Chapter 35: 35: Ten Years of Life and Death (25)

Thirty years ago, Zhangjiacun and Lijiacun had only one college student, and he was also a college student at a prestigious university. That person was naturally Zhang Xiao.
Zhang Xiao was very smart and studied hard. He was the proud son of the sky who came out of small mountain villages. At that time, let alone Lijia Village and Zhangjia Village, there were basically few young people comparable to him in the entire county.
Zhang Xiao has been different since he was a child, but he is not arrogant and rebellious. On the contrary, he is approachable and very gentle.
Zhang Xiao and Li Yan used to go to a school, but Zhang Xiao was older than Li Yan. Li Yan only went to elementary school when he was in middle school. At that time, the children in Zhangjiacun and Lijiacun were all going to the same school. There were not many children in the village who could afford to go to school, and even fewer were able to keep going.
Li Yan is also a very smart child, just because the family prefers boys to girls and the conditions are not very good, she dropped out of school as soon as she graduated from primary school.
But Li Yan refused to give up. She was still studying secretly. Later, Zhang Xiao accidentally saw her, and he volunteered to be Li Yan's teacher.
It’s just that Zhang Xiao was already in high school at that time and could only come back once a week. Every time he came back, he took time to secretly teach Li Yan and send her study materials. Later, he would save some pocket money and give it from the county. Buy some small things and small gifts for your beloved girl.
The love of that era was very hazy, very pure and beautiful. Zhang Xiao also cherished the time spent with each other very much.
Until Li Yan was sixteen years old, the village chose her as the goddess to worship the river next year. At that time, Li Yan didn't take it seriously. She and Zhang Xiao learned a lot of scientific knowledge and yearned for a better world outside. In her view, the villagers are ignorant and unreliable in worshipping the river god. There are no gods in this world. People are better on their own instead of asking gods and worshiping Buddha.
Since Li Yan was selected as the goddess, many people have come to propose marriage, but Li Yan refused one by one. Sometimes she could not meet the persuasion of her parents. She could only use the sacrifice to the of the river as an excuse. The final marriage proposal was naturally gone. Over.
Just a few months before the sacrifice to the River God, Zhang Xiao went home during the summer vacation and brought a group of college students back.
Many of these classmates are children in the city. They have never seen such an ancient and beautiful village. Naturally, they have a great time playing here.
At that time, a classmate from a wealthy family brought some delicious food and red wine.
One night, a few people met by the river to secretly drink and party. With such a fun thing, Zhang Xiao naturally took Li Yan happily.
But I didn't expect...
At this point in the story, Zhang Xiao suddenly fell silent.
He stared at the hip flask on the table suddenly, and the whole person was laughing, laughing in pain.
"Brother Zhang, you..."
Ning Huanxin felt Zhang Xiao's emotions fluctuating violently. At this moment, Ning Huanxin was also a little surprised--
Zhang Xiao is indeed the man who has always loved Li Yan, and the one who has been burning paper for Li Yan.
However, if the child in Li Yan's stomach really belonged to him back then, why would he deny it as a big man? Why would he watch his favorite woman and his child die?
This doesn't make sense at all!
Why didn't he stand up back then?