Chapter 87: One Fubao, Three Mothers
However, Shen Hongying felt that she was the one who caught Fubao, so she was not convinced.
She had not been able to confirm it before and had been entangled and hesitant. Later, it happened that Gu Weidong broke his leg. She felt that Fubao must not be a lucky person, so she divided the family property.
At that time, I was afraid that Gu Weidong would break his leg and implicate me.
But now, she suddenly realized that she had been deceived.
Ever since the separation, everything has been going wrong for him, while on Gu Weidong's side, he eats wild pheasant and stewed pork, and when he breaks his leg, he calls a doctor, who not only doesn't charge any money but also gives him a bunch of snacks.
It feels like ever since the family split up, the fourth branch of the Gu family has gotten all the good things, but I am the one who feels unhappy everywhere. Not only can I not eat wild pheasant, but now my pork has been roasted by the daughter of Liu Zhaodi's family.
Although her parents-in-law gave her two kilograms of subsidy, these two kilograms were not only used to subsidize her, Shen Hongying, but also to subsidize other people. In the end, Niu Sanni and Liu Guizhi benefited from it, while Liu Zhaodi and herself were in trouble!
It’s painful to think about it!
Shen Hongying felt that this couldn't go on any longer, she had to find a way to get Fubao back!
So she found Chen Youfu, Grandma Hu and Grandpa Li, and asked Miao Xiujiu and Chen Dayong, the parents-in-law, to testify for her.
All the family members were present, staring at each other in amazement.
Miao Xiuju: "If you have something to say, just speak up. What's the matter?"
After all, everyone is busy these days, who has the time to sit here with you and stare at each other every day?
Shen Hongying looked at everyone, her expression heavy and sad, and tears fell as soon as she opened her mouth: "Mom, I must admit something to you today."
Miao Xiuju: "What?"
Shen Hongying didn't say anything. She looked at Liu Guizhi and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, Guizhi, speaking of this matter, it is I who have let you down. I apologize to you! I admit that I was wrong at the beginning!"
Every word is sad and full of tears.
Everyone around was stunned, including Liu Guizhi.
Liu Guizhi hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
Everyone was confused, what was going on?
Shen Hongying raised her hand to wipe away her tears, then said sadly, "Dad, Mom, I have to admit it to you. In fact, it was me who drew the "Fu" character when we drew the lot. I was supposed to adopt Fubao!"
ah?
Chen Youfu was immediately annoyed when he heard this, his eyes widened: "It's you?"
Chen Hongying said resolutely: "Yes, I caught it. The team leader also gave us ideological education classes, telling us to be lenient if we confess and to be strict if we resist. Today I decided to confess and be lenient. I must admit my mistakes! I am the one who caught the blessing character, and I am the one who should adopt Fubao! You don't believe it? If you don't believe it, ask Guizhi. Guizhi, tell me, I forced the blessing character on you, didn't I?"
What else could Liu Guizhi say? She thought about it and nodded: "I didn't want it at the time, and Hongying didn't want it either. She forced it on me. I'm dumb and can't speak, so I can only suffer in silence."
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
Shen Hongying, the eldest sister-in-law, is going too far.
When we adopted Fubao, we drew lots. It was true that no one wanted him. But you drew the one you didn't want, and you forced it on Liu Guizhi. Isn't that too much of a bully?
Fortunately, Fubao is not a jinx. After Liu Guizhi adopted Fubao, he was able to speak. It is also a blessing in disguise! If he was really a jinx, wouldn't Liu Guizhi be badly harmed by you?
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but feel contempt for Shen Hongying.
How can you treat your sister-in-law like this? After doing such a thing, you still have the nerve to talk about it with such a thick face?
Chen Youfu frowned tightly, looked at Shen Hongying, and said nothing.
Miao Xiuju raised her eyebrows: "Oh, daughter-in-law, our awareness is really good, not bad, it deserves praise, this deserves praise."
