Quick Transmigration: When Can I Just Lay Down and Wait to Die?

When chatting with Liu Laogen, Zhang Dani talks more about Liu Xiaozhu.

Liu Dazhu and his brother also sensed the change in their stepmother, but firstly, no one in the family was bothering them, and secondly, the age difference between Liu Xiaozhu and them was too great, so they looked at Liu Xiaozhu as if he were a nephew or niece in the clan.

When they had free time, the two brothers would play with their little brother. Zhang Dani saw that her two stepsons treated Xiaozhu so well and didn't do anything too outrageous, so the atmosphere in the Liu family was always alright.

In 54, 18-year-old Liu Dazhu married Wang Xiaomei, a 17-year-old girl from the same village. Wang Xiaomei's mother was also a refugee who had relied on the Liu family on the way to escape famine. She also remarried a man from Liu's village.

However, she had said before getting married that Wang Xiaomei could not change her name because all the members of her ex-husband's family except for Wang Xiaomei had died out. She was unable to find a husband for Wang Xiaomei to continue the Wang family line, but she also could not allow Wang Xiaomei, the only remaining heir, to change her name. The Liu family agreed.

At this time, children who followed their mothers to remarry would generally take their stepfather's surname. As for Zhang Dani's daughter, Liu Xiaocui, wasn't it just a coincidence that she also had the surname Liu?

Therefore, although Wang Xiaomei is also considered a member of the Liu family, she can still marry Liu Dazhu. If she changes her surname, things will be a bit uncertain between them.

Liu Dazhu and Wang Xiaomei were a couple who had taken a liking to each other. They were relatives and the same age. As the children visited each other, they became familiar with each other. The two of them had been close since childhood, and as they grew up, the relationship naturally progressed.

In the same year, Liu Xiaocui also married into a neighboring village. At that time, the land in the countryside was still distributed among individual households. It was not until 55 that the cooperative model was adopted, and Liujia Village was renamed Liujia Brigade. The land was taken over by the collective, and the members began to earn work points during the week and receive money and grain at the end of the year.

Therefore, Liu Dazhu and Liu Xiaocui's wedding was still a wealthy and lively affair.

In 56, Wang Xiaomei gave birth to Liu Laogen's first grandson, Liu Yushan, whose name was given by an old scholar whom he had taken in during their escape from famine. In the same year, Zhang Dani defied public opinion and sent 8-year-old Liu Xiaozhu to the commune primary school.

In early 57, 19-year-old Liu Erzhu married 18-year-old Niu Xiaolan from the neighboring Niujia Brigade. The marriage was a joyous occasion, and by the end of 57, Niu Xiaolan had given birth to Liu Laogen's second grandson, Liu Yuhe. At the same time, Wang Xiaomei was found to be two months pregnant.

In July 1958, Wang Xiaomei gave birth to Liu Laogen's eldest granddaughter, Liu Yumei. In recent years, with marriages and the increasing number of third-generation members in the family, coupled with Liu Xiaozhu's schooling, the Liu family's life has gradually become less comfortable than before.

In late 58 and early 59, the village entered a difficult three-year period. Although the village was located close to the Huai River, the land could not help but yield less despite the hard work of the villagers. In addition, the rampant exaggeration at the time made life difficult for every family in those years.

Although it wasn't to the point of starvation, almost no one was born in those years because there wasn't enough food. Every family used their savings to find ways to buy more.

At that time, the price of grain was getting higher and higher, but the Liu family, not to mention the adults, even had to buy grain for Liu Xiaozhu, who was only half a boy, and his three little children. They couldn't just starve.

So in those three years, the Liu family's wealth was basically depleted, but everyone was still fine. Starting in 62, everyone's lives slowly returned to normal, and it wasn't until 64 that the Liu family welcomed the news of Niu Xiaolan's pregnancy.

In early 65, the original owner was born. Perhaps due to the longing for water among the people over the years, the original owner did not take a flowery name like her eldest sister, but was named Liu Yuxi.

Perhaps because the mother's body had not recovered well, the original owner's constitution was slightly weak. There were no major problems, but she was prone to catching colds and fevers. At the end of last year, the original owner had a high fever again.

Because the fever was so severe, the commune clinic administered gentamicin, and as a result, the original owner became deaf. This kind of deafness is incurable even in later generations, let alone now.

When the family found out, the sky had fallen. You see, nowadays children are raised in a free-range manner, and from a very young age, they can be busy at home and in the fields, feeding chickens, digging wild vegetables, collecting firewood, and some can even cook and wash clothes.

Now that someone who can't hear has come, not only can she not work, but we also need to arrange for someone to watch over her. Who in the family has the time for that? Farmers don't have idle people!

From then on, everyone in the family frowned. Usually, the original owner was taken care of by her three older siblings in turns. Niu Xiaolan cried secretly every day, and Liu Erzhu sighed all day long.

This is not just about raising the child; what about the child's marriage in the future? In the past, people believed that no normal person would be interested in a person with a disability, unless they were an old bachelor, a widower, or a disabled person of the same age.

But how can two people like that live together? It's tough!

This time it was because the original owner's uncle wanted to find a match. Yes, Liu Xiaozhu graduated from junior high school, failed to get into high school, and couldn't find a job. In addition, due to the educated youth going to the countryside, several educated youths also came to their village.

So, Liu Xiaozhu's career was not going well, and his marriage was also starting to go wrong. Why? Because he was too picky and not good enough for anyone else!

Liu Xiaozhu considered himself a cultured man and believed he should marry a woman like the female educated youth in the village. However, the reality was that the female educated youth looked down on the Liu family, and even if they were willing to marry, they would only look for wealthy men in the village.

In the village, almost all the girls who had gone to school belonged to the Liu family; other families didn't have that kind of wealth. Girls from other villages who had gone to school all wanted to marry into the city. The Liu family, who sent their daughters to school, actually had the same idea in mind, hoping that their daughters could marry into a better family. Liu Yumei was also in school.

Zhang Dani was really worried. She couldn't keep arranging blind dates for Liu Xiaozhu. These days, people can accept it if you fail twice, but if it's more than three, they'll start criticizing you. They'll say you're too picky, don't know your place, and have no self-awareness! Then it will be difficult for you to find a suitable partner later.

Zhang Dani knew her son all too well. If Liu Xiaozhu wasn't willing, the marriage proposal would be pointless. So, she usually tried to persuade Liu Xiaozhu, constantly brainwashing him that he should marry an honest and hardworking woman. If she really pushed him, she would even use his two sisters-in-law as examples!

But Liu Xiaozhu wouldn't listen. Today's blind date was only arranged because he's reached a certain age and everyone asks him about his girlfriend every time he goes out. He knew he couldn't put it off any longer, so he finally agreed to let his mother arrange it.

But what about the original owner? Zhang Dani thought, her son has finally agreed to go on a blind date, so she has to arrange it perfectly. Although everyone knows that Liu Yuxi has become deaf from the injection, you can only hear about it and it's different from seeing it in person.

So, she had her three grandchildren take Liu Yuxi to the foot of the mountain behind the house to dig for wild vegetables, and then bring her back after the blind date when the adults called her. Honestly, her family had no intention of abandoning the child. Even if Zhang Dani had secretly considered it, she wouldn't dare do it; it was simple—the Liu family wouldn't agree.