"That family only has two boys. They run a sales agency store, and they have no shortage of food and drink. They just want a little girl to love. If the girl goes to that family, she will be in a blessed place. She will enjoy a better life than in your family. You can rest assured..."
Aunt Mao was talking so much that her mouth was dry. She grabbed the water cup beside her and took a big gulp. As soon as the water entered her mouth, she knew that brown sugar was added to it. She felt satisfied. She rolled her eyes and drank all the water in the cup in one gulp. Mrs. Han, who was standing by, frowned.
"I agree to this. Who are you crying for? If you have the ability, just give birth to a boy. It's really unlucky."
Mother-in-law Han spoke in a bad tone, and rolled her eyes at her daughter-in-law who was holding the child in the bed. She wasted two large spoons of brown sugar for a little girl. The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became. If any daughter-in-law was like her, giving birth to girls left and right, she should have been divorced long ago. How dare she cry
Wu Hongmei was filled with grievances and looked at the child in her arms with tears in her eyes. Didn't she want to have a boy? What sin had she committed to deserve God's treatment of her like this? She just wanted to have a son, just a son, but this couldn't satisfy her.
Aunt Mao had seen this happen many times, so Wu Hongmei's reaction was not surprising to her. Despite this, she still said a few words to comfort her according to the procedure: "A child is a piece of flesh and blood of the mother. No one would be willing to give up the child. Maybe the next child will be a son. In order to give birth to a son, you have to give up the child no matter how reluctant you are."
Wu Hongmei pulled the corners of her mouth stiffly. Anyone can say those words, but only those who have experienced them will know how it feels.
Even if it is a girl, she was born from her belly, and she can't bear to part with any of them. The one she gave to the child's uncle at least gave her some comfort. She can see the child when she wants to. But if she gives this one to an outsider, will she still be able to see it
But this was not something she could decide. She had given birth to five girls in a row, and she had no confidence in front of her husband or her mother-in-law.
Seeing her like that, Aunt Mao knew she couldn't make the decision. She looked at Mrs. Han, pointed at the child, and said with a smile, "Then I'll take the child away?"
Mrs. Han didn't even raise her eyelids, as if she didn't see it, she was innocent: "Take it away! Take it away!"
Aunt Mao was delighted and took a step forward to hug the child.
Wu Hongmei subconsciously hugged the child tightly and looked at her as if she was a beggar.
Aunt Mao curled her lips. If she couldn't bear to part with the child, she could just raise the child herself. She wanted a son but couldn't bear to part with the girl. How could such a good thing happen? She was not in a hurry. With her experience, she would always compromise. If she promised others something, there was nothing she couldn't accomplish.
Mrs. Han glared at him and shouted, "Give the child to her."
"etc... "
Han Ze stepped into the house step by step. His simple and honest face was full of helplessness and unwillingness. He looked at Mrs. Han bitterly and expectedly and asked: "Mom, is the old blind man's fortune telling really accurate?"
Several people in the room didn't understand why he asked this question.
Mrs. Han's cloudy eyes suddenly glared, and she felt a little guilty, wondering if her son had noticed something. She said in a bluffing tone, "Why not? If not, how could your sister get into college, and how could the third son marry a woman from the city?"
"Mom, why didn't you ask the old blind man to tell my fortune?"
Hearing this, Han Ze, with tears in his eyes and a more bitter look on his face, suddenly collapsed to the ground.
"Do you think you can calculate anyone's life as an old blind man?"
"Okay, stop doing these useless things. Let your Aunt Mao take the child away quickly." Her son's behavior made Mrs. Han feel relieved. She thought that he was reluctant to part with the child and was trying to make him suffer. However, when she thought of her son's stubborn character, she felt that it was impossible.
"No. The child cannot be given to others."
Hearing this, Han Ze climbed up, and stumbled because he climbed too quickly.
"Mom, you can't give the child away."
Wu Hongmei showed a look of surprise on her face. If her husband didn't want to give the child away, even her mother-in-law couldn't make the decision, right
"Why can't you give a little girl away? Do you still want to have a son?"
Mrs. Han put her hands on her waist and squinted her eyes, with an extremely impatient expression. They were going against her one by one, which was outrageous.
"Why give birth to a son? The old blind man said that I will never have a son in this life, mother..."
"What?"
"Mom, the old blind man said that I will never have a son in this life." Han Ze hung his head, and the helplessness in his tone showed his compromise with fate.
"The old blind man said that you will never have a son in this life?"
Han Ze nodded.
"Bullshit! How can you believe what a blind man says?" Mrs. Han yelled angrily. After she finished yelling, she looked at Aunt Mao next to her and her face looked a little embarrassed.
"Mother always said that his predictions were very accurate, so I believed him."
