branch plum blossom

Chapter 20 Children
Although Ma Yifang never mentions her parents, deep down in her heart, she loves them extremely.

Who doesn't have a mysterious admiration and attachment to the biological parents who gave him life in his heart?
Those rumors poured into Ma Yifang's ears like a gust of wind, making her tremble.

One rainy late autumn, Ma Yifang woke up from a dream, sat up from the bed, with slightly curly long hair, brought a single stool over, put it in front of the closet, then stood on the single stool, cushioned He took off the suitcase on the closet and opened it, took out a red cloth bag that was pressed at the bottom of the suitcase, and opened it carefully, revealing a whole body transparent green jade plaque.

She held the jade pendant tightly, sat under the window, and rubbed it from time to time, her eyes were full of indescribable complexity.

It was the only valuable thing left to her by her parents.

Outside the window, raindrops dripped down from the tile eaves, one drop, one string, sometimes rattling, sometimes rattling.

What is the favorite season of the people at that time?The answer must be the rainy season in late autumn.

Although it is late autumn, there are no particularly important farming tasks, but, as an authentic farmer, how can he stay at home?No matter what, you have to carry a hoe, pick up dung and so on, and go to the field to cultivate it, otherwise, people will say that it is lazy and not doing business, and within two days, it must be spread throughout the village in the team.

However, it’s different when it rains. It’s raining. It’s nothing important. What are you going to do in the fields?If you catch a cold, it's not worth it.

At that time, it was not like now, with Internet access, and few people even had a TV set, so when it rained, everyone would happily curl up under the covers and sleep comfortably.

Ma Yifang's family is no exception.

Just when Ma Yifang's lonely thoughts vaguely touched something about Ma Lihan and Qi Feifei with the sound of raindrops, he was interrupted by Huo Xiulian's shrill noise.

"Look at your incompetence, just like your mother who doesn't fart all day long. I don't know what crime I did. Why did I marry your family? There are such wicked grandparents."

Apparently, Huo Xiulian also believed in those rumors. She believed that she had not had children until now, and she was harmed by Ma Yifang.

"Okay, keep your voice down, why don't you imitate those gossips outside?"

Bai Xinyou looked at Ma Yifang's room, and quickly covered Huo Xiulian's mouth.

He didn't know anything about his grandfather, and Ma Yifang never told him about his grandfather, so that, sometimes, he wanted to believe what the women in the village said.

In the end, though, he was convinced that his grandfather was not that kind of person.

"A hen that can't lay eggs, what right does it have to shout here?"

Ma Yifang stood up, opened the door, and roared at Huo Xiulian's room.

This is something that has never happened before.

Huo Xiulian was startled at first, and then jumped violently.

Huo Xiulian's family is not an ordinary family either, her father is also a cadre of the commune, when has he ever been angry like this?
That day, Ma Yifang and Huo Xiulian had an unprecedented fight, which completely became the talk of the women.

After that, Ma Yifang fought with Huo Xiulian every three days as if possessed by a demon.

Bai Xinyou was caught in the middle, very annoyed.

In the end, an enthusiastic distant relative brought him a girl without knowing anything, saying that her father died of illness, her mother ran away with someone, and her grandparents didn't want to raise her, so they said they would give it away. Thinking that Bai Xinyou had no children, she brought them back to Bai Xinyou.

Seeing the complacent look of that distant relative, Bai Xinyou thought it was funny. This is raising a child, not a cat or a dog. Just bring me one and let me keep it?

What's the matter, I have to say something in advance!

It has to be discussed, right?

Yes, I don't have children, but I can't be so hungry, can I?

Bai Xinyou was very speechless about that self-righteous distant relative.

"Oh, Xinyou, look, this girl looks so good, and she is so big, she went to kindergarten directly, saving a lot of food"

"The eldest aunt is not like this. We have to discuss it. This child is so old and remembers things. Can he support a family? (The meaning of supporting a family means that the child recognizes her adoptive parents as the family and will not support her. I kept it and ran away.)”

Bai Xinyou tilted his head and looked hard at the little girl hiding behind his relative.

The little girl's hair was messed up and covered with white lice eggs. The lice crawled unscrupulously between the hair, and her face was covered with ashes and snot.
Bai Xinyou quickly turned his face away.

"You don't have to worry about this. This child is in the mountains in the most remote town in our county. His grandparents said that as long as he is sent out, they don't care whether he is dead or alive, good or bad. This child, six Four years old on the nineteenth day of the month, I can't say my name well, how much can I remember from the past? I entrusted several relatives to bring the child here. I'm just kind, I think you have never had children. There is a way, I just want to bring it to you as soon as possible, since you, forget it, just say, do you want it, if you don’t want it, I will bring it back to her grandparents, anyway, I It's also a dog meddling with a mouse"

The relative's face was a bit ugly, and he thought that Bai Xinyou would be grateful to her, treat her to a big meal, and maybe give her a considerable amount of hard work, but unexpectedly, Bai Xinyou bit Lu Dongbin like a dog.

"Auntie, I'm really sorry. We"

When Bai Xinyou was about to refuse, Huo Xiulian came in with a plate of candies.

"Come on, little sister, come here and eat some candy."

Huo Xiulian grabbed a handful of candies and stuffed them into the little girl's hand.

The little girl looked up, her dark eyes were shining like stars in the night sky.

"Oh, tsk tsk, you look so good"

Huo Xiulian couldn't help but beam with joy.

"Eat, eat, from now on, I will be your mother, and he will be your father."

