Chapter 12: Raw Silver
The weather was getting colder, with several days of rain. Miao Xiuju, an elderly woman, was groaning in pain from her knees, complaining of the coming cold weather. Luckily, the countryside had earthen kangs (kang beds), with a fire burning in the holes, and a mattress and quilt spread on top. She could tuck her legs under the quilt and feel incredibly warm.
The children all put on their cotton-padded jackets, and Fubao also changed into one. It was a red cotton-padded jacket with small floral patterns. It wasn't too thick, just right for this season. She put on a crimson jacket over the jacket and styled her hair into a small braid, looking energetic and pretty.
This thin cotton jacket was also brought by Liu Guizhi from her sister-in-law. Because it was a little big, she altered the cuffs and hem and gave it to Fubao. She thought that after two years when Fubao had grown taller, she could loosen the hem and continue to wear it.
After putting it on, Fubao felt much warmer and was so happy that he was spinning around in circles in the room.
It happened that the rain had finally stopped that day, so Fubao went with Gu Shengtian and Xiuni to the mountains to pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms. It was cold at that time, and it was hard to find wild vegetables, so they could only try their luck.
Several children, all of similar age, each carried a basket and went into the mountains. Just as they were about to go up the mountain, they met several children from the production team, who also wanted to go with them to pick up trash.
The leader is called Nie Dashan, the child of Nie Laosan's elder brother. He is eight years old this year, strong and healthy, and is the leader among the children.
He had five children in total, including his two younger brothers, Dazhuang and Niu, and Shengjin and Shengyin.
When Fubao saw Nie Dashan and the others, the smile on her face disappeared immediately. She clenched the basket in her hand and moved closer to Gu Shengtian.
Gu Shengtian frowned, looked at the people from the Nie family, then looked at Fubao, and then he freed his hand to hold Fubao's hand: "Don't be afraid, you are my sister now!"
When Nie Dashan heard this, he became unhappy and looked at Fubao with a sullen face.
Fubao felt a little embarrassed when he looked at him like that. He bit his lip and whispered, "Brother Dashan."
The little girl's voice was soft, like a sweet cake.
Nie Dashan's eyes were red, but he looked away with his head held high, and said coldly: "You went to the Gu family and became someone else's sister. Why do you still call me brother?"
When Fubao heard this, his eyes turned red, but he lowered his head and said nothing more.
When she was at the Nie family, Nie Dashan was her cousin. He would go to Nie Laosan's house to play with her and would secretly put peanuts in her pocket.
Seeing this, Shengyin, who was standing nearby, narrowed his eyes and snorted softly, "Brother Dashan, you promised to take us to the mountains to find fern bark. Let's go quickly!"
Nie Dashan said nothing and did not move. He still looked at Fubao.
Fubao was stared at so hard that he couldn't even lift his head.
Seeing this, Gu Shengtian became unhappy and held Fubao's hand tightly: "You have a sister yourself, why do you have to keep staring at my sister! The road is wide open, walk on your own side and don't block the way!"
As he said that, he took Fubao and Xiuni and headed into the mountains.
Nie Dashan didn't move.
Nie Dazhuang and Nie Daniu ran over to stop Gu Shengtian: "Gu Shengtian, you are so arrogant, who are you looking down on?"
Gu Shengtian's face flushed with anger: "Get out of the way, or I won't be polite!"
Nie Dazhuang and Nie Daniu were about the same age as Gu Shengtian, and they were deliberately bullying him: "I won't let you, what's the problem? If you have the guts, just fly over there!"
Although Gu Shengtian was young, he had never been bullied like this. He had a lot of older brothers, so which one of them in the Pingxi Production Brigade had he ever feared? So he went up and pushed Nie Dazhuang away. Nie Dazhuang staggered and almost fell. The other children got angry and started fighting.
Fubao and Xiuni got anxious when they saw this. Nie Dazhuang and Nie Daniu were two people, and if they were to fight one, Gu Shengtian would definitely be the one to suffer, right?
Fubao stomped his feet: "Let go, let go, don't hit my brother!"
Shengyin stood by, pouting unhappily: "My mother said that she is ungrateful. She used to eat, drink and live in my house, but now she is in someone else's house and calls me brother so affectionately."
Nie Dashan frowned and said nothing.
It’s not a pleasant feeling to know that your beloved little sister has become someone else’s.
Fubao watched Gu Shengtian being pinned to the ground, anxious to the point of tears. She rushed over and tried to pull Nie Dazhuang away: "You are bad people, bad people, why did you hit my brother, let me go!"
Nie Dazhuang was fighting vigorously and swung his hand subconsciously. Fubao lost his balance and stumbled, falling flat on his butt.
When Nie Dashan saw this, he rushed over and helped her up.
After Fubao fell, his hands were covered in mud, but he was still thinking about Gu Shengtian. He pleaded with tears in his eyes, "Brother Dashan, please don't let them beat my brother. He is my brother. The Nie family doesn't want me anymore. The Gu family wants me. I am a member of the Gu family now."
Nie Dashan watched her tears fall, and suddenly he became angry and stood up suddenly: "Stop hitting me, why are you hitting me!"
Nie Dazhuang and Nie Daniu listened to Nie Dashan and stopped immediately, but Gu Shengtian, who had just struggled to stand up from the ground, refused to let go and rushed forward to fight, but was stopped by Xiuni and Fubao.
