For a time, countless images flashed through Zhao'er's mind, and those were memories that she couldn't bear to look back on in her whole life.
In Zhao'er's memory, she grew up with disgust since she was a child.
The family is poor, but if it is safe and happy, it is good to be poor but not peaceful. Her mother is the hen that the country people always say that she can't lay eggs. She has already given birth to four, but she can't raise her head.
All because these four are daughters.
The eldest sister was okay, because it was the first one. Although Dad and Grandma were a little disappointed, in the end they had hope for the second one, so the eldest sister called Di.
When it was the second sister's turn, she thought she was a son, but she was still a girl, so the second sister was called Zhao Di.
When I got to the third sister, my mother couldn't raise her head at home. When she was pregnant with the third sister, she wanted a son with all her heart. I have eaten all kinds of remedies, God has prayed to the Bodhisattva, and I have worshipped, but she is still a girl.
The third sister is Pandi.
But I didn't expect my brother to come, but I hoped for her.
She was born without a name, not only her grandparents despised her, but her mother also despised her. At that time, my mother was already close to collapse, especially when she first gave birth, the confinement was not done well, the parents-in-law and husband complained, and the concubines still ran on. .
She only had a name when she was almost four years old, and the name was given by the second uncle. At that time, she already remembered things, and she still remembers the second uncle stroking her head and saying, in the future, you can call Zhao'er, and you can recruit a younger brother to the family earlier, and your life will be better.
Yes, Zhao'er, it's not the kind of Er Duo'er's pronunciation, it's Zhao'er, Zhao'er's Zhao'er.
"Why aren't you a boy? It would be great if you were a boy."
At that time, Niang's spirit was always good and bad, and when she was good, she hugged her and said it one by one. When it's bad, she will slap her head over her face and say why she is a girl.
Among the four sisters, she was beaten the most since she was a child. If the eldest sister and the second sister were protecting her, she might be gone by now.
In the year when she had a name, her mother became pregnant again, and when it snowed heavily, she finally gave birth to a younger brother.
The whole family is ecstatic, everyone is very happy, and she is also very happy. She thinks that life will always be better, but she does not know that that is the beginning.
"Zhao'er, do you know them?"
The middle-aged couple heard Zhao'er's name, and their expressions became complicated. The thin woman among them, with a trembling voice and shaking her hands, took two steps forward: "Are you Zhao'er? I am your mother. , I am your mother."
"I'm your father." said the thin-faced man beside him.
Zhao'er suddenly woke up from the memory, his eyes were cold and light: "Who are you, I don't know you."
The middle-aged couple probably didn't expect Zhao'er to react like this, and panicked: "Why don't you remember your parents? You were eight years old when you left home, so you should remember."
At this time, Zhao Di also heard the movement and came out from the inside. As soon as she reached the door, she was blocked by Zhao'er.
Zhao'er didn't look back and said, "I said I didn't know you, so let's go."
The woman was very excited when she saw Zhao Di, pointed at her and said, "You are Zhao Di, right? You must be Zhao Di. You haven't changed, you are my Zhao Di."
She wiped her tears as she spoke, tears of joy, but who knew? The man was also excited, with tears in his eyes.
A hint of impatience flashed in Zhao'er's eyes, just as she was about to say something, she was pulled away by Zhao Di.
Wang Zhaodi looked at the two people in front of her with ridicule on her face, opened her lips and said, "My name is indeed Zhaodi, but it's not your Zhaodi, let alone the person you're looking for. Hurry up, this hill is a private place, next time If you rush in again, I will drag you to see the officials."
The woman wanted to pounce, but was stopped by Aunt Gao who looked wrong.
Mao stretched out his hand and cried, "I'm a mother, I'm your mother, how come you don't even recognize your mother..."
Wang Dazhi was angry: "Why are you two children so ignorant, you don't even recognize your parents, you don't know, we finally found this place."
"It's hard to find this place. What do you guys want to do? Identify relatives? If I'm not mistaken, the second sister was sold by you, and I seem to be sold by you."
"Zhao'er, you finally admit that you are Zhao'er, she is Zhao Di, you are my daughter, my hard-working daughter." Mao said, and burst into tears.
Zhao'er closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened her eyes: "First of all, I have never denied that I am Wang Zhao'er. Second, I am not your daughter, your daughter was sold by your family. Now, if I remember correctly, it seems to have been sold for five taels of silver. Back then, the death deed you signed with Ren Yazi also said that the farther you sell, the better, right? In that case, what kind of relatives are you coming to recognize!"
"Come on!"
As if being scalded by boiling water, Mr. Mao shivered and stopped crying, even a little stunned. There were many expressions of guilt and distress on her face, and all the thousands of words were turned into one sentence: "Are you still blaming your parents? We had to do it at the beginning."
Zhao'er sneered: "What's the last resort? In order to treat your own son, you had to sell your daughter? When you sold your second sister and me, you didn't have to do anything, and you were very eager to get the money. The money and goods are gone, what do you come to us for? Do you understand what is called a death contract, that is, life and death are irrelevant from now on, old and dead will not communicate with each other!"
