Since the last exposure, Xiao Jiu has stopped hiding things from Cui Hua and would occasionally send her meat, fish, meatballs, and fruit. Cui Hua has been patient and hasn't asked any questions. Instead, she has covered for Xiao Jiu. Because of this, the sisters' lives have become much better than before.
When the Tao family found out, they thought of the Zhou family's house and immediately wrote to Zhou Yue, wanting the Tang sisters to stay at the Zhou family's house temporarily.
The Tang family's house burned down, and it would cost a lot of money to repair it, so it would be better to build a new house.
After consulting with Tang Cuihua, the Tao family went to handle the household registration transfer procedures after Tao Changyi stopped working and returned to the village. At first, it was difficult to handle, but later they specially went to find Zhao Xiaobo's uncle. With the help of the Zhao family, not only was the household registration problem solved, but the village chief even helped to draw up a plot of land for them to live on.
However, Cuihua doesn't plan to build a house for the time being. With the famine coming, there's no need to make any trouble. She can stay in town for the time being.
As for the matter of Cuihua's family relocating their household registration, they specifically instructed the village chief not to announce it to the outside world. They secretly moved all the valuables they could find overnight, locked the gate, and decisively left this place that had already broken their hearts.
When the household registration was moved, the village head of Taoyuan Village did not even show the place of registration on the relocation permit. When asked, he said it had not been determined yet. In fact, the household registration was directly transferred to the homestead that had just been allocated.
Although it is currently an empty plot of land, it is not far from the Tao family's old house, and the two families can support each other in the future.
Seventh Sister and Eighth Sister Cuihua felt that the famine year was an opportunity, but now was not a good time. If they asked for people now, the other side would make exorbitant demands. They could eliminate all the hidden dangers by taking action when the other side was severely short of food. But before that, they had to ensure that their two younger sisters were alive.
Leaving the village gave them the greatest freedom, but Cuihua and Cuiju felt they still needed to let their two younger sisters know in advance, so that they would know to come to them when they were hungry.
So Cuihua went to Nanwa Village to find Tang Qimei Deng Xiaoping, who was lame, while Cuiju went to Zhao Family Village to find Tang Bamei Yang Xiaomei, who had a damaged right eye.
These abused girls all have one thing in common: none of them have daughters at home. The reason they buy a girl is not only to keep her as a backup child bride, but also to see if they can sell her for a good price in the future.
As a result, in order to save money during their upbringing, the parents ended up harming their two daughters, turning them into disabled individuals.
With the help of the village chief's wife, they were able to go directly to the village chief's house. With the help of the village chief's wife, the chances of them recognizing each other are very high.
On the contrary, in Nanwa Village, if things go wrong, Cuihua might be mistaken for a human trafficker.
After Cuihua learned the exact address from Aunt Zhao, she pretended to be a passerby and knocked on the door to ask for water. She found Deng Xiaoping sitting in the yard washing the whole family's clothes on such a cold day. After confirming that no one else was home, she recognized Deng Xiaoping with red eyes.
"Seventh Sister, I'm your eldest sister. You've suffered so much. You should know you're not their biological daughter, right? I'm sorry I'm late, making you suffer all these years."
While Deng Xiaoping was still in a daze, he immediately explained the general situation of his family and then showed her a family photo they had taken last year.
"Look, this is a group photo of us sisters. Look at your face, doesn't it look a lot like ours? We are blood relatives born of the same mother!"
Xiaoping didn't believe it at first, but gradually came to believe her after seeing the photos. Cuihua was worried that her grandmother and adoptive mother, who were always visiting, would come back, so she quickly cut to the chase.
"Listen, Seventh Sister, I live at No. 33 West Street, Donghua Town, remember that? Come find me whenever you have the chance. We'll talk about the details later. Look how thin you are. I have three eggs here. Find a place to hide them and eat them if you get hungry. Come find me when you can't stand the hunger anymore. Because I can't have you, and it involves household registration issues, I'm trying to find a way to let you come with me openly and legitimately, understand?"
Deng Xiaoping wasn't stupid. Just by looking at the face that resembled hers, she already felt a sense of trust. As soon as Tang Cuihua left, she quickly hid the eggs in her room and continued to squat down to wash clothes. She didn't say much, but her mind was already filled with countless possibilities.
If I could leave this home, would I no longer be treated like a beast of burden, working day and night?
[Her biological sister has found her, which means they'll treat her well. They have photos and gave her eggs; they must be doing alright, right?]
[If they had found her sooner, would her leg not be lame?]
The thought had barely crossed her mind when she forcefully shook it off.
No, that's not right. My sister said it took a lot of effort to find her, so how can she blame her? If anyone should blame someone, it should be the person who gave birth to her and then sent her away!
When they returned to their home in town that evening, the two sisters exchanged information and learned that their seventh and eighth sisters were both thin, small, dark-skinned, and emaciated, suffering from severe malnutrition.
"Eighth Sister's right eye isn't completely blind; she can still see light, but she's afraid to look up when the sunlight is too bright and has to wear a hat. Perhaps because she's never experienced the warmth of family, my appearance didn't excite her; her face was numb, as if life had long since worn her down, leaving her without direction or hope."
Seeing Cuiju's tears, Cuihua felt bad too.
"Hang in there a little longer. If they're having a tough time, next year might be an opportunity."
“The production team has stopped working these days, and they only give us one meal a day. Things will get chaotic sooner or later. If they get really hungry, they will definitely come looking for us.”
Cuihua's prediction came true. Because of the extravagance and waste in various places in the early stages, people ate to their hearts' content without paying attention to nutritional balance. As a result, as soon as winter arrived, they started to complain. Wealthy villages were given two meals of thin porridge a day. In villages without planning, not only was there one meal of thin porridge a day, but even if people came to complain every day, in the end, although an extra meal was added, it was of the level of boiled vegetables, or boiled sweet potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes and potatoes, mainly to fool people.
I had expected these two girls to come looking for me, but I never expected them to appear at the same time on the same afternoon in front of No. 33 West Street, Donghua Town.
When the two looked at each other, they were stunned because they looked so alike. Then they thought of what Cuihua and Cuiju had said.
"Are you Sister Tang Qi?"
"Are you Tang Bamei?"
After this opening remark, both of their eyes reddened at the same time. Then they knocked on the door together, and the moment Cuihua opened the door, she excitedly shouted to the back.
"Cuiju, Cuiju, come quick! Look who's here! Oh my god, come in quickly!"
Not only Cuiju rushed out, but also Cuilian, who had returned home after the work stoppage, and Cuihong, who had been startled.
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