Han Hongtu in the room became annoyed when he heard the bell ringing, and covered his head with a quilt and pretended to be dead. He ignored the shouting outside the house and was only thinking about how to avoid the punishment for more than ten days.
When he heard his mother talking about the baby giving birth next door, he sat up in anger. "Let her die. It's all her fault that I'm like this now. This is the retribution from God."
These words were clearly heard by everyone nearby through the thick brick wall and door curtain. The tears in Xiaohua and her sister's eyes became more violent. They stood on the edge of the kang, biting their lips and sobbing softly.
Aunt Xu had seen many cases of people protecting the young over the older ones, but this was the first time that a man had openly yelled at his wife to die. Even though she had seen the vicissitudes of life, her heart felt cold and she muttered to herself.
"What does this woman want?"
Sister Xu, who was standing by, also had tears on her face. She pulled Gu Yan, who was still twitching on the kang, and said with heartache and helplessness: "Sister, you have to work harder. If you lose your temper now, that bastard will do what he wants. The girl on the ground is still being tortured. Are you really relieved that you can just end it all by yourself and not care about anything else?"
The two girls, who had been silent all this time, burst into tears upon hearing this. “Mom, mom, please wake up. Mom, mom, Xiaohua (Dahua) can’t live without mom…”
Several women, young and old, felt sympathetic at this moment of life and death. The two children cried for their mothers, and the two adults also nagged in Gu Yan's ears. The midwife, Mrs. Xu, used her sharp nails to dig hard at her philtrum and web of thumb, trying to save the baby as if it were a dying horse.
Finally, Gu Yan's convulsions were no longer so severe, and Aunt Xu shouted in surprise: "The birth canal is open, the birth canal is open. My dear wife, please try harder, and give birth to the baby."
"Let the two children go out."
This bloody scene is really not suitable for children to watch. Gu Yan said this as soon as he regained consciousness. Sister Xu quickly waved her hand and asked the two children to go out. The two girls looked at each other, their eyes full of reluctance, but they were afraid that their mother would worry, so they finally left the house obediently.
Han Hongtu was restrained by what the team leader said yesterday that if he was late for more than an hour, he would be fined a day. He put on his clothes reluctantly, picked up his tools and went to work. He didn't say a word when he passed by the door of his house. When he met the gazes of his two daughters, he rolled his eyes at them.
On the contrary, Xu's brother-in-law, who was about to go to work, did not say much to his wife and stayed quietly. It was so thrilling just now. If someone gets hurt, as a man, maybe he can help run errands or something.
The two young ladies pricked up their ears to listen carefully to the noise inside through the door curtain. Their two identical little faces were filled with fear and they looked very pitiful, pale and ugly. Han Hongtu is such a bastard, and now even Xu's brother-in-law, an honest man, thinks so. This guy doesn't even protect his own kid. He's worse than a beast.
"It's born. It's born."
The twitching was over quite quickly, and within a few minutes, Aunt Xu's happy shouts were heard from inside. This time, Old Lady Han asked through the door curtain whether it was a boy or a girl.
"It's a girl."
"Ah, bah, another money-losing baby."
After cursing, Old Lady Han turned around and left, not even wanting to look at the money-losing item. I didn't hear what Aunt Xu said next, it seemed like there was another one. It was during dinner time that I found out that Gu Yan had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
After the baby was born, the midwife, Aunt Xu, gave a few instructions and left. Sister Xu heated up the rice soup that she had made on the big stove in the morning and asked her to drink a bowl of it. Seeing that they were fine, she went home.
At noon, Gu Yan cooked himself a bowl of dragon beard noodles and put three eggs in it, one for each of the three children. No matter how much the two girls said they didn't want it, she still forced it into their mouths.
"Mom, don't give it to us anymore. Keep it for yourself. Your brother and sister are breastfeeding, so you have to eat more."
"Yeah." Dahua also nodded. "When we were little, we drank rice soup. This time, you should eat more so that your brothers and sisters can have milk."