The last sentence, Zhao'er said word by word, it was obviously not forceful, but it was like a hammer, hitting Mao Shi's heart with one blow, causing her to step back step by step, almost falling. It was still held by Wang Dazhi.
"How did you talk, do you still understand what filial piety is?"
"Yo!" Wang Zhaodi's brows and eyes were full of sarcasm, sharp enough to stab people to death: "Now tell us filial piety? Why didn't you understand what you just said? You signed a death contract when you sold people. Well said, my little sister and I Life or death has nothing to do with you, you have to teach filial piety and go back to your own son!"
Mao cried like a tearful man: "You don't forgive your parents' fault."
"Forgive?" Wang Zhaodi took a deep breath and said with a sneer, "I can never forgive you all my life, just when I was almost sold into a pickled place like a brothel, when I almost died a few times. At that time, I swore to myself."
"Zhao Di! My parents were really a last resort at that time..."
Seeing what Zhao Di wanted to say, Zhao'er squeezed her arm violently, shook her head at her, and said, "The words have been said clearly enough, you all hurry up and leave."
"you… "
"If you don't leave, I'll let the dog bite you!"
Heizi jumped out at the right time, and grinned obediently, explaining what it means to have a vicious dog at home.
There was a low growl in its throat, and it was about to pounce. The Wang family suddenly couldn't care about anything else, and hurriedly left in embarrassment, helping each other.
Faintly, you can still hear Mrs Mao talking frantically to Wang Dazhi: "It's not like this, how could it be like this, the girl surnamed Xue obviously didn't say that, why is it like this..."
Xue!
Wang Zhaodi narrowed her eyes, Xue Cui'e!
She jumped out immediately, but Zhao Erla didn't hold back.
Wang Zhaodi did not take the same road down the mountain as the Wang family and his wife, but took a detour. Zhao'er had a big belly and didn't dare to walk any faster, so he chased after him.
Aunt Gao and Mrs Zhou were afraid that something would happen, so they rushed over.
When they arrived at Xue's house, before entering the gate, they heard Xue Cui'e talking to Zhao's very cheerfully, as if something big had happened.
"Mother, I won't tell you, I'm going out for a walk."
As soon as Xue Cui'e turned her head, she met Wang Zhaodi, who was approaching fiercely. She subconsciously wanted to laugh, but before she could laugh, she was greeted with two slaps.
"I really thought that your surname was Xue, and I can't do anything about you? You really are the same thing as that surnamed Zhao, a pot with a lid, it's just you guys, it's a perfect match!"
Xue Cui'e only felt pain, but before she could react, she heard Zhao scream, "Wang Zhaodi, what are you doing?"
Niuniu was also in the yard, wow she was scared to cry.
When Zhao'er stepped into the courtyard door, she saw Zhao rushing towards her and trying to beat her sister. She rushed forward in two steps and grabbed Zhao. Because of the excessive force, Zhao was thrown to the ground by her. She moved faster than Zhao, and got up holding her waist.
"Ouch, my stomach hurts!"
Zhao Di couldn't take it anymore, and hurried over to help her sister.
Zhao'er hurriedly winked at her and continued to shout, "Ama, what are you doing, you bumped into me, my stomach hurts."
At this time, Mrs. Zhou and Aunt Gao also rushed over, and they panicked when they heard Zhao'er screaming that her stomach was hurting.
"Mother, what are you doing, no matter how big the matter is, you can't let it go!"
Zhao's grievance is very wrong, she clearly felt that she was thrown out by Zhao'er, how could she be provoking her!
Zhao'er stood there and pretended to cry: "If you don't give me an explanation on this matter today, I will go to my cousin to be the master. You bully people, you bully my man who is not at home, and bully my orphan and widowed mother. Elders, just bully the juniors, is there any place to reason..."
Just now, the two sisters, Zhao Di, blew into the village like a gust of wind, and someone noticed it long ago. They hung behind them all the way to see what was going on. As soon as they arrived at the door, they heard such a cry.
"Oh, what's the matter? Why are you crying like this, who bullied our talented lady? This is... "
After a while of chatter, someone with good deeds went to find Patriarch Xue.
After a while, not only the patriarch Xue came, but also the old man Xue was called back from the field.
Patriarch Xue asked what happened as soon as he stood still.
Zhao'er just covered her eyes and cried and didn't speak. Zhao Di, the elder sister, told the story. She just covered herself and slapped Xue Cui'e, and became her own reasoning, almost without Zhao's mother and daughter being beaten.
As for Zhao'er, it was done, because she was worried that she would suffer, and she almost felt fetal gas.
"What a nonsense, what are you doing!" Patriarch Xue said angrily.
Zhao'er cried on the side: "This is purely disgusting, this is because I wish I had fetal gas. My poor child, let's go to your father now, this house can't hold us anymore..."
Hearing this, Patriarch Xue glared at Father Xue again and again, and went to say to Zhao'er: "Tingzi and his wife, you must not say such nonsense, anyone in this family can get out, but you and Tingzi can't. This is where Tingzi grew up and is his root. You said that Tingzi is now at a critical time, and you are making a fuss to find him. What if you delay his important affairs? "
"Cousin, I can't do anything. Now my parents want to pull me and my sister to sell it again. I..."
