Looking at his mother's skillful movements, Ye Zhiqiu asked with a smile, "Mom, were you born into a family that does manual labor? I feel like you're very familiar with this!"
Without even turning her head, Wang Xiaolan replied as she worked, "How could she have such a good background? If my mother had been born into a family with skills like this, she wouldn't have fainted from hunger when she was running for her life, unable to find work!"
Ye Zhiqiu was actually quite curious. He knew most of his cheap father's story. He was the fourth child in a merchant family, and the eldest sister of the same father and mother. Unfortunately, girls were not included in the birth order at that time.
So the second brother who has the same mother is called the eldest brother. He is currently in Hong Kong with his wife and children, and his half-brother is in Southeast Asia.
But Wang Xiaolan didn't mention anything. Ye Zhiqiu had always been curious about everything about her family, so he asked, "Mom, I haven't heard you talk about grandpa. What's going on with them?"
Hearing Ye Zhiqiu's words, Wang Xiaolan paused, but she quickly recovered and her faint voice rang out.
"Boss, remember this, you don't have any grandparents..."
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that his mother might have come from a poor family. Or rather, the family wasn't very good to her, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions, lest he bring up her sad memories.
But the conversation had already begun, and now that her son was older, Wang Xiaolan felt it necessary to talk to him about it. Ye Tianya knew her experience very well, and after all these years, she had come to terms with it.
So she whispered to her eldest son about the first half of her life.
"Big Boss, my family isn't anything shameful. You're grown up now, so it's okay to talk to you about it. It's just that my experience is a little shameful!
Your mother's hometown is Tianjin. I'm the third child in the family, with two older brothers, a younger brother, and a younger sister. My mother's family runs a small workshop and relies on a wealthy capitalist for their livelihood.
When the youngest son of the wealthy capitalist came to inspect the workshop, he fell in love with me, a helper there, and asked your grandfather to marry me. Mother didn't have any objections at the time, as he wasn't bad-looking and had a very good personality.
But that was during the Japanese occupation, and he didn't come to pick me up on the day of the wedding. The next day I found out that his family was an anti-Japanese activist and had been discovered by the Japanese..."
Ye Zhiqiu knew what the consequences would be if he was found out at that time without Wang Xiaolan telling him!
He asked softly, "Mother, if I hadn't come to marry you and the marriage hadn't taken place, you wouldn't have been implicated, right? Why did you escape to the capital?"
Wang Xiaolan shook her head and smiled bitterly, "That's because your grandfather was worried that the Japanese would find out that he and I were engaged, which would implicate everyone in the family. So he tied me up and sent me to the police station, accusing me of being the wife of an anti-Japanese activist..."
Fortunately, there were genuine anti-Japanese fighters being detained that day. Someone stormed the police station, rescued the anti-Japanese heroes, and even unlocked our prison! Mom didn't know where to go at the time, and she didn't dare go home, fearing that your cruel grandfather would send me to prison again!
By accident, I ended up at the train station, where I was mistaken for a maid from a wealthy family traveling to Beijing. I was able to board the train to the capital. When I arrived in Beijing, I was penniless and had no skills.
I was wandering around starving and collapsed on the street, but your father rescued me. After that, I followed your father and we have been dependent on each other until now..."
Ye Zhiqiu sighed. Not to mention his cheap father, at least he was from a wealthy family when he was young and had a life that was untouchable by others.
I didn't expect that my cheap mother's life experience was so magical. No wonder the two of them can get together and live together, I guess like attracts like!
Ye Zhiqiu sighed, "Mom, it's really not easy for Dad and you to be together!"
Wang Xiaolan may have really let it go, so there is no hatred or emotion on her face!
She said calmly, "Because your father's identity is difficult to prove, and your mother's identity has no proof. We don't know what the new country will be like, so we thought about going to the countryside to live a more normal life.
So when the class classification and land allocation took place, we volunteered to apply. We were eventually assigned to Kaoshan Village, where we have lived for the past ten years, albeit with hardships, but also with stability.
So you don't have a grandpa and a grandma, because when he sent me to the police station, I had already returned my life to them, and I don't owe them anything in this life!"
Ye Zhiqiu could sense the resentment in Wang Xiaolan's heart! A sixteen-year-old girl was tied up by her family and sent to die. It would be strange if she didn't feel resentment!
But what’s the point of having a grandpa like this?
Ye Zhiqiu took out the half jade pendant from his chest, looked at it and asked, "Mom, you once said that this was your only thing. Could it be that this jade was brought from your mother's home?
I don't want to wear this thing. The Wang family is going to arrange for you to die, so why are you still wearing their things? "
Wang Xiaolan said seriously: "Big Brother, although Mom hates your grandpa, she doesn't hate your uncle and your grandma! When your grandpa kidnapped me and wanted to send me to the police station, he knelt on the ground and begged your grandpa, and his head was broken and bleeding!
It's just that I couldn't persuade your grandfather to have mercy and spare his own daughter's life. This jade was your grandmother's dowry, and it's a pair with the one your uncle wears, because your uncle and I are born to the same mother.
Your grandma didn't agree to this at the time, but your grandpa locked her up in the house. Mom can still remember the cries of your grandma and your uncle..."
Ye Zhiqiu then put the jade pendant back inside. Seeing the tears in her eyes, he went forward and hugged Wang Xiaolan, comforting her: "Mom, I want to thank you! Whether it's the Ye Zhiqiu before losing my memory or the Ye Zhiqiu now, we have to thank you for giving us life! Without you, there would be no Ye Zhiqiu!"
Wang Xiaolan pinched Ye Zhiqiu's face, burst into laughter and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's been almost twenty years, and I've let go of the past.
Mother is now looking forward to you three siblings growing up and getting married, so that I can be worthy of you.
Don't thank me anymore, find a partner, get married, and have kids soon. Let me hug my grandchild sooner rather than later, that will be your best thanks!"
Seeing that Wang Xiaolan wasn't feeling so heavy-hearted, Ye Zhiqiu interrupted and said, "Mom, I think it's too early for this. What if you and Dad have another brother or sister? Wouldn't that delay it for another twenty years?"
Wang Xiaolan pretended to hit her, but Ye Zhiqiu dodged with a smile. However, he did not continue to tease her and quickly returned to the living room.
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