The girl immediately waved her hand and said, "I'm not so lucky to have such a wonderful sister. I couldn't possibly be her long-lost daughter."
Cheng Xiao Kui looked at the girl who resembled her and pondered the girl's appearance.
To outsiders, the two of them look very alike.
She waved to the woman at the bathhouse and led the girl she had picked up out of the bathhouse.
At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, and its warm rays bathed everyone's faces.
The girl looked up at the sun, feeling refreshed and clean all over, especially since her hair was no longer itchy.
She said, "I've never been this clean before, and I don't even have lice anymore. Thank you!"
Cheng Xiaokui said, "The medicine powder for treating lice needs to be used several times to completely cure it. I remember you told me that you almost drowned in the river?"
Then you drifted downstream and were rescued by a kidnapper, who took you somewhere else. Did he sell you?
The girl nodded and said, "Yes! I remember he pulled me out of the river. I remember he took me on the train."
I remember crying and looking for my mother and sister, but I couldn't find them anywhere.
Cheng Xiao Kui's heart clenched painfully. She asked, "Then do you remember what your name is?"
She asked cautiously, staring intently at the girl in front of her, who looked to be more than two years older than her.
This age is appropriate...
The girl said, "My name is Chun Kui, and I have a younger sister named Xia Kui. My mother's name is Xiao Hui. That's all I remember..."
Cheng Xiao Kui stared in astonishment at the girl in front of her. Could this girl really be her older sister, Chun Kui?!
She grabbed the girl's hand and said, "Do you remember the name of the river where you almost drowned?"
The girl shook her head and said, "I don't remember. I remember the river wasn't far from my house. My sister and I went to play by the river that day..."
Then my sister and I stepped onto the moss-covered riverbank, slipped, and fell into the river...
I remember pushing my younger sister ashore. There was no one on the shore at the time. My sister sat on the bank crying, and then I don't remember anything else. The water was very strong and kept rushing towards me. I couldn't climb ashore...
When I woke up again, the kidnapper had pulled me up and patted my back hard, expelling the water from my lungs.
I finally managed to catch my breath, and the feeling was terrifying, like I hadn't breathed in ages. My lungs ached, like they were being torn apart…
She thought about it carefully, speaking as she thought.
Cheng Xiao Kui's eyes were filled with tears, and she held the girl's hand tightly.
She choked up as she said, "You...you might really be my sister! My sister's name is Chun Kui. My sister and I were playing by the river, and she drowned while trying to save me."
Everyone thought she was dead; her body had been washed away by the water. The whole family never imagined she was still alive!
Cheng Chun Kui stared at Cheng Xiao Kui in astonishment, asking incredulously, "What did you say? Am I really your sister? How could it be such a coincidence that I was picked up by my own sister?"
Cheng Xiao Kui nodded and said, "My name is Cheng Xia Kui! My older sister's name is Chun Kui! At that time, my little sister was only one year old, and my mother had just become pregnant with my brother. I'm taking you home, and I'm taking you to meet my mother!"
She pulled Cheng Chun Kui toward Song Wen Hui's house, the two sisters wiping away tears as they walked.
Cheng Chunqiu seemed to find it hard to believe, repeatedly muttering that she had really found her relatives in the capital!
Cheng Xiao Kui led Cheng Chun Kui to Song Wen Hui's doorstep, where okra had already been set up for sale.
They usually set up their stall after get off work.
However, Song Wenhui felt that making money this way was too slow, and wished that Cheng Qiu Kui could set up a stall 24 hours a day to make money.
So now Cheng Qiu Kui has to set up her stall at noon.
The midday stall wasn't very successful; she couldn't sell much. But her mother wouldn't let her rest, insisting that she earn even if she only made a dollar from each sale!
Cheng Qiu Kui sat in front of the stall, her little face puffed up in anger. Sometimes she felt like she didn't recognize her mother at all.
Even though my family was so poor before, my mother never complained about not having enough money.
Now that the family has finally made money, and a lot of money at that, her mother is not satisfied and complains every day that there isn't enough money!
Yesterday, after Mom came home from my sister's, she complained that she couldn't sing, otherwise they could earn more than my sister!
But in her opinion, if they saved up all the money they were earning now, it would be more than his family could ever spend in a lifetime!
Her mother's greed felt foreign to her. Did she have to work herself to death just to save money for her younger brother?
Cheng Qiuqiu cursed her mother in her heart. She really hoped that she could get married soon and escape from this place!
Just as she was preoccupied with thoughts of Du Ziqiang, she unexpectedly saw her older sister leading an older woman hurriedly running towards her.
Cheng Qiuqiu stood up and waved to her sister, "Sis, what brings you here? Did you come to see me? Sis, I missed you so much! Even though it's only been one night!"
She really missed Cheng Xiao Kui. She was so happy when she was with her sister. They had so much to talk about every day, and no matter how much or how little she earned, her sister always praised her for being great!
Cheng Xiao Kui asked, "Where's Mom? Is Mom here?"
Cheng Qiuqiu said, "I'm here, accompanying my younger brother during his rehabilitation training in the yard!"
Cheng Xiao Kui pulled Chun Kui into the courtyard and saw her younger brother standing on the parallel bars.
Because he hadn't stood for many years, his leg muscles had atrophied.
Right now, I can only practice little by little to restore muscle strength. Once the muscles in my legs have recovered enough to support my weight, I can slowly start practicing walking.
Song Wenhui wiped her son's sweat while feeding him water.
I felt both heartache and anticipation, hoping my son could practice a little longer.
She was surprised to see Cheng Xiao Kui pulling a girl as they ran in.
Her eyes betrayed her impatience as she asked, "What are you doing here? To see how much stuff my family has made? Don't worry, no matter how much we earn, we won't earn as much as you!"
Cheng Xiao Kui never expected her mother to think of her this way.
She said, "I didn't come to see how much you've done or how much money you've made. Look at who she is, look at how much she looks like me."
Song Wenhui couldn't understand Cheng Xiaokui's intentions at all. She said, "You came all this way just to ask me this question? Have you lost your mind?"
Cheng Xiao Kui said, "What if I told you she's Chun Kui?"
Song Wenhui's expression froze on her face, a mixture of shock and disbelief.
She blurted out instinctively, "That's impossible! Isn't she Chun Kui?"
Cheng Xiao Kui said, "My sister drowned while trying to save me. Actually, she didn't die at all; she was just swept away by the water."
She was pulled from the river by a kidnapper, who then took her by train to other cities and sold her to villagers as a child bride!
Because the mentally challenged son of the family that bought her died a few years ago, she was resold to an old bachelor in a neighboring village.
She finally managed to escape from the old bachelor's house overnight, secretly boarding a freight train to reach the capital. All she remembered was that her name was Chun Kui, and she had a younger sister named Xia Kui!
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