"If our son hadn't changed, he might have become a high-ranking officer in the army now, capable and filial, nothing like that ungrateful person."
Song Zihao, who was eavesdropping in the main room, widened his eyes in shock. He quickly covered his mouth for fear of making any noise, and then heard the voice of Old Man Song coming from the inner room.
"What's the point of saying this now? If we just say it, our son will come back. So, please stop talking."
Old Man Song sighed, and when he thought of what happened in the past, a vicious look flashed in his eyes.
....
Liu Lanhua looked at her flustered son and frowned, "Haohao, what are you doing? You're so jumpy."
Song Zihao suppressed his inner ecstasy, restrained the corners of his mouth from rising wildly, shook his head, and lay down on the kang with his back to his family.
His eyes gleamed with excitement as he thought about the secret he had just heard.
No wonder he always felt that his grandparents disliked his uncle's family. It turned out that his uncle was not his grandparents' biological son at all, but a child who was exchanged.
This is really going to be a good show!
Song Zilong frowned and kicked his brother who was facing away from him, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
....
That day, Song Guoliang came home from get off work and frowned unhappily when he saw his nephew blocking his way.
Seeing this, Song Zihao sneered, "Uncle, you hurt my grandparents' feelings like this for an outsider, aren't you afraid of being stabbed in the back?
How about this, you bring some things to visit grandpa and grandma, and then talk to them softly, and grandma will forgive you. We will still be a family in the future. Otherwise, if your family has children and you don’t have a nephew, we will smash the pot for you, and your family will be completely extinct in the future...”
"When your family teamed up to bully my wife and children, you should have thought about the consequences." Looking at his nephew's smug face, Song Guoliang's face turned cold. He was too lazy to waste time arguing with such a person.
Seeing that the other person was about to ride away on his bicycle, Song Zilong hurriedly reached out to grab him.
"Let go!" Song Guoliang shouted in a deep voice.
"Second Uncle, don't regret it when you leave. For such a troublemaker and money-loser, you even ignored the life and death of your parents who raised you. God has its own way, and you are not afraid of retribution."
Song Guoliang's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. Thinking of the miserable end of his wife and daughter in his dream, a storm of anger rose in his deep black eyes, and he spat out two words coldly.
“Get out of the way!”
Song Zilong was frightened and reflexively took a few steps back. Seeing his second uncle riding away on his bicycle, he spat viciously.
"Bah! Bastard! You're not from the Song family. No wonder you're so mean!"
"What did you say? Say it again!"
Song Guoliang had extraordinary hearing, so he naturally heard every word his nephew said just now.
Song Zilong's legs went weak under the man's sharp black eyes, but he still said stubbornly, "I don't know what you are talking about."
"You said I'm not from the Song family?" Song Guoliang narrowed his eyes slightly. "So, what do you know?"
Song Zilong didn't expect that his second uncle had heard everything he said. He was very upset, but he still gritted his teeth and held on.
"I, I didn't say anything, don't spit blood on me."
Song Guoliang looked at the person who was fleeing in panic, but did not chase after him. He let him run away crawling and rolling, and all kinds of thoughts surged in his mind.
In an instant, all the little things from childhood to adulthood flooded into my mind, like scenes from a movie playing out, and a complex wave of emotions surged in my heart.
At this moment, all the strangeness became clear.
No wonder no matter how much or what my second sister and I did since childhood, we were never liked by our parents, and we were either beaten or scolded.
.....
"Why are you back late today? Is there something going on at work?" Du Xiaoying said as she hurriedly got off the kang to take out the food from the pot, not noticing the man's strange behavior.
"Hurry up and wash your hands. It's time to eat."
Looking at his busy wife and daughter, Song Guoliang smiled and said, "Yeah."
Du Xiaoying glanced at the calendar and said, "It's almost the end of the year. If we finish one more batch of work before the 30th, we can take a break and have a good New Year. You can buy the New Year's goods by yourself then."
"Um."
"By the way, I haven't been back to my parents' home for the New Year since we got married. How about we all go back to my parents' home on the second day of the New Year?"
When the sisters heard that they were going to their grandparents' house this year, they cheered with joy.
The three Niu Niu brothers also grinned happily, their eyes full of anticipation.
Song Guoliang nodded, "Okay, I'll buy some more New Year's goods then."
....
Nightfall
Du Xiaoying asked tentatively, "Hey, what's wrong with you? I always feel like you're acting weird today."
"You figured it out?"
Song Guoliang looked at his wife's worried eyes, sighed, and slowly said, "The reason I came back late today was because I ran into Song Zihao."
Du Xiaoying waited quietly for the man's next words.
"I just realized that I'm not my parents' child." Song Guoliang laughed lowly, with a hint of self-mockery in his voice. "Now that I think about it, my parents have always disliked me since I was a child, always getting angry and scolding me for no apparent reason.
I used to think it was because I wasn’t as good at talking as my older brother and couldn’t make people happy, but now I think it’s just because I’m not their biological child, so they just don’t like me no matter how they look at me.”
Du Xiaoying held the man's big hand at her side with heartache, and for a moment she didn't know how to comfort him.
Song Guoliang laughed self-deprecatingly, "Since we were little, my second sister and I have always envied our eldest brother. Mom and Dad wanted to praise him, and only in front of him could Mom and Dad smile from the bottom of their hearts."
"They don't deserve your sadness."
Seeing the distress and worry in his wife's eyes, Song Guoliang smiled and said, "Actually, after hearing the news, I felt more relieved. It was like I breathed a sigh of relief."
Du Xiaoying clenched the man's broad hand with heartache. Given the character of the Song family, she couldn't imagine what kind of miserable life this man had lived since childhood.
"By the way, do you know your biological parents?"
Song Guoliang shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Now I have you and the children by my side. That's enough!"
Du Xiaoying was full of confusion. If there was no benefit, the selfish Song family would never raise a child for an outsider.
But what is the unknown secret behind this?
She couldn't figure it out.
"Okay, let's not think about them anymore. From now on we have nothing to do with them."
....
There was heavy snow outside the window, and the usually dark night was made especially bright by the thick snow on the ground.
The New Year came in a blink of an eye. Song Guoliang took advantage of his break to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought everything he saw on the note in his hand.
"Comrade Song, are you here to buy New Year's goods at the order of your wife?" the salesperson joked with a smile.
Song Guoliang nodded and said "hmm".
"Look at other people's men, how much they care about their wives. Then look at my own man, it's really frustrating to compare with him!"
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