Huo Xiulian pointed at herself first, and then pointed at Bai Xinyou with a smile.

The little girl stopped chewing the candy, and stared blankly at Huo Xiulian, her eyes were so clear that she could see endlessly.

"Oh, you stinky girl, you are so lucky, hurry up, call me mom, call me dad soon!"

The relative was overjoyed when he heard Huo Xiulian's words. He put his hands on the little girl's tender shoulders and shook them vigorously.

The little girl looked at the relative shyly, then at Huo Xiulian, opened her mouth, and called out to her mother softly, her voice was like a mosquito.

"Oh, look, how smart this kid is."

The relative reached out and patted the child's head twice.

"Auntie, take it easy, don't be silly."

Huo Xiulian squeezed her throat and said.

"Hey, hey, yes, yes, come on, girl, come on, this is your father, call me father."

The relatives pulled the girl in front of Bai Xinyou. The little girl lost her balance and fell to the ground with a "puff".

"Oh, why are you so useless, get up quickly"

The relative touched the little girl on the ground impatiently with his foot.

The little girl pursed her lips, shedding tears, quickly got up, and timidly walked towards Bai Xinyou.

"Hey, don't wait. Xiulian, come on, come here first."

Bai Xinyou dragged Huo Xiulian into the back room.

"Why are you so impulsive? Can you believe what she said? She said that she got it from her grandparents. Who can prove it? What if it's the child she bought?"

Bai Xinyou is a man after all, so he should be more considerate.

"Oh, that's what you said, I didn't think so much."

Huo Xiulian suddenly came to her senses, afraid of what that relative said.

"We'd better not ask for it, so as not to cause trouble."

Bai Xinyou said firmly to Huo Xiulian.

"However, it doesn't have to be her who brought it here. What if she really took it from her grandparents? Or, let's keep it first? If someone finds it later, we can just go back. Besides, This child is about the same age as the white plum in Bai Wu's family, if we raise him, you won't be any worse than Bai Wu."

Seeing that the daughter she got is about to fly away, how could Huo Xiulian be willing?
She needs a child so badly now.

Bai Xinyou and Huo Xiulian murmured for a long time in the back room, and finally, they were defeated and nodded.

Bai Xinyou gave the relative 200 yuan for his hard work, and also gave him two pieces of bacon and two sausages.

"Girl, from now on, you can enjoy happiness with your parents. You must be obedient and don't make your parents angry."

After a few instructions, the relative happily left.Finding a good place for the child and reducing the burden on the child's grandparents, she has to go there quickly to get some benefits.

The news that Bai Xinyou and Huo Xiulian had a child spread quickly throughout the village.

Everyone looked at them and Ma Yifang, and slowly returned to the original friendship.

They named the child Baiyuan, which means perfect and perfect.

In the first few years, they talked to Bai Yuan, they were too good to talk about, they were closer than their own.

Baimei admires Baiyuan so much, sometimes she wonders why they didn't adopt her.
However, Bai Yuan's good days were only those few years.

Later, for some reason, Huo Xiulian became pregnant when Bai Yuan was six years old, and gave birth to a boy named Bai Xingwang, which means prosperity.

At this point, the words of the women have completely changed. They all said that it was Ma Yifang who had done good deeds, moved God, touched the ancestors of the Bai family, and blessed Bai Xinyou to have a son.

Bai Xinyou is still very kind to Bai Yuan, and feels very happy that he has sons and daughters now.

But Huo Xiulian was different. Ever since Bai Xingwang was born, she no longer cared as much about Bai Yuan as before. She even sent Bai Yuan to Ma Yifang to take care of her.

I don't even ask for ten days and a half months.

"What a hard-hearted man!"

Ma Yifang spat at Huo Xiulian's room.

Ma Yifang didn't want to take care of Bai Yuan at first, but when he saw Bai Yuan's cowardly expression, his heart suddenly softened.

How much like myself when I was a child!

Ma Yifang's heart trembled.

Whenever Huo Xiulian saw Bai Yuan, she would either tell her to work in the fields or take care of Bai Xingwang. The pampered Bai Xingwang would scratch a few blood marks on Bai Yuan's face at every turn.

Bai Yuan didn't even dare to say a word, if she did, Huo Xiulian would slap her in the face for a long time.

As a good sister, Baimei defends Baiyuan very much.

After the two of them cut the pigweed, they made a cushion out of grass and sat on it, watching the sunset on the top of the mountain, and chatting.

"Bai Yuan, next time that wild boy dares to hit you, you can secretly prick him with a needle, hum!"

"No, Baimei, you don't know. If my mother finds out, I won't want to live. Last time, when I was visiting my brother, I helped my grandma get a needle. They hung me up and beat me up, and my dad went to persuade her that it was her lifeblood that she beat my younger brother together with my dad."

Bai Yuan said softly.

"Then, let's study hard, and we won't have to be angry with her when we are admitted to university in the future."

Baimei said loudly.

"Ok!"

Bai Yuan nodded, and rarely answered loudly.

She thought so too, it would be fine when she was admitted to university.

The red light shrouded the immature faces of the two, which was very clear.

Baimei and Baiyuan kept their word. They have been studying hard since they started school, and their grades are very good.

They feel that they are not far away from the day of Yuenongmen, and the world outside the mountain is beckoning to them.

"cluck"

"Hahaha"

The laughter of the two little girls echoed in the afterglow, and became extremely beautiful because of hope.

But who knows, God is not gentle to these two children.

(End of this chapter)