The Secret of Second Marriage

"Auntie, I have money. I can't take this money. You should keep it and spend it with Uncle."

I say.

The aunt asked with particular suspicion, "Miss Jiang, do you not like our Ah Xing very much? Since you are Ah Xing's girlfriend, I, as his aunt, should give you a red envelope when you meet."

You seem reluctant; is there some other reason behind it?

"No"

I said, "I just feel that you don't earn money easily. Shen Xing and I are both adults and can earn our own money. There's no need for us to spend our elders' money."

"Here, this is our local custom and etiquette."

My aunt's face brightened, and she looked at me with a gentle smile, saying, "I know you mean well and don't want us to spend money, but Shen Xing is someone I've watched grow up; he's like a son to me. You have to take this red envelope, or your aunt will be angry."

"it is good"

I stopped refusing and accepted my aunt's red envelope.

My aunt's husband quietly saw us to the door, then took out a package and handed it to me, saying, "This is a local specialty; take it home and try it."

"Thanks"

I blushed; I was really embarrassed by the food and the things I was taking.

My aunt's husband was in a very serious mood. He nodded to me and then closed the door.

Shen Xing said, "My aunt's husband is just like that. He doesn't give anyone a nice look, but he's very generous and kind-hearted. He'll help anyone in our family with anything."

I glanced at the big bag my uncle had brought me, which contained their own smoked bacon, several packets of fresh bamboo shoots, roasted wild dried fish, and some sausages.

Maybe they saw that I liked these dishes when I was eating today, so they specially saved them for me.

I said, "Shen Xing, your aunt and uncle are really nice people."

"Um"

Shen Xing nodded.

He drove me to a distant mountain, to a graveyard next to a bamboo grove.

There were several graves built there, clustered together, and a village was just ahead of them.

Shen Xing took me to his mother's grave. The road was difficult to walk on, and it was raining. He kept cutting away the weeds and thorns, as well as the messy bamboo blocking the road.

He took my hand and led me to his mother's grave. The grave was very grand, made of marble, with cypress trees planted on both sides and a large monument inscribed with his mother's name and birth details.

There is also a wreath in front of the grave, which Shen Xing brought when he took some time to come back to pay respects to his mother during this year's Qingming Festival.

Shen Xing pulled me to kneel before the grave and said, "Mom, I brought her back to see you. Her name is Jiang Man, and she's a woman I truly love."

I knelt down next to Shen Xing and burned paper money for his mother with him, kowtowing three times.

Shen Xing's eyes were red.

When he took me down the mountain, he told me that this village used to be the hometown of his maternal grandparents. After his grandparents made money, they moved to Changsha city. Later, their house was demolished.

My maternal grandparents had no sons in their lives, only three daughters.

His mother is the second child.

His aunt went abroad when she was young, and later settled there, got married, had children, and now has grandchildren. She is separated from her family by the entire Atlantic Ocean and rarely comes back.

He can hardly remember what his aunt looks like anymore.

When my maternal grandparents were on their deathbed, they said that they divided the compensation money and the house they received from the demolition into three equal parts, leaving one to their three daughters and the other to their mother.

After his mother died, she returned to her roots and was buried in the mountains of her hometown.

This trip back can be considered as fulfilling one of his wishes.

Looking down at the rolling mountains below, breathing in the fresh mountain air, I said to Shen Xing, "It's all over now, Shen Xing. The suffering of your mother's generation is over. Now you have the right to choose a new way of life and the right to choose your happiness."

come on!"

Shen Xing said, "Thank you."

We came out together around 3 p.m. He drove to the high-speed rail station and watched me board the train with the local specialties his aunt had given me.

I took a 5-hour high-speed train and arrived in Beijing that evening.

After I got back, I put the local specialties in the refrigerator, took a shower, ate dinner, and was about to rest in my bedroom when I suddenly received a message from Lawyer Guo.

She reminded me, "Remember to meet me early tomorrow morning to pick up President Jiang."