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Wu Mengting only had time to utter a exclamation before her mouth was tightly covered and dragged into the bamboo forest.
The hands holding her down were rough, but the strength they unleashed was so great that Wu Mengting had no room to struggle.
At this moment, Wu Mengting regretted that she should not have wandered around after dark just because the public order in Shanghe Village was good.
Lao Gu's house is located in a remote place. At this moment, she is really crying every day. Wu Mengting is so scared that her whole body is trembling when she thinks of what may happen to her.
If that happened, she would be completely ruined.
For the first time, she felt fear in her heart. After being thrown into the forest, she quickly begged for mercy: "Uh-huh, let me go. I will definitely not tell anyone else."
"I beg you to let me go. I am a girl from a good family. Let's talk slowly if we have anything to say..."
She didn't forget to show her most pitiful and innocent expression. She knew that men generally couldn't stop her from begging like this.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Wu Mengting's pleading was frozen on her face, looking ridiculous.
The person standing in front of her was not the second-rate guy she had guessed, but a familiar face.
Zhou Zijin sneered. After seeing enough of her performance, he grabbed her hair and scratched her ears twice: "Say it, why don't you say it?"
"Third aunt." Wu Mengting immediately thought of the reason and immediately begged for mercy.
"Third Aunt, please listen to my explanation. What happened that time really has nothing to do with me."
"You also know the current situation of the Wu family. I really couldn't get any food, so I asked someone to borrow some. Who knew that he would turn around and say that he had lost the food."
"Third Aunt, that Lin Aiguo likes me, and he just wants to use this matter to threaten me."
Zhou Zijin didn't believe a word of it: "You can deceive Wu Wei with these words, but you can't deceive me."
"You are worthy of being Wu Han's biological daughter. In order to gain access to the Qian family, your father even refused to acknowledge his own biological parents. Now, in order to protect yourself, you are willing to frame your own uncle and have no regard for the lives of our family of three."
"Wu Mengting, you are really good at it."
Wu Mengting's cheek was sore after being slapped, but now she was not afraid anymore.
No matter how cruel Zhou Zijin was, he couldn't really do anything to her.
Seeing that she didn't believe her at all, Wu Mengting stopped acting and sneered: "Who told you to come here instead of going anywhere else, then you deserve your misfortune."
Zhou Zijin didn't expect that she would be so shameless and even unrepentant.
Feeling cold in his heart, Zhou Zijin knew that if this scourge was not solved today, the three of them would have to live a life of being missed by thieves every day.
Thinking of his groaning husband and his daughter who was frightened by nightmares every night, Zhou Zijin felt a surge of anger, rushed forward, pressed Wu Mengting and beat her: "Okay, since you don't give us a way to survive, then I will die with you."
Seeing that she looked crazy, Wu Mengting became a little scared: "Are you crazy? If I die, your family will not be able to survive."
Zhou Zijin roared: "One life is exchanged for another, and I still make money!"
Wu Mengting saw that she was beating harder and harder, and she couldn't help but be frightened in her heart, so she had to beg for mercy again: "Third aunt, please spare me. I am only three years older than my cousin. I was afraid of such a thing, so I did what I did before. thing."
In the dark night, Zhou Zijin, with his disheveled hair, looked like a murderous ghost, and he still looked like the elegant intellectual he once was.
"But I promise, I will never do that again." Wu Mengting said again.
"I will definitely pretend that I don't know you, and I will secretly send you food to get you through this period. Please let me go."
Zhou Zijin knew that she would never change her ways, so he sneered, "I don't believe you."
But she still has a daughter and is reluctant to pay for Wu Mengting's life.
After fighting enough and getting out of his anger, Zhou Zijin finally let go of her: "You'd better stay away from us in the future. If I notice your little tricks, I will drag you to hell with me."
Wu Mengting covered her face and glared at her.
Zhou Zijin said coldly: "There must be a reason why that old beast Wu Han is willing to leave you, a little beast, in the country. Let me guess, it's because the old Qian family's money knows the right pair?"
Wu Mengting's expression suddenly changed.
"Hehe, he really has a good plan." Zhou Zijin stood up and looked at her condescendingly.
"I don't care what your family's plans are, but if you dare to do anything detrimental to us again, I will risk my life to speak to Qian Zhiyi and let him see clearly what evil things your family is."
Wu Mengting shouted in horror: "How dare you."
"I have already ended up like this. What am I afraid of? At worst, we all die together." Zhou Zijin's eyes were red.
