Gu Xia stayed at Grandma Jiang's house, and Grandma Jiang cooked her a soup with glutinous rice balls.
"Xiaoxia, your mother treated you like this, why don't you come back to Grandma's house and complain? Grandma will stand up for you."
Gu Xia cautiously raised her head; her grandmother really did say something different from what her mother had said.
But having been timid her whole life, she still didn't quite dare to openly accept this family affection.
"My mom... won't let me or you have any contact with Grandpa, saying you don't like me and that you look down on me because I'm a girl."
Because of me, Mom can't have another baby brother, so Grandpa and Grandma hate me. If I complain to you again, you'll beat me.
Grandma Jiang was so angry she wanted to slap Yang Feng. Was this something a mother should say?
Why did she say that Gu Xia never liked coming to our house to play when she was little? It turns out that Yang Feng was just scaring the child.
She and Grandpa Gu had asked Gu Xia many times why she hadn't come. Yang Feng said that Gu Xia was a withdrawn and rebellious child who didn't want to go out, preferred to be alone, and didn't want to see anyone.
She had also heard of children with similar introverted personalities, and wanting to respect the child's wishes, she didn't force Yang Feng to bring Gu Xia over.
It turns out that Yang Feng was behind all this trouble.
"Xiaoxia, your grandparents don't dislike you. You are our granddaughter, of course we will love you, regardless of gender."
It wasn't your fault that your mother had severe bleeding during childbirth. You don't need to blame yourself; it has nothing to do with you.
Gu Xia couldn't hold back her tears any longer.
"Really? You really don't blame me? My mom always says I'm the murderer who killed my brother, that I'm utterly wicked, and that my brother, waiting to be reincarnated, will haunt me even as a ghost."
Grandma Jiang was furious. How could a mother say such things to her child?
Gu Xia developed her current personality entirely because she was frightened by Yang Feng.
"Good child, it's not your fault. Childbirth is a life-threatening experience for women, how can you be blamed? You did nothing wrong."
Gu Xia cried uncontrollably until she finally fell into a deep sleep.
After coming out of the room, Grandma Jiang sighed and told Qin Shuman to pay more attention to Gu Xia, saying that the child was too pitiful.
Qin Shuman and Lin Han were listening to the radio in the room. Grandma Jiang had collected some cassette tapes of revolutionary songs, which were placed in the radio and made a buzzing sound.
"Okay, Mom. I'll take good care of Xia while she's staying here."
Lin Han fiddled with the radio, almost washing the cassette tape.
Grandma Jiang took it and taught her.
"That's not how you press it. If you do that, the recording function will record what we say and destroy the previous tape."
This radio is a foreign product that your aunt bought from the Friendship Store; it's no longer available.
Lin Han had a sudden inspiration and a thought came to mind.
"Grandma, can I borrow the radio for a few days? I find it very interesting."
Seeing that Lin Han liked it, Grandma Jiang readily agreed and even went back to her room to bring her all the other cassette tapes.
"They're all revolutionary songs and policy calls to action. I don't know if you like them, but they're good for helping you fall asleep at night."
As the group chatted, Grandma Li came looking for them downstairs.
"Xiao Lin, you're really amazing. The dried apples you made using your method have been bought up by the state-owned factory. They're organizing a large number of people to buy up the village's stock. Now the fruit farmers don't have to worry about not being able to sell their fruit."
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