Chapter 254 No Looking Back

Qiao Xuan felt inexplicably happy when she thought that the big watermelon she could eat whenever she wanted was a rare and precious thing in the hands of her scumbag father and stepmother, and she might not be able to eat a few of them in the whole summer.

Even if this thing is to be sold, it has to be sold at a high price, to those rich families.

Ding Erzhu and Zhou's life was not easy. All the paddy fields that could be cultivated had already been cultivated. Although Ding Erzhu wanted to reclaim some land, he could.

Of course he doesn't have the money to buy it now, but that's okay. He can just open up two or three acres of land, and when he's more well-off after a few years, he can spend money to get a land deed. No one would be so mean as to force them to pay now.

Isn’t this tantamount to forcing people to death?

But it is not easy to open up the wasteland, especially in this summer when weeds grow wildly.

Their son Ding Xiaoshi was only three years old and couldn't be left alone, and Zhou couldn't bear to let Ding Erzhu go to open up wasteland alone - and she was also anxious in her heart. The progress was incredibly slow even if two people worked on it together, let alone one person?

Half of the year has already passed. We should hurry up to reclaim the land and plant some taro, soybeans and the like so that we can have a harvest before winter comes. If we delay any longer and have no harvest in autumn and winter, what should we do?

They have already planned that in autumn and winter, they will go up the mountain to dig more yam. There are wild chestnuts, dates, etc. in the mountains in autumn, so they will try to find as much as they can.

There are also many mushrooms in autumn. Ask the people in the Shao family to see which ones are edible.

In addition, Ding Erzhu had to go up the mountain to chop firewood and carry it to the city to sell. He earned a little money to buy thick clothes in winter, and he also needed oil and salt.

These days, it’s so difficult to count them even if I count them on my fingers. It’s so difficult.

But they chose this life themselves and they won't regret it. They have to live on no matter how difficult it is.

When the couple went to reclaim wasteland, they could only take their son Ding Xiaoshi with them.

Putting their son under the shade of a tree, the two of them worked.

How can a three-year-old child not be naughty? He would sit there and play with mud, stones and weeds, but soon he would get bored and stand up to run around.

Whenever this happened, Zhou had no choice but to drop the borrowed hoe and run to coax her son.

After running back and forth like this, Zhou was exhausted. She had no choice but to bring her son with her and let him follow her and play.

It's also convenient to catch him at any time.

Unexpectedly, the sun was too strong and the children didn’t feel it when they were playing, but they ended up getting heatstroke and had a high fever at night.

The couple were nearly frightened to death, and Zhou was about to faint from crying.

Ding Erzhu ran home in a panic and wanted to borrow money from his parents so that he could go to the neighboring village to hire a barefoot doctor. However, Uncle Ding Wu and Aunt Ding Wu refused to give him any money.

Uncle Ding Wu said that if he wanted the money, he would kowtow and admit his mistake, return home first, and promise that he would never do such disobedient and unfilial things again.

Otherwise, don't even think about taking a penny! Since he is no longer one of ours, why should we lend him money?

Ding Erzhu's heart sank.

He has been filial to his parents for more than 30 years, but he didn't expect this to be the result!

His son was waiting for money to save his life, but his parents didn't care at all and instead used it to blackmail him.

If he returns to the Ding family, how will he be able to stand up straight in the future?

Even if he jumps into the fire pit again, it’s ok for him, but will his wife and son be fine?

Ding Erzhu wiped his red eyes and left without looking back.

He gritted his teeth, endured the shame and knocked on the door of the Shao family's main house.

(End of this chapter)