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

103. Discharge from the military (1)

Liu Yulan: "Yesterday she got beaten up by Aru, and then she got beaten up by her husband when she got home. She really deserves to be beaten!"

Dingxiang: "Aru, I want to say something to you, but I don't know if I should."

"What? You said."

“Aru, single women have always been prone to gossip. You’re still young, not even thirty yet. Why don’t you find someone to settle down with? That way, you’ll have someone who cares about you, and when your child grows up, you’ll have a companion. That way, no one will gossip, and no one will dare to bully your child.”

Liu Yulan: "Yes! Aru, Dingxiang is right. You're so young, why don't you want to find someone else?"

Su Jinru: "Mom, why don't I want to find someone else? Haven't I told you this many times before? I don't want to deal with all the messy affairs of my in-laws' extended family anymore. I just want to live a peaceful life with my two children."

Dingxiang: "Are you worried about your in-laws' relationships being too complicated, so you don't want to find another one? I understand that concern. If you agree, I'll help you look for families with simpler family dynamics."

Su Jinru: "Sister-in-law Dingxiang, I know you mean well and are thinking of me, but I really don't want to look for someone else. Although there will always be people gossiping and problems when I raise my child alone, no matter what choice I make, there will always be all sorts of problems and troubles in this life."

"Compared to having to serve my in-laws all over again, compared to finding a stepfather for my child, compared to all the problems that come with forming a new family, I think my current troubles are nothing."

Since Su Jinru had already said that, Dingxiang couldn't say anything more.

"Alright then! If you really don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"Anyway, I still want to thank you for your concern, sister-in-law."

……

As the Lunar New Year approaches, the villagers of Daben Village, who have endured more than a year of famine, are finally starting to recover.

Since the team escaped famine and planted sweet potatoes and potatoes on all the fields, they have continued to save grain. In addition to handing over the grain to the state, they have supplied the surplus grain to other places, and the team has accumulated some savings.

The village officials held a meeting to discuss how to distribute money and various receipts to the villagers based on their work points throughout the year.

It's almost the end of the year. Even though I'm no longer hungry, I still need to have some money to buy things!

The work points of Qi Zhengyang, Du Mei, and their nephew totaled...

I received 126 yuan.

Those who had lent him money before, even before the money was distributed, had already told him that he had to repay them once the money came in.

So, as soon as the money was distributed, before I even had a chance to put it in my pocket, I used it to pay off my fifty-yuan debt.

I only have seventy-six yuan left. Du Mei is going to give birth in two months, and this little money will last until the end of the year.

With money in their hands, many families happily went to the market to buy clothes.

Only in Qi Zhengyang's family, seeing his children dressed in tattered clothes and with shoes so worn out they were unwearable, did he dare not spend money to buy them new clothes.

Although the children in their previous lives also wore tattered clothes, the patches were sewn neatly, and the clothes were washed clean.

Now the children do the laundry themselves, but they don't wash it clean and rarely change clothes because they don't have any spare clothes.

It's winter, and the weather is so cold that even wearing all my clothes doesn't keep me warm.

In her past life, Su Jinru made all the children's shoes.

Now, expecting Du Mei to make a few pairs of shoes for the children is simply impossible.

The children's shoes were so worn that their toes and heels were exposed, and their feet were red from the cold.

It's freezing cold, we can't let the children go barefoot!

Qi Zhengyang gritted his teeth and bought a pair of shoes for each of the children, spending a total of sixteen yuan.

Because of this, Du Mei and Qi Zhengyang had a big argument, and she only stopped when Qi Zhengyang handed over all the remaining sixty yuan to Du Mei.

Only when the people around her stopped dressing in rags did Su Jinru dare to take out the clothes she had bought long ago and put them on.

The children have been on winter vacation for a while now. At home, they wear soft and comfortable new clothes, and when they go out, they wear slightly older clothes.

During the holidays, the children play with other children in the village, but they are never brought to the house.

This was stipulated by Su Jinru.

The children never got enough to eat in the communal canteen and got hungry very quickly. So Su Jinru put some of the food and fruit she made in her space at home so the children could take some to eat when they got hungry.

At this time, the township government's supply and marketing cooperative had not yet resumed selling candies, biscuits, and other similar items, because the famine in other areas had not yet been alleviated, so these foods remained scarce.

Su Jinru was afraid that if her child brought his friends home and discovered that they had so many foods that the children had never seen before, it would definitely cause trouble.

Because it's almost Chinese New Year, the team is giving us a five-day holiday, starting a day early, so that everyone can easily go and buy some New Year's goods.

On the day of the holiday, the day before Lunar New Year's Eve, a military green jeep arrived in the village.

It was a vehicle from the Armed Forces Department. As soon as the vehicle entered the village, many children ran over and surrounded it to see what was so interesting.

Many people were chatting and sunbathing on the village road.

When they saw the car, they gathered around to look at it.

Qi Anrong was sitting in the car.

"Oh! Qi Anrong is back, and the Armed Forces Department even brought him back in their own vehicle."

"We're making it back before the Lunar New Year."

"Did you do something good?"

"Of course, otherwise why don't the other soldiers come back? He's not the only one from the village who went to serve in the army."

"But he was wearing a regular military uniform, without a military cap, and without any medals or ranks."

"Could he have just been discharged from the military? I see that's what discharged soldiers wear."

"He's only been there for a little over a year; he'll be discharged in at least three years!"

The car drove slowly along the village road, while onlookers watched and discussed among themselves.

As everyone discussed it, Qi Anrong's expression grew increasingly grim.

The car finally stopped in front of Qi Anrong's house.

Qi Anrong's younger brother, Qi Anfu, had already run to his second uncle's house to tell Qi Zhengyang. Qi Zhengyang excitedly put on his clothes and ran out of the house, just in time to see Qi Anrong getting out of the car.

But his nephew was not as handsome and spirited as he had imagined. He looked worried and got off the car with crutches. The right trouser leg was hanging empty in the wind.

In his previous life, his nephew served in the army for seven years before returning home in glory, and his leg was never injured.

He's only been there for a year and a half, and he's already injured and has to go home.

Moreover, he had his leg amputated.

Seeing the empty trouser leg, Qi Zhengyang was shocked. A voice in his mind said, "It's over. An Rong's life is over."