Wu Mengting was really scared now: "Third Aunt, after all, we are also a family, relatives connected by blood."
Zhou Zijin sneered and said, "Don't do this, it makes me sick."
Wu Mengting gritted her teeth and sneered: "Okay, go ahead and tell him and see if he will believe you."
Zhou Zijin said with a cold face: "Of course Qian Zhiyi won't believe what a person with questionable background says, but don't forget, I know his mother and I hugged him when I was a child. Do you think he will believe it?"
Wu Mengting's face turned blue and white.
Zhou Zijin then said: "Why, the old beast didn't tell you that he was able to get into the Qian family at that time because of my mother's family's connections. That ungrateful beast would also be embarrassed to say it sometimes?"
Wu Mengting gritted her teeth, showing fear and anger.
Zhou Zijin didn't bother to bother anymore and said: "You can take care of yourself."
When she walked away, Wu Mengting got up and beat the ground as if to vent her anger, but it didn't help.
Unexpectedly, her plan that she thought was perfect not only failed to kill the three members of the family, but actually made Zhou Zijin crazy and wanted revenge.
How dare Wu Mengting let Qian Zhiyi know the truth? Even if he liked her again, Wu Mengting would not dare to gamble.
After a long while, Wu Mengting had enough venting, and then she got up and walked to the educated youth home.
Her face was still burning with pain, and Wu Mengting did not dare to see Qian Zhiyi again, so she went directly back to the room where the female educated youth lived.
Xu Zhenzhen and the three of them had originally planned to go to bed, but when they saw her coming back in a mess, they were startled.
"Wu Zhiqing, what's wrong with you? What happened?" Xu Zhenzhen asked worriedly.
Wu Mengting didn't even look at her, and just said: "I was walking at night and didn't see clearly, so I fell."
After saying that, no matter what they were thinking, they took out the last bit of cream they had and applied it on, hoping that the wounds on their faces would disappear quickly.
Xu Zhenzhen was worried in her heart and wanted to express some concern, but was held back by another female educated youth.
"Zhenzhen, you mean well, but people don't appreciate it. You talk too much and people think you are joking."
"That's right, she said she just fell. Let's go to bed. We have to work tomorrow morning."
"We are not like some people who have help. We only have strength if we go to bed early."
Xu Zhenzhen gave up the idea of going to ask after a few words from them.
It can be seen from this that Wu Mengting's relationship with the male educated youth is not good, and her relationship with the female educated youth is not good.
Naturally, the wound from the beating did not heal that quickly. Not only did it not disappear the next day, it turned into a bruise, which looked very scary.
Xu Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment and wanted to say something, but Wu Mengting had already turned around and left.
She sighed: "Wu Zhiqing looks like he fell hard."
"No matter what she does, she is surrounded by people who are attentive to her."
But what makes them feel strange is that Lin Aiguo, who has been following Wu Mengting recently and wants to go to the toilet together, is doing his own work with a sullen face today, completely ignoring Wu Mengting.
Wu Mengting lowered her head. She didn't want Qian Zhiyi to see her in such a mess.
It's a pity that the educated youths work together. Qian Zhiyi soon discovered: "Wu educated youth, what's your face?"
Wu Mengting had no choice but to answer bravely: "I accidentally fell while walking last night. I'll be fine in a few days."
Qian Zhiyi frowned, feeling that Wu Mengting was not telling the truth.
But when he saw Wu Mengting's eyes turned red and she looked pitiful, he didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he took out an egg from his pocket and said, "Take this, heat it up and rub it at noon. It will heal faster."
"Thank you, brother Zhiyi." Wu Mengting said shyly.
It's a pity that her face was covered in bruises, which marred her beauty.
The production team can't hide trivial things from anyone, let alone Wu Mengting with such a wonderful face.
After a while, the gossiping wives and mothers were all talking over there.
Soon, the few who were assigned to open up wasteland also heard it.
Wu Wei frowned and glanced in Wu Mengting's direction.
Seeing this, Zhou Zijin suddenly put down the hoe in his hand: "Why, she is going to kill you, do you still care about her?"
Seeing that his wife was angry, Wu Wei quickly comforted her: "How dare I care about her? In my heart, only you and Xuanxuan are the most important."
"Just remember this. That girl's temperament is exactly the same as your elder brother's. She looks pitiful. If you take her seriously, she will eat people without spitting out their bones." Zhou Zijin warned again.
