"Why ask him? I don't want to know..."
Meng Yinyin deliberately pretended to be completely uncurious and muttered, "Besides, this is Lu Chen's private matter. How can I ask him about it? He and I are not really dating. We are just working together."
Meng Xuan: “…”
At this moment, he inexplicably felt a little sympathy for Lu Chen.
Really, even when faced with this capricious, ruthless and stubborn girl in his family, he can still work hard and without complaint. This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.
Thinking of this, Meng Xuan immediately had a better impression of Lu Chen.
So there should be no comparison in everything. Once there is comparison, even the things you dislike will start to be something you like.
In the end, Meng Xuan was too lazy to persuade her. He just snorted meaningfully and turned back to the house.
As if he was laughing at her.
Meng Yinyin glared at his back angrily, then looked outside the door. Lu Chen was no longer on the road. She didn't know whether he had been walking so fast or whether he did it to see Dabao's mother earlier.
The more Meng Yinyin thought about it, the more depressed she felt.
But remembering that she had just told her brother that she was not curious about Lu Chen and Lin Xiuzhi's past, if she went to Dabao's house to see what was going on, he would definitely laugh at her!
After thinking about it, Meng Yinyin finally did not go out, but returned to her room depressed.
Anyway, if I have the chance in the future, I will figure these things out.
And at this moment, Dabao's house.
Lu Chen brought the watermelon and the snacks that Meng Yinyin gave to the two children to Dabao's house, and immediately saw Dou Zhengrong who was moving with difficulty with the help of crutches.
Lu Chen actually didn't know what the current condition of Dou Zhengrong's legs was, but he could see that the man's legs were basically powerless and he could only rely on the strength of his arms and the crutches to barely stand and move.
Seeing this, Lu Chen stepped forward immediately.
"Do you need help?"
He was not familiar with Dou Zhengrong, but because he was Lin Xiuzhi's husband and the father of Dabao and Erbao, considering these two relationships, Lu Chen decided to help him to the best of his ability.
Dou Zhengrong glanced at him upon hearing that. He was stunned for a moment before he recognized who Lu Chen was in front of him. Then he forced himself to smile politely.
"It's Lu Chen. Can you please fetch some water for me?"
He wanted to cook, but now he had to support himself with crutches with both hands and had no hands free to carry the bucket. Before, he used a ladle to carry water to the pot, but perhaps he was tired of that behavior or was disappointed in his own incompetence, so he wanted to try to carry the bucket while supporting himself with crutches.
In the end, it was proved that he overestimated himself. He had no way of carrying water with his crippled legs.
He is already, really a waste.
Facing his despair, Lu Chen seemed not to notice it. He brought the bucket to the stove without any reaction and helped him pour the water into the pot.
Then he turned around and handed the basket and the things in the basket to Dou Zhengrong.
Lu Chen explained: "Thank you for the food."
When facing someone he wasn't familiar with, Lu Chen spoke as little as possible, but these few words were enough for Dou Zhengrong to understand what Lu Chen meant.
This is a matter of reciprocity.
Looking at Lu Chen's expression, Dou Zhengrong hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted the return gift.
After all, neither he nor Lu Chen are the kind of people who are used to making excuses.
"Thank you, Dabao and the others will probably like what you sent them."
As he spoke, Dou Zhengrong's face unconsciously revealed a sense of bitterness and guilt.
As a father, he hadn't been back for so many years and should have brought gifts for the children. However, this time when he came back, not only did he fail to bring them anything they liked, he even became a burden to them.
Lu Chen saw the pain in his heart, but did not say anything to comfort him. He just said it was nothing and prepared to leave.
But suddenly a voice was heard from inside the house, it was Dabao's exclamation.
"Dad, Dad, Mom is awake, she's awake again!"
Upon hearing this, Dou Zhengrong didn't even have time to explain to Lu Chen, and hurriedly turned around and walked back into the house with the help of his crutches.
Lu Chen paused, but ultimately did not leave. Instead, he stood where he was and paid attention to the movements inside.
