"Just play with bones. Didn't you play with them when you were a kid?"

Lu Ye didn't react for a moment. He thought it was just a child playing with sheep bones and pig bones. All rural children have played with them before. Gao Shangjin was making a big fuss.

"It's not that bone, it's... oh... it's a human!"

After saying this, Gao Shangjin couldn't stop sighing, his eyebrows and eyes were stuck together with worry.

His sweet and soft little girl is prettier than the dolls sold in department stores, so why does she like to play with cold bones?

Lu Ye picked up a piece of duck meat and was about to put it into his mouth. When he heard this, he was so surprised that the duck meat dropped. He asked in surprise: "Are you sure? Are you sure?"

He also liked his ambitious little daughter very much. She was sweet, soft, cute and a very well-behaved little girl. Every time he hugged her, he didn't dare to use force for fear of strangling her to death.

This little girl looks timid, so it shouldn't be like this, right?

"I saw it with my own eyes, and Qianqian herself admitted it."

Qianqian is the name of Gao Shangjin's daughter, Gao Qianqian.

What made Gao Shangjin most depressed was that his daughter didn't like the doll at all. The only reason she acted like she liked it was just to please him.

He, an old father, could be fooled around by a six-year-old girl. He found it a little hard to accept.

"Then let's play!"

Lu Ye ate the meat with big mouthfuls and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"You don't understand. How can my Qianqian play with bones? She should like dolls, beautiful dresses, playing the piano, drawing, and dancing. How can she like bones?"

Gao Shangjin became more and more excited as he spoke. He originally had a beautiful idea that his son could take over his job as a soldier, or take over his father-in-law and daughter-in-law's job as a military doctor. That would all be great.

The only thing he hopes for his daughter is that she can have an easier life in the future. Being a soldier or a military doctor is too hard, and he can't bear to see his daughter suffer.

"You think it's good, but Qianqian doesn't like it. This is not normal. Why are you so excited?"

Lu Ye couldn't understand it. Children are not wooden people. They don't have to follow the preferences of adults.

"When you have a daughter, you will understand. Can you bear to let your daughter suffer? My Liya often works night shifts and often stands for five or six hours in an operation. It's too hard. I just hope Qianqian can have an easier life."

Gao Shangjin's eyes turned red as he spoke. He felt sorry for his wife and had wanted to transfer her to the pharmacy so that she could have an easier job, but she didn't want to because she liked surgery.

He couldn't do anything about his wife, but he could make up for it with his daughter. So every year he bought her dolls and beautiful floral dresses, in order to cultivate her love of beauty from an early age. When she grew up, she might engage in artistic work, which would be easier than being a doctor.

But no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't prevent it. Alas!

"If you do something you like, you won't feel tired no matter how hard it is. As parents, the last thing we should do is force our children to do something they don't like."

Ruan Qiqi placed the vegetables on the table and gave some advice.

Gao Shangjin sighed. He understood the reason, but he was just a little depressed and wanted to find someone to talk to.

"How did you find out?"

Ruan Qiqi was quite curious. Qianqian was a very clever little girl, and the box of bone toys was hidden very secretly. Moreover, the brother and sister were usually in Shanghai and only came here during holidays.

In addition, Gao Shangjin is busy at work, leaving home early and returning late, so he should not have been discovered.

"This year during the Chinese New Year, our family went back to my hometown to stay for a few days. Something happened and we found out."

Gao Shangjin spoke very concisely, and only mentioned what happened in his hometown in one sentence.

"What happened? Did people from your hometown bully Doctor Yin?" Lu Ye hit the nail on the head and guessed it right.

Gao Shangjin drank a few glasses of wine and felt a little tipsy. He also had a lot to say in his heart, so he took advantage of the alcohol to say it all.

It was a wonderful story with twists and turns, thrills and a thrilling story. After listening to it, Lu Ye and Ruan Qiqi both laughed out loud, and even the little kid joined in the laughter.

Here's what happened, time goes back three months ago.

As the New Year is coming to an end, Gao Shangjin plans to accompany his wife and children back to Shanghai to celebrate the New Year as usual. He can find time to visit his hometown later.