Gu Weiguo watched his wife going through all this trouble and sighed, "Hongying, how could you do this? Fourth brother's wife couldn't even speak at the time, and you caught her, yet you forced it on her. Aren't you bullying her?"
Niu Sanni chuckled after hearing this: "Hasn't she done this kind of thing often? Didn't she even force the unpeeled sticks onto Guizhi? This act of forcing the word 'Fu' on someone really seems like something the sister-in-law would do."
When Gu Weimin saw that his wife was still joking about this, he quickly winked at her.
This is a matter between my eldest sister-in-law and my fourth brother's wife. Why are you butting in on what's going on? Isn't that just meddling?
However, if Niu Sanni could understand her man's eyes, she would not be Niu Sanni, so she opened her voice and said to the nunnery master: "Sister-in-law, why do you always do this kind of thing? This is bullying!"
Gu Weimin: “…”
How could he marry such a wife!
Gu Weimin gritted his teeth at this moment, thinking that he had to teach his two children well and must not let them learn from their mother!
As soon as Niu Sanni said this, people around her burst out laughing, and then everyone started saying, "Mrs. Gu, you are really something. Why do you always secretly trick your own sister-in-law?"
Some people even started to make fun of him: "Yes, yes, you are bullying him because he used to be dumb and because of his bad temper, okay?"
Everyone around was talking at once, but Shen Hongying wasn't ashamed. Instead, she was proud. She stepped forward and said, "Dad, Mom, Captain, I admit my mistake. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have forced the burden of Fubao on Guizhi, especially now that Weidong and Guizhi are having a hard time. I feel like I have to take Fubao back and raise him well. I should have the courage to admit my mistakes and apologize to my fourth brother's wife."
After all, she had learned some letters of repentance and confession, and had also received ideological education. Although she had not understood what was right and wrong at first, she was able to think of a clever idea at this time, and was able to use those good words and sentences, and she said them quite well.
Wang Fugui's wife curled her lips and smiled, deliberately saying, "Who said it back then? Fubao is a bad luck charm, a jinx who brings bad luck to others. You're not stupid, you're obviously bringing bad luck, and you're still trying to rob him?"
Shen Hongying's face flushed instantly, but she still said with a brave face, "I'm not afraid! It's precisely because Fubao is a jinx and brings bad luck to people that I can't let her bring bad luck to Lao Si. I have to come out and let her bring bad luck to me!"
Who would believe this?
Even the old hen clucking next to you probably wouldn’t believe it!
Amidst everyone's muffled laughter, Chen Youfu coughed forcefully, cleared his throat, and finally spoke: "Comrade Shen Hongying, since you gave this character 'Fu' to Comrade Liu Guizhi, we assume that you have waived your rights and obligations to adopt Fubao. Fubao will then be adopted by Gu Weidong and Comrade Liu Guizhi, and has nothing to do with you anymore."
Chen Youfu's words nearly made Shen Hongying jump up. "I didn't give up. Did I say I gave up? It doesn't count. It doesn't count. I want to start over! I was the one who gave her the word 'Fu'. Can't I take it back now?"
Then she turned around and questioned Liu Guizhi: "Guizhi, it was my sister-in-law who was wrong in the beginning. It was my sister-in-law who forced that thing on you. But you see, your life is not easy now. It's hard to raise Fubao. She still has to go to school and buy notebooks, pencils, erasers and so on. My sister-in-law can take care of it, so why don't you just pass this burden on to her?"
She spoke earnestly, even rushing over to hold Liu Guizhi's hand: "Guizhi, let me raise Fubao from now on!"
After she said this, everyone around her fell silent and looked at Liu Guizhi.
Fubao raised his head, bit his lip, and watched all this.
She doesn't want to follow her aunt, she only wants to recognize her current mother.
But...what would my mother think?
Fubao clenched his fists so tightly that they even trembled a little because he was squeezing too hard.
When Gu Weidong saw this scene, his heart suddenly tightened.
