When Old Man Qin came over, he heard his granddaughter talking about a fool. He asked curiously, "What fool?"
After asking, he walked in front of He Xiaomai, and then saw a man about the same age as his son, squatting on the ground playing in the snow. He roughly guessed who the fool his granddaughter was talking about.
"Old woman, who are these two people?"
He also did not recognize He Xiaomai, but He Xiaomai recognized him: "Second brother-in-law, I am Xiaomai, and this is Weiguo, your nephew."
Old Man Qin didn't react for a moment, and blurted out: "I don't recognize you, and I don't have such a nephew."
He Xiaomai suddenly choked up: "Sister, brother-in-law, I know you are angry with me. You can disown me, but you can't disown Weiguo. He is the root of the Zhou family. Don't you want him to continue the incense of the Zhou family?"
"This...is this Zhou Guang's child?" Old man Qin finally reacted.
"Old lady, I remember that Weiguo was a kid with normal brains?" He looked down at the person squatting on the snow, hardly believing that this was the old lady's nephew.
"It's been more than 30 years since the incident. If you are really He Xiaomai, why didn't you come here earlier?
Did you come here pretending to be my brother and sister-in-law and nephew because you saw that we were living a good life for the Qin family?
But I'm afraid you're wrong. My sister-in-law remarried with her child. When we begged her to leave the child behind, she left resolutely, saying that no matter how well she lived in this life, she would never come back. "Old Lady Qin didn't believe the old woman in front of her.
This woman looks nothing like her brother's sister-in-law. She looks to be around seventy years old, while He Xiaomai is two years younger than her.
Not to say that she is younger than she used to look, but she also doesn't look that much older than she used to look.
He Xiaomai showed a shameful expression: "Second sister, I'm sorry.
I had no choice at the time. Zhou Guang was dead, and as a woman with a child, I could not support Weiguo in those war-torn times.
The reason why I didn't give the child to you to raise was because your living conditions were not very good at that time, and I didn't want Weiguo to drag you down.
The man who is willing to marry me comes from a wealthy family and can give me and Weiguo a good life.
But the good times didn’t last long, and my house was robbed by bandits! I was divorced again.”
I was too embarrassed to take the child back to find you, so I took Weiguo and begged for a living, and we begged all the way to the Magic City.
A wealthy family took pity on us, mother and son, and took us in. I worked as a long-term worker for them, and they took care of our food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Weiguo was a smart child since he was young. The owner of the house was impressed by his intelligence and ability and spent money to send him to school.
Later, Weiguo went to high school, but stopped studying because there was no college entrance examination.
After that, he worked as the manager of a tavern in his employer's home. The child worked hard and within a year, he made the tavern business better and better.
Because the employer's family had no sons but only three daughters, Weiguo became the son-in-law of the employer's eldest daughter.
The two children had a very good relationship. They had a daughter who was very filial to me until Weiguo's father-in-law passed away.
There were earth-shaking changes in my family. First, my daughter-in-law fell down the stairs and became a vegetable.
Not long after, Weiguo was hit by a car when he went out, and he had brain problems ever since.
Just like that, Weiguo and I were kicked out, and they gave Weiguo a few hundred yuan of property, saying that the remaining money was for their daughter-in-law's medical treatment and for taking care of my granddaughter Mirong.
I used that money to treat Weiguo's illness, but there was no improvement.
In the past few years, I worked odd jobs while treating Weiguo's illness, but the doctor said that the possibility of him wanting treatment was zero.
Just last year, my health became worse and worse. I was afraid that after I left, Weiguo would be alone and helpless and would starve to death.
I asked around for your information, and I didn't expect that I would actually find you."
Sister and brother-in-law, please forgive my selfishness back then, but the child is innocent. Weiguo is really Zhou Guang’s biological son.
You can ignore my life or death, but you can't ignore Weiguo!" After saying that, she knelt down.
Old Lady Qin was so angry that she was shaking all over, and she slapped He Xiaomai directly: "Because of your selfishness, you have ruined Weiguo's life.
If you had handed the child to us, would Weiguo become like this?
Do you know that I always dreamed that my child would come back? Now he is back, but he has become a fool. How can I explain this to my dead brother?"
Her biggest wish in this life was to see Wei Guo come back with his wife and children one day, and burn some incense for his father, so that her dead brother could rest in peace.
Now, his wife has become a vegetable, and he himself has become a fool, unable to take care of himself. This child has such a hard life!
She couldn't even imagine what kind of life Weiguo had been living in the past few years.
Just because of He Xiaomai's selfishness, she was afraid of becoming a burden to them. It was obvious that she was reluctant to abandon her child.
It would be fine if you took the child away and lived a good life, but instead he lives such a miserable life. A live-in son-in-law has no status in the family here at all.
What's more, in a big city like Shanghai, I'm afraid that Weiguo will not be treated as a human being.
She ignored He Xiaomai and helped Weiguo up with a distressed look. Seeing how skinny he was, she burst into tears on the spot: "Child... you have suffered." She raised her hand and touched Zhou Weiguo's cheek, which was hurting her, and could not help trembling.
At this time, Zhou Weiguo knew nothing and his intelligence was that of a one or two-year-old child. He smiled and said, "I peed, I peed!"
When everyone heard what he said, they all looked at his pants. Sure enough, his pants were wet and he had peed in them.
But the people present did not show any disgust, only sadness.
How sad it is that a good person becomes like this.
"Jiandang, Jianguo, you two take him to take a bath and change him into clean clothes." Old Lady Qin said hurriedly.
"Mom, I'll go get some water." Zhang Xiumei said, and went to the kitchen first.
Zhou Weiguo was brought to the hall by Qin Jiandang and Qin Jianguo, who planned to give him a thorough wash.
Old Lady Qin looked at He Xiaomai who was still kneeling on the ground and said coldly, "Get up!"
He Xiaomei smiled with relief: "Sister, brother-in-law, I left Weiguo to you to take care of, but I didn't expect that I would be a burden to you in the end.
It turns out that I was selfish for the last time. I owe you a great favor. I will repay you by working like a slave in my next life."
After saying this, she closed her eyes peacefully and fell to the ground.
In fact, she had been terminally ill for a long time, but she was worried about Weiguo and had been holding on until now with her last breath.
Now that she has found Weiguo's aunt, she believes that her second sister will not ignore Weiguo, and she can no longer hold on.
She has been living too hard these past few years, so let her have a good sleep...
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