Chapter 844 Tragedy
He could not read a few words and could not write letters, so he left for three years and lost contact with his great grandmother for three years.
He thought that she would have married in three years, but when he came back, he found that the person he loved was waiting for him at home.
The two had not seen each other for many years, but it seemed that they had never been apart, and they soon confirmed their relationship.
Great grandfather hired a matchmaker to propose marriage, and soon set a date.
Both of them were busy and looking forward to the new family they were about to form, but they did not expect bad luck to come.
A serial murder case occurred in the town, and the murderer specifically targeted young women, raped and killed them.
Four murders were committed in half a year, which made people panic for a while. Those who had women at home, especially young girls, did not dare to let them go out alone.
Great grandmother worked in a textile factory at the time, and great grandfather picked her up and dropped her off at get off work every day. Seeing that the wedding was approaching, the family of great grandmother suddenly changed their mind and wanted to increase the betrothal gift. It turned out that the younger brother of great grandmother fell in love with a girl from a certain family, and the other party asked for a very high betrothal gift. The family of great grandmother could not get it together, so they thought of this idea.
Great grandmother was extremely ashamed and angry. She had always been gentle and kind and had a big quarrel with her family.
However, in that era, women could not choose their marriage.
If great grandfather did not give, great grandmother's family would immediately arrange another marriage for her. There would always be someone willing to pay for it.
Great grandfather was also angry, but he had to pay the money. He could not watch the family push great grandmother into the fire pit.
But he had spent little money on buying a new house at that time. After borrowing from relatives and friends, he still had some money.
There was a coal mine in the county at that time. The machines were not so advanced in that era. The coal was all carried up by workers in the mine without protection, one bag at a time. It was hard and dangerous.
But the money was high. He only needed to work for a month to get the rest of the money together. Besides, he was only 20 years old, young and strong.
Even if he was very busy at work, great grandfather would wait for her at the gate of the textile factory on time when great grandmother got off work.
Until one day, it rained heavily and the rain washed away the entrance of the mine. The workers worked together inside and outside for a long time to dig the hole open.
As soon as the great grandfather came out and changed his clothes, he hurried to pick up the great grandmother. It was already dark. When he arrived, the gate of the textile factory was locked and the great grandmother was not there.
The great grandfather was uneasy and ran to the great grandmother's house. As a result, the great grandmother did not go home at all. The co-worker who worked with her said that she waited at the door for half an hour and left, saying that she went to the mine to find him.
But the people at the mine did not see the great grandmother.
The great grandfather had a hunch that something had happened, so he called a few retired comrades to look for people along the road from the textile factory to the coal mine.
One of the comrades heard a noise when passing by a crop field. He shouted "Who is there?" Suddenly, a figure jumped up and ran away in a panic.
The comrade went up and saw it, and his face changed immediately.
Something had happened to the great grandmother.
When my great grandfather came over, her lower body was naked and her neck was tied with a rope...
Luckily, we found her early and she was still breathing, so we rushed her to the hospital.
As the only survivor of the serial rape and murder case, the police came to understand the situation quickly.
After my great grandmother was out of danger, she identified the murderer.
However, the matter did not end here. Instead of gaining respect from everyone for identifying the murderer, the scene of her being found and humiliated that day spread among the people around her.
Everyone thought that she was not dead because she was lucky, but because she was too "cooperative" and not as chaste as the women who died before. The workers also said that my great grandmother liked to dress up too much, so she was attacked by the bandits, or she was too "flashy".
In the era when female chastity was more important than anything else, the victim became the object of blame.
Her family seemed to think that she was "disgraced". They had been thinking about increasing the bride price before, but when the incident happened, perhaps because they were afraid that my great grandfather would dislike my great grandmother, they actually took the initiative to propose to reduce the bride price.
My great grandmother had a strong personality and could not stand such grievances. She committed suicide in a fit of anger.
Fortunately, she was found and rescued in time.
Grandma didn't want Grandpa to become a "laughing stock", so she took the initiative to cancel the engagement.
Grandpa was heartbroken and saw the true faces of these people, so without telling anyone, he took Grandma and left his hometown forever, and settled in Liuzhen, hundreds of kilometers away.
The two got married, and Grandpa also found a job. Everything seemed to be going in a good direction. As a result, two months later, Grandma became pregnant.
After checking the date, the child was not Grandpa's. Grandma wanted to abort it. At that time, eating was a problem, and there was no money to go to the hospital. Grandpa said to keep it, but Grandma didn't want to, and secretly used various methods to toss, and even listened to folk remedies and drank broken porcelain water.
Fortunately, it was discovered by Grandpa, so it didn't cause a tragedy.
No matter how Grandma tossed, the child was always safe and sound. Grandpa thought that this might be fate, so he persuaded Grandma to keep him and raise him as their child, and no one was allowed to mention it.
Grandma cried for several days and finally had no choice but to accept reality.
The eldest son of the great grandfather, Qiao Xusheng's father, has no blood relationship with the great grandfather, but the great grandfather has always kept his promise to the great grandmother and treated the eldest son as his own son. No one knows this secret except the couple.
He thought he would take this matter to his grave if Han Ruoxing didn't mention it today.
The eldest son's family is obviously very different from his two children.
Especially when it comes to Qiao Xusheng's generation, those children are more or less selfish.
Although the great grandfather still treats them equally, he has long had a grudge in his heart.
When the news of Qiao Xusheng's accident came, the great grandfather was stunned for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that "a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son will dig holes", without too much sadness.
As for Han Ruoxing is not Qiao Xusheng's daughter.
The great grandfather paused and whispered, "In fact, your life experience, Gu kid told me a long time ago."
Han Ruoxing's heart trembled, "Gu Jingyan told you? When?"
He didn't tell her at all.
"It's been a while, I can't remember the details," Great Grandfather smacked his hands and said, "He returned the money I left for you and told me to pretend I didn't know."
He said angrily, "I'm not good to Xingxing because of blood!"
Great Grandfather liked Han Ruoxing at first because of He Yurou. Great Grandfather had a very good impression of that granddaughter-in-law. He loved her and naturally favored Han Ruoxing. Later, he just liked this child.
The reason is very simple. This girl is not only likable, but also sensible.
He still remembers that when he gave the little girl candy, she frowned and looked like she was about to spit it out at any time, but when he asked, she forced a smile and said "very sweet". (End of this chapter)