Chapter 528: The Yi Family's Past

There is no love or hate in the world without reason. The stories of the older generation when they were young have confirmed this point. If He Yuzhu's mother had not blocked the knife for He Daqing, He Daqing would not have been devotedly in love with this sad woman, He Daqing would not have talked nonsense after drinking, Jia Zhang would not have regarded He Daqing as a thorn in her side, Xu Wude would not have spread rumors everywhere, He Daqing would not have turned against him, and Jia Zhang would not have almost never spoken to the Xu family. Everything has roots and is traceable.

Several women were lost in memories, especially Xu's mother. Only now did she realize how promiscuous Xu Wude was when he was young, and she also understood why her son was like this. It was a case of a toad growing hair but not growing hair.

Yang Yue'e said, "I was wondering why the neighbors were so enthusiastic when we moved in. It turns out that they were fighting for their own good and wanted to win over Old Liu. Unfortunately, Old Liu is a blockhead and thinks he is so great. He immediately became arrogant and now he has offended all of them."

The old ladies burst into laughter when they heard this. Li Cuilan said, "That's right. At that time, your old Liu was young and acted like an old cadre. Old Yi went home and said that this person should not be made friends with. If you make too many friends with him, it's like you've found yourself a workshop director."

Yang Yue'e laughed and said, "Old Liu was not like this when he was young. He was very honest then. But later on, he was always bullied by the then CEO and the shopkeeper. He always suffered losses and he didn't dare to resist. So he thought that having some power should be able to change everything, so he changed his mind."

Yang Ruiping asked Li Cuilan, "Old Yi, when did your Old Yi become so obsessed with finding someone else to take care of him in his old age? I thought Old Yi was the smartest person here, but I didn't expect he was so obsessed with it."

Li Cuilan didn't say anything, and Jia Zhang said, "When? It was after Old Jia died. That's when he set his sights on our Dongxu."

Li Cuilan sighed and said, "Alas, it's all due to the influence of the deaf old lady. It's a long story. Old Yi and I are also miserable people." In an instant, the old ladies fell silent. They all wanted to hear Yi Zhonghai's story.

It turned out that Yi Zhonghai and Li Cuilan were both from Hebei and from the same village. The two families had a very good relationship and had been engaged since childhood. They grew up together. When Yi Zhonghai was eighteen years old, he and Li Cuilan got married in the presence of their parents. At that time, both families were tenants of the landlord in the village. Their lives were originally peaceful, but unexpectedly, disaster struck. A group of bandits descended from the sky. These people were not good people. They killed anyone they saw and robbed women, no matter whether you were a landlord or a poor man. They were like a swarm of locusts passing through.

Under the cover of their parents, the two of them hurriedly ran to the back mountain. When they reached halfway up the mountain, the village was already ablaze with flames. Yi Zhonghai and Li Cuilan wanted to take a breath, but unexpectedly, the group of people discovered them and chased them relentlessly. When the two of them went around the mountain, the group of people was about to catch up with them. They looked at each other, understood each other tacitly, held hands, closed their eyes, and jumped into the cold Fuyang River.

When the two woke up again, they were both lying in a thatched hut. Yi Zhonghai woke up first. The first thing he did when he woke up was to look for Li Cuilan. He sat up and saw that Li Cuilan was lying on the bed next to her, and he was lying on the ground. He walked over and gently called Li Cuilan's name, and Li Cuilan slowly woke up.

At this time, an old man came in with wild vegetable soup. He had kind eyes and looked like a compassionate old man. The old man said, "You two are really lucky. I don't know how long you have been in the river. It took me a long time to separate your hands. Good, you didn't leave each other when disaster struck. Good, come, have a bowl of soup to warm you up first."

The two were tired and hungry, so they took the soup and drank it in big gulps without hesitation.

During the conversation, they learned that the old man was a bell doctor who also had no fixed place to live and was drifting around. He found them on a shore and extended a helping hand, saving them.

The old doctor looked at the two of them, hesitant to speak, sighed, turned around and left without disturbing them from drinking the soup. After drinking the soup, the two of them felt refreshed, and went out of the house and knelt in front of the old man, thanking him profusely and kowtowing continuously. The old man quickly helped them up, then sighed and said, "Meeting each other is fate, and you two have suffered this hardship, but you may not know that this is your wife, right?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded doubtfully, and the old man continued, "Her body is infected with coldness, and the baby inside her body is dead. You two should find a midwife to induce labor if you have a chance."

When the two heard this, they burst into tears instantly. Li Cuilan cried her heart out. The old man could do nothing when he saw the two crying. He had already been delayed for several days because of these two people, so he quickly packed his luggage, said goodbye to them, and left.

By the time the two men reacted, the old bell doctor was nowhere to be seen. The couple discussed it and agreed that this was the fact, but they still had to find a Chinese medicine doctor to see if it was true what the bell doctor said. If the child was really dead in the belly, they would have to accept it. Fortunately, when Yi Zhonghai came out, he brought all his money with him. It was the money the landlord gave him to buy a cow, and now he could only use it for emergency purposes.

The two walked for a long time and finally found a small town. They first found an inn to stay in, and then went to the town clinic without stopping. The doctor there gave them a careful examination, and the final result was exactly the same as what the old doctor said. Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to ask the doctor with tears in his eyes to introduce a midwife to induce labor. At this time, Li Cuilan knew the result and was very sad, even a little dazed.

When Li Cuilan woke up, Yi Zhonghai was standing by her side, comforting her in a low voice and telling her that he had buried his son in a place surrounded by mountains and water, and would take her to see him when she recovered. Li Cuilan reluctantly accepted this fact.

Before Li Cuilan's body recovered, Yi Zhonghai's body collapsed. Even if he was a strong man, he was defeated after experiencing a series of things such as the destruction of his family, displacement, and the loss of his beloved son. After Yi Zhonghai fell down, the doctor came to see him and examined him. Finally, he sighed and said that he also had coldness entering his body and was seriously injured. But the doctor was hesitant to say what the specific injury was, because he knew that the young couple had just suffered a blow and lost their first child. So he left without saying anything, but before leaving, he prescribed some Chinese medicine for Yi Zhonghai and asked Li Cuilan to boil it for him to drink.

The doctor was very sympathetic towards the couple, but was relatively reserved. In fact, Yi Zhonghai's health had been damaged by the long-term immersion in cold river water, causing him to lose his ability to have children. But this was too much of a blow to the young couple, so they were reserved. This was something Li Cuilai figured out later.

After Yi Zhonghai and his wife recovered from their illness, they went to pay homage to their son, discussed something, and then headed straight for Sijiu City, thinking that no matter what, they could find some work here to survive.

Yi Zhonghai was young and strong at that time. He found a job when he arrived in Sijiu City, and the two of them settled down. However, an accidental encounter changed their lives.

It was an afternoon, Yi Zhonghai was doing maintenance work in a car shop. Yi Zhonghai's talent in mechanics was obvious to all, but all the people in the shop were out that day, and a woman came here with a maid, asking for a car. The manager of the shop looked around, and there was only Yi Zhonghai left in the yard, but Yi Zhonghai was a maintenance worker, and logically speaking, he did not have to work in the car business. He could have completely refused, but Yi Zhonghai knew from the look in the manager's eyes that this woman was not to be messed with, otherwise she would have forced the manager to tears.

Yi Zhonghai sighed and agreed, thinking it was just a trip. Then he pushed a new car out of the dealership. An old lady and a maid got on the car. Yi Zhonghai asked about the destination and started jogging.

(End of this chapter)