The original owner was in a very bad state. He was often treated like a cow. He had to get up early every morning to do laundry, cook, sweep the floor, feed pigs and chickens. After finishing the household chores, he had to go to work in the fields.
I'm as busy as a top all day long, and I still can't eat well, and I don't have enough to eat.
The family's money and food are all in Liu's hands.
Every day when cooking, Mrs. Liu would bring her food, so she couldn't even take an extra bite.
There is no difference between having a man and not having one. Liu Dongsheng works as a waiter in a teahouse in Liuyun County and only goes home once a month or two, only for one day at a time.
All the money earned, except what he spent on himself, was given to Mr. Liu.
As his daughter-in-law, the original owner could not see a penny in these years.
It’s not easy to eat, and you have to cook a lot. In addition, when you gave birth to a child in the early years, because the child was not a son, there was no confinement period, and even worse, you didn’t even have to eat an egg.
Therefore, the original owner died just like that even though the injury on his head was not serious.
Just thinking about this, Li Yuan felt aggrieved for the original owner, and at the same time she also hated him for not fighting.
It is said that being a mother makes you strong. If you cannot stand up for yourself, your two children will also suffer a lot.
The eldest daughter is six years old and looks similar to a four or five-year-old child.
The youngest daughter is three years old, the same as other children who are about one and a half years old.
Fortunately, now that she is here, she will live a good life for her in the future, and will also help her raise her two children, so that she and her children will not suffer any injustice...
"mother!"
Just when Li Yuan was lying on the bed, closing her eyes and falling asleep, but actually thinking about what to do next, a cautious voice came from the door.
Li Yuan opened her eyes and saw the eldest daughter of the original owner standing at the door with a bowl of water and her head poking around.
"Da Ya, come in quickly!"
Seeing her, Li Yuan subconsciously felt distressed.
Although this girl is young and looks extremely malnourished, she can tell from her face that she will definitely grow well in the future.
No wonder she was sold to a flower house in the original book.
That old pious woman from Mrs. Liu is simply crazy.
No matter what, Da Ya is the flesh and blood of the Liu family, and she is the Liu family's first grandchild. She actually sold it to a flower house for some money.
The Liu family lived a good life in Shuiyun Village. They had six acres of fertile land and eight acres of dry land. They built a tile-roofed house. They also raised chickens and pigs. In addition, Liu Dongsheng had worked in a teahouse for many years, and his monthly salary increased. The reward is about five yuan, and sometimes it will be more if you meet a generous customer.
But for such a family, the original owner and the children had a harder time than the poor families in the village.
Daya didn't know that there was a new person inside her mother. She had just returned from carrying a basket of pigweed and saw her little sister hiding in the corner crying, and her mother was cursing.
After a while, her mother entered her mother's room, and then she didn't know what was said inside. Not long after, she saw her mother come out holding her hand that was dripping blood.
Her face was gloomy, and she was a little scared, but thinking that her mother could be injured meant that her mother should be awake, so she immediately went into the kitchen and poured a bowl of cold water.
Li Yuan saw Daya enter the house, and when she saw the clothes on her body, her heart hurt even more.
Although she had the memory of the original owner and knew that the children were well fed and clothed, when she saw with her own eyes that the children's clothes were patched and patched, her heart was filled with a variety of emotions including soreness, anger, and anger.
Da Ya felt that her mother seemed to be a different person after she woke up.
She didn't speak, and looked at herself with a complicated look. For a moment, she didn't know how to describe it, which made her a little at a loss.
After thinking for a while, she asked: "Mom, do you drink water? Are you hungry? I didn't make the noodles I gave you in the morning, but I saved half a piece of cake."
As she spoke, she carefully took out half a piece of cake from her arms and handed it to Li Yuan: "Mom, you eat!"
People in the Liu family have a ration of food and will never overcook it.
When it comes to cooking porridge, Ms. Liu and her new bridegroom, Mr. Wang, eat and drink thick porridge, one big bowl each.
The remaining rice soup for Li Yuan, mother and daughter was all watery. One bowl for the original owner, and one small bowl for the sisters Daya and Erya combined.
If you are eating a piece of cake, then do it according to the head.
The old couple's cakes had to be fried in oil, three large pieces each, while the mother and daughter's cakes had to be roasted over a fire.
Since