His mother often told the old blind man that her younger sister was destined to go to college, so the whole family saved money to support her schooling; the third brother was destined to eat public grain and marry a city woman, so they spent money and used their connections to do everything they could to get him a formal job in the county textile factory, and finally he married a city woman.
The fortunes predicted by the old blind man came true one by one.
Therefore, Boss Han believed the old blind man's words mysteriously, and when he came back he went to confirm with Mrs. Han, simply because he was unwilling to accept the fate of not having a son.
Mrs. Han: ...
Could she say that she deliberately bribed the old blind man to make up such lies in order to get the whole family to work together to support her younger daughter to go to college and find an easy job for her younger son
"Mom, if I don't have a son, then I don't have a son. You don't have to worry about me. People say a son-in-law is half a son. I have so many daughters that I will have many sons-in-law. I won't have to worry about no one to take care of me in my old age."
Han Ze had no idea what his mother was thinking. He comforted himself by talking about the miracle at the end. His expression became more relaxed, as if he was thinking about the wonderful life in the future. A happy smile appeared on his honest face.
Her son's self-justification, especially the dazzling smile on his face, made Mrs. Han so angry that her face turned red. She felt extremely suffocated, but she couldn't tell him the fact that she had colluded with the old blind man to cheat her family. She gasped and touched her chest, and was about to go to the old blind man to settle the score and make him never dare to talk nonsense again, but she was stopped by Han Ze.
"Mom, don't blame the blind uncle for telling the truth, he also means well. If we didn't know that no matter how many babies we have, they will all be girls, how long would Hongmei have to give birth to?"
"Fortunately, I don't have to have sons anymore. I just need to raise these girls. I'm going to go to town to get sterilized tomorrow, and then I'll come back and raise my daughters honestly. I don't want to think about anything else."
Mrs. Han was holding her breath in her chest, unable to breathe it out or out. She pointed at her son with one trembling hand, unable to utter a word. Aunt Mao, who was watching the fun nearby, was so scared that she hurried over to support her, hoping that nothing would happen to her, otherwise she would be in trouble.
Han Ze also breathed a sigh of relief, "Mom, don't worry, I can think clearly. There are families in our village who don't have sons. Aren't we still living as usual?"
Just as Mrs. Han recovered, she was choked by her son's words again. She took a deep breath and said angrily, "I'm going to find the old blind man."
He accepted so many things from her, yet he still dared to say such nonsense. I will not forgive him.
Han Ze wanted to hold her back, but she glared at him and he backed off. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll go with you."
Mother Han snorted and walked out with big strides. Her legs and feet were very nimble, almost as nimble as a young person, and there was no sign that she had any leg or foot pain.
Aunt Mao was very angry when she saw the mother and son left without saying anything. She glanced at Wu Hongmei who treated her as an enemy, snorted coldly, turned around and followed the mother and son. She wanted to see how the so-called old blind man could tell fortunes and how he dared to ruin her good deeds.
Wu Hongmei hugged the child tightly in her arms, and looked at her with eyes full of love. Although it was not a boy, it was her child, the child she had carried for ten months and gave birth to. If there was any other way, she would not throw it away or abandon it.
Thinking of her husband's words, her face was full of conflict. She hoped that the old blind man's words were true, so that the child could be saved; but she also hoped that they were false, so that she would have hope of having a son in the future.
Her mind is full of her daughter and son, neither of whom she wants to part with...
...
The old blind man lay leisurely on the recliner, stroking the cigarette in his hand. Han Daqing's family are all good people. Knowing that he likes to smoke, his wife and son gave him cigarettes. He is really a good person. Just for cigarettes, he has to...
"Han, the old man is blind!"
An angry shout startled Han Laoxia so much that he stood up suddenly. In panic, he threw the cigarette in his hand unconsciously. The recliner was even turned upside down by his action and fell to the side.
The old blind man's series of actions made Mrs. Han think that he was guilty. She couldn't help but secretly hate him. You deserve it. You are a blind man. Why don't you stay at home honestly? What nonsense are you talking about? She wasted so many cigarettes. She snorted coldly, "Old Blind Han, why did my eldest brother say that you predicted that he would have no son in this life?"
Han Laoxia calmed himself down and waved his hands in the air: "Where's my walking stick? Where's my cigarette?"
Han Ze picked up the crutch on the ground and put it in his hand. With the support in his hand, Han Laoxia was stable. He waved his hand and shouted: "My cigarette, my cigarette..."
Han Ze found his cigarette under the chair next to him and handed it to him.
Old Han felt the cigarettes and felt that it was his pack of cigarettes, the pack given to him by Han Daqing's eldest son. He breathed a sigh of relief and finally had time to answer Mrs. Han's words: "Daughter-in-law Daqing, why are you so startled? It's so scary!"
