Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

Old Mrs. Qian has had a special liking for Old Man Qian since she was young. Although she is a bit hot-tempered, she is very kind to Old Man Qian.

When she got angry, she would scold old man Qian, but she couldn't bear to let him go hungry or tired. As for Qian Jincai and Qian Longbin, she loved them so much that she couldn't even bear to scold them.

This also led to the father and son being spoiled by old lady Qian into useless people. Even though Qian Jincai is now in his forties and approaching fifty, he is still like a giant baby who has not been weaned and relies on his mother for everything.

Old Mrs. Qian was reluctant to beat or scold the three men in the family, so in the end, Qian Meijuan was the only one who became the old lady's punching bag.

When Qian Meijuan came back from school in the afternoon, she was scolded by Old Lady Qian: "Where have you been, you silly girl, for not going home after school?"

Qian Meijuan could no longer hold her head up at school because of her second uncle's affairs. Now when she returned home, she was scolded by her grandmother for no reason and cried in grievance.

When she was going home from school in the evening, she was blocked by several classmates and wouldn't be allowed to leave. After scolding her enough, they threw her schoolbag for fun. After they had done enough, they all dispersed. She was afraid that the students in front of her would come back and bully her, so she moved slowly and didn't dare to follow them.

She didn't expect her grandmother to scold her without asking any questions. She felt really aggrieved.

Seeing Qian Meijuan crying after being scolded in a nonsensical way, Old Lady Qian became even more furious: "Cry, cry, cry, you only know how to cry. Are you crying for a funeral? Your second uncle isn't dead yet! Hold back your tears! It's so unlucky!"

In the past, when Qian Xiaoshu was at home, Qian Meijuan's life was easier. But since Qian Xiaoshu disappeared, she became Old Lady Qian's punching bag.

When Yu Min was at home, she could distract Mrs. Qian from her daily life, and her mother Yu Min arranged everything for her. But after Yu Min left, Qian Meijuan began to face her real hard times.

She regretted it now, regretting that she had hurt Yu Min's heart and made her run away from home. But no one in the family wanted to go out and find Yu Min. She didn't know where to find her mother, and she didn't dare to tell her family about her worries.

Now, she had very complicated feelings towards Yu Min. She missed the time when she was taken care of by Yu Min, but she hated her cruelty. Thinking of her mother, she felt even more wronged, but due to the tyranny of Mrs. Qian, she tried hard to hold back her tears, which was very difficult.

Seeing Qian Meijuan standing there with a wronged look on her face, Old Lady Qian continued to scold: "What are you doing standing there like an idiot? Are you waiting for me to invite you to the table for dinner? Come and light the fire quickly. One or two of you are so troublesome..."

Qian Meijuan didn't dare to talk back to her grandmother, so she could only run back into the house to put down her schoolbag, then quickly returned to the outer room to help old lady Qian light a fire and cook. The three grown men in the family, as it was winter and the weather was cold, rarely stayed at home, and all lay on the kang waiting for the ready-made food.

Qian Meijuan was very dissatisfied with the completely different treatment she received from her brother, but she was a girl, a "money-losing item" in the eyes of her grandmother. If she wanted to survive in this family, she had to be obedient.

Thinking about facing discrimination and bullying from classmates at school the next day, she felt depressed and uneasy, but she didn't know who to turn to for help.

After dinner was ready and served, the three "big masters" of the family got up from the kang and sat at the dining table.

Mr. Qian said, "The third son's wife has been going crazy again these past two days, saying that we hid her son and is asking us for his return. Alas, I don't know when this hurdle will be over. We were thinking of making trouble for the second son before, but the second son is about to leave, and now it's our turn to suffer..."

Qian Jincai asked, "Dad, Mom, do you think the third son was taken away by the second son and his wife? If they really did it, then this is a very immoral thing."

Old Lady Qian interrupted, "What nonsense are you talking about? You can't tell anyone about this. The second son's crime is a foregone conclusion, and we can't accuse him of anything else. If this gets out, it will become true. If that crazy woman can't catch the second son and his wife, she will kill our whole family!"

After these words were spoken, several people in the Qian family shuddered unconsciously. According to Shen Nan's previous style, this thing might really be possible.

Qian Jincai added: "I always feel that the third daughter-in-law's madness is fake. Think about it, why does she only mess with us and not others?"

Old Lady Qian replied, "No matter if she is pretending to be crazy or really crazy, we have to stay away from her. She has proof of her madness. If she really kills someone, no one will catch her. If she kills people, how can our family survive?"

Old Mrs. Qian's analysis was very logical and the whole family agreed with it.

Qian Meijuan thought about how she was bullied at school and mustered up the courage to speak out. However, not only did no one in her family say they would stand up for her, but they warned her to keep a low profile, be patient, and avoid being criticized, so as to minimize the negative impact of Qian Jindou's incident on the family.

Finally, Qian Jincai symbolically comforted her: "Juan'er, listen to Dad and don't make trouble. Who hasn't been bullied when they were in school? Just bear with it and it will pass. In two years, you will go to junior high school, have new classmates and new teachers, and everyone will forget about this matter..."

What else could Qian Meijuan say? She was born in such a family and she deserved to face such a situation. Even her family members didn't care about her. How could she expect her teachers and classmates to treat her well?