When they got home, everyone else had gone to sleep. Qian Shulan was still awake and frowned when she saw Wang Shouren coming back by himself.
"Why did you come back alone? Where's Daqin?" She pointed at the clothes and the chicken in Wang Shouren's hand and asked in confusion, "What's the matter with these things?"
Wang Shouren then told him the whole story.
Qian Shulan had a headache. She patted Wang Shouren on the shoulder and said, "You did the right thing. We should educate Daqin well this time. She is already a married girl. How can she take food from her own son to support her nephew? Since she loves her nephew so much, let the Sun family help her treat her illness."
Wang Shouren was relieved to see his mother supported him. To be honest, Wang Shouren was quite surprised that his mother was willing to spend so much money on his wife's medical treatment.
In fact, Wang Shouren himself did not want to save Sun Daqin. Although Sun Daqin was his wife, he never cared about her. His mother said that wives are used to give birth to children and serve men. If this is gone, he can just find another one.
One thousand yuan is enough to marry ten more wives, but his mother would rather borrow money than give up the piano. It must be said that he was very touched by this.
At the same time, he felt ashamed. His mother was so kind, but he was so selfish. The difference was so huge. He suddenly realized it.
No matter how bad Daqin is, she is still the mother of his son.
Even if he married ten more wives, she would not be his son's biological mother. How could a stepmother treat his son well
However, he didn't expect that Sun Daqin would be so excessive. She snatched the eggs that Zhengguo had worked so hard to get just to give to her nephew. She also snatched the new clothes that Zhengjun had risked his life to save Xiaolian and gave them to his nephew.
Even the cotton that his mother risked her life to buy from the black market was sent to her by her. And in the past, she must have given him a lot of good things.
There is no point in him saving a treacherous wife like her.
He won't save her if she doesn't change this bad habit.
It took their family of more than a dozen people eight or nine years to save up one thousand yuan.
He felt suffocated in order to save a daughter-in-law who only had her parents' home in her heart.
On the way, he thought that he must convince his mother no matter what this time and could not forgive her easily.
Who would have known that this time his mother would let him make the decision directly, and had no intention of favoring Daqin at all.
Seeing Wang Shouren's surprised look, Qian Shulan was a little amused and glared at him, "You are my son. No matter how satisfied I am with Daqin, I can never surpass you. You didn't eat at Sun's house, did you? I asked Chunhua to save some food for you. Send the carriage back. I will heat up the food for you."
Wang Shouren burst into laughter and stuffed the hen into his own chicken coop.
I pushed open the door of the east room and put the clothes next to Zhengjun. I looked at Zhengjun sleeping soundly on the kang. He was covered with a thick quilt. One could tell from the thickness that his mother had filled it with new cotton, which was more than twice as thick as before.
Wang Shouren's heart was instantly filled with joy. He lowered his head and kissed Zhengjun's little face. The other party felt something cold touching him and shrank back into the quilt.
Wang Shouren left the east room with satisfaction.
When he sent the carriage back to the team and arrived at the kitchen, he immediately smelled a rich aroma of meat.
Wang Shouren couldn't help swallowing his saliva, his mouth was watering because of greed.
Qian Shulan saw how greedy he was and smiled with wrinkles all over her face, "You kid, close the door quickly. It's just a small amount of meat, and your mother saved it with great difficulty. If other people smell it, what are you going to eat?"
Hearing this, Wang Shouren quickly closed the door.
Sitting down, he saw that his mother had left him half a bowl of fat meat. He couldn't help but sniff.
After driving in the carriage for several hours in the afternoon, I felt tired and cold, but the smell of meat swept away all my fatigue.
The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and the air was full of warmth. Qian Shulan kept adding firewood to the stove. When she found time to look back, she saw him eating comfortably with his eyes squinting. Qian Shulan smiled and said, "Mom has boiled some hot water for you. You must warm your hands later. It's freezing here, don't get frostbite, it will be painful."
After the Great Steel Production Campaign ended, Qian Shulan told her family that she had bought a pot a long time ago and hid it.
In order to make her family believe it, she led them to dig in the fields themselves.
However, she strictly forbade the family members to go out and talk about it. To be on the safe side, the younger children were not allowed to enter the kitchen at all, for fear that the children would be careless and tell others about the pot in their house.
Wang Shouren took the sweet potato and ate the tender braised pork, nodding hurriedly, "Thank you, mother."
Qian Shulan waved her hands, "Thank you for what?" She glanced at Wang Shouren and said, "We must not be soft-hearted. The Sun family will definitely not suffer in silence. You must always pay attention to the movements of the three children. Don't let them be used by the Sun family. It will be bad if they turn against you by then." She was not worried about Zhengguo, but it was hard to say about Zhengkang and Zhengjun.
Wang Shouren thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so he agreed without hesitation.
After dinner, Wang Shouren scooped a ladle of hot water and washed the dishes.
He then took a clay basin to wash his face and feet.
After cleaning up, he helped his mother back to the house, and then he went back to the east room to sleep.