But his parents called and said that Gao's father was not in good health and wanted to see his grandchildren. Gao Shangjin thought that his father was really dying, so he changed his itinerary and the family returned to his hometown in Xiangxi.

It is not easy to go back to his home. He has to take a train to the county town first, and then take a bus from the county town to the town. After arriving in the town, if he is lucky, he can get a ride on the ox cart or tractor back to the village. If he is unlucky, he can only walk back.

Of course, their family didn't have to walk. A comrade-in-arms named Gao Shangjin from the county's armed forces department drove them to the foot of the mountain. The mountain road was rugged and the car couldn't drive up, so they had to climb up.

The locals are used to climbing and can climb up in an hour, but Yin Liya and her children have never climbed before. It took them three hours to climb and both children were exhausted.

This is also one of the reasons why Gao Shangjin did not let his wife and children come back. The way home was too difficult, and he was reluctant to let his wife and children suffer.

After arriving home, they found that Gao's father was in good health and could live at least another 30 years. Gao Shangjin was very angry and wanted to argue with his parents, but was persuaded by Yin Liya.

"It's understandable that the elderly want to see their grandchildren. It's wrong that we haven't been back for so many years. Don't argue with them!"

Yin Liya knew that her husband had been caught in the middle all these years and it was not easy. Now that he was back, they should spend the New Year in peace.

Gao Shangjin was so touched that he hugged his wife and said a lot of sweet words to her.

Although Yin Liya is aloof and quiet, she is very polite and sends money and gifts to her hometown every year. This time she brought back a lot of money and gifts, which were given to Gao Shangjin's parents, brothers and nephews.

However, her politeness did not gain gratitude from the Gao family, especially Gao Shangjin's parents. They were resentful of Yin Liya, thinking that their most promising son was abducted by her and was almost becoming a live-in son-in-law, causing them to be laughed at by the villagers.

Gao Shangjin's family returned on the 28th day of the lunar year. Until that day, everything was relatively peaceful. Although Gao's mother always assigned Yin Liya to do chores, such as washing dishes, sweeping the floor, and doing clothes, all the work was done by Gao Shangjin.

Gao's mother felt sorry for her son and her resentment towards Yin Liya deepened. It accumulated until New Year's Eve. Gao's mother could hardly maintain her face and did not even look kindly upon her granddaughter.

On the 30th, Yin Liya did not stop from morning to night. Gao's mother only ordered her around, while Gao Shangjin's sister-in-law and brother's wife were resting nearby.

Gao Shangjin was deliberately called away by his father to go to the mountain to visit the grave.

There are high mountains and steep terrain in Xiangxi. Visiting the graves is not only time-consuming but also physically demanding. It takes at least half a day. Moreover, according to local customs, men are allowed to visit the graves, and women are not qualified.

So, Yin Liya and her daughter stayed at home, while her son and Gao Shang went to visit the grave.

There were only the mother and daughter left at home, and Gao's mother ordered them around as much as she could, not even sparing the little girl Qianqian.

"Qianqian, go pour out this basin of water!"

Mother Gao ordered her granddaughter to pour water in a domineering manner, without even considering whether the little girl could do it.

Gao Qianqian didn't want to fall, and she argued: "Grandma, I can't lift it, it's too heavy!"

"You can't even do this little job. What's the use of a little girl like you? You're just eating and not working. You're a money-loser!"

Gao's mother's anger suddenly flared up. All the anger that she had been holding back for years was directed at her granddaughter. She forcefully put a large basin of water in Qianqian's hands.

The little girl was very smart and dodged it lightly, causing a basin of water to fall to the ground with a bang, splashing all over Gao's mother.

"You little bitch, have you become more capable? You are just like your mother, not at all like a child of the Gao family!"

Gao's angry mother spoke without thinking and even grabbed her granddaughter and slapped her.

Gao Qianqian, who had never been beaten since she was a child, was stunned by the slap and burst into tears.

Yin Liya, who was killing chickens outside, heard her daughter's cry. She immediately put down the chicken and rushed over. Seeing the red slap marks on her daughter's fair face, she felt cold all over and pulled her daughter behind her.

[The next chapter is stuck in review again, I don’t know when it will be released]