The low houses seem to be dirty, and the thatched roof can be blown away by any storm, which is a typical small farm yard, where chickens roam around, pecking at the ground to eat, and leaving chicken feces at the same time.

In the yard, which is not often cleaned, you can see the obvious mess, a big yellow dog lying lazily in the doorway, the door is hidden, and outside the bamboo fence, you can see the people coming and going.

Modern.

"Mother, I'm ready. ”

The head that poked out of the kitchen was a little girl, a little dry head, which looked a little thin, and her hair, which was not normal black, but dry and yellow, tied into a simple braid and hung down behind her head, and the most conspicuous thing on the top of her head was the faded red head rope, and I don't know how many years had passed, but it was still red.

I was stunned for a moment, and I almost closed my open eyes again, very good, this "mother" is called herself.

Cheap mom?

Recalling the past experience, it seems that there is no such time, and then look at the little girl in front of you, the memory of the original owner Li Qiulan is very useful, this is the child left behind by the previous one, that is to say, the stepdaughter, and she is the stepmother.

Gulai stepmothers are stepmothers.

For many people, the value of a woman's life is to marry a good husband and children, and for the original owner, she will raise this girl, but it is impossible to give her good treatment.

Don't look at this girl who looks thin and thin, it seems to be very small, but in fact, she is low, plus malnourished, and her real age is thirteen years old, and in two years, she will be able to get married.

In modern times, some ancient traditions are still followed, and marriages are done early or not late, and it is not uncommon for a seven or eight-year-old bride to be seven or eight years old.

Ordinary people, it is very good to be able to keep their children until fifteen or sixteen and then remarry, at least they look like they love their children.

If it is really left until seventeen or eighteen, even if it is said that he loves the child, some people will say that it is not a good thing to detain the child as a slave.

The stepmother of the original owner still wants a reputation, so no matter how she treats the child, it is under the banner of being good for her, girls, they are to be raised like this, who let the original owner give birth to a boy as soon as he enters the door, he is considered a meritorious man, she said this, and no one refuted it.

Anyway, the man who has become a stepfather can't be counted on.

Oh, by the way, that stepfather has been dragged to be a soldier, which is commonly known as the strong man, who went for a year and never came back.

If it weren't for the fact that the girl would be big enough to marry and receive the bride price, I'm afraid this stepmother wouldn't have the patience to continue to raise people.

There are no in-laws above, the man who is the head of the family has been arrested to serve as a soldier again, and the original owner has always been in charge of the family, fortunately, the Chen family still has some family background, so as not to really let them have food and clothing, of course, these family backgrounds are not much, otherwise Chen's father can be saved from being arrested.

"Okay, I'll eat when Kang'er comes back. ”

said the same thing as the original owner, for the original owner's son named Chen Mingkang, you can take a look first, Li Qiulan raised her hand and grabbed the broken hair around her ear, and touched her head, it is a very ordinary bun, a standard women's decoration, and the only valuable thing is probably the thin silver-covered hairpin.

"Good. ”

The little girl Chen Juan answered, and she was not idle, and after cleaning up the kitchen, she went to the back and brought a basin out, and washed clothes with her hands and feet.

In this family, the work that the original owner can do is mainly his son's, and he will start to work when his son comes back, and he seems to be the leader inside and out, but in fact, the housework has long been handed over to Chen Juan to do, and the thirteen-year-old girl, from morning to night, is busy for this family.

In the morning, they had to make breakfast, so that Chen Mingkang could go to the private school after eating, and if Chen Mingkang didn't come back at noon, they would deal with it and eat some, and wait until the evening to make it, and the three of them ate together.

In the time between the three meals, cleaning the floor, tending to the small vegetable patch at the back, scrubbing the tables and cabinets, and washing clothes are all Chen Juan's work.

The original owner took the family's money, managed the expenses, bought things, and saved everywhere, the money was spent less and less, and their women had no way to make money.

Chen Mingkang was able to go to the private school because he was smart, and because the private school was originally opened by the elders of the Chen clan, and when Chen's father was arrested, it was also because the patriarch selfishly hid one of his own juniors, so Chen's father was dragged to make up the number.

That elder is not without conscience, and he will take care of Chen Mingkang in the future, and it seems that he is more affectionate.

This point, as a real woman's family, the original owner can't see it, most of her mind is on deducting her stepdaughter, in other aspects, she is not a very shrewd person, only when the elder is sympathetic to their family's difficult life, so she takes care of it, and even charges low fees for private school, and agrees with Chen Mingkang to eat Chinese food at his place.

