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

Sanbao: "Let me tell you the truth! This 200 yuan a month is actually given to you by Anxin without her mother's knowledge. It includes the money for taking you to see a doctor. She originally told me not to tell you because she said that she and her brother have no feelings for you, no debt to you, only a little bit of legal responsibility."

"What? Isn't this two hundred yuan a month compensation from the Education Bureau for my previous teaching job?"

"Of course not. Have you ever heard of anyone receiving money before retirement? You were fired and didn't teach until retirement. There's no reason for you to receive money under your circumstances. This two hundred yuan is from your daughter Anxin. She didn't want you to know, so she asked me to say this. But in case you sue them for not paying child support, she asked me to bring it to you every month and sign to confirm it."

"This……"

Knowing the truth, Qi Zhengyang felt a mix of emotions.

He had considered suing Anxin and Anran for failing to fulfill their parental obligations. He had already consulted a lawyer, and even if he did sue, he would only be able to get a few hundred yuan in child support at most.

Most importantly, he needed to submit an application to the court, which required detailed information about the defendant, such as their ID card, contact number, workplace, and home address. He didn't have any of this information, so he didn't go to court.

An Xin, that girl, gave him two hundred yuan in advance as a living allowance to prevent him from one day going to court with him and his siblings. She also made Sanbao a witness and made Sanbao make him sign and put his fingerprint every month.

In this way, even if he really takes the two children to court, they won't have done anything wrong.

For An Xin and her brother, two hundred yuan wasn't even enough for a piece of clothing or a meal, yet they used it to appease him and shut him up.

This means that, as Sanbao said, they had absolutely no feelings for their father, only a cold and unavoidable legal responsibility.

So they only gave him two hundred yuan a month, just enough to keep him from starving.

He happily accepted the two hundred yuan charity he received each month, barely managing to survive.

Back then, during the famine, Su Jinru gave him a bag of rice, making him forever unable to hold his head up in front of her. He was always the pitiful one who was given charity and barely survived in this world. Later, at the state-run restaurant, he was treated like a beggar by that man, and now he is being treated like a beggar by his own daughter...

These two children were filial to him in their past life. Even though he had a pension, they were willing to buy him many things and give him red envelopes during festivals. Each red envelope contained no less than two thousand yuan. Now they only give him two hundred yuan a month and don't let him know, for fear that if he finds out, he will come looking for them, pester them, and disturb their lives.

They are so cold and indifferent to him now because he divorced their biological mother and because he never cared for them when they were young.

He was wrong. He thought that even if the children were not by his side or he did not take care of them, the blood ties could not be severed.

When someone isn't around, there's no affection, only a cold, unavoidable responsibility—a responsibility worth only two hundred yuan.

I heard that Su Jinru is now running a tourism business on an island and making a fortune every day. What kind of life is she living, and what kind of life am I living?

He really didn't need to see the two children again. As Sanbao said, what was the point? What would they say? There was nothing to say.

Qi Zhengyang resigned himself to his fate. He calmly awaited death, and the medication only relieved some of the physical pain.

He felt he should have died long ago; he should have died with dignity during the famine, instead of begging Su Jinru for alms.

He's lived these extra years, but it's nothing more than a miserable existence, a mere scrap of life. His very existence is a joke.

Three days later, Sanbao came again, bringing five thousand yuan. He said that Anxin knew about Qi Zhengyang's current situation, so she gave him more money and told him to buy whatever he wanted to eat.

The implication is that since his illness is incurable anyway, he can eat whatever he wants before he dies.

Qi Zhengyang remained calm and said nothing. He simply bought some instant food and instant noodles so that he could have something simple to eat when he couldn't get up.

He knew that Sanbao and Anxin had always maintained a close relationship, and if he died one day, Anxin would give Sanbao money so that he could handle his funeral arrangements.

Although Anxin and Anran, his two children, didn't give him any care or affection, what they did for him was far better than what he and Du Meisheng's two children had done for him.

You reap what you sow. All of this is the result of his own actions, and he accepts the consequences.

Who told him to be so stupid? He was reborn, but he ruined a winning hand.

Who told him to be so blind! He lost his wife and children.

……

Another Spring Festival has arrived.

Su Jinru was busiest at this time because both her husband's family and her own family had come to the island to celebrate the New Year.

Although the island now offers a one-stop service for food, accommodation, and entertainment, with dedicated staff to provide services so she doesn't have to do everything herself, she still has to maintain good relationships. This is because the number of people coming to the island for the Lunar New Year, whether from her own family or her husband's family, is growing larger and larger, and she has to greet everyone.

Not only Su Jinru, but Yuan Wenjie was also quite busy. His former subordinates brought their families to the island for tourism, and they all specifically came to him to reminisce.

They brought local specialties and gifts, and were very hospitable and delighted.

"Commander Yuan, I heard you later became the chief of staff?"

"We're all retired now, why bother talking about these things? We're all just old men now, we're not in a superior-subordinate relationship, we're all old comrades-in-arms."

"I'm here to thank you, Commander Yuan. After I was discharged from the army, I used the pig-raising knowledge I learned here to start with raising a single sow and eventually raise hundreds of pigs, becoming a professional pig farmer in our county. In short, my family has been doing quite well these past few years. I have to thank you for your patient advice back then, which encouraged us to learn a skill so that we could become rich after returning home. So my time in the army was definitely worth it!"

“Me too. I learned cooking here, and after I went back, I opened a small restaurant in my hometown. Later, as more people ate there and it became famous, I opened a big restaurant in the county town. Over the years, I’ve made a lot of money. My family has gone from not being able to afford food to now being able to eat all kinds of delicacies…”

"Commander Yuan, after I learned to drive here, I went back and became a truck driver. Later, I went solo, and then I organized a fleet of trucks. Life has been pretty good. I came back this time specifically to thank you..."