Ge Jun's home is in Mengou Village, which is far away from the city and belongs to the remote suburbs.
So the housing here is relatively less crowded, and many people have their own yards.
Ge Jun's yard also has its own entrance and exit, with an area of three or four mu, which is considered a large yard.
Old Mrs. Ge has only one son, and her two daughters are married. After her son got married, she gave the yard to him to live in. She and her husband shamelessly rented two rooms in the slum.
She lived separately from her son and daughter-in-law, not for the purpose of letting the young couple live a good life, but because Liu Cuixia was pregnant and about to give birth, and she didn't want to take care of the confinement period.
Later, when she gave birth to a daughter, she cared even less about her.
As a result, the girl died before she was one year old. Liu Cuixia gave birth to a second child, also a daughter, who also died before she was one year old.
Old Mrs. Ge was very dissatisfied with Liu Cuixia. Not only could she not give birth to a son, but she couldn't even raise a daughter. Wasn't it obvious that she wanted to cut off the Ge family's bloodline?
Therefore, they didn't interact much in normal times. Even during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, when Liu Cuixia sent her food and drinks, she wouldn't even offer her a sip of hot water.
With a grim look on her face, Old Mrs. Ge used the key to open the door of her son's house. When she pushed the door open, she saw Liu Cuixia standing in the sun holding a child. She quickly turned around, closed the door, and locked it from the inside.
He walked quickly to Liu Cuixia and whispered, "Are you going to die? Do you want others to know that you adopted a child?"
As he spoke, he pushed Liu Cuixia into the house.
In the past, Liu Cuixia would definitely not listen to Grandma Ge, but now, in order to keep Grandma Ge company, she had no choice but to go into the house obediently.
After entering the house, Old Mrs. Ge looked at the child in Liu Cuixia's arms. The child had bright eyes and brows, a rosy face, and was a pretty baby as delicate as a piece of jade. It was obvious that the child was well taken care of. The little face and hands were white and tender, without any wrinkles even in the spring.
Unlike the children in the village, their little faces and hands are chapped and tanned by the sun in winter and spring.
Unlike this child, who is fair and tender, and looks like he was brought up in pampered conditions.
Old Lady Ge couldn't help but frown and asked suspiciously, "Did you really pick up this child? Where did you pick him up? How did you pick him up?"
Liu Cuixia felt a little guilty. She put Momo in the bed and stuffed him with a piece of egg cake. "I picked it up on the road after my night shift. If it wasn't thrown away by someone, who would leave a child this old alone on the roadside before dawn?"
Old Lady Ge was skeptical, but she had never seen such a beautiful child before: "It's really pretty. Who would be willing to give up such a pretty baby?"
Liu Cuixia lied: "Maybe there's something wrong with the child. We've had this child for two days, and he doesn't cry or make a fuss, and he can't talk. He looks like he's two years old, but he still can't talk."
Old Lady Ge was a little surprised: "He's a mute? No wonder he was rejected."
She had seen many children with defects being thrown away, and then a healthy child was born, so it was not surprising if a mute was thrown away.
Old Lady Ge sat by the bed and watched the child carefully for a while. She saw Momo lowering his head and eating the egg cake bite by bite, and paying close attention to not let the cake crumbs fall on his body. It was obvious that he was well-educated.
I was confused again, thinking that this child had been raised with great care in the past.
How could you bear to throw away a child you raised with such care?
Seeing her mother-in-law's suspicious face, Liu Cuixia came up with a new excuse: "I guess the mother may be pregnant again. After all, family planning is very strict now."
After this explanation, Mrs. Ge felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
Squinting at the child, he felt that he couldn't keep the child: "Since the child is problematic, you can raise him for two days and then send him to the public security bureau. Our Ge family's grandson cannot be a disabled person."
Then he added, "It's not like our Ge Jun can't have children. We've made you pregnant with two children before, which means there's nothing wrong with our Ge Jun."
Liu Cuixia stared blankly: "Mom, what do you mean by that? Can you blame me if the child is gone? I didn't take good care of myself during the confinement period after giving birth to two children. When I met Shuangqiang, I still went to work in the fields like a man."
It was only later, when I was assigned to work in a factory, that I felt better.
Old Lady Ge showed no sympathy: "Who didn't go through this? I had just given birth to a child three days ago and I had to go to the fields to cook for a family of more than a dozen people. If I didn't get up, my mother-in-law would keep banging the basin in the yard. I also came through and raised three children, so why am I not as spoiled as you?"
As he said this, he snorted, "I'm not destined to be a princess, but I have princess syndrome."
Liu Cuixia was used to being ridiculed by Old Lady Ge over the years, so she just ignored it and started telling her about the strange things that happened this morning. When she mentioned seeing ghosts twice, she forgot to say that it was Mo Mo who pointed them out to her.
The main thing is that she doesn’t think it matters, it’s just a ghost anyway.
After hearing this, Old Lady Ge was so surprised that she was speechless for a long time. As a person of the older generation, she believed that there were ghosts in this world. After all, she had heard many stories about it before.
This yard is haunted, I have never heard of it before: "Are you telling the truth? Am I seeing things? I have never heard of this before."
Liu Cuixia nodded: "It's absolutely true, how could I lie to you?"
After saying that, he remembered to pull Momo along: "It was this child who discovered it first. He pointed it out to me. Isn't it said that children have clean eyes and can see dirty things?"
Old Lady Ge believed it. She looked at Momo and thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out: "How could there be a ghost in broad daylight? How about asking a fortune teller to take a look?"
In every village there is always a capable person who can exorcise evil spirits, catch ghosts, and treat some strange diseases.
Liu Cuixia was a little worried: "What about this child? If Aunt Liu finds out, will she spread rumors?"
Old Lady Ge was also unsure and started to dislike it again: "Why did you bring such a child back home? You are really looking for trouble. Anyway, this child cannot be kept at home."
Liu Cuixia remained silent. She was determined to raise this child.
Without a child, what would she do when she got old? And without a child, her marriage to Ge Jun would probably be over. Maybe one day, her mother-in-law would make Ge Jun have a child with another woman.
Old Mrs. Ge was too lazy to pay attention to Liu Cuixia. Anyway, she didn't want to raise the child and let Liu Cuixia raise it however she wanted.
The two of them just remained in a stalemate, neither of them willing to speak.
Momo finished eating the egg cake quietly, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and looked out the window. The curtains were drawn, and a faint light came in through the gap in the curtains.
He just stared at the curtains with sparkling eyes.
The curtains are strung on a wire and hung in front of the window.
Liu Cuixia and Old Lady Ge were silent when they noticed the curtain slowly slide to the side...
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