[Chapter 177 Chapter 177 True and False Daughter]
Joan immediately squatted down and started picking up the books.
Shen Yuyao no longer cared about the cans and quickly squatted down to help her.
Qiao An looked up at Shen Yuyao and smiled awkwardly, then quickly gathered the books together and carried them into the inner room.
After coming out, he stuffed the can into Shen Yuyao's arms again.
After what happened just now, Shen Yuyao really couldn't refuse this time.
Shen Yuyao returned home holding the canned food.
She put the things on the table and began to think about what had just happened.
Shen Yuyao understood Qiao An's uneasiness.
Nowadays, there is a strict crackdown on banned books. Many people have been arrested because they were reported for having banned books at home, and sometimes the entire family will suffer.
But in reality, are there any standards for banning books?
No.
If anyone could tell what content in the book was not permitted in that era, the person who owned it might suffer misfortune.
Therefore, not many people dare to keep books at home now.
Including my own home.
Shen Yuyao thought of the bookcase in the room that Cheng Liyan used as a storage for documents.
The cabinet was filled with mostly textbooks from the man's school days, as well as some political studies materials.
Apart from this, there are no other books.
It was normal for Joan to feel nervous and worried when she found out that she had carried so many books back at once.
But in fact, Shen Yuyao was really envious when she was helping Qiao An clean up just now.
She almost asked Qiao An to lend her a copy.
Even though Shen Yuyao did not understand the power of books before, her husband's two consecutive visits to her parents' home to send books made her realize the value of books.
But Shen Yuyao knew she couldn't say that.
Deep words come from a shallow acquaintance.
Her relationship with Joan wasn't close enough for her to ask her to borrow books.
Just as Shen Yuyao was thinking about how to find some books to read, a voice sounded above her head: "What are you thinking about, so serious?"
As the words came out, the lights in the room suddenly came on.
Shen Yuyao was startled.
Then she looked up at her husband who had just come in with a look of reproach: "How come there was no sound when you came home?"
Cheng Liyan was confused by what was said.
He couldn't help but laugh: "I opened the door with the key, and you didn't hear me sitting at the door? What are you thinking about? Are you obsessed with it?"
Shen Yuyao did not hide it and told Cheng Liyan about what happened when she went to Qiao An's house just now.
Of course, the emphasis was on cans and books.
Shen Yuyao had been puzzled by this before, but unexpectedly, Cheng Liyan acted as if he was used to it after hearing it.
He said: "If my sister-in-law gives you anything in the future, just accept it, don't refuse. If there are any good things in our family in the future, just remember to return a portion.
If there is really no suitable one, don't worry about it. Lao Feng and I have known each other for many years, and I know a little bit about the couple. Sister-in-law is not the kind of person who has many thoughts. If she gives it to you, it means she really wants to give it to you, not just being polite. "
Hearing him say this, Shen Yuyao nodded.
Then he picked up the can next to him and took a look, saying, "But these things are in short supply, and I still feel a little uncomfortable keeping them.
"No merit, no reward. We can afford it, so why do we want such expensive things?"
Cheng Liyan smiled and said, "Whether this thing is valuable or not depends on who gave it to you.
We think it is valuable because we want to thank Sister Feng for her kindness. But in Sister Feng's eyes, I'm afraid she would rather not have received it. "
Shen Yuyao looked at her husband. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes were full of question marks.
Cheng Liyan almost laughed out loud again.
He reached out and pressed his wife's head, saying, "What's that look in your eyes? If you want to ask, just ask directly. You're playing dumb with me."
Shen Yuyao pushed his hand away and said, "Hurry up and tell me, I'm listening."
Only then did Cheng Liyan tell her about Qiao An's family situation.
As for the Qiao An family, how can I put it? If the situation of this family were placed in later generations, the first reaction of anyone who knew the whole story would be - the story of the true and false daughter!
Qiao An's family are all old revolutionaries, and her grandfather is a high-ranking officer in the army, a man who has spent his entire life in military service.
Joan's father was a regiment commander during the War of Liberation, and her mother was a medical worker in the army.
Joan was born during the troop transfer.
Qiao An's mother, who had just given birth, certainly could not follow the troops, so she was temporarily placed in a small mountain village halfway to recuperate.
But Qiao An's mother is also a person with perseverance and tenacity, and she can be cruel to herself.
Less than two weeks after she gave birth to Joan, she followed the follow-up troops and left the village. Before leaving, she entrusted Joan to the family who had taken her in.
That year was nineteen forty-seven.
Two years later, when the whole country was liberated, Qiao An's mother immediately rushed back to the mountain village to take her daughter back.
She found the family she had been to before and smoothly took the child, who was two years old at the time.
That child is Qiao Fei, the current eldest daughter of the Qiao family.
At that time, no one knew that Qiao Fei was not Qiao An's mother's biological daughter.
Because the child was abandoned in the countryside when he was born, the whole family felt guilty towards Qiao Fei.
So whether it was Qiao Fei's parents, grandfather, or her two brothers, they all treated her like a baby.
It can be said that Qiao Fei was raised like a treasure in the Qiao family until she was twelve years old.
It was also in this year that the old man of the Qiao family received a letter of accusation sent from the small mountain village.
The letter was written by an old soldier who had just returned from the army in the village.
When the old soldier returned from the army, he overheard the villagers talking about it and found out that the girl now living in the Qiao family was not the biological daughter of the Qiao family, but the child of the second son of that family.
The real daughter of the Qiao family is still in the village.
The old soldier said that he heard from the villagers that the family did not treat the girl well at the beginning.
When Qiao An's mother went to pick her up, she was about to die from the fever.
The family was afraid that these people from the city would hold them accountable, so in panic they took the daughter born by their second daughter-in-law and gave her to Qiao An's mother.
The real Joan was hidden by them.
Who knew that Joan was so lucky that she actually came back to life after her family left after looking for her child.
After that, he was kept in that family.
But that family has always treated her badly. Not to mention beating and scolding her, they recently wanted to use her as a substitute for their eldest grandson.
The old soldier had served in the same unit as Mr. Qiao. Although he was just an ordinary soldier, he had seen the old man.
He thought about it and felt that he had to talk to the old leader about this matter, otherwise it would be a bad conscience!
So he wrote a letter of accusation to the leader of his unit, reporting the family's fraudulent behavior.
I also hope that the military leaders can inform the old leader’s family about this matter.
Everyone in the Qiao family was shocked when they received the letter!
They couldn't believe this was true!
But I'm afraid this is really the case.
So Joan's mother put down all her work and set out again to find her daughter.
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