Chapter 2: Dad Kills Mother
He was covered in cold sweat, and the already broken bedding was even more soaked.
It turned out to be a dream.
It's been two years since I had such a strange and painful dream for the first time when I was sixteen, and I've been repeating that dream from time to time.
The faint morning light was shining through the window, and I had to get up quickly and go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, lest my father wake up and come back to me.
Wearing old clothes with exposed wrists and ankles, hey, it's been a year, and my father and mother haven't added me a single piece of clothing, but fortunately I'm thin, otherwise I wouldn't be able to wear it.
It's so nice on the mountain, there is no beating and scolding from my father, only the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.
The wild vegetables and mushrooms in the basket have already accounted for most of them, and it is time to go home, otherwise, Dad should be angry again. I am different from the eldest lady of the Liu family, I am the pearl of the palm, and I am the money-losing goods in my father's mouth.
"Sister!"
Who? Now I don't see half a figure on the mountain as far as the eye can see, who is calling?
"Sister, I'm here."
I had a paw on my rag shoe, which turned out to be a rabbit.
Seeing that it has no intention of leaving, then take it home, bake it for my mother to eat, it can be regarded as adding meat, and make up for my body, my mother's body has become weaker and weaker recently.
Grab the long ears of the rabbit and put it in the basket, today is not in vain, usually the hares on the mountain can not be caught at all, they are very fine.
Why is the sun so hot today, the flowers and plants are a little wilted, it seems that this year is a dry year, and the basket on my back has long been full.
I broke some branches and wild flowers, and made a wreath to wear on my head, which can be regarded as a little shade of the scorching sun, and on the way home, it will be bad if I suffer from heat stroke, but no one cares about me.
But this garland is really beautiful, but this old dress really doesn't match it.
As soon as I arrived outside the courtyard gate, I heard my father scolding again: "You stinky woman, if it weren't for your bad stomach and giving birth to a money-losing thing for our Bai family, our Bai family would have ended up in such a field?"
"Her father, it's not up to me to give birth to a boy or a girl, Zheng'er is a good child, he can't be down-and-out in vain, it's all on the child's head, don't fight, please don't fight!"
What? Dad is beating his mother again? He beat us twice for three days, I was young and could stand it, but my mother's body, how could I withstand my father's punches and kicks!
didn't care about anything else, pushed open the gate of the courtyard and rushed in, but what caught his eye was a face like a mother's blood gourd, "Mother!" β
I picked up my mother, who was lying on the ground, and I couldn't see my mother's expression clearly with blurred tears.
My mother slowly raised a hand and stretched out to my face, "Zheng, Zheng'er, it's my mother who is sorry for you!" You, you must live well, live well, live ......"
My mother's raised hand slowly slipped down, but it didn't touch my face.
"Mother! Mother! What's wrong with you, mother, don't scare me! β
I hugged my mother tightly, and suddenly looked up and saw my father holding a stone and smashing it at me, and there were still undried blood stains on the stone, which was my mother's blood!
"You dead girl, you should die with your unblessed mother, don't come to harm our Bai family!"
Just as the stone was about to hit me, my father's wrist was grabbed, and the stone in his hand was snatched away and thrown out.
Then Dad was controlled and couldn't move.
Looking at the sight, it turned out to be Luo Feng, Liu Qingzhu's cousin, and Liu Qingzhu's fiancΓ©.
"Zheng'er, are you alright?"
I didn't answer, I didn't cry anymore, I just hugged my mother who was silent in my arms.
Dad struggled from time to time, but he was firmly controlled by Luo Feng's people.
"Zheng'er!" A cautious and distressed voice.
It was Hu Xiaoxiao, and she looked at me with red eyes.
I didn't have the strength anymore, and when I looked at the corpse of the mother in my arms, my eyes went dark.
Soon, a faint light came out of the darkness, and the light group grew bigger and bigger, and a person slowly walked out of the light group.
This person is wearing a moon-white robe, with dark lines embroidered on the hem, he looks very elegant, his shoulders are wide and his waist is narrow, his body is slender, and his face is like a crown of jade, how can this person look so good.
When he approached, my face was reflected in the dark eyes, and I took a few steps back helplessly.
But he took a few steps closer to me, and reached out to touch my hair, and his eyes showed pity. But I'm sure that I've never known such a noble person, and even Luo Feng, who can't take her eyes off when a woman sees it, can't compare.
Seeing his outstretched hand, he conjured up a folding fan out of thin air, "Zheng'er, I'm sorry for you!" β
Then he put the folding fan in my hand, "This golden black feather is yours, you have to keep it alive, wait for me!" β
I opened the folding fan in my hand, and there was a big tree painted on the surface of the fan, and under the tree stood a three-legged, golden bird, except for this strange three-legged bird, which looked a little like a crow, but it looked more powerful.
I was about to look up and ask why I was given such a strange fan, but it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything.
I tried to open my eyes, the house was still dilapidated, but it was clean, I usually like to clean the house, yes, this is my room, and I was lying on the bed, just about to get up, but I found a fan in my hand.
When I opened it, it turned out to be the fan that the man had given me in my dream.
This fan is called Golden Crowfeather? The man in the dream said that this fan is called Golden Crowfeather, so this fan is in my hand at the moment, that, in the dream......
That celestial man is not a dream, is it real? Could it be that I have met a fairy?
Don't think about it, now that my mother was killed by my father, I am the only one left in the family, put away my grief first, and things need to be handled properly.
When I opened the door, I saw a white lantern......
Hu Xiaoxiao greeted me and hugged me, with a little water in his eyes, "Zheng'er, I have already done the funeral for you." β
I looked at Hu Xiaoxiao in surprise, "What? Xiao Xiao, why did you finish it in such a hurry? Although I don't have any money at home, why should I stop at home for three days, this kind of thing is not allowed to be sloppy. β
Hu Xiaoxiao saw that I was a little anxious, so he helped me to sit down in the pavilion in the courtyard.
It turned out that I had been asleep for seven days, my mother's body could not wait, and the deceased had to be buried in peace, so Hu Xiaoxiao took matters into his own hands and handled the funeral for me.
My father was sentenced to be executed after the autumn for murder, and I didn't feel much, the thing is very simple, killing pays for life.
But I was alone.
In the whole family, only my mother was good to me, but my father always beat me and my mother, and my mother's body couldn't stand it, so she didn't escape this catastrophe. Perhaps, this is also the best destination for my mother, it is more painful to live than to die.
I wept silently, I didn't have any nostalgia for this dilapidated home, only pity my miserable mother, who ended up like this.
Hu Xiaoxiao took me to the grave to worship my mother, and began to worry about my future life.
I am very grateful to her, if it weren't for her, I would have slept for seven days, and my mother's funeral would probably have been left unattended. Although her father is a wealthy gentleman here, running a restaurant, a silk village, and some other industries, Hu Xiaoxiao has never had the frame of the eldest lady, and is completely different from Liu Qingzhu, who looks at everyone with his eyes.
Hu Xiaoxiao is really a friend of mine, otherwise, he would not have gotten along with me, a poor man, for more than ten years.
"Xiao Xiao, I want to leave here, when I earn money, I will return it to you immediately, you must have spent a lot of money to help me handle the funeral."
Hu Xiaoxiao glared at me and scolded: "Where are you going?" How can a girl's family leave alone? Besides, where can you go? β
yes, where am I going? Where can I go?
But I have learned some knowledge outside my husband's window since I was a child, and even if I go outside, I should be able to find a way out.
Although the name "Hehuan Yuan" is beautiful, it does not leave me with any good memories here.