Chapter 419 Liu Ting
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Ke Dazhi's wife, Liu Ting, was exhausted after being viciously cursed by her eldest daughter-in-law. The sarcastic words were like sharp blades, cutting her into pieces.
She knew that she was redundant in this family, and every word from her eldest daughter-in-law was like a heavy hammer, hitting her heart hard.
"Get out! Don't be an eyesore here! Just looking at you makes me upset!" The eldest daughter-in-law shoved Liu Ting viciously, nearly causing the already weak Liu Ting to fall to the ground. Liu Ting stumbled, helplessly being driven out of the house, heading towards the low thatched shed in the yard.
The thatched hut was built specifically for Liu Ting. Although there were spare rooms in the house, they still did not allow Liu Ting to live in it.
The hut was very shabby, and the cold wind blew in wantonly from the cracks, as if mercilessly mocking the situation she was in. A thin layer of musty-smelling straw covered the ground; this was her current shelter.
Liu Ting sat down slowly and wrapped her thin body tightly with the patched old quilt, but it still couldn't resist the biting cold.
Her body trembled involuntarily and her teeth began to chatter. Every gust of cold wind seemed to take away her last bit of life.
On this long, cold winter night, Liu Ting's heart was filled with despair. Countless times, thoughts of suicide flooded her mind like a tide. She felt that her life had fallen into endless darkness, as if there was no hope at all.
However, every time this happened, she would think of her husband and her daughter who had not yet been found.
Her husband divorced her to protect her from being implicated. But she knew that Lao Ke was probably living an even worse life than she was. This was good, too. A cowshed. How much better could it be than her straw hut?
Moreover, he didn't take anything with him when he left. He had no money on him and no idea where he was sent to. How was he supposed to survive?
No, she couldn't die. Lao Ke must still be thinking of her, and she hoped that one day they could be reunited.
When she thought of this, a glimmer of hope ignited in Liu Ting's eyes. She gritted her teeth and swore that she must hold on. For Lao Ke, she must live for Lao Ke. If one day Lao Ke was gone, she would have no hope. It would be nice to go down and reunite with Lao Ke.
But she couldn't let Lao Ke hear any more bad news at the most difficult time, otherwise Lao Ke would not be able to bear it.
At this moment, Tang Yue stood outside the straw hut, quietly observing Liu Ting through the gap. The dim moonlight shone on Liu Ting's face, outlining her weathered features.
An inexplicable sense of familiarity surged in Tang Yue's heart. She looked at Liu Ting's face carefully. Except for the eyes, Lin Cuicui had many similarities with Liu Ting in other parts of her body.
The similar face shape, the slightly upturned corners of the mouth, and the expression of toughness with a hint of gentleness all made Tang Yue more convinced that this was her grandmother.
Tang Yue gently sidestepped into the hut, trying not to make any noise. Liu Ting was lost in her own thoughts, unaware of anyone entering. Tang Yue walked over to her, holding two loaves of bread and a carton of milk she had just warmed with her spiritual power.
Liu Ting was startled by the person who suddenly appeared. She looked up in horror and saw a strange little girl standing in front of her.
Liu Ting's eyes were filled with vigilance. She subconsciously stepped back. Then, remembering that she was just a child, she looked her up and down with concern. "Little girl, where are you from?"
As she spoke, she peeked out through the crack in the straw hut and gently pushed Tang Yue, "Little girl, this is not the place for you. Go away quickly."
Her voice was hoarse, and it was obvious that she had just cried and had not yet recovered. Tang Yue handed the thing in her hand forward again.
"Are you hungry? Eat quickly." Liu Ting did not take Tang Yue's food. Although her stomach growled in protest after seeing the bread, she was determined.
"Kid, get out of here! If they find you, they'll send you to the police. They might even ask your family for money. Kid, get out of here!"
Liu Ting had never imagined that her children would be such a bunch. The second and third children kept saying that the eldest brother was the pillar of the family and that Mom should live with him. Besides, only the eldest brother's house was bought by their parents, and it had enough room to live in.
They all lived in dormitories assigned by their work units, and since the family was so tight on space, there was simply no room to live in. They would often come to visit her.
But after she was given to the eldest son, the two families disappeared without a trace and there was no news of them anymore. Even when she mentioned to the eldest son that she wanted to live with the second and third sons, the eldest son's wife would just mock her.
"You old fool, do you really think they want you? If they really wanted you, why didn't they come to see you in such a long time? They threw you to us like garbage, do you understand?"
"You really thought someone cared about you? You're dreaming! I'm telling you, if I go looking for them now, they'll all be avoiding me. I can't find them at all. We agreed that they'd live in my house and give me 10 yuan a month."
"Haha, now I haven't seen a single hair. You're a whole family of ungrateful bastards. So you just want me to take good care of you? You're dreaming."
Liu Ting closed her eyes, then looked at the child in front of her with his big, watery eyes. She laughed at herself. What a failure! How did she raise such ungrateful children?
Liu Ting had no idea they were like this. Before the old man was around, they'd all come over every day. No matter how busy they were, they'd always come over after work to say hello and ask about their health. Sometimes, even when the old man didn't want to see them, they'd still come over every day.
Now, haha, it's not like that when people are gone and the tea is cold, right? That's their biological father. How could they go down like that?
Tang Yue opened the bread wrapper and stuffed the bread directly into Liu Ting's mouth. "Hey, grandma, I won't eat the bread because it's stained with your saliva."
Liu Ting didn't expect Tang Yue to do this. She felt embarrassed. "Child, I'll break this piece off and give you the rest, okay?"
Tang Yue shook her head, "Grandma, please eat. You won't be able to hold on if you don't."
Liu Ting could see that the child really wanted to give her food. But, "Child, grandma doesn't have anything to give you. Grandma, I can't eat your food for free."
Tang Yue smiled and said, "It's okay, grandma, you can eat it. I still have a lot. Come, drink some milk."
She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Liu Ting felt like she was alive again after eating the bread and milk given by Tang Yue, and the pain in her body seemed to be alleviated a lot.
In fact, this is a person's reaction to extreme hunger. Tang Yue didn't treat her yet. Aren't there no one to deal with these unfilial descendants? Haha, then she will take care of it.
"Child, where are you from? Why has grandma never seen you before?"
"Grandma, is this house yours or your son's?" Tang Yue didn't answer Liu Ting's question. Liu Ting's expression was gloomy. "We bought this house ourselves, thinking that when the old man retired and no longer lived there, we would move here."
"Then the eldest said they had too many children and the company's housing wasn't enough, so they wanted to move here. We agreed. Two years later, he said the children were growing up, and since they still didn't have their own house, they didn't feel bad about living in ours."
"We feel indebted to the eldest brother. Back then, we were away fighting, and the family was left in the care of a few-year-old child. The villagers took care of them, and that's why they didn't starve to death. I discussed it with the old man, and we just transferred the house to them."
At this point, Liu Ting laughed sarcastically, "I didn't expect it, it turned out to be a hungry wolf."
"Then would you be willing to send all the hungry wolves to the farm for rehabilitation?"
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