The news that Sun Xun had gathered people to gamble and stole things from the factory to sell spread quickly. Soon someone went to the leader and said that such a scum must be fired from the factory.

When Sun Xun's wife Liu Xiaoyue heard the news and confirmed it was true, she fainted. When she woke up, she hugged her eldest son and cried bitterly. Sun Xun was going to be fired from the factory, so they could not continue to live here. She made a fuss to get 100 yuan from Sun Xun, but the expenses of these days plus the illnesses of her younger son and daughter had cost more than 60 yuan. She only had more than 30 yuan left on hand, and now she had to raise a child and rent a house, so it would be all gone soon. What would she do with her children when the money was gone? The more she thought about it, the more desperate she became, and the louder she cried. Seeing her like this, the children couldn't help but cry with her.

When the family was crying, someone knocked on the door. Seeing the person coming, Liu Xiaoyue felt extremely sad.

The visitor had a distant relative who couldn't have children, and wanted to adopt a child. Because the family was well-off, the man had high requirements for the adopted child, which had to be smart, good-looking, and a boy. She searched for a long time but couldn't find one, and later she heard about it from others and set her sights on Liu Xiaoyue's youngest son. She had come once before, but was rejected. After hearing that Sun Xun was arrested, she hurried to the door again to avoid being snatched by others.

With the current situation at home, the child might starve to death if he followed her. But Liu Xiaoyue couldn't bear to do that for a moment, so she choked up and said she would consider it.

The other party left happily.

In the evening, someone came to tell Liu Xiaoyue that the factory had decided to fire Sun Xun after a meeting. The notice of the dismissal would be posted in the morning, and the factory would definitely ask her to vacate the house by then, so she should make plans early.

Liu Xiaoyue is now taking things one step at a time, living one day at a time, what plans can she make? If she didn't want to leave her children behind, she would have wanted to end her life with a rope.

After sending the people away, she sat on the stool in a daze. It was not until her little daughter's cry that she regained her spirits, then she wiped her tears and got up to cook.

After dinner, the four older ones went to bed obediently, and she still had to coax the two younger ones. When the children fell asleep, she took out a handkerchief from her dowry box. She spent another five yuan on food today, leaving only thirty-three yuan.

There are seven mouths to feed in the family, and this little money can only last for a month at most. Is she really going to send the fifth and sixth children away? They are all her flesh and blood, how can she bear to let them go! Thinking about it, tears fell again.

The eldest son, Sun Dong, suddenly climbed down from the bed, sat next to her, held her hand and said, "Mom, don't worry, I will work with you to make money to support my younger brothers and sisters."

Liu Xiaoyue hugged him. She didn't dare cry out loud for fear of waking up the other children. She could only shed tears silently.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Liu Xiaoyue wiped her tears and asked loudly, "Who is it?"

I don’t know what’s going on when someone knocks on the door so late.

There was no response from the person outside, but the knocking on the door continued.

Sun Dong picked up the kitchen knife and walked to the door. Their family lived in an abandoned storage room next to the warehouse, which was very remote. If there was no other choice, who would be willing to live in such a place.

Liu Xiaoyue was diligent and capable. She moved in, cleared out the clutter in the house, and tidied up the outside. Similarly, those who were short of housing had their eyes on this house.

Liu Xiaoyue held him back and said, "Don't be afraid. If there really are bad guys, just shout loudly later. Got it?"

No matter how remote it was, it was still in the factory, and there were people on duty and patrolling at night. As long as he shouted, someone would come quickly.

"good."

What the mother and son didn't expect was that when the door was opened, there was no one there, but there were two large bags at the door.

Sun Dong was surprised: "Mom, this..."

After carrying the two large bags into the house, Liu Xiaoyue quickly closed and locked the door. After lighting the candles, Liu Xiaoyue began to untie the ropes on the bags.

There were two bags, one filled with flour and the other filled with rice. There was also a small blue cloth bag in the rice bag.

Seeing the white flour and rice, Liu Xiaoyue's tears welled up again. She didn't know which kindhearted person sent the food, but she couldn't bear to eat such good food. She planned to exchange it for coarse grains tomorrow. Then she would go to the market to pick up unwanted vegetable leaves or go outside to dig some wild vegetables, which she could eat with the coarse grains for two or three months.

Sun Dong opened the blue cloth bag. On the top was a newspaper, and below the newspaper was the Great Unity. He shouted in a panic, "Mom, mom, look quickly..."

Seeing so much money, Liu Xiaoyue was stunned: "This, this..."

The mother and son calmed down and counted them, and found that there were 500 big unity notes, which was 5,000 yuan. It was the first time that Liu Xiaoyue had seen so much money in her life.

Sun Dong asked in a trembling voice: "Mom, with this money, can we not send our brother and sister away?"

He knew that his family didn't have much money left, and once the little money was spent, the family would run out of food. These days, many people came to ask about his brothers and sisters, and he felt very reluctant to let them go, but he also understood that sending them away was also a way to survive since the family couldn't afford to support them.

Liu Xiaoyue came back to her senses, holding the money tightly with both hands, and said softly: "Don't worry, Mom won't send Xiaowu and Xiaoliu away."

With this money, she was able to raise her six children.

Liu Xiaoyue picked up the newspaper and read it, but she couldn't read, so she handed it to Sun Dong: "What's written in this newspaper?"

Sun Dong dropped out of school in the fourth grade, but he had no problem reading the newspaper. But when he saw the headlines, he was confused.

Liu Xiaoyue asked: "Dongzi, what is written in this newspaper?"

It is said to be a newspaper, but in fact it is an article cut out of the newspaper, with the title "Self-employed Zhang Huamei - Reform and opening up gave me opportunities and courage."

Sun Dong finished reading the article and looked at Liu Xiaoyue with a puzzled look: "Mom, what does this mean, benefactor?"

After thinking for a while, Liu Xiaoyue wiped her tears and said, "My great benefactor is showing us the way. He wants me to be a self-employed person."

She had to buy a house, and it had to be one with its own door and yard, which would save her a lot of trouble. After buying a house, she had to find a job to earn money. The daily expenses for the six children were a big expense, and she had to send the children to school, so she couldn't just sit there and do nothing. She didn't get much for taking care of the old lady, and the family members always made trouble and didn't let her go home at night. She had no choice before, but now she had to quit.

Sun Dong's eyes lit up: "Mom, the steamed buns and spicy soup you make are so delicious, if you go out and set up a stall, you will definitely make money."

Liu Xiaoyue thought she could give it a try. Setting up a stall didn't require much capital, and she didn't have to worry about losing money. She could find other ways later.

Because of Lu Jiaxin's secret help, Liu Xiaoyue was able to start her own stall two years earlier, and her third child did not die in infancy, and the twins were not sent away.

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