He heard the voices of Dou Zhengrong and Dabao and Erbao coming from the room.
"Xiuzhi, Xiuzhi, how are you? Are you okay?"
"Mom, mom, are you awake this time?"
"Mom, do you recognize me? I'm Dabao..."
What does this mean
Outside the house, Lu Chen frowned, and a bad guess arose in his mind.
Could it be that Lin Xiuzhi lost her memory
But just when he was wondering, Dabao's happy laughter was finally heard from the house.
"That's great, mom. You finally remembered me. Woo, wow, I was afraid that mom really forgot about us... Mom, you don't know how scary you were when you woke up yesterday. You said you didn't recognize us, woo, wow..."
Lin Xiuzhi's voice in the house was very soft and Lu Chen could hardly hear it, but from Dabao's voice, Lu Chen could roughly guess the current situation.
It seemed that Lin Xiuzhi had woken up in the past two days, but perhaps she had not recovered from her illness yet, or perhaps she had been confused from sleeping in the past few days, so when she woke up, she did not recognize Dabao and the others for a while.
Fortunately, judging from Dabao's voice now, Lin Xiuzhi should be completely sober.
Lu Chen felt relieved and finally turned around and left.
What he didn't know was that at this moment in the house, Lin Xiuzhi had finally woken up and had not recognized the wrong person again. Everything seemed to have finally returned to normal.
But only Lin Xiuzhi herself knew that everything had not returned to normal for a long time.
In other words, things will never go back to normal.
Because the "Lin Xiuzhi" of the past is dead, the Lin Xiuzhi at this moment is a soul from the 21st century.
Lin Xiuzhi from the 21st century had no idea how she ended up in the body of another woman with the same name and surname. She had clearly just taken a nap, but when she opened her eyes, she found a dark and dilapidated roof in front of her.
Not only that, when she opened her eyes, there was a strange man and two children she had never seen before who kept calling her mother.
Lin Xiuzhi was terrified. She hadn't even gotten married, so how could she have a child? So she naturally thought she was dreaming, and angrily said in her dream that she didn't know them at all. Even though the man's face was full of worry and the children suddenly cried, she still looked at them with disgust and wariness.
But she soon fell into a coma. She thought she would wake up soon and leave this strange dream. But to her great disappointment, when she opened her eyes again, she found herself still in that shabby house, and the strange man and two children were still by her side!
Lin Xiuzhi couldn't believe it and closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
But this time, she had some memories that didn't belong to her in her mind, and it took her more than a day to accept that she had traveled through time and space, and that she was in the body of another woman with the same name and surname, and that this was the 1970s, with poor conditions, a poor family, a lame husband, and two children...
After she sorted out her memories of the original "Lin Xiuzhi", she was even more surprised to find that the names "Lin Xiuzhi" and Dou Zhengrong were very familiar, as if they were exactly the same male and female protagonists in a period novel she had read before!
Lin Xiuzhi can no longer remember the specific plot of the novel, but she only remembers that in the original work, the heroine and the hero worked together from adversity to glory, and experienced all kinds of hardships in the meantime, such as torture from parents-in-law, family accidents, and finally starting a business with great difficulty. In short, it can be said that there was nothing that the heroine in the book had not experienced, except what people could not imagine.
Rather than saying it is a sweet story, it is more like a sad story. It is only in the final chapter that it can be barely perfect. Unfortunately, the heroine was already in her forties at that time and had spent most of her life in misery.
People only gain a little happiness when they reach middle age or old age, but compared with decades of hard work and struggle, that little happiness is not worth it at all in Lin Xiuzhi's opinion.
After all, I don't have many years left to live, so what's the use of having more money
When she read the novel before, she thought the heroine was too stupid and dumb. If it were her, she would definitely not be so stupid. After her husband had problems with his legs, she still took the trouble to take care of the whole family. She should have gotten rid of these burdens and embraced a new life long ago. Only a masochist would continue to stay here.
