Qian Shulan walked out of the hospital and went to the next door on the right to inquire.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman in her thirties. She was a little impatient at first, but when she saw Qian Shulan, she was stunned for a moment, "Who are you looking for?"
Qian Shulan pretended to be curious and said, "Big sister, let me ask you something. What's the situation with the family next door?"
The woman looked at her warily, her voice a little cold, "Why are you asking about their family?"
"Hey! What else could it be? I heard there was a house here that could be rented cheaply, so I came here to ask. Who knew that after knocking on the door for a long time, no one would open it. I just wanted to ask what was going on?"
When the woman heard this, she curled her lips in disdain, "Sister Zhang isn't even dead yet, and he wants to rent out the house. He's such a jerk!"
"What do you mean? Who are you talking about?"
"Who else could it be? It must be Cheng Fangyong!"
Qian Shulan grabbed her hand as if she had smelled gossip, her eyes sparkling, "What's going on? Tell me."
The woman looked like someone who loved to join in the fun. Seeing that the old lady didn't look like a bad person, she let down her guard. "Hey, you asked the right person! No one knows this better than me. Old Fang in their family is always quibbling over words and acting like a big shot at home. He treats Miss Zhang with no regard for her. You can hear him scolding Miss Zhang every day. That would be fine, life is just like that! The quarrels would pass. Who would have thought that he might have lost his mind or something, and actually wanted to divorce and bring his son to marry into Xie Qianjin's family."
Qian Shulan was a little surprised, "Who is Xie Qianjin?"
"Who else could it be? The purchasing manager of our match factory."
Purchasing section chief? He must be quite capable. Qian Shulan asked, "Why did he fall for Zhang Zhaodi's man?"
The woman slapped her thigh and laughed, "It's because Xie Qianjin's widow fell in love with Cheng Fangyong. Cheng Fangyong is only 41 years old and has not worked in the fields for many years. He has fair skin and tender flesh. The widow was dazzled by his appearance and wanted him to marry into her family."
Qian Shulan was somewhat speechless. Zhang Zhaodi's husband was only 41 years old, which meant he was five years younger than Zhang Zhaodi. A scholar like him should have hated arranged marriages the most in those days, right? But he got married in the end, and actually did such a thing.
She snorted coldly, "Then he is really a piece of shit. He took the two children away and left Zhang Zhaodi alone?"
The woman obviously couldn't stand Cheng Fangyong. When she heard that Qian Shulan was on the same side as her, she immediately agreed, "Who said it wasn't true? I've always seen him dislike Zhang's sister, but I didn't expect him to be so cruel!"
Qian Shulan said casually, "Then their family background is fine, I can still rent this house."
"What's the problem with class background? We are all poor and lower-middle peasants in this area."
"Then I'll go in and ask."
The woman watched Qian Shulan push the door open and then she turned around and went back into the house.
No matter how interested she is in gossip, she would not go to a divorced woman's house to join in the fun. That would be too unlucky.
Qian Shulan entered the yard and took out a military water bottle directly from the space.
She put this thing in there because she was afraid she would get thirsty after walking too much. It was filled with boiled water.
As soon as Qian Shulan came in with a military water bottle, she saw Zhang Zhaodi crying, her eyes were red.
Qian Shulan handed over the military water bottle.
Zhang Zhaodi folded the letter, put it in an envelope, and then stuffed it under her pillow. She then handed Qian Shulan the kettle and gulped down the water.
Seeing her drinking so quickly, Qian Shulan hurriedly said, "Stop drinking! Be careful of getting bloated if you drink so much water all of a sudden."
Zhang Zhaodi nodded, wiped her mouth, replaced the lid of the military water bottle and handed it to her.
Qian Shulan took it and pulled the strap over her body. She felt Zhang Zhaodi's eyes on her and suddenly heard her shout, "Sister Shulan?"