Gu Yan kissed his two daughters with relief, then turned around to look at the baby who looked like a wrinkled old man, and his heart felt so soft that it seemed like tears were about to burst out of his eyes. After being pregnant for more than a month, she gave birth to the baby after a narrow escape from death. At this time, she had a deeper understanding of the title of mother.
Connected by blood, a new life separated from her body. She is a mother and will protect them with her life. The kind of bullying in the original novel will never happen again. If anyone dares to touch her child, she will fight with her life. You are still young and your mother must be wearing armor.
She had made all the preparations, but she didn't expect that she would lose consciousness again after eclampsia. I fell asleep at noon and didn't wake up until night. The two babies were crying because they were hungry. The two girls held their younger brother and sister and then realized that their mother had lost consciousness and did not respond no matter how they called her.
The four sisters cried together. When the Han family members who had just returned from work heard them, they realized that Gu Yan had given birth to twins again.
"Oh, our second child has a son." Old Mrs. Han happily hugged the little boy, sat on the edge of the kang, and rocked her arms to coax the baby.
"You are hungry, why don't you feed your baby?"
"Mom doesn't have any milk yet." Xiao Huayu cried, "Grandma, I can't wake up my mom. Please find Uncle Wang to take a look."
Everyone's eyes then turned to Gu Yan who was lying unconscious. Han Lao Er was still angry at her for ruining his gambling and causing him to be punished to do heavy physical labor for half a month. He scolded the child coldly.
"What are you looking at? The evil has lasted for thousands of years, and she can't die."
Old Mrs. Han reached out to feel her daughter-in-law's breath, but she was breathing but unconscious. "Your mother is so lucky. She was able to sleep well after giving birth. She will be fine by tomorrow." She was not qualified to call a doctor. Every child I gave birth to was born with my own hard work, so how can she be so precious?
After all, children are young, have no experience, and no common sense. Hearing the adults say this, I was half-believing and half-doubting, but in the end I wasn't as panicked and frightened as before.
"Go get some food and feed the child some of that watery rice soup."
Dahua responded, got up and walked out with the enamel pot. The other onlookers also turned around and left. They were tired after a day's work and the most important thing was to eat. So they went to get their food first.
Han Laoer glanced at the child in his mother's arms, turned around and left the house. For a moment, Xiaohua was the only one left, still holding her sister in her arms and sitting beside Gu Yan.
Dahua quickly came back with some rice soup. Cornmeal porridge was so thin that it could reflect the moon in the sky. Old Mrs. Han took a spoon and slowly fed her grandson who was crying non-stop, but the child refused to eat the rough taste and just kept crying.
The old lady glared at Gu Yan again in anger, saying that the useless woman didn't even have milk and let the child starve. When she looked up, she found that the little girl in Xiaohua's arms seemed to be much stronger than her grandson, but she couldn't drink the rough food either. She opened her mouth and howled louder than her grandson.
"He's full and he's fighting with his brother. This kid is obviously not a good person. Keeping him is a waste of food. Adults are starving to death these days. Why keep this money-losing thing?"
As the old lady spoke, she put her grandson on the kang, turned around and snatched the little girl from her granddaughter's arms. Xiaohua, a child, certainly couldn't compete with an adult, and she was so scared that she grabbed her grandmother's clothes tightly.
"Grandma, what are you doing?"
"Let it go. You two are already a waste of money, why are you still keeping it? Even if your mother has her milk, it's not enough for two people. You'll starve to death if you keep it. It's better to throw it away as soon as possible and leave the milk for your brother."
"No." Dahua exclaimed, and came over to hold her back. "Mom has a way to support my brothers and sisters. Don't abandon my sister."
"You know nothing."
The old lady was so angry about the two people pestering her that she kicked Dahua in front of her and slapped Xiaohua hard with her backhand. The two children let go of her hands after being beaten by her, and watched her lift the curtain and leave the house with the baby girl in her arms.
The two girls didn't care about themselves, they jumped up and ran after him. In the yard, Han Laoer, who had just come out from dinner, was talking to his mother.
"What are you holding her for?"
"Throw it away."
