After Shen Nan caused a scene at the Qian family's house and took Qian Xiaoshu away, he never returned. The Qian family was happy to be left alone and stopped caring about Qian Xiaoshu. In fact, they were also a little afraid of Shen Nan.
Shen Nan took Qian Xiaoshu home for a few months and treated him like his own son. The Qian family was worried that if they continued to beat or scold Qian Xiaoshu, Shen Nan's madness would be triggered again.
The skinny little Qian Xiaoshu, with his yellow and obviously malnourished face, has become white and rosy, he has gained weight and has grown a lot taller under the careful conditioning of Luo Changshun and the meticulous care of Shen Nan.
In fact, Shen Nan had been nice to Qian Xiaoshu before, knowing that he had a hard time in the Qian family. Because of the trouble caused by Old Lady Qian, no one in the village dared to be nice to Qian Xiaoshu, except Shen Nan.
When she stabbed someone with a knife, although the Qian family ran away quickly and no one was injured, the emotional damage was deep and lasting. So only when Shen Nan gave Qian Xiaoshu food and drink did Old Lady Qian dare not show her dissatisfaction.
Qian Xiaoshu knew very early on that he was not a child of the Qian family, not only because of the Qian family's bad attitude towards him, but mainly because he could not live with his parents, Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou, since he was a child.
Moreover, even if those two returned to the village, it would not do Qian Xiaoshu any good. Especially since Zhan Jinhua would secretly watch Sun Xiaohao and find out how close her son was to Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin, she would become mad with jealousy. Once she returned to the village, Qian Xiaoshu would become her punching bag, and she would be as ruthless as her mother-in-law.
Furthermore, although he addressed Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou as his parents, his household registration was under Qian Jincai's name. This was also the reason why, twenty years later, when Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin were searching for Sun Xiaohao's biological parents, they could not find any information about their biological son under those two names.
After being knocked unconscious by Old Lady Qian and running a high fever, Qian Xiaoshu had a dream. In it, he cried out for his mother, hoping someone would come and save him! Soon, he felt himself being embraced by a warm embrace. A warm current surged through his body, and his feet, which had been drifting, seemed to have landed back on the ground, giving him a very solid feeling.
When he was almost recovered and arrived at his third uncle's house, he found that sense of security and comfort again with his third aunt.
However, the psychological trauma left by the Qian family on Qian Xiaoshu cannot be erased in a short period of time.
The time the old lady from the Qian family was put in the sack was mid-August, and there was a lot of longevity grass (Purslane) in the fields. The old couple of the Qian family already loved eating wild vegetables, and having heard that longevity grass had many health benefits, they asked their granddaughter Qian Meijuan to go dig wild vegetables in the fields.
In the past, this job would definitely be given to Qian Xiaoshu, but now Qian Xiaoshu can no longer be relied upon, and the old lady is reluctant to let her eldest grandson Qian Longbin suffer in the fields in such a hot weather, so Qian Meijuan has become the hard laborer to satisfy the old lady Qian's appetite.
Qian Meijuan was very unwilling in her heart. She really wanted to ask her grandmother: Big brother wanders around everywhere every day and does nothing. Why don't you use him?
However, she knew that saying this would not have any effect and would only bring about a scolding from her grandmother. When she was angry, she would call her granddaughter very vulgar words such as "little bitch", "little slut", and "raise a man when you grow up".
The old lady said that they wanted to eat cold-mixed longevity grass at noon. Qian Meijuan was not only responsible for digging it, but also for picking and washing the vegetables, and mixing them with various seasonings. If she didn't mix it well, her grandmother would scold her and call her a "waste".
Early in the morning, Qian Meijuan went to the fields, picking wild vegetables with a small basket while the sun wasn't too strong. She happened to run into Qian Xiaoshu and Qian Baoge, also digging for longevity grass. Shen Nan, meanwhile, was watering the crops nearby, letting the two children play by the edge of the field. Qian Xiaoshu, on a whim, was explaining to Qian Baojuan, who hadn't done much work, the names of the various weeds growing on the ridges, which ones were edible, and which ones could be used as medicine. Afterward, the two children began to dig up edible wild vegetables, intending to take them home to make cold dishes.
Qian Meijuan glanced at her third aunt Shen Nan, who was concentrating on her work. Seeing that she was not paying attention to them, she squatted down and said, "Xiao Shu, Bao Ge, what are you doing digging so many wild vegetables?"
Qian Xiaoshu was extremely disgusted with the Qian family and had no good feelings towards this nominal sister. He turned his head away and ignored her.
Qian Meijuan didn't give up and said, "Can I pick some wild vegetables from you guys? You guys have nothing to do anyway, so picking wild vegetables is like playing. I have to go to school soon, so just consider it as helping me out, okay?"
Grandma insisted on eating wild vegetables. If I didn't dig enough before going to school, she would beat and scold me when I got home! Little Tree, you also know how cruel Grandma is and how harsh her scolding is, right?
No one knew Old Lady Qian's cruelty better than Qian Xiaoshu. Although Qian Meijuan had been scolded by Old Lady Qian, Qian Xiaoshu had never seen her get beaten. Furthermore, when he was being beaten and scolded, this nominal sister never came forward to defend him.
Qian Xiaoshu may be young, but he knows how to hold a grudge. In the past, he was a lamb to the slaughter in the Qian family, powerless to resist. But now that he has escaped the devil's den, he has to find a way to get revenge bit by bit.
After hearing Qian Meijuan say that Old Lady Qian wanted to eat wild vegetables, and that the most delicious wild vegetable in this season was longevity grass, Qian Xiaoshu instantly had an idea.
He said to Qian Meijuan with a stern face, "Sister, if you are in a hurry to go to school, you can go first. Tell me which dish grandma wants to eat, and come to Aunt San's house to get it after school.
I recently learned how to make salad dressing from Auntie San, and it's so delicious. I'll wash and mix the vegetables, and you can just take them home. It saves me from having to wait for you to get out of school and not have enough time to make it, and then getting scolded by grandma.
When Qian Meijuan heard this, she was surprised to hear such a good thing. Her impression of Qian Xiaoshu was that he had been beaten into submission by Old Lady Qian. He was timid and cowardly, doing whatever he was told like a robot. So she never imagined that Qian Xiaoshu would play tricks on her and sincerely deceive her.
But she was still afraid of going to Shen Nan's house, worried that Shen Nan would go crazy and hurt her.
Qian Xiaoshu was sure that Qian Meijuan, a lazy woman, would be tempted by his proposal, and he also realized that her hesitation was due to Third Aunt. So Qian Xiaoshu added, "Sister, don't be afraid of Third Aunt. She only hits adults, not children. She's very kind to Baoge and me. You see, the last time she scolded people, she mainly scolded Grandma and your dad. She didn't scold anyone else, and she didn't scold you either, right?"
When Qian Meijuan heard this, it seemed to be true, so she threw the small basketball basket to Qian Xiaoshu and went to school leisurely and leisurely.
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