Old Mrs. Song shrank back in fear. "I didn't mean to—"
"Shut up!"
Old Mrs. Song swallowed and closed her mouth with a wronged look.
A figure flashed outside the window, quickly climbed over the back wall of the Song family, and ran towards the foot of the mountain.
Du Xiaoying, who had been guarding the door, breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly hugged Erya, who was breathing slightly hard, into the house.
Daya also breathed a sigh of relief and quickly picked up a teacup of boiled water, "Drink some water first."
Erya held the teacup and drank most of it, then wiped her mouth and stretched her neck to look towards the east room.
Daya quickly said, "Sanya, Siya and Wuya are sleeping in the west room."
Seeing that her sisters were not around, Erya lowered her voice and repeated everything she had just heard in the old house. Her little face, which had gained some weight over the past few days, was filled with anger.
"Mom, they are so mean, they even want to stab me with a vampire. What should we do?"
"They want to make a voodoo doll for mom?!" Daya cried out softly, and her little face turned pale.
"I see."
Du Xiaoying sneered, patted Daya soothingly, and then looked at Erya and asked, "Erya, what else did they say?"
Although feudal superstitions are being eradicated now, many people in China still believe in them deep down after thousands of years of influence. The two sisters were extremely anxious at the time.
"Mom, they're going to stab you with a figurine. What if—"
"Don't be afraid. Old Mrs. Song has probably been deceived. We just need to wait for them to fall into the trap and catch her for her feudal superstition..." Du Xiaoying hurriedly comforted her nervous daughter and asked what else Old Man Song and Old Mrs. Song had said.
Erya recalled carefully, "I remember the old lady mentioned that the old landlord's family was so rich back then that even the maids around the young ladies could eat and drink the best food and drink.
Then she praised Grandpa, and Grandpa got angry and told Grandma to shut up."
The two sisters looked at each other and looked at their mother who seemed to be lost in thought, feeling a little curious.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"fine."
Du Xiaoying hurriedly shook her head, her heart filled with a thick fog.
When I was working in the afternoon, I couldn't help but think about the old landlord's family.
For some reason, she always felt that there was definitely a reason why Old Lady Song suddenly mentioned the old landlord's family. There must be some secret that outsiders did not know.
On the surface, the Song family is headed by the sarcastic Old Mrs. Song, but in reality, it is Old Man Song who has the final say.
Old Man Song always looked like an honest and simple farmer when he was around, but she had stayed in the Song family for so long in her previous life, and she knew that Old Man Song was a deep-minded person, and was definitely not as simple as he seemed.
Song Guoliang looked at his worried wife and said softly, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Du Xiaoying glanced at the closed door outside the courtyard and asked in a low voice, "Do you still remember what happened at the old landlord's house?"
Song Guoliang's expression froze, and he glanced around warily, "Why are you asking about this?"
"It's your vicious mother who wanted to harm me by stabbing me with a voodoo doll. She even mentioned the story of the old landlord's family to your father. I find it strange." Du Xiaoying did not say that it was Erya who overheard it.
Song Guoliang's face suddenly darkened and he looked unhappy. He couldn't understand why his mother... couldn't bear to see their family live a peaceful life!
Even though his parents had never been kind to him since he was a child, he never resented them.
It doesn't matter to him as a grown man, but he will never let his wife and daughter suffer any injustice!
Even his parents who gave birth to him and raised him are not allowed!
"Erya, let mom and dad go in and talk." Du Xiaoying winked at her daughter and followed the man into the house.
Da Ya and Er Ya knew that their parents were about to say something important, so they quickly squatted at the door to look at their younger sisters.
"I remember I was still young at that time, probably around thirteen or fourteen. Many people in the brigade were workers for Mr. Lu. I remember my father was a farmhand for the Lu family, and my mother was their wet nurse.
In my memory, Mr. Lu's family were all very good people. They treated their subordinates in a gentle manner, unlike other landlords who would beat or scold them. Mr. Lu had two sons and a daughter. When he fell from power, the young lady got married and the second young master, who was away at the time, escaped the disaster. The rest of the Lu family were not so lucky.
Later, rumors spread that the Lu siblings had fled south. Many people set their sights on the Lu family's house, but without exception, strange things happened almost the same day they moved in. Then, rumors spread throughout the village about the disturbance at the old landlord's house.
Du Xiaoying couldn't tell what was so strange. Suddenly, she thought of the treasure that Old Man Song left to Song Zilong and his four brothers before his death in his previous life. Later, it was sold for several million, and this incident caused a sensation in the whole city.
So I remember this incident very clearly. The eldest and his wife were afraid that she would steal their money, and they bullied her and her daughters in both words and deeds. At that time, she had experienced the deaths of her eldest, second, and third daughters one after another. She was already bearing the pain of losing her children, and she also had to endure the rumors and gossip. She almost...
Now that I think about it, how did the Song family get that treasure? It's very strange.
"Then...does your family have any heirlooms?" Du Xiaoying asked curiously.
Song Guoliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Wife, our Song family has been poor farmers for eight generations. We were extremely poor. To be honest, we only have one thing left."
"What?"
"poverty!"
Du Xiaoying, "..."
He rolled his eyes at the man in annoyance. His mind was like a ball of tangled yarn, becoming more and more tangled the more he tried to untangle it. So...where did Old Man Song get the things he hid in his previous life?
Could it be that... it was stolen from the old landlord's house back then?
Du Xiaoying felt that this possibility was very high. After the Lu family fell, many people took advantage of the situation to rob them.
Suddenly remembering something, she poked the man's stiff arm and said, "By the way, where is your second sister?"
Song Guoliang was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled bitterly, "My parents have always favored boys over girls. They loved my eldest brother the most. My second sister and I were not valued. My second sister raised me since I was a child. My second sister... was sold by my parents at the age of 16.
Just to help my eldest brother get married, I caused a scene because of me, and my father beat me so hard that I couldn't get out of bed for three days. When I woke up, my eldest brother had married, and my second sister was gone. No one except my father knew where she was sold to.
"They say even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. The Song family is truly ruthless!" Du Xiaoying frowned. "That's not right. Old Lady Song favors boys over girls, so shouldn't you, a man, be treated unfairly?"
Song Guoliang smiled bitterly, "Maybe it's because I've been quiet since I was little, and I'm not as good at making my parents happy as my older brother."
Du Xiaoying nodded. That was true. This man was taciturn and had a tough personality. If he had not found a way out by joining the army, he would have been even less liked by Old Man and Mrs. Song.
"Hiss~"
Looking at the man's deep eyes, high nose bridge, and sharp jawline, no matter how you look at it... he doesn't look like a member of the Song family.
"I just hope my second sister can find a good family, at least not like when she was a child, where she was beaten and scolded at every turn."
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