"Throw? Why?" Han Laoer is just a giant baby, there's no need for so many twists and turns. But he asked this question not because he felt sorry for the child, but because he simply didn't know why the old lady did this. Hasn't she always said that no one poops on the kang and no one burns paper on the grave? Why is she throwing the baby away? She doesn't have to take care of it, so why is she so angry?
"This little thing has been stealing her brother's things since she was in her belly. Her brother is so thin, but she is so fat. If you keep her, don't say that... that woman has no milk, even if she has milk, she will steal it all."
"Just give her rice soup."
"Yes, just let your sister drink rice soup." Upon hearing this, the two girls quickly nodded and agreed with this unscrupulous father. This time you finally said something sensible.
"You two weren't watching just now. This damn girl didn't drink at all. She was so young and knew how to snatch the good stuff. She won't take it. If she keeps it, she will be a disaster. My grandson will be bullied by her."
Han Laoer, who had just spoken for his daughter, nodded in agreement when he heard this. His mother was indeed more experienced. Nowadays, adults are starving to death. Today, the captain said that in the coming year, the average adult will have less than 20 kilograms of coarse grains per month. It's good enough that we're not starving to death with this little food. Where can we get enough milk to feed two children?
"Then throw it away. There's nothing special about a little girl."
"No." The two girls exclaimed in panic. Dahua grabbed the old lady, and Xiaohua went over and hugged the thigh of this bastard father. "Dad, that's your daughter, how can you throw her away?"
"What do you know? Adults only eat that kind of food. Your mother doesn't have any milk to feed her."
"Mom has a way. Don't abandon your sister. Mom will have a way."
"What can I do? I'll just let this damn girl take my grandson's things."
"No, mom has a way to support her brothers and sisters, so don't abandon her."
"Don't throw your sister away. Mom loves your sister very much. If she knew you threw her away, she would be angry."
Han Laoer and his daughter were angered by Xiaohua's threatening words. It was inconvenient for the old lady to hold the child, so Han Laoer raised his hand and slapped the child.
"You're using your mother to pressure me, you little bitch, you don't want to live, do you? She's crazy, are you crazy too? A woman is unfaithful and bullies her man, and you, a little bitch, dare to use words to bully your father, you don't want to live, do you?"
"If you don't want to live, just get out. The Han family doesn't want a little girl to eat for free." The old lady saw that her granddaughter was beaten so hard that there was blood at the corners of her mouth. Not only did she not feel sorry for her, but she also added insult to injury by scolding her harshly.
"Okay, no more nonsense. Come with me to Nanshan and get rid of this damn girl."
As soon as the old lady finished speaking, Han Laoer's face immediately fell. He was so tired that he really didn't want to go out again. Old Mrs. Han is worthy of being his mother. She can tell what this lazy guy is thinking at a glance.
"Why are you frowning? Get up and leave. If you don't get rid of this damn girl, your son will die."
"Hey, I didn't say I wouldn't go."
The mother and daughter left as soon as they said they would. Xiaohua and her sister couldn't stop them and their faces were covered with tears due to anxiety. Seeing the two of them going up the stairs, the other two followed closely behind them. After they walked out the door, Dahua turned around and pushed her sister to let her go back.
"Mom and brother are still at home, go back and look after them."
"That sister..."
"I'll follow. I'll just carry him back."
Xiaohua looked up at the sky. The full moon was rising and the sky was full of stars. Will it be dangerous for my sister to follow grandma and the others alone? Just as I was about to say something, I turned around and saw my sister running away. He turned around and waved at her, pointing at the door and signaling her to go home. The child looked around, hesitated and stomped his feet helplessly, and returned home.
My brother’s crying has stopped. I don’t know if he has fallen asleep or what. Mom didn’t move either. What happened? Should I ask Aunt Xu for help again and ask her to find someone to take a look at my mother?
Xiaohua didn't even wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, not caring about the pain. She ran home and saw that her mother still had no reaction. Her brother was breathing evenly, so he must have fallen asleep from crying himself tired. The child pushed his mother hard twice, but seeing no response, he bit his lips anxiously and ran out of the house again.
