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Tangqin Town is located in a mountainous area on the southwest side of Liucheng. The terrain is low and surrounded by mountains. A green river runs through half of the town from north to south. In summer, the cauliflower fields are extremely splendid and the seasons are pleasant.

There are several houses along the Qinghe River in the east of the town, and the houses in the deepest part are always empty, leaving only the willow tree in front of the door green and withered, and green again when it withers.

The owner of that house was a couple, both teachers of the junior high school in the town. The only daughter, Shen Qingzhu, went to college and never came back. The couple were nowhere to be found.In the end, the couple taught and educated for the rest of their lives, and the school helped with the aftermath.

In the summer of 1991, Shen Qingzhu came back, accompanied by a pink and jade-carved little girl.

Both parents were gone, Shen Qingzhu returned home amidst people's criticism and denunciation, his temperament was still as gentle as water, and he held his child's hand to say hello to the neighbors.

Some people said that she was abducted, and now she fled back with her child.Some people also said that she became the mistress of a rich man, gave birth to a daughter and was abandoned, and came back in despair.There are different opinions, but she never defended and never paid attention to it.

Shen Qingzhu's daughter is called Shen Qi, who lives there.

Shen Qingzhu sent Shen Qi to the primary school in Zhenxi, and the six-year-old Shen Qi became the youngest student in the class.

In order to make a living, she sold steamed cakes under the willow tree in front of the door.At night, I made steamed cakes in the yard, and during the day, I placed wooden tables under the willow trees. The business was not bad, and I barely made ends meet.

Six-year-old Shen Qi is very beautiful, wearing a light blue floral skirt, pink leather shoes, and cute little braids, her eyes are like crescent moons in the night sky, and she has a sweet smile.

No one would dislike such a little Shen Qi, right?

But the fact is that Shen Qi has been bullied since the first day of school.Shen Qingzhu sent her to the classroom, and kindly told the girl at the same table that she wanted to be good friends with her family, Qiqi. The girl smiled and agreed, but pushed Shen Qi to the ground after she left.

"My mother said, your mother is a bad woman! You must not be a good person either?"

Shen Qi didn't know what she did wrong, she just remembered that the little sister promised her mother to be friends with her just now, she tried to stand up and wanted to go to hold the young lady's hand, but she was still pushed away.

"You are a dirty thing!"

It seems that there was a beginning, and then everything spread from there.Shen Qi was not accepted by his classmates, so he thought that if he worked harder, he might be liked by the teacher.

But ah, the teacher only likes students with good grades and smarts. She is too stupid and always fails to get the first place in the exam.

Since the first grade, Shen Qi has been excluded by her classmates. Even the girl at the same table has drawn a line for her. Once she crosses the line, she will pinch the back of her hand with her nails.She has always wanted to work hard to blend in, but found that no matter what she does, the prejudice will never be eliminated.

In the third grade, little Shen Qi still had no friends. She was very sad, and finally couldn't help asking Shen Qingzhu.

"Mom, why don't they like playing with me?"

Shen Qingzhu was busy filtering the flour with gauze, when he heard this, he just smiled lightly, without any emotion in his tone, "Because my mother did something wrong, so we all have to accept the punishment."

"But mom did nothing wrong." In Shen Qi's eyes, mom never did anything wrong.

Shen Qingzhu just patted her head and said softly, "Mom is wrong."

By the fifth grade of elementary school, Shen Qi probably knew the reason why those people rejected him.She grew up surrounded by other people's criticism and denunciation, and what she heard the most was "broken shoes" and "dirty things". In fact, everything has no basis, but people just like to believe their own conjectures.

Shen Xi talked less and less, and gradually began to be taciturn, because no matter what, he could not get friends or close people, so he gradually stopped approaching him.

When Xiaosheng was in junior high school, Shen Qi got good grades in the exam and couldn't wait to go home and show the report card to his mother, but he saw several classmates grabbing steamed cakes under the willow tree.

"How can you take other people's things?" Shen Qi stepped forward to stop, "Don't take it, my mother wants to sell it for money!"

One of the boys, who was as fat as a Tyrannosaurus rex, took a lot, made a face at her, and said loudly: "Who doesn't know, your mother doesn't sell steamed cakes, she sells bodies!"

Eleven or twelve-year-old children, yes, are still children, but the overwhelming malice in this world often comes from children.

"Shut up!" Shen Qi was trembling with anger, "You are the thief! If you don't ask, you are a thief!"

The fat boy was so angry that he picked up a steamed cake and threw it at her, still saying: "The child with broken shoes is a little broken shoe!"

"you shut up!"

The fat boy was proud: "I won't!"

Shen Qi was so angry that he threw himself down and hit him directly, pressing the man to the ground with his hands and feet. The boy was so frightened that he didn't react for a while, and when he came back to his senses, there were already a few scratches on his face from his nails.

The others came up and pulled Shen Qi's hand, and the boy on the ground stood up with difficulty, picked up steamed cakes as a prank, and smashed her face one by one.

The 12-year-old Shen Qi is not afraid of pain or being beaten. When the steamed cake was hit on the face, she just thought sadly that it was made by her mother all night.

Later, Shen Qingzhu came and chased away those people. Seeing her daughter in such a mess, she was stunned for a long time.

Shen Qingzhu didn't speak, neither did Shen Qi, this matter was never mentioned again afterward.

"Mom, my grades..."

"Let me clean it up first," Shen Qingzhu picked up the steamed cakes on the ground, put them in a basket, and gave them to neighbors to feed their chickens.

That day Shen Qi sat by the Qinghe River for a long time, leaning against the willow tree, the report card in his hand was already pinched out of shape.

Fortunately, after junior high school, those classmates who love to bully did not stay in the town to continue junior high school.

Tangqin Town is a small town. There are only more than 300 students in Tangqin Middle School. Those who have connections in the town choose to send their children to Liucheng to go to junior high school.

Shen Qi was very happy, finally he didn't have to see those annoying faces every day.

Although the classmates in junior high school also looked down on her, they didn't have the intention to make things difficult for her because of the heavy learning tasks.Although the days are still lonely, at least there is less malice.

In the past few years, Shen Qingzhu's health has become worse and worse, and he can't afford to stay up late to make steamed cakes on weekdays, and he often sells them during the day.Economically, it is tougher than in previous years.

Shen Qi is well-behaved and sensible, and will help out at home after school.Although life is poor, it is not too difficult to live.