"Qiao'er, my sister-in-law is about to give birth in the next few days. According to the team's rules, I can go to the river to catch some fresh fish and bring them back to help her replenish her body.
I think our little baby doesn't have enough milk, so I discussed it with my younger brother. We will tell others that I helped to pull the net, and put it in a hidden place. No one will say anything if we don't make a fuss.
Don't worry, it will only take half an hour and I'll be back soon."
The man's brilliant smile appeared before Li Qiao's eyes, making her feel dazed, as if that person had never left...
Yes,
It was she who kept complaining that her milk was not enough for the child, which made the child's father think of taking such a risk.
If she hadn't nagged him, he wouldn't have thought of taking the risk, and his uncle wouldn't have gone to the secluded place, wouldn't have run into those playful kids, and wouldn't have risked his life...
Life!
It’s all fate!
Shu Ziqiang saw her beating her chest again and again, and he felt so sad that he could not care about anything else. He rushed forward and held her hands.
"Mom, Mom! Don't be like this. If you want to hit someone, just hit me, okay?"
"Son, it's mom's fault, it's all mom's fault." The wound deep in her heart was torn open again. Facing this bloody reality, Li Qiao felt so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.
I hugged my son and cried loudly. I didn't know whether I was feeling guilty for my deliberate avoidance over the years, or was suffering because my selfishness had caused my son to become corrupted.
…
Shu Zili held up his face, looked at Shu Miao eating slowly with a worried look on his face, and sighed one after another.
I suddenly heard my mother crying, and stood up suddenly. I was not paying attention and bumped into the corner of the table.
"Hiss~"
He couldn't help but gasp in pain, holding his waist and abdomen and arching like a shrimp.
Shu Miao, holding the bowl, blinked with lingering fear.
Fortunately, she didn't put the bowl on the table, otherwise at least half of the rare fish soup would have been spilled.
But looking at Shu Zili's grinning face, she opened her mouth, but for a long time she didn't know what to say to comfort him.
After recovering from the pain, Shu Zili covered his waist and stumbled out.
He held his breath and wished he could fly over immediately to fight with his elder brother who had made his mother sad!
Only Shu Miao was left standing there in a daze for a long time, but in the end, out of worry, he quietly followed.
***
After venting, Li Qiao calmed down a lot.
Seeing the younger son coming angrily and punching the older son without saying a word, she felt both relieved and sad.
I quickly pulled him aside to explain.
Then she slowly told her the old story that had been weighing on her mind for all these years.
After hearing the whole story, Shu Zili was so shocked that his eyes widened.
He looked at his embarrassed mother and then at his devastated elder brother.
Thinking about the various difficulties he had caused Shu Miao behind people's backs over the years, in addition to his deliberate isolation, he lowered his head in shame.
"No, it's impossible, it's not like that..." Shu Ziqiang held his head in pain, unable to accept that he had hated the wrong person all these years.
Could it be true as my mother said, that all these coincidences were just a coincidence, and there is no such thing as an unlucky star that brings disaster to the family?
What was the meaning of his pain and suffering over the years, and who should he continue to hate? He was completely confused and at a loss.
"Your grandmother's health had already been failing since I married into the Shu family. I thought it would only last for two years, but she actually lasted a few more years. It's just..."
But in the end, he could not bear the blow of seeing his loved one die, and passed away.
After all, those were her only two children. If they were gone at once, which mother could bear it?
Li Qiao felt embarrassed and awkward when she thought about her anger towards the child over the years.
Fortunately, she had been considerate of her father-in-law in the past few years and hadn't done anything bad to the child. At most, she had reduced her food intake in the month or so since her father-in-law left.
But it wasn't just about reducing the child's food. The food supply at home was already tight, so her and the child's rations were also reduced.
In addition, he owed a large sum of money to his father-in-law, and the family had long been on the verge of starvation.
well……
It's all because of poverty...
Shu Miao, who was hiding under the wall and eavesdropped on the whole thing, twitched his lips speechlessly.
She thought that the original body must have done something extremely cruel to be feared by the entire group.
After all this time, because his father, uncle and grandmother died one after another, and he happened to be born on Ghost Festival, and he was suspected of autism, he was given the label of a lonely star.
After that, he was abandoned by his mother. Before he grew up, his grandfather died of overwork...
However, Shu Miao couldn't help but sigh when he heard about the unfortunate child's experience. Needless to say, it was indeed quite tragic...
At the same time, Shu Miao thought about how the villagers were so secretive about these things from her, and she found it ridiculous.
You have to know that the children who can be sent to welfare homes are either orphans without parents or children who have been abandoned because of their disabilities.
According to what is said here, all the children in the orphanage are doomed to fail?
I don’t know if the sky is big enough. What if it can’t accommodate so many unlucky stars?
Complaints aside, at least she finally understood her identity.
As for the orphan girl?
This is a good thing, as it saves her the trouble of maintaining her original behavior habits, which would be very tiring over time.
Shu Miao's mind was working rapidly, analyzing the pros and cons of the matter, while also tiptoeing back to his room.
What she didn't expect was that after a while, Shu Zili came over with a bowl of fish soup.
Seeing the unfinished fish soup in her bowl, he shrugged in disgust, but acted very generously and put the fish meat in his bowl into Shu Miao's bowl.
He kept muttering, "Eat more so you can grow taller. If I didn't tell you, no one would know you're only three months younger than me."
Shu Miao felt bored seeing Shu Zili clearly wanting to compensate her but acting awkwardly.
But what Zili said was right. They were both one year old, but there was a height difference of more than ten centimeters between them. Shu Miao felt sad for a rare moment.
Fortunately, this little accident did not affect her ability to make money.
Shu Zili may feel that what he is doing now is not enough to make up for the harm he has caused her over the years.
Feeling guilty, he divided the fish and slipped away.
After dinner, Shu Miao still chose to go to the kitchen in the dark to put the dishes after the mother and her two daughters turned off the lights.
I habitually glanced at the firewood pile in the corner of the kitchen and saw that there were only some dry grass and branches scattered on it.
So he picked up a bundle of firewood from the yard as usual.
The moment she straightened up, she felt that the firewood was much lighter, perhaps it was her illusion.
When she entered the kitchen and put down the firewood in her hand, she was suddenly surprised to find that she didn't feel tired at all.
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