Of course he knew that Fubao had been feeling uneasy. She had been kicked around by others, and now she knew that Shen Hongying had forced her to draw lots. As a child, how could she feel good?
This scene doesn't matter to others, but it causes the greatest harm to Fubao.
Gu Weidong was about to step forward when Gu Shengtian yelled, "Fubao is my sister. No one is allowed to take her away. If anyone tries to take my sister away, I will fight her!"
Gu Yuejin also walked over: "Shengtian is right, this is our sister! Whoever steals our sister will be a traitor to me."
Gu Yuehua simply clenched his fists and said, "How can you just steal someone else's sister?"
Gu Yuejin is already eleven years old this year. He looks quite big and can really intimidate people when he stands there and shouts.
Chen Hongying was annoyed. She pointed at Gu Yuejin's nose and said, "I'm talking to your mother. Why are you butting in? Do you have the right to speak here?"
Gu Yuejin was annoyed. He couldn't stand Shen Hongying and was about to speak when Liu Guizhi stopped him.
It is indeed inappropriate for younger people to interrupt when their elders are speaking.
Liu Guizhi held Fubao's hand first.
Fubao's little hands are soft, while Liu Guizhi's hands are rough from doing farm work.
She held Fubao's little hand with her rough hand, then squatted down and stared at Fubao solemnly: "Fubao, you are my daughter, and you will be her daughter for the rest of your life, do you know that?"
The voice was soft, like the gentle whisper that sounded in Fubao's ear when he was a baby lying in his crib, which immediately soothed all the anxiety in Fubao's heart.
She should actually believe in her father, her mother, and her brother.
They were all her family, weren't they?
Just now, just now, her aunt's words still stirred up the anxiety in her heart.
At that moment, she began to be afraid.
She looked at Liu Guizhi in front of her, feeling the tenderness and care in her eyes, and couldn't help but smile: "Mom, Fubao is your daughter, and will be your daughter forever. I don't want to recognize anyone else as my mother. My father is Gu Weidong, and my mother is Liu Guizhi."
Her voice was clear and childish, yet firm.
Upon hearing this, Shen Hongying immediately became furious and stamped her feet: "You're not admitting it now? You're not admitting it now? I was the one who caught you, Fubao, you're so ungrateful! Do you think your mother could have caught you? If I hadn't caught you, you wouldn't have been able to come to our Gu family. How could you have such a good mother?"
Liu Guizhi stood up and looked at Shen Hongying: "Sister-in-law, it was indeed you who forced the word "Fu" on me. Since you gave it to me, it is mine. Since Fubao called me mother, she is my daughter. It's useless for you to regret it now. I don't recognize her."
Shen Hongying was furious: "Liu Guizhi, you know clearly that Fubao should have been my daughter, and you still say such things? Do you think that just because you raised her for a few days and she called you mother for a few days, she is your daughter?"
Miao Xiuju, who had been watching coldly, suddenly sneered: "What are you talking about! Why did you force the word "Fu" on Guizhi? What were you doing earlier? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now the rice has been cooked. Guizhi has raised Fubao for more than a year, and you tell me that Fubao should be your daughter? Come on -"
She raised her eyebrows and said sarcastically, "Why don't you wait until Fubao grows up and gets married and prepare all the dowry? You said she's your daughter, and you didn't spend a grain of rice to pick up a filial daughter. How great would that be?"
Miao Xiujiu has always been good at scolding people. She may use dirty words or not, but the intonation is absolutely the same as that of an opera singer. Now she is mocking her daughter-in-law, and the mockery is so lifelike that there is even an inflection in her voice.
Everyone was amused by what she said. Those who came to watch the fun couldn't help but laugh. Someone said, "What Old Lady Gu said is right. Why don't you wait until Fubao grows up before you come to pick the fruit and say that she is your daughter?"
Gu Weiguo couldn't stand it anymore. He was thin-skinned and couldn't stand being laughed at. He grabbed Shen Hongying's sleeve and said, "What are you doing? Isn't it embarrassing? Fubao is the fourth son's daughter. She is the fourth son's daughter. How can you snatch her away so openly?"
