My name is Qin Fang.

When I was nine years old, the village chief took me to Zhou's house and made Zhou Ji a son-in-law.

My father, Qin Daqian, was a gambler, addicted to gambling, and he would lose every time he gambled.

When you lose money, you go home and drink alcohol.

When he got drunk, he started beating my mother and me.

Fighting and scolding, roaring like thunder.

One winter was particularly cold, and after Qin Daqian took my sister Qin Sisi out, she lost contact for more than half a month.

When he returned, he picked up a bottle of wine in one hand and a stick in the other, and greeted his mother as soon as he entered the door.

The mother was covered in bruises, but she didn't snort, but gritted her teeth and asked where her daughter had gone?

Qin Daqian didn't answer, and the stick in his hand intensified, falling on his mother like raindrops.

I hugged my mother, guarded her in front of her, pointed at Qin Daqian, and said that I hated him and would never forgive him in my life.

Qin Daqian kicked me away with a kick of disgust, and the wine bottle slammed to the ground.

The next day, I heard from the people in the village that Qin Daqian gambled and not only lost the house, but also sold his own daughter, that is, my sister.

The mother couldn't stand the blow and went insane, and never came back after going out alone.

Qin Daqian disagreed, continued to get drunk and gambled, and didn't care about my life or death.

After the house was taken away by the creditor, Qin Daqian did not show up again, and I became a homeless orphan and almost starved to death in the cowshed.

I still remember that when I was dying, the village chief Chen Laoqi fed me a bowl of rice soup with brown sugar and snatched me back from the hands of the king of Hades.

Chen Laoqi's family is not wealthy, and he can't afford to add another mouth to eat, so he has to ask people around to ask for suitable people, planning to send me away.

Two months later, Chen Laoqi learned that Zhou Jixian from the neighboring town was recruiting children to adopt a son-in-law, so he sent me over.

Zhou Jixian was very satisfied with me and gave Chen Laoqi a sum of money to let me stay in Zhou's house.

Chen Laoqi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and when he was leaving, he pulled me aside and told me to send someone under the fence to learn to look at my face.

Say less and do more, and don't talk too much if you shouldn't ask.

After Chen Laoqi left, Zhou Ji took me to meet his daughter Zhou Mei first.

Zhou Mei is two years younger than me and looks very beautiful, but her face is as white as paper, and there is no blood.

What's even more weird is that her hands and feet were chained, locked in an iron cage, and she glared at Zhou Jixian resentfully.

I opened my mouth wide in shock, and I couldn't understand why Zhou Jixian did this to his daughter.

When Zhou Mei saw me, she suddenly became a little restless, her eyes were scarlet like blood, her hands and feet pulled the iron chain hard, making a clanging sound, and her breathing became rapid.

I was frightened by her appearance and subconsciously took two steps back.

At this time, Zhou Ji coughed a few times first, reached out and patted the iron cage.

Zhou Mei seemed to be very afraid of Zhou Jixian, and curled up in horror into the corner of the iron cage, and her head was twisted to the side.

Still, her gaze seemed to stay on me.

This is the first time I have met Zhou Mei, and I have left some shadows in my heart.

Zhou Ji touched my head first and said: "Mei'er has a strange disease, and when she has an attack, she is crazy and furious, and she is forced to lock her. When you grow up and get married, you'll be fine. ”

I nodded as if I didn't understand, not daring to look at Zhou Mei.

At dinner in the evening, Zhou Jixian's cousin Yang Caizhu inadvertently said, in fact, I am the fifth child adopted son-in-law recruited by the Zhou family, and the first few died for various reasons not long after they were recruited into the door.

At the age of nine, although he is ignorant, he also understands many things.

Yang Caizhu wanted to tell me that the Zhou family's child son-in-law was not easy to be and might be in danger of dying.

Zhou Jixian glared at Yang Caizhu fiercely and slammed his chopsticks on the table.

Yang Caizhu immediately shut up and stopped talking.

After eating, Zhou Ji first arranged a room for me to live in, which was next door to Zhou Mei.

I've always been haunted by Zhou Mei being locked in a cage.

I'm going to sneak over in the middle of the night and ask her what kind of strange illness she has.

Although I am quite afraid of Zhou Mei, the child's curiosity far outweighs fear.

Moreover, I don't think Zhou Mei has any ill will towards me.

Zhou Jixian seemed to see through my thoughts, and when he left, he warned me that if he wanted to find Zhou Mei, it must be during the day, and he could only accompany him.

After dark, my range of motion is limited to this room.

When he said these words, Zhou Jixian's body exuded a dignified aura, which made me breathless.

I nodded, dispelling the idea of going to Zhou Mei in private.

Since that day, for nearly ten years, I have never left the gate of Zhou's house, and I rarely go to see Zhou Mei.

It's not that I don't want to, but Zhou Jixian deliberately didn't take me over.

He said that when I grew up and married Zhou Mei, I could see her every day.

But now, I should put all my mind on learning the arts, and I must not waste my time.

When he first arrived at Zhou's house, Zhou Jixian would pour several large bowls of bitter and unpalatable decoction every morning.

"These medicines are used to replenish qi and nourish blood, you are weak and weak, and you need to take care of your body before you can learn from Mr. Zuo." Zhou Ji first dispelled my worries and doubts.

Half a month later, I was taken to the backyard of Zhou's house and met Mr. Zuo, whom Zhou Jixian mentioned.

Mr. Zuo is about 60 years old, and his left foot is disabled, so he can't lift it up when he walks, and rubs it directly on the ground.

Zhou Ji first said to me: "The Zhou family doesn't raise idlers, and they don't want waste, so you can learn from Mr. Zuo in the future." I will give you ten years, and after ten years, whether you will continue to stay as the son-in-law of the Zhou family, or get out of the door of the Zhou family, it all depends on your ability. ”

Only then did I realize that staying in the Zhou family was far from being as easy as I thought.

Zhou Jixian's purpose is not to recruit any child sons-in-law at all, but to deceive some children like me under this guise and choose suitable ones for him to use.

Mr. Zuo's face was gloomy, and there was a bad smell on his body, and he pointed to a few rows of knife piles in the courtyard and asked me to stand barefoot.

I was momentarily stunned, and I didn't dare to move.

Although the blade of the knife has rusted, the knife edge is still relatively sharp, not to mention barefoot, and it is possible to cut it if you step on it with shoes.

Mr. Zuo raised his head and said coldly: "Go up!" ”

My heart trembled, and I still couldn't move on my legs.

Mr. Zuo called out with an ear scraper, and I staggered, my face immediately swollen, and the corners of my mouth oozed blood.

I gritted my teeth and glared at Mr. Zuo hatefully, my fists clenched tightly, my nails embedded in my flesh.

"What, not convinced?" Mr. Zuo snorted and said, "Remember, you are not the son-in-law of the Zhou family now, but the experimental specimen that Zhou Ji bought with money first." ”

"He'd sent a few test specimens here before, but they all ended up being scrapped and made into fertilizer by me. Do you want to make flower fertilizer too? ”

Experiments?

Waste?

I carefully understood Mr. Zuo's words, and suddenly remembered that Yang Caizhu had said that several child sons-in-law recruited by the Zhou family had died young.

Could it be that they didn't die normally, but were poisoned by Mr. Zuo?