Rebirth: Solely Cherished by the Devoted Commander novel Chapter 604

Zhou Jinzhu understood this point quite clearly. Although Sun Lijuan was unwilling to accept it, she knew this was no joke. With Sun Chan's status now, she could easily ruin her if she wanted to. The reason Sun Chan ignored her was not because she forgave Sun Lijuan, but because she simply didn't regard Sun Lijuan as worth her attention.

Zhou Jinzhu said; "You, with your useless ways, can't do anything right. Even if you went to the city, you'd be the kind of person who eats dog shit. You might as well stay in the village. My land has been requisitioned, and you don't have to farm anymore. Just stay with me at home."

There was no way he could find a wife he liked. Which woman would want to marry an old and poor guy like Zhou Jinzhu? Even though there was money from the land, it was spent within a year and only a few hundred were left.

He earned a bit from herding cattle, and he could easily control someone like Sun Lijuan, who had no family to rely on, making it easy to bully her.

Sun Lijuan felt a sense of frustration and despair, similar to an aunt. She probably wouldn't be able to get what she wanted for her entire life.

Zhou Jinzhu was right; she really couldn't survive.

Sun Lijuan sat on the ground looking at Zhou Jinzhu, and Zhou, towering over her, said smugly; "It's up to you. You don't even have a place to stay."

In utter helplessness, Sun Lijuan went home with Zhou Jinzhu. A few days later, Zhou announced to the villagers that he was getting married and would host a banquet. People thought Zhou Jinzhu was silly, taking a woman who had been to jail and wasn't attractive seriously. But he wasn't foolish; he planned to use the wedding to make money!

The wedding was held in Zhou Jinzhu's courtyard with eight or nine tables set up.

Zhou was a terrible person, often teasing pretty young women and wives in the village, so none of those families came. Only a few neighbors and friendly people attended, and they gave minimal gifts.

Zhou Jinzhu was unwilling to spend money on hiring help, so he let Sun Lijuan cook and serve the guests herself. She had no money to buy clothes or dress up and spent the day in the kitchen cooking and serving food. Apart from a few red decorations in the yard, it hardly looked like a wedding. That night, Zhou took the money and went gambling.

He had been injured from owing money and couldn't be with a woman anymore. Even when he tried, it was over in a minute or two, like a useless person. He chose Sun Lijuan to serve him as a servant.

Sun Lijuan resigned herself to fate. She was shameless and had no other options but to marry him, knowing she'd be ridiculed by the villagers.

Zhou Jinzhu remained foolish and unreasonable, continually beating and scolding her. Sun Lijuan initially fought back, but she couldn't beat Zhou Jinzhu. He beat her as if to kill her.

If Sun Lijuan was lazy and unwilling to wash clothes or cook, she would be beaten. Saying something unpleasant would also lead to a beating. Eventually, Zhou would hit her without reason, just because he found her displeasing!

Sun Lijuan was beaten so badly that she couldn't get out of bed sometimes. One day, after being beaten, she lay in a daze and seemed to dream.

In the dream, Sun Chan was the one being beaten, with Zhou Jinzhu forcing her to work and beating her when she returned home, while Sun Lijuan was laughing with her mother, mocking Sun Chan's stupidity. They sold Sun Chan to Zhou Jinzhu and got a lot of money, which she used to buy nice clothes and a bicycle, then married a city man and lived happily.

Later, she heard Sun Chan died in a cornfield, but she just laughed, uncaring. Why should they have cared about an illegitimate child? Letting her live that long was already a gift from their family.

But her mother said, "Now there's no one to work our fields. It's truly a regret."

However, the regret didn't last long because soon the state requisitioned the land and offered a large sum of money.

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