Chapter 32: The Sending of Lixia (1)
When Li Xia was a child, everyone said, this name is unlucky, you say a good little girl, what is not good to call, call Li Xia, even if you are called Li Qiu, it is not good at all. Li Xia's parents don't think it's anything, this is their surname Li, what's wrong with the child being called Xia, Xia is so good, enthusiastic as fire.
But I don't know if it's superstition, or something else, Li Xia's fate is indeed more tragic than that of ordinary children.
Li Xia's parents were originally national scientific researchers, although they did not have as many assets as those rich people, but compared to ordinary families, it was indeed a decent job. What's more, Li Xia's parents are also college alumni, and the ten-year love run has finally come to fruition, and they are simply a fairy couple in everyone's eyes. The two began to fall in love with each other in college, studied the same major, and finally went to graduate school together, studied for a doctorate together, worked together, and were the best partners at work, and in life, they were the most loving couple. The job is stable and the income is high, both of them are also high intellectuals, Li Xia has received a good education since he was a child, and has a higher IQ than the average child.
But this matter changed when Li Xia was ten years old.
That year, Li Xia's parents were conducting scientific research experiments, and it happened that Li Xia's parents and college alumnus, Lin Chong, and Lin Chong's wife Fang Fang were conducting it together, and everyone was very familiar with each other and had a tacit understanding. Originally, this thing was very good and smooth, but it happened that there was a new intern that year, so I followed Li Xia's parents to intern, and I participated in this experiment together. At that time, Lin Chong and his wife took their intern apprentices outside, and Li Xia's parents took their intern apprentices to conduct experiments inside. I don't know what was added, but there was a big explosion in the experiment that was supposed to be very safe, and when Lin Chong and his wife woke up, they learned that Li Xia's parents and their intern apprentice had died in the explosion.
The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, but the current conceivable cause may be that the intern added the wrong reagent, which caused the explosion.
Lin Chong and his wife looked at Li Xia, the only remaining child of Li Xia and his wife, lonely, there was no grandparents, and now his parents are gone, a ten-year-old child, what can he do in the future.
At that time, Lin Chong and his wife had been married for many years and had not given birth to children, so it happened that they adopted Li Xia along the water.
Li Xia originally thought that this life in his own home, and living in someone else's house, although it is a little different, but it is not too bad, after all, the forest farm husband and wife themselves also know each other, and they are still very familiar, when their parents are still alive, Lin Chong and his wife often come to their own house, and their parents are not at home and often go to Lin Chong's and his wife's house to spend the night, they are already very familiar.
But when Li Xia arrived at Lin Chong's house, she realized that it was actually different.
Lin Chong and his wife are different from Li Xia's parents, Lin Chong and his wife are a pair of scientific research maniacs. How crazy is it? Like, if there is a little bit of rest in the lab, you don't have to go home at all. If there is a little bit of food in the lab, then they don't have to go out. If the lab allows the toilet, then they can all leave the lab without leaving the lab.
So Li Xia went to Lin Chong's couple's house, and most of the time, she lived with Lin Chong's mother, Mrs. Lin.
Mrs. Lin was not old at that time, her body was still quite tough, and all the housework was done by Mrs. Lin, and she only needed to go to school.
That's pretty good, too. Li Xia thought so, she only needed to go to school, she didn't have to do anything, and there was no difference from the beginning, except that she didn't have her parents.
But later, Li Xia found out that it was really different. Li Xia was only ten years old at the time, and when she was at home, her parents were sometimes busy and didn't have time to take care of Li Xia, so she hired a nanny for Li Xia, who was responsible for Li Xia's eating, drinking, and picking up and dropping off from school. At that time, Li Xia's nanny, although there were a bit of "small actions", such as often stealing food and taking things indiscriminately, but they were all small things. For example, the fish that Li Xia's parents bought, when Li Xia ate it, there was only the head and tail left, such as the dried fruit that Li Xia's parents bought, Li Xia opened a can, and soon it was gone. But Li Xia felt that it didn't matter, anyway, he ate less, not to mention that he also took this nanny as his own, someone accompanied him, what is it to eat something, at least compared to other people's nannies stealing things and luring wolves into the house, his nanny is doing quite well.
But Mrs. Lin is different.
In Li Xia's opinion, Mrs. Lin is like the Sichuan drama that changes her face, and she will look the same for a while. For example, when Lin Chong and his wife were there, Li Xia enjoyed the treatment of VIPs. I eat chicken, duck and fish, drink milk and juice, wear Adinake, I don't need to wash clothes, I don't need to brush dishes and chopsticks, I don't have to do housework, and I don't need to do three meals. It's simply the standard of a rich lady's eldest lady. But when Lin Chong and his wife were away, Mrs. Lin began to ignore them.
