Rebirth in the 70s: A military wife who was married into a vegetative state

"of course can."

Before Chen Jinrong could answer, Chen's father had already opened the car door and walked out.

"An Nian, I am your uncle. You look very similar to your mother."

He looked at An Nian with nostalgia on his face.

An Nian looked at him and nodded slightly: "Hello."

As for what he said about her resemblance to her mother, An Nian didn't believe a word of it.

It looked strange just a few minutes ago.

"You suffered."

"Fortunately, the country takes good care of me." An Nian didn't want to hear what he had to say and interrupted directly. "Can I visit Chen's house now?"

Father Chen's mouth twitched, and he was a little confused about how the girl in front of him, who looked to be in her early twenties, could be so calm.

Shouldn't we cry when we see our parents?

Could it be that she hated the Chen family because they hadn't taken the time to go to the mainland to pick her up in the past few years?

However, the Chen family has not had an easy life these past few years.

In the past three years, Chen Ruilin has broken several pieces of jadeite worth tens of millions of dollars in a row, and his family's financial resources have been somewhat damaged.

If they want to occupy a place in the jewelry industry, the Chen family must have a steady supply of good goods, whether they buy them at high prices themselves or find them through luck.

As the economy improves, the prices of raw materials for jewelry are also rising. If they only pay to buy them at high prices, the Chen family's profits will be unimaginably low.

Therefore, basically all jewelers will purchase first-hand raw materials to ensure their profits.

There are many ways to do this, such as renting the mining rights of diamond veins and digging out high-value diamonds within a limited time; another example is gambling on stones.

In the past three years, the Chen family has been as if someone has placed a curse on them. No matter which path they take, they can't get through.

Father Chen felt a headache when he thought about his family's current financial situation. When he answered An Nian's question, his mood had already sunk.

"Okay. You can get in the car."

"No, I have a car." An Nian smiled, "As long as you allow my car to follow behind, please."

After saying that, she turned around and walked back.

There was a commercial vehicle parked there, and the guard had taken over the driver's duties.

Chen Jinrong watched her leave and got into the Chen family's car.

"Dad, she is so rude!"

"Shut up!" Father Chen glared at him, "An Nian is a distinguished guest of our Chen family, you should respect her."

Chen Jinrong winced: "But she doesn't respect me at all..."

"If we can get closer to Master Yan through her, we, the Chen family, can support her."

Chen Jinrong frowned: "What exactly does Master Yan think? Why did he refuse the offering from our Chen family? We didn't offend him."

"I didn't know the reason before, but now I can probably guess it..."

Father Chen looked at the car An Nian was in through the rearview mirror.

"You mean An Nian?" Chen Jinrong's eyes widened in disbelief, "Does she have such a great influence on Master Yan? Master Yan has never mentioned her in the more than ten years he has been in Hong Kong City."

"Who can say for sure..." Father Chen leaned back, closed his eyes slightly, and stopped talking.

-

Land is at a premium in the port city, but the Chen family owns their own duplex mansion near Victoria Harbor, with the entire four floors to themselves.

The car drove into the gated community and took the elevator to the top floor. From here on up, it was all the Chen family. The elevator in the community could not be reached directly.

Father Chen took An Nian into the door of Chen's house.

The large living room was very luxuriously decorated, with a special sofa area on which an old lady lay lazily.

"Mom, are you at home?"

"Yeah." The old lady hummed without looking back.

Father Chen put on his shoes, trotted to her side, squatted down, and whispered a few words to her.

Only then did she turn her head and glance at An Nian.

An Nian looked at her openly.

The old lady slowly sat upright and waved to her: "Are you Xiaowan's daughter?"

An Nian walked to her side, nodded and smiled: "Yes."

"They look so similar..."

The old lady sighed, took An Nian's hand and patted it gently.

"What's your name?"

An Nian reported his name.

"Nian Nian, come here, sit down and let grandma take a good look at you."

An Nian sat down next to the old man.

"Alas, your mother is too stubborn. When our family fled for our lives, she was unwilling to leave. She must suffer with your father.

I thought at that time that I might never see her again in this life... I didn't expect it to come true... Do you want to settle down in Hong Kong City when you come here this time?

If you have nowhere to go, stay at home. Our Chen family may not be able to give you a rich and prosperous life, but a bowl of rice can still solve the problem. "

An Nian closed his eyes to cover up the sadness in his heart.

It turned out that the family that Chen Wan's mother had been thinking about for so long had long been forgotten.

