novelden Chapter 169 Returning from the Expedition 1979 (End) - Proposal for Marriage
Chapter 169 Returning from the Expedition 1979 (End) - Proposal for Marriage
Zhang Jiancheng's statement about his family's past is brief and slow, and the blood-stained sunset reflects his sadness.
"If it weren't for that voice, brother, I would have been killed here, or I would have been snatched away by a wolf!" He said, taking the remaining paper money from Xiuxiu's hand, and lit the brazier and started burning it again.
Xiuxiu was immersed in the past he told. The brazier in front of her had long been extinguished, and the ashes were floating gently in the wind, blurring her eyes.
When the memory deep in her mind was awakened, it felt very painful. It was the fear of being threatened and intimidated when she was a child. She remembered the fear of being brought to this cemetery by her father that day, and also thought of the person who had sought help in fear. Little brother.
The little girl in Zhang Jiancheng's memory is her!
How could she have imagined that she had such a connection with him when she was a child? No wonder Zhang Jiancheng never forgot her in his previous life.
She was only four or five years old at the time, and her mother had been very harsh on her since she was a child. Xiuxiu always thought that she was not good enough or hardworking enough, and that all her hard work was just to get her mother's love.
So what existed in her memory was only her mother's attitude. She couldn't remember so many specific things.
The brazier was relit by Zhang Jiancheng, and Xiuxiu spoke in the firelight, barely suppressing her cough: "That little girl... did she still know you later?"
Zhang Jiancheng burned the paper, pushed the brazier towards her to make her less cold, and whispered: "I don't know you! She was too young at that time..."
"Later, I often quietly went around the man's house to see her. Before entering the village, the man warned me not to approach her again. I knew that people in the village were wary of my house.
, I didn’t want to cause trouble to that family, so I never saw or talked to her again..."
Xiuxiu felt a deep pain in her heart. It was hard for her to imagine how an 11-year-old child struggled to move forward alone and sadly during that darkest period of life.
"I originally wanted to protect her, but she didn't need to protect her at all. She protected herself very well..." Zhang Jiancheng looked at the fire with gloomy eyes:
"She is very well-behaved. Even after being beaten and scolded by her mother, she will still cry and finish the tasks assigned by her mother. She sweeps the floor, collects firewood, does laundry, and coaxes her younger brother. She tries hard to do many things with her frail little body. , she is probably afraid of being killed by her mother!"
At this point, Zhang Jiancheng fell silent, seeming to still feel deep sympathy.
Xiuxiu's lips twitched and she asked suppressedly: "What happened next?"
Zhang Jiancheng put a wad of paper money into the fire, looked at his father's tombstone, and said in a deep voice:
"Time can't make people forget the pain, but it can slow it down. My sister picked up all the work of my mother and took good care of my father. He slowly got better and found a job at the scrap yard. It happened to be that he I was hired because of my literacy!”
"Later I discovered that I was growing up too slowly and would never have the strength to protect others if I continued like this, so I enlisted in the army as soon as I was old enough. After passing the conscription qualifications, I ignored my father's objections and joined the army without hesitation!"
Xiu Xiu finally understood why the Zhang family had been living alone in the village, why Zhang Jiancheng did not socialize with the villagers after returning from the army, and why no one helped his sister after his father passed away and she fell into the trap of the bad guys.
Zhang sister and brother pair
The village was filled with resentment, and the ignorant villagers at that time owed the Zhang family an apology.
Xiuxiu didn't know what to say, so she stretched out her hand and put it gently on his wrist, coughed twice, and asked with weak and sad breath: "Do you... still have hatred in your heart?"
Zhang Jiancheng held a wooden stick and held the flame in the brazier, and whispered: "A lot can change in eight years!"
"Training, guarding the border, fighting, and learning various techniques. Once people go out, face the front line of life and death, and see the power of the country, they will understand what the era is and what history is, and then those personal resentments will become insignificant and make people Nothing can be done!"
"The only thing left in my heart is that my mother's tragic situation hurt me so much that I dare not recall it, but I can't forget it!"
"So when you came over to block the stick for me, I was scared to death. That's how my mother was accidentally beaten to death by my father. I was scared to death..."
