The two groups were strangers in the waiting line, each sitting on a wooden chair in the hallway, holding their child. Ding Hai's mother was beautiful, elegant, and well-dressed, with shiny little leather shoes. She was accompanied by a driver and a nanny.
Sitting opposite, Old Lady Sun worked in the production team all year round and was often bullied by her mother-in-law. Not only did she not live a satisfactory life, she also often went hungry. Even though she was only in her thirties, she already had white hair.
Sitting opposite each other, she felt very inferior. Ding Hai's own mother didn't even look at her, which made Old Lady Sun look down on her. She didn't reflect on why her life was so tiring, but instead blamed the unrelated strangers. Old Lady Sun's thinking was really unique.
In fact, Ding Hai's mother didn't notice who was standing opposite her. Her attention was all on the feverish child in her arms. The little girl's face was red with fever, and she was sleeping the whole time.
Old Mrs. Sun took a look at the child in the lady's arms. The child was about the same age as her youngest son, and the two children looked quite similar.
After the consultation, both children were diagnosed with acute pneumonia, and the doctor prescribed three days of intravenous drips. Because they had traveled so far, the nurse opened a temporary ward with two beds. Hospital beds were in short supply in the 1950s, and if the children hadn't been so young, they would have received IV drips in the hallway.
Old Lady Sun had many children, and at the time, she also had her parents-in-law to support, making the burden a heavy one. Her mother-in-law was the head of the household, and Old Lady Sun herself had no money. This time, her mother-in-law objected to her child's medical treatment in the county town, saying it was expensive. If the village doctor wasn't effective, she'd consulted a fortune-teller, who wouldn't pay a cent. Finally, Old Lady Sun had no choice but to borrow 15 yuan from an IOU she'd written at the brigade, bringing her child with her to the county town.
Looking at her little son who was receiving an IV in her arms, and then at the child on the bed next to her who was drinking milk from a bottle and being served by a servant, a plan formed in Old Lady Sun's mind.
My family is too poor, and I had to borrow money from the brigade to come to the county for medical treatment. The doctor said that I would give the child intravenous drip for three days to see the situation. It is possible that the child’s illness will not be cured after three days and I will have to continue the intravenous drip.
I borrowed 15 yuan from the brigade when I came here. Today, I spent 2.8 yuan on the infusion. Two adults also need to eat, and I heard that there is a bed fee for this bed.
I know my own family all too well. There's nothing else to do here except farming for a lifetime. But the family across the street is different. Look at what they wear, eat, and use. Then look at me. If my youngest son went to that family, it would definitely be a hundred times better than staying with me.
So, while everyone was asleep in the middle of the night, Old Lady Sun quietly switched the two children and carefully changed the children's clothes, leaving no flaws.
In fact, Old Lady Sun is not only envious of Ding Hai's biological mother, but also jealous. Envy, jealousy and hatred are a series of chain reactions, and now Old Lady Sun has reached the second stage.
Who was the target of her jealousy? The child who had been switched.
The next morning, Old Mrs. Sun watched anxiously the reactions of Ding Hai's mother and the nanny across from her. After observing for a whole morning, she found that the two of them had not noticed that the children had been swapped. At this time, Old Mrs. Sun was ecstatic.
Ding Hai's mother was in a completely bad mood because her father had just passed away in her hometown. The nanny was careless and didn't even know that the child had been replaced.
To be honest, Mrs. Sun was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that Ding Hai's mother would find out that the child in her arms was not hers and abuse the child again. For this reason, she specially checked the whole body of the child she had exchanged for, and found that he was in good condition, without any birthmarks.
She had already thought it through. If she found out that the child was not treated well, she would get her son back even at the risk of being exposed.
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