Gu Shengtian's face was half covered in mud. He rolled up his sleeves and pointed at the Nie brothers, gritting his teeth and shouting, "Just wait, just wait!"
Nie Dazhuang and Nie Daniu wanted to fight again, but were stopped by Nie Dashan.
Nie Dashan said condescendingly, "We in the Nie family will never bully the weak with our numbers. Today, we're sparing you for Fubao's sake!"
Gu Shengtian pouted: "You still have the nerve to say you didn't bully the minority with your numbers!"
Xiuni is a girl and timid, so she quickly grabbed Gu Shengtian and said, "Brother, let's go to the mountain to pick wild vegetables, otherwise it will be too late!"
Gu Shengtian looked at his two sisters and decided to go up the mountain first. He glared at the Nie brothers and went up the mountain.
Shengyin looked at the crimson jacket that Fubao was wearing. The style and fabric of the jacket were nice, and it set off her pretty face.
She bit her lip and just kept looking.
It was only after she died that she realized that her life was actually a book. The heroine was a blessed girl who had no worries and enjoyed a life of happiness, while she was the jealous supporting actress.
In her previous life, she was also called Shengyin, and was also a daughter of the Nie family. However, her parents in that life loved Fubao very much and treated her even closer than their own daughter.
Later, the third branch of the Nie family enjoyed a smooth and prosperous life. Her father, Nie Lao San, caught the good times and made a fortune in business. Her brother Shengjin even got admitted to a prestigious university and flew out of the mountain nest. The Nie family was truly rich and prosperous at that time. Her parents loved Fubao like the apple of their eye. Even in the end, they had to consult Fubao on all matters, big and small, making Fubao seem so capable.
She has always felt uncomfortable and resentful.
She is obviously the biological daughter of the Nie family, so why is Fubao the heroine and she has become a supporting actress?
Later, when he grew up, he had a perfect marriage proposal, and it was also said that he would be given to Fubao.
It was obvious that she fell in love with the man at first sight, but it seemed that the man only had eyes for Fubao.
The family she married later was also good, but it could not compare with Fubao after all.
She watched helplessly as the man loved Fubao to the core, and she felt so depressed that she couldn't even look at him.
Unexpectedly, she was reborn and returned to the time when she was a baby.
After she was born, she took advantage of her status as a baby and began to find ways to make her mother dislike Fubao. For example, when Fubao was sitting next to her, she deliberately kicked over a bowl of porridge. When her mother came in, she naturally thought it was Fubao who did it.
Things like this happened more and more gradually, and her mother became more and more disgusted with Fubao. She felt that Fubao was a jinx, a reincarnation of a bad luck star. After all, who would have thought that such a small baby could do so many things?
In the end, she used some means to drive Fubao out of the house.
Shengyin breathed a sigh of relief.
Now her parents love her the most. In the future, their love for Fubao will be transferred to her. And in the future, the marriage that has made her jealous all her life and the man that she has missed all her life will also be hers.
But looking at the clothes Fubao was wearing, she still felt uncomfortable. Where did she get such beautiful clothes?
However, after thinking about it, Shengyin swallowed his anger.
The Nie family will have a good life in the future, the only one in the entire production brigade that will have a good life, but the Gu family... Shengyin thought about the Gu family, and it seemed that their life would just be barely passable, not outstanding anyway.
In the future, I will definitely be incomparable to Fubao.
When Shengyin thought of this, he no longer cared about Fubao's clothes, but instead remembered another thing.
It seemed like in her previous life, at this age, on a rainy day, she and Shengjin Fubao went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables. Somehow, Fubao picked up an old mountain ginseng. She didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking it was some crooked bitter radish, but Fubao took it back and gave it to his parents.
My father said that this was wild ginseng, and a big one at that, so he took it to the market to sell. As luck would have it, he happened to meet a family from the city passing by the market. They were going to the hospital to see a patient, and they saw the wild ginseng and bought it directly for more than 20 yuan.
Twenty-odd yuan was a huge sum of money for the Nie family at that time. His parents were so happy about this that they couldn't sleep for several nights. From then on, they kept saying that Fubao was a lucky star and that it was Fubao who brought them this fortune.
At this time, Nie Dashan had already walked into the mountains with his younger brothers and sisters. He had a gloomy face and said nothing, as if he didn't want to say anything extra.
Shengyin found it a little funny. Nie Dashan had loved Fubao since childhood, and even after Fubao got married, he still loved Fubao.
Shengyin always felt that Nie Dashan liked Fubao, but unfortunately Fubao was his cousin. Although she was adopted, she was still his cousin, so he could only hide his feelings.
She just didn't expect that when Nie Dashan was only eight years old, he was already so concerned about Fubao.
Shengyin came over and suggested to Nie Dashan, "Brother Dashan, let's go to the north of the mountain to look for wild vegetables. I heard from Grandma Hu that there are more wild vegetables in the north."
Nie Dashan looked at the backs of Fubao and the others, and they also went to the north.
He nodded: "Okay, let's go to the north side of the mountain."
Shengyin breathed a sigh of relief.
She remembered that Fubao in her previous life had told her where he found the ginseng, and even told her what kind of tree it was.
Although she was young at that time, she remembers it very clearly.
And in this life, she would certainly be the first to get there and dig up that old ginseng.
Everything that once belonged to Fubao is his in this life, starting with that old ginseng.
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