It didn't take long for Sister Xu to invite a barefoot doctor from the team. The man’s ancestors were doctors, and he is quite knowledgeable about traditional Chinese medicine. After the examination, he gave Gu Yan a few injections and asked Xiaohua to go home with him later to get two sets of herbal medicine.
"Boil three bowls of water into one bowl, drink it twice and you will be fine. She injured her body during childbirth, so she needs to take good care of herself during the confinement period, otherwise she will develop a chronic illness." After saying this, the man sighed. Nowadays, everyone is starving to the point of being skin and bones, and some are even swollen all over. How can they be nourished? He was just saying this.
Xiaohua followed to get the medicine, and it was not until she came back and boiled the medicine that Sister Xu discovered that one of the two children was missing. "Hua'er, why is there only one child left? Where is your sister?"
Xiaohua met the woman's gaze and burst into tears: "Grandma took her away and said she was going to throw her away."
"What?" The woman jumped down. "Where did you take it? Why did you throw it away?"
"Grandma said that mom didn't have enough milk to feed my younger brother and sister, and that my younger sister took up my younger brother's food rations, so she didn't want her."
"Oh, what a sin."
This time the woman's helplessness suppressed her previous anger. She knows best what era it is now. Women with weaker bodies have lost their menstruation due to hunger, and have no milk after giving birth. There are many people looking for millet to feed their children. But millet is not easy to find. It is not drought-resistant and its yield is pitifully low.
"That's not possible... We can't just throw away a living child! We can't even support him..." Talking to herself, the woman actually understood what the old lady of the Han family was thinking. If the whole family helps, it would be barely enough to support one child. But if they are a pair, then her grandson will have to share food with the little girl, and this old lady who favors boys over girls will not agree to that.
"Where's your grandma? I'll go find out what's going on."
"I seemed to hear them coming back just now. My sister went with them and said she would bring her sister back. Why hasn't she come back yet?"
"What? Dahua followed?"
Seeing Xiaohua nod, the woman turned around and quickly left the house, then turned around and walked into the main room next door. "Where's Dahua? Why are you the only ones back? And that little girl, you didn't really throw her away alive, did you?"
Old Mrs. Han and her son were eating porridge with their bowls in hand. They looked up when they heard what was happening. Both mother and son had the same gloomy look on their faces, and were very dissatisfied with her meddling in other people's business.
"What does it have to do with you? You're just trying to catch a rat here."
"That's right, keep it for you to raise?"
"...I...you can't just throw it away. It's a living child, and Dahua is already several years old. Why don't you bring them back? Where are the children now?"
"Don't meddle in our family affairs." Han Lao Er stiffened his neck and retorted to her. The old lady next to him remembered and asked, "I heard that you hired a doctor and prescribed medicine. Whose account was the money credited to?"
"Whose account could it be? The one lying on the kang is your daughter-in-law. This is to continue your family line."
"You woman..." Old Lady Han pointed at her and complained, "Damn Qiu Chaotian, you're still alive day after day. Gu was so powerful when he was arguing with me, it's not that easy for him to die. You're just trying to catch a rat here."
"That's right. It's just giving birth to a child. Every woman can give birth to a child. My mother gave birth to several of us and she never took any medicine."
Han Lao Er's cold-hearted words made the already angry Sister Xu even more furious. As a result, Han Lao Da's wife also complained, "Everyone has to pay back the credit. You are just looking for trouble for us. Who hasn't given birth to a child? Who is as delicate as her and needs to see a doctor and take medicine?"
"That's right, we didn't borrow the money, so it shouldn't have anything to do with us." When the third brother's wife said this, the third brother quickly responded, "Yes, whoever borrowed the money should pay it back, what does it have to do with us?"
"You...you guys..." Sister Xu, who was trying to show some leeway to her fellow townspeople, was so angry that she no longer cared about any feelings. "I've lived for so many years, but I've never seen a family as cold-hearted as yours. You really are not from the same family, so you don't enter the same door."
Sister Xu pointed at them one by one with her fingers and said, "Okay, you are really good. I hope you will never need help in your life. Don't worry, I will pay for the medicine. You, the Han family, can continue to commit sins."
