Chapter 309: Abandoned Baby
The wind lifted the curtain of the car, Luo Qiancheng poked his head out of the window, and saw smoke rising from the sky in front of him, and hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Hey, there is a village ahead, let's go there to shelter from the rain." “
Xu Qingyan had already swept to the Zhuangzi in her senses, and hurriedly instructed Zelan: "Cross the road in front." ”
"Hey." Zeeland answered, and hurriedly turned onto the path, and the carriage behind him hurriedly followed.
Luojia Village is a large village with a large population and nearly 100 families living in the village.
However, in such a large village, there are all low thatched houses as far as the eye can see, and only a gray brick house stands in the east of the village.
The sound of horses' hooves sounded on the country road, leading the farmers returning home to look over one after another, and they wondered whose family was the rich relative.
Zeeland drove straight to the brick houses in the east of the village, and only that family could accommodate them in this village, and there were so many cars, horses, and people.
The gate of the courtyard in the countryside was mostly open during the day, and Zeeland had just driven the carriage there, and before he could get out of the carriage, he saw the eldest woman of the courtyard hurrying out with a swaddling cloth in her arms.
Seeing that there were so many carriages blocked at the door, the woman was startled, and just wanted to step forward to ask clearly, when she heard someone crying behind her: "Mother, don't throw Xiao Wu, don't throw Xiao Wu." ”
Everyone in the car was shocked when they heard this, and Luo Qiancheng and Xu Qingyan immediately lifted the curtain and looked out.
The woman who ran out of the house, her hair was in a messy bun, her face was haggard, her loose hair mixed with sweat was wet and sticky to her face, and she was in an unusually embarrassed state.
She staggered to catch up with the old woman, tugged at the corner of her clothes, knelt on the ground and cried: "Mother, daughter-in-law, please, don't throw Xiao Wu, don't." “
At this moment, four children, two boys and two girls, rushed out of the house.
The two girls rushed to the woman and called out to the woman, and then knelt down before the old woman, begging, "Mama, please keep your sister, keep your sister." ”
The two boys stood aside and watched coldly.
The old woman glared at them fiercely, and scolded: "Leave a fart, it's a gossip girl, it's good that I didn't drown on the spot, as for whether to throw it out dead or alive, it's all up to her to make it herself, if you ask for mercy, get out with her." “
The two girls were frightened by the woman, and were immediately silent, only the woman kept kowtowing: "Mother, my daughter-in-law will work more and eat less in the future, please stay Xiaowu, please." “
The woman ignored her when she heard this, and walked out with the child in her arms, and the woman hurriedly got up when she saw this, and rushed forward to grab the child.
But she had just finished giving birth, and when her body was weak, she was pushed down by the woman who had no enemies.
The woman Xu was aroused by her, and scolded sharply: "Hu Xiuniang, don't be embarrassed, if you pull it again, I will drown her now, believe it or not." With that, he made a gesture and went to the kitchen.
The woman was frightened and said sharply: "Mother, don't, don't, I don't ask for it, I don't ask for it." ”
Seeing that the woman turned around, the woman said with despair on her face: "Mother, even if you want to throw it, you have waited for this shower, you send Xiao Wu out now, she has no way to live at all." “
"Phew, you have to throw it in the morning and evening, and you may not be able to live if you throw it in the evening, and you will be quiet in the morning." As he spoke, he took the child in his arms and walked out.
"Wait."
"Wait."
Luo Qiancheng and Xu Qingyan spoke at the same time.
Luo Qiancheng jumped out of the carriage and ran to the woman with an angry face: "I said, you old woman is too ruthless, this is your own granddaughter in your arms, you say throw it away, and there is no humanity." ”
The woman looked her up and down, and said disdainfully, "Who are you, meddling." “
Luo Qiancheng was about to fight back, but he heard Xu Qingyan say coldly: "The law of this dynasty is clearly determined, the abandonment of the baby, once it is reported, the cane will be punished thirty, and the drowning person will be fifty, this lady doesn't want to defy the law" Xu Qingyan was extremely angry.
Born in a peaceful era, she had only seen this kind of thing in the news in her previous life, but she never thought that one day, she would see this kind of human tragedy with her own eyes.
The baby in the swaddling clothes is thin and small, and looks so fragile, as if a slight pinch can cause the weak life to pass away with the wind.
Such a young child, even if she, an outsider, is extremely distressed when she sees it, but the child's biological grandmother can be so ruthless that she can discard it.
If the family is poor and can't afford to support it, just looking at the only brick house in the village, it doesn't look like it can't be opened.
Seeing that people were coming down from the carriage one after another, the woman panicked, and said with a fierce face: "Who are you, and what do you want to do when you come to my house?" ”
"What are you doing, I originally wanted to borrow your house to shelter from the rain, but now I have to take care of this stall." Luo Qiancheng said angrily.
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw two more men walking out of the house, an old man and a young man, the old one was about fifty years old, and the young one was estimated to be about thirty, and the age should be the child's grandfather and father.
The old man said with a solemn face: "There is something inconvenient to entertain at home, so let's go elsewhere." “
"I don't, I tell you, if you dare to throw this child away today, I will immediately go to the government to sue you."
Luo Qiancheng's threat The old man listened to it but didn't care, and said expressionlessly: "If the girl wants to go, just go." “
"You...."Luo Qiancheng choked and pointed at him, "You are really not afraid." ”
"Afraid?" The old man smiled coldly: "Do you know how many children die in my Luojia Village every year, if the government really cares, I'm afraid the whole village should go to prison." ”
Xu Qingyan's body trembled when she heard this, and she was really shocked by the old man's words, what this old man meant was that this kind of thing had happened to every household in Luojia Village!
Xu Qingyan couldn't imagine that picture, as long as she thought about it, her heart seemed to be smashed with a heavy hammer, and she felt a dull pain.
Luo Qiancheng was also shaken, and he was speechless.
Wu Tianyou saw that Xu Qingyan's face was wrong, so he hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and called softly: "Are you okay?" “
Xu Qingyan came back to her senses, pointed to the swaddling clothes and asked the old man sharply: "What is it that such a young child is hindering you, making you so reckless of family affection and inhumane." ”
knew that the heavy rain was coming, and stubbornly threw the child out, clearly wanting to kill her.
As Xu Qingyan's voice fell, the rainstorm that had been brewing for a long time finally came, and the bean-sized raindrops crackled down, like God's tears.
"It's raining, everyone go inside." Wu Tianyou shouted backwards, and then pulled Xu Qingyan to run into the house.
Xu Qingyan broke away from his hand and helped the young woman into the house with Luo Qiancheng.
"Hey, what are you doing, who let you in?" The woman stood by the door and screamed.
The child in his arms was woken up by a sharp voice, and he was so frightened that he cried, Wu Tianyou immediately stepped forward and snatched the child over.
Seeing that the young woman had seen it with tears in her eyes, and was busy returning the child to her, the woman hurriedly took it and thanked her repeatedly.
Xu Qingyan and Luo Qiancheng helped the woman back to the room, saw that the little doll was still crying, and said, "The child is hungry, you can feed her some milk." ”
The woman nodded Hao Ran, Xu Qingyan knew that they were here, the woman was embarrassed, and after glancing at Luo Qiancheng, she retreated together. 2k reading web