She simply stopped in her tracks; she didn't want to get involved, but she couldn't pretend she hadn't seen anything.
"I'm hungry, I want to eat, Mom! You can't take everything away! Dad and I still need to eat, and so does my sister. She's starving! You can't take everything away, leave Dad's food!"
"Half of the work points your dad earned are mine!"
The old man was stunned for a moment.
"What's this, kid? You're not even feeding him?"
It's not that he's sexist; it's just the norm in society these days. However, I have seen girls not being fed properly.
But it's rare to see even the boys going hungry.
Unless, then they are not family.
"Have we not been paid out of work points yet this year?"
Simply grit your teeth,
"...It's been changed, it's been changed a long time ago. The grain has been distributed, the pigs have been slaughtered, and each family's work points have been exchanged for a lot of grain and meat. Logically speaking, if we can hold out until next autumn's harvest, there shouldn't be any major problems."
"So, judging from this, is it that there's not enough food to eat, or not enough to give away?"
The old man also became interested, and glanced at the neighbors who had gathered to watch the spectacle.
"Does anyone know about this place? Could you tell me about it so I can see for myself?"
experience?
These words made Wei Kangzhan, who had just arrived, blush.
"Grandpa, what brings you here?"
If the old man has to handle this kind of thing, then it's simply a waste of time.
“Brother Wei, I’m not familiar with this area, and I don’t know the situation. Can you tell us what’s going on? This child is crying because he’s hungry. If something really happens, it’s because our parents’ committee hasn’t done a good job.”
"well!"
Wei Kangzhan gave a signal to the people around him. Li Shengli and Liu Erhong were not stupid either. They grabbed their two sisters-in-law and led the way. After a while, a woman and a boy came out from behind. The woman was covered up well, but the boy was wearing a tattered thin shirt. As soon as he came out, he shivered from the cold.
Li Shengli clenched his fists for a long time, but still took off his cotton-padded coat and draped it over his thin body.
Seeing the scene outside, the woman immediately lost her courage.
"What are you all doing, crowding around my door?"
The little boy, seeing the crowd, especially the old man and Jian Dan standing in front, his eyes reddened, and he knelt down in front of them with a thud.
"Please, please save my sister! Please, my sister, my sister is starving to death!"
She was a step too slow; Jian Dan only had time to pull the child up.
"Tell me slowly, what happened to your sister? Speak boldly, there are so many uncles and elders, the parents' committee, and the logistics team, tell us, and we'll figure something out."
"My mom, my mom is taking all the food away and sending it to my grandma and uncle. She's not letting my sister eat enough. My sister is hungry, and I'm hungry too. My sister feels sorry for me, so she secretly cooked some porridge in the middle of the night. But then, but then, but then my mom beat her. Waaah!"
My sister's head was bleeding so much, and she wouldn't wake up no matter how much I called her.
My mom won't let me take her to the hospital or spend any money, sob sob sob!
As he spoke, his legs went weak, and he knelt down again.
"Sister, grandpa, I know you are officials, please save my sister, I beg you, I beg you."
Jian Dan didn't even have time to be angry; she turned to look at Wei Kangzhan.
"Brother Wei, go save the person first and get them to the hospital."
The two family members who had just gone in rushed in first, followed by several kind-hearted women. Soon, several screams came from inside the house.
"So much blood? Is there any way to save him?"
"How could you do that? Oh dear, this child must be in so much pain!"
"Alright, stop dawdling and hurry up and carry him out. What if he can still be saved?"
The family members outside were also gossiping.
"How could this Li family's daughter-in-law be so cruel? Is she really a stepmother?"
"No, he didn't seem like an unreasonable person before. Is there some kind of difficulty he's facing?"
Since they were all mothers, this immediately drew several dissenting voices.
"No matter what difficulties we face, we can't make things difficult for the children. How can we let them go hungry like that?"
"Exactly, didn't you hear what the kid said? His mom was sending all the food back to her parents' house, that's why she wouldn't give him any to eat. The older sister knows how to care for her younger brother, but the mother is a complete waste of the title 'Mom'."
"No, this person is married, can't they tell the difference between what's important and what's not? Don't they care about their own child?"
"It's truly a tragedy that these two girls were born into her womb, having been born into such a person."
"Hey, Sister Zhu, you and her family are neighbors, so where is her husband? Doesn't he care about the children?"
Sister-in-law Zhu sighed.
"Li Erqiang is quite capable. He works outside during the day and comes home at night. But alas, his wife scares the kids, and the kids are too afraid to say anything. He's not very observant, so he didn't notice anything either."
"Oh my god, so this man is a fool too!"
“We’ve told him twice to pay more attention to the child, to see if he’s eating enough, otherwise why am I so thin? But he won’t listen, he just laughs and says his wife is good, she cooks different things every day, and the reason he’s not growing is because the child is a picky eater.”
Anyway, the more they talked, the more gossip they dug up about the Li family. But Jian Dan had no interest in gossiping anymore. After having a child, she fully understood the meaning of "a mother's strength." However, this person did not deserve to be called a mother at all.
"Brother Wei, could you please have someone go to the hospital with you? And let me know immediately if anything happens so the doctor can do everything they can to save you?"
Wei Kangzhan was also quite angry.
"Don't worry, someone is following them. To be honest, I also bear some responsibility for this. I was close by and didn't notice."
There may be some responsibility, but not much, because in the end, you have to rely on yourself to make a living.
No one comes to ask for help, and outsiders can't really see the big picture. How can their family committee possibly manage other people's family affairs?
Where is her husband?
Wei Kangzhan turned around and saw a man running back, panting, followed by someone who had gone to inform them.
"I'm back."
He was an honest, simple man. Looking at the three layers of people surrounding his house, and the undisguised scrutinizing gazes, and his wife being 'guarded' by two family members in the yard, this man's mind went blank.
"Captain Wei, what's going on? Why are they all at my doorstep?"
"Is it this woman? Did she cause trouble?"
He turned around and met Jian Duan's cold gaze. A shiver ran through him, and he felt even more uncertain.
"Director Jian? What serious crime has she committed?"
He turned and glared fiercely at the woman, gritting his teeth.
"You're always causing trouble for me."
The woman, who had initially believed she was in the right, was now feeling a little apprehensive, but she still tried to remain calm.
“I didn’t do anything, and they don’t work either. They eat less and save the food for my brother. Isn’t that perfect?”
"When you came to join the army, you promised my mother you wouldn't abandon them. If you're a man, you can't go back on your word."
Simple Reality asked a completely unrelated question.
Is she the biological mother of your child?
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