Chapter 1547: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1547: Perhaps Because Life Was Too Bitter

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Dashan was at Yao Aina's house eating lunch with his son when his mobile phone rang; he picked it up and saw it was Du Xiaojuan calling.

"Hello, wife, what's up?"

"Has the child's meal been made yet?"

"Uh... it's been made..." Wang Dashan hesitated for a moment.

Du Xiaojuan immediately sensed something was off:

"Wang Dashan, give me an honest account!"

Wang Dashan let out a dry laugh:

"Wife, rest assured, our son won't go hungry. We're eating lunch at Auntie Aina's place right now, and Xiao Jin is having a great time playing with Jiajun over here!"

Upon hearing this, Du Xiaojuan frowned:

"How can you take Xiao Jin to someone else's house for a meal? Can't you just cook a bit yourself?"

Wang Dashan was speechless:

"Isn't this just taking him out to play? Don't react so strongly. Xiao Jin needs social interaction too; he needs to play with other kids."

Du Xiaojuan then said:

"In a bit I'll call you on WeChat video; you show me what dishes Xiao Jin is being given to eat."

Wang Dashan hurriedly said:

"Okay, okay!"

After hanging up, not long after, Du Xiaojuan initiated a WeChat video call.

Wang Dashan answered and pointed the phone at the dishes on the table:

"Wife, these are the dishes we're eating today. This small river fish was even caught by me and Xiao Jin in the little stream. Xiao Jin had a really happy time playing today! Son, come on, say hello to Mom!"

"Mom! When are you coming back?" Wang Dujin smiled at the phone, holding a stalk of greens in his hand and eating it.

Du Xiaojuan's face had already darkened upon seeing the dishes Wang Dashan displayed; she thought, what kind of stuff is this? A plate of greens, a plate of years-old preserved meat, a saucer of fried small fish — with such a picky eater like Xiao Jin, how could he possibly eat his fill?

Unexpectedly, when Wang Dashan aimed the camera at Wang Dujin, she discovered that Wang Dujin was actually eating greens — you have to know, he never used to like eating greens before!

"Mom will be back tonight. You behave and stay with Dad, no mischief, no crying or fussing, understand?"

Du Xiaojuan spoke to Wang Dujin in a gentle tone.

Wang Dujin said with a smile:

"Got it, Mom. Dad took me to play in the little stream, it was super fun!"

Right then, Zhang Jiajun ran up to the phone camera, his whole person filthy, eyes blank and bewildered: "Is this a mobile phone?"

Wang Dashan said:

"This is a mobile phone. We're video calling Xiao Jin's mom right now!"

Zhang Jiajun asked with a face full of innocence:

"This can video call your mom, so I wonder if it can video call my mom?"

Wang Dujin asked:

"Where did your mom go?"

Zhang Jiajun scratched his head, laughing embarrassedly:

"Don't know. Grandma said she went to a very, very faraway place!"

"Then when is your mom coming back?" Wang Dujin continued asking.

Zhang Jiajun's eyes were bewildered:

"Don't know either. Mom didn't tell me!"

Wang Dujin said:

"My mom also went to a very faraway place, but she's coming back tonight!"

Zhang Jiajun's eyes turned disappointed:

"My mom hasn't come back for several years already..."

The small river fish in his hand suddenly wasn't fragrant anymore, because he missed his mom.

Wang Dujin comforted him:

"Don't be sad. Your mom should be coming back very soon too! A mom wouldn't abandon her child!"

Zhang Jiajun nodded, turning silent.

Yao Aina on the side secretly wiped the corner of her eye, not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Wang Dashan also sighed deeply.

This child Zhang Jiajun, to tell the truth, is really pitiful.

At such a young age, his mom passed away, his dad became disabled, his grandpa also died of illness — it was all thanks to his grandma raising him with painstaking care.

"Auntie Aina, we've eaten about enough!"

At this time Wang Dashan put down his bowl and chopsticks, then hurriedly fished out his wallet and stuffed one thousand yuan in cash into Yao Aina's hands.

"This is for your firewood expenses. Please accept it!"

Seeing this, Yao Aina was immediately shocked:

"Out of the question, out of the question! The firewood in my house isn't worth this much money!"

Wang Dashan, however, forcibly pressed it into her hands:

"Take it, take it, just accept it. Buy your grandson some clothes, improve the meals a bit, buy some study guides, let him study hard, so when he grows up he can become a useful talent!"

Yao Aina was overwhelmed with gratitude:

"Dashan, thank you so much, you really are a good person! I don't know how to repay you. Let me kowtow to you!"

Yao Aina hurriedly tried to kneel and kowtow to Wang Dashan in thanks, but Wang Dashan quickly stopped her:

"Auntie Aina, don't do this. I'm only doing what little I can! You mustn't kowtow to me. I'm just a junior, I can't bear it!"

Yao Aina said through tears:

"You Wang family people have truly been too good to me. If it weren't for you, I don't know if I could have persisted until now. Thank you, thank you!"

Wang Dashan left Yao Aina's home with Wang Dujin.

He still felt a deep sigh of emotion in his heart.

Thinking back to when he was very small, how glorious was Yao Aina's family?

Ever since her husband Zhang Zhongtian became the Village Committee Secretary, her family embarked on the road to getting rich. During that period, they built the most luxurious villa building in the whole village, and bought the village's first BMW small sedan!

What a pity, some things, man proposes, Heaven disposes!

Perhaps because Zhang Zhongtian did too many corrupt things accepting bribes, this family began to suffer Heaven's retribution before he even died. Tragic events happened one after another.

First, daughter-in-law Li Xiaohe hanged herself in suicide. Then his son Zhang Zhiqiang was crippled in a car accident. Then he himself got cancer and passed away. The successive calamities not only shattered this family, but also spent all the savings Zhang Zhongtian had accumulated before. As a result, after his death, in an extremely short time, this family fell into abject poverty!

The most fatal thing was, because this one Dabie Villa existed, it caused her family to be unable to apply for Poor Household status!

Yao Aina has always believed this is Heaven's punishment on their Zhang Family!

So over these years, she hasn't burned less incense and worshipped Buddha, only begging Heaven to spare their family.

Especially to spare her grandson.

"Dad, that grandma, why is she crying?" On the way back, Wang Dujin suddenly asked this one sentence.

Wang Dashan sighed:

"Maybe because life is too bitter."

"Life, how can it be bitter?" Wang Dujin's eyes held childlike innocence. "Mom didn't say life is colorful and varied?"

Wang Dashan ruffled his head:

"Everyone's life is different. Some people's lives are sweet, some people's lives are bitter."

Wang Dujin didn't quite understand, but still nodded his head, letting out an "oh."

He couldn't empathize, but still asked one sentence:

"Dad, then can we take some of the sweetness from our life and share it with them? That Jiajun Gege, he's a good person. He shoots glass marbles incredibly accurately!"

Hearing Wang Dujin's words, Wang Dashan felt a pang in his heart.

In that instant, a thought popped into his mind:

Why not sponsor Zhang Jiajun?