Qian Shulan was absolutely stunned, and looked up at her, just in time to meet her cautious, probing gaze.
Is this person an old acquaintance? Qian Shulan quickly went over the question in her mind.
There are too many Zhang Zhaodi in the original body's memory, from childhood to adulthood. Which stage is this Zhang Zhaodi from
"You don't recognize me?" Zhang Zhaodi patted her thigh and pointed at her nose. "I'm Zhaodi. I've been cutting grass for pigs with you since I was a child. Later, I was sold to Li Guaizi."
After she reminded her, Qian Shulan suddenly remembered.
Zhang Zhaodi's family was very poor. Her parents wanted a son very much, so they gave birth to nine daughters before they finally had one.
Zhaodi was the fifth child. The four older sisters were all sold to wealthy landlords as maids when they were nine years old.
Zhaodi was also nine years old when she was sold. However, due to the turbulent times and wars everywhere, farming was not a good option. The family was hungry, so they sold Zhaodi to Li Guaizi, a well-known human trafficker in the town.
"How did you become?"
After more than 30 years of separation, Qian Shulan's memory of that period has long been blurred. She is more concerned about what happened later.
"What else can I do? I was sold to the Cheng family as a child bride. Cheng Fangyong was weak and sickly since he was a child, so his mother-in-law bought me because she was worried that he wouldn't be able to find a wife. She bought me just to let me serve him. We've been married for more than 20 years. A few months ago, because the grain store couldn't deliver the food, we ran out of food. He couldn't stand the hardship and insisted on divorcing me and marrying into the Xie family so that he could eat well."
Qian Shulan was speechless. What on earth was going on? He couldn't stand it! How was he going to live for the next two years
"How did you nearly starve yourself to death?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Zhaodi was also very angry. "Since I got married, in addition to washing clothes and cooking every day, I help with odd jobs whenever I have time. I also go to the hospital to help take care of patients. Later, I met your eldest brother, but he recovered and disappeared. He said he would take me away, but he only left me a letter and disappeared. I was really angry.
Later, I had to marry Cheng Fangyong. All the money I earned went to him. He was in poor health and would fall seriously ill every time the season changed. He also had to eat fine grains for every meal. I couldn't save any money. I gave so much to this family, but after the divorce, he and his two children took away all their belongings and didn't leave me a penny. Sister Shulan, how could this man be so bad? "
Qian Shulan sighed. She patted her hand to comfort her, "What are your plans next?"
If a person doesn't have enough food for seven days at most, he will starve to death. It's only the middle of the month and there are still ten days to the end of the month. Zhang Zhaodi doesn't have the money to buy expensive food like other families. She can't survive in the city.
Zhang Zhaodi lowered her head and said, "I don't know either."
Qian Shulan came up with a good idea. "Why don't you sell this house? The proceeds can go directly to our production team."
Her elder brother must be interested in Zhaodi, otherwise she wouldn't have repeatedly told her to personally deliver the letter to Zhang Zhaodi before leaving the village. He must also be worried about Zhang Zhaodi's situation. Why not let her kidnap Zhang Zhaodi to Wangjia Village so that her elder brother can get what he wants.
Zhang Zhaodi's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Can this house be sold for money?" Her house was cracked and barely habitable. How could it be sold for money? If she had known this earlier, she would not have nearly starved to death.
“Of course I can sell it!”
Zhang Zhaodi's face was filled with excitement. "Cheng Fangyong had planned everything but he didn't expect this."
Qian Shulan maliciously speculated, "Maybe he wants you to starve to death, and then come to take over the house?"
Zhang Zhaodi's smile froze. After thinking about it, she thought that this might really be the reason, and she stopped smiling immediately.
"Why don't you look for the property license first?" Qian Shulan reminded her quickly.
After eating, Zhang Zhaodi regained some strength. She got out of bed and asked Qian Shulan to help move the bed away. She knocked on the wall for a while, then picked up a stone and smashed a hole in the wall, revealing a black box.