In the past, Wu Wei would always defend his eldest brother, thinking that he also had his own reasons.
But after experiencing so many things, Wu Wei suddenly felt tired.
"That's all, as long as the water from the well does not interfere with the water from the river."
Zhou Zijin sneered. If she hadn't warned him, Wu Mengting wouldn't have known what tricks she was going to play.
Wu Xuanxuan stepped forward and asked, "Mom and Dad, please don't quarrel over my cousin."
Zhou Zijin touched his daughter's little head. She was only three years younger than Wu Mengting, but because of the suffering during this period, she was as thin as a ten-year-old child.
For Wu Wei, Zhou Zijin still had resentment and anger in her heart, but for her only daughter, she only had love and guilt in her heart.
"Okay, we won't quarrel." The woman rarely showed some tenderness.
Wu Xuanxuan laughed, and the little Huya looked a little cute: "No matter how difficult it is, as long as we are a family of three, it will be fine. I can work now, and when I grow up, I will definitely be able to support you, and we will never have to Starving."
For a moment, the couple almost shed tears. They looked relieved. This life was really hard, not only the physical torture, but also the psychological blow. But as long as their daughter stayed with them, the pain would be gone. It becomes sweet.
Zheng Tong listened beside him, feeling a little envious in his heart.
Wu Wei and his wife were in trouble, but at least they could take their daughter with them, but his granddaughter didn't know where she was yet.
At first, he sent his granddaughter away for refuge, but who knew that this disaster would knock him down directly. Without him, who knows whether the person entrusted to him is trustworthy or not, and people's hearts can change easily!
Thinking of this, Zheng Tong couldn't help but find a time when no one was around and urged: "Gu Mingdong, when are you going to pick up my granddaughter? This is what you promised me."
Gu Mingdong gave the exact time this time: "I'll go tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Zheng Tong was a little surprised, "You won't go to the biscuit factory for recruitment?"
The biscuit factory is recruiting workers tomorrow, and the production team is making a fuss about it. Lao Lao Liu even held a special meeting to ask the members to work hard and not to affect their usual work enthusiasm because of tomorrow's recruitment.
Gu Mingdong nodded and said, "I won't join in the fun."
Zheng Tong thought that it was a good thing that Gu Mingdong didn't go. If he really entered the biscuit factory, it was so far away from Shanghe Village that he might not be able to come back in ten and a half days.
Their transactions will then become less stable.
Furthermore, tomorrow the entire production team will focus on recruiting workers, so Gu Mingdong's request for leave to go to Daishan City will be inconspicuous, and it will be easier to fool him then.
The two old foxes looked at each other and both thought that tomorrow would be a good day.
Zheng Tong smiled and said: "Tomorrow is good, tomorrow is a good day for everything."
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows and reminded: "Old man, forget it in front of me, but be more careful outside, otherwise you will be knocked down a second time."
Zheng Tong immediately said: "In front of you, outside I am just a bad old man."
Early the next morning, except for Gu Simei and the twins, the other three members of the old Gu family packed up and went out.
Gu Sanmei couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are you really not going to give it a try? What if you get in?"
"No, I have something to do today." Gu Mingdong refused.
"Why is it so important that it can't wait?" Gu Erdi also asked.
Gu Mingdong suddenly said: "I'll go to your sister-in-law's house to see them."
"Sister-in-law's house?" The brother and sister looked at each other, suspecting that they heard wrongly.
Li Lijuan was a good sister-in-law, but after she got married, she severed ties with her natal family and stayed away during the holidays. She never took her husband and children back to see them when she was alive.
When she passed away, she wrote a letter and sent it to her parents' family, but no one came there.
Now that he has been dead for two years, their eldest brother actually proposed to visit Daishan City.
Gu Sanmei asked tentatively: "Brother, isn't my sister-in-law's family broken up? Can they welcome you?"
Gu Mingdong only said: "I thought about it, and I always felt that I can ignore other things, but the news of your sister-in-law's death must be sent."
"They didn't reply at first. Maybe the letter was lost in the mail, so I have to go and have a look."
This is quite reasonable, after all, it is not uncommon for letters to get lost these days.
When it came to their deceased sister-in-law, neither Gu Erdi nor Gu Sanmei tried to persuade her.
On the way out, the old Gu family brothers and sisters met many people who were going to recruit workers. Gu Sanmei walked with Gu Bao's family and Gu Weiguo, and met Sun Shumei in the town. The four of them went to take the exam together, so there was no need to worry about safety.