The woman walked out of the main room with her chest heaving violently. When she entered the side room, she remembered that she had not found out the whereabouts of the child. It's already dark now, where is Dahua?
I wanted to ask again, but I thought there would be no result. After telling Xiaohua to look after her mother and brother, she quickly ran back to her home and asked her husband to carry a lantern and go to the south to look for the child.
Brother-in-law Xu didn't sleep last night and worked another day today. He was feeling tired and sleepy at the moment and had already laid down, but after hearing what his wife said, he sighed and got up again.
"Dad, can I go with you?" The second son lit the lantern and stood on the edge of the kang, looking at the lamp in his hand with his head lowered. "There is not much lamp oil left. I think it will not be enough for the trip. This way, when we come back, it will be dark so I can keep you company."
"You just want to keep your father company. You want to light the lights and go out to have fun. It's not enough to hang out outside all day, and you're thinking about going out at night."
"Mom, you are really wronging me. I work in the fields picking up stubble during the day to earn work points. There is no time for fun. I brought my brother and my younger brother with me, and the three of us only earned six centimeters today."
After the second one said this, the other two quickly responded. The eldest brother didn't mind his younger brother's attempt to steal the credit at all. Instead, he met his mother's gaze and nodded to testify for his younger brother. It seems like he, the eldest brother, really needs his younger brother to lead him in work. The mistress added eloquently.
"That's right. The three of us went to earn centimeters. My second brother said that after the fields were plowed in a few days, he would take us to pick up sheep droppings. The team leader said that one basket would be exchanged for two centimeters. The three of us decided to follow the shepherd and make sure we picked up a few more baskets a day."
Brother-in-law Xu, who usually doesn't like to talk, smiled now and reached out to touch the children's furry heads. "Well, they are all good children."
Sister Xu glared at the father and son, as if she was angry, but in fact her eyes were full of relief. Her man is not good at talking and often gets nothing out of him even after being beaten with three sticks. She can't even start a quarrel, and she often gets angry by herself without people knowing what's wrong with her. She has no place to use her energy.
But compared with Gu Yan from the same village, she is too content. If she met a bastard like Han Laoer, she would be so angry that she died. Or he could just chop him to pieces with a knife, and both of them would die together.
"Stop talking nonsense and go find someone quickly. A grown child holding a baby will definitely freeze to death if they are out in the wild at night. The second child is staying at home with his younger brother, and let your eldest brother and your father go find someone."
The eldest brother, who was silent and just worked like brother-in-law Xu, nodded and quickly got off the kang with his father. The second brother pouted and reluctantly gave the lantern to his brother.
"Hey, let's go now."
Xu Laosi responded, and Sister Xu then remembered the flashlight she had used last night. She took it out and tried it, and it was still as bright as before.
"This flashlight is really useful. Take it."
"Forget it. Don't let others use it without power. Batteries are very expensive." Last night was an emergency, so I'll have to take my time looking for it today anyway. Just be careful when the lamp oil is gone.
"Hold it for me, you stingy old man. It's urgent like last night. It's easier to find it with a flashlight."
"Okay, got it." The eldest child responded obediently. After all, he was a child at heart and was a little curious about this spotlight that he had never seen before. He reached out and took it, holding it and stroking it carefully. Seeing his father leaving, he quickly took steps to catch up.
"Wait, bring a small blanket. It's cold at night. When you find the child, wrap him tightly."
Listening to his mother's shouting gradually fading away, the third son of the Xu family was still lying naked on the kang mat. "What do I cover?"
The second child chuckled and pulled his quilt over his younger brother. "Sleep with me."
"What should we do when eldest brother comes back?" The number of quilts in the house is limited. You and eldest brother share one bed, and now I'm here. How can the three of us sleep together?
"Silly. With your big brother back, naturally your little quilt will come back too."
"That's hard to say. Our mother loves Aunt Gu's little sister, so she wouldn't... give my little quilt to her, right?"
"Shouldn't it be?"
