Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

Luo Changshun lifted the door curtain and entered the room, and saw Luo Xiaoyun lying on the kang, covered with a thin towel blanket, groaning in pain.

He walked over and whispered, "Xiaoyun, let me take a look at your injury. Don't be afraid. I will definitely do my best to heal you."

Luo Xiaoyun just heard what her parents, grandmother, and Luo Changshun said, and she felt very upset. Even an outsider knew that she felt sorry for her, but her relatives only wanted money, and even if they got money, they would not spend it on themselves, but keep it for the brother who was not related to her by blood.

It was useless to say anything now, as my life had already been completely ruined. All this was because of that purchased child.

Originally, although my parents wanted a son, they were quite tolerant of my sisters. But after the birth of the fourth child, my parents wanted to have another child, but my mother couldn't get pregnant, so they thought of buying a son. The family was not well-off, and they didn't know what treasures must be inherited by a son.

After the boy came home, the parents became more and more stingy with the sisters. The good food and new clothes were always only for Luo Dajiang, and the sisters could only stare blankly. That was not all. They were able to go to junior high school because of their own efforts. Otherwise, they might have been kicked out of the house before they graduated from elementary school and had to work to earn money.

Because Luo Xiaoyun is the eldest, after Luo Dajiang came, her parents not only asked Luo Xiaoyun to take on most of the housework, but also to be responsible for taking care of Luo Dajiang.

At that time, she was in the third year of junior high school and had a good chance of being admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the county, but her parents forced her to drop out of school to take care of Luo Dajiang full-time. Her father went out to do odd jobs to earn money, and her mother mainly worked in the fields. Of course, the girls also served as laborers during the busy farming season.

One day, not long after she dropped out of school, her mother asked her to go to the cornfield in the evening to pick some tender corn cobs and cook them. It was on that day that she was insulted by that beast.

She knew that beast. He was from her junior high school, one grade higher than her, and had already graduated from school by then.

When Luo Xiaoyun was trembling with fear after being violated and couldn't even scream, the man lay on her and said to her: "Xiaoyun, I have been thinking about you for a long time. You should know this, right? In the past, you were like a fairy in the sky. You relied on your good looks and good grades to ignore me.

What about now? Don’t you have to find a husband before you even graduate from junior high school? You are mine now, so why don’t you just stay with me? What do you think?”

Luo Xiaoyun felt sick when she heard that voice. She wanted to shout for help, hoping someone could save her from this beast. She wanted to go to the police station to report the case and have this beast go to jail.

However, at that time, everyone had finished their farm work and went home to eat, and there was no one around. The beast said he would come to the house to propose marriage, put on his pants and left. Luo Xiaoyun then wrapped himself tightly in his torn clothes and stumbled back home.

Chen Jinfeng was shocked when she saw Luo Xiaoyun like this, and the next second she started asking, "Where have you been? Where's the corn?"

Luo Xiaoyun couldn't believe her ears. She looked so miserable at that time, but her mother didn't care about her at all. Instead, she was concerned about the corn she was going to eat in the evening...

But she still held on to a glimmer of hope, so she pulled Chen Jinfeng to a corner of the yard and told her about her experience, hoping that she could stand up for herself and seek an explanation.

But what happened? The adults in her family thought it would be embarrassing if the story got out, so they not only refused to help her, but also stopped her from calling the police.

A few days later, the beast came to propose marriage. Her parents did not allow her to report the case, but threatened to do so and asked for more betrothal gifts from the family. In the end, they only gave her two quilts and two washbasins as a dowry.

Her husband's family looked down on her because of this. That beast thought that she did not bring the betrothal gift back to her husband's family, which caused her family to suffer a great loss. Her mother-in-law scolded her for being a prostitute, and not long after she got married, she started to instigate her son to beat his wife.

During that time in the cornfield, Luo Xiaoyun got pregnant. But the beast and her husband's family suspected that the child was from a wild man, and she was beaten until she had a miscarriage. Since then, Luo Xiaoyun has not been able to get pregnant again in these years. In fact, she felt somewhat lucky because she didn't want to give birth to a child for that beast even if she couldn't be a mother for the rest of her life.

Later, the man became addicted to gambling again. When he lost money, he would go home and take Luo Xiaoyun out on him, either abusing her violently or beating her up.

She seldom went back to her parents' home. One important reason was that she was often bruised and battered and didn't want to be seen by people she knew.

God knows how much she wished she had her parents' support when she was being abused. Unfortunately, when she asked her parents for help, she was asked if she had done something wrong to deserve the beating.

Therefore, she has completely given up on such parents. In the first two or three years after marriage, she would come back to visit during the holidays, but in recent years, she only comes back once a year during the Chinese New Year.

If that beast hadn't sent her back to her parents' home this time, she would rather die outside than come back.

Luo Changshun looked at Luo Xiaoyun, who had just been groaning in pain, and was now lying there, staring at the beams, crying silently, and could not help but sigh.

After examination, it was found that Luo Xiaoyun not only had multiple skin injuries of varying severity, but was also seriously weak, with many problems including liver qi stagnation, qi and blood deficiency, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire. If he wanted to restore his health, he would need to recuperate for a long time.

He first prescribed several decoctions and external prescriptions for Luo Xiaoyun, and then made appropriate adjustments to the prescriptions based on the treatment effects after a few days.

Then, he called Luo Dajiang over and said, "Dajiang, go home with your uncle to get medicine for your sister."

Luo Changyou's family didn't care much and let Luo Dajiang follow him to Luo Changshun's home.

When there was no one else on the road, Luo Changshun said to Luo Dajiang, "Dajiang, there is something that Second Uncle thinks I should tell you. I didn't tell you on the way to your house just now because I was afraid that you would get emotional and ask your parents directly. If that happens, it will be easy for the family to get into trouble, and it will affect my ability to treat your sister."

Seeing that Luo Changshun seemed to be hesitant to speak, Luo Dajiang was filled with curiosity and a little nervousness, wondering if something bad had happened.

"Uncle, just say whatever you want to say. I'm not a child anymore, and I know the limits when doing anything." Luo Dajiang replied.

Luo Changshun didn't beat around the bush this time and said directly: "You are not your parents' biological child. Do you know this yourself?"

Luo Dajiang was shocked, not knowing why Luo Changshun brought this up, but he nodded and said, "I know!"

Luo Changshun had not expected Luo Dajiang's calm reaction, so he continued, "If your parents came to find you, would you be willing to go with them?"

Luo Dajiang was very smart. He guessed something from Luo Changshun's words. After a few seconds of silence, he finally spoke again: "If I hadn't been abandoned by them, I would have gone with them!

Although my parents are very good to me now, my sisters all think that my life is their fault. Sometimes I feel sorry for them, but I don’t have the ability to change their current situation, and my parents don’t listen to me.

I said that I would not use my sisters' betrothal money, but my parents still withheld all the money, causing my sisters to be looked down upon by their in-laws. When I spoke up for my sisters, they thought I was hypocritical and said that I wanted to laugh at them.

I don’t know if my parents will be nicer to my sisters if I’m gone. Even though they haven’t acted like sisters, I don’t want to see their lives ruined.”

After listening to what Luo Dajiang said, Luo Changshun breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he also felt a little sorry for the fate of the girls in that family.

Why do you work so hard to raise other people's children, but in the end, all your efforts are in vain and you have to let your daughters pay for your ignorance?