"You asked me what I was doing. I want to ask you what you were doing. Why did you say that my eldest son was not destined to have a son? You forced my son to get sterilized. How could you be so vicious that you cut off my eldest son's chance of having a son? Are you trying to make my eldest son exterminate his entire family?"
Mrs. Han said angrily.
Han Ze hurriedly said: "Mom, I know you feel sorry for me, so you can't accept this. But it's not the fault of the old blind uncle. I forced him to tell the truth..."
Han Laoxia held up the cigarette in his hand and said, "Look, this is the evidence that Han Ze forced me to tell the truth."
"Shut up."
Mrs. Han yelled in intolerance.
Han Ze frowned and said helplessly: "Mom, I have figured it out and I am not sad anymore. It's fate that I don't have a son, but fortunately I still have a few daughters. I can still rely on them after I raise them well..."
Mrs. Han is almost sick to death. Is his brain filled with mush? He believes everything others say. Look at what he said. What about daughters being relied on? Can daughters be compared with sons
Yes, if he wasn't stupid, he couldn't have been deceived in the first place. The other children in the family were not as easy to deal with as him.
Han Laoxia: "Yes, a son-in-law is half a son. Your four daughters are equivalent to two sons. You won't lose out no matter how you calculate it. Besides, as long as your family has money, you can buy a house in the city and let your son-in-law live with you. Who can say anything?"
Mrs. Han said, "Then why don't you let your son live with your mother-in-law?"
Han Laoxia was not angry. He said calmly, "My son's mother-in-law's family is so poor that they have to use their money to make ends meet. It's good enough that they don't rely on me for financial support. How can I expect them to buy a house in the city for my son?"
Under the sarcastic gaze of Mrs. Han, she continued, "Just like your third son's wife, she is the only daughter in the family. Your third son lives in his mother-in-law's house and is treated like a son by others. He will also have to be taken care of by others in his old age. What dare you say? Isn't it because they are rich and powerful? In this way, there is no difference between having a son and a daughter."
"You..." Mrs. Han was touched by the wound and said angrily, "How can Han Ze compare with the family of the third brother's mother-in-law?"
Old Han just smiled and said nothing.
Han Ze looked at his mother with hurt. Was he so useless in his mother's heart
Noticing the hurt look in her son's eyes, Mrs. Han restrained herself.
Old Han stroked his beard and thought it was about time before he said slowly, "Han Ze, although you are not destined to have a son, your daughters are all promising and filial..."
Han Ze smiled naively, and his hurt heart eased a little. Of course his daughter was filial.
Mrs. Han curled her lips and looked at Old Han. Go ahead and make up a story. She wanted to see what kind of lies he could come up with.
Blind Han tilted his head towards Mrs. Han, and then continued to say to Han Ze: "As for you, although you are honest and upright, you have a pair of skillful hands. With these skillful hands, as long as you make up your mind, you can become rich and prosperous in no time."
Han Ze held his hand and looked at it over and over again. Apart from the calluses, he could not see any difference between them. But he believed in the words of the old blind uncle. After all, this was something his mother had taught him since he was a child. How could he not believe it? Therefore, he would definitely be able to achieve a well-off life with these two hands.
Although her son was stupid, he was her son after all, so she couldn't blame anyone else. She said helplessly and angrily, "Big brother, don't listen to your old blind uncle's nonsense. If fortune-telling is accurate, everyone will believe in fate. Why do we still need to work?"
Han Ze sighed, "Mom, I know you've been so worried about me giving birth to a son. Now, in order to comfort me, you can even slander the old blind uncle who has believed in me for decades. I'm really touched. But you should know that the old blind uncle's ability cannot be offset by just two words. Didn't the things about my younger sister and third brother come true?"
Han Laoxia spread his hands and said, "Yeah, don't you have two ready-made examples?"
Is there anything more convincing than seeing the facts with your own eyes
Mrs. Han almost fainted. What a shameless old blind man! What a shameless old blind man!
Han Ze next to him suddenly said, "A son-in-law is half a son. Not only can I not give the fifth daughter away, I have to go to my mother-in-law's house and bring the fourth daughter back. I can't let my eldest brother-in-law get away with it."
Mrs. Han felt dizzy again. Just as she was about to say something, she was interrupted by Han Ze: "Mom, don't say any more. I know you love me the most among all the children in our family and think of me in everything. Don't worry, even if it offends my mother-in-law's family, I will take the fourth girl back. She is like half a son."
This time, Mrs. Han fainted completely.
Han Ze pinched her philtrum skillfully, and a mechanical sound came to his ears.
Congratulations to the host for completing the task of saving the fifth daughter. You will be rewarded with 200 points and the chef skill will be unlocked.