Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

After a long time, Bian Jie spoke first.

"After I came back, I went to Daqing Mountain and saw the tombstone you erected. It said Mo Xue died in 58. Can you tell me what happened over the years?"

This···

"Have you never written back since you left?" Li Youcai asked.

"I have written many letters, but without exception, all my letters were returned. I even sent people to the forest farm to look for him, but there was no news at all."

Li Youcai shook his head.

In his opinion, no matter what the reason was, Bian Jie's actions were a complete act of abandoning his wife and children.

It is no exaggeration to call him a scumbag.

Now that he suddenly appears, Li Youcai really doesn’t know how to face him.

Deep down, Li Youcai sympathized with Zhuang Moxue and looked down on Bian Jie.

"I think it's better for you not to know. In fact, so many years have passed, and the past has been buried in the dust. Why are you looking for me?"

Li Youcai didn't want to tell him, because once he did, Chu Xinyan would inevitably be moved out.

By now, Bian Jie must have already started a family and had other children. Even if he recognized Chu Xinyan, it would not make up for the fatherly love he had lost. It might even cause Chu Xinyan to fall into new troubles, which would undoubtedly cause new harm to Chu Xinyan.

But the person in front of him was one of Chu Xinyan's only remaining relatives in this world, so Li Youcai hesitated again.

Upright officials can hardly break housework.

"Even if it is buried in the ground, it is my past. No matter what kind of accident it was, it is my story, so I should know it and I must know it!" Bian Jie was intimidating without being angry, and there was an unquestionable domineering tone in his words.

Li Youcai sighed softly and then said, "Actually, I don't know much. In 58, you were transferred out of the Corps. When you left, Zhuang Moxue was already seven months pregnant, but you still abandoned her and boarded the departing train. That day, Zhuang Moxue went to the train station to chase you. After the train left, she ran after you and ended up falling badly. It was someone from your Corps who took her to the hospital."

"She went to chase the train?" Bian Jie was stunned.

He actually didn't know anything about this.

"Did your friends in the Corps mention this to you?" Li Youcai asked back after seeing Bian Jie's reaction.

Bian Jie did not answer.

"and then?"

"Zhuang Moxue only stayed in the hospital for a few days before leaving. No one knew where she went. Then, lumberjacks from the forest farm found her in front of Moxue's old house in Daqingshanzhuang. She had torn a piece of her skirt into a rope and hanged herself from a tree in front of the door."

Click~!

The teacup in Bian Jie's hand slipped and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces!

"You said she committed suicide by hanging?" Bian Jie stared at Li Youcai with lightning-like eyes, his voice trembling.

"Yes, shortly after you left."

"The forest farm reported the case at that time, and the public security department determined it was suicide after investigation." Li Youcai said again.

Bian Jie's eyes were red, and his fingers were crackling, but he didn't even make a sound of crying.

Li Youcai didn't know how Bian Jie felt or what he was thinking, but he thought it probably wasn't a good thing.

"The burial was arranged by the forest farm, and I learned this from an old employee of the forest farm."

Bian Jie's fingers turned white from being clenched, and he felt as if a knife was stabbing his heart.

He never thought that Zhuang Moxue actually committed suicide by tearing a skirt and weaving it into a rope. That skirt should be the one he gave her. She must have hated him at that time.

"You have intentionally concealed a lot of things. Why?" Bian Jie was in deep pain but did not lose his mind.

"Because I don't want your presence to bring harm to my wife again."

Li Youcai did not lie, because Bian Jie had already said that he had been to Zhuang Moxue's grave, so he must have seen the words on the tombstone.

The fact that he could find his way here says a lot.

"She must have suffered a lot."

"I know I have no right to order you around. I didn't look for her, but came to you first. This is also a decision I made after careful consideration. I think as a man, you can better understand my feelings. I beg you to tell me the truth, tell me everything about my daughter."

Until this moment, the tears that had been rolling in Bian Jie's eyes finally slid down.

For some reason, when Li Youcai looked at Bian Jie, he felt a sense of empathy. Li Youcai could clearly feel the regret in Bian Jie's heart at the moment.

Is it because I was also a jerk in the past?

"Zhuang Moxue was sent to the hospital and gave birth to a baby girl prematurely. She had already decided to die, so she left the child in the hospital and passed away."

"The baby girl was abandoned and was originally going to be sent to an orphanage, but she was stolen by a female doctor and given to her cousin to raise. Her cousin's family was not good people either. They adopted the abandoned baby so that they could have her as a child bride for their lame son."

"The family's name is Chu, and they named their baby girl Chu Xinyan."

"Chu Xinyan started picking grass for pigs at the age of four, and washing the family's clothes at the age of six. She's lived on coarse food and never had a good day. At the age of seventeen, she was married off to me, a penniless person, by the Chu family for a 4-yuan betrothal gift. Until now, she has endured countless hardships and sufferings, and the source of all this is because you boarded the train called the future."

Li Youcai didn't know how he should evaluate Bian Jie, nor did he want to evaluate Bian Jie, because there were so many people like Bian Jie in that special era.

Take the time when the educated youth returned to the city. There were many cases where they had already married in the countryside and even had children, but they abandoned their wives and children and ran back to the city in order to return, and they were never heard from again.

"She actually suffered so much." Bian Jie murmured.

Regaining his spirit, Bian Jie looked at Li Youcai and said, "Although she may hate me to the core, she is my daughter after all, the heir of my bloodline. No one can change that. I hope you can help me and help her and I get to know each other."

"In return, you will also receive my help."

Li Youcai laughed disdainfully and shook his head. "I'm sorry I can't help you with this matter. And I also want to tell you that not everything can be exchanged."

"At least, for me, the happiness of my wife and children is more important than anything else."

"Haha...it's been a long time since anyone said something like this to me."

"I know you're an official, a high-ranking one at that. With your help, I might be able to avoid many detours and even rise to prominence. But compared to my wife, these things are worthless."