Unexpectedly, she has now turned into the heroine whom she regarded as a fool, and has the same life as her.
And only after she experienced the harsh conditions here firsthand did she realize that the descriptions she had read in books before were too superficial.
The real world is countless times more difficult than she imagined.
For example, the dark and narrow room and bed that seemed to have a strange smell, the two ignorant children who only knew how to cry, and most importantly, the husband with disabled legs who couldn't even eat, drink, defecate or urinate by himself...
If she continues to stay here, won't she become a free babysitter serving the whole family
She doesn't want it!
But now she could feel that her body had not fully recovered. She felt weak all over and had difficulty getting out of bed, so she would have to wait for a while before escaping.
So before leaving here, she must pretend that nothing happened and must not let others know that the soul in this body has been replaced.
Otherwise, she was afraid it would cause trouble.
Fortunately, she is sick now, and she has the original owner's memories, so there is no problem in pretending to be the original owner. It's just that she can't control her disgust and hatred in her eyes occasionally, but because the vision in the house is blurred, it won't attract attention.
"Xiuzhi, how are you now?"
Just as Lin Xiuzhi was thinking, Dou Zhengrong's voice rang out again, interrupting her thoughts.
Lin Xiuzhi came back to her senses, suppressed her impatience, and weakly responded, "I don't have much strength, I may need to rest."
Her voice was very weak, but her tone was a little stiff for some reason, as if she was suppressing some emotion.
When Dou Zhengrong heard this, he didn't think much about it. He just thought that Lin Xiuzhi was like this because she was sick and feeling unwell.
In addition, they had been married for several years, and he had very little time with her because of work. Lin Xiuzhi had to take care of two children at home alone, so it was impossible for him not to feel guilty towards her.
Thinking about it this way, he felt that it might be because he had neglected her that she behaved like this.
Therefore, Dou Zhengrong softened his tone and said to her: "Are you hungry now? What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
Lin Xiuzhi almost subconsciously thought that with his disabled appearance, what could he cook for her? She would have to rely on others for help then!
Fortunately, he came to his senses in time and swallowed back his disgust. However, when he spoke again, his tone was inevitably a little irritable.
"What food is there? It's ready. Just let me fill my stomach first."
This body had been lying there for so long that it was already extremely hungry. Even if it was a whole grain biscuit, she had to accept it reluctantly.
But to her surprise, Dou Zhengrong only hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then asked her.
"There's watermelon, can you eat it?"
What!
watermelon?!
The moment she heard this, Lin Xiuzhi couldn't help but widen her eyes.
She was now hungry and thirsty. In fact, she wanted to drink something sweet rather than eat, but she knew very well that there were no such luxuries in this era.
But watermelon was something she had never expected.
"want!"
Hearing her impatient words, Dou Zhengrong struggled to use his crutches to go out and bring in the basket.
Fortunately, the basket was not heavy, otherwise he wouldn't know how to carry it in.
After coming in, Lin Xiuzhi couldn't help swallowing her saliva as she looked at the red and juicy watermelons. The moment the basket was handed to her, she picked up the largest and reddest piece, put it in her mouth, and began to eat happily.
After taking a bite of the sweet watermelon, Lin Xiuzhi realized that something was wrong.
Because according to the original novel, it is impossible for Dou Zhengrong's family to have watermelons, which can almost be considered a luxury in this era.
So where did this watermelon come from
Or is it that Dou Zhengrong is actually more capable than he imagined
Just when Lin Xiuzhi was surprised, Dou Zhengrong had already told her what she wanted to know.
He explained: "This watermelon was just sent by Lu Chen. I asked Dabao to send him some vegetables as a thank you for getting medicine for you last time."
"But I didn't expect him to send watermelons, and I don't know where he bought them from."
Lin Xiuzhi, who was eating watermelon, was stunned for a moment when she heard this vaguely familiar name.
Land sinking
Lu Chen!
The big man in the original novel who never married for the sake of the heroine? ! !