"Then our family will have a small reunion tonight. When Sister Lily comes back from vacation and Sister comes back from her business trip, we will have a big reunion."
Qiao Yunbai continued, "In short, our family will be reunited forever in the future."
"Since you can talk, I'll give you a wing as a reward." Qiao Xinyi put the chicken wing into Qiao Yunbai's bowl as encouragement.
After dinner, Fu Bailu and Chen Yubing sat down to chat, talking about what happened on the way to Qiao Xinyi and Qiao Baihe to register, about Chen Ju selling her child, and finally about Qiao Yunsong returning home.
Fu Bailu has lived for a long time and has experienced the changes of the times time and time again, as well as many natural and man-made disasters. She thinks she is knowledgeable, but the affairs of the Qiao family still make her feel emotional.
"Some people are really not human, like some old ladies in our countryside..." Fu Bailu pressed the corner of her lips and shook her head.
"Who would believe this? They are all women, but most of them are mothers-in-law who are persecuting their daughters-in-law and granddaughters. In the past, we often saw baby girls thrown away in rivers and garbage dumps in the countryside."
"Some people with some conscience would abandon the child on the roadside and wait for someone to pick him up and raise him, or wait for someone to pick him up and send him to the police station or an orphanage. Some people without conscience would just throw the child into the river to drown him, or carry him to the mountains and bury him alive."
"Dead babies are seen on the river in the town every other day. In the eyes of those people, the lives of these children are not worth anything. After all, they are all their descendants. They are really cruel."
Fu Bailu couldn't help but shake her head when she talked about these things. Even though she had seen this kind of thing for a few times, she still couldn't stand it.
Whenever Fu Bailu saw a dead baby floating down the river, she would find a forest to bury the baby instead of waiting for wild dogs to come to the river and have a feast.
In Fu Bailu's eyes, what Chen Ju did was as vicious as the families of the dead babies.
As a woman who has lived to such an old age, doesn’t Chen Ju know what consequences girls of Qiao Xinyi and Qiao Baihe’s age will face if they are sold?
Of course Chen Ju knew that other people bought women of this age to give birth to children, but the suffering did not fall on Chen Ju, and she was paid, so she was naturally happy.
"It's already difficult for women in this world, but a large number of those who oppress women are women. I don't know what these people are thinking."
Fu Bailu spread her hands, "It's not uncommon in our countryside for a daughter-in-law to become a mother-in-law and then imitate the mother-in-law before to manipulate and oppress her daughter-in-law."
Fu Bailu and Chen Yubing were chatting about topics that people of their age loved to talk about, while Qiao Xinyi took the two adults and two children for a walk. They didn't walk far, just walking in the courtyard.
Qiao Yunsong is the focus wherever he goes, like a giant panda. If someone shouts, "Qiao Yunsong is coming," crowds of people will come to watch.
"Xinyi, did you know that the family next door to Zhao Xiaohu was fired from the factory?"
Grandma Liu took Qiao Xinyi aside and asked her, "His family was taken away by the police for questioning, and then the police sent a document to the factory. The factory directly fired him for having moral problems, and both wives were fired."
"I really didn't know about the expulsion, but I knew about the questioning." Qiao Xinyi nodded, "There's nothing to hide about this. In fact, their family took money from the traffickers to help keep an eye on our family, and also took money to help the traffickers and Chen Ju persuade Qiao Baili to stay at home and find a job instead of repeating the year."
"They deserve to be fired!" Grandma Liu pouted, not ashamed to be neighbors with such people.
"Lily's grades are so good, but she has been waiting for the admission letter. Our neighbors are worried about her. Everyone in the compound knows about this. The human traffickers asked him to target your family. His family must know why, and they are still helping the traffickers. Their family is an accomplice."
"What the factory said is right. He has moral problems. Who would dare to be neighbors or work with such a person?" another person responded.
Everyone cursed the neighbor and Chen Ju.
Someone suddenly asked, "Xinyi, your eldest brother is back. Has your family informed Qiao Laiwang?"
"I have informed him." Qiao Xinyi nodded, as if I was a reasonable person. "It is reasonable to inform him. I was afraid that he was busy, so I specially took Yunsong to see him.
But Qiao Laiwang said that he and my mother were divorced and cut off all ties with us, saying that he had a new family and asked us not to look for him and not to interfere with his new life. ”
Qiao Xinyi sighed deeply, "Although I know that I won't get any good words from him if I go there, his words are still quite hurtful. Alas, it's my fault for trying to please him."
"That selfish guy! Xinyi, please don't be sad. It's better for you guys to live a good life. A person like Qiao Laiwang is not worth your hurt. Sooner or later, he will regret it." Grandma Liu pouted.
Qiao Xinyi smiled, and she laughed even more happily when she heard everyone scold Chen Ju and Qiao Laiwang.
As long as she does her surface work well first, no one will blame her.
When the neighbors' enthusiasm for Qiao Yunsong died down a little, Qiao Xinyi said she would take them to buy popsicles.
After leaving the family compound, Qiao Yunbai glanced at Qiao Xinyi several times, "Sister, aren't you pregnant? Are you eating popsicles when you're pregnant?"
The other three pairs of eyes turned to Qiao Xinyi.
Fu Linzhou asked quickly, "Will it freeze the baby in Auntie's belly?"
"Aunt, why don't we not eat popsicles? The baby will catch a cold." Fu Zeyu also looked serious.
"I eat it into my stomach, not my uterus." Qiao Xinyi touched her belly and took a deep breath. "Look how fresh it is. I, a pregnant woman, still need to breathe."
Passersby were amused by Qiao Xinyi's words.
The two illiterate children and the two semi-literate children all followed Qiao Xinyi's idea, and after 5 minutes, the group eating popsicles came back.
"Yunsong, I'm going to Beijing in two days. Yunbai and the others have their own rooms in my small western-style building. Wait for Zhou to ask mom or Yunbai to take you there to pick one."
Qiao Xinyi said, "If there is anything that can't be put away at home, you can put it there."
"It's enough for Yunbai and I to share a room." Qiao Yunsong said.
"Brother, there are many empty houses at my eldest sister's place. Mom and I will take you there on our weekends. You can choose which one you want. One room for each of you." Qiao Yunbai said, "My eldest sister's small Western-style house is very large and magnificent. It is very comfortable to live in. When I grow up and make money, I will buy you one too."
"We'll buy some for Uncle Yunsong, too." The two children expressed their love for their new uncle without hesitation, saying that they were especially filial children and that whatever Uncle Yunbai had, Uncle Yunsong must have too.
Qiao Xinyi stayed in the family compound until after nine o'clock before she, Fu Bailu and the two children returned to the small western-style building. The next morning, Qiao Xinyi went to work, and Fu Bailu took the two children back to the military family compound.
The past two days for others were ordinary, the past two days for the working group were busy, but the past two days for Qiao Xinyi were quite exciting.
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