Perhaps, when Chen Wan's mother chose to marry her father and stay in the mainland, her parents gave up on her completely.

There is even some hatred in this kind of giving up.

When the grandmother in front of her mentioned her mother, even though she tried her best to restrain it, An Nian still heard something "unsurprising" in it, and there was no maternal love at all.

Taking a deep breath secretly, An Nian interrupted her next words.

"Grandma, I will not settle in Hong Kong City. My home is on the mainland and I will go back in a few days."

The old lady was stunned, her brows furrowed fiercely, with anger that could not be concealed.

"Why are you going back to the mainland? Haven't you had enough hard times?"

"Grandma, I don't think I've had a hard life."

"You silly girl, can't you see the difference between Hong Kong City and the mainland? Hong Kong City is so prosperous. You can buy whatever you want. There are high-rise buildings and luxury cars everywhere.

What does the mainland have? There are slogans all over the floor. Are you still saying that this year’s harvest will be great when you’re half hungry? "

An Nian pursed her lips and retorted.

"That happened a long time ago. Now the mainland has implemented reform and opening up. It takes three days to build a floor in Shenzhen City, and it is getting better every day.

Moreover, I believe that China will get better and better in the future. "

"You are really..." The old lady sat upright and caught a glimpse of Chen Jinrong running upstairs quietly from the corner of her eye. "Jinrong! Stop!"

"Grandma..." Chen Jinrong sighed, lying on the handrail of the stairs and looking down.

"In the past two days, take your cousin An Nian for a nice tour of the port city! Let her open her eyes! Don't be blinded by the poor things in the mainland!"

Chen Jinrong's eyes lit up slightly: "Yes! But I have no money..."

"I give you!"

"Good good!"

Chen Jinrong immediately agreed and ran towards An Nian.

"Cousin, don't you want to see my sister-in-law's old things? I'll take you to find them! They are all stored in the storage room on the roof. When we were children, we used to hide and seek in the storage room."

After saying that, he approached the old lady again.

"Grandma, I'm going to take my cousin out to a party tonight. Can you lend me your black card?"

The old lady glared at him and called the housekeeper: "Give him the black card in my room."

"Thank you grandma!"

Chen Jinrong was very happy and kept up with the butler.

An Nian also stood up immediately: "Grandma, I'm going up first."

"Go."

The old lady watched her leave, and saw two bodyguards following her, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.

Wait for An Nian and Chen Jinrong to leave.

Then she glared at her eldest son: "What's going on with An Nian? Why do you bring bodyguards to your parents' house?"

Father Chen glanced at the direction of the stairs and answered in a low voice.

"I found out from the Xiao family that she has a high status in the mainland, and the man she married is at the rank of major general. Those two should be their family's guards."

The old lady was surprised.

Father Chen met her gaze and nodded affirmatively.

"In addition, she is Master Yan's junior sister. Moreover, the ice-type sun-green jade that Jinrong bought three years ago was also made by her."

"hiss……"

She had never taken An Nian seriously at first, but hearing her refute her words, which aroused some rebelliousness, the old lady really became energetic now.

"It's been a long time since our family had such a lucky person..."

Father Chen laughed, knowing that his mother could grasp the key point.

"Yes, Mom, she is very lucky just like my little sister."

A glint flashed in the old lady's eyes: "Boss, we must keep her! At any cost!"

-

An Nian followed Chen Jinrong to the fourth floor.

"This is the room. Just wait, I'll find the key."

Chen Jinrong took An Nian to a small door and found that the door was locked, so he ran to the side to find the key.

As soon as he left, An Nian stepped forward, gently twisted his hand, activated his spiritual power, and the door lock opened.

She opened the door and walked in.

What you enter is a storage room filled with things.

There are shelves all the way to the top on the four walls, and they are already filled with things. What cannot be placed is piled on the floor, and gradually more and more things are piled up.

In this case, there is still a layer of shelves neatly arranged.

An Nian walked forward based on his feeling, reached out and took down a notebook from above.

There is a layer of ash on it, not like dust, but like incense candle ashes.

She frowned subconsciously, shook off the dust, and opened the book.

[March 1958, 3, sunny.

I'm so hungry. I've been eating only porridge for three days in a row. If I don't find something to eat, I really can't bear it anymore, and the baby in my belly will starve to death.

Mom said that you only need to go to the mountain in the village to get food, but I don’t quite understand.

Let’s go tomorrow...]

[March 1958, 3, rain.

I actually found food, a lot of sweet potatoes, but I don’t know why they were left behind. I took them all home, and everyone had a full meal...]

