Food shortage has a great impact on farmers' lives.

In fact, even with a younger sister, according to the family situation of Shen Ci's adoptive parents, if they save some money, the family of four can still survive this winter.

But they didn't want to.

Shen Ci told Shen Chaomu that he remembered it was a night in the winter of that year.

That night was even colder than the day he was locked in the chicken coop. It was so cold that he was shivering all over and even his bones were frozen.

While he was sleeping, his adoptive father carried him up the mountain and left him there.

In fact, he woke up halfway through the journey. He vaguely sensed something, but he said nothing. He pretended to be still asleep, lying on his adoptive father's back, and was carried quietly by him.

This was the only and last time his adoptive father carried him on his back in his memory, and it was also the last warmth they left him.

When they reached the middle of the mountain, his adoptive father put him down on the ground and said, "Son, don't blame us for being cruel." Then he left.

Shen Ci did not catch up, and could only see his adoptive father's figure getting farther and farther away and smaller in the dark night under the dim moonlight.

Shen Ci was extremely cold at that time. It was winter, snowing, and in the mountains. The wind and snow almost poured into his clothes.

On such a night, the eight-year-old child walked around aimlessly and stumbled. Finally, he found a tree hole dug by some unknown animal. He stuffed his tiny body into the tree hole, trying to find shelter.

In fact, this tree hole did block most of the wind and snow for him. Otherwise, he would probably have died before meeting Shen Chaomu the next day.

Shen Ci's adoptive parents also calculated this, which is why they carried Shen Ci to the mountain and abandoned him.

"...Afterwards, Chen Ci lived with me and never returned to that farm family. He didn't have a name at first; the family only gave him the nickname Shitou. He later came up with the name Ci when he secretly attended a private school and thought it was a good name, so he gave himself that name. As for his surname, he took mine."

Qing'er covered her mouth to prevent herself from crying out loud, and tears kept falling.

He was actually mentally prepared, knowing that he must not have had a good life over the years, but he didn't expect that he would be abandoned.

He was only eight years old at that time.

He was so small and so well-behaved, yet he was cruelly abandoned in that dark and cold night and almost froze to death.

Qing'er burst into tears and curled up in the corner.

It's all his fault. If he hadn't been cheated and lost his brother, he wouldn't have had such a hard time these years.

Shen Chaomu was silent. She didn't know how to comfort Qing'er.

In fact, at the beginning, Shen Chaomu had complaints about Shen Ci's biological parents and adoptive parents, because when she met Shen Ci that morning, he was really dying.

He will never forget the skinny, little child who huddled in a tree hole and was almost silent.

Now seeing Qing'er crying in such pain, Shen Chaomu couldn't bring herself to complain. She also had no right to forgive or resent someone on Shen Ci's behalf.

"Do you want to recognize Aci again?" Chen Chaomu asked after Qing'er calmed down a little.

Qing'er shook his head: "I don't know." He wanted to admit it, but he was timid.

Shen Chaomu didn't say anything. Maybe if he waited a little longer, there would be a result.