When he lay on the bed, covered with a thick and soft quilt, and looked at Zhengjun's sweetly sleeping face, he felt so satisfied.
It is said that Sun Daqin, who was abandoned by Wang Shouren, watched Wang Shouren drive away in his carriage.
She stamped her feet in anger and began to panic.
Thinking of her own illness, Sun Daqin grabbed Lu Sancui's arm and cried to her, "Mom, please lend me three hundred yuan. I will definitely pay you back."
Lu Sancui didn't believe that the stingy relative could pay back the money.
Last time, I worked so hard to help her daughter find a date, but she didn't even show any appreciation. If she does something so stupid again, she must be out of her mind.
So, no matter how miserable her daughter cried, she just said "No!"
Sun Daqin had no choice but to cry and beg her two younger brothers, but they ignored her.
Sun Daqin spoke to her two younger brothers and sisters again, even kneeling down, but they rejected her as well.
Sun Daqin was already running a high fever, feeling dizzy and light-headed, and on top of that, had a severe cold. She hadn't eaten for half a day and her stomach was growling with hunger. The weak Sun Daqin collapsed.
The main hall of the Sun family was not very big to begin with, and there were several stools placed in a messy manner.
When Sun Daqin fell down, her head hit the stool closest to her, making a loud noise, which scared the Sun family.
Lu Sancui asked Sun Jianshe to carry Sun Daqin to her bed. She reached out to touch the back of her head and found that there was no blood. She breathed a sigh of relief, but then she realized that the temperature under her palm was a little abnormal. She quickly reached out to touch her forehead and was shocked. "Why is it so hot?" She patted the unconscious Sun Daqin and cursed as she patted, "This damn girl, why is she so stupid? It's so cold, why are you running around?"
After saying that, he asked Sun Jiandang to invite the village barefoot doctor.
The barefoot doctor touched Sun Daqin's forehead, palms and soles of feet and said, "With such a high fever, send her to a big hospital immediately. I can't treat her."
Hearing that they had to go to a big hospital, Lu Sancui was reluctant to spend the money, and immediately grabbed the barefoot doctor's arm to stop him from leaving, "Uncle San, please don't leave, please save Daqin. You have watched her grow up, you can't just ignore her."
The barefoot doctor was helpless. "I don't have any medicine. How can you let me treat you?"
Lu Sancui was reluctant to spend money, so Sun Jianshe quickly said to the barefoot doctor, "Uncle San, please think of a way. How can we get him to the hospital in this icy and snowy weather?"
The barefoot doctor naturally knew the situation of Old Sun's family. As the saying goes, a married girl is like spilled water. Who would be willing to spend that much money for this bowl of water? So, he thought for a while, "I heard that strong liquor can reduce the temperature, and you can use warm water to wipe the sweat on your forehead."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Sun Jianshe hurried out to see them off.
In the house, Lu Sancui immediately asked her eldest daughter-in-law to boil water.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Lv Chunni, immediately started yelling, "Mom, our team finally distributed a little bit of soybean stalks, which is not even enough to heat the kang every day, and we still have to wipe her sweat."
Lu Sancui glared at him, "You're talking nonsense again? This is my daughter. How can I watch her die? You can't even give her a little warm water. How can you be so cruel?"
Lu Chunni wanted to say something but was stopped by her second daughter-in-law Lin Xiuzhen.
After the two of them left the room, Lu Sancui hugged Daqin and started crying, "My dear child, the Wang family is so cruel. They actually abandoned you like this. You must hold on. Let's go and settle the score with the Wang family."
Needless to say, there was a lot of crying in the house.
In the kitchen, Lu Chunni tilted the small stool and sat down, glaring at Lin Xiuzhen unhappily, "Why are you pulling me?"
Lin Xiuzhen glanced outside and saw that no one was there. She immediately turned around and closed the kitchen door. She also moved a small stool and sat down. She came over and whispered, "Why don't you quickly reduce the fever and send the patient away? Do you still want to keep him here?"
Is this person stupid? It's just a little hot water, the main point should be the money for the treatment, right
After being reminded by her sister-in-law, Lu Chunni had forgotten about this. She stood up from the stool and was about to open the kitchen door.
Lin Xiuzhen called out to him, "Where are you going?"
Lu Chunni thought for sure and said, "Of course I'll ask your eldest brother to send the person away. Why is he still staying in our house after he has already left?"
Lin Xiuzhen was really impressed by her. Was this sister-in-law so stupid when she did things or spoke? She pointed to the thick snow outside the window and said, "It's icy and snowy outside, and there are muddy pits everywhere on the road. You really don't want to let my brother suffer. Besides, is it so easy to borrow the carriage from the team?"
The horse-drawn carriages of the Sunjia Village Production Brigade cannot be borrowed casually. You cannot borrow one without giving the brigade cadres a bribe.
Lu Chunni immediately withdrew her hand that was pulling the door, puffed out her cheeks, held her breath and sat back in her original position, folded the soybean stalks into several pieces, and started to make a fire.
