Shen Qingwu took the account book and went to Zhulinju where Shen Qingtang was now.
When she arrived, Shen Qingtang was sitting in the small bamboo forest in the yard embroidering. At first glance, she looked gentle and pleasing to the eye.
"Are you used to living here?" Shen Qingwu walked forward and greeted him as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.
When Shen Qingtang heard the footsteps, she put down the things in her hands, stood up, and responded in a gentle voice, "Thank you for your concern, sister. Everything is fine."
"We're sisters, so it's only natural." Shen Qingwu said this and took a step forward and grabbed Shen Qingtang's wrist with his left hand.
After continuous attempts over the past few days, Shen Qingwu discovered that when he touched others with his left hand, he saw the past, but when he touched with his right hand, he saw the future.
As for her cousin, she wanted to look past it first.
As she expected, Shen Hao and his wife favored boys over girls, and Shen Qingtang had been far from happiness in the past.
Shen Qingtang is four years younger than Shen Qingfeng.
Shen Hao and his wife had no children for many years after their marriage. They prayed to gods and Buddhas everywhere, and finally, Shen Yan became pregnant.
Shen Qingtang was born with all the expectations of Shen Hao and his wife, but she was a daughter.
The family's disappointment was written all over their faces.
Shen Hao never cared about Shen Qingtang, and Shen Yan didn't like this daughter either. She just gave her food casually and made her work as soon as she could walk. If she was disobedient, she would be beaten and scolded.
The old lady would even burn her with a fire poker.
At that time, Luo Qingchen had already separated from Shen Hao and lived separately with his two sons, but he would still secretly give Shen Qingtang some delicious food.
When Shen Yan asked Shen Qingtang to collect grass for the pigs, Shen Qingfeng would help his thin sister after finishing his work and share some dry food with her.
After Shen Yan knew about it, she deliberately gave Shen Qingtang more tasks. Shen Qingfeng knew it, but he still helped in order to prevent his sister from getting beaten.
When Shen Hao was drunk and beat Shen Qingtang the most fiercely, Shen Qingfeng and Shen Qinghe would climb over the wall to protect their sister.
But the young children didn’t know that seeing them would make Shen Hao even angrier, wondering why he didn’t have a son.
Shen Qingtang would get up before dawn to cook. Often, the thin girl would kowtow devoutly to the Kitchen God and pray quietly, "Give me a younger brother."
When Shen Qingtang was about to turn four years old, Shen Hao's obsession with his son seemed to disappear overnight.
But when he gets drunk, he will whip Shen Yan, "You are a useless person who can't give birth to a son!"
Shen Qingtang lay in the crack of the door, trembling as she watched the scene in the room. Her father stopped beating her and started beating her mother instead. However, her mother would beat her the next day after she was beaten.
However, not long after, Shen Yan became pregnant.
During that time, four-year-old Shen Qingtang enjoyed a good life without being beaten for more than half a year, but he had more things to do every day.
Shen Qingtang was not afraid of being tired and just hoped that he would not be beaten again in the future.
But contrary to her wishes, Shen Mingzhe's birth brought her more hardship and suffering.
She became a slave to the whole family. Whenever Shen Mingzhe felt uncomfortable or cried, it was all her fault and she would be scolded and beaten.
Seven-month-old Shen Mingzhe could already hit people with his hands. He slapped Shen Qingtang on the face. The old lady smiled and clapped: "Mingzhe's slap was really loud, really powerful. Come on again."
Shen Mingzhe knew how to read people's expressions. Seeing the old lady's encouragement, he raised his hand again.
Shen Qingtang dodged, Shen Mingzhe missed, and burst into tears instantly.
The old lady slapped Shen Qingtang twice, "Don't hide, stand back!"
Shen Mingzhe happily slapped his hands twice, hurting himself and started crying.
The old lady's face darkened again, and she slapped Shen Qingtang twice more, "You thick-skinned little bitch, get out and cook!"
A week and a half old Shen Mingzhe developed a high fever at night. Shen Hao said that it was Shen Qingtang who did not take good care of him, so he beat him up and took his son to see a doctor in the village.
Six-year-old Shen Qingtang was still extremely thin and was beaten half to death.
After everyone in her family left, she sobbed and ran to the bushes where her brother Shen Qingfeng had helped her cut grass for pigs and shared dry food with her, crying uncontrollably.
It was also in that dark night that she encountered the light that saved her.
A seriously injured killer who fled to the mountains - Lin Yin.
Lin Yin is the successor of the Ten Killers Sect. This time, she was assassinated due to a fight within the sect.
The seriously injured Lin Yin stayed in Yingchuan Mountain to recuperate. She was very interested in Shen Qingtang, who saved her life and collected herbs and brought her food.
After all, he was an old fox who had killed countless people. After a few conversations, he knew all about Shen Qingtang's background.
"Aren't you afraid of me?" Lin Yin asked curiously as she looked at the little girl who was covered in wounds and so thin that her real age could not be seen.
Shen Qingtang shook her head and said nothing. Instead, she hoped that the person in front of her would kill her with a knife and put an end to it.
Young Shen Qingtang did not have the courage to commit suicide. She had some hope in her heart. She hoped that her two cousins would become generals one day and come back to save her like they did when she was a child. She was reluctant to die.
But if the person in front of her gave her a quick death, she could accept it.
Lin Yin killed countless people in her life, but she developed an interest and sympathy for Shen Qingtang, so she persuaded and lured Shen Qingtang to become her disciple.
Shen Qingtang couldn't resist the temptation.
Lin Yin taught her etiquette, poetry, and martial arts, and how to kill people.
During the nights of his youth, Shen Qingtang worked hard secretly and sweated all year round.
The first person that eight-year-old Shen Qingtang killed was an old bachelor in the village who often molested young girls.
She lured the old bachelor to the river, then drowned him in the river with her own hands, making it look like the old man had fallen into the water.
Lin Yin said: Tangtang, you are very capable. You can make decisions for yourself, and you can also be the living devil of this world.
Nine-year-old Shen Qingtang no longer pretends.
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