For example, Li Xia went to school early, but Li Xia has a habit of eating breakfast, so Li Xia will go downstairs to buy steamed buns. But Mrs. Lin couldn't get used to this, so she thought that Li Xia, a child of other people's families, lived in her own house, and bought steamed buns every day, why was the little girl's family so greedy? Can't make breakfast yourself? For this, Li Xia felt very wronged, because Li Xia's parents left an inheritance for themselves, and a lot of cash, plus Li Xia's parents' accident compensation, accident insurance money or something, Li Xia is simply a little rich woman, Li Xia spent her parents' money to buy food for herself, I don't understand what Mrs. Lin has to say.
For another example, Li Xia's parents are both southerners, so Li Xia has always lived a southerner life. For example, taking a bath, even in winter, Li Xia's family has to take a bath every day, and if you don't take a bath, Li Xia can't sleep. But Lin Chong's family is an authentic Northeasterner, not to mention taking a bath every day, if you don't go out in winter, you may wash it once every half a month, or even once a month. So for Li Xia to take a bath every day, Mrs. Lin was simply complaining. Mrs. Lin said in front of Li Xia every day how expensive the water and electricity bills are now, and how much electricity is consumed every time the water heater is turned on. Lin Chong's home uses an electric water heater, but in winter, Mrs. Lin doesn't turn on the water heater, so Li Xia has to turn it on in advance every time she takes a bath. But after Mrs. Lin found that her daily words were not used, she began to unplug the water heater. Sometimes Li Xia just plugged it in, and Mrs. Lin pretended to accidentally pull out the plug, causing the water to be cold when Li Xia went in to take a bath.
Later, Li Xia couldn't bear it anymore and bought a gas water heater with her own money. You say electricity is expensive, then gas is cheap, right? But it didn't work out so smoothly. Li Xia took a bath for more than a month, and the water heater was also turned on every day, and then the dishes were washed with hot water. As a result, the gas in the house ran out at once. When I went to pay it, I found out that this gas was limited to purchase, and it exceeded the limit, so I couldn't pay it. As a result, Li Xia returned to the time of electricity, and even used an induction cooker for cooking.
Another example is the matter of Li Xia's meal. At that time, Li Xia ate, and many times he ate with Mrs. Lin. But Mrs. Lin is a little strange, you say she doesn't like Li Xia, it's not, you say she looks good, it's not. For example, when Li Xia was eating, Mrs. Lin looked at Li Xia while eating, and as soon as Li Xia looked up, Mrs. Lin began to ask Li Xia to eat, and also asked Li Xia to eat more. But when Li Xia went to pick up the vegetables, Mrs. Lin looked at Li Xia viciously, as if she wanted to eat Li Xia alive.
Let's just say that I usually buy vegetables, but in fact, how can Li Xia buy vegetables at such a young age? What's more, Lin Chong and his wife usually have living expenses for Mrs. Lin, which is very abundant. But Mrs. Lin may feel that Li Xia lives in her own house and should not eat and drink in vain, so she always wants to take advantage of Li Xia. Every time Li Xia went out on the weekend, Mrs. Lin would ask Li Xia to bring some vegetables back, at first, it was some green leafy expensive vegetables, and later, she actually asked Li Xia to buy some chicken, duck, fish, pork ribs, beef and the like. Li Xia also felt that it was nothing, she and Lin Chong's family were not related to each other, it was already rare for Lin Chong and his wife to take care of themselves, what was it to buy some food? What's more, it's not that I haven't eaten. But later, Li Xia felt reluctant. Because Li Xia found that the vegetables that Mrs. Lin asked herself to buy would not appear on her table at all. For example, Mrs. Lin asked herself to buy small chops and buy five catties, Li Xia thought that Lin Chong and his wife would come back to eat, and they also bought a very good one, bought six or seven catties, and Xing Chong took them home. As a result, that night, Li Xia didn't see the ribs she bought, nor did she see Lin Chong and his wife. Li Xia thought that Mrs. Lin had kept the ribs, but as a result, Li Xia never saw those ribs again.
As for these little things, Li Xia didn't care much about them originally, but as Li Xia grew older, Li Xia gradually understood that this old lady didn't like her, and if one day, Lin Chong and his wife had a child, they would definitely be driven away. But Li Xia felt that these were nothing, anyway, he would move out when he became an adult, but now that his guardianship is in the name of Lin Chong and his wife, if he wants to leave, Lin Chong and his wife will not let it, so drag it on.
Li Xia thought that the relationship between herself and Mrs. Lin would continue like this, although the old lady didn't look at herself very well, but she wouldn't target herself face-to-face, and she wouldn't do anything excessive, she would buy what she wanted to eat and wear, and she would buy whatever she wanted, anyway, if she had money, Lin Chong and his wife would not object, and they didn't ask for money. However, there was one thing that happened that made Li Xia feel that she was wrong.