On the way back, Shen Chuning hid in Zhou Yubai's coat. Not only was she not affected by the cold wind at all, but her little face was flushed by Zhou Yubai's scorching body temperature.
The two walked to the gate of Zhou's courtyard, and Shen Chu Ning suddenly heard a suppressed cry coming from the Zhou's courtyard.
She pulled Zhou Yubai's clothes, raised her little face and looked at the tall man, "Brother Yubai, it seems like someone is crying over here with my parents."
Zhou Yubai stopped, held his breath and concentrated, and indeed he heard crying.
He looked at Shen Chuning with a hint of surprise in the corner of his eyes. Because he had received special training, his vision and hearing were far superior to those of ordinary people.
But the cold wind was howling in his ears just now, and he didn't notice the crying coming from his parents' yard, but his wife heard it.
Could it be that my wife is gifted and her hearing is much better than that of ordinary people?
However, looking at his wife's clear face, he guessed that she herself didn't realize that her hearing was better than others.
He went up and knocked on the door.
Zhou Jiakang's voice came from the yard, "Who is it?"
"Brother, it's me." Zhou Yubai responded.
Soon, the gate opened.
"Third brother, you're back?" Zhou Jiakang was very happy to see Zhou Yubai.
Shen Chuning also greeted Zhou Jiakang.
Zhou Jiakang then noticed Shen Chuning who was covered in Zhou Yubai's coat, "Oh, my sister-in-law is here too! The third brother has you covered tightly. You didn't make a sound just now, so I really didn't see you."
"Brother, I heard someone crying outside." Zhou Yubai asked Zhou Jiakang directly.
Zhou Jiakang sighed and whispered, "It's my eldest sister. Dad and mom went to my eldest sister's in-laws' house today and brought her back."
Zhou Yubai frowned slightly, and as he walked in, he asked, "What's wrong, big sister?"
Zhou Jiakang told them roughly about Zhou Ya's situation.
After Zhou Ya took over the job at a textile factory in 1969, she was introduced to her husband and married him in 1971. It has been five years now.
But Zhou Ya's stomach was still not moving, and her in-laws thought she was infertile and treated her increasingly badly.
Since the beginning of this year, Zhou Ya began to experience pregnancy symptoms and her belly grew bigger day by day.
Everyone thought she was pregnant and was quite happy.
As a result, when Zhou Ya's belly was about four months old, it stopped growing much. Her mother-in-law took her to the hospital for a check-up, only to find out that she was not pregnant at all, but something had grown in her belly and needed surgery to remove it.
The Wang family already despised her for not being able to have children, so how could they be willing to spend a lot of money to take her to a big hospital for treatment?
Not only did he refuse to treat her, he even refused to give her food, trying to force her to either divorce or kill her quickly.
I don’t know if it’s because Zhou Ya’s experience is somewhat similar to her in the dream, Shen Chu Ning only felt a dull pain in her heart when she listened.
In the dream, Chen Ziyun tried every means to force her to divorce. Later, when she was unwilling to divorce no matter what, he simply found a large truck and designed a car accident to kill her.
As the three of them were talking, they had already reached the door of the main room where the old couple lived.
Intermittent sobbing sounds were still coming from inside the door.
It makes one's heart tighten.
Zhou Yubai raised his hand and knocked on the door. When Lin Shulan opened the door, her eyes were still red.
"Mom, is my eldest sister back?" Zhou Yubai asked as he entered the room.
"Yeah." Lin Shulan responded while Zhou Ya stood up while wiping her tears. "Third brother is back."
"This is Ningning, you were beautiful when you were a child, and you are getting more and more beautiful now that you have grown up. We have never seen a girl prettier than you in this area." Zhou Ya looked at Shen Chuning with a flash of amazement in her eyes, and then exclaimed sincerely.
Zhou Ya took Shen Chuning's hand, picked up a cloth bag from the table and stuffed it into her hand, "Ningning, when you and your third brother got married, I was sorry that my eldest sister couldn't come back to congratulate you.
This is a little gift from elder sister, please keep it. ”
"Sister, don't say that. You have difficulties, and Brother Yubai and I understand." Shen Chuning took the things and thanked sincerely: "Thank you, sister."
Then her eyes fell on Zhou Ya's abdomen.
Zhou Ya's belly is not noticeable because she wears thick clothes in winter.
Zhou Yubai was not the type to engage in small talk, so he asked directly, "Sister, what's wrong with you? What did the doctor say?"
Zhou Ya's face froze, and the little light left in her eyes quickly dimmed.
She lowered her head and said, "Third brother, don't ask me anymore. My disease is incurable."
As soon as she said this, tears fell on the back of her feet and broke into eight pieces.
Lin Shulan and Shen Chuning couldn't help but have tears in their eyes.
"Yaya, what nonsense are you talking about? You are so young and you still have a long life ahead of you. How can you not treat your illness? Let's get it treated. Your in-laws won't pay for it, but your uncle and aunt will!" Lin Shulan said directly.
Although this was not her biological daughter, she was the daughter she had raised as her own for several years. She could not bear to see her die at such a young age.
Lin Shulan did not say this on impulse. She went straight into the house and took out the work points that the production team had just distributed this year, 98.60 yuan, plus the 38 yuan salary that Zhou Ya had given her before.
"Yaya, here's a total of 136.60 yuan. Let's take it to a big hospital for a checkup tomorrow. If it's not enough, we can find another way."
Zhou Ya looked at the money in Lin Shulan's hand, and tears fell like beads from a broken string.
She had been married for five years, and all her wages for the past five years were handed over to her mother-in-law. However, when her mother-in-law heard that she was sick and had to go to a big hospital for treatment, she refused to give her a penny.
Due to the pressure from her husband's family, she has hardly had any contact with her uncle and aunt in the past five years, but when she really needs help, it is her relatives who will do their best to help her.
Seeing Zhou Ya crying so sadly, Shen Chuning couldn't help but have red eyes, but she still said firmly: "Sister, just go and get treatment for your illness. If this hundred yuan is not enough, Brother Yubai and I can get the rest for you."
Zhou Ya never expected that Shen Chuning would say such a thing.
In her memory, Shen Chuning was a very proud little girl.
When she was still in Cihang Village, Shen Chuning was someone she met on the road, and she looked at her with disdain in her eyes.
After all, among all the girls in the whole village at that time, Shen Chuning was the only one whose clothes and shoes were not only patchless from top to bottom, but also the most fashionable styles in the city.
Zhou Ya calmed down and said, "Aunt, Ningning, thank you. But I really don't plan to treat this disease.
There is no point in living anyway, so I might as well die and have peace. ”
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