Along the way, although Li Xiaoqin paid close attention to the road under her feet, she still couldn't find the lost finger.
Although she knew that it would be useless even if she picked it up, she still felt unwilling to do so.
It was already late at night when the three of them returned home in silence.
The drizzle of snow never stopped.
But the temperature is always higher than during the coldest days of winter, and much of the snow melts when it falls on our bodies.
So the shoulders of the three people's cotton jackets were wet.
The Shen family members who had already gone to bed were also woken up.
Old Man Shen asked the people next to him to light the kerosene lamp quickly.
He tremblingly reached out to Shen Qiushu and asked him to sit next to him: "Third brother, let me see what happened to your hand?"
Shen Qiushu quietly pressed the flesh near the wound, and he immediately grimaced in pain.
She managed to squeeze out a few tears, sat down in front of Old Man Shen, and looked at him with sobs: "Dad, my hand is crippled~~~"
As he said this, he put his gauze-wrapped hand in front of Old Man Shen.
Old Man Shen carefully lifted Shen Qiushu's right hand, only to see that the middle finger of the hand was almost completely gone.
Even though it was wrapped in thick gauze, some red blood still seeped out.
Old man Shen wanted to touch it but didn't dare to. As he looked at it, he suddenly started to sob.
"What sin have I committed? What sin have I committed? Why does God treat me like this?"
The old woman was paralyzed, and both she and her second son had broken legs, so they couldn't work for the time being.
Now the third son has lost another finger on his hand.
Looking at the entire village, is there any family more miserable than his?
The more Old Man Shen thought about it, the sadder he became. He didn't know what he had done wrong.
From the beginning to the end, he was wholeheartedly planning for this family, wanting to make it a good one and have others look up to him.
But why is it getting worse and worse?
At first he was just sobbing softly, but later on, Old Man Shen couldn't stop crying anymore. He leaned against the wall and sobbed loudly.
Li Xiaoqin, who had stopped crying, also had tears in her eyes.
A man stood in the corner on the ground, covering his face with his hands and sobbing, and tears began to flow.
The man she had worked so hard to win over, and now just a few months later, he had lost a finger on his hand?
Isn't this equivalent to marrying a disabled man?
Li Xiaoqin felt extremely aggrieved.
At that time, the Shen family seemed to be doing well in all aspects. They could afford the bride price and had many people who could work at home, so they thought they would never have to worry about food.
How come it has come to this in just a few months?
For a moment, the east room of the Shen family was filled with the crying of Old Man Shen and Li Xiaoqin.
In such a quiet night, it seems even more desolate.
Chen Chunshu waited for a while, but when he saw that the two of them kept crying, he gradually lost his patience.
He is still thinking about the money in the hands of the third brother and his wife!
"Dad, now that things have happened, what's the use of crying?" Shen Chunshu said impatiently.
The sad old man Shen paused, and then seemed to have found someone to vent his anger on. He pointed at Shen Chunshu and cried while cursing: "If it weren't for you, such a useless thing, would I be crying?"
"I can't take care of my daughter, I can't teach my son well, and I can't even support my family. Why did I give birth to a useless eldest son like you?"
"I used to be a person with a lot of weight in the village, but look at me now. I've come to ask for help, but no one has stepped forward to help. You've really embarrassed me."
Shen Chunshu was very dissatisfied with what Old Man Shen said. He thought how could these things be blamed on himself?
It is obvious that all matters are decided by the father alone. Although he is the eldest son, he has no say at all in the family.
I am a father after all. How can I have the final say on all the big and small matters at home?
Among the three brothers, they are the largest family members and do the most work, but in the end, their father actually secretly gave money to the third brother.
The more Shen Chunshu thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.
He looked at Old Man Shen with red eyes: "Dad thinks I'm useless, so he wants to give all the family assets to the third child, right?"
"Am I still your son then? Do you want me to take my wife and children and move out to beg for food? Will that satisfy you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Old man Shen looked confused and had no idea what his eldest son was talking about.
Chen Chunshu smiled bitterly: "I'm telling you, Dad knows everything. Why are you pretending to be confused?"
"My family borrowed money from Hu Zhiqing, but everyone put their fingerprints on it, so everyone had to find a way to pay it back. I thought it was fair at first."
"But I didn't expect that you secretly hid the money and subsidized the third brother and his wife. If the third brother hadn't injured his hand this time, I don't know how long I would have been deceived before I knew it."
As soon as Shen Chunshu finished speaking, Wang Huilian, who had been silent the whole time, glared and said, "What the hell? Did Dad secretly give money to the third brother and the others?"
Chen Chunshu raised his chin towards Chen Qiushu's injured hand: "Why else do you think people go to the health center to get bandaged and get medicine? If you don't have money, do you think they will pay attention to you?"
"If it wasn't Dad who gave this money, who gave it to him? Do you think we are three-year-old children?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Huilian slapped her thigh and complained, "Dad, how can you be so partial?"
"Haruki and I gave birth to children for the Shen family and continued your family line. You didn't give the money to us, but gave it to the third brother and his wife. Even if you look down on us, you still have Dawei and Dali. Don't you care about your eldest grandson's face?"
Old man Shen was confused: "What money? When did I secretly give money to the third brother? My pockets are cleaner than my face, where can I give them money?"
Seeing that his father still refused to admit it, Chen Chunshu became even angrier: "Then Dad, where did the money for the third son's medical treatment come from?"
After hearing this, Old Man Shen couldn't help but look at Shen Qiushu and asked, "How much did you spend on your medical treatment? Where did the money come from?"
Shen Qiushu glanced at his wife, and then said, "That was brought by Xiaoqin from her parents' home. It has nothing to do with our family."
At this point, Chen Qiushu looked at the eldest brother impatiently: "Brother, you keep saying that the money was given by my father. Do you have any evidence? You just talk nonsense as soon as you open your mouth. Aren't you afraid of getting your tongue rotten?"
Chen Chunshu knew he would say that, and his face was full of disdain: "You said that this money was brought by your third brother's wife from home, so let's go to your father-in-law's house tomorrow to ask and see how much money they have prepared for the bottom of the box!"
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