She is our biological mother. How could she give her quilt to someone else and let her son freeze? Although they said this, the two brothers were actually in serious doubt. Aunt Gu's family is poorer than theirs, and this time she gave birth to twins. If there really is no quilt for the little girl, her mother likes the little girl so much. He wouldn't really give it to the little girl, would he?
The unconscious Gu Yan was fed rice soup by the little girl. When Xu Damai came in, the child was feeding medicine to her mother. I put an old piece of cotton cloth on her chin and wiped the liquid that flowed out after she fed her.
"Xiaohua is so thoughtful. You are so lucky to have your two daughters."
After feeding the medicine, the child turned around and smiled at their aunt who had helped them several times in this life-and-death situation. Put down the bowl and add water to the medicine pot to soak it.
"Grandma said that boys are what women can rely on, and that only boys can take care of their parents in their old age and carry on the family line. Girls belong to other families and are useless."
“Nonsense.”
Xu Damai is the eldest child in his mother's family, and his parents attach great importance to his first child. Moreover, boys are taught from childhood that they should give way to girls, and that it is not acceptable for them to become losers and bully others when they have to set up their own household in the future. She herself had never been looked down upon, so she had no such idea of favoring boys over girls.
"A daughter is a sweet and sweet girl to her parents. When she was little, she was well-behaved and obedient, which warmed her parents' hearts. When she grew up, she would show filial piety during festivals. If her parents were sick, she would still take care of them attentively. How can she be useless? Haven't you seen how good your grandmother is to your aunt? She likes daughters, too."
When Xiaohua heard this, her eyes instantly became bright, like dazzling stars. Come over and hold this kind aunt. When the child heard this for the first time, he couldn’t believe it. My hand was shaking as I held hers, which shows how important these words are to the child.
"But, but..."
This child must have suffered so much injustice that he dared not even believe such words, fearing that it was just another false comfort. Xu Damai hugged the child in his arms with heartache and patted her back gently.
"Your grandma is just bullying you and your daughter, and your dad is a jerk. You'd be a fool if you believed her. Girls are the sweethearts God has given to women. Didn't you see that your mom has come to her senses recently and no longer lets your grandma bully her?"
"Yeah." When he said this, the child nodded vigorously. It seems that this can further prove that the good days recently are real and will not disappear with the passage of time and the arrival of my younger brother.
"My mother has been very kind to me and my sister recently. She prepared a quilt and clothes for my brother, and changed cotton-padded clothes for me and my sister. She also made new shoes for us using the soles she had originally made for Da Niu and Er Niu."
"Well, your mother finally got it. But I didn't expect that she was so capable. She actually secretly saved up so many things. I was worried about what to wrap the two children with before, but your mother actually prepared the wrapping cloth and quilt."
Xiaohua didn't answer this. She couldn't tell anyone that her mother could perform magic, not even the aunt who helped them time and time again. I am grateful to my aunt and will give her three sons more delicious food in the future.
The two sisters Dahua were not found, and Sister Xu and Xiaohua were worried and couldn't sleep. The two of them sat on cushions on either side of the fire, leaning against the wall and dozing. During this time, the little boy woke up again, but still refused to drink the rough rice soup. Sister Xu let him hold her food in his mouth and suck for a while. Although there was still no milk, the child seemed to be very satisfied after sucking for a few times. He stopped crying even though he didn't get any milk and continued to sleep obediently in his mother's arms with his eyes closed.
It was past midnight and the sound of footsteps could be heard outside the house. Sister Xu jumped off the kang and quickly opened the door. It was indeed her brother-in-law Xu who came back with the children.
"Come in quickly, is the child okay?" Without waiting for the man to answer, she took the large silk cocoon with layers of layers inside and outside from his arms and examined it carefully. He untied the small quilt outside, revealing the little baby girl inside. The child's face was slightly yellow and he was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed. He breathed a sigh of relief, removed the quilt from the baby girl, and placed her next to Gu Yan along with the swaddling clothes.
"Dahua, what happened? What's wrong with your face? Who hit you or where did you hit your face?" Sister Xu asked without forgetting to roll her eyes at her wooden father and son. It's better to expect this little girl to explain it clearly than to expect you two to explain it clearly.