"Is there any more Wang Fa? Don't worry about it, I'll explain it to you. In the future, strangers who come to our village will be questioned. If the Wang family dares to come here, they will be directly bombarded..."
On the other side, Mr. Xue glared at his daughter fiercely: "Xue Cui'e, is this what you did?"
"Father, I..." Xue Cui'e didn't expect such a scene, and she panicked.
Old Master Xue slapped him with a slap, which was different from Wang Zhaodi's two slaps. He was a peasant and lived on strength. With a slap in his anger, Xue Cui'e's face immediately swelled up, and there was blood on the corner of his mouth.
"Old man!"
"Shut up for me, if you didn't teach her well, she could have done this? Go back to the house for me, or I'll send you back to Zhao's house!"
At this time, someone from the Xue family said: "It's alright, it's all gone, what are you looking at, this is someone's family business."
Patriarch Xue also said that everyone should leave.
Seeing this, those who were watching the fun were no longer able to watch the fun, and they all dispersed.
"Lian Xing, what do you want me to say about you, take care of the women in your house. As for those who are no longer in the Xue family, come back less if it's okay!" After that, Patriarch Xue threw his sleeves away.
This is no longer from the Xue family, it is clearly from Xue Cui'e.
Xue Cui'e's face turned pale immediately, and she was still in a state of anxiety. Mr. Xue had already looked at her: "You also get out of my way, and you are not allowed to come back in the future."
"father!"
"roll!"
Xue Cui'e was so angry that she burst into tears, but she didn't dare to say anything and ran away with her face covered.
A farce just passed.
In the evening, Zhao'er did not go back to Xue's house, but stayed on the top of the hill. The two sisters slept on a kang together with brother Wei.
Brother Wei was already asleep, but the two sisters were not sleepy at all.
"Sister, do you think they will come again?" Naturally, they were referring to the Wang family.
"It doesn't matter whether you come or not, it has nothing to do with us."
In fact, Wang Zhaodi thought about what she would do if her biological parents found her one day. She had made up many scenarios in her mind, almost all of which were the same as today's. Originally, she was still thinking about what to do if the little sister was soft, but fortunately, the little sister was not a soft bun.
"Yanghe Village is not far from here. I used to think that they might know that I am here one day, but after so many years, I thought it would be gone. I didn't expect Xue Cui'e to find it." sigh. She had also passed by Yanghe Village several times, but she avoided them subconsciously because she didn't want to see them again. There is no place she has not been to in the nearby ten miles and eight villages, except for Yanghe Village, which she has never been to.
"By the way, I'm just curious, how did she find her?" Zhao Di asked.
Zhao'er thought about it and said, "This is no secret in the Xue family. When my parents met me, I jumped out of Ren Yazi's car and broke my leg. I was very scared at that time. I stole away to find you, but I didn’t expect to meet my parents and Tingzi. My parents took pity on me, but they were also afraid that I was abducted and sold, so Renya told them about my deed and where I came from. My parents bought me because they wanted to send me home for a family reunion, but I didn’t want to go back and be sold a second time by them. Fortunately, I broke my leg and my parents weren’t rich, otherwise, people would definitely not be So cheap sell me."
"Your parents are good-hearted, but unfortunately they are short-lived."
Because of this short life, the two were quiet for a while.
"They came once, and they won't stop like this. You have to be mentally prepared. Maybe their lifeblood is waiting for the silver to take medicine, and they plan to come and sell us again."
"I'll ask Shengzi and the others to inquire tomorrow. No matter what, I didn't go back in the first place, and I naturally won't recognize them now. Selling them once is enough!"
The next day, Zhao'er asked Xue Qiang and the others to inquire.
If it's still a little troublesome to talk about other things, but if you talk about inquiring about the news of Shili Baxiang, it is probably not as good as Wang Ji's food business in the county government.
By the afternoon, the news came back.
The Wang family is now even poorer than before, and they are still living in two rooms. Wang Dazhi and his wife are in the second room. The couple has a young son who is fourteen this year, and two daughters who are married. The husband's family is also in a nearby village.
The only son's name is Wang Baogen. Now that he has grown up, he is not as close to his mouth as he was when he was young, but his body and bones have always been quite weak, and he can't lift his shoulders or lift his hands. The Wang family is currently encountering a difficult problem, that is, Wang Baogen took a fancy to a girl from the same village, and Wang Dazhi and his wife came to the door to propose a marriage.
Zhao'er asked people to inquire about these not for the sake of others, but to know themselves and their enemies. In addition, she also wanted to know what happened to her two sisters after she left.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the ninth day of the eighth lunar month.
Originally, Zhao’er planned to go there, but now she has a big belly and can’t go there. So she specially remembered this day, made some tributes early in the morning, worshipped the kitchen god after the yellow sky, and worshipped the second room and the couple, hoping that they would bless Xue Tingxiang well.
How did she know that Xue Tingxiang had entered the venue as early as the sixth day of August.