On this year's New Year's Eve, the villagers of Zaojiazhuang and even several neighboring villages once again enjoyed a feast of fireworks.
The fireworks rain lasted for nearly an hour before it ended. The children, wearing new clothes, left the most innocent and happy smiles under the blooming fireworks.
When I go to sleep at night, I always smile.
However, a strange thing happened in Fu Qiumei's home. Zhou Xia's stomach suddenly rotted and emitted a foul smell.
The entire Li family was made to feel nauseous and want to vomit by the stench.
Li Dacheng and Fu Qiumei directly kicked Zhou Xia out. As early as four or five days ago, her stomach began to hurt unbearably.
She wanted to go see a doctor, but her mother-in-law said she was being pretentious and that the stomach pain was not fatal, so she refused to give her money.
Today, the middle part of my stomach is rotten and pus is oozing out. Fortunately, it is not summer, otherwise I would have had maggots long ago.
Zhou Xia, who was kicked out, had nowhere to go for a while.
According to the local custom, married daughters cannot go back home on New Year's Eve, otherwise they will bring bad luck to their parents' home.
So she couldn't go back to her parents' home, and even if she did, she would definitely be kicked out.
In the end, I could only hide in an uninhabited shabby house and huddled there for the whole night.
At dawn the next day, she could no longer bear the pain and felt that if she didn't get checked, she would die from the pain.
Based on her understanding of her mother-in-law and her husband, they would definitely not use the money to treat her illness.
Ever since she gave birth to a strange baby last time, the whole family has been treating her like a monster.
Otherwise, how could she give birth to a little monster like that.
Her life got worse day by day. Now she was so thin that she looked like skin and bones. She looked like she could be blown away by a gust of wind.
Now that her belly is like this again, I’m afraid the people in the Li family would like her to die outside so that they can find another one for Li Dacheng.
After many thoughts, Zhou Xia felt that the only person she could count on was her daughter Daya.
So, she took difficult steps and came to Lao Qin's house.
Looking at the magnificent house of Old Qin's family, Zhou Xia couldn't help but think that her daughter was quite smart. She knew how to find a wealthy family for herself and now she even goes to school.
I'm afraid the people in the Qin family are very nice to her, right? They should give her New Year's money. She plans to ask Daya to lend her the New Year's money first, so that she can use it until her illness is cured.
As soon as Old Lady Qin and Old Man Qin got up, they heard a knock on the door outside the yard. They couldn't help but wonder who would come to pay New Year's greetings so early in the morning.
"I'll go open the door, you go to the kitchen and light the fire, I'll make breakfast later!"
After talking to the old man for a few words, Old Lady Qin walked towards the yard curiously. When she was about to reach the gate, she smelled a particularly unpleasant odor, which was like the smell of a dead mouse in summer.
The hand that was about to open the door suddenly stopped: "Who is knocking?"
"Auntie Qin, it's me, Zhou Xia!" Zhou Xia's weak voice rang out.
When she heard it was Zhou Xia, Old Lady Qin frowned immediately. What was she doing here?
"Is there anything wrong?" She still didn't open the door. In her opinion, Zhou Xia coming to see her so early must be up to no good!
"I'm here to see Daya. Aunt Qin, can you open the door? I want to talk to Daya."
Old Lady Qin's face suddenly turned grim, and she said in a bad tone: "She is not called Daya anymore, but Qin Feng. She is from our Qin family. She has nothing to do with you now, so don't disturb her life anymore!"
Zhou Xia got anxious on the spot: "Auntie Qin, I really have something urgent to ask her, please help me. I promise that after I find her this time, I will never come again."
"Then tell me what you want from her first?" Old Mrs. Qin didn't trust Zhou Xia's character. She could even abandon her own daughter. There was nothing she could not do. How could she have any credibility?
But Zhou Xia hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything. She was afraid that if she told Daya that she came to ask for money, she would refuse to open the door.
If she didn't tell him, he wouldn't open the door for her anyway, so she was thinking about what excuse to use.
Old Lady Qin lost her patience. "You won't tell me, right? I'm going to go cook. If I see you standing in front of my door again, I'll hit you with the broom. Don't force me to use force on New Year's Day."
After she finished speaking, she was about to leave. Zhou Xia blurted out anxiously, "I just miss her too much. After all, Daya was born after my ten months of pregnancy. She has been away from home for so long, and there is not a night that I don't miss her.
Aunt Qin, please have pity on me and let me see Daya!"
She spoke with tears in her eyes, but Old Lady Qin felt very annoyed listening to her. Did he come to her house so early in the morning to mourn?
“Shut up, you said you wanted to see Daya, but have you asked the child if he wants to see you?
My Qin Feng and you are no longer mother and daughter, so why should I let you see her just because you want to?
Hurry up and leave! Don't force me to chase you away!" Her tone was very harsh. Facing such a crying person on New Year's Day, she really couldn't be in a good mood.
"Daya, Daya, it's my mother, please come out quickly, I want to see you!" Seeing that Old Lady Qin refused to open the door, Zhou Xia shouted loudly.
This shout woke up everyone in the Qin family, including the Jiang family.
"Qin Feng, it sounds like your mother's voice!" Qin Shuang said in a daze.
"She is not my mother!" Qin Feng's voice was cold, but hearing her yelling, Qin Feng was afraid of disturbing everyone in the room, so she quickly put on her clothes and walked towards the yard.
As soon as I walked into the yard, I saw Grandma Qin looking for a broom, as if she was planning to chase someone away.
Seeing this, she hurriedly said, "Grandma, don't be angry, I'll drive her away!"
Hearing Qin Feng's voice, Zhou Xia outside the door instantly became excited: "Daya, I'm your mother, please open the door quickly, I want to see you!"
"Feng'er, don't be soft-hearted. She must be looking for you with bad intentions!" Old Mrs. Qin was afraid that Qin Feng was still too young and might be easily fooled by sweet words, so she quickly reminded her.
Qin Feng smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, grandma, I'm not that stupid."
Because of her childhood experiences, her intelligence had long surpassed that of other children of the same age. In addition, after living in Lao Qin's house, she went to school and learned a lot of knowledge. Her grades in the class were already among the best.
She even got full marks in the final exam, and the teacher rewarded her with a notebook and a pen.
The reason why she studied so hard was to become successful one day and repay the Qin family.
It can be said that without the old Qin family, there would be no Qin Feng today.
It was they who gave them a new life. As for Zhou Xia, she gave birth to a child but did not raise it, and never fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother.
Although she had never taken the initiative to beat or scold herself, she never stood up for herself when she was beaten, scolded, or even endured the cold and hunger. This behavior made her even more heartbroken.
From the moment she left, she lost her parents.
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