Chapter 4
"Hey, here they come, someone is getting off the bus!" someone shouted at the top of their lungs from behind, fearing that the bus would start moving.
Bi Qiuguo quickly took off her shoes, stood on her seat, took out her luggage from the overhead luggage rack, and said, "Sister, let's go."
The older sister with the yellow scarf noticed the departure of several people in time, and her eyes lit up: "Big sister, you are here? Then I will sit down, I can finally sit down and rest."
Bi Chunliu and a few others followed the crowd and were squeezed off the bus.
After getting off the car, Bi Chunliu saw the lady in the yellow headscarf smiling and waving at him, so Bi Chunliu also smiled and waved back.
Bi Xiahe was still observing her elder sister. Well, her elder sister didn't stumble when walking just now, her face didn't seem so pale, and her eyes looked much more normal. It seemed that she was carsick just now. She is fine now, and we can rest assured!
There were quite a few people getting off at Dashi Commune. After all the people who got off at Dashi Commune got off, the bus made two rumbles and two buzzing sounds, and continued to head to the next stop, rolling up dust.
Only then did Bi Chunliu finally have the heart to look at her younger siblings, whom she hadn't seen in ages. After all, in the car earlier, she'd thought it was a prank by Liu Xu and hadn't looked closely. Well, it was a little smaller than what she remembered and dreamed of.
"Sister, let's go quickly." Bi Weiguo urged, "I don't know if Third Aunt will make something delicious. I'm hungry and sleepy now, and my butt is numb from sitting."
Hearing this, Bi Qiuguo looked at him in surprise: "Brother, weren't you sleeping in the car the whole time? Why are you still sleepy?"
"I've digested the little I had this morning long ago, and I'm still looking forward to lunch. Grandma will definitely ask Auntie San to make something delicious."
Bi Qiuguo opened his eyes wide: "Second brother, you actually expect Third Aunt to make delicious food. She is already very generous to give us two steamed buns with pickles!!"
Bi Weiguo was stunned and said hesitantly: "That shouldn't be the case. Even if grandma is sick, she knows we are going home, so she should cook something delicious, right?" As he said that, Bi Weiguo turned his gaze to his third sister.
Bi Xiahe patted Bi Weiguo's shoulder and said, "Second brother, if Third Aunt knew you wanted to eat well, she would definitely say, what kind of family is this? You are a good family if you can eat well and be able to eat so much!"
Okay...Bi Weiguo's shoulders drooped successfully.
"Hahaha, eldest sister, third sister, look at second brother, hahahaha——"
"Qiuguo, you don't know yet that second brother eats so little in the morning just for this lunch. Now you feel that you have suffered a great loss." Bi Xiahe felt relieved, and also smiled and teased Bi Weiguo with her eyes curved.
“Hahaha, that’s right…”
"Ahhhh—Bi Qiuguo, give me back the steamed bun I gave you this morning tomorrow!"
"Lululu, I won't give it back. I won't give it back if I've already eaten it!!"
Bi Chunliu walked at the back, watching the three noisy people, and smiled. But then she thought of her past life, and waves of sourness bubbled up like bitter medicine slowly simmering over a low fire.
In 1970, I was 20, my second oldest son, Bi Weiguo, was 15, my third oldest son, Bi Xiahe, was 14, and my fourth oldest son, Bi Qiuguo, was 13. The 1970s were probably the hardest, most tiring, and saddest years for me.
In 1968, my father passed away, and then in 1969, my mother also passed away. Starting in 1970, my third uncle and grandmother repeatedly pressured me to give up my job to him, claiming I would be getting married soon. They said they would give it back to me after my second son graduated from high school. I stubbornly refused, and they sometimes even visited me at the factory, exhausting me both physically and mentally.
In the summer of 1971, the second son, riding his bike in an alley, hit the two pregnant daughters-in-law of their neighbors, the Nie family, causing both of them to go into premature labor. The two Nie sons offered compensation if they didn't want Bi Weiguo to go to jail, so they paid for the damages with a house. At the time, the second son blushed and argued that he hadn't hit anyone, but many people saw him riding right up to the two women, who, for unknown reasons, suddenly collapsed with him, leading to their premature labor. Within two months, Weiguo disappeared, and I didn't hear from him until the end of the year. By then, he'd been floating in the river for so long that his entire body was swollen and unrecognizable, even his legs had been gnawed away by something.
