Xia Lu couldn't remember how long it had been since she shed tears——
For a long, long time——
She seldom cries, not because she isn't sad or upset, but because she has known since she was a girl that crying is useless. Crying can't solve problems, but will only result in being beaten and scolded.
But suddenly someone appeared in her life and told her that it was okay to cry.
I always ask her why she doesn’t cry when she is hurt. Oh, you don’t have to be so strong.
Xia Lu, when will you be able to open up and cry in front of me?
Why should you cry?
Because that means you trust me.
I don't want you to be so strong. Being strong must be tiring. You can also act willful and coquettish occasionally.
Born into the patriarchal Xia family, Xia Lu suffered endless sadness and oppression. The patriarchal environment and the prejudice and oppression against women made Xia Lu, who knew she should fight for herself, feel painful. She wanted to break free from this environment and did not want to watch the girls around her sink into such an environment again and again. So she resisted, she fought, she rebelled. She wanted to protect the people she wanted to protect, but her closest people always wanted to drag her back into the swamp.
...
...
There is only one person.
Always holding her hand and dragging her out of the swamp.
Although they lived in the same town and were so close to each other, the atmosphere in the Qin family and the Xia family was naturally different. She and Xia Shangxu both lived in an extreme environment where their parents were conceited, proud and extremely prejudiced.
She will always remember when she was fifteen years old - that sister chose to jump into the river to protest because she was bullied and insulted by her husband's family, but no one sympathized with her. Everyone said, "Why can others give birth to boys, but you can't? You were divorced because you didn't give birth. You should be a slave, why do you lose your temper?"
It was obvious that the sister didn't want to die at that time.
If her family members had just reached out a hand and grabbed her, she would not have died.
However, it was her biological parents who finally broke the camel's back.
After that incident, Xia Lu became even more rebellious. She even asked someone to beat up the son of her parents! It wasn't that the son of this family did anything wrong. It was because of his existence that the sister was homeless, so Xia Lu beat him. You love your son but not your daughter, and you love face but not your daughter!
Then I will bully him.
However, Xia Lu is not a god of war, and she will be covered in wounds when fighting.
Often, she would be beaten by her father after she came back from making trouble. It was common for the stick to break on her body, for her body to be covered with bruises, and for her legs to limp. Even if she ran away from home, she was unwilling to bow her head and beg for mercy.
Then one day, she went to find Xia Shangxu who had fainted on the roadside with a high fever. She thought she was going to die and leave this ugly world. Then the man squatted in front of her, carrying a small child on his shoulder, who seemed to be his brother. He was holding a match in his mouth and asked nonchalantly, "What's your name?"
"It's none of your business."
"Why are you lying here? Aren't you feeling uncomfortable?"
"It's none of your business."
"Hey... Brother, hurry up and go."
"Brother Jiang Ke, come here quickly, she is a bad girl, don't get close to her."
"She is Xia Lu, the Xia Lu who fights and causes trouble everywhere. She is a bad girl who can seduce people. Oops, she glared at me."
Xia Lu lay on the ground in despair, occasionally turning her head away, motionless. Then, she was pulled up from the ground. Her hands were obviously dirty, but the man's hands were clean, but he held her hand without any disgust.
And then——she beat him.
After that - his figure seemed to be everywhere, "Xia Lu."
"Xia Lu, come play with us."
"Xia Lu..."
"Xia Lu, my name is Qin Jiangke."
She ran and he chased her. Sometimes he brought his sister Qin Qin out with him, and then left Qin Qin to her while he went to do something else.
After several years of this kind of life, Xia Lu seemed to have become accustomed to this person's existence - as if there was a little hope and expectation in her life, and there was such a person who was still worth her living to watch over.
Of course, she also fought as always.
"Xia Lu, you are injured again. Come down and I will bandage your wound."
"You don't ask me why I'm fighting again."
"Xia Lu is a good girl. If there's a fight, it must be that the other party did something wrong."
"Hmph... hypocritical."
Xia Lu looked down on him while explaining the reason why she had fought.
Her classmate's brother owed money from gambling and wanted to sell her classmate out. She was so angry that she beat the brother and threw him into the pond. The brother found her home, so Xia Lu was also beaten.
"Xia Lu, how much money will your family need if I marry you?"
"…………What?"
"If I marry you, how much dowry should I give to your parents for them to agree?"
"????" Xia Lu looked at the man in front of her in confusion. What the hell are you talking about? But she still answered, "They must be asking for a lot. No matter how much, it's not too much. No, why are you asking this?"
"I want to marry you and bring you home to pamper you. That way, you won't be forced by your parents and get hurt all the time. It's heartbreaking to see them do that." Qin Jiangke said with a sigh, while counting his savings.
“………………???”
Xia Lu's expression changed a lot. I treat you as a friend, but you want to sleep with me?
Then she beat Qin Jiangke again and didn't appear in front of him for a while.
Qin Jiangke could only hear her causing trouble...
Then one day, Xia Lu got into trouble and hurt someone badly! The other party came to her and demanded compensation, so Xia's father and mother wanted to sell her to pay the compensation.
Qin Jiangke came to the door with the money.
He swindled his own savings and the New Year's money of his younger brothers, a total of two thousand yuan.
What did two thousand yuan mean in the 1970s?
In that era, there was not even a millionaire on Qinhuai Street, so two thousand yuan was really a lot of money. Qin Jiangke used two thousand yuan as a betrothal gift and said he wanted to marry Xia Lu - this also prevented Xia Lu from being sold.
Let’s not talk about the Qin family’s reaction.
Xia Lu was taken out of the Xia family by Qin Jiangke. He said that you don't have to marry me: "I just want to rescue you and give you a free life. If you have an engagement with me, your parents won't force you with this in the future. You can do what you want to do and don't have to fight for your rights all day. Xia Lu, this world is actually very beautiful. I will take you to see more of the world, so that you won't cry sadly all the time. Smile more."
Two thousand dollars in exchange for her freedom.
Xia Lu almost beat Qin Jiangke to death. What a bastard.
Can she afford to pay back the money? No!
And she's not worth two thousand.
However, Qin Jiangke, who was beaten by her, disagreed when she said it was not worth it. He grabbed her hand and pressed her head and retorted, "Who said you are not worth it? You are a priceless treasure in my eyes. Don't mention two thousand yuan. If I can exchange my life for your life of happiness and worry-free, I am willing to do it."
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