However, Shen Hongying was not convinced. How could she possibly be convinced?
She felt that even if she had to risk her dignity today, she had to have some connection with Fubao. Even if Fubao still called Liu Guizhi "mother," he could still call her "mother," right? It wasn't a big deal for a little girl to have two mothers. Didn't people without sons in the past have the saying of shouldering two wives? So she argued loudly, "That's not right. How can you say you raised him for more than a year? Before, Fubao was raised by everyone together. It was only recently that the family split up and he was raised by the fourth wife. Doesn't raising him together before count?"
When she said this, everyone felt that there was some truth in her words and they were silent for a while.
Shen Hongying immediately felt she had won, feeling proud. She said loudly, "Since I was the one who caught Fubao, and we've all raised her together for over a year, what's wrong with her calling me mom? Isn't she my daughter?"
Liu Guizhi was so angry that she gritted her teeth and went up to argue with Shen Hongying.
Who knew that Shen Hongying was talking so much that spit flew everywhere, when suddenly someone rushed in and shouted in a gruff voice: "Bullshit! Fubao is my daughter! What kind of mother are you!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked over and saw Nie Laosan's wife, breathlessly pushing everyone aside and trying to squeeze into the crowd, shouting, "I am Fubao's mother. I am the one! I raised her for four years, and she's been calling me mother the longest!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
One lucky baby, but three mothers appeared? ?
At this time, not only everyone was stunned, but Liu Guizhi was also stunned.
Two people came out to snatch my daughter?
Fubao was so shocked that she frowned. No one wanted her before. Nie Laosan's wife swallowed her up and threw a tantrum to deny her. Shen Hongying also pushed the word "Fu" that she had caught away. But now everyone was scrambling to be her mother.
She doesn't want it, she doesn't want it at all, she only wants Liu Guizhi as her mother!
But at this time, no one had time to say anything, because Nie Laosan's wife had already started arguing with Shen Hongying.
"You raised her for four years and you don't want her anymore, and you still have the nerve to say you are her mother?"
"You drew the lot and you forced it out. How dare you compete with me?"
"Bah! Do you think your words sound like farts? Get lost and act like a scoundrel. You don't want Fubao anymore. How dare you say you're her mother?"
"Fuck your eighteen generations of ancestors, Shen Hongying, do you have any shame? Have you ever raised Fu Bao for even a day? And you're trying to snatch it from me??"
According to Shen Hongying, her opponent is Liu Guizhi. You, Nie Lao San's wife, what right do you have to defeat me?
According to Nie Laosan's wife, she wanted to snatch the child from Liu Guizhi, not from Shen Hongying. Who do you think you are, Shen Hongying?
The two of them started arguing with each other.
Both of them are hot-tempered, each one more sharp-tongued than the other, and neither of them will allow anyone to interrupt them when they are arguing. At that moment, you exposed my shortcomings and I mocked you, saying whatever nasty things you wanted to say, but no one wanted to lose.
Soon, everyone in the audience quieted down and just watched the two of them arguing.
Chen Hongying pinched her waist and pointed at Nie Laosan's wife and yelled, "How shameless are you? You kicked Fubao out and called him a jinx. Now that the fourth brother's family is doing well, you come and steal his child? Do you think all the good things in the world belong to your family?"
Onlookers: Yes, that's absolutely right! Shen Hongying, you scolded me well!
applaud!
Nie Laosan's wife refused to be outdone. She glared at him with bulging eyes and cursed him angrily, "How can you be so capable? Who do you think you are? I didn't want Fubao, at least I said it clearly. I have no shame, but I said it clearly. What about you? You're a whore and you're pretending to be a saint. You drew lots but you don't admit it. You have the guts to do it but you don't have the courage to admit it. You secretly stuffed the paper ball into your brother's wife. I think you're just a coward and a fraud! Now that you see that he's blessed, you come to steal the child? You still have the nerve to criticize me?"
