casually, "What did you dream about the Bodhisattva? You didn't make a scene in the Heavenly Palace like that Monkey King did and got locked up by the Bodhisattva in Heaven, did you?"

Thinking back to how Chu Ye was flailing his arms and legs when he had a fever, I felt it was very likely.

"No! Mother, I tell you, I don't think I'm dreaming, but the Bodhisattva really called me over to talk." Chu Ye grabbed Chu's mother's hand and squeezed it tightly, with fear in his eyes, as if something terrible had happened in the dream.

Mother Chu felt pain in her hand from being grabbed, and she frowned and looked over suspiciously. Chu Ye's expression was too realistic for her to jump to conclusion.

While thinking, she recalled an old story in the village. The fortune-teller who had just come to her house was an ordinary person before. She had a serious illness when she was young. After she recovered from the illness, she said that she could talk to people in the underworld. Naturally, the villagers didn't believe it at first. But then, several children cried for no reason at night, and the family members couldn't comfort them no matter how hard they tried. Finally, they had no choice but to ask the fortune-teller to come and take a look.

Miraculously, the witch went home and cursed at the air, and while the adults were still confused, the child actually stopped crying. Because of this, the witch's status in the village suddenly stood up.

She remembered that this girl had been serious about her work since she was young, and she was the best student among the children. Otherwise, she would not have studied all the way to junior high school and won a stack of awards. This girl would never tell a lie, but the things in the dream were too mysterious, and it was difficult to determine who was real and who was fake.

Chu's mother asked cautiously, "What did the Bodhisattva say to you?" Seeing Chu's mother speaking, Chu Ye quickly confessed everything.

"The Bodhisattva brought me to her and said that I was her servant in my previous life. She predicted that I would encounter several major events in this life, so she came to give me some advice." Chu Ye silently apologized to the Bodhisattva in his heart, and then said, "The Bodhisattva said that the man surnamed Zhao was not a good person and would not be good to our family in the future, so she told me not to go on the blind date. She also told me to continue studying and I would have a great future."

Chu's mother automatically ignored the last sentence, "You don't want to see me, so you deliberately make up lies here, right? You're so good, I almost got fooled by you."

Mother Chu was so disappointed that she twisted Chu Ye's ear and said, "You haven't even met him yet, and you say he's not a good person. That boy has a good family background. If you marry him, you will have a comfortable life without worries. Others want it but can't."

There was a sharp pain in her ears, but it was not as painful as when she was beaten by Zhao Xuesong in her previous life. From another perspective, what Chu's mother said was right. She did have no worries about food and drink, but what she ate was her husband's fists, and what she drank was the pain in her heart.

Fortunately, Chu Ye had never intended to use this sentence to make her family give up the decision to let her go on a blind date. She was just laying the groundwork for what she was going to say next.

She reached out and took Chu's hand from her ear, held it in her palm, looked up, and said seriously, "Mom, I didn't lie to you. The Bodhisattva said that he knew you wouldn't believe it, so he asked you to secretly go to the next village to find out if the Zhao family has lost a little son these days."

"The Bodhisattva also said that the riverbank at the head of our village will burst in two days, and the flood will then wash away the old houses of the Zhang and Li families."

After saying this, Chu Ye looked at Chu's mother's expression. After hearing this, Chu's mother frowned slightly. Let's not talk about whether the Zhao family really lost their child, even if the river embankment burst, it was an incredible thing.

"You can't say such things. When our village built the river embankment more than ten years ago, I helped. It was built very solidly. The village specially invited someone to check it out and said it would last for at least a hundred years."

Chu's mother was somewhat dissatisfied. She felt that Chu Ye had deliberately made up the lie about the Bodhisattva in order to avoid a blind date. Their village was surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery, and there had not been any natural disasters for many years.

It is really hard to believe that Chu Ye said such things without any reason.

Chu Ye knew it in her heart, after all, it was quite bold to say such a thing suddenly. But this was the best solution she could think of.

She doesn't have so many abilities now. The only thing that makes her better than others is that she has the memories of her past life and she can know what will happen in advance.

Today is March 2nd, and the river embankment burst occurred on March 5th. The reason I remember it so clearly is that this disaster not only washed away two villagers, but also drowned a male educated youth who came to the countryside!

Chu Ye had never seen the educated youth. He only vaguely heard that he was the youngest son in the family and was very much loved by the whole family. After his death, his family was heartbroken. From then on, they would come to their village on March 5th every year to burn paper and commemorate him.

I remember that after she married Zhao Xuesong and moved to Zhaojia Village, she heard this story from other people and felt a little envious of the dead educated youth. Even though he was gone, his family still missed him very much.

Unlike her, when she was beaten after marriage and wanted to divorce, Chu's mother said that it would bring shame to the family, and turned around and happily asked her for money, saying that it was a dowry for her younger brother.

Thinking of this, she shuddered all over. She never wanted to repeat such a life again. She excitedly held Chu's mother's hand and said, "Mom, it doesn't matter if you don't believe me now. Go to Zhaojia Village and ask around secretly to see if it's really like what I said."

Chu's mother frowned, and nodded perfunctorily as if helpless, thinking that it would only be a few days, and she would still have time to contact the matchmaker then.

When Chu's father came home from work in the evening, Chu Ye repeated his words again, and the result was as expected.

Father Chu threw away his chopsticks and looked downcast. "Tell me the truth, are you dating behind your family's back, so you don't want to go on a blind date?"

This speculation was even more groundless, Chu Ye quickly clarified. Not to mention this life, even if you add the previous life, I only talked to Zhao Xuesong once, and then I was beaten all over by him, I was really scared.

Seeing this, Chu's father finally calmed down and asked Chu's mother to persuade her son well.

In Chu's father's opinion, the Zhao family in the neighboring village is already a very good family. When the matchmaker found him a few days ago, he was a little flattered. According to his previous experience in finding a son-in-law for his daughter, any young man of the right age in his own village would be good. When the time comes, he can marry his daughter to the Zhao family, and the couple can work hard together, and then they can live a good life, right?
As for feelings, they will arise if you cultivate them. Many people have gone through this.

He thought that he had to let Chu Ye take good care of the Zhao family. The Zhao family was rich, and the gift they would give would be of high quality. He had thought about it, and when the time came, he would ask him for a "three turns and one ring", and he would show off in the village, which would be very impressive!
Chu Ye was naturally aware of this idea. It was the same in her previous life. When they were dating, Chu's father kept trying to match her up with Zhao Xuesong. When she got married, Chu's father told everyone that it was because he taught Chu Ye well that the Zhao family liked her. Now she was married to a rich family and enjoyed a good life.

When she was unhappy with her married life and came home crying, he said, "All men are like this. The Zhao family is so rich, it's just that they have some flaws. Just bear with it."

These are the truths that she understood only after dying once. Naturally, she would not repeat the same mistakes again. Chu Ye was not in a hurry. The seeds in her heart had already been planted, and the rest was up to time.

(End of this chapter)