Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

"Li Youcai! Beat me to death! If I die, I won't have to suffer this pain anymore!"

"Dad is a bad guy, you are a big bad guy!"

Li Youcai only felt a stabbing pain in his head and heard a woman crying in his ears.

Woo woo.

Li Youcai's vision gradually became clearer.

The woman was curled up on the ground, her clothes disheveled.

A little girl of four or five years old stretched out her arms and protected the woman.

A dilapidated old house.

Straw kang mat.

Bumpy ground.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..." Li Youcai subconsciously reached out and touched the back of his head, bringing out a trace of blood.

Why does this scene feel so familiar?

"Dad, please don't hit Mom anymore, okay? Duoduo will be obedient. Duoduo won't be treated anymore, and Duoduo won't want any delicious food anymore."

Li Youcai stared blankly at the small figure. The cotton-padded jacket on her body was old and big, with the cotton exposed through the torn holes. The little red face was covered with tears.

It was his daughter Li Duoduo who suffered from congenital heart disease and could not run or jump. She was often ridiculed by children in the same village and was called a porcelain doll.

Look at the woman behind Duoduo again.

Due to long-term malnutrition, his hair was long but slightly dry and yellow, his face was haggard, his facial features were delicate, especially his eyes, which were as bright as two black gems.

She should have been in her twenties, the prime of her life, but she was ruined beyond recognition.

"Wife?"

"Dodo?"

The pain in the back of his head kept reminding Li Youcai that everything he saw was real and not a dream.

He is reborn!

If I remember correctly, today is November 1980, 11.

Just today, he stole 100 yuan that was meant for Duoduo's medical treatment and lost it all at the card table outside.

He returned home in a rage after losing everything and forced Chu Xinyan to give him money to make up for his losses.

When Chu Xinyan discovered the money was missing, she completely collapsed. That was 100 yuan that she had saved by living frugally and borrowing from everywhere!

That’s 100 yuan for Duoduo to treat congenital heart disease!

Now that the money was gone, Chu Xinyan tore Li Youcai apart like crazy, cursing that Li Youcai was a beast, not a human being.

In desperation, Li Youcai hit her.

The wound on the back of my head was caused by Duoduo.

Seeing her mother being beaten, Duoduo threw the chipped bowl in her hand at Li Youcai.

It hit him right on the back of the head.

The reason why Li Youcai remembers it so clearly is because after today, he will lose his wife and children!

Heartbroken, Chu Xinyan carried Duoduo and left the dilapidated home, diving into the old well in the center of the village.

Gambler Li Youcai stole the money for his child's medical treatment to gamble, forcing his wife to jump into the well with the child in her arms. The Li family became the laughing stock of the whole village.

The spine was poked so hard that it was impossible to straighten up.

Li Guanghu couldn't bear the gossip all over the place. He was so angry that he vomited blood and his body collapsed all of a sudden.

Feeling guilty, Li Guanghu crossed out the three words "Li Youcai" from the family tree, completely severing ties with his eldest son. Before his death, he even left a message forbidding Li Youcai to smash pots and hold banners, or to wear mourning clothes.

His only younger brother Li Youjie also resented him. Even when Li Youcai became rich later, Li Youjie refused to associate with him.

Li Youcai, who lost everything, was filled with regret and left the place where he was born and raised like a ghost.

It’s a pity that what is gone can never be changed.

Even if he becomes rich later, he can never get back what he has lost.

Li Youcai finally understood the true meaning of the line in A Chinese Odyssey.

【I only regretted it when I lost it. This is the most painful thing in the world.】

But he never expected that God would actually give him a chance to start over!

Li Youcai was so excited that tears fell like rain.

Throwing away the rolling pin in his hand, Li Youcai stepped forward and hugged Chu Xinyan who was curled up on the ground.

"I'll beat you to death! You big bad guy! I'll beat you to death!" Duoduo pounced on Li Youcai, and kept hitting Li Youcai with her pink little fists.

Li Youcai's eyes were filled with tears. He hugged Chu Xinyan with one hand and Duoduo with the other, holding the two most important people in his life in his arms.

"sorry Sorry!"

"It's my fault!"

"It's all my fault!" Li Youcai burst into tears.

Every tear is regret, and every tear is also gratitude.

After being married to Li Youcai for so long, this was the first time she saw Li Youcai cry.

However, Chu Xinyan, who was heartbroken, did not believe the man's tears. She just thought that he had failed in intimidation and had changed to a self-torture tactic.