"My grandma and my dad wanted to throw my sister away, so I followed them all the way and walked a long way. My grandma wanted to throw my sister into the Nan Da Gou and even took off the blanket from her body. I rushed over and took it back. She asked me to give it to me, but I didn't give it to her, so she slapped me twice."
Reaching out and gently touching the child's swollen and blue face, Sister Xu felt so angry that her teeth were itching. Gu Yan herself didn’t know what was going on before, and she just felt very disappointed with this fellow villager who didn’t know what was going on. I didn't expect that I would realize how great the Han family is only after seeing it in person. Anyway, in all her years of life, she has never seen such a cruel family. Many people abandon their children because they cannot raise them, but those who have the heart to abandon them while they are still alive are worse than animals.
"Auntie, I'm not in pain. Mom told us to look after our younger siblings, so I have to take good care of them."
These words almost made Brother-in-law Xu, who was called Mu Mu, cry. This child is really brave and smart. He hid in a low and narrow cave in the dark day with his sister in his arms. He burned a pile of corn stalks and firewood at the entrance of the cave. It was just too late and he didn't know the way, so he didn't come back. Even if he doesn't find them tonight, nothing will happen to the two children.
"How did you light the fire?"
"I brought matches with me." Mom's lighter is really useful. It can light corn stalks with just one touch. She didn't feel much cold while holding her sister, but she was a little hungry, and her sister cried several times.
"Good boy..." Sister Xu was choked with sobs and couldn't speak. She hugged Dahua and cried silently. Instead, the child patted her and comforted her, "It's okay, auntie. I'm not afraid anymore after I lit the fire. Although I was a little scared at first, but later my uncle and brother found me, I was even less afraid."
Xiaohua found the candies she had hidden before and gave two to Xu Gang. The dull child, whose personality was similar to that of Xu Laosi, kept shaking his head and refusing. The second and third children had already asked for candies from their two younger sisters before, so how could they ask for more?
"Brother Gang, take this. This was given to us by the auntie when we went to the commune last time."
Dahua also turned around and asked her brother to take it. Sister Xu finally came back to her senses from the shock and pain. She wiped her face with her hand, looked up and told her son and sister to share it.
The three little ones shared the candy happily. The Xu couple looked at each other and yawned at the same time. "You take your son home to sleep, and I will stay here at night to keep the children company."
"Okay. Let the kid call me if anything happens."
When Gu Yan woke up, there was already a faint light coming through the window. Outside, Old Lady Han was scolding Dahua who was returning from delivering the urine pot.
"You stupid girl, you must bring that useless thing back. Just wait until the two little guys starve to death. Then throw a pair away and see if you, a stupid girl, will still bring them back. Your brother is your support for the rest of your life. If he starves to death, I wonder what you three will do."
"My mother has a way to support my brothers and sisters, so you don't have to worry about it."
"You stupid girl, you dare to talk back to me. If I don't beat you up for a day, don't you know how many eyes the Horse King has..."
"Dahua is back."
"Mom, you're awake!"
The child shouted in surprise and ran back to the house at a speed of three feet high. Old Mrs. Han behind him rushed into the house with a broom. She was used to bullying the mother and her two daughters, and she had long forgotten about Gu Yan's previous aggressiveness.
"You little bitch, you're still running away from me. I'm going to beat you to death today."
Sister Xu had also sat up at this time. Seeing this situation, she was about to push the weapon out of Old Lady Han's hand, but Gu Yan behind her had already raised a stick and hit the old lady's wrist.
The weapon in her hand fell to the ground in pain, and she screamed so loudly that it shook the valley and woke up all the neighbors.
Sister Xu watched the rolling pin fall to the ground after hitting the old lady, and Dahua picked it up smartly and handed it back to her mother. The woman who had just woken up gave her daughter an approving smile. For a moment she didn't know whether she should smile or not.
