Qingqing was beaten until her face was covered in tears. She tried to make a sound and ask for help several times, but she couldn't do it because she couldn't speak.
Wan Mei became more and more excited as the fight went on, and the hatred in her eyes was almost overflowing.
On the side, Gu Laosi just stared at it.
In fact, both the husband and wife blamed Qingqing.
Because when Qingqing was born, Wanmei suffered from severe bleeding during labor, and the midwife said that she would most likely not be able to have another child.
Qingqing is the couple's only child.
But unfortunately, Qingqing is a girl, a worthless girl.
You can't provide for them in their old age and break the pot.
It's useless and I still have to eat and drink for free at home.
Therefore, Wanmei and Gu Laosi hated Qingqing. They felt that if it weren't for her, they wouldn't have had only this one child.
"Little bitch, I'm going to beat you to death today!"
The vicious voice echoed in Qingqing's ears, but she could only retreat again and again.
When there was no way to retreat, the little guy stumbled and fell at the threshold.
Looking at her mother, who was holding a feather duster and beating her cruelly, Qingqing subconsciously lowered her head and curled up. It seemed that this way, she could no longer feel the pain...
In the next room.
Gu Linbei and Lu Yan had just rested when they heard Wan Mei's angry cursing outside.
Lu Yan rubbed her aching waist and wanted to get up.
But her whole body felt like it had been run over by a truck, so she simply reached out and pinched Gu Linbei's waist hard.
"hiss."
Gu Linbei felt pain and sat up immediately.
"Wife, what's wrong?"
Gu Linbei looked serious, with a flattering expression.
Fortunately, the kerosene lamp in the room was still on. Lu Yan couldn't help but kick him again: "Go and see what's going on."
The noise from Room 4 was so loud that Lu Yan didn't believe that Gu Linbei didn't hear it.
You come here and act stupid with her, and think she doesn't know?
The air suddenly became quiet, and Gu Linbei then listened carefully to the noise coming from the fourth room.
The more Lu Yan listened, the more she felt something was amiss, and the more embarrassed she became. Given the soundproofing in this house, it was impossible for the couple in Room 4 to not hear the noise she and Gu Linbei were making, as if they were about to rip the roof off the house.
"Yanyan, Qingqing is the fourth wife's child after all..."
Gu Linbei wanted to analyze the interests involved with Lu Yan, but when he met his wife's unhappy look, he quickly swallowed the words back into his stomach.
Just kidding, it took a lot of effort to coax my wife into submission.
I can't fail to get a wife because of such a small thing.
Gu Linbei put on his tattered shoes and went out. Lu Yan looked at his departing back and felt a little sorry for Gu Linbei.
It is obvious that in this family, Gu Linbei is the one who contributes the most.
But he didn't even have a decent set of clothes, and even his shoes had holes in them.
Thinking of this, Shu Qing decided to take the cloth to Old Lady Chen tomorrow. Since she had already handed over the task of making clothes to Old Lady Chen, she decided not to bother two people with the same task.
Gu Linbei had just left when Lu Yan slowly got up.
It was really because Gu Linbei had asked for too much before. In just a short while, her body felt like it was falling apart.
While Lu Yan was putting on her complicated clothes, she cursed Gu Linbei several times in her heart as if to vent her anger.
When Lu Yan came out of the room, she saw that the door of Room 4 was wide open.
Gu Linbei stood in front of Qingqing.
Qingqing was curled up in the corner, looking panicked and embarrassed.
Seeing her like this, Lu Yan felt uncomfortable.
Gu Lao Si, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up at this moment: "Lao Wu, we are disciplining our own child, and you and your fifth brother's wife want to interfere?"
Gu Laosi looked at his fifth brother with burning eyes.
In the old Gu family, the fifth and sixth children are the least favored.
The first few brothers of the Gu family have always treated them as their own servants. Even though the fourth brother Gu and his brothers have to go to the fields on weekdays, the real hard work is left to the fifth and sixth brothers.
"Fourth brother, the child is young and ignorant. There's no need to be so cruel, right?"
Gu Linbei looked serious.
He didn't want to come before because Qingqing was his fourth brother's child.
It is natural for parents to beat their children.
"Heh." Upon hearing this, Wan Mei looked at Gu Linbei and said, "Fifth brother, fifth sister-in-law, this is just a little girl, and you're still feeling sorry for her? If you ask me, she's just a worthless life. No one would care even if she died."
In ancient rural areas, the least valuable people were maids.
Wan Mei herself has been through the same thing, so she doesn't think there is anything wrong with what she did.
Gu Linbei was speechless after being asked by Wan Mei. He never thought that his fourth sister-in-law could be so eloquent.
He opened his mouth, but before he could think of what to say, he heard his wife's voice behind him.
"What are you saying, Fourth Sister-in-law? Aren't you a woman yourself? Why do you look down on yourself so much?" After Lu Yan finished speaking, his gaze naturally fell on Wan Mei's face.
She smiled maliciously and said something that was even more infuriating: "So, if Fourth Sister-in-law dies, we still have to set off firecrackers to celebrate?"
When Lu Yan said this, Wan Mei almost couldn't hold back the hatred in her eyes.
But Gu Linbei finally understood.
Lu Yan and Wan Mei are two types of people who are the products of this era's preference for boys over girls.
Lu Yan had experienced hardships, so she was more willing to pull Qingqing out of the misery. But Wanmei was different. She wanted to trample Qingqing into the dust, even if that person was her own daughter.
"Husband, please go and invite the village chief and the elders first."
Lu Yan took two steps forward and picked Qingqing up from the ground.
He lowered his voice and spoke to Gu Linbei.
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Linbei wanted to go out.
But Gu Laosi seemed to know what they were going to do, and he stepped forward to block Gu Linbei's way.
"Fifth brother, where are you going? Fifth brother's wife is a girl after all. It's not good for her to stay alone in our room." After saying this, Gu Laosi did not forget to look at Gu Linbei with burning eyes.
Among the brothers of the Gu family.
The boss is reckless.
The second one is hypocritical.
The third child doesn't like to talk.
Only this fourth brother likes to play tricks behind people's backs.
Gu Linbei still remembered that it was Gu Laosi who persuaded Laoliu to go to perform labor service. As for what he said to Laoliu specifically, Gu Linbei did not know.
In short, after just a few words, Gu Linxuan, who had originally resisted performing labor service, agreed.
From then on, he was paralyzed in bed.
Of course, these were not what Gu Linbei saw with his own eyes.
But Ergouzi thought it was okay to tell Gu Linbei.
"Fourth brother, what you said is all about our own family..."
Before Gu Linbei could finish his words, he was interrupted by Gu Laosi.
He looked at Qingqing, who was hiding behind Lu Yan, with a cold gaze, and said sarcastically, "Old Five, stop talking like that."
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