"What? Sold out! Who was sold out?"
Upon hearing this, the others looked over curiously.
Even Su He was drawn in, sensing something was amiss, so she quietly went over as well.
Seeing this, Old Mrs. Yu became even more excited and sneered, "Who else could it be? It's Feng Weikun's older brother, but back then he was called Feng Dazhu, and even Feng Weikun was called Feng Erzhu."
Because Feng Dazhu wasn't her biological son, his mother, Old Lady Feng, tormented him relentlessly along the way!
After fleeing the famine, every household lacked food and clothing. When they were halfway there, because they had no food, he was sold by Granny Feng to a wealthy family to work as a servant. He was only ten years old at the time. How despicable!
We all tried to dissuade her, but Old Lady Feng kept crying poverty, saying she was doing it for his own good, that she was selling him to keep him from starving. Pshaw, why didn't she sell her own son then?
"Good heavens, so that's how it is! I never would have guessed that old woman Feng was this kind of person."
"That's nothing, there's a lot you don't know!"
Grandma Yu continued, "Not long after she sold her eldest son, Old Man Feng fell ill. At that time, many people in the refugee group were sick, so we found an abandoned village to stop and rest for a while. Old Man Feng didn't make it through that time and died, leaving only Grandma Feng and her son."
Later, seeing how pitiful they were, the people would help take care of them from time to time. They thought the two would use the money from selling their eldest son to buy some food to eat on the road.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Old Lady Feng suddenly took out half a bag of dried meat, which turned out to be something she had secretly hidden away.
They had been fleeing famine for so long and had never taken out any money even once. They watched helplessly as their eldest son was sold and the old man died of illness and starvation!
That's ruthless!
In the end, the mother and son made their way to the capital with just that half-bag of dried meat, and then used the money from selling their eldest son to successfully settle down and build a home.
"Oh my god!"
Everyone present was hearing about this for the first time. They all knew that the Feng family had fled famine. In the 1920s and 1930s, there was a severe drought in the eastern provinces. The Feng family was considered late in fleeing famine because the nearby big cities were already overcrowded and they couldn't go there. That's why they came to the capital.
But such a long distance cannot be covered in a day or two. Countless people died or were injured along the way, and those who made it were people with great perseverance.
Old Mrs. Feng was always proud of this before she passed away, but she never expected that it was obtained by sacrificing her husband's life and selling her eldest son into servitude.
"Why didn't you say so before? We thought Old Mrs. Feng was really as amazing as she said, raising her son through all sorts of hardships all by herself." At this moment, someone asked the old woman.
Grandma Yu pursed her lips upon hearing this, "Sigh, I don't want to talk about it back then. It wasn't just Old Man Feng who died on the way to escape famine. I also had two sons and a daughter who didn't make it through. I don't want to mention it."
The others fell silent upon hearing this. Everyone knew that Old Mrs. Yu only had one son, who also worked at the winery. They never imagined that she had lost three children in the past.
To avoid bringing up painful memories, no one asked any further questions.
Su He listened thoughtfully and asked, "According to you, Feng Jianguo and the Feng family, especially Old Lady Feng, should not have a good relationship. So why are they still in close contact after they recognized each other?"
Suddenly, they heard an unfamiliar voice, and everyone turned around to look. They were all startled to see a woman in a police uniform.
Even Grandma Yu subconsciously covered her mouth, afraid of saying the wrong thing.
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