Spring 1990.

This day is a happy day for the Shen family, because the eldest daughter of the Shen family, Shen Lan, got married on this day, and the Shen family's compound is showing auspicious and busy figures, although they are all busy, but they can all see that everyone has a smile on their faces.

At this time, a little girl about four or five years old was sitting on a pile of firewood and playing, her eyes constantly looking out. The little girl was watched by her grandmother Lin Po, and she was not allowed to go anywhere except staying in the firewood room. Because in everyone's eyes, she is a child with a quirky personality, look at her with a round but red face like an apple, a pair of watery eyes under thick eyebrows, two pigtails, and a cherry mouth. No matter how you look at it, she is a beloved little girl, but her eyes are always cold, and the refraction from her eyes does not look like a four- or five-year-old child at all, but a feeling of deep tunnel and distantness. Her uncle was afraid that she would ruin today's festivities, so he asked her grandmother to watch her and prevent her from running around and losing face in front of the guests.

The little girl tried her best to lean out, so that she could see more clearly what the people were doing outside, and she knew very well in her heart that today was the day of the eldest sister's marriage, and they were all preparing for the eldest sister. The eldest sister is not very popular in this family, because I heard my parents say that the eldest sister has not studied well since she was a child, and she followed those men out to fool around when she was in junior high school, so she got married so early, you must know that the eldest sister is only eighteen years old this year. Shen Xia also heard from the mouths of those adults that the eldest brother-in-law is also a person who does not do his job properly, and he also gambles and drinks, but his family is very rich and very good to the eldest sister, so the eldest sister wants to marry him despite the opposition of his family. Although I don't know what those adults mean, the eldest sister must also hate the uncle, so she is in such a hurry to get married, the little girl thought so in her heart.

No matter what the eldest sister looks like in their minds, for her, the eldest sister is the person who loves herself the most in this family besides her parents, every time she comes back from outside, she will bring her some delicious and fun food, and she will smile and touch her head, that moment is her happiest time. She really wanted to go out to see the eldest sister who was the bride, but her grandmother wouldn't let her, saying that she would make a mistake.

"Xiaoxia, grandma knows that you want to see the eldest sister, otherwise you will rarely have a chance to see her after she gets married, right? But you have to think about it, you are an unlucky person, you will hurt the eldest sister like this! Lin Po said to Shen Xia with a straight face. She never thought that Shen Xia was her own granddaughter, nor did she think that her words would hurt her.

"I'm not unlucky! The eldest sister said, you are all patriarchal villains! Shen Xia stared at the old woman in front of her with her cold eyes, almost unable to believe that she would be her grandmother.

"You doorsweeper, how old did you get to learn this?" Lin Po was so angry with her, she didn't expect her granddaughter to say these words. When she raised her hand to fight it, she realized that she was only a four or five-year-old child.

"You're a doorsweeper! I hate you guys! Shen Xia heard her mother say that the day she was born happened to meet her grandfather who died, and she happened to be the fourth in the family, she was particularly superstitious in this kind of family, and felt that "four" was the corresponding death, and she was born to kill her grandfather, so she was labeled as a "door sweeper". Facing her grandmother's palm, Shen Xia was not afraid, but pushed Lin Po to take the opportunity to run out, Lin Po finally reacted, she couldn't let this girl run out and make trouble! hurriedly chased out.

Shen Xia saw the eldest sister in a red cheongsam greeting the guests, how beautiful she was, just like a fairy in the sky made her fascinated. She stepped forward, everyone was surprised, almost all the guests of the Shen family knew that this little girl was born with an ominous grandfather who killed her, but today was the big day of the eldest daughter of the Shen family, and they didn't dare to chew the root of their tongue more. Shen Xia's uncle was even more angry, pulled her aside, and then shook her hand, as if touching her was like encountering some plague, and resolutely did not let her get close to Shen Lan, he said to Lin Po, who had just caught up:

"Mom, didn't you tell you to take a good look at her? She'll spoil the festivities! ”

Shen Xia's mother Shu Xiaoxiang hurriedly pulled Shen Xia aside, her heart seemed extremely uneasy, she didn't know how the family would deal with this five-year-old child in a while, no matter what, she was also a piece of meat that fell from her body, how could she bear to watch her daughter being beaten and scolded by others?

"This damn girl sneaked out while I wasn't looking!" Lin Po kicked her anger and scolded Shen Xia at the same time.

"Xiao Xia, why did you run out?"

"Mom, I want to send my eldest sister, she treats me well." As soon as she talked about her eldest sister Shen Xia's face, she showed a happiness that she usually had, and she looked at her mother with sincere eyes, hoping that she would agree.

"You're just dreaming, my dad said that you are the most unlucky person in my family, so my dad doesn't want you to send your eldest sister to get married." A boy about thirteen or fourteen years old in a small suit came over, and when he saw Shen Xia, he didn't hesitate to laugh at her, usually he didn't like her, and he only blamed her for being a woman, although he was much older than her, even if he bullied her, he was also the one who was protected, and he was Shen Qi, the son of Uncle Shen Xiangtian, and Shen Xia's second brother, he combed his hair in the middle, and there were a few small pimples faintly on his square face, looking at Shen Xia with mocking eyes at the moment, and in her eyes he was like those traitors on TV.

