1980s: I was reborn after being scumbag to death

Chapter 6 Grievance
From the fact that the Meng family was willing to let their daughter repeat her studies and take the college entrance examination, it can be seen that Meng Shulan was born in a happy family.

This kind of happiness has nothing to do with wealth, but comes from the unity and friendship among family members.

Meng Shulan's parents are both authentic farmers, nothing special, they grow a few acres of land to support the whole family.

The Meng family has three children, one boy and two girls. The oldest is the older brother, Meng Chenggong, who is 28 years old this year and has been in the army for 12 years. Because of his ability, he has won awards every year, has made great contributions, and is also handsome. He was favored by the leaders and became the son-in-law of the regiment commander. He has been married for only two years and has a son who is less than one year old.

The second child is the elder sister Meng Changli, who is 26 years old and has been married for five years. She is married to the son of the village party secretary of the neighboring village. She has two daughters, one four years old and the other two years old.

The youngest is Meng Shulan, who just turned eighteen.

Meng Shulan is quite older than her older siblings, and is considered the late-born daughter of the Meng couple. The whole family has loved her very much since she was a child.

In that era, everyone's life was difficult. The Meng family had elderly parents and young children to support, and life was particularly tight, but Meng Shulan never lacked food and clothing.

Of course, it doesn’t mean how much she eats or how beautifully she wears, but that she has a full meal and a pair of cotton shoes in winter, instead of having to work barefoot like other girls who have to work on an empty stomach.

Her older brothers and sisters also protected her, so she did less housework.

Although she was spoiled by the whole family, Meng Shulan was not spoiled. Instead, she was very well-behaved and obedient. When she was old enough to go to school, her grades were always good.

It is because of this reason, and the resumption of the college entrance examination, that the Meng family has always had high expectations of her.

Meng Shulan herself also worked very hard. In the two months leading up to the college entrance examination in the first half of the year, she only slept four to five hours every night, and sometimes even stayed up all night to memorize and practice questions.

The college entrance examination was resumed two years ago. Millions of people competed, and the admission rate was only 200,000 to 300,000. It was extremely difficult to pass the exam.

Moreover, Meng Shulan wanted to get a bachelor's degree and didn't want to go to a junior college. She had to risk her life for it.

It's a pity that she tried too hard and exhausted herself during the exam days. Although she took the exam, she had a high fever and was not conscious, so she naturally failed.

Fortunately, her family members understood and encouraged her to get over it and repeat the year.

In her previous life, Meng Shulan successfully passed the entrance exam after repeating a year. Although her major was very ordinary, she had a stable job. In addition, her marriage to Han Ning made people around her envious for several years.

But this envy did not last long. When his brother returned home due to injury and he himself was diagnosed with cancer, his happy family collapsed in an instant.

Needless to say, what happened next was that although she did not divorce Han Ning and the financial burden of medical treatment did not fall on her parents' family, the whole family lost their smiles and were either crying or worried when they met.

My sister originally wanted to divorce, but she didn't dare to tell anyone about these things for fear of causing trouble for the family and continuing to be harassed by her in-laws.

My brother, who never drank, also started drinking to drown his sorrows, and his former high spirits were gone forever.

Whenever Meng Shulan thought of the things that happened in her previous life, she couldn't stop crying and kept falling down.

In front, Gu Hansong saw her wiping her eyes constantly, her lips tightly pursed. After a while, he whispered, "Don't cry."

His voice was not much different from that of a mosquito. Meng Shulan was immersed in her own thoughts and didn't hear it at all.

However, Meng Shulan didn't continue crying, for she was afraid that her eyes would become swollen like peaches, which would be difficult to explain when she returned. So she suppressed her emotions.

Gu Hansong had been paying attention to the situation behind him. When he saw that her shoulders stopped shaking, her stiff back slowly relaxed.

Just now, he went a little too far.

After the mule cart had been traveling for about half an hour, they arrived at Yantang Village.

Yantang Village is named after a large reservoir in the village.

The Meng family's house is just above the reservoir. It's only two or three minutes' walk up across a dam to get there.

The mule cart was driving on the embankment. Meng Shulan stood up holding the edge of the cart and could see the several tiled roofs of her own house and the courtyard wall made of yellow mud and stones.

The courtyard wall was built by her brother and their father before he joined the army. It took them half a year to complete it. Now, twelve years later, the stones have turned a dark blue, and green plants have sprouted in the cracks. Meng Shulan remembers that in the second year of her work, a heavy rainstorm in her hometown caused her courtyard wall to collapse.

At that time, she was thinking about renovating the yard of her home and building a cement wall like other people's homes.

My parents were unwilling to hear this, saying that the money should be kept to prepare more for the dowry. The house was only for the two of them, so they just needed to do some casual work on it.

The back wall of the courtyard was not rebuilt, my father repaired it himself.

But without my brother's help and my father's foot problem, the bricks he built would definitely not look good, and there would be gaps in some places.

Now, the courtyard wall appeared in front of her, and it was still in its original appearance. Meng Shulan could no longer hold back her emotions and jumped out of the car.

In front, Gu Hansong saw her go down and immediately straightened the reins.

Although the mule cart is not fast, it is dangerous to jump off like this!
Gu Hansong's face was slightly cold, and he looked over with his thin lips tightly pursed. He opened his mouth to scold her, but unexpectedly, Meng Shulan took the lead and burst into tears.

Gu Hansong: “…”

Is it so unfair? I cried all the way but never felt enough.

Gu Hansong thought Meng Shulan was still angry and sad about what happened before, but that was not the case at all.

Meng Shulan saw her mother He Jinqiu, carrying a bamboo basket and walking out of the yard, apparently going to work in the fields.

Her mother, who had a sad face and gray hair in her previous life, reappeared in front of her, still looking young and lively. Meng Shulan couldn't help crying and ran towards home crying.

He Jinqiu was locking the gate when he heard the crying. He felt strange because it sounded a bit like his daughter's.

When she looked back, she was shocked.

"Shulan, why are you back?"

He Jinqiu put down his backpack and ran over, saying as he ran, "What's wrong with you? Why are you covered in so much mud? Did you fall?"

Oh, it's so cold and you're still barefoot.

He Jinqiu felt so distressed that his heart ached.

Meng Shulan cried so hard that she was out of breath and couldn't speak.

He Jinqiu didn't mind that her body was dirty, and quickly held her daughter in her arms to comfort her.

What's wrong with this person? Did he fall or is he not feeling well?
It’s not time to go home from school yet, why are you back?

He Jinqiu glanced towards the road and saw Gu Hansong. It seemed that his daughter must have come back in his mule cart. He wanted to ask, but Gu Hansong's face was too cold, so he didn't dare to speak.

Meng Shulan's crying soon alarmed several households around her, and many people ran out to see what was going on.

Someone asked He Jinqiu what was wrong and why she was crying so hard.

He Jinqiu had no idea, so he said that he might have fallen on the road and got covered in mud, which made him feel bad.

She is an eighteen-year-old girl, and she can't bear such a little grievance.

Some people rolled their eyes and couldn't bear to watch.

Only the old Meng family treats their daughter who is about to get married as a treasure. If it were someone else, they would have slapped her in the face long ago.

(End of this chapter)