Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

In the spring of 68, Yuanchun gave birth to a fat son, named Liu Xiayi, nicknamed Dabao.

Cheng Fang asked the village carpenter to make a small cart and a crib and placed them in the clinic, and Yuanchun pushed his son to work every day.

In the winter of 69, Yuanchun gave birth to her second son, named Cheng Dongjin, nicknamed Erbao.

Cheng Fang felt sorry for his wife's hard work, so he didn't travel long distances. He applied to be a mechanic for the transport team. He went to work in the transport team during the day, and rode his bike back to Xiaxi Village after get off work to help his wife take care of the children and do housework.

In 72, Yuanchun gave birth to a little girl, named Liu Shuangshuang, nicknamed Xiaobao.

After the couple had a son and a daughter, Cheng Fang couldn't bear to let his wife go through the pain of childbirth again, so he secretly went to the hospital and had a sterilization operation.

When Yuanchun found out, she was angry, touched, and heartbroken. She ignored him for a whole month.

However, after the couple reconciled, their relationship is better than before.

In the winter of 76, Yuanchun saw Liu Tiezhu at the brigade headquarters.

She was not even fifty years old, but her hair was completely white and she looked as old as a person in her seventies. If Liu Tiezhu hadn't called her first, she would not have recognized him.

"Uncle, you're back?"

Yuanchun was surprised. She thought that her second uncle and his family of three went to the Northwest and would never live to come back. Unexpectedly, Liu Tiezhu was lucky enough.

She looked around and asked, "Second Uncle, where are my Second Aunt and Yuzhu? Have they come back?"

Liu Tiezhu looked sad, his eyes reddened, "Your Second Aunt and Yuzhu... are gone."

"Gone?"

Yuanchun pretended to stagger, her eyes slightly moist, "Second Uncle, is it very hard over there? How come Second Aunt is gone? Cousin Yuzhu was so young and...ah..."

"How else could it be gone? It must be retribution." An old lady from the village interjected.

The village brigade headquarters was full of people watching the fun. Everyone was talking and asking Liu Tiezhu, "Tiezhu, I haven't seen you for ten years. How come you look older than your second uncle?"

"Tiezhu, is farm work in the Northwest more tiring than in our village?"

"Tiezhu, why do you look like you're wearing the same clothes you wore ten years ago?"

"Tiezhu, go back to the village and live a good life. Don't harbor thoughts of harming others. Otherwise, don't come back to the village."

"That's right. She ruined Zhao Zhiqing's innocence. Fortunately, Lan Zhiqing is a good person. He doesn't mind her losing her innocence and is willing to marry her."

"Tiezhu, your house was given to Zhao Zhiqing as compensation. Now Zhao Zhiqing and Lan Zhiqing's family live there. Now that you're back, where are you going to live?"

"Your house is gone, why are you coming back?"

"You have brought shame to our village, and you still have the nerve to come back, bah..."

……

People in the village say all kinds of things.

Whether it was nice or not, Liu Tiezhu didn't refute a word and just listened in silence.

The villagers vented their anger for a few words, but seeing that he was pitiful, they stopped scolding him.

After all, he was the only one left in a family of four. Now he is childless and a pitiful man.

Hey……

It was really a moment of greed. One wrong step led to another.

Yuanchun was very happy to hear the villagers attacking Liu Tiezhu. Seeing that the villagers were kind, she stopped talking after a few words and felt that it was boring. She said, "Second Uncle, you talk to the old man. I'm going to work."

He turned around and went to the health center.

At noon, she was having lunch at home when her aunt suddenly came over and said, "Your second uncle, that shameless guy, actually asked your uncle to live in your house and ask you to take care of him in his old age. What's his reason?"