Tan Liuliu lives in a remote rural area, high in the mountains. Poor family, beautiful and hard-working.
When she was 18 years old, she was married to another village in the same town without any choice under the arrangement of a matchmaker and her parents.
The man’s family is also very poor, so he is considered a good match.
On the day of her wedding, Tan Liuliu sat in a sedan chair early in the morning and set off for her husband's house with two pancakes hidden in her arms.
The journey was relatively long, and it took about three hours before Tan Liuliu, who was staying in the sedan chair, arrived at the village where her husband lived.
Along the way, there were many people watching the fun, including many children.
Although Tan Liuliu was shy, he couldn't help but look out curiously from time to time.
Suddenly, there was a commotion on the roadside not far away. It turned out to be a child who fainted from hunger.
Someone shouted and asked to take the child home and get some food.
Tan Liuliu, who was sitting in the sedan chair, heard it, so he quickly asked the bearer to stop, and then gave the pancakes his mother had prepared for him to the child.
This was just a small episode, and Tan Liuliu didn't take it to heart. However, the child remembered her firmly afterward.
The child's name is Zhang Shulin. Because the family has too many children and is very poor, he suddenly faints from hunger.
While chewing pancakes hungrily, he watched the sedan chair slowly leaving from a distance.
secretly thought about that kind sister, what kind of person should she be?
After Tan Liuliu married into the Wu family, she was filial to her parents-in-law, hardworking and virtuous. A year later, she gave birth to a fat boy for the Wu family.
Later, she gave birth to a lovely daughter.
Although life is still relatively difficult, she has two children and her husband is also very honest and diligent. Therefore, Tan Liuliu feels quite satisfied with life.
However, there are unpredictable situations in the sky, and misfortunes may happen to people, but blessings may happen to others.
Tan Liuliu was married to the Wu family only nine years ago. Her husband suddenly contracted a disease and soon passed away due to ineffective treatment.
left behind Tan Liuliu and two young children.
Just when Tan Liuliu was heartbroken and full of confusion and worry about the future, something happened that she never expected.
That is, her father-in-law and mother-in-law wanted to separate from her, and they all faced Tan Liuliu with a dark face, accusing her of cheating.
They blamed their son's death entirely on their daughter-in-law Tan Liuliu without any basis, thinking that she was an unlucky person.
In addition to those people from her husband's family, many villagers in the village also pointed fingers at Tan Liuliu openly and covertly, talking about her and saying: Her face is the face of a coffin.
From then on, Tan Liuliu and his two young children separated from his parents-in-law.
Her parents-in-law hate her, and by the way, her grandchildren don’t like her either.
When Tan Liuliu struggled to pull the two children to survive, they never helped at all.
Tan Liuliu carries her children on her back to do farm work during the day, and at night she also helps others with sewing to supplement her family income.
But even so, life was difficult for her and her two children.
In many cases, their families cannot even afford salt, and they often have to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.
At this time, Zhang Shulin, the child who ate her pancakes, was already 17 years old.
He is relatively tall and quite strong.
Over the years, Zhang Shulin has been silently paying attention to Tan Liuliu.
In his heart, he has always been grateful to her.
Moreover, there is still a little hidden admiration.
Zhang Shulin couldn't bear to see Tan Liuliu dragging his children to live a difficult life. He wanted to help Tan Liuliu many times.
However, he really couldn't find a suitable reason to approach Tan Liuliu.
If he rushes to help her family in various ways, he will definitely cause a lot of gossip and Tan Liuliu will be frightened!
Until one day, when Zhang Shulin went to herd cattle in the mountains, he walked to the roadside and suddenly heard a woman calling for help.
He hurried over and found that the person calling for help was Tan Liuliu.
At this moment, her daughter fell into the weir pond and was struggling in the water.
Zhang Shulin jumped in without hesitation and quickly rescued the little girl ashore.
Tan Liuliu thanked Zhang Shulin again and again. Seeing that he was soaked all over, she was worried that Zhang Shulin would catch a cold because the weather was already a little cold.
So she took him back home and asked him to temporarily change into her husband's clothes.
Then, Tan Liuliu left Zhang Shulin to have a simple meal at home to express his gratitude.
Because of this incident, Zhang Shulin became more and more familiar with Tan Liuliu.
Because Zhang Shulin saved his daughter's life, Tan Liuliu would occasionally ask his son or daughter to deliver some delicious food to Zhang Shulin at home.
And what about Zhang Shulin?
