jdhmnovel Chapter 46 She was just an ordinary woman
Chapter 46 She was just an ordinary woman
Deng Xiuzhen developed a high fever that night and became delirious.
Old Zhao told the three children to rest at home while he took Deng Xiuzhen to the hospital.
The child refused, but they insisted on going to the hospital together.
When Deng Xiuzhen woke up, Wenjing and Wenxin were lying on the edge of the bed, and Wenyu was asleep next to her.
She reached out and touched Wenxin's head. The moment she moved, Wenjing and Wenxin woke up.
"Mom, are you feeling better?" Wenjing asked.
"Mom, would you like some water?" Wenxin asked.
"Come on, you can lie down for a while," Deng Xiuzhen said, preparing to get up.
"Mom, don't move." Wenjing pressed Deng Xiuzhen down and turned to Wenxin, saying, "Wenxin, lie down next to Mom's feet for a while, be careful not to kick Wenyu."
Wenxin said: "Sister, you should go to sleep."
Wenjing said, "I'm the older sister, you have to listen to what I say."
Wenxin obediently snuggled up to Deng Xiuzhen's feet.
Wenjing poured Deng Xiuzhen a cup of hot water and made her drink it. Then she took the cup and said, "Mom, you should rest well. Don't worry, Dad will come back."
Hearing this, Deng Xiuzhen felt a pang of sadness, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Wenjing took a towel and wiped her face, then said, "Mom, don't cry. We have to believe in Dad. We have to believe that he will come back!" She paused, then added, "What if, what if he doesn't come back? I'm still here at home."
The children were on winter vacation, and the family searched every corner of Pucheng, asking from house to house, but still couldn't find any information.
Deng Xiuzhen went to the police station several times, and Tian Guoqiang told her: They had investigated trains, buses, taxis, etc., but there was no record of Qin Yanlin taking any of them, and no one remembered such a person.
The New Year is just around the corner, and Deng Xiuzhen doesn't plan to go back to her hometown. Qin Yanlin hasn't returned, and her parents-in-law will continue to hate her, while her own family will only mock her.
On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Old Zhao said to Deng Xiuzhen, "Spend the New Year with this old man this year."
Deng Xiuzhen remained silent. In just over ten days, she lost more than ten kilograms. Her clothes, which used to fit her perfectly, now looked like clothes hanging on a rack.
“Okay, let’s celebrate the New Year together, thank you Grandpa Zhao!” Wenjing looked at Deng Xiuzhen, whose face was sallow and who had no energy, and then turned to Grandpa Zhao.
Wenxin glanced worriedly at Deng Xiuzhen, then at Wenjing. Seeing Wenjing nod, she quickly agreed.
Wen Yu stood quietly beside Deng Xiuzhen, resting his head on her arm, his little head seemingly lost in thought.
Early on New Year's Eve, Old Zhao set up a long table in the yard and placed all the New Year's items on it.
Wenjing arrived early with Wenxin to help pick, chop, and cook the vegetables.
Deng Xiuzhen was brought over by Wen Yu.
When she arrived, the courtyard was bustling with activity: Wenjing was chopping carrots, Wenxin was picking rapeseed shoots, and Old Zhao was slicing cured meat. A fire was burning in the kitchen, and a pot of pork rib and lotus root soup was simmering on the fire, its aroma spreading everywhere and filling the nostrils.
Deng Xiuzhen was somewhat dazed. She remembered that this scene had happened before. Wen Jing, Wen Xin, and Wen Yu had built a new house in the countryside together, and the family had gathered in the new house in the countryside to celebrate the New Year that year.
It was just as lively, but the difference was that she was the one cutting the meat, and the similarity was that Qin Yanlin wasn't there.
Was I destined to have a shallow connection with Qin Yanlin? And that the days we could spend together would be shorter with each passing lifetime?
"You're here? Come in and warm yourself by the fire. You're not fully recovered yet, don't catch a cold again," Old Zhao said with concern when he saw Deng Xiuzhen.
"Mom, come inside quickly!" Qin Wenyu pulled Deng Xiuzhen inside to warm herself by the fire.
"Wenyu, go peel some garlic for me," Old Zhao said to Qin Wenyu as he came in. He then took down the hanging pot and placed it next to the stove. Next, he put the tripod on the fire and placed a large iron pot on it.
“The children all know how to be strong. You, as their mother, don’t support them and instead cause them trouble,” Old Zhao said, glancing at Deng Xiuzhen.
Deng Xiuzhen lowered her head and remained silent. Her despondency wasn't due to worry about the future, but rather because she couldn't understand the meaning of her rebirth.
If being reborn still doesn't allow you to stay with the person you want to spend your life with, if being reborn is just to repeat the trivialities of life again and again, then what's the point of being reborn?
Old Zhao continued cooking, "What exactly happened that day? Tell me, and maybe I can help you figure things out."
Deng Xiuzhen raised her head and looked at Old Man Zhao. Perhaps they had known each other in a past life, which gave rise to a sense of trust, or perhaps she needed someone to confide in at this moment.
She hesitated for a moment before choosing to tell the truth: "That day, Yanlin said he had already made all the preparations for opening the electronics store and that he would go to sign the contract the next day."
"And then?" Old Zhao didn't look up, continuing to stir-fry the vegetables.
"Then, I told him that I had no money left, that I had used it all up."
"Did you use it to buy land?"
"Yes."
"And then he left? And never came back?"
Deng Xiuzhen nodded.
"Can you tell me why you insist on buying that piece of land?" Old Zhao put the pot lid on and looked up at Deng Xiuzhen.
“I had a dream, in which I seemed to live a whole life. In the dream, Yanlin opened an electronics store, but his health collapsed due to overwork, and he died young. I don’t want to follow the same path, I don’t want to repeat the tragedy of my previous life, so I’m internally opposed to opening an electronics store, and I’m thinking of taking some shortcuts.” Deng Xiuzhen lowered her head as she spoke.
After scooping the food out of the pot, Old Zhao said, "Did you buy the land because of a dream? Did you dream that the land would later become valuable?"
Deng Xiuzhen nodded and said yes.
"Since that's the case, just do what you said you would do. You didn't do anything wrong, so there's no need to blame yourself like this."
We've known each other for so long, and I can tell that Qin Yanlin is a very family-oriented person. He would never stop coming home just because you bought land.
I think something must have happened to him.
A man as big as him is unlikely to be kidnapped.
If you go out at night and something happens, it's most likely a robbery or something similar, but even if you're robbed, you shouldn't be unable to get back.
To be honest, at most it would be accidentally causing serious injury, or...
However, I haven't heard of anything like that happening recently, so he's probably still alive and well, just unable to come back for some reason.
"Think about it, have you noticed anything unusual? If so, report it to the police station as soon as possible. Maybe some cases will be solved, and Qin Yanlin will come back. Just like when Wenjing and the others were abducted last time," Old Zhao analyzed.
Deng Xiuzhen had thought about all of this, but no one understood her. Her family helped her look for him, but when they couldn't find him, they blamed her for arguing.
Her in-laws treated her like an enemy and even wanted her dead.
She was just an ordinary woman, someone who spent most of her life in a small shop in her previous life, and then spent the rest of her time busy at her children's homes.
She lacked broad knowledge and magnanimity.
Being given a new lease on life only gave her a chance to start over, but it did not change her background, her family, or provide her with any favorable conditions.