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

Yes, it was all just a melodramatic performance by Du Mei herself.

She was humiliated by her husband, humiliated by everyone. Most women wouldn't be able to survive in her situation.

If a woman is humiliated like this and still survives, others will look down on her even more, thinking that she is shameless and deserves to be despised.

Since returning home after the conference that day, Du Mei has refused to eat or drink, and has been lying in bed contemplating life.

In the end, she felt she couldn't just die like that; she was unwilling to accept it.

But given her condition, even if she doesn't die, she has little chance of survival.

This is the question she has been pondering repeatedly while lying in bed these past few days.

Yesterday, she lay on the bed, barely breathing, when she heard people outside the window talking about the Su family.

The Su family is experiencing a series of happy events. All of them are successful and have become the envy of everyone in the village. Today, they are hosting a dinner party, and the guests are all village officials, as well as the deputy county head's family.

In the evening, they even brought the elderly couple from the village entrance to stay at Su Jinru's house.

Isn't all of this obvious?

She reported Su Jinru, but ended up becoming a typical example of a "broken shoe" herself.

Now Su Jinru is perfectly fine, and her family is happily eating and drinking together, getting along well with the village officials.

At this point, what could Du Mei not understand?

She tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice instead; she tried to harm others but ended up in such a miserable state herself.

Unfortunately, Qi Zhengyang, that idiot, even cooperated with others to bully her.

She hated everyone.

She cannot die, she does not want to die, she wants revenge.

She knew there would be one conference after another... where she would be dragged out to be ridiculed, scorned, and insulted. People would throw garbage at her and attack her with the filthiest language.

She wanted to live, but she didn't want to suffer such humiliation again.

So early in the morning, she put on this grand show.

The timing was perfect; just as someone was about to pass by, she hung herself on the peach tree.

She wanted everyone to know that she had been driven to her death by them. Although she was eventually rescued, she had died once before, driven to her death by the entire village.

The entire village owes Du Mei a life.

Undoubtedly, Du Mei's performance was a success. Her actions aroused people's pity, and afterwards... no one at the conference ever dragged her through the streets again.

After packing their things, Su Jinru and her family prepared to go to the county town, and then from there to Yuan Wenjie's military unit.

Before leaving, Su Jinru left 800 jin of potatoes for the Lin couple.

She told Old Qiu quietly.

“Mr. Qiu, Mr. Lin, after we leave, this house will be handed over to you. If you move to the city in the future, the house will be returned to my parents.”

Old Qiu held Su Jinru's hand, tears streaming down his face.

"Aru, thank you. If it weren't for you, neither Lao Lin nor I would be alive today."

"Old Qiu, don't say that. You are still young, only in your early sixties, and you still have the opportunity to serve the country. You are knowledgeable and cultured, and I respect cultured people the most. Besides, you are my elders, and elders should be respected and helped."

Old Qiu sighed, "What good is being educated? We're just barely surviving right now."

"Old Qiu, Old Lin, hang in there, things will get better."

"I don't know how long I'll live."

"Yes, of course."

"After we leave, you can stay in whichever room you like. I've left some furniture in there for you to use as you please. We also have some potatoes in our room, enough for you to eat for a while."

"Aru, how can we thank you enough?"

Su Jinru smiled and said, "Your survival is the greatest gratitude you can give me."

Only if they live well will her efforts not have been in vain.

After Su Jinru and the others left, Old Qiu went into an empty room and found it filled with potatoes.

She thought that Su Jinru would leave them at most a few dozen kilograms of potatoes, but the huge pile of potatoes in front of her weighed seven or eight hundred kilograms.

This is enough for them to eat for a long time.

Potatoes are not only filling and delicious, but they can also be cooked in many ways, such as roasting, boiling, stir-frying, or stewing.

With shelter from the wind and rain, a large pile of potatoes to fill their stomachs, and their injured legs healing, the old couple's cold hearts were revived, and their hope for the future was rekindled. There are still good people in this world.

Su Jinru left 200 jin of rice and 200 jin of potatoes for her mother and second sister's families respectively.

She originally wanted to give them more potatoes, since she still had dozens of tons in her storage space.

However, taking out too much grain at once was a frightening thing, so they had to give up.

Su Jinru also gave her mother three hundred yuan.

She was afraid that if she gave them too much, they wouldn't accept it, so even when she gave them this much money, she did so under Yuan Wenjie's name.

Her parents knew exactly how much she earned, and they knew she couldn't possibly have saved so much money on that salary alone.

Su Jinru also gave her second sister two hundred yuan, but the second sister refused to accept it, saying that it was given to her by Yuan Wenjie and she would not accept it.

The second sister said, "Eldest sister, you should keep some money on you. It's better to be frugal on the road than poor! You used to have a job and income. Who knows what will happen over there? Having some money on you will make things easier if anything happens. Besides, you have two children to take care of."

“I know my brother-in-law is good to the two kids, but he is supporting the three of you all by himself, which is several times more stressful than when he was single. You have to be understanding of him and live a good life with him so that we can feel at ease at home.”

Su Jinru wanted to say that she had plenty of food and money, and no matter where she went, she could live a good life without relying on anyone.

But she couldn't say.

Su Jinru had no choice but to hand the money over to her younger sister.

“Third sister, I know that you and Ah Xuan are both capable of supporting yourselves, so I won’t give you any money. But your second sister doesn’t have many ways to make money in the village. She works hard all year round and can only fill her stomach. So I’ll give her some money so that she doesn’t have to live such a tight life.”

“Big sister, look at what you’re saying. Ah Xuan and I have living allowances, which are enough for us to live on. It’s a pity we don’t have much left. Otherwise, we would give some to Second Sister too. She has a hard life in the village, and the burden of taking care of Mom and Dad falls on her shoulders. It’s only right that we give her some.”

"Then please give her the two hundred yuan. I tried to give it to her, but she refused to take it."

Su Jinyu and Ma Chunsheng planned to stay in Daben Village for a week, then go back to Ma Chunsheng's home, stay for a month's leave, and then return to the army.

Su Jinxuan's vacation is only half a month, and after that, he has to rush back to work.