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

58. Overturn

This is also why he couldn't bring himself to bring his son to live with him.

If Du Mei and I are legally married, no one can criticize our relationship. Bringing our son to live with us will not have any negative impact on him.

However, even though he longed for the day when Cheng Xiao would starve to death, he was disappointed when Du Mei came to him for help, asking him to give her family some food to save their lives. This might have changed the course of Cheng Xiao's fate, and he never thought of using any other way to end Cheng Xiao's life.

However, no matter how Cheng Xiao died, isn't this the result he wanted?

So Qi Zhengyang quickly came to terms with it.

"Du Mei, don't do anything foolish. Cheng Xiao is the one who made it impossible for us to be together, and he deserves to die, but it's not worth it to ruin yourself."

"Don't worry, I'll be careful and won't get myself into trouble."

The production team planted some sweet potatoes and potatoes these past few days. To prevent people from digging them up and eating them, each production team has been sending people to take turns guarding the fields day and night since the day they were planted.

Therefore, each household sends someone to take turns on duty.

That day, it was Cheng Xiao's turn to guard the house at night. As the male head of the household, this was naturally his responsibility.

After finishing his night shift, Cheng Xiao returned home, feeling both hungry and tired after spending the night outside.

There are still five hours until the communal canteen opens for lunch.

Du Mei said with concern, "Cheng Xiao, there's still some rice at home. You stayed up all night, so I specially made you a bowl of porridge. Eat it while it's hot!"

Since Cheng Xiao learned that his wife was having an affair with Qi Zhengyang, although he didn't show it on the surface, he had already developed a deep aversion to her.

He never wanted to touch this woman again, a woman who had become tainted in his heart.

But he endured it all for the sake of his child, and these were extraordinary times when many people were starving to death. This woman did this so that her family could survive.

He had no choice but to accept his wife's behavior since he couldn't prevent his family from going hungry.

The two of them seemed to understand each other without saying a word.

Du Mei also knew that her husband might have some suspicions about her.

Previously, when she brought food home from outside, he would ask where the food came from, but later he clearly lost interest in the question.

Even each time she returned with food, his eyes grew increasingly gloomy.

Du Mei didn't know if Cheng Xiao knew about her relationship with Qi Zhengyang.

But she knew that he had become distant and indifferent towards her.

Du Mei sensed danger.

If her affair with Qi Zhengyang is exposed, neither of them will ever be able to hold their heads high again.

Moreover, she couldn't see Cheng Xiao clearly; she couldn't see him clearly from the very beginning.

She married him simply because his uncle was the mayor of Daben Township, which allowed her to teach in Daben Village, giving her a respectable job and a relatively decent income, unlike other people her age who had to work hard in the fields, exposed to wind, rain, and sun.

However, since the famine struck, the collective canteen ran out of food, and soon after, the family also ran out of food. Cheng Xiao was at a loss when faced with his hungry family. In the end, he had to go to Qi Zhengyang to get some rice, which saved his family from starving to death.

A woman brought back food from outside to save her family, but Cheng Xiao didn't ask any questions. She knew he must be suspicious of her.

She had mixed feelings about this.

She was both relieved and angry at his indifference.

He's a spineless man. If he had any backbone, he would have divorced her, but he neither brought up the divorce nor showed any disgust for her.

What's more, Cheng Xiao's uncle has now died, due to both illness and hunger.

Cheng Xiao's only advantage has also disappeared.

He was no longer of any use to Du Mei.

Rather than divorce, rather than the possibility of Cheng Xiao exposing her relationship with Qi Zhengyang one day, Du Mei thought long and hard and concluded that the best outcome would be widowhood.

In this way, she and Qi Zhengyang wouldn't have to live in fear and sneak around like they do now; they could be together openly and legitimately.

So that morning, Du Mei specially made a bowl of porridge for Cheng Xiao, who was exhausted and hungry after working all night.

Holding the bowl of hot porridge, Cheng Xiao felt a warm current flowing through her heart.

He felt ashamed that he still disliked such a considerate wife.

She had affairs with other men, but wasn't it all for the sake of this family, for the sake of her family's survival?

Wasn't it because of his incompetence that she had no choice but to do that?

No matter what she did outside, she still wanted to live a good life with him.

At that moment, Cheng Xiao suddenly felt an urge to have a proper, open conversation with her.

He will forgive her as long as she is willing to turn back and wants to live a good life with him.

Now that the team's canteen has reopened, they have rice porridge to drink every day and are no longer in danger of starving to death, so she no longer needs to go out to borrow rice.

Du Mei looked at Cheng Xiao, who was holding the rice porridge and staring blankly, and tried to persuade him.

"Drink it while it's hot! You've had a long night, drink this and get a good night's sleep."

Just as Cheng Xiao was about to drink, three children came in from outside. Seeing Cheng Xiao holding a bowl of porridge, they all gathered around.

Du Mei rebuked her sternly.

"You all go outside and have some fun."

Xiao Bao stared intently at the porridge in Cheng Xiao's bowl.

"Dad, I want to drink rice porridge."

He lunged at me as he spoke.

Du Mei stopped her son from rushing towards her, saying, "You're not allowed to drink this. This was specially made for your father. He worked hard all night."

Cheng Xiao said, "The children are hungry too, let them have some to drink!"

As Cheng Xiao spoke, she brought the porridge to her son's mouth.

Du Mei panicked: "Don't eat it, don't eat it!"

As she spoke, she knocked over the bowl of rice porridge.

The bowl fell to the ground, spilling water everywhere.

Everyone was stunned by her actions.

Most people felt sorry that such a bowl of white rice porridge had been spilled on the ground.

Cheng Xiao and the three children squatted down at the same time to pick up the spilled rice grains from the ground.

Du Mei frantically pulled the three children apart and stomped hard on the rice grains on the ground, which were already covered in dust.

"I told you not to eat it, not to eat it! Why won't you listen? Are you reincarnated starving ghosts?"

The three children and Cheng Xiao stared blankly at Du Mei's crazy behavior, shocked as to why she would waste such precious food.

Du Mei stepped the rice porridge on the ground into the mud, and the white rice porridge instantly became filthy and mixed with the soil.

Little Bao watched helplessly as the tempting rice porridge turned into mud, and burst into tears of regret.

Du Mei slapped her son across the face.

"You're still crying? How dare you cry?"