As soon as Zhao Zitong came home,
I saw Sun Shaofen fidgeting and walking around the house.
"Mom. I'm back."
Zhao Zitong put away the suitcase that he had finally snatched back from the loan shark.
Neatly placed in a corner.
"Thank God for my daughter's return safe and sound!"
Sun Shaofen clasped her hands together, looked pious, and muttered to herself,
She is from Chaoshan, Guangdong, and believes in gods.
People worship gods on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, and burn incense even more frequently during festivals.
"Mom, it's better to rely on myself than to rely on God!" Zhao Zitong said helplessly upon seeing this.
She is an atheist and never believes in fate or ghosts.
Put your hope in God and Guanyin Bodhisattva,
It would be better to use the money you would spend on incense to buy a few more books.
Investing in yourself is always more useful than praying to gods.
"Girl, you can't be disrespectful to the gods!"
Sun Shaofen saw that her daughter was about to start talking nonsense again.
I quickly covered her mouth and muttered:
"Don't blame the gods, don't blame the gods, the little girl is ignorant!"
Zhao Zitong did not continue to refute her.
Anyway, it’s a good thing that my mother has religious beliefs.
At least such people won't do anything bad.
"By the way, Mom, what are you going to get when you go back to make the cage house today?"
Zhao Zitong asked her mother while packing her things.
What is so important
What could make the cowardly Sun Shaofen go back regardless of everything
"It's the dowry your grandma left me."
Sun Shaofen took out a green jade bracelet.
The jade bracelet has the right texture and the right water.
The color is still the rare positive green.
Zhao Zitong's eyes lit up.
This kind of stuff is the expert stuff among jadeites.
The wife of one of Zhao Zitong’s clients had a similar situation.
Jade bracelets of this quality and quality can fetch millions at auctions.
"When I was young, my family was also a wealthy family."
"Later, due to some historical reasons, we were labeled as capitalists."
"Your grandparents died tragically, which is one of the reasons why I don't want to go back to the mainland."
Talking about the past, Sun Shaofen felt very sad.
"My dowry was several boxes."
Thinking of the glory of her wedding, Sun Shaofen still felt a little proud.
"However, when I fled to Hong Kong, I only had a few of those things with me."
"Later, in order to survive, I pawned all the things your grandparents left me."
"The only thing I can't bear to part with is this jade bracelet."
"This is what your grandma brought to me on the day I got married."
Sun Shaofen touched the jade bracelet.
Thinking about what my parents said to me on the day I got married.
"I hope you and Wen Qiang can live together in harmony, have a baby soon, and grow old together."
Every scene seems to be replayed yesterday.
In the blink of an eye, almost thirty years have passed.
The fate of the whole family also changed dramatically in 1966.
And the good years before the age of 20 were gone forever with that turmoil.
I originally thought that after following my husband to Hong Kong, life would get better and better, but who knew that fate would play such a trick on me.
"well… "
Thinking of this, Sun Shaofen sighed.
This sigh contains so much.
"Tongtong, I have been hiding this jade bracelet very well. Your father doesn't know about it."
"Now you have no money to do business, you can take this to the pawn shop and pawn it."
Although she was reluctant, Sun Shaofen still reluctantly gave up the baby in order to support her daughter's career.
"Mom, don't worry. With me here, our lives will get better and better."
Zhao Zitong held her mother's hand and comforted her softly.
At the beginning, Zhao Zitong's feelings towards Sun Shaofen were somewhat distant.
There are the original owner's emotions, as well as the discomfort of just arriving in Hong Kong in the 1990s.
But after spending a few days together, Zhao Zitong could feel that Sun Shaofen really loved her daughter.
Zhao Zitong naturally put in her own feelings.
This jade bracelet may indeed be worth millions in 2021.
But if you take it to a pawn shop now, it would be pretty good if you can get back 100,000.
Even if Zhao Zitong was poor, she would never tolerate herself being dependent on her parents to this extent.
Let my mother pawn her beloved things.
And this beloved thing has a special meaning to her.
Seeing that her daughter insisted, Sun Shaofen stopped talking.
Anyway, this bracelet will be passed on to her sooner or later.
The original plan was to wait until the day she got married and give it to her as her dowry.
Sun Shaofen felt emotional.
My daughter has become much more sensible and mature since she experienced the rooftop jump incident.
Maybe it's because every experience makes one wiser, and people always have to learn to grow up.
At first, Sun Shaofen thought it would be difficult to move out.
Later, with the daughter's persistence and hard work, didn't the mother and daughter finally escape from the cage life
Although the place I live in now is rented, it is still an old building with stairs.
But compared to the previous environment, this place is already a paradise.
Sun Shaofen is already very satisfied.
Her only wish now is that the mother and daughter can live safely and smoothly in Hong Kong.
This is not only the wish of Sun Shaofen, but also the wish of Zhao Zitong who was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1990s.
However, Zhao Zitong's wish is even bigger.
Not only do we want to live in peace and safety, but we also want to be rich and successful.
Seeing her daughter’s swollen face, Sun Shaofen felt heartbroken.
She picked up the hot boiled eggs and used them to reduce her daughter's swelling while muttering:
"It's all my fault. I got you into trouble."
"Tongtong, don't worry, Mom will definitely do what she promised you."
Although Sun Shaofen is weak, women are weak by nature, but they become strong when they become mothers.
The lives of the mother and daughter seemed to be just beginning to improve.
Sun Shaofen would never allow Zhao Wenqiang to harm them again.
Apart from anything else, my daughter will get married sooner or later.
The mother and daughter were hunted by loan sharks every other day.
Which good family would be willing to marry their daughter
For the sake of her daughter, Sun Shaofen had to harden her heart and divorce.
"Mom, I'm happy that you made this decision."
Zhao Zitong didn't feel much pain just now.
Now that my face was rolled by the hot egg, I felt the burning pain.
I had lived for more than 30 years in my previous life and had never been beaten like this.
Just a few days after arriving in Hong Kong, he jumped off a building and was beaten.
It’s really more thrilling than making a movie.
"But, Mom, the divorce procedures in Hong Kong seem a bit complicated."
"I'll go to the law firm for consultation after I finish my work tomorrow."
According to Zhao Zitong, she doesn't know much about Hong Kong.
Most of them are learned from watching TV series and movies.
The marriage law in Hong Kong is completely different from that in the Mainland.
She roughly understands some things about marriage.
First of all: Marriage in Hong Kong is not restricted by region or nationality
That means people from any region of the world can get married in Hong Kong.
For example, you are a girl from Northeast China, and your husband is a white American from Arabia.
As long as you are of appropriate age, you can register for marriage in Hong Kong.
Moreover, the legal age for marriage in Hong Kong is different from that in the Mainland.
In mainland China, the minimum age is 20 for women and 22 for men.
In Hong Kong, regardless of gender, you can apply for marriage as long as you are over 16 years old.
Sixteen years old, isn’t this a disguised way of encouraging premature love
Sixteen-year-old Zhao Zitong was still in the third grade of junior high school at that time.
However, if a man and a woman who are between sixteen and twenty-one years of age want to get married,
The consent of both parents or guardians is required.
So, Hong Kong is really a very inclusive city.
Xenophobia or discrimination against mainlanders are just the opinions of some short-sighted lower-class citizens.
Of course, if the rich despise the poor, it is the same in every region and country.
Including mainland China.