The north wind is like a grumpy lion, roaring wildly, as if to express his dissatisfaction with fate, and to vent endless resentment and grief.

The dark gray sky was sprinkled with snow, and it was overwhelming, with a biting cold that made everything freeze.

A thin, short, thin boy staggered forward against the snowstorm.

A pair of worn-out shoes had long been soaked with melted snow, and the biting cold spread from the soles of the feet to the whole body. A single garment with countless patches was wrapped tightly around his body, as if to retain the pitiful warmth.

He clenched his teeth, but he couldn't control the rattle. The deep scars on his face were shocking, and there was a trace of blood oozing from the pain of being blown by the wind and snow.

The eyes can't see the way forward, because there is no road, only the wind and snow in the sky mercilessly obstructing it. But he didn't have a tear, his eyes were resolute and he stepped on the knee-deep snow, and walked down step by step.

He was homeless, and that home was no longer his. As for where to go, he didn't know, there was no one in this world to take refuge into, so he could only go on aimlessly.

He stretched out his hands that were about to freeze, put them on his mouth and sighed desperately, looking at his hands covered with chilblains and cracking, and the scene of a few hours ago resurfaced in front of him.

The sky is so blue, there is not even a trace of clouds, the trees are so green, so vibrant, the sun is shining, and it brings peaceful warmth.

In a spring-like park, he rode on his father's head and felt so tall that he seemed to be able to pick up a star as soon as he stretched out his hand.

Mom held Dad's hand with one hand and held his hand with the other, with a happy smile on her face, and the hearts of the three of them held together and melted together.

"Damn lazy pig, get up and cook, it's dawn, you know how to sleep. ”

"Slap" followed by a loud slap on Zhao Mingchen's little face mercilessly, and the hot pain came, waking up Zhao Mingchen's sweet dream.

He rubbed his eyes vigorously and saw a beautiful and cold face that frightened him deeply.

Zhao Mingchen looked at the sky outside, it was just cloudy. But he didn't dare to say anything, quickly got up and put on a thin coat, didn't even have time to lift his shoes, and quickly walked to the kitchen.

As soon as Zhao Mingchen pushed open the kitchen door, a cold air rushed to his face, making him shiver involuntarily. There were thick ice flakes on the windows, and snowflakes were falling outside, getting bigger and bigger.

How envious of the warm quilt, a lazy sleep has become a luxury. I was only thirteen years old, and it was a good time to go to school. It's a pity that he didn't even dare to think about it.

But he didn't dare to stop at all, and hurriedly lifted the pot to add water to cook.

"I've really poured blood mold for eight lifetimes, and I've been hanging out like your gluttonous and lazy thing, just like your dead ghost father, who is lazy and gluttonous and doesn't do business every day, and completely ruins the family business. ”

Stepmother Zhang Yuting chattered and scolded, looked at the teenager who walked into the kitchen, and let out a sneer, her eyes were colder than the weather outside.

Don't blame me for being ruthless, blame your mother in the underworld and your unprofessional father.

Zhao Mingchen's mother Cai Xiaoling and father Zhao Dazhi are both young people from the countryside, and they came to this poor mountain and remote place happily.

It's a pity that Cai Xiaoling often has abdominal pain after giving birth to Zhao Mingchen, and it is found to be an advanced stage of liver cancer, and a few months later.

Zhao Dazhi was so sad that he couldn't afford to get sick. When Zhang Yuting heard about it, she came from the city to take care of him despite her parents' opposition.

Zhang Yuting and Zhao Dazhi have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, she is deeply infatuated with Zhao Dazhi, but Zhao Dazhi treats her like a brother and sister. Especially after meeting Cai Xiaoling, he snubbed her even more. Later, when Zhao Dazhi got married, Zhang Yuting went to the wedding scene to make a big fuss for no reason.

In this way, the love that Zhang Yuting couldn't get evolved into hatred for Cai Xiaoling. She thinks that this woman has taken away her own happiness, and she wishes that Cai Xiaoling would die early.

After Cai Xiaoling's death, Zhang Yuting came from the city to take care of Zhao Dazhi, stalking and grinding hard, and finally let Zhao Dazhi marry her.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and Zhao Dazhi did not rekindle the flame of hope in life, and his will was depressed. A few years later, he also became addicted to gambling and bankrupted his family. Later, in order to avoid gambling debts, he mysteriously disappeared. left Zhang Yuting with Zhao Mingchen and two children who belonged to them, as well as a butt of foreign debts.

Zhang Yuting lived a difficult life, and finally paid off the debts she owed to others, and she herself was old and yellow, and her youth was not there.

She asked more than once what she had done wrong, and God had punished her like this. Her youth was wasted, and happiness was far away from her. Her failure turned into hatred, and all the hatred was added to Zhao Mingchen.

She let thirteen-year-old Zhao Mingchen take on all the housework, didn't let him go to school, and had to help her with picking up and dropping off her younger siblings. Let him eat the leftovers of his younger brothers and sisters, his clothes are dirty and torn, and his younger brothers and sisters will be beaten when they don't like it.

She wanted to be confused for a while, but she couldn't sleep, so she put on a padded jacket and went outside the door to breathe.

Zhao Mingchen finished boiling the porridge and was stir-frying, when he suddenly heard a cry, he hurriedly ran to the bedroom, and saw that the little brother was crying in the bed, he asked, "What's wrong?" Xiaogang, don't cry, don't cry." ”

Xiaogang shouted that I wanted to pee, Zhao Mingchen hurriedly went to get the urinal for him, and when the little brother finished peeing, he covered the quilt and returned to the kitchen dumbfounded.

The dishes in the pot were all mushy, and it turned out that they didn't have time to turn off the heat. He hurriedly cleaned up, and as soon as he turned around, the face that frightened him suddenly appeared in front of him again.

"That's how you stir-fry? Are you deliberately not letting us eat? Are you resentful of me? Or you don't want to stay in this house anymore. ”

Her series of attacks made Zhao Mingchen unable to parry at all, and he shrank in the corner with his head down and shivered.

Zhang Yuting's anger became bigger and bigger, and with a snap, she slapped Zhao Mingchen's pale face fiercely.

"You don't have to speak, get out of here. ”

Zhao Mingchen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and struggled out of the kitchen.

"You get out of this house for me, I don't raise you useless goods. ”

"Mom, I was wrong, please don't drive me away, you can let me do anything, I will starve to death if I leave this house. Zhao Mingchen begged bitterly.

"Who cares if I live or die, what do I owe to your Zhao family, if I want me to suffer this torture in this family without a man, it's all your father's bastard, who was fascinated by your mother's cheap vixen......"

"That's enough," Zhao Mingchen yelled, "Don't insult my mother, my mother isn't sorry for you, you're not a vicious woman." ”

"Wow, you dare to scold me," Zhang Yuting was crazy with anger, picked up the rolling pin and slashed at Zhao Xiaochen.

Zhao Mingchen couldn't dodge, a deep blood mark was drawn out of his face, and his eyes were full of resentment, glaring at Zhang Yuting fiercely.

"Look, you won't accept it if you hit you twice, won't you? You eat and drink mine, and you will be wronged if you let you do some work, right? Today I will discipline you well. ”

After speaking, he smoked at Zhao Mingchen again. Zhao Mingchen couldn't stand the beating, so he pushed her hard, and Zhang Yuting almost fell.

"Okay, learn to fight back, you already don't like me, right? Okay, good, really good! The wings are so hard that even I dare to fight. ”

"I didn't mean to, don't blame me, you hit me first. Zhao Mingchen made a weak defense.

"What other good things can your father and your mother give birth to, they are all sluts. ”

"Enough!" Zhao Mingchen couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, rushed forward and slapped her hard, hitting Zhang Yuting's eyes with gold stars and dizziness. A trace of red blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

Zhang Yuting was like an enraged, stretching out her hands with long nails, and slashed across Zhao Mingchen's face, bursts of heart-piercing pain came from the scratches, and blood seeped out.

Zhao Mingchen knew that he had completely turned his face, so he fought with her, but how could he beat a thirty-year-old woman as a child. After a while, several deep scars appeared on his face, and his face was covered with blood.

If you can't beat it, you can hide, but she was still caught by Zhang Yuting, grabbed her hair and hit the wall fiercely.

Zhao Mingchen's head was buzzing, and Venus was popping up. A punch smashed on Zhang Yuting's lower abdomen, the pain hit Zhang Yuting let go of her hand to cover her stomach, and Zhao Mingchen quickly broke free.

Zhang Yuting stood up and took a kitchen knife and rushed out frantically.

"I'm going to kill you today and send you to your mother. ”

Zhao Mingchen was completely frightened, opened the door and fled. Rush into the snow.

Zhang Yuting chased out of the door, tripped over a broken log, and sat weakly on the ground.

I don't know how many times I was kicked out, but Zhao Mingchen was starved and couldn't go back to beg for mercy. Zhang Yuting pretended to pity him, but actually expected him to work for her. She knew that Zhao Mingchen had nowhere to go, and he couldn't leave her at all.

But what about this time? He and her completely turned against each other, and if he went back, he would not be able to get rid of the torture of that wicked woman, and no one in the village sympathized with him, and no one dared to do much trouble.

His friends also despised him and hated him, and avoided him. He can't feel warmth and love in this world, who let him have a stepmother on his own?

Zhao Mingchen was getting colder and colder, getting more and more tired as he walked, his steps seemed to be filled with lead, his hands and feet were stiff and numb, his eyes were also pitch black, and his consciousness began to blur.

Suddenly I felt a warmth on my body, and I don't know when, an extra cotton jacket was draped on my body.

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, you have suffered my child!"

Is it Mommy, is it Mommy?" he cried out with joy and turned around.

A gentle woman in her thirties was looking at him kindly, she hugged Zhao Mingchen and cried loudly.

"Child, it's your mother who left you early and made you suffer alone in this world, how can she be so ruthless and beat you like this? ”

"Xiao Chen, I am here to pick you up, you will never suffer a little grievance and injury in the future, and the suffering of your life, in that world, you will be exchanged for incomparable glory and fame. ”

"Okay, I'm finally with my mom. Zhao Mingchen said happily.

He inadvertently lowered his head and saw a teenager lying in the snow, curled up, covered in heavy snow, with a happy smile on his face, and no longer breathed of life.

He didn't have the slightest nostalgia for this world, and followed his mother forward in the wind and snow.