Don't laugh, I totally agree with the fact that this mother and her two daughters knew how to resist. Smile, the old man with silver hair on the ground is in so much pain that his face is covered with tears and snot, and his wailing and crying seem a bit pitiful.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing the noise, several members of the Han family came in to inquire about the situation. Boss Han reached out his hand to help my mother up, but as soon as his hand touched her arm, she pushed him away with force, and the wailing sound resounded through the sky again. The two babies, who had already woken up, were frightened and cried even louder.
The eldest couple was so frightened that they didn't dare to touch her again. They just stood on the ground, anxiously not knowing where to start. The old lady held her arms and just kept crying, without coming up with any proper ideas.
Gu Yan ignored the pile on the ground. She picked up the two children and patted them with concern. I felt a little regretful. I shouldn't have hit the child without plugging his ears. I wonder if this will scare the child?
"Gu Crow, Gu Crow, no wonder the Gu family gave you such a name. You are such an ominous thing. How could our Han family be so unlucky to marry someone like you?"
The old lady had cried enough and pointed at Gu Yan and started cursing again. Gu Yan had no milk, and with so many people around she couldn't make milk powder for the children. She felt distressed and annoyed when the two children were crying. The hatred during childbirth and the anger at this moment were completely ignited by the old lady's scolding. She didn't waste any words, gently put the children down, told Dahua and Xiaohua to cover their younger brother and sister's ears, and then she was about to go downstairs with a rolling pin.
"Unlucky? This time I'll let you know what unlucky means." Before she finished speaking, she had already sat down on the edge of the kang. I couldn't find my shoes and was about to go out barefoot. Old Mrs. Han, whose arm was in pain, did not bother to argue this time. Seeing that she was coming at her aggressively, she was so scared that she ran away. The rest of the Han family quickly followed me out of the tigress's house.
"Gu Yan, Gu Crow, you are worse than a shrew. I have never seen a daughter-in-law who hits her mother-in-law. Our Han family cannot keep a daughter-in-law like you. I have to let the second son divorce you."
The boss was clamoring to find a fight with everyone, and he became more and more excited, as if the divorce would be the end of Gu Yan's life. It sounds bad to say that he, an uncle, beat his brother's wife, but in fact, he was frightened by Gu Yan's ferocious posture and dared not to attack.
"Yes, divorce. Our Han family doesn't want a daughter-in-law who is worse than a bastard." The old lady raised her arms and jumped to her feet, shouting twice at the door.
Gu Yan ignored it completely. After the person left, she put on Xiaohua's small shoes and went around the wall to open the box. He took out a can of malted milk in a pretentious manner.
This thing contains milk powder, and the outer packaging is just to conceal it. When this was taken out, Sister Xu's jaw dropped. She was just thinking about where to find some millet to feed her child, but ended up taking out this high-end stuff.
"Where did you get this from? What is this?"
"Maltese. I gave it to an older sister when I traded with her last time. There's not much left, just enough for the kids to eat for one or two meals."
"That's incredible. I've never seen this before." Gu Yan had already opened the lid. Sister Xu smelled a scent of milk and smacked her lips in admiration, "It smells so good. It's really good stuff. But there's too little of it. I can't eat it for a few meals."
"Maybe I'll have milk soon, and then I'll have something to eat."
"That's easy to say. You don't even have anything good to eat. You're starving. Your milk can feed two children!"
Gu Yan said nothing, but silently prepared the milk powder and fed it to the child. The two little ones were very hungry, so they grabbed the delicious milk powder and ate it with relish. The brother and sister took a bite each, and soon half a bowl of milk went into their stomachs. This time she was full and fell asleep obediently. Sister Xu then told her what had happened in the past two days.
Gu Yan had just put the child down, and when he heard the words, he turned around and glanced at his daughter who was almost thrown away. For a moment, he was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
Damn it, her aunt almost couldn’t save the child who was thrown away in the original book. My uncle can tolerate this fucking thing, but my aunt definitely can’t. This is taking advantage of my illness to kill me. It was too light to just break the old lady's wrist.
"I'm going to beat her to death."
Seeing that her eyes were bloodshot and she was about to go out like a madman, Sister Xu was so scared that she quickly hugged her tightly to stop her from going.
"Calm down, calm down. Killing is against the law.
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