She was a little anxious. Knowing the inside story, she had a bad feeling. She shouted Zhang Xiaoqin's name towards the courtyard, but no one answered after a long time. She was so anxious that she paced around the door.
Suddenly, she had an idea, ran back home, propped up a stool against the edge of the wall, and climbed over the wall into the Fu family's yard next door.
After all, she was old, and it took her a lot of effort to complete this feat of climbing over the eaves and walls. Everyone dispersed after seeing her successfully hold the child in her arms.
She rushed into the house angrily, holding her child, and first knocked on the door of Fu Mama and her husband's room.
"Have you lost your conscience? You left a little girl like that lying on the cold ground crying. If she gets sick, who will be responsible?"
Upon hearing the noise, Fu Mama and her husband kept silent, leaving Wu Ju to yell like a madman at the door.
Wu Ju spoke with such confidence, but had she ever thought about how she treated her own granddaughter? Now she was brazenly coming to lecture the old couple of the Fu family.
Seeing that no one inside was silent, Wu Ju knocked on Zhang Xiaoqin's door. "Xiaoqin, Xiaoqin, open the door for me, do you hear me? Don't play deaf and dumb. I know you are in there. Open the door quickly."
Her deafening knock on the door woke Zhang Xiaoqin from her dream.
"Mother, why are you here?"
Zhang Xiaoqin got up from the bed, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and went to open the door in a daze.
"Why am I here? If I hadn't come, your daughter would have frozen to death outside."
"What?" Zhang Xiaoqin looked at the child in Wu Ju's arms in surprise. "I didn't expect these two old people to be so cruel. They really didn't go out to take care of the child?"
Wu Ju squeezed in and Zhang Xiaoqin closed the door.
"What's going on here?" Wu Ju said as she put the freezing child into bed.
"Mother, what are we talking about? I don't know what's wrong with that old woman. When she came back today, she threw the child to me and said she wouldn't take care of the child anymore. I just wanted to see if they could really be so cruel as to ignore the child."
"You're telling me, you threw the child into the yard?"
Zhang Xiaoqin felt a little ashamed and forced a smile and nodded in response.
"You! Your heart is really made of stone."
"Mother, look at what you said. How could you say that about your own daughter?" Zhang Xiaoqin and Wu Ju rolled their eyes, somewhat displeased.
"Everything has been fine for so long, hasn't it? I've seen the old couple raising their child well, so why did they suddenly do such a complete about-face?"
Wu Ju sat on the stool next to her, her face full of confusion.
"How do I know what's wrong with them?"
Zhang Xiaoqin looked nonchalant, picked up the kettle on the double-ended cabinet, poured a porcelain cup of water into it, and drank it down with a gulp.
Wu Ju thought about it carefully. She knew the old couple of the Fu family. They were not mean people. If their bottom line had not been touched, they would not have gone so far.
She pondered over it, and the only explanation was that the problem must lie with Zhang Xiaoqin. "Tell me the truth, are you still in contact with that Niu Wa?"
Zhang Xiaoqin lowered her head and hesitated for a long time, but still didn't tell Wu Ju the truth. "Mother, what are you talking about? I'm a married woman now, how could I do such immoral things?"
Wu Ju knew Zhang Xiaoqin was lying as soon as she saw her, and she sternly said, "You're still saying that in front of me. If you knew what immorality meant, would you give birth to a child like this? Tell me now."
"Mother, Fu Jun has gone out to have fun. I won't stay at home and be a widow for him forever!" Zhang Xiaoqin finally admitted it.
"You, you! I told you not to play with fire and get burned. The old couple from the Fu family already know about you and Niu Wa."
"No way? We were very careful!" Zhang Xiaoqin was a little unconvinced.
"No? I see you have a good life but don't know how to enjoy it. It would be so nice to have a harmonious family like this, but you insist on pushing yourself into the fire pit. That Niu Wa can't be lifted or carried by the hands. If you really break up with the Fu family, you will cry a lot."
Wu Ju, after all, was a seasoned veteran, so she saw things more thoroughly. She could discern good from bad at a glance, knowing that Niu Wa wasn't the type to live a simple life. She couldn't understand why Zhang Xiaoqin was so blinded by greed that she had to hook up with someone like that.
Zhang Xiaoqin had only sought temporary pleasure before, and had never really thought about the future. Now, after hearing what Wu Ju said, she felt a little scared.
If she really broke up with Fu Jun, she would have to drag around such a burden and live with that cowardly Niu Wa, with nothing at home, barely making ends meet, and worrying about having enough to eat every day. She felt terrified just thinking about it.
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