reborn at sixty

Chapter 2 3. The ruthless hand

Tong Yue, shouldn't be called Shui Lian now, lying on the kang looking at the roof with girders exposed above her head, thinking slowly.

Since yesterday, she has had some colds, so she ate some porridge and lay down on the kang to rest.

Thinking of the era she is in now, she feels a little flustered, and there are still two years before entering that unprecedented period.

But he sighed secretly in his heart, so what? For a child like her, it is not bad if she can take good care of herself and feed her stomach. Those things are really not that big for a child like her. Relationship.

"Shui Lian, you dead child, you are in a daze every day, go out to collect firewood, you don't know if the house is not burned, I have committed crimes in my life, feeding you for nothing..."

Hearing the scolding from the outside room, although Shui Lian felt uncomfortable, she still got up quickly, she was used to this kind of situation.

On a cold day, the shoes are small and torn, with all five toes exposed, not to mention the cotton coat on my body.

The padded jacket from many years ago was changed for her to wear, and the patches had covered the original color of the padded jacket. Anyway, patches of various colors appeared on this padded jacket of hers, almost catching up with the paddy field clothes.

Not to mention keeping warm, it's not bad to have a shame-covering clothes to wear.

"You son of a bitch, you're slowly making a fuss day by day, you want to be a bastard..."

The woman was still puzzled, so she went up and kicked Shui Lian's feet. She was only eight years old, but she was only five years old, how could she stand the beating and scolding of a woman.

All of a sudden, she fell to her knees, and the pain from her knee made her look at the woman sullenly.

Wang Mei glared at Shui Lian, "Look at it, if you have the ability, you get out of this house. I have supported you so much, and I have developed hatred for my old lady. If you know this, you should have strangled you in the first place."

A little boy's voice came from the next room, "Mom, hit hard. She didn't help me when I fought with Tie Dan yesterday. Look at my head with such a big bump."

As soon as the woman heard that her youngest son was being bullied, the white-eyed wolf in the family didn't even go up to help, so the action of the subordinate who was so heartbroken was naturally insignificant.

Wang Mei has a characteristic. When she hits someone, she doesn't care where she is.

Shui Lian was knocked to the ground by Wang Mei, even though she tried her best, her small body couldn't stand the woman's beating, sobbing, she begged, "Mom, stop beating, I will definitely listen to you from now on..."

But Wang Mei couldn't easily let go of the water lotus in front of her, she was in a daze all day long, no matter how she looked at it, she felt upset.

When she was pregnant, she thought that the child would starve to death, which happened to save their family a ration. Who would have thought that this dead girl's life would be so hard.

For a while, crying and cursing spread from the house to the outside.

A neighbor ran over, and when they saw Shuilian's situation, they hurried up and hugged the woman.

"Wang Mei, what are you doing? You beat the child to death like this. I've never seen you as a mother. If you really don't like this child, why did you ask him to come over?
Oh, once you have a son, you will forget your roots. Don’t forget that someone brought you a son first.

Otherwise, your family may not have these few, I have never seen you so ruthless..."

Geng Lianfeng was the first one who was not happy. She picked up the child back then, and originally planned to support it by herself, but the old woman of the Wu family saw that her daughter-in-law had no children, so she insisted on asking Shuilian to go to their house. Dear, this child is coming to sin.

"Girl, come and let my aunt take a look, why does it still hurt..."

As soon as Geng Lianfeng lifted Shui Lian's cotton-padded jacket, there was no clothes inside, just dressed in such an empty way, seeing the new and old wounds on Shui Lian's body, all the women present didn't feel their eyes were red.

This child has really suffered a great crime.

Geng Lianfeng was even more furious, and people in the village kept secret that Shuilian was not from the Wu family.

Everyone is very kind to keep this secret for the Wu family, and they don't want to raise this child for someone else in the future, but this Wang Mei has gone too far.

Everyone beat their children, but she didn't beat them like this. A little beating every three days and a big beating every five days have almost become a rule.

Usually everyone just persuades this matter, but when they really saw the shocking injuries on an eight-year-old child, kind people couldn't stand it anymore.

Everyone said one after another, "This matter can't be left as it is. If it continues like this, this child must die. Let's ask the captain to preside over this matter."

Shuilian gave a thankful look to everyone who helped her.

Every family is short of food these days, and it is a very happy thing to be able to eat half full, so she has been enduring it until she grows up.

At present, she doesn't have the ability or the force to deal with this woman, not for anything else, at least she has supported herself so much.

Although she was beaten every day and she helped with the housework, at least she was still alive. Because of this, she couldn't bear that kind of monstrous resentment towards Wang Mei.

Shui Lian was carried to her home by Geng Mei, and she was told to lie down well. The new and old injuries on her body were enough for this child.

"Girl, sleep well at my aunt's house. Let's go to the captain to solve your problem. Don't be afraid, my aunt will let my brother protect you."

Although Shui Lian was crying, she nodded with a smile, her throat was a little hoarse, "Auntie, thank you..."

That was all she could say now, and the tears fell again.

Geng Lianfeng lovingly patted her head, "Silly girl, don't cry, there is no hurdle you can't get over. The captain will definitely give you an explanation for this matter. That couple is not your parents in the first place, and you know it yourself."

Shui Lian lay alone on the kang, her eyes closed, thinking about something.

Originally, I thought that I could be reborn into a good family in this life, but I was abandoned when I was just born. I only know that I have a younger brother who is a twin, but now my whereabouts are unknown.

Ordinarily, she was picked up by Geng Lianfeng. She thought she would have a good adoptive mother. Who would have thought that she would end up in the Wu family.

At the beginning the old lady kept reassuring her, but later Shui Lian realized that the old lady's heart was not much better than Wang Mei's. Sometimes Wang Mei beat herself in front of her, and the old lady didn't say a word.

Thinking about the days she had lived in these years, she couldn't help but sigh for herself.

Looking at Geng Lianfeng's family, it's hard to tell the truth, there are only five children, if I really come here, I'm afraid it will be a burden to the family.

Thinking about my own life experience, and then thinking about the days in Wu's family, my mind was in a trance for a while.

"Shui Lian, Shui Lian, how are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)