Chapter 95 This child has a miserable life!
The boy shouted while running: "Grandma! Grandma! There is an old cripple!"
Gu Mo was helpless when he heard the little boy's words. How did he become an old cripple?
The little boy ran back home and told his grandmother that there was an old cripple. The old lady rushed out with a vegetable cutting knife.
The old lady: "Who is it?! Where is the old cripple? How dare you come to our village and do bad things?!"
Gu Mo looked at the old man who came with a knife and waved his hands repeatedly, and smiled: "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! Old man, misunderstanding!"
The old lady saw that he looked fair and clean, and the way he was dressed did not look like an old cripple!
The old lady: "What's the matter? Why did my grandson say you are an old cripple?"
Gu Mo smiled and said, "He said his mother told him that if someone he doesn't know talks to him, he is an old cripple, and he should run away..."
Hearing what Gu Mo said, the old lady couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha! That's true. I'm sorry, I'm too young and don't understand."
Gu Mo: "It's okay, it's okay."
The old lady: "There are usually not many outsiders coming to our village. Are you here to visit relatives? Which relatives?"
Gu Mo saw that the old lady seemed to be about the same age as his father, so he asked, "Auntie, I am not here to visit relatives, I am here to inquire about something."
The old lady asked in confusion: "What do you want to inquire about?"
Gu Mo: "Do you remember the huge landslide that happened in Chunshan 18 years ago?"
When the landslide was mentioned, the old lady's face darkened and said: "How could I not remember it? It was such a huge natural disaster! My youngest son died at that time..."
It turned out that the landslide not only caused the loss of my sister, but also caused many villagers to die in the accident...
The old lady put away her grief. After all, it had been so long, and she should have let it go long ago.
Gu Mo continued to ask: "Auntie, my sister was lost in this landslide. My family has not been able to find her. I want to ask if anyone in the village has heard of her."
The old lady said lightly: "How old is your sister?"
Gu Mo: "She was only three months old at the time. My mother brought her to the temple on the mountain to pray for blessings. I didn't expect that something would happen..."
Hearing Gu Mo's words, the old lady was obviously a little panicked, and then stammered: "No, no... I haven't heard of it!"
After that, she turned around and was about to leave. Gu Mo noticed her abnormality, chased after her and asked: "Auntie, do you know something? Please tell me, my mother at home was depressed because my sister was gone, and finally passed away like this... I saw somewhere else A girl who really looks like my sister, but I dare not recognize her until the facts are clarified!"
The old lady heard what he said, stopped and asked, "Where did you see the girl?"
Gu Mo replied, "Yangliu Village in Liuye Town!"
The old lady was startled and replied, "That should be the person you are looking for..."
Gu Mo asked, "Just tell me about what happened back then, you must know it, right?"
The old lady said, "Come to my house and have a seat."
Gu Mo followed her to a simple house. This was the old lady's home. There was almost no furniture around. There was only a bed in the two rooms and only a small square table outside. It was obvious that this family lived in poverty.
After Gu Mo sat down, the old lady poured him a cup of tea. Gu Mo looked at the tea leaves floating in the cup, and his thoughts were all mixed up...
The old lady sat next to him and said slowly: "I picked up the little girl... There was a landslide that year, and we were working in the fields nearby. My son was buried like this, and he was dead when he was dug out...
When my old man and I were digging out my son's body, , we saw a tiny little girl. The child was lucky. She survived such a serious incident, but she looked like she was dying. Her face was purple and her hands were cold.
We saw that the child was still breathing, so we thought we couldn’t just stand by and watch her die, so we rushed her to the hospital for treatment. She was saved in the end. We took care of her for two months, but we didn’t know if she was the one who had the disease. Because of the accident, she was in poor health and was always sick. Every time she was sick, the family had to spend a lot of money to send her to the hospital...
You can see, the conditions at home were so poor, how could they withstand such a hardship, and finally they had to send her away..."
Listening to his sister's experience, Gu Mo trembled all over, but still asked curiously: "We spent a lot of effort at the time, and asked many people to help with the search and rescue. You couldn't have not known that we were looking for someone?"
The old lady sighed: "Alas... We took the child to the hospital at that time, and stayed in the hospital for half a month! The eldest son and his family also went to the eldest daughter-in-law's parents' home at that time. There was no one at home. When we came back and heard about this, we couldn't find anyone at all. We didn't have the conditions to take the girl to a far place to look for you. Isn't this looking for a needle in a haystack?"
Gu Mo asked: "Then why did you Why did you think of sending her to such a faraway Liuye Town? "
The old lady said: "Actually, I couldn't bear to abandon her at that time. After all, I had taken care of her for a few months and had feelings for her. The child was so beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful child.
She had a fever again at that time and there was no way to reduce the fever. The hospitals in our small town were all in a mess and refused to treat her. I had no choice but to take her to Liuye Town for a check-up. Unexpectedly, people The family doctor also said that the child's foundation was too poor and that it would take a lot of effort to nurse her back to health. After hearing this, I couldn't bear it any longer...
When I passed by the electronics factory, I saw that the workers coming in and out were all dressed well-off. I also heard that they earned tens of dollars a month. If the child stayed with us, she might not survive. But if someone in the electronics factory could adopt her, she might have a good future... "
Hearing the old lady's words, Gu Mo's heart was in turmoil. He felt so sorry for his sister. If he had insisted on looking for her, maybe she wouldn't have suffered so much...
The old lady continued, "After I put the baby at the factory gate, I didn't dare to leave. I was afraid that I would meet a bad guy who would take the child away. So I hid not far away and watched. Later, when people were getting off work at the factory, I saw a young couple taking the child home. The couple looked very kind, and it seemed that their family conditions were not bad, at least much better than ours. Later, I felt relieved..."
Gu Mo didn't say anything more. If Tong Xingye and his wife were still alive, Tong Xiayue might have lived a good life. But they left so early. What kind of life has she lived all these years...
The old lady saw that Gu Mo didn't say anything, and asked curiously, "How is the child doing now? "
Gu Mo smiled faintly and said, "She's doing okay now, but the couple you saw passed away in a few years... The other people in the family..."
Hearing Gu Mo's words, the old lady's eyes were red: "How could this happen! Alas... This child is also unfortunate..."