Cheng Hui was awakened by the pain.
Her stomach felt numb and hard, tight with a sour discomfort.
In the darkness, she reached out to touch her stomach and froze in shock at the noticeable bulge.
Was she pregnant?
But her only daughter had been born a long time ago, hadn't she?
Moreover, because her daughter was born prematurely, she was frail and often ill. At the age of four, she was taken out by Cheng's younger sister and ended up missing...
Her husband went crazy! He used all their resources to search for their daughter, leading to his dismissal from his position at work, ruining his promising future.
Recalling all this, Cheng's heart ached bitterly. But what on earth was happening with her stomach?
Suddenly, a streak of white light appeared before her eyes, revealing to her the change that had occurred in her life.
She had reincarnated back to 1973, and was now seven months pregnant.
Three days ago, she was knocked over by a young girl and almost miscarried.
Fortunately, with three days of rest, she recovered.
However, her ruthless, evil mother-in-law still refused to let her off easy and made her move into a warehouse, citing her imminent childbirth.
That very night, a local ruffian from a neighboring village snuck into her room and, after her struggles, she prematurely gave birth.
Incredibly, her mother-in-law still showed no mercy, wanting to discard her child! It was only through desperate effort that Cheng managed to take her child back.
Cheng Hui touched her belly, tears welling up in her eyes, thanking God for giving her a second chance.
In this life, she must protect herself and her daughter!
She must truly cherish the man she misunderstood and missed…
As for the vengeance, this time she will deal with it!
She got dressed, left the house quietly, and headed to the home of the squad leader of the Gao Family village's production brigade.
Gao Qi Shan's family was busy making hemp ropes by lamplight, as each household needed to produce ten large bundles of hemp rope this year.
Upon seeing Cheng Hui, Gao Qi Shan's family was taken aback.
They all knew Cheng Hui, this young, educated youth; she was youthful, beautiful, aloof, and did not love to converse with the villagers.
Not long after she arrived in the countryside, she was rescued, touched, and kissed by Gao Yuan after a near-drowning incident…
Then she married Gao Yuan. Gao Yuan stayed at home for three days before his leave ended and he returned to his army unit. As a result, she became pregnant...
Regardless, Gao Yuan was his nephew and Cheng Hui was his niece-in-law.
"What brings you here so late at night?", asked Gao Qi Shan.
Cheng Hui sat down, silent.
When all of Gao Qi Shan's family members curiously paused their tasks to look at her, tears all of a sudden started to stream down Cheng Hui's face.
She didn't cry out loud, but she merely shed tears, her face full of grievance as she tried to hold back.
The Gao family members didn't know what the phrase "pear blossoms sprinkled with rain" meant, but they simply felt that her crying wasn't annoying, rather it made one's heart ache.
Gao Qishan frowned and said, "Stop crying, who bullied you? Tell me!"
Cheng Hui took a deep breath, wiped away her tears, and choked up to say, "I was bedridden for three days but I'm feeling a bit better now. This evening, I thought to take a stroll outside and ended up near the firewood stack behind my house. Then, I overheard my mother-in-law talking with a man..."
The Gao family members widened their eyes at these words, riveted... Could it be that Cheng Hui's mother-in-law was meeting a lover?
"My mother-in-law said that she would drive me into the storage room today and asked the man to come over in the middle of the night. If he can get his way, let him have it... If not, he should eliminate the child in my womb!"
All the members of the Gao family were shocked. It turned out that it wasn't the mother-in-law who was meeting a man, but the mother-in-law who was arranging for her daughter-in-law to meet a man!
After his initial surprise, Gao Qishan looked at Cheng Hui and asked, "What do you want to do about this?"
Cheng Hui must have had a plan, as she came to him in the middle of the night instead of making a scene on the spot.
Cheng Hui said, "Without evidence, my words mean nothing. I'd like to ask the captain to have the militiamen_stand guard in my room to catch this man. Then, I'll seek justice from my mother-in-law so that others won't think that I fabricated the situation to frame her."
For the first time, Gao Qishan regarded her seriously. The little girl from the big city was different indeed, coming up with such a plan that was most beneficial to her!
But… it risked damaging the reputation of the Gao family.
However, it was about time someone dealt with Gao Lao San's overly outrageous wife! She had ruined their family's good name! It was time to put her in her place!
"Wait here, as long as this man exists, I guarantee that I'll catch him for you!"
With that, Gao Qishan left.
Several hours later, a man's wail suddenly echoed through the silent village.
...
The courtyard of Elder Gao's house was bustling with activity.
Zhang Lai Zi was tied and kneeling on the ground, surrounded by onlookers.
"What happened here? A thief?"
"Who was so foolish to steal from Elder Gao's family? Besides the drag-bottle, what else do they have?"
"Hahaha!"
Elder Gao was considered an oddity in this village, having married four widows and having eight children who weren't biologically his from a brood of twelve.
He stood in the crowd with a pleased grin on his face, as if the commotion was happening at someone else's house.
His current wife, Zhu Qiu Fang, stood behind him, her face deathly pale and trembling slightly.
This fool! How was he caught? Has the task been accomplished?
She shot a glance towards their quiet storage room and gritted her teeth before stepping forward.
"Captain, nothing was stolen from our house. Let's forget this matter, it's rather cold, everyone should disperse, we all have work tomorrow."
Indeed, everyone was prepared to leave.
At this time, petty theft was not a big deal, especially if the thief didn't succeed. If they were caught, they would be beaten and let off – that was the usual procedure.
Suddenly, Zhu Qiufang's eyes widened as if she had seen a ghost.
Cheng Hui walked in from outside the courtyard.
"Everyone, wait a moment. The situation is not as it seems. I overheard something this evening by the woodpile...
"Then, I asked Uncle Captain for help to catch someone. Now, they've been really caught."
She glared coldly at Zhu Qiufang: "Now, do you have anything to say?"
Everyone was instantly in an uproar.
Abducted by a paramour, and instigated by a mother-in-law? This explosive piece of news was too much for them to handle!
"I did not! You are slandering me!" Zhu Qiufang defended herself, looking at her: "It's obvious that you are the one carrying on an affair, but you're putting the blame on me!
"I... I have seen you with Zhang Lai rolling in the hay several times! The child in your belly is his!"
"Wow~" This news is also quite shocking.
As for who the child in Cheng Hui's belly belonged to, it has always been a topic of debate.
Because rumor has it that she originally had a fiancé in the capital!
As soon as she arrived at their village, she was passionately pursued by a male 'educated urban youth', who had reportedly been seen coming out of the small forest with her.
She married Gao Yuan and got pregnant just three days later. Was Gao Yuan that accurate?
Now, Gao Yuan's young stepmother claims to have witnessed her and Zhang Lai rolling in the hay...
Several men in the crowd started looking at Cheng Hui differently.
Cheng Hui simply replied, “You've seen it happen several times? Why didn't you mention it earlier?”
"I, I did this for the reputation of the Gao family, for Gao Yuan's honor, and I chose not to stoop to your level! I didn't expect you to bite back, you ungrateful wretch!" As Zhu Qiufang spoke, her defense seemed increasingly plausible.