In her previous life, when she was twelve years old, her mother Zhao Min died of illness. Unexpectedly, only half a year later, her father Cheng Liguo brought her stepmother into the family, along with a step-sister who was half a year older than her, under the pretext of taking care of her, a motherless child, and keeping her lonely sister company.
The stepmother was a scheming woman. As soon as she came into the house, she asked her daughter to change her name from Wang Qin to Cheng Qin. People who didn’t know would think that Cheng Qin and Cheng Qiao were sisters.
Moreover, she treated Cheng Qiao better than her own daughter. When buying clothes for herself, she always gave the good ones to herself and the bad ones to her daughter, which touched Cheng Qiao so much. She thought her stepmother was really nice.
An insider secretly hinted that the stepmother was very nice to her own daughter behind her back, and her kindness to her was all outwardly shown, so she must be careful. But she was so stupid that she scolded the person, saying that the person couldn't stand her stepmother being nice to her.
Seeing that he and his stepmother got along well, his father was relieved and focused on his work. You know, his father was the deputy director of a steel plant and had a lot of things to do.
Cheng Qiao enthusiastically introduced her best friend Xu Laidi to Cheng Qin. On the surface, the two of them were just acquaintances, but in fact they teamed up to deceive Cheng Qiao.
Who made Cheng Qiao have more money than them? You have to know that Cheng Liguo would personally hand over the dowry and passbook left by Zhao Min to Cheng Qiao every month, and he never treated Cheng Qiao unfairly in life.
Cheng Qiao foolishly used her own money to buy food, clothing and daily necessities for the two of them, and the stepmother felt at ease using the good things left by her mother.
A few years passed like this, and the street office came to notify Cheng Qiao that her stepsister was to go to the countryside. Her stepmother told Cheng Qiao in tears that her sister had a hidden illness and might be separated from her forever, and the mother and daughter would never see each other again.
Cheng Qiao knew the hardship of not having a biological mother, and when she saw her stepmother and stepsister crying, she was overwhelmed with sympathy and volunteered to go to the countryside in place of her stepsister. Although her father did not approve, the matter was done, so he could only prepare her luggage and money and send her on the train.
Later, she received several packages from her stepmother, but the supplies in the packages were worse and worse. The last time she received a letter saying that her father had died of lung cancer.
That was the most difficult time for her. Her scoundrel died, her child was gone, and she was despised by everyone. Only her mother-in-law stood up and escorted her out.
No, why hasn't he received any packages from his hometown since he was reborn? Cheng Qiao looked at Xu Laidi with suspicion, wondering if Xu Laidi had embezzled the money or for some other reason.
"Cheng Qiao, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant, don't take it too seriously."
When Xu Laidi saw Cheng Qiao's face change, he felt extremely happy. "The dad you care about the most is ignoring you now, haha, I finally hit your pain point, as long as you feel pain, I will feel good."
Cheng Qiao glanced at Xu Laidi calmly and decided to go to the post office in the county town to check today. She has been in Xiangyang Village for almost ten months, it is impossible that she has not received a single package.
Cheng Qiao walked into the dormitory, put on her cloth bag, unlocked her bicycle and prepared to leave. Han Chunmei quickly stopped her and asked her where she was going.
Cheng Qiao couldn't possibly tell anyone where he was going. He just smiled and said that he was going to the county town to try his luck, hoping that he could buy some fine grains and good things.
Zhao Xiaobao looked at the almost new bicycle with envy. He had money and tickets in his pocket, but no bicycle ticket, so the bicycle was out of his reach.
"Cheng Qiao, can I borrow your bicycle to get something from you in the future? It's too far to walk to the county town, and it's too slow to take a bullock cart."
Qian Longkun saw what Zhao Xiaobao was thinking at a glance and asked with a smile.
"Sure, if anyone of you needs a car, just tell me."
Cheng Qiao went out and headed straight towards the county post office. Not only did she want to ask the post office whether there was a package for her, she also wanted to call her father to ask him how he was doing.
"Hello, comrade. I am Cheng Qiao, an educated youth from Xiangyang Village. May I ask if there have been any packages sent from Huizhou in the past few months?"
"Where's your letter of introduction?"
The post office employee looked up at Cheng Qiao and saw that it was a beautiful, glowing girl. He immediately asked with a smile.
"letter of introduction?"
"Yes, to pick up a package you only need the parcel receipt, but to check it you need a letter of introduction. Otherwise, who knows if the package you are checking is yours."
"Oh, that's right, can I call?"
"You can make phone calls, but it's one dollar a minute, and the maximum you can make a call is five minutes."
Cheng Qiao nodded and took out five dollars from the cloth bag. The staff stood up and took Cheng Qiao to a room, opened the door, and there was a locked box on a large table.
He then opened the lock on the box and took out a black telephone, then walked aside and made room for the person. Cheng Qiao took out the receiver, and a phone number naturally appeared in his mind, and his fingers slowly dialed the number.
Cheng Qiao listened to the clattering sound of the telephone dial and felt a little excited. After all, the person she was going to talk to was her biological father, a father whose voice she had not heard from for a long time, let alone seen.
"Hello, Huizhou No. 1 Steel Plant, who are you looking for?"
A middle-aged woman's voice appeared, and Cheng Qiao's eyes instantly turned red. It was her mother's best friend Yang Mei, who worked as a switchboard operator at Huizhou No. 1 Steel Plant.
In her previous life, Yang Mei often reminded herself to be careful with this stepmother, but what did she do? She scolded Yang Mei for not wanting to see her do well and for trying to sow discord between her and her stepmother, which made her so angry that she completely cut off all ties with her.
"Aunt Yang, I'm Cheng Qiao, I want to find my father."
"Cheng Qiao~Oh, wait a moment."
Yang Mei's voice obviously cooled down, and then there was a rattling sound, until a familiar voice came from the phone:
"Cheng Qiao, my girl, you finally called me. Do you know how many letters I wrote to you? Why didn't you reply to any of them?"
"dad… "
Cheng Qiao couldn't stop her tears from falling, and her voice choked up.
"Don't cry, girl. Have you been wronged? Tell daddy and he will help you solve it."
"Dad, are you okay?"
"Dad is fine. How are you? Are you suffering? If you have any problems, tell dad and dad will help you solve them."
"Dad, I can only talk for five minutes, and I want to tell you that I haven't received your letter or any package."
"What? I asked your mother, no, Aunt Xia, to write you a letter and send you money and a package. How come there is nothing? I'll go back and ask."
"Dad, I called you today to tell you that I'm getting married after the autumn harvest."
"What? Marriage? What family does the other party belong to? What is their character? And why do you want to get married?"
"The other person's character... I was saved by him, and he treated me very well, so I volunteered."