Seeing that she stopped making trouble, Lin Xiuzhen finally felt relieved.
The next day, the weather cleared up and the snow was melting everywhere.
After a night, Sun Daqin, who had not taken any medicine, had recovered some strength. Her high fever was not as severe as before.
Exhausted, Sun Daqin opened her eyes and found herself lying on her parents' kang, with a thin quilt covering her. She sighed inwardly: her parents' family was too poor.
She was very hungry and was about to go down to the field to find something to eat, stroking her forehead.
Suddenly I heard someone talking in the next room.
Old Sun’s house is similar to Wang’s.
This mud house is also divided into three parts, with a bedroom on each side. However, Lao Wang's house is separated by a mud wall, while their house is directly supported by pillars against the beams, and separated by a cabinet in the middle.
So, when she slept in this room, she could clearly hear the voices of everyone talking in the main room.
"Mom, the snow has melted today. Let's send Daqin back to her husband's house. She can't stay in our house forever. She is still seriously ill. It would be so unlucky if she died in our house." This is the voice of Sun Jianshe.
After hearing this, Sun Daqin felt so cold in her heart that she couldn't help shaking her body. She felt so dizzy that she quickly held onto the edge of the kang to prevent herself from falling.
Lu Sancui's hesitant voice came, "Your sister... is still sick. We have to wait until she... gets better before sending her back!"
This time it was Sun Jiandang's voice, "Mom, what do you mean by healed? Daqin has a tumor in her lung. She needs to go to a big hospital for surgery. It can't be cured at home. Mom, I know you love Daqin, but we are your sons. Don't be fooled by your eldest sister and lend her the money. The money is for your grandchildren to build houses and get married. Don't use it carelessly."
Lu Sancui said nothing.
Sun Daqin covered her chest, it hurt so much, it felt like a feather was tickling her lungs, her lungs were itchy, she wanted to cough, but was afraid that people around her would hear her. She pinched her fingers and tried to suppress the itchy feeling.
Sun Baocai spoke up at this time, "Don't worry, the money belongs to you two brothers, and I won't give a penny to your eldest sister. How can she, an outsider, be qualified to use our Sun family's money? Not even a loan!" He said to Lu Sancui, "Be careful, you will rely on your two sons to support you in the future. No matter how caring your daughter is, can she support you in your old age? You still have to listen to your husband's family in everything. You should be more careful."
Then came the sound of Lu Sancui sobbing.
The two younger brothers took turns to comfort her. Then the two sisters-in-law also joined in the persuasion. After a lot of arguing, Lu Sancui finally compromised.
When she heard her mother say "OK", Sun Daqin covered her mouth and began to cry bitterly.
She lived to be 32 years old. She lived in the Sun family for 16 years. The economy was bad at that time, and she followed the family to hide from place to place, and suffered all kinds of hardships. After getting married, she gave birth to a big fat boy for the Wang family the next year. Her mother-in-law was kind to her and didn't treat her badly in terms of food. She thought those hard days before were the most painful memories of her life.
But what are those memories? They were all forced by life. She resented the injustice of the old society to her and the cruelty of the Japanese.
But what about now? She was in agony, a heart-wrenching agony, as if someone was tearing her flesh and blood apart, trying to separate her flesh and blood. She felt a piercing pain.
She used all her strength to support her arms, but they finally gave out and she fell backwards. She couldn't help but recall some things from the past.
When she got married, she dreamed of having a man who would understand her and love her, protect her from the wind and rain, and give her time to rely on. Her father said to her, "Tomorrow you will belong to someone else. Before you leave, I have a few words to tell you. Although men are the sky of women, you can't tell your man everything. You just need to do your duty. You must remember that your two brothers are your support. If you are in trouble, they will support you. Your mother's family will always be your support."
When she gave birth to her eldest son, her mother-in-law fed her boiled eggs with brown sugar every day. She had never eaten such good food before and thought she was about to get lucky. But her father said to her, "Don't be too close to your mother-in-law. No matter how good she is to you, she is not your real mother. If you treat her as your real mother, you are a fool."
When her mother-in-law exposed that her three sons were not filial to her at all, she was very scared and went home to ask her mother how to be a good mother. Her father said to her, "Since your three sons are not close to you, then you should love your nephews more, and they will be filial to you in the future."
When she secretly took the clothes that her mother-in-law had rewarded Zhengjun back to her parents' home, her father said to her, "My daughter, I have not raised you in vain. In the future, if you have good things, you must think of us. I will let your three nephews be filial to you."
. . .
Now, her father said she was an outsider and was unwilling to lend her money.
Before that, what her father said, "her mother's family will be her support," was a huge joke.
"No matter how good the mother-in-law is, she is not as good as her own mother." But now her mother-in-law has not given up on her, but her own mother has.
And her most despised son Zhengguo could give her his private money, but her nephew didn't even say a word of comfort!
Sun Daqin never thought that there would be a day when her beloved family would be so heartless to her that they would rather watch her die than lend a hand to save her.
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