"Li Youcai, you don't have to be like this. We really don't have a penny left at home. Everything worth a bit of money was gambled away by you. Of the 100 yuan, 30 yuan was secretly saved by me over the past two years, 40 yuan was given to me by your father out of pity for his granddaughter, and the remaining 30 yuan was borrowed from every household."

"Originally, this money was intended to be used as a deposit for Duoduo's surgery, but now everything is gone."

"If you are still a human being, you should pay back the 30 yuan you owe me later." Chu Xinyan had a blank expression on her face, and her tears had dried up, as if she was making arrangements for her funeral.

Li Youcai thought to himself that he was such an idiot. Why didn't he hear such obvious words at that time?

"I don't want money! I will never ask you for money again!"

"I'm going to make a lot more money and give it all to you! All to you!"

"Wife, I beg you, I beg you not to leave me!"

"I promise you, I will never gamble again. As for Duoduo's illness, I will find a way. I will definitely find the best doctor who can cure Duoduo's illness!"

"I love you my wife!"

"I love Duoduo!"

Li Youcai shouted out the three words that were buried deep in his heart with all his might.

He had been holding back these three words for too long, too long.

What did he say? He loves me?

impossible!

If he loves me, how could he beat himself up?

If he loved me, how could he ignore the life of his mother and daughter and steal Duoduo's life-saving money to gamble.

If he loved me, he wouldn't hang out alone outside, leaving his mother and daughter at home to eat pickled radishes.

He doesn't love me!

Chu Xinyan looked at the man in front of her and struggled to break free from Li Youcai's arms.

"Do whatever you want."

"Duoduo, mommy will make you some rice porridge. After you finish eating, we can go to sleep."

Chu Xinyan held Duoduo in her arms and turned to go to the kitchen.

Li Youcai knew that she had not given up the idea of ​​dying.

She wanted Duoduo to have a full meal and not have to travel with an empty stomach.

It’s all my fault. I’ve let this woman down!

Snapped! Bang bang!

Li Youcai attacked from both sides, swung his palm and slapped himself in the face, making a loud slapping sound.

"Wife, I really know I was wrong!"

"I beg you! Please give me another chance, trust me just once! I won't gamble again. From now on, I will support this family, I will take care of you and your daughter, and I promise to let you live a happy life!"

"If I tell even a single lie, I will be struck by lightning! I will die a miserable death!"

Chu Xinyan was stunned.

These slaps from Li Youcai completely overturned her perception of him.

"Mom, he hit himself and he said sorry to you." Little Duoduo hugged Chu Xinyan's neck and whispered.

Chu Xinyan felt reluctant to leave her lovely daughter.

"It's too late for you to say anything now. What should we do about Duoduo's illness? She will die without money!" Chu Xinyan growled, her heart filled with despair.

"No! I'll find a way! Honey, listen, Duoduo will be fine. Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll go make money. Within three days, I will definitely come up with the money for Duoduo's treatment. Please believe me again, just once!"

"Okay, just three days, Li Youcai, I'll trust you one last time. If you lie to me again, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"

Although she herself did not believe that Li Youcai could come up with the money for Duoduo's treatment within three days, she still said these words while looking at the lovely Duoduo in her arms.

Rather than saying that she was giving Li Youcai a chance, it would be more accurate to say that she was giving her poor daughter a chance.

"That's great!" Li Youcai jumped up from the ground excitedly.

"Honey, don't move. You and Duoduo take a rest. I'll cook for you."

Li Youcai ran into the kitchen, swiftly grabbed a bundle of straw and stuffed it into the stove.

Light the fire and add water to the pot.

Chu Xinyan looked at Li Youcai, who was in a panic. She really hoped that Li Youcai had changed, but her reason told her that this was almost impossible.

Looking at the last bowl of rice left in the rice jar, Li Youcai felt deeply guilty.

I used this bowl of rice to cook half a pot of white rice porridge.

This amount of porridge was not enough for three people, and Li Youcai deliberately made the porridge thicker.

Li Youcai filled a large bowl for each of the mother and daughter, but did not take any for himself.

"Dad, don't you want to eat? White rice porridge is delicious." Duoduo ate the rice porridge in the bowl with a sweet smile on her face.

"Daddy isn't hungry, you and mommy eat."

"You should eat something too." Chu Xinyan looked at Li Youcai, who had an empty bowl and only ate pickled vegetables, and picked up her own porridge bowl to share with Li Youcai.

"Don't worry, I'll buy some rice tomorrow. I promise you, our lives will get better and better."