Seeing the miserable plight of the mother and child, Qin Huai's thoughts of spending money to buy quilts disappeared. If there was no food in the winter, the fate that awaited them would not be much better than that of the mother who had to bear the pain and casually threw her child to someone else for burial.

The coming winter snow will bury countless unknown corpses scattered outside.

1961 was a year of famine.

Someone who knew the woman said: This woman's home is on the outskirts of the city. Her husband went out to find money to support the family last winter and has not returned yet. He is probably dead. There is also a mother-in-law and a brother-in-law who is studying at home.

The mother-in-law favors her younger brother-in-law and gives him all the food rations in the house. This woman goes out to beg every day, and the food she brings back is first given to her younger brother-in-law, then to her mother-in-law, and finally to her and the child.

How much could she get when everyone was hungry? Her brother-in-law was admitted to university this year and took the only quilt in the family to school. The temperature dropped sharply a few days ago and the child was frozen to death due to illness and hunger.

When he was found, his head was hanging down to the side of the bed and there was a shocking pool of blood on the ground.

The woman lay on the kang holding the child and cried for several days. Her mother-in-law said it was bad luck and asked her to abandon the child as soon as possible. The mother felt that the child had suffered a lot and died, so she insisted on burying the child. The villagers did not want her to bury the underage child in the village and drove her out.

She had no choice but to walk around with the dead child on her back, and when she reached the post office she came up with this idea.

Hearing this, Qin Huai's heart felt like it was being weighed down by a stone, and he was extremely sad. His life was clearly a mess, but he couldn't bear to see the suffering in the world.

As I walked slowly back to the village, someone in the distance said, "Qin Huai, where have you been? Go back and take a look."

What's going on? Qin Huai hurried home.

As soon as I saw the broken wooden door of the house, I heard a woman cursing loudly from inside: "I gave birth to you and raised you, and this is how you repay me. Your parents are starving, and you hid so much food at home. What sin have I committed? I raised a bunch of beasts like you who don't know how to live. I'm so angry."

It was the voice of his adoptive mother Li Lan. Qin Huai didn't expect her reaction to be so quick. She came back as soon as she saw him buying meat.

He kicked the door open with a powerful kick and rushed in to see Qin Xiaomi huddled on the ground. Her mother, Li Lan, had disheveled hair and was about to hit her after scolding her. He quickly rushed to the front and stopped her, saying, "Stop it right there."

When Qin Xiaomi saw him coming, she burst into tears and said, "Brother..."

"Don't be afraid, Xiaomi, stand behind me." Qin Xiaomi got up and ran behind Qin Huai.

Li Lan said, "You beast, how dare you lay hands on me."

The skinny old woman grabbed the girl with one hand and scolded her harshly, saying, "You son of a bitch, how dare you show your teeth to your mother? Even if my daughter raises a dog, it's better than raising a beast like you."

The little boy Qin Xilin shouted happily: "Mom, beat him to death, beat him to death." The little child had a face full of anger.

Qin Huai looked at his aggrieved and crying sister and comforted her for a few words before looking at Li Lan coldly and said, "My sister has upset you. She is still young and naive. I don't know what she has done wrong. Do you want to beat her to death?"

The old woman said angrily, "Damn it! Who's in charge of this family? The mother gave me some food, and this damn girl actually said you guys want more. Do you deserve it? You were picked up, and they're both girls. All the food in the house belongs to Xilin alone. Don't you know the rules?"

The girl said, "Brother, mother and grandmother want to dig out all the food and lard in the house and take them away."

Qin Huai said coldly with a cold face: "I really don't know, do we deserve to starve to death?"

Qin Huai’s reaction made Li Lan very angry. In the past, this child was like a docile puppy. No matter what she said or how she beat him, he dared not say a word. What happened today?

"You, an outsider, have the right to speak in this family? If we hadn't picked you up and raised you, you'd have been eaten by who knows which stray dog ​​by now. You should give me all the money you earn. You owe me this."

Li Lan felt like her lungs were about to explode with anger. This was rebellion, this was too much.

She was angry, but she didn't expect Qin Huai to retort with a gloomy face: "I didn't ask you to raise me. If I had a choice, I would rather be eaten by a dog than be your son."

Is this the cowardly Qin Huai? The Qin Huai who was scared by being beaten since childhood?

The old woman flew into a rage and spoke Li Lan's true feelings: "It's a rebellion, a rebellion."

Food is the most precious thing in this era. It is the life of three brothers and sisters. They didn't dare to say a word before, but the current Qin Huai is no longer the cowardly Qin Huai in the past. The food must be used to feed two young sisters. Unless it is a matter of life and death, no one can take it away, not even their biological parents.

In fact, the harm caused by some relatives is more numerous and more poisonous than that caused by outsiders.

Li Lan had a very bad temper. When she heard that Qin Huai dared to blame her, she walked up to Qin Huai angrily and raised her hand to slap him. This slap might be a lesson for him for not giving her the meat that day.

Unexpectedly, Qin Huai grabbed her hand and threw her out. Li Lan staggered back several steps and sat on the ground crying.

Qin Huai said word by word, "You still know that you are your sister's biological parents, so you should do what parents should do. You left them at home when they were so young, and then came back to plunder food when you heard there was food at home. This is not what parents do."

Li Lan might have been angry and embarrassed by what he said, so she rolled up her sleeves and hit him again.

Qin Huai ran to the side and said angrily, "You still dare to hide? Come here and let me beat you to death."

"She looks like a mother."

When the onlookers heard this, they all blamed Li Lan.

"Qin Huai, you might not know this, but your mother wants to take Xiaomi away. Looting food is just a side job. I don't know what evil plan she has in mind to take Xiaomi away. Tell us what's going on, and let everyone judge for themselves."

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