Onlookers: That's absolutely right! And the scolding is even better! You're awesome, Nie Laosan's wife!
Applause!!
After a long time... when they had almost finished scolding, Chen Youfu finally yelled, "Alright! Be quiet!"
The captain is the captain after all. His roar was like thunder. Suddenly, the two wives dared not speak. They looked at Chen Youfu with gasps and hoarse voices.
They want Fubao!
They had to let Chen Youfu make the decision for them, so they dared not disobey Chen Youfu.
Chen Youfu looked at the two women with expectant faces, and finally couldn't help coughing. He suppressed the itch in his throat and said in a deep voice: "You all want to adopt Fubao? You all want to be Fubao's mother?"
Shen Hongying and Nie Laosan's wife nodded together, and then glared at each other fiercely.
Chen Youfu: "I heard everything you said to each other just now."
Then he turned to Nie Lao San's wife, "You just said that she drew the lot but forced it on someone else, so now she has no right to grab the Fu Bao, right?"
Nie Laosan's wife nodded vigorously.
Shen Hongying was dissatisfied and glared.
Chen Youfu then said to Shen Hongying, "You just said she kept calling Fubao a jinx and said whoever raised him would be unlucky, and now you're snatching him away?"
Shen Hongying nodded quickly.
Nie Laosan's wife gritted her teeth in anger.
Chen Youfu: "You two are both right, and what you said makes sense!"
Shen Hongying and Nie Laosan's wife looked at Chen Youfu together: "What on earth does that mean? Speak up!"
Chen Youfu spread his hands: "You two, one of you said that Fubao was a jinx and whoever raised her would be unlucky and cried and made a fuss about not wanting to raise her, while the other one found her by drawing lots and forced her on someone else, refusing to accept her. Isn't that perfect? Fubao is from the fourth branch of the Gu family and the daughter of Gu Weidong. Isn't that perfect?"
Shen Hongying: “…………”
Nie Laosan’s wife: “……………………”
The two of them glared at each other: "This won't work!"
Chen Youfu laughed. "Why not? Isn't this good? Look, little Fubao is willing to stay with her current mother, and Liu Guizhi has been taking good care of her. They've raised her daughter so well, and you come and take advantage of her? That's not okay. That's against socialism. That's shameless capitalism. Do you understand?"
What socialism, what capitalist line... they don't understand.
"What does this have to do with that?"
"Yeah, Captain, don't scare us!"
Chen Youfu suddenly stopped smiling and said seriously, "Back then, the commune assigned the task of raising Fubao to the Nie family. We drew lots and agreed that whoever caught the baby would raise it. But you all disobeyed and acted selfishly. Isn't this a sign of a problem with your thinking? Do you know the consequences of having a problem with your thinking?"
…
The two daughters-in-law were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Is this okay?
Gu Weiguo already felt that this matter was embarrassing enough, and now he couldn't stand it anymore. He directly pulled Shen Hongying over and said, "What else do you want to say? Do you still have the nerve to say it?"
He took a deep breath and said to Gu Weidong, "Your sister-in-law is ignorant. This time it's your sister-in-law's fault. I'll ask her to apologize to you later. Fubao belongs to the fourth room, so we can't snatch him away from her."
Nie Lao San came over with a dark face and pulled his wife: "Have you had enough?"
Nie Laosan's wife was not convinced: "Fubao is a lucky star, not a jinx. I also want to eat meat, I also want to eat pheasant chicken, why can't I-"
When the people around heard this, they were dumbfounded. After a while, they burst into laughter.
She used to despise him as a jinx, but now she wants Fubao to come back and be her daughter just to eat meat? Is she dreaming?
Nie Laosan was so angry that he wanted to slap her!
"You want to take back the water you've spilled? She's not our daughter anymore, she's not our daughter anymore!!"
Nie Laosan stomped his feet when he said this. He was filled with hatred and regret in his heart!