But in this village, whether it is big or small, there are always some Chen clan people who are more worthy of sympathy, but they don't see the kindness of the elder, so they know that such kindness must be conditional.

What's more, maybe when Chen's father left, he knew that he could get something for his son, so he was willingly arrested.

This aspect is completely unknown to the original owner, and the current Li Qiulan is just guessing.

Today is the day of rest, Chen Mingkang will come back after only half a day of class, lunch will be eaten at home, the aroma wafting from the kitchen is not excessive, there is always fragrant meat, every five days, there will be such a day, the family can eat meat, of course, the main thing is that Chen Mingkang eats, the original owner himself does not eat, let alone let Chen Juan eat, it is good to be able to dip some broth.

Familiar with the original owner's style in her mind, Li Qiulan didn't think about how to change it for a while, the Chen clan, the village where they are now is mostly from the Chen clan, it doesn't sound like anything, and the clan that didn't dare to resist when they were caught doesn't seem to be powerful, but in the case of orphans and widows, it is still very simple to make them the ones who are eaten.

If Chen's father really has any deal with the elders of the Chen family, letting him take care of his son or something, then the original owner, a woman who is almost like a widow, must also be under their surveillance, at least not let a daughter-in-law, a person with a foreign surname, take the children of their Chen family, right?

This kind of thinking may be a little too dark, but it's always right to be careful, Li Qiulan doesn't want to be burned for some reason when she first comes.

"Mother..."

When Li Qiulan was still looking out, Chen Mingkang came back, the eight-year-old child looked like a little adult, carrying a cloth bag, which was made by Li Qiulan herself, there were some books in it, and the pen was also there, but it was a brush, which was not easy to carry, so when I went to class, I used the pen and ink and inkstone at that end, and I came back, and there was a set at home, naturally, it was not particularly good, the inkstone was still an old inkstone with broken corners, and the brush was almost bald, so I barely used it.

Chen Mingkang had a smile on his face: "Mr. praised me again today." ”

As a child, the world he can see is obviously much better, except that when Chen's father was taken away, he was frightened for a while, and then he got better soon, and he could even go to a private school, walking with a small schoolbag on his back, and enjoying the envy of others as if he had become a superior person.

"Okay, good, come and eat, there's meat today!"

Li Qiulan said, she couldn't show too closeness, so she simply seemed to be impatient, pulled Chen Mingkang and asked him to enter the house quickly.

Chen Juan didn't know when she dried her hands, and went back and forth in the kitchen room to bring the warm food next to the stove to the table.

There are meat dishes, but they are not pure meat, there are some meat slices in the dishes, the original owner's knife work is good, and if you cut it thinly, it will appear to be more meaty, there are only five slices, all of which are counted, and it is guaranteed that it will only fall into Chen Mingkang's mouth.

Chen Mingkang never cared about this, after seeing Chen Juan call "sister", he sat down first according to Li Qiulan's wishes, he didn't have to hold the vegetables, Li Qiulan sandwiched him into the bowl, so that he only needed to bury his head in eating.

With the child's carelessness, it is estimated that he will not find that the meat of a plate of vegetables ends up in his mouth.

Regarding this, Chen Juan sensibly does not argue, and never says it, she is a very quiet girl, but unfortunately, her life is not good.

If the tragedy of Chen Mingkang in the plot is caused by the concept of alternating the old and the new, then Chen Juan's tragedy was pitted by the original owner, if the original owner is just greedy for the bride price, according to the prevailing concept of patriarchy, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, but what the original owner wants is to solve his son's temporary predicament, and finally marry Chen Juan to a gangster, just for what gang figure the other party is, and can solve the trouble for his son.

It is conceivable that this trouble will only get more and more, there is such a ruthless brother-in-law, Chen Mingkang, who has received traditional education since he was a child, where is the opponent, and finally he was constantly hit, and he lost his confidence in life, as if anyone could step on him, so that he chose death.

The original owner who stayed didn't know whether she realized that she was wrong or felt that this was Chen Juan's revenge, anyway, she chose hatred and revenge, she provoked Chen Juan, who worked hard and resented, to be directly killed by the little gangster, and then used her own death to force someone to seek justice for their family, and it is estimated that the little gangster will not be able to please in the end.

It's a pity that a woman's scheming is only here.

And to take revenge with two lives, maybe the original owner hated Chen Juan, or rather, she didn't dare to hate herself, let alone Chen Mingkang.

Overall, a bit of a superb.

Li Qiulan can hardly find any logic of revenge from it, this kind of hateful relationship is probably the kind of husband who cheated and betrayed herself, and she had the intention of killing, but it was the junior who killed.

As a result, the whole family is tragic.