Zhao Cuinong always felt her mother talked too much, so she constantly reminded her mother to speak less.
Because more words, more errors.
But this time, she felt her mother spoke well.
Not only was she right, but she should also say a bit more.
Even if the Tang Family didn’t intentionally lose Lin Guixiang, the hardships and fatigue Lin Guixiang endured over the years were certainly real.
No one could erase them.
Moreover,
losing a three-year-old child.
As a parent, they were partly responsible.
Therefore,
she had no intention of stopping her mother’s words.
Seeing Zhao Cuinong silent, Mother Zhao knew she was right and continued, "You don’t know what Guixiang looked like when she showed up by our village’s garbage bin at the age of three. The poor child didn’t have a single unbruised spot, blue and purple marks everywhere, she couldn’t even speak properly..."
"Everyone said the child wouldn’t survive, so no one dared to take her in. Fortunately, Qiangzi’s parents were good people! Even though their own life wasn’t good, they still raised Guixiang and loved her as their own daughter."
"Sadly, good people don’t live long. When Guixiang was about twelve or thirteen, Qiangzi’s parents died in a car accident. Poor Guixiang, at such a young age, had to be both mother and father, raising her two younger siblings."
"To send her siblings to school, she scrimped and saved, went hungry and cold, and even gave up her only chance to attend school so her siblings could go. She never set foot in the school..."
Mother Zhao spoke while wiping tears, recalling Lin Guixiang’s past life; she really suffered a lot.
Even those listening felt breathless from these experiences.
Let alone the person who actually lived through them.
Fang Youling and Tang Shaowei hugged each other and wept, never having known that their daughter had suffered such inhuman experiences over the years.
Lin Guixiang sniffled, "Aunt Zhao, stop, it’s all in the past."
"Qiushui, let your Aunt Zhao continue, I want to listen," Fang Youling said.
She wanted to know about her daughter’s past.
Mother Zhao took a tissue, wiped her tears, and continued, "Mom, I will continue then. I remember the toughest year for Guixiang; to gather living expenses for Qiangzi, she even cut and sold her long hair, and to save food for Qiangzi to bring to school, she drank plain water for three whole days until her face was swollen. I know you, the Tang Family, are wealthy and can hardly imagine how we poor families struggle for a meal or a semester’s tuition, but it’s the truth."
"If you don’t believe me, you can ask the elderly in our village; they all know what kind of life Guixiang lived."
"I believe, I believe!" Fang Youling had always known that life in poor mountain villages was tough.
So over the years, she had engaged in charity work and helped remote villages out of poverty.
But she never imagined,
that her own birth daughter also lived such a tormenting life.
Fang Youling felt even more self-reproachful.
It was all her fault.
She hadn’t taken good care of her daughter.
Mother Zhao continued, "Finally, when the younger brother and sister grew up, Guixiang’s life began to improve. Then, while working in the city, she was deceived into a marriage... That scoundrel impregnated her but refused to acknowledge Xiao Wu!"
"Guixiang raised Xiao Wu alone until she was eighteen. Fortunately, Xiao Wu was smart and sensible and didn’t disappoint Guixiang."
"..."
Hearing that his daughter had been deceived by a scoundrel, Tang Shaowei was furious and slammed the table, "Who is that scoundrel?"
"His name is Zhang Dalong, the top tycoon of Qing City." Lin Bingqiang added.
Tang Shaowei nodded, "Good, good, good! Zhang Dalong, is it?"
Picking on his daughter!
Wait.
He’d make Zhang Dalong and the Zhang Family pay right away.
Mother Zhao talked a lot more, mentioning the business venture Lin Guixiang and Lin Wu mother and daughter started in Qing City last year.
"Mom Guixiang, you see how comfortable Guixiang’s life is now; she lives in a luxurious house and even hired a housekeeper, but, in reality, she moved to Tang Dynasty Yipin less than six months ago."
"Before that, she lived on Wutong Road in Qing City."
"Mom and Dad Guixiang, do you know what place Wutong Road is?" Mother Zhao threw the final question to Tang Shaowei and Fang Youling.
Hearing this, both shook their heads.
Mother Zhao said, "I’ve heard that Wutong Road is a gathering place for cheap rentals in Qing City."
With that said.
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