Chapter 82 Liu Xiao'e

Before Shen Xiaoyan had time to turn around, her mother Pu Fen had already reached the bedside, pulled her away, and then carefully picked up the baby on the bed.

"Oh, be good, little brother, don't cry, mommy is here!"

As she said this, she glared at Shen Xiaoyan, as if the child was crying not because she, the mother, was scared, but because the little girl made her cry.

Shen Xiaoyan just felt wronged. She didn't do anything and it wasn't her who made her brother cry. Why was he scolding her?

Her mother glared at her, looking at her as if she were an enemy.

Shen Xiaoyan, who originally had a good impression of the chubby little baby, suddenly found him disgusting.

And her mother never coaxes her or hugs her, and only says all kinds of bad things about her in front of relatives.

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and Shen Xiaoyan couldn't hold back her tears.

Seeing her like this, Pu Fen also felt angry.

"Why are you crying? Did I hit you or scold you? Today is your brother's full moon celebration and wedding banquet. You are crying. Aren't you afraid of hurting your brother?"

It was a long scolding. Shen Xiaoyan stood there with her head down and listened to it from beginning to end.

Pu Fen stopped talking only when some relatives came in from outside the room. She then took the child out to show them.

Pu Xiang was being talked to by a bunch of female relatives of the Shen family and couldn't get away.

When she had almost finished saying those polite words, she turned around and didn't see Shen Xiaoyan, but saw Mo Jingjing coming out of the house and sitting next to her.

"Where's Xiaoyan? Have you seen her?"

Pu Xiang asked.

Mo Jingjing said calmly: "She went to see her brother, and then was scolded by her mother. She was crying in the house."

Pu Xiang's brows immediately wrinkled. Although she knew that her second sister would definitely treat the two children differently after having a son, she really had the guts to scold her daughter in such an occasion today!

Pu Xiang stood up and prepared to look for Shen Xiaoyan.

Mo Jingjing reached out and grabbed her: "Auntie, don't go, just let her cry for a while, let her realize her situation, it's not a bad thing."

With parents like that, it would be a good thing to face reality as soon as possible.

Although what Mo Jingjing said was correct, Pu Xiang stopped for two seconds and prepared to go over to look for someone.

"She has recognized her situation clearly enough. That's enough."

It is enough to let her see the reality and be self-reliant. She does not want Shen Xiaoyan to live like her previous life before her rebirth, being completely disappointed with her family and leaving her hometown alone.

When Pu Xiang entered the room, Shen Xiaoyan had already stopped crying and wiped away her tears, but her eyes were still red.

"Why are you in the house? The dinner is about to start. Come with me to eat."

Pu Xiang waved to Shen Xiaoyan to come to her side. The little girl was now in the second grade of junior high school and had grown very tall. She reached out and touched her head without saying anything else.

Shen Xiaoyan hummed, and her mood seemed to have calmed down.

As they walked out of the bedroom, she suddenly said, "Aunt, I want to go to a university in the capital and work there in the future. I can pay you back for my tuition and living expenses when I start working and make money."

Different experiences seem to lead to the same result.

Pu Xiang could now understand how she felt about her parents and family, just like when she was divorced and had no home to return to.

What I asked for from my parents were just tiny things from them, but I still couldn't get them.

But after all, she was already quite old when she went through all this, while Shen Xiaoyan is only in her teens now.

She felt sorry for the child.

"Well, then auntie will wait for you to be filial to me in the future... Don't think that adults are all great. When you grow up, you will find that some people are still confused when they grow older and have children. They may not be as clear-headed as children. When they get old, they will become confused. As for you, just be yourself. Your parents love you, so you should give them the same love. If they don't love you, you shouldn't give them love in the future. It's just like when you were in school. You play with whoever you get along well with. It's that simple."

Shen Xiaoyan nodded vigorously: "Yes, I will go to college in the future, make a lot of money, buy a house in the capital, and live alone. I won't let them live there!"

Pu Xiang patted her shoulder and said, "You're right. Let them be jealous when the time comes!"

It was a good idea to think this way. After all, if she wanted to have a family in the future, she would have to buy a house on her own, apart from getting married. These shabby houses of the Shen family had nothing to do with her, so she couldn't live there even if she wanted to.

Shen Xiaoyan had a purpose, and it was obvious that she was no longer so sad.

Pu Xiang prepared to leave after lunch. She was really busy. In addition, after dinner, the relatives of the Shen family started to sit down and play cards, and they wanted to drag Mo Yang to join them.

Pu Xiang was disgusted by eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Fortunately, Mo Yang didn't get involved in these things. He just followed them when they said they would leave, and didn't stay with those drunkards.

Pu Xiang took Shen Xiaoyan away with her. Pu Fen became reluctant again and completely forgot about scolding her daughter.

Pu Xiang didn't care whether she was willing or not, and said, "There are too many things piled up at home for the wedding, and Xiaoyan has no place to sleep. She is so old now, it's not good for a family of four to sleep in one bed. Besides, it's cold now, and it's not good for the child to catch a cold. She has to go to school on Monday, and it's troublesome to send her to the county town."