At the fork in the road, Gu Mingdong separated from them.
This time, Gu Mingdong did not make a special trip to find a car, but waited for a short-distance bus.
This is the first time he has sat in a passenger bus of this era. Not to mention the ventilation on all sides, there is no concept of overloading in the bus. It is just crowded with people. Some people even bring chickens, ducks and geese.
Fortunately, the weather was cold at this time, otherwise the smell would make me collapse just thinking about it.
The bus stopped and stopped, and it took almost three hours to arrive in Daishan City.
After getting out of the car, Gu Mingdong couldn't help but stretch his muscles, and then he felt alive.
He took out two pieces of paper from his pocket. The yellowed one had the location of Li Lijuan's home written on it, and the other, newer one, was the address of Zheng Tong's granddaughter. Coincidentally, the two addresses were not far apart.
In the memory of the original owner, Li Lijuan had a very bad relationship with her natal family, and she did not like to mention her natal family's affairs at home.
But before she died, after Li Lijuan sent the letter, she wrote down her mother's address and gave it to the original owner.
It's a pity that the original owner was immersed in the pain of losing his wife and resented the ruthlessness of the Li family. He didn't even visit his wife before she died and never thought of contacting them.
The last time he came to Daishan, Gu Mingdong was in a hurry and didn't have time to go. This time he wanted to take a look.
After asking people along the way, Gu Mingdong soon came to a family building.
Daishan is much more prosperous than Xiyuan Town, with many more factories. There are many family buildings piled together, and you can hear the bustle as soon as you walk in.
The family building here has been around for some time. It was lunch time, and you could see many people cooking on coal stoves in front of their homes.
[Building 13, Unit 2, 202]
Gu Mingdong did not approach rashly, but stood at the corner and looked inside.
There is also a coal stove at the door of 202, with a pot pressed on it.
A woman in her forties or fifties came out of the house. Her complexion was dark and yellow, like a worker doing manual labor. She was also wearing a work uniform. There was a big "Sichuan" mark between her eyebrows. She looked like she had been working for some reason all year round. Things are distressing.
After opening the lid and taking a look, the woman went straight in with the pot in hand.
That is Li Lijuan's biological mother.
The original owner only met once when Li Lijuan took him home and said they were going to get married. After they got the marriage certificate that day, Li Lijuan went back to Shanghe Village with the original owner directly with her luggage.
Gu Mingdong came closer.
202 opened the door, and the sound of the Li family eating could be heard from inside.
A young man complained: "Why is it vegetable porridge again? I can't even work after drinking porridge every day."
"This is the condition of the family. If you like to eat, if you don't like to eat, you can spend your own money to eat in the factory." Mother Li said.
The man added: "Mom, you are not good at cooking. When my sister was here..."
"What sister? You don't have a sister, and I don't have a daughter." Mother Li slammed down her chopsticks.
The young man also said angrily: "If you don't want to eat, I won't eat. I'll go out and buy some."
After saying that, Sayazi ran downstairs.
Mother Li was so angry that she covered her abdomen and was speechless in pain.
Father Li had no choice but to advise: "Okay, Lijuan has been gone for so many years, there is something we can't let go of."
"My daughter is also the flesh that fell off your body. She was at fault for what happened back then, but she was also deceived by a bad man. The boss really can't blame his sister for what happened. He couldn't let it go, and you can't let it go either..."
"I said I don't have her as a daughter. If it weren't for her, the boss would blame us all the time and not even come back home." Mother Li still looked like she was gritting her teeth.
"It's better to leave. She's very capable. It's best not to come back to beg me for the rest of her life."
Gu Mingdong stood downstairs and saw Li Lijuan's brother running away angrily.
After just a few words, Gu Mingdong was surprised to find that the Li family did not seem to have received the letter from Li Lijuan.
Or was Li Lijuan's only letter before her death really sent to her parents?
Gu Mingdong searched through the memory of the original owner, but the original owner was so heartbroken at the time that he didn't remember the address on the letter at all.
He frowned and followed.
The younger brother of the Li family ran out with his parents in anger. After a while, he regretted it. There was a jingle in his pocket and he had no money or food stamps to buy food.
Just as he was hesitating and planning to go home, a voice suddenly stopped him.
"Li Libin, are you Li Libin?"
Li Libin looked at the person who came. He was tall and quite elegant, but he looked a bit fierce and not easy to mess with. He was wearing a very common white shirt and a thin coat that was not old and new. He couldn't see the way out. .
