Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

1. Rebirth

Su Jinru was reborn, on the afternoon of February 1, 1958.

It took her two whole hours to fully accept the incredible fact that she had been reborn.

Two months later, the wheat harvest that was almost complete in Nanxian County was devoured by a sudden, overwhelming swarm of locusts. The harvest that the farmers had been hoping for was dashed. In the following three years, various natural disasters struck, and many people starved to death.

In her past life, Su Jinru's parents and younger brother starved to death. Without the support of her family, Su Jinru, who was always disliked by her husband, was even more disliked by him.

During the three-year famine, Qi Zhengyang's older brother and sister-in-law also starved to death, leaving behind six children. Two of them also starved to death. The remaining four children were all raised by Su Jinru with great difficulty. However, the four children were only grateful to their uncle Qi Zhengyang and were not grateful to Su Jinru, their aunt who had done all the hard work for them by washing their clothes and cooking for them.

On the contrary, when Qi Zhengyang wanted to divorce Su Jinru and marry his white moonlight, these four ingrates unanimously supported Qi Zhengyang, and not one of them said a word of justice for her.

Although in the end, Su Jinru's two children were very filial to her, and she was able to die peacefully at an old age.

Now that she has a second chance, why doesn't she choose an easier path?

After being reborn, the first thing Su Jinru wants to do is divorce Qi Zhengyang.

When they got married, Qi Zhengyang looked down on her, thinking that he, a cultured primary school teacher, was marrying Su Jinru, an illiterate woman who couldn't read a single word, and that they would have nothing in common.

However, Qi Zhengyang's parents favored Su Jinru. Su Jinru was healthy, strong, hardworking, and capable. In Daben Village, Su Jinru was one of the best girls, both in terms of looks and farm work.

Many families would want to marry a girl like her, but Su Jinru's father chose Qi Zhengyang, a government employee with education, from among the many suitors.

But cultured people often do inhuman things.

Qi Zhengyang disliked Su Jinru for being uneducated and was never satisfied with her. In fact, he had long had his eye on a female teacher named Du Mei at their school.

His attitude towards Su Jinru worsened.

Even when Su Jinru single-handedly raised the four children left behind by his brother and sister-in-law, he never gave her a kind look.

Later, when the children grew up, Qi Zhengyang's beloved widow died, and Qi Zhengyang proposed a divorce to Su Jinru...

If she could do it all over again, Su Jinru would want to live for herself. She should give up on a man like Qi Zhengyang as soon as possible and let him get as far away as possible. As for his nephews and nieces, without them to drag her down, Su Jinru would definitely live a much easier life.

Su Jinru looked around and saw that there was still a bag of rice, half a bag of flour, some potatoes and some sweet potatoes left in the house. If she was careful with her food, it would last for half a year, but if she ate it freely, it would only last for two months.

Two months later, the famine began. This famine lasted for three years, and many people did not survive it.

But no one realized that in two months, they would be able to harvest wheat and have new grain, so they would have no problem having enough to eat.

Su Jinru wouldn't tell anyone what was going to happen, because no one would believe her anyway.

Especially Qi Zhengyang, who always acted superior to her and never cared about what she said.

So all she can do is protect herself, her child, and her parents and family.

As for the rest, let fate decide!

Su Jinru planned to confront Qi Zhengyang that very day. She didn't want to live under the same roof with him for even a moment longer, and had to see his true colors.

For dinner, Su Jinru let her four-year-old daughter play in the yard while she kneaded dough to make pancakes and boiled some sweet potatoes.

Not long after Su Jinru finished preparing dinner, Qi Zhengyang and his son Anran returned home from school together.

My six-year-old son, like a happy little bird, flew into the kitchen calling "Mama, Mama!" as soon as he entered the yard.

Looking at her son from childhood, a sweet feeling welled up in Su Jinru's eyes.

This son has been her closest friend since childhood. He is also very sensible, successful, and filial as an adult.

Children from ordinary families usually start school at age seven, but Anran could start school at age six because her father was a school principal.

Although Anran is younger than the other children, her academic performance is much better than theirs.

Qi Zhengyang attributed all of this to himself.

He said that if it weren't for his good upbringing, Su Jinru, a woman who couldn't read a single word, would never have been able to raise such an outstanding child.

In fact, although Su Jinru was illiterate, she knew how to educate her children. Every night when her children did their homework, she would have them teach her, who was illiterate, what the teacher had taught at school that day. It was like having her children review what they had learned that day and then teach it to her.

In this way, not only did the child learn very well, but Su Jinru also really learned some knowledge from the child. By the time she tutored her grandson, Su Jinru already knew many characters and had no problem reading books and newspapers.

At this moment, Su Jinru looked at her son and said to him affectionately, "Anran, go wash your hands and eat. Today, Mom made your favorite pancakes and sweet potatoes."

As she spoke, she pulled her son aside, scooped water from the water tank into a basin, and made him wash his hands.

Anxin, the daughter who was playing in the yard, saw her brother return and excitedly ran over to wash her hands with him.

Qi Zhengyang then walked in.

Su Jinru didn't greet him as usual. Instead, she put the pancakes and sweet potatoes in two separate bowls on the table.

"Anran, Anxin, come and eat."

The two children washed their hands and ran over excitedly, eagerly sitting down around the table.

Previously, Su Jinru would only allow the children to eat after Qi Zhengyang sat down. Today, she didn't even glance at Qi Zhengyang, and directly took two pancakes and stuffed them into the hands of the two children.

"Eat up! Mom made extra today, so you can eat your fill."

The two children looked at their father, then at their mother.

Su Jinru picked up a pancake and took a bite.

"Eat! Eat!"

With their mother's permission, the two children wolfed down their food.

Although it wasn't famine yet, food was scarce, and every household was living frugally, not daring to eat freely.

Normally, the children would just eat some corn porridge with a little wild vegetable.

There are very few times when there are flatbreads made with white flour like this.

What's more, there were also sweet potatoes to eat, a treat only given during holidays like Chinese New Year.

Qi Zhengyang entered the room, put down the book in his hand, and came out with a dark face.

"The family's food was originally intended to last three months, but with you wasting it like this, it'll be gone in two months. New food won't be available for another three months. After that, do you expect the whole family to starve?"

Su Jinru knew, of course, that the family had to be careful with their food, but she was planning to divorce Qi Zhengyang, and the children hadn't had a proper meal in a long time. Moreover, this was their last family reunion meal, so Su Jinru cooked a little extra.

While eating, Su Jinru said, "Today is a special day, so I made a little extra. You should sit down and eat too. After you finish eating, I have something to tell you."

Qi Zhengyang looked at Su Jinru with a puzzled expression.

He felt that Su Jinru was different today, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

He sat down and took a sweet potato to eat.

The two children each ate a pancake and a sweet potato, and were full. Su Jinru told her son to go inside and do his homework, and also told An Xin to go inside and play.

Su Jinru looked at Qi Zhengyang across from her and said calmly, "Qi Zhengyang, let's get a divorce!"

Qi Zhengyang was eating a sweet potato when he heard Su Jinru's words. He choked and coughed, his face turning red.