Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

After the old lady finished her bath, Yu Min helped her mother-in-law back to the house. The old woman was too fat, and almost all her weight was on her daughter-in-law. Fortunately, Yu Min had been doing farm work for many years and had a lot of strength, otherwise she would have been crushed by the old lady.

After returning to the house, he turned on the light and carefully examined the old lady's body. The bruises all over her body were really horrible to look at, but the more Yu Min looked at it, the happier he felt. He thought: Which living Bodhisattva has come to eliminate this harm for the people?

After Yu Min finished examining the old lady, Qian Jincai came in and asked him to check on his mother's foot to see if it was really broken so that he could quickly call the village doctor.

After the old lady was beaten, she came out of the sack and tried to stand up. At that time, her right ankle felt a throbbing pain, but now the pain has mostly disappeared. It seems that it is not a fracture. Maybe she was kicked by the little bastard and hit her ankle.

She moved her foot around and found it was fine, so she didn't ask to call the village doctor. As for the bruises on her body, she asked Yu Min to take out two bags of shaved ice from the refrigerator and apply them on her body, which not only reduced the swelling but also helped to cool down the body.

Speaking of this refrigerator, few families in Luojiagou can afford it now. Even if they have the money, they can't afford it. Qian Jinling paid for the Qian family's refrigerator last year. So everyone in the village said: Look at the Qian family's daughter, just because she is beautiful, she has become a phoenix in an instant!

But the villagers only knew that Qian Jinling married a prominent figure, but they didn't know that she was a mistress. She relied on her face to fascinate men, making them abandon their wives and children to marry her.

To be honest, the Qian family's daughters and sons are all pretty good looking. For example, Qian Jindou was once a famous handsome guy in the area. As for why he could be attracted to the little girl Zhan Jinhua, it must be because her family was powerful.

Zhan Jinhua's father was the brigade secretary of her village, and before that, he was the brigade leader of the production team. He was very skilled in making connections, extorting money, and abusing power for personal gain, and his children all inherited his teachings.

At that time, the Qian family was still relatively poor. By chance, Qian Jindou met Zhan Jinhua from the neighboring city. Zhan Jinhua was so dizzy that she couldn't walk when she saw Qian Jindou, and stared at Qian Jindou. When the family conditions were put forward, Qian Jindou agreed to be together without any psychological struggle.

After all, although Zhan Jinhua was short and had plain features when she was young, she knew how to dress herself up. She had her hair permed into big curls, which was the favorite among city women, and she also drew her eyebrows and sideburns. She was quite good-looking after putting on makeup.

Seeing his younger brothers and sisters living a good life by relying on their beauty, the eldest brother Qian Jincai felt upset. The more he looked at the old woman at home, the more he disliked her. He always felt that he was at a loss by marrying her. So since his son Qian Longbin was still young, he went out to hook up with young widows and young wives.

It’s true that that angular and handsome face is quite effective. Within a ten-mile radius, there are at least eight women who have been slept with by him for free.

Of course, along with these "glorious" histories, there are also some dark histories. For example, he once fooled around with a young woman from the neighboring village and was caught in bed by her husband. He ran out naked and hid in a villager's straw stack to avoid a beating.

That time, he waited until late at night when every household had turned off the lights and gone to bed before he dared to go out. He stole two bundles of straw to cover his buttocks and stumbled back home in the dark.

The degree of embarrassment that time was comparable to what his mother experienced today.

If we were to say which of the Qian family's children is more normal, it would be the third son, Qian Jingui. He didn't live off others, nor did he have an affair. He formed a family with his childhood sweetheart, Shen Nan, from elementary school.

But later on, Shen Nan became crazy and tried to chop people with a knife, which scared the Qian family so much that they let the third brother's family separate and live on their own.

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After the film ended, the two boys who were grinning from ear to ear also carried their stools and followed the others home. However, they stayed away from the others and whispered to each other.

The tall boy is called Luo Dajiang. He is now in the fifth grade of primary school. He is the youngest son of Luo Changyou from Luojiagou. He has four older sisters.

The short boy is called Qian Xiaoshu, who is now six years old and has not yet gone to school. He is another child that Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou have fostered in their hometown. This is the biological son of Sun Aimin and Yuan Jie who was replaced by Sun Xiaohao.

Before he was born, Yuan Jie and Sun Aimin had already chosen a name for him. If it was a boy, he would be named Sun Mian. But the one they brought home was another child who was weak and sickly since childhood, so the name couldn't be changed to Sun Xiaohao, hoping that he would grow up healthy and safe.

Not long after Qian Xiaoshu was brought home by Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou, they abandoned him in Luojiagou and asked the old couple of the Qian family to take care of him. However, they were very secretive about the origin of the child and never mentioned it. All we know is that Zhan Jinhua went to the hospital to give birth to a child, and this one was the one they brought back.

In the first two years, the Qian family thought that this was their grandson and treated Qian Xiaoshu well. But as the child grew older, he looked less and less like a member of the Qian family, and had nothing to do with Zhan Jinhua. The old couple became suspicious and thought that their son was cuckolded, so their attitude towards the child changed 180 degrees, and they either beat or scolded him every day.

A three-year-old child can dress himself, eat and fold his quilt. He has to wash his own dirty clothes. When the adults go to work in the fields, they have to take him with them and let him dig wild vegetables. If the vegetables he digs are not what the old couple wants, he will be beaten when he gets home. During every meal, Qian Xiaoshu cannot sit at the table. He can only wait until everyone else has finished eating, and then he can have the leftover rice soup or vegetable soup.

How can a child grow up well if he is raised like this? A three-year-old child is not even as big as a two-year-old child. He often walks unsteadily, but he has to take care of himself and help with housework. Everyone in the village feels pity for the child when they see him.

There were also people who couldn't stand it and secretly gave the children some steamed buns and pancakes as food, but when they were seen by the old lady of the Qian family, she would go to the door of the family's house and scold them for meddling in other people's business.

Is that all? That would be too much to underestimate the viciousness of Old Lady Qian. In addition to scolding those who were nice to Qian Xiaoshu, she also dragged Qian Xiaoshu over and beat him up in front of their door, letting them know that the nicer they were to Qian Xiaoshu, the more unlucky he would be.

Growing up in such a family, it is a miracle that Qian Xiaoshu did not die young.

In fact, just a few months ago, when Yuan Jie dreamed of a child shouting "Mom, save me", Qian Xiaoshu almost died. That day, Mrs. Qian was fighting with someone outside, and when she got home, she took it out on Qian Xiaoshu, beating and kicking him until he fainted. At night, Qian Xiaoshu also had a high fever.

Yu Min couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to find a doctor, but was stopped by Mrs. Qian because she felt that Qian Xiaoshu might not survive. If the doctor saw that Qian Xiaoshu was covered in bruises and there was almost no healthy spot on his body, and if he really died, wouldn't she be convicted of murder? If she didn't call a doctor, her family could secretly bury the child and cover it up.