"Who are you?" Li Libin was sure that he had never seen this person before.
Gu Mingdong smiled and said: "I am your sister's classmate. We met when we were young, and I even gave you candy."
Li Libin racked his brains and seemed to remember: "You look familiar."
When Gu Mingdong followed Li Lijuan home, Li Libin was still young. He only hid in the house and took a look, but he still had no impression.
Gu Mingdong didn't give him a chance to think, and already said enthusiastically: "Long time no see, we are so destined. I was just about to go to dinner. Come on, let's eat together."
Li Libin was so cash-strapped that he couldn't speak out.
"I'm treating you, why are you so polite to me?" Gu Mingdong had already dragged him to the state-owned hotel and generously ordered two bowls of noodles.
Li Libin was even more embarrassed: "How can I eat your food so well?"
Gu Mingdong smiled and said, "What's wrong? I just have something I want to ask you about."
"What's going on?"
Gu Mingdong showed a shy look and lowered his voice and said: "I liked your sister when I was a child, but unfortunately we lost contact after we moved. I happened to meet you today and wanted to ask if your sister is married. If not, I don't have her." Chance."
Li Libin believed this. After all, in his memory, his sister was good-looking and liked by the young men in the nearby family building. When he was a child, he followed his sister and ate the candies and melon seeds given by those people.
Li Libin showed a strange expression: "Then you should step aside quickly. My sister has been married a long time ago."
"We're married?" Gu Mingdong sighed, "It's okay if we're married, but she's living a good life, and I'm happy for her in my heart."
Li Libin was wary at first, but seeing how enthusiastic Gu Mingdong was, and now that he knew his sister was getting married, he generously blessed her, and he immediately felt that he was a good person.
The noodles at the state-owned restaurant came out quickly, and they were not on the same level as those made by Li's mother. Li Libin couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Eat it, the noodles are served, it won't be wasted if you don't eat it." Gu Mingdong said with a smile, "Even if I can't be your brother-in-law, I can still be your brother."
Li Libin finally couldn't hold it any longer and started eating.
When he was almost done eating, Gu Mingdong said with a smile: "It's been so many years in a blink of an eye. Hey, your sister and I just have no fate. It would be better if I met you earlier. By the way, where does your sister live now? "
"I have no other intention, I just want to see her and talk to my old classmates."
Li Libin was offended and suddenly said: "Actually, my sister doesn't live in Daishan City now."
He didn't know why he said it, but he started talking as soon as he mentioned it.
"She didn't know what she was thinking. She suddenly said she wanted to marry a man from the country. She went to get the marriage certificate the same day she brought him back, and then she followed the man."
"That country man must have treated her badly. Otherwise, how could my sister not even receive a letter after so many years?"
Gu Mingdong's expression changed slightly: "Have you not even received a letter in all these years?"
"Yes." Li Libin sighed, "It's been almost five years, and I wanted to go find it, but my mother didn't agree, and my eldest brother... well, there are conflicts at home anyway."
"Don't you know where she married?"
Li Libin shook his head and added: "My mother may know, but she refuses to tell."
"If you ask me, it's wrong for my sister to suddenly marry a country boy. But she has already married, and she must have given birth to children over the years. Is there anything my family can't handle? But my mother is so angry that we are not allowed to mention my eldest sister at home. ."
Gu Mingdong listened, but he became confused in his heart.
If Li Lijuan's letter before her death was not written to her parents, then to whom was it written?
Suddenly, he thought of the twins' biological father.
Seeing his gloomy expression, Li Libin thought he felt sorry for his sister, and comforted her: "Brother, you are a good person. You will definitely find a better wife in the future. You should forget about my sister."
Gu Mingdong thanked him calmly, and the two talked for a while before they separated.
Gu Mingdong could guess the reason why Li Lijuan got married in a hurry. At that time, she could no longer hide her pregnancy and had to leave the familiar Daishan City to avoid being guessed.
But there is no way to explain that Li Lijuan had no contact with her family for so many years.
What was the reason that made Li Lijuan behave like she was taking refuge, hiding in Shanghe Village and not daring to show her face?
Gu Mingdong couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he put the problem aside for the time being and turned towards another destination.
Compared with the Li family's family building, which is only separated by a street, this area is mostly self-built bungalows, which look much dilapidated.
Gu Mingdong found the corresponding house and was about to knock on the door when he heard a sound of beating and scolding coming from inside.
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