When his wife said Fubao was a jinx, he felt uncomfortable. He thought that his wife could make a fuss, and if she could get rid of Fubao, that would be great. But if she couldn't, he would deal with it later.
Who knows it will really work.
After it really happened, he felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it, since he already had a pair of twin children.
But now when I think about this and the past, my heart feels like it’s being cut by a knife, it hurts so much!
He ran away, was caught for speculation and profiteering, suffered a lot in prison, lost everything, and finally got lucky and was released. This is a blessing in disguise!
But Gu Weidong is fine, he is completely fine!
Why is it okay?
Nie Laosan didn't dare to think about it. Once he thought about it, the seven-foot-tall man would shed tears.
Well, a girl who brings good luck was driven out!
I regret it so much!
Nie Lao San, who was filled with remorse, led his still unconvinced wife away. Gu Weiguo pulled Shen Hongying into the house. Soon, the people in the yard had no more fun to watch, so they gradually dispersed.
The people who left had satisfied smiles on their faces. Today's wonderful show is enough to be remembered until it snows next year.
So in the following days, people would talk about Chen Hongying when chatting, and how Shen Hongying bullied her sister-in-law. She took advantage of the fact that the other party was dumb and forced paper balls on her to make her suffer. Later, she turned around and found out that Fubao, the girl she had forced on her, was actually a good girl. She regretted it and was very angry.
Of course, people will also talk about Nie Laosan's family, how Fubao gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, but they were blinded by greed and wanted to drive Fubao out. Now they realize their mistake and regret it, but it's all over.
As for Liu Guizhi, she is naturally good-natured and kind, and treats Fubao well, so she was rewarded and now lives a smooth life.
After all this gossip, everyone summed it up: "Good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people. Although we're not allowed to talk about feudal superstitions nowadays, after all, there are gods above our heads, and we can't help but believe in them!"
"Yes, God has eyes!"
Life in the countryside is like this: work from sunrise to sunset, growth in spring, growth in summer, harvest in autumn, storage in winter. Sweat drips on the land under the scorching sun, and people push carts against the wind in the countryside in the cold December. In the busy and hard work, it seems that chatting about family matters is their only entertainment.
Fubao, who is the center of everyone's conversation, still quietly serves as the fourth daughter of the Gu family. She goes to school to learn to read and write, and after school she helps with housework to reduce the burden on her parents.
That spring, Gu Weidong and Liu Guizhi built three adobe rooms on their property, like a bird building a nest, and added two thatched huts for storage. With the new house complete, Fubao finally had his own room, and the family chose an auspicious day to move in.
The days after moving are happy and everything goes smoothly.
In recent years, the Pingxi Production Brigade has had a good harvest and has been able to get enough food every year. Occasionally, when they go out to the mountains, they can always get some game to improve their lives and increase their nutrition.
So much so that Liu Guizhi, who had originally planned to slowly take out some of the more than 300 yuan to supplement the family income, found that she didn't need it at all.
There was always meat and fish at home, and the children were full and had no need to use them at all.
Liu Guizhi kept changing her plan, thinking that the three hundred yuan would be used for the children's schooling, for their marriages, and for Fubao's dowry...
Just as Liu Guizhi's plans were constantly changing, the Pingxi Production Brigade was about to encounter the biggest famine in decades.
Fubao was the first to sense the famine.
At this time, Fubao was already twelve years old and was a sixth-grade student at Pingxi Production Brigade Primary School.
She had a dream that all the food in the production brigade was destroyed and not a single grain was harvested. The entire production brigade was short of food and it was impossible to buy food outside. There were countless people who were so hungry that they were pale and thin, and they were staggering as they walked on the streets.
When I woke up, the sky outside was just as white as a fish belly, the rooster in the house was crowing, a dog was barking from a house not far away, and there was also the sound of an old man coughing as he went to the street to pick up feces.
Everything in the production brigade was so peaceful and quiet.
But Fubao knew that the mountain village would soon fall into the fear of hunger.
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