"This box contains the Fang family's things. When my mother-in-law died, my husband went to study in another place, and the children and I were the only ones at home. So she only told me." Zhang Zhaodi was very straightforward and didn't beat around the bush at all.
Thinking that she could actually understand the letter just now, Qian Shulan became curious, "How did you learn to read?"
"The literacy class? Cheng Fangyong looked down on me, so I studied very hard. I thought he was so noble! But who knew he was such a wimp!"
Qian Shulan smiled, opened the property license and saw the name on it, and was immediately surprised.
Zhang Zhaodi was proud when she mentioned this. "I changed this property license after the founding of the People's Republic of China. I changed it directly to my name. At that time, many families were breaking the feudal marriage. I was worried that he would divorce me in pursuit of free love, and the three of us would be homeless, so I was cautious. But he didn't know. He is a person who doesn't care about worldly things, so how could he care about these material things." There was a strong sense of irony in her tone. How could a person who doesn't care about worldly things marry a widow just for a stutterer
Qian Shulan helped her up and felt that she was still a little weak.
"Do you want to take a shower?" Qian Shulan couldn't bear it any longer after smelling the suffocating odor on her body.
Zhang Zhaodi was also a little embarrassed. She was usually a clean person, but all the usable things in the house had been taken away by them, so where could she wash them
Qian Shulan took her out without saying a word, went straight to a nearby department store, found a scalper hiding in the alley, and bought two bathing tickets from him.
They both went to take a shower. Qian Shulan came out quickly because she took showers often, but Zhang Zhaodi hadn't taken a shower for several days, so she had to wait.
Qian Shulan sat on a bench outside, feeling a little bored, thinking that the drought in Guangzhou had not yet begun. The bathhouse was still open as usual. Should she collect some water
She can now flexibly use her spiritual power to manipulate water.
If there is a drought next year, maybe this water can save everyone's life. After all, in a drought, besides food, the most important thing is water.
After figuring it out, Qian Shulan immediately went to the back of the bathhouse. Bathhouses couldn't possibly need water delivered like other households, as they usually had wells. She found an ancient well in the back.
She looked around and saw no one, so she immediately took out a crystal ball from the space. This was given to her by No. 153, and it can be used to hold various things. It can keep things fresh and of good quality, but it is very small, only the size of a container.
She sat by the well, bending over and reaching her hand into the well as if she was looking for something. She waited until she had filled the three crystal balls before she heard footsteps.
Qian Shulan immediately put the crystal ball in her hand into the space and stood up from the well.
"Sister Shulan, I thought you were gone?" Zhang Zhaodi patted her chest as if she was afraid of losing this childhood friend.
"I said I would take you to our production brigade, and I will definitely go. How could I go back on my word? Didn't I tell the young man who collected the money about that?"
Just now she wanted to go in and tell Zhang Zhaodi about this, but the guy who collected the money was a little weird and wouldn't let her in without a ticket, even though she had just taken a shower.
Zhang Zhaodi shook her head. "Maybe he went out for something. I didn't see him."
Qian Shulan didn't want to discuss this issue anymore. "Let's go! The Housing Authority should not be closed yet."
"good!"
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Back to the 1980s
Being betrayed by your own brother and sent to a small village thousands of miles away to marry a disabled person, isn't that miserable enough
What’s even worse is that after finally being reborn, I was reborn after the above-mentioned events occurred.
Fang Ge was furious, pointing to the sky and swearing: "I will definitely defeat the heavens by half a step!"
In short, it is a story about a reborn girl who was betrayed by her relatives and sold to a remote village, and was forced to marry a disabled boy who could only sit in a wheelchair. Then the girl worked hard to get rich and become the mother of a second-generation rich man, while fighting scumbags, and by the way helped the boy heal his legs and help him get into the military academy, becoming a first-generation rich man and the boy reached the peak of life.