Zhang Jiancheng turned to look at Xiu Xiu, tears falling from his cheeks, and he asked in a deep voice: "Does it still hurt?"
Xiuxiu had never seen him like this before. He was always serious and had never shown such sad and helpless emotions. She shook her head and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore!"
Zhang Jiancheng said with tears flashing: "I didn't intend to kill Wang Shuan, but I did lose my mind a little bit. I'm sorry for my sister, and even more sorry for my parents. I went out to be a soldier to accumulate strength, but when I came back, I found that The people I want to protect are gone!"
"So I must avenge my father! Even if he lives his life ten times a hundred times, I still want Sun Youliang to pay for my father's life!"
"Sun Youliang is a very dangerous person. It's not easy to catch him. I didn't fight him."
Although I acted so quickly, I couldn't help it when I came back from the army. I wanted to take revenge as soon as possible, quickly end this heavy pressure in my heart, and then use my ability in a more powerful place! "
Having said this, he slowly put the last pieces of paper money into the brazier, turned the fire brighter, and against the firelight, he turned to look at Xiuxiu:
"Although I didn't tell you the matter, I gave the plan to the police station, and also told Brother Xiaosheng and Dachuan. This is something that only men can do. I don't want you to be involved in the danger! The only thing I didn't expect The little tiger will be so loyal and brave..."
"I brought it with me to search, not to block my life. In fact, if it didn't block it, the police would have shot the Tibetan Mastiff to death. If it blocked it, it would actually affect the chance of shooting!"
"I visited you several times when you were in the hospital, but I don't know how to explain to you..." Zhang Jiancheng choked up and couldn't continue. He looked at Xiuxiu with guilt in his eyes, as if asking her if she could forgive her. he.
Xiuxiu looked at his two intact arms, then at Xiaohu's tombstone, and nodded with tears in her eyes.
Zhang Jiancheng looked at her and asked in a low voice: "Can you remember those things from childhood?"
Xiuxiu also nodded, raised her eyes, and asked in a hoarse voice: "So back then..."
Zhang Jiancheng took over what she said: "So when you rushed into my house and asked me to help you, although I thought it was ridiculous, I was very happy! Very happy!"
Tears streamed down, how could Xiu Xiu think of it? In this rebirth, she finally uncovered so many unknown things about her previous life, and how regretful she was in her previous life! In her previous life, she and Zhang Jiancheng,
What a pity!
Zhang Jiancheng sighed deeply, as tired as if he had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers:
"Xiuxiu! After getting my revenge, I didn't feel happy, I just felt very tired, as tired as I had gone through countless purgatory in the past and present life, as tired as I had gone through countless years of lonely war! But here you are... "
He looked at her: "You don't know how lucky I am... I'm glad that I can finally tell you about the past in my lifetime, instead of burying these things deep in my heart and not being able to say a few words to you even until I die! "
It was such a regret in the past life! When Xiuxiu heard what he said, her heart broke when she thought of the sacrifice he made in front of her tomb in her previous life.
Zhang Jiancheng raised his hand, wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and suddenly said solemnly: "I feel now that I have really been reborn!"
Xiuxiu didn't know why, but she was shocked! She saw that Zhang Jiancheng's eyes were no longer immersed in sadness, but became shimmering. He said: "This land under my feet will be my future!"
"My mother said that the more powerful place is actually the land under my feet! I will start from here, take root, and then spread out. As big as the world is, I will go as far as I can. Are you willing to accompany me?"
It turned out that what he meant by rebirth was to start over after the great revenge was avenged. Xiuxiu took a deep breath, but when she heard him ask "Are you willing to accompany me?", she felt a little panicked and stared. Look at him.
His voice was a little urgent: "No matter how far a person goes, he always has a persistent way back! My way back will always be..." He suddenly stopped here and looked at Xiuxiu a little anxiously.
Xiuxiu's eyes widened
Waiting for his explanation.
"I want to ask you... I want to ask you..." His tone became a little excited and his voice was deep: "I want to ask you..."
Xiuxiu listened to him and asked eagerly and hesitantly: "Now you...now are you willing...willing to marry me?"