Only this green, not disappointing the spring

Li Shoucai was a little disapproving.

"Dad, I am the head of our village. I can't let my family members take advantage of me by taking advantage of my position! It's okay to suffer a little loss. Since I am the head of the village, I must have the spirit of self-sacrifice!"

Zhou Xiaoxi asked back:

"But Grandpa, your family is also a member of our Dali Village. As the head of the village, shouldn't you treat everyone equally?"

Ah, this...

Li Shoucai was stumped by the question.

He wanted to say: How can this be the same? But looking at the clear eyes of the little girl, Li Shoucai felt a little guilty.

Just then, a suppressed cry suddenly came from the gate, and everyone couldn't help but look over there.

Zhang had gone out a long time ago to reclaim wasteland with everyone. She felt that the hoe in her hand was not comfortable to use, so she wanted to go home and change it for a lighter one.

As soon as I walked to the front door of my house, I heard a conversation between several people.

Especially the last sentence Zhou Xiaoxi said, which directly exposed the grievances she had suppressed for many years. She could no longer bear it and sat on the ground crying loudly.

Li Shoucai looked a little embarrassed. Did his wife just burst into tears? Why was she crying like this?

"Zhang, what are you doing? Aren't you ashamed?"

When Zhang heard this, tears still welled up in her eyes and she immediately yelled at the top of her voice:

"I don't care! Over the years, how much has our family suffered because of you, the head of the village? Look at which girl is already 20 years old and still staying at home and can't get married? This is all your fault!"

Then he slapped his thighs with both hands and cried:

"My poor daughter, how could such a good daughter of mine have such a miserable life!"

Although this is a long story, it is not complicated.

In order to get the head of Taohua Village to agree to bring the spring water from their village to Dali Village, Li Shoucai promised his daughter Li Lanxiang to the son of the head of the village.

On the surface, they seemed to be a perfect match, but everyone knew that Village Chief Zhao's son had been weak and sickly since childhood.

The doctor had predicted long ago that he would not live past the age of 18.

If Zhang hadn't tried desperately to stop him, Li Shoucai would have agreed to marry his daughter off immediately!

At that time, she almost hanged herself with a rope, and only then did Li Shoucai relent. In the end, the two families decided to wait until the boy from the Zhao family turned 18 before getting married.

However, the miracle did not happen in the end, and the boy from the Zhao family died before he was even 17 years old.

Li Lanxiang narrowly escaped the fate of becoming a widow as soon as she got married.

However, because of this incident, the Zhao family held a grudge against her and deliberately spread the reputation that her daughter was a jinx, making it difficult for her to get married from then on!

How could Zhang not feel resentful when her life was wasted like this?

Li Shoucai did feel guilty towards his daughter, but what could he do?

There is no water source in the village, and I have never heard of anyone fetching water from the well to farm. You can't just wait for God to give you food, right?

Zhou Xiaoxi spoke again.

"Grandpa, your daughter has made such a great sacrifice, why is no one in our Dali Village willing to marry her?"

Who would be willing to marry a girl who has a bad reputation for being unlucky? Li Shoucai wanted to retort immediately, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Yes, he has done so much for Dali Village, why is no one willing to give him anything in return?

Zhang was even more angry after hearing this. She screamed,

"That's right! They are all heartless! Our Lanxiang has made such a great sacrifice, and they still dare to despise her!"

Zhou Xiaoxi asked again:

"Grandma Zhang, can you really blame the villagers for this? There were so many men of marriageable age in the village at that time. It would be unfair to any family to let them marry your daughter, right?"

"I think there is a problem at the root. Nothing should be based on sacrificing someone. Once this kind of thing is started, can we sacrifice a few people in exchange for the interests of the majority in the future? And then what?"

Zhao took over the conversation.

"Then, the people who make these decisions will become executioners who have lost their original intentions. In the end, even they themselves can't figure out why they did it. They originally wanted to do good things, but they hurt many innocent people!"

Li Shoucai felt cold all over after hearing what Zhao said, and goose bumps appeared on his arms.

Because he understood what the grandfather and grandson meant!

With tears streaming down his face, he lifted his wife up from the ground with trembling hands.

"Mother, I was wrong! Don't worry, I will be extra nice to our daughter from now on. If anyone dares to spread rumors that our daughter is unlucky in marriage, I will fight to the end even if it costs me my life!"

For a moment, both the husband and wife burst into tears. The old head of the village returned to his room with a sad face.

Zhao took Zhou Xiaoxi's hand and left.

I didn't expect that I was just planning to tell the head of the village a small matter, but ended up bringing up this old story.

On the way home, Zhao suddenly asked Zhou Xiaoxi:

"Girl, what do you think if you let your uncle ask to marry Li Shoucai's daughter? I wonder if she will despise your uncle for being a widower."

Zhou Xiaoxi looked at her grandmother with difficulty.

"Grandma, my uncle is only divorced, he is not widowed, so he cannot be called a widower!"

Zhao rolled her eyes.

"That's about it. Sigh, I wonder what life is like for Qian now!"

Zhou Xiaoxi also sighed.

In fact, Qian was not a bad person. She was just harmed by her own personality.

By the way, is it possible that Li Dali is unable to have children because of some health problem? ! ! !

Zhou Xiaoxi opened his mouth wide and looked up at Zhao, wanting to say something but not daring to.

Zhao was still a little puzzled. Why did he suddenly have such an expression?

"Girl, what have you thought of? Your mouth is so wide open that a pear can fit in it!"

Zhou Xiaoxi quickly closed his mouth and felt a little pain in his cheek. He rubbed his cheek with his hands and racked his brains to hint to Zhao:

"Grandmother, why didn't Qian get pregnant with my uncle's child in all these years? Instead, she got pregnant not long after returning to her parents' home..."

Zhao stumbled and almost fell flat on her face! She thought she was smart, but she didn't realize this!

Is it possible that the Li family will have no descendants?

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Seeing Zhao's tearful look, Zhou Xiaoxi hurriedly comforted her:

"Don't be sad, grandma. I'm just guessing. I can't be sure! Besides, if we really can't do anything, let my uncle go to the city to find Doctor Zhang for a checkup. Doctor Zhang is such a good doctor. Why are you worried?"

"You're right. Let Dali go to the city to find Doctor Zhang tomorrow. We are not afraid of spending money! If there is nothing wrong with his health, I will go to the headman's house to propose marriage immediately!"

Well, there's no need to be so anxious, right?

"Well, grandma, don't you ask my uncle what he thinks? What if he doesn't like me?"

Zhao's eyes immediately widened.

"He's a divorced man with a burden, and he still has the nerve to look down on a virgin girl? If he dares to say that, I'll break his legs!"

Zhou Xiaoxi immediately gave a thumbs up, grandma is so awesome!