Chapter 13

Tang Huaijin and his wife did not explain to Cheng Cheng about Fourth Brother Cheng. However, there was a lot of discussion in the village, and Cheng Cheng soon heard all kinds of gossip.

They said that she was adopted, that Tang Huaijin and his wife were not her biological parents, and that she was born of the Cheng Family.

As soon as she went out and met people, they would shake their heads sympathetically and say, "This child is pitiful."

"The Tang family adopted her."

"Her mother is a fool. Her family is poor, so she gave her to the Tang family to raise.

But now the Cheng Family doesn't agree. They make a fuss every day and want the Tang family to return the child or give them money. "

"They're unreasonable.

They didn't raise her themselves and let others raise her. She's already grown up.

Now the child is only close to the Tang family. She has no feelings for the Cheng Family. "

"The Cheng Family has always been like that. They'll do anything for money.

They only care about money every day, but in the end, they're still poor.

Even God can't bear to see such people live well. "

"Xiuxiiu?

Xiuxiiu can't be the head of the family.

What's the use of her words? Her husband and in-laws don't listen to her. She's just a victim. "

It was probably because of these words that Cheng Cheng could feel the strange gazes of the villagers as soon as she went out. Some were sympathetic, some were pitying.

She felt very uneasy and scared.

Why did everyone say that she was not her parents' biological child?

Could it be that what they said was true?

Was the person who came to make trouble at home her biological father?

Cheng Cheng felt that all of this was not true.

She asked Tang Yanhua, "Brother, what do they mean?"

Tang Yanhua pulled her away. "Don't listen to their nonsense.

They're all talking nonsense. "

But Cheng Cheng vaguely felt that what they said was true.

Because one night, during dinner, Tang Huaijin's wife said that she wanted to see Xiuxiiu.

Cheng Cheng was puzzled and asked, "Mom, why are you looking at Xiuxiiu?

Isn't she Cheng Laosi's wife? "

Her mother frowned. "You're not allowed to call him by his name.

Xiuxiiu is not a bad person, but she is a pitiful person. I heard that she is in poor health. I will go and see her.

How many years has it been? "

Tang Huaijin was eating at the side and did not object. It seemed that he also agreed.

Cheng Cheng wondered why her mother forbade her from calling Xiuxiiu by his name.

He suddenly remembered the gossip of the villagers.

In the countryside, etiquette was very important. Children were not allowed to call their parents by their names.

Tang Huaijin's wife was a very traditional person.

Cheng Cheng's heart skipped a beat. He had a bad feeling.

Tang Huaijin's wife asked someone to buy some nutritional products, such as sesame paste and malted milk powder, from the supply and demand cooperative in the countryside. She mentioned that she wanted to see Xiuxiiu.

Cheng Cheng asked, "Should my brother and I go?" Tang Huaijin's wife said, "No need.

She's not a proper relative. I'll just go and take a look. "

Tang Huaijin's wife was gone the whole morning. Cheng Cheng did not eat breakfast and did not want to do anything.

She sat absentmindedly on the laundry counter and stuck her feet in the water.

Tang Yanhua was afraid that she would be sad, so he sat side by side with her. He rolled up his trousers and washed her feet with her. "You don't have to wait for Mom. She won't be back for a few hours.

The fifth team is far from home. "

Cheng Cheng lowered her head and played with her fingers. "Brother, if I'm really not their biological daughter, will they abandon me?"

Tang Yanhua's heart ached. He reached out and put his arm around her shoulders, letting her lean into his arms. He comforted her. "They won't.

Don't worry.

In their hearts, you're just like their biological daughter. "

Cheng Cheng whispered, "It seems that I'm really not their biological daughter."

Tang Yanhua held her hand tightly. "Don't think so much.

If you really think that you're not their biological daughter, when we grow up and I marry you, you'll be just like my biological daughter.

That should be fine, right? "

Cheng Cheng lowered her head and thought for a while. Her tears turned into laughter and she hit him with her elbow. "Stop teasing me."

Tang Yanhua saw her smile and also smiled. "See, there's always a solution, right?"

Cheng Cheng said, "I'm not going to marry you. You're my brother. Why would I marry you?

I'm going to die of laughter if I hear this. "

Tang Yanhua said, "Are you looking down on me?

I'm not bad.

If you marry me, I'll love you very much.

After all, you're my sister. "

Cheng Cheng suddenly pointed at his leg. "Look."

Tang Yanhua lowered his head. "Look at what?"

Cheng Cheng said, "Your legs are so fair, just like a girl's legs. There's no hair at all. You still want to marry a wife?"

Tang Yanhua was only 12 years old. He was a thin teenager with a pair of long, slender legs. They were so fair that they were almost translucent.

Cheng Cheng rolled up her trouser legs and compared them with his. They were not as fair as his.

"You're such a sissy."

Tang Yanhua said, "Liar, I'm a gentleman, okay?"

Cheng Cheng said, "Stop pretending."

Tang Yanhua said, "Do you want to touch my body?"