In 1974, the third child graduated from high school but couldn't find a job. Because she was good-looking, she started dating the son of the winery's logistics director, who had been pursuing her, and married him shortly after graduation. Because she had only given birth to a daughter in the two years since her marriage, she often suffered abuse at the hands of the family. At the end of 1976, police officers arrived, claiming that the third child had embezzled money from her in-laws and illegally fled the country. There was no news of the third child since then. But the third child clearly loved Xingxing the most, so how could he abandon her? She didn't believe it.
In 1975, Lao Si graduated from high school and found a temporary job at a thermos factory. However, because someone at the factory kept harassing her, she signed up to go to the countryside. The following year, she received news of Lao Si's death. The cause of death was that the mountain was muddy after rain, and Lao Si slipped and fell off a cliff while picking mushrooms. Haha, fell off a cliff? That's ridiculous. Two years later, she received an anonymous letter claiming that Lao Si had been pushed off the cliff because she had refused the proposal of the village chief's son, and when the village chief's son was harassing her, she was arguing with that little bastard...
From 1968 to 1976, in just eight years, she lost her parents and all her brothers and sisters. In 1978, even Xingxing, who was just three years old, died of a severe fever without anyone in her family noticing... From then on, her family was no longer in this world. During those years when she was struggling, she kept wondering, was this all she had lived for, just to suffer?
Thinking of this, Bi Chunliu's tears fell down and her body collapsed uncontrollably to the ground.
Bi Xiahe, who was walking in front, noticed that her elder sister was walking slower and slower. She turned her head and smiled, only to see her sitting on the ground with tears on her face. Her heart tightened, and a wave of uneasiness surged up. She ran to her anxiously and asked, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying? Did someone at the factory bully you, or is someone outside looking in trouble?"
Bi Weiguo and Bi Qiuguo also hurried over and asked anxiously, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you? Let's go and sack him together!"
Bi Chunliu wiped her tears and shook her head.
"Could it be that the milk supply is insufficient?" Bi Weiguo thought of another reason.
Bi Qiuguo: "Second brother, even if Third Aunt is gone, Grandma will not die. She cherishes her life so much."
"That's right, then why is Big Sister crying?"
Bi Chunliu wiped her tears and made up an excuse: "I'm fine, don't worry, I just suddenly thought of our parents."
"Big sister..." Bi Qiuguo pouted. She missed her parents too... She wanted to cry, but she was afraid that her big sister would pinch her mouth to stop her from crying.
Bi Weiguo and Bi Xiahe also felt sad and their eyes turned red.
"It's okay, at least we are all fine now! As long as we are all fine, our parents will be relieved. We will unite in the future and will definitely get better and better." Bi Chunliu thought to himself. In his previous life, he was able to do well on his own and avenge all the revenges he deserved, let alone this life with the experience of his previous life.
Humph! I'm not afraid!
Bi Weiguo and his two siblings were stunned by their eldest sister's rapid change of appearance: "?" Their eldest sister's face was covered in tears just now, why did she suddenly look like she was full of energy now?
Bi Xiahe looked at her high-spirited elder sister and said worriedly, "Sister, the four of us are the closest family. If you have any problems, you must tell us. Although we can't help much right now, the four of us can definitely come up with an idea!"
"Yes, yes, yes. How does the saying go? Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. The four of us can at least be better than two Zhuge Liangs!" Bi Weiguo followed.
Bi Qiuguo nodded. Her second brother was right. Her eldest sister and third sister could make up for one and a half, and she and her second brother could definitely make up for the remaining half.
Bi Chunliu and Bi Xiahe: "..."
Bi Qiuguo grabbed Bi Chunliu's hand and shook it: "Sister, Third Sister is right. You have to trust us! Look, didn't Third Sister come up with an idea about the work?"
Bi Chunliu: "Work?"
Bi Xiahe put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "Big sister! Have you forgotten everything I said at home?"
Bi Chunliu: ...
"Oh, big sister, don't take it lightly. Just remember, no matter what grandma says later, just remember not to agree to it." Bi Xiahe sighed and repeated her instructions uneasily. Big sister seemed too unreliable today... She was really afraid that she couldn't stand it.
Bi Chunliu: "Okay! I understand."
Bi Xiahe: "Sister, you must hold on. If we give up our job, we won't be able to stay in the city any longer. As for our Third Uncle and Third Aunt, if the good things fall into their hands, will there be a chance to return them? They will definitely not return them to us! Second brother, Qiuguo, and you two, did you understand and remember what I said at home?"
Bi Weiguo and Bi Qiuguo nodded and said, "I'll remember it."
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