Because it is located in the mountains and is poor, the village still has no electricity, let alone television. It still relies on kerosene lamps and candles for lighting. There is no other entertainment, and everyone goes to bed early after dinner.

Shen Baolan lay on the pile of wheat straw in the woodshed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

It wasn’t because she was beaten by her husband’s family in the evening, but because she was hungry.

During the years since she was sold to the Yang family, being beaten had become a part of her daily life. It also made her skin thick and tough, and she could not stand being beaten at all.

But the feeling of being hungry is really unbearable.

Especially after secretly eating a bowl of meat in the afternoon, the craving for food was as unbearable as a drug addict's drug addiction.

Suddenly, the locked door of the woodshed was opened a crack, and the second daughter squeezed in through the crack like a thief.

Shen Baolan turned over and sat up from the straw pile, her eyes in the darkness as green as a hungry wolf.

"Why did you come just now? I'm starving to death."

While complaining, he couldn't wait to reach out and feel around his second daughter, looking for food.

"Mom, grandma took all the food to her room and locked it. I can't steal it." Lai Di explained weakly.

Hearing that there was no food, Shen Baolan raised her hand and slapped her second daughter on the butt, "Why are you so useless that you can't even get food."

The second child, Lai Di, was only five years old. When faced with Shen Baolan's beatings and scoldings, she did not cry, make a fuss, or hide. She just let Shen Baolan vent her anger on her.

After Shen Baolan had finished venting her anger, she said in a sobbing voice, "Mom, I heard grandma tell dad that she wanted to sell my elder sister and me."

Shen Baolan didn't say anything for a long time.

In the dark woodshed, the only sounds that could be heard were the mother and daughter's long breathing and the rustling of wheat straw being rubbed against each other.

"Mother?"

After a while, Lai Di couldn't help but call Shen Baolan.

Shen Baolan said, "Just sell it. Sell it to a well-off family, where they can have food and clothes. It's better than suffering here."

Laidi's sobbing could be heard in the darkness.

She sobbed aggrievedly, "Mom, I don't want to be sold, I want to be with you."

"Crying is useless. What can I do? If you want to cry, go to your grandma and ask her to find you a better family."

In the eyes of the villagers in the mountains, girls are regarded as money-losing goods on the one hand, and as commodities to be bought and sold on the other.

When she is six or seven years old and able to work, someone will pay to buy her away as a child bride.

A family with a conscience would raise a girl until she is fourteen or fifteen years old.

They are so heartless that they force their children to have children when they are only twelve or thirteen years old.

Two days later.

When Shen Baolan was released from the woodshed by the Yang family, the eldest daughter Zhaodi and the second daughter Laidi were no longer at home.

Having been hungry for two days, she ate half a piece of raw sweet potato with relish, while the third child, Yindi, and the fourth child, Pandi, surrounded her, looking dirty.

Two daughters, one is four years old and the other just turned three.

Although he was in rags and had messy hair, looking like a little beggar, his thin monkey-like face was filled with the satisfaction of having a mother.

"Where was your elder sister sold to?"

The third child, Yindi, pointed to the mountain behind and said in a childish voice, "Over there."

Shen Baolan threw the sweet potato peels she had gnawed off to the old hen that was circling around her, and then asked about the second daughter, Lai Di.

Yindi shook her head and said she didn’t know.

She had never seen or recognized the person who brought Di away, and her accent was different from theirs.

Seeing Yang's mother coming back, Shen Baolan immediately picked up her backpack and sickle and limped out.

Yindi and Pandi also wanted to go along, but were scolded by Yang's mother and stayed at home to help with chores.

Thousands of miles away in Fengcheng, Pei Tang, who is almost fourteen years old, is pestering Shen Mingzhu for a special birthday.

"Mom, just agree to it. I've never seen a durian tree in my life."

Influenced by Shen Mingzhu, Pei Tang has loved sweets and tropical fruits since he was a child, and he has a special liking for durian, which has a strong smell, sweetness and softness.

After learning that Thailand is the origin of durian, she has always wanted to travel to Thailand.

But at present, the public security in Thailand is not good and the crime rate remains high, so she naturally does not want to take her daughter to such a place.

"It's easy to see the durian tree. When your dad is free in a few days, I'll ask him to buy you a durian sapling and plant it in the yard so you can see it every day."

After hitting a wall with Shen Mingzhu, Pei Tang turned around and called his brother to confide his troubles.

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For Pei Ziheng, a man who dotes on his sister, his sister's birthday wish must be fulfilled.

So under Pei Ziheng's arrangement, Pei Tang finally got his wish and embarked on a trip to Thailand in early August.

In addition to Shen Mingzhu and Pei Ziheng, also present were Ma Weilong's family of four and two bodyguards from Ma Weilong's company.

Many years ago, Pei Ziheng was bullied by Gong Rong and a group of bad students, and made a duel bet with Gong Rong.

As Pei Ziheng's boxing coach, Ma Weilong successfully made Pei Ziheng and Gong Rong tie.

Afterwards, under Pei Ziheng's advice, he expanded the scale of his boxing gym, set up his own boxing club, and opened a security company. The boxers who retired from his club directly joined the security company as bodyguards and are now wealthy.

Shen Mingzhu did not agree with her daughter going to Thailand simply because she was worried about safety. With Ma Weilong and two professional bodyguards accompanying her, and Pei Ziheng's care, her safety was guaranteed and she no longer had to worry.

Pei Ziheng arranged the five-day and six-night trip properly and comprehensively.

There is a car to pick you up and drop you off when you go out, restaurant seats are booked in advance, and we also hire a local gold medal tour guide with a good reputation to lead the way.

On Pei Tang's birthday, Pei Ziheng spent a lot of money to hold a bonfire party on the beach, so that Pei Tang, the birthday boy, could have a satisfying and enjoyable time.

There is a lot of delicious food in Thailand, but it is inevitable to get tired of it after eating it for a few days.

The tour guide told us there was a good Chinese restaurant nearby, so we went there to change our taste.

"Welcome, please come in."

The proprietress looks good, with a halter-neck long skirt that shows off her good figure. She speaks popular Chinese, which makes her very appealing.

The restaurant is not big, but it has a wide variety of dishes, including Sichuan, Cantonese, Hunan, and Northeastern cuisine.

Thinking about how difficult it is for a woman to make a living in a foreign country, Shen Mingzhu intentionally ordered a few more dishes.

The proprietress was very happy and gave two kilograms of homemade rice wine.

Halfway through his meal, Pei Tang wanted to go to the bathroom.

Shen Mingzhu was worried about her daughter going alone, so she accompanied her.

The small restaurant is not very fancy. The bathroom and the kitchen are adjacent to each other. Standing at the bathroom door, you can clearly see the scene inside the kitchen.

The proprietress was skillfully cutting the side dishes with a kitchen knife, while next to her, a man in a black vest was stir-frying in an iron pan.

"The food will be here soon, very quickly."

The proprietress looked up and saw Shen Mingzhu, and thought she was there to urge the food to be served.

Shen Mingzhu nodded to the other party and was about to say that there was no rush, when she saw the man next to the boss lady turned his head and her heart was shocked. (End of this chapter)