After he became more familiar with Tan Liuliu's family, whenever he had free time, he would go to help Tan Liuliu do some farm work, or laugh and play with the children.
Gradually, Zhang Shulin and Tan Liuliu began to have feelings for a man and a woman, but they never broke through the window paper, nor did they make any excessive moves.
However, not long after, people in the village began to talk about the relationship between the man and the woman.
Some people say that Zhang Shulin has evil intentions, while others say that Tan Liuliu is not a woman.
Some people viciously called them bastards behind their backs.
In short, in the mouths and hearts of many people, many shameful behaviors have occurred between Zhang Shulin and Tan Liuliu.
Soon, Tan Liuliu's mother-in-law also began to come forward, accuse and insult Tan Liuliu, and went to Zhang Shulin's house to make a fuss several times.
Zhang Shulin's parents also believed the rumors in the village. His father beat him several times, while his mother cried over and over again, begging him to be obedient and sensible, and to cut off all contact with Tan Liuliu of Na Kefu.
However, Zhang Shulin felt more and more that he had fallen deeply in love with Tan Liuliu. He wanted to be with her, help her and protect her.
Therefore, although many villagers gossiped and the elders in the family objected, Zhang Shulin still insisted on walking around with Tan Liuliu.
One day, he ran to help Tan Liuliu do farm work again, but this time, Tan Liuliu pushed him away in tears.
and asked him to leave.
"Don't come to me again. I will bring you misfortune. Besides, everyone is gossiping about us. How can we live in the village in the future?"
Tan Liuliu turned his back to Zhang Shulin and said with some choking.
then ran back home.
Looking at Tan Liuliu's back, Zhang Shulin felt a sting in his heart, and he secretly clenched his fists.
After returning home, Zhang Shulin tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night.
Later, he secretly made a decision, that is, he wanted to take Tan Liuliu to leave the village and live in another city.
With this plan in mind, Zhang Shulin hurried to see Tan Liuliu the next day. He grabbed Tan Liuliu by force, and then expressed his emotions and plans to Tan Liuliu with a serious face.
At that moment, Tan Liuliu was so scared that she was dumbfounded. She looked up at Zhang Shulin, with some expectation, confusion, and fear in her heart.
She felt that her mind was in a mess and she didn't know how to choose or how to answer Zhang Shulin.
Zhang Shulin said to her again: I secretly saved some money. If you are willing, I will take you and your two children to work in a coastal city. I heard that you can earn a lot of money outside as long as you are willing to endure hardships and work hard.
"Believe me, I will definitely work hard to be good to you and your two children."
Tan Liuliu looked at Zhang Shulin, still silent.
Zhang Shulin continued: You go back and think about it first. I will wait for your answer. If you really don’t want to be with me, then I will not bother you again in the future.
After finishing speaking, Zhang Shulin left.
At this time, he also secretly made a decision. If Tan Liuliu was not willing to follow him, then he would go to other cities to work.
In this way, he could refrain from looking for Tan Liuliu, earn some money, and help Tan Liuliu's family as much as possible in the future.
That night, Tan Liuliu suffered from insomnia all night.
She thought a lot and finally made up her mind to take her children and leave the village with Zhang Shulin.
Go to a strange foreign land to find and start a new life.
When Zhang Shulin learned Tan Liuliu's answer, he was so happy that he danced like a child. Then he secretly borrowed some money from an acquaintance. After everything was ready, he left the village one night with Tan Liuliu and her two children.
They went through a lot of hardships, and then came to a strange city and began a hard life.
In the first few months, they once had difficulty with food and accommodation, but fortunately Zhang Shulin was hardworking and had good strength.
Gradually, he earned his hard-earned money and found a temporary home for Tan Liuliu and his two children.
Later, when Tan Liuliu's children grew older, she also started to find a job near the rental house.
In this way, Zhang Shulin and Tan Liuliu lived hard and frugally, and their lives began to become faster and better.
The family gradually saved money, and their two children also went to school.
A few years later, Zhang Shulin and Tan Liuliu obtained replacement marriage certificates and gave birth to two children one after another.
Because Zhang Shulin was hard-working and loved studying, and Tan Liuliu was well-managed, they later bought a house in a foreign country and started a small business.
The family is living an increasingly happy and prosperous life.
When they returned to their hometown during a certain Chinese New Year, everything had changed. Although there is no blessing, there is no longer any criticism like in the past.
However, today Zhang Shulin and Tan Liuliu don't care at all. They hold hands and shoulder to shoulder, vowing not to be separated in their lives.