Cheng Cheng touched his legs. Not only were they fair, but they were also delicate and smooth. They were indeed more tender than a girl's.

After a brief moment of happiness, she felt even more melancholy. Her heart felt as if it had been bitten by a bug and could not contain anything.

She tilted her head and leaned on Tang Yanhua.

Tang Yanhua kissed her hair.

Not long after lunch, Tang Huaijin's wife came back with an empty bag.

In the afternoon, while working in the field behind the house, she said, "This Xiuxiu is so pitiful. She's so sick.

Why does she have to encounter all the bad things? "

Tang Yanhua said, "Is she the one who asked Little Sister to go back?"

Tang Huaijin said, "How could she say such a thing?

It's not her idea. It's Fourth Brother Cheng.

She only hopes that Cheng Cheng will live well and not go back.

She said that it doesn't matter if her daughter sees her or not, as long as she lives well in our family. "

Tang Yanhua said, "That's right."

Cheng Cheng heard her parents talk about Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, and Xiuxiu every day at home. She was so pitiful, kind, and bullied by others.

When she went out to play, she also heard people talk about Xiuxiu and Xiuxiu's life and how cruel and cruel her family was.

Cheng Cheng listened to them for a long time and became curious about Xiuxiu.

At that time, she already knew that she was most likely not their biological daughter.

Although Tang Huaijin and his wife did not say it explicitly, they did not avoid her when they talked about Xiuxiu. They probably wanted her to know.

Cheng Cheng knew that her parents really treated her well and would definitely protect her. They would not let her go back to the Cheng Family, but she could not control her desire to find out more. She secretly went to the Cheng Family once.

It was on a holiday afternoon. Her parents were not at home, so she sneaked out while Tang Yanhua was taking a nap at home.

She was just curious.

She was curious about the place where she was born, what her original home was like, and what her mother was like.

She followed the road that led to the Fifth Team.

She went there once when she was three years old, so she had a vague impression of it.

When she arrived at the Fifth Team's territory, she began to pay attention to each house. She observed and guessed which house she might have been born in.

After walking through more than ten houses, she finally saw a dilapidated house.

It was very shabby, small, and dilapidated. Even in a very poor village, it was quite rare to see such a dilapidated house.

The broken skylight, the rotten and blackened beams, and the walls were windy. It was hard to imagine that this was a place where people lived.

However, Cheng Cheng saw a familiar person in front of the door. It was Cheng Laosi.

This was the Cheng Family.

The Cheng Family seemed to think that this house was difficult to live in, so they were building a new house. The foundation was on an open space not far from the old house, and they had already built a few earthen walls.

Old Fourth Cheng and a few other helpers were carrying lumber and building mud. They poured bags of rice husks into the mud pit.

There was a big pot in the yard, and an old couple was cooking for the workers with gloomy faces.

Cheng Cheng hid in a dark corner and peeked for a while.

A woman walked out of the house. Her face was sallow and sickly, as if she would fall if the wind blew.

There was a tube attached to her body, and she held a bottle in her hand. She was probably giving herself an infusion.

When she came out of the house, she probably wanted to go to the toilet. Her body was not very nimble, so she called out to a child who was squatting on the sand not far away. "Chuanchuan, come and help me."

It was a little boy.

He was about seven or eight years old, thin and dirty like a stray dog. He was building a castle with his hands and sand.

When the woman called him, the child ignored her.

When the woman called him a second time, the child lost his temper and spat at her. "Go away!

Don't bother me! "

The woman begged a few times and said in a low voice, "Chuanchuan, come and help Mommy."

In a moment of carelessness, Na Chuanchuan's newly built castle collapsed. He was so angry that he was like a mad dog. He jumped up and picked up a bamboo pole from the ground to hit his mother. Tears streamed down his face as he roared, "F * ck your mother!

F * ck your mother!

I told you not to call me!

I told you not to call me! "

The woman was so angry that tears came out of her eyes. She reached out and slapped him.

The child cried even harder. He sat down on the ground and began to roll around, howling at the top of his lungs.

When the old woman heard her grandson crying, she rushed over and hit the woman's arm a few times. She scolded, "You're an adult. Don't you have any shame? You're angry with a child and even hit him!"

She picked up the child on the ground and patted and coaxed him. "Oh, oh.

Be good and don't cry. I'll hit her for you later. Hit her. "

The woman said anxiously, "Don't spoil the child. Look at how spoiled the child is."

The old woman retorted fiercely, "Nonsense, what's wrong with the child?

The child is extremely obedient in front of me. He just wants to hit you. Why don't you reflect on how you're a mother and blame me for spoiling the child? "

The little boy burrowed into his grandmother's arms and made a strange face at his mother. "How dare you hit me?"

Cheng Cheng was stunned. He ran home and threw himself into Tang Yanhua's arms and cried. He whimpered, "Brother, I don't want to go to the Cheng Family. I don't want to go to the Cheng Family."

Tang Yanhua was puzzled. "What's wrong with you?

You ran to the Cheng Family? "

Cheng Cheng sobbed. "I'm never going there again."