My second sister was found to be pregnant when she went out traveling in July. She had been pregnant for more than two months. By the time she gave birth, it was February of the following year. It was the first month of spring and it was very cold in March.

Pu Xiang just left with his people.

Pu Fen looked at this scene and had already made up her mind that she would never let her son get close to Pu Xiang.

Otherwise, she would have given birth to this son in vain.

Pu Xiang had no idea that her second sister was worried that she was going to snatch her son away, so she drove her car and took her people back to the county town.

At this time of year, there were few cars passing by on the rural roads, so Pu Xiang and his car was particularly conspicuous.

When encountering an oncoming cyclist, everyone has to stop and give way before they can pass.

This road was difficult to drive, so Mo Yang took on the job of driver. When passing a high bridge, there were two people standing on the bridge, one big and one small. The big one was a relatively young woman with a baby in her arms.

The bridge was too narrow, unlike the roadside under the bridge where one could make way for the vegetable fields on both sides of the road, so Mo Yang drove very slowly and carefully.

Pu Xiang was sitting in the passenger seat, and the passerby happened to be on her side. She could see the person clearly as soon as she raised her eyes.

Looks familiar, seems like I've seen him somewhere before...

When Pu Xiang's eyes fell on the child who was following, she suddenly remembered where she had seen them before.

"Mo Yang, please stop the car."

Pu Xiang quickly called Mo Yang and asked him to stop the car at the foot of the bridge. She asked others to wait in the car for a while, and she got out of the car and went upstairs again.

The woman holding the child was still standing there. She didn't seem to be walking, she was just standing on the bridge.

"We met in the hospital. Do you remember me?"

Pu Xiang was talking to the woman, but the woman just stood there motionless, as if she could not hear anything and could not feel the outside world at all.

However, the little girl who followed her looked at Pu Xiang timidly, held her mother's hand, and nodded slightly.

"Do you remember me?"

Pu Xiang reached out and took out a few candies from her pocket that she had just taken from the wedding banquet at her second sister's house and handed them over.

The temptation of candy was huge, and the little girl reached out and took it.

"Thank you, Auntie."

She was quite polite and thanked me directly.

Pu Xiang touched the little girl's face...Although the three of them, mother and daughter, were dressed in rags, they were all very clean.

She turned to look at the woman and said, "What happened to you? You gave birth to a daughter and got divorced?"

Divorce was like some key word that touched the woman's nerves. She blinked twice and came back to her senses.

"Um……"

When I thought about the future where I didn't know how to go on, tears welled up in my eyes.

She really didn't know what to do. This family was too cruel. They scolded her for not being able to give birth to a son and wanted to divorce her, but they didn't even want her two daughters!

These are their own children, how could they bear to reject them!

Pu Xiang asked again: "Can you go back to your mother's home?"

The woman was silent again. The answer was obvious.

Pu Xiang followed her line of sight and glanced at the river under the bridge. The river was quite wide, and even at this season, it was obvious that the water was very deep. The chances of climbing out alive after jumping in were slim.

"Do you know that there are many private factories in the county now? They are recruiting people from outside. As long as you are willing to work, you can support yourself and your children."

As long as they can live, no one wants to die.

What's more, she is a mother with two children.

As expected, the woman looked at Pu Xiang, and there was a hint of brilliance in her eyes.

"I only went to elementary school, is that okay?"

The woman spoke, her voice dry and hoarse.

Pu Xiang said, "Some jobs don't require academic qualifications. Are you willing to learn how to operate a sewing machine in a clothing factory? I have a friend who is the factory manager. If you are willing, I can take you to work for him. I can also help you with accommodation and childcare."

The life-saving straw was placed before her eyes, and the woman really reached out to grab it.

"I'd love to go!"

She has reached a dead end. No matter who it is or what opportunity it gives her, she will try to grab it in order to survive.

Pu Xiang led his men into the car and asked Mo Yang to take them to Huang Fangyu's factory first.

Along the way, the woman told her story.

Her name was Liu Xiao'e. Her family was poor, so she arranged a marriage so that her fourth brother could get married.

When she married into the Zhou family, she gave birth to two daughters. When her fourth sister-in-law came to her house, she gave birth to a pair of twin sons.

Liu Xiao'e's mother-in-law felt that her family had lost out, and she kept complaining that her golden hen had been exchanged for another family's rubbish that couldn't give birth to a son.

After giving birth to a second child, a daughter, he asked his son to divorce Liu Xiao'e.

If I marry another one, I can have a chance to have a son.

Liu Xiao'e was kicked out of the house just like that.

"I really have no way to live. If my child wasn't still young, I really couldn't bear to leave. I would have jumped into the river and died without a second thought."

Pu Xiang didn't know how to persuade her to make her feel better, so she could only say, "When you have a job and make money, and can support your children, then you will not only be able to survive, but you will also be able to live well."

"Really?"

Liu Xiao'e looked at Pu Xiang and couldn't hold back her tears. "Thank you, thank you so much. I believe what you said!"

Pu Xiang was a little confused as to why she said that.

Liu Xiao'e: "I know you. I gave birth in the same ward as your second sister. You came to see her that day. I saw you before, and I heard people talk about you later."