An Nian read a few pages. This was a diary written by Chen Wan in 1958, the year she became pregnant with herself.

An Nian remembered that starting from 1958, there was a famine in China for several consecutive years. Many people starved to death at that time, both in the city and in the countryside. Everyone had no food and was so hungry that they were shaking when walking.

"It was from that year that the Chen family discovered that Chen Wan was different. Therefore, many years later, when Chen Wan refused to leave the mainland with them, the Chen family became so angry and directly cut off contact."

What about these things in front of me?

An Nian twisted the incense ashes and an unbelievable idea came to his mind.

Wouldn’t the Chen family use Chen Wan’s mother’s personal belongings as a ritual ritual?

So superstitious?

These incense ash look quite fresh...

"Nian Nian, I finally found the key..."

Chen Jinrong's voice came from outside, and An Nian immediately turned around and put the diary in his hand into the space.

"Huh? Why did the door open?"

Chen Jinrong walked in curiously.

An Nian met his gaze and said with a smile, "I twisted it and the door lock opened."

Chen Jinrong scratched his head in confusion: "Strange."

"Mr. Chen, can I take all these things with me?"

"Why do you still call me Mr. Chen? Call me cousin."

Chen Jinrong muttered, walked to her side, and looked at the things on the shelf.

"There's been so much dust... go through it and take away everything that belongs to my sister-in-law."

His father had already told him just now that his sister-in-law's things were not important, but what was important was letting his cousin stay.

"Okay." An Nian's face showed joy, "I'll find all mom's things and pack them away together later."

Take away?

Chen Jinrong thought about these four words. It seemed to conflict with his father's instructions, but it didn't matter. After he showed his cousin the prosperity of Hong Kong City, he believed that his cousin would be reluctant to leave.

"can."

An Nian spent more than an hour and two guards rummaging through the entire storage room, sorting out all Chen Wan's belongings.

Except for the diary just now, most of the rest are photos of Chen Wan and books she has read.

An Nian tidied it up and put it in his own space, leaving only some less important things in the end.

She borrowed a box from Chen Jinrong and put everything in it.

One of the guards was carrying a box, and An Nian walked out of the storage room empty-handed.

"I've packed everything. Mr. Chen, do you want to take a look?"

"no need."

Chen Jinrong yawned. They were all piled up in the storage room. What important things could they be?

"It's done, let's go down to eat. The housekeeper came up and shouted twice just now."

"There's no need to eat. I have to go back to the hospital."

"Huh?" Chen Jinrong stopped and turned to look at her. "Then you won't go to Lan Kwai Fong with me? There are countless handsome guys and beauties there."

"No need." An Nian smiled and shook his head, "I'm not interested in handsome guys and beautiful women."

Chen Jinrong crossed his arms over his chest with a serious expression, and finally had some of the aura of a wealthy heir that An Nian had when he first met him.

"That won't work! Grandma gave me her black card, and I have to take you to spend money with me."

An Nian laughed: "Cousin, it's very simple. Let's go out together. You go to Lan Kwai Fong and I go to Hong Kong City Hospital. Grandma won't know."

"Hahahaha, you little clever guy!" Chen Jinrong was expecting her to suggest this and immediately nodded in agreement. "But you can't tell grandma later."

"Don't worry! I'm keeping my mouth shut!"

An Nianhua twitched his mouth.

So, the four of them went downstairs together.

When passing by the living room, I was stopped by the old lady.

"Nian Nian, won't you have a meal at home?"

"No, grandma, I want to go out with my cousin to see the world." An Nian replied with a smile.

The old lady's eyes fell on the box carried by the bodyguard behind her: "Have you packed all your mother's things?"

"Well, these are some photos. I can just take them with me. Grandma, do you want to see them?"

The old lady shook her head: "No need to look. In this house, as long as you like it, you can take it directly."

What she said was so thoughtful that everyone who heard it felt a little "thumped" in their hearts.

The third generation of the Chen family is coming to prominence. The old lady is one of the founders of Chen Ruilin and has a great say.

Does she think so highly of An Nian that she wants to support An Nian in the selection of heirs?

A person with a foreign surname?

Aren’t old ladies the most patriarchal? !

"By the way, Nian Nian, your mother still has a few personal things that I keep here."

The old lady looked at An Nian with a smile.

An Nian's pupils narrowed slightly when he heard her next words.

"Nian Nian, I heard that you are very good at looking at jadeite stones? Can you go with grandma to look at them tomorrow?"