"You're the unlucky one! I'm just going! Shen Xia broke free from her mother's embrace and threw herself at Shen Qi, she hated him to death, she always deliberately grabbed things from her, Yin Yin was his fault, and the people of this family maintained him.

"You dead girl, you dare to hit me? Are you still staining my new clothes? Mom, look at her, she looks like she has no tutor, it's disgusting! Although Shen Qi has passed his fourteenth birthday, he has always been a son-in-law under the pampering of his family, and there is almost nothing he can not get from what he wants, at this time he looked disgusted and asked a woman not far away for help.

The woman who was chatting with the guests, heard the voice and walked over, she was wearing a set of Western-style lady skirts cut from the most popular fabrics this year, her face was covered with the more popular powder, she couldn't see her original facial features at all, and she was wearing a pearl necklace, which was completely dressed like a rich wife, and her appearance made Shen Xia's mother and daughter even more sour, she also glanced at Shen Xia's mother and daughter with disgust, and said:

"I said Xiaoxiang, how do you usually teach your daughter? Today is the big day for my Lan'er to get married, if it is ruined by you, I will not spare you! ”

"Mom, people also said that they were going to send the eldest sister Lak." Shen Qi didn't forget to add oil and vinegar to the side, and glanced at Shen Xia contemptuously.

"Do you think you're Cinderella, someone has given you a beautiful outfit? Stop dreaming! Look at your shabby appearance, don't be ashamed of the dead, I really don't know what sins I created in my last life to become relatives with you! This woman is Shen Xia's aunt Li Xidi, at this moment she raised her head proudly and deliberately stretched the word "relative".

"Sister-in-law, please don't talk too much!" Shen Xia's mother Shu Xiaoxiang couldn't bear to look at the woman in front of her, it was not uncommon for her to become a relative with her, but she was destined to marry into the Shen family, what could she do? Divorced? She couldn't bear her two children, even if their family was not welcome here, but they were all meat that fell from her body, how could she abandon them?

Shen Xia didn't speak, just stared at the two people in front of her with her eyes, feeling that they were more hateful than the monsters in Journey to the West, she secretly made up her mind that she must study hard in the future, she must be out of the woods, and don't let her mother suffer from their grievances again.

"I can't talk too much, what are you staring at a dead girl? You're glaring at me and beating you to death without a tutor! Li Xidi stretched out her hand regardless of her image and wanted to slap Shen Xia.

"Mom, what are you doing? The fourth sister is only a five-year-old child. Shen Lan, who was about to get married, hurriedly walked over when she saw this, and she knew in her heart what her mother thought, but they were really too much. Li Xidi saw Shen Lan coming over, so she reluctantly put her hand down.

"Big sister" Five-year-old Shen Xia broke free from her mother's arms and walked towards Shen Lan, Shen Lan squatted down and smiled at Shen Xia, and scratched the little guy's nose with her hand. In fact, in her heart, this fourth sister is still very cute, everyone knows that her birth and her grandfather's death are completely coincidental, but this family likes to catch this and say that she "sweeps the star" to kill her grandfather. The patriarchy of the family made her heart precocious, thinking of this, Shen Lan's heart was a little sad, how did she come from a young age, the reason why she became what she is today is all due to this family. She had never thought of marrying so early, she was only eighteen years old. But she didn't have a choice, she was already pregnant with that person's child. Alas, maybe these are fate! Unconsciously, a drop of liquid appeared in the corner of Shen Lan's eye, Shen Xia saw it, she didn't say anything but gently wiped it off with her little hand. Shen Lan knew that she had lost her mind, so she quickly regained her smile, took Shen Xia's little hand, and told her that she could follow the bridal car. When Shen Xia heard this, he was so happy that he grimaced at Shen Qi, so angry that Shen Qi kept gritting his teeth and wanted to teach this stinky girl who didn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the sky a lesson.

"Lan'er, you said you were going to take her to the bride? You are crazy? She's a doorsweeper! Shen Xiangtian, who was on the side, immediately became excited when he heard the news, he broke his head and couldn't think about how his daughter could have such thoughts?

"Dad, fourth sister, she is just a child, how can you say that it is so terrible? Besides, she's still my sister, so it stands to reason that she's the most qualified to give a bride. ”

"How can this be? You see, she doesn't even have decent clothes, so let the family know that this is my relative, and she won't be laughed to death. Li Xidi still said unforgivingly.

"Mom, you're her aunt, how can you say that about the fourth sister? She doesn't have pretty clothes, I can give them to her. After Shen Lan finished speaking, he pulled her away. She is also full of disgust for this home, and even feels that there is no nostalgia, she heard the girl in the same village who wants to get married say that she will be very reluctant to go home when she first gets married, but she has no such feeling at all, but there is a kind of stone that has been pressed in her heart to fall like an incomparable light.

"Forget it, I hope the bride's joy can overshadow her bad luck." Shen Xiangtian saw his daughter defending Shen Xia like this, he found an excuse to go down the steps, he said this, Shu Xiaoxiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looking at her daughter's quirky character, she was also a little worried, the child's father worked outside all the year round, even if he had a happy event at home today, he couldn't rush back, and he couldn't discipline her, I really didn't know what would happen in the future, I could only secretly pray that she could grow up healthily and grow up like an ordinary child.