1969, Northeast China, Xiangyang Village, Autumn
A large piece of land was covered with tall, green corn stalks, and the green corn leaves were slightly blown up by the wind.
In the cornfield dimly lit by moonlight, with clothes tossed on the ground, Cheng Qiao opened her eyes drowsily and met a pair of familiar eyes. She was startled. A second-rate guy, the most disliked rogue in the village.
Didn’t he die? In order to support himself, he went hunting in the mountains and fell off the cliff. Their child was also drowned in the river. From then on, she became an ominous thing and was eventually forced out of Xiangyang Village by the villagers.
No, she died too. After finding out the truth, she strangled to death her best friend Xu Laidie, who framed her, pushed the scoundrel off the cliff, and drowned her child. Then she returned to Xiangyang Village and jumped off the cliff.
Cheng Qiao was dazed for a moment, not knowing whether it was a dream or reality. He pinched himself hard and said, "hiss~" It hurt so much.
"Cheng Qiao, I'm sorry, I really can't help it..."
A familiar voice rang in her ears, and Cheng Qiao was finally sure that she was reborn, reborn at the moment when her innocence was taken away by a second-rate guy. Tears suddenly flowed down her face.
This man was despised by everyone, the poorest and most scoundrel in the whole village, but he was the best man to her. If she were really reborn, she would definitely cherish this man in this life.
In her previous life, it was also on such a night that Xu Laidie framed her up with a second-rate guy. Then Xu Laidie brought people to find her, and the two were blocked in a cornfield by the villagers.
Xu Laidi hugged herself and cried bitterly, saying that she did not bring people to catch the adulterer on purpose, but because she saw that she had not come back so late and was worried that something had happened to her, she found the village chief and brought people to find her.
She was so foolish that she shed tears of gratitude. If Xu Laidie had not arrived with his men in time, she would have been bullied to death by those scoundrels. Xu Laidie hugged her lovingly, worrying about her future.
Yes, if such a terrible thing happened to a little girl, who would want her in the future? The second-rate guy knelt down on the spot and said that he would let his mother propose marriage immediately.
Of course Cheng Qiao was unwilling. How could she, an educated youth, marry such a man? But Xu Laidie pulled her aside and told her earnestly the consequences of marrying a second-rate man. In the end, she still married him.
When she brought her belongings to the home of the second-rate guy, she could hardly believe her eyes. She had seen poor people before, but never one so poor. Not only was the house leaky, but there wasn't even a decent bed or bedding.
She regretted it immediately and went back to the educated youth camp. However, Xu Laidie became hostile and said that as a married woman, it was impossible for her to live in the educated youth camp, as it would ruin the reputation of the female educated youth.
Seeing that the other female educated youth, with whom she had a good relationship before, also looked disgusted, she could only return to the second-rate guy's home in shame, and domineeringly drove the second-rate guy out, not allowing him to get close.
Two months later, she found out she was pregnant. She was so angry that she tried to find a way to get rid of the baby every day. The second-rate man begged her humbly to keep the baby and said he would go out to make money, a lot of money to support her and her child.
The second-rate guy did what he said. He worked hard from dawn to dusk every day. Life really went by smoothly. The child was born safely and was raised to be plump and fair, and was very popular.
But the good times didn't last long. While chasing a rabbit in the mountains, Erliuzi accidentally fell off a cliff and died. Only then did Cheng Qiao realize how helpless she was without Erliuzi's support.
Half a year later, the child, who was only three years old, was found drowned in the river. From then on, Cheng Qiao was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and even the village chief, who had the most sense of justice, looked at her with disgust.
Xu Laidi also instigated many people to block her door every day, either cursing or smashing the door with stones. Finally, her mother-in-law, who never liked her, took out all the coffin books and secretly escorted her out.
More than ten years later, she opened a grocery store in Chuncheng with the money from her mother-in-law's coffin. At the same time, she found out the truth. She found Xu Laidie without hesitation and strangled her to death. She finally avenged herself and returned to Xiangyang Village and jumped off the cliff.
"You idiot, we've been set up. Someone will come and catch us soon. Hurry up and leave."
Cheng Qiao saw a flashlight beam flashing in the distance, and hurriedly pushed the scoundrel away, quickly picked up the clothes on the ground, and put them on carelessly.
The second-rate guy's heart started to tremble, and he also touched his clothes and pointed to the cornfield. Cheng Qiao immediately understood and went straight in, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
When the beam of the flashlight shone on the second-rate guy's face, he blocked it with his hand and then stood up slowly.
"Second rate guy, where is Cheng Qiao?"
Xu Laidi held a flashlight in his hand and shone it around the scoundrels, but there was nothing there except corn stalks and the scoundrels.
The second-rate guy looked at Xu Laidi and narrowed his eyes. It was this woman who told him that Cheng Qiao had sprained her foot and asked him to help carry Cheng Qiao to the village doctor, so he hurried over.
But what was waiting for him was Cheng Qiao, who was obviously drugged. Seeing how uncomfortable she looked, he had no choice but to do what he wanted to do most. You know, this fair and clean little girl walked into his heart as soon as she came to Xiangyang Village.
"Second rate guy, where is Cheng Qiao?"
This time it was the village chief who spoke. He was just about to take a shower and go to bed when the educated youth knocked on the door and said that Cheng Qiao had been taken away by some scoundrels and had not returned yet, so he asked him to help find her.
The village chief was very anxious at the time. These educated youth had come from distant cities to build the countryside. If something happened in his village, his position as village chief would be over.
He quickly gathered the villagers and, under the leadership of Xu Laidie, came to the cornfield, where he saw the second-rate guy as expected.
The second-rate guy pulled out a piece of grass, put it in his mouth and slowly chewed it. Seeing that the village chief was about to get angry, he slowly said: "How should I know? She brought you here, doesn't she know better?"
The village chief looked at Xu Laidi, who was anxious. She pointed at Erliuzi and shouted, "How could you not know? You must have hidden Cheng Qiao. Let her go, or I will call the police."
The second-rate guy smiled, and his smile was very naughty. He looked at the village chief and said, "Village chief, it was this female educated youth who asked me to wait here, saying that she had an appointment with a beautiful woman. I have been waiting until now, but I don't know where the beautiful woman is."
The village chief looked at the second-rate guy suspiciously, then at Xu Laidi, and for a moment he didn't know who to believe. The second-rate guy had a bad reputation, but he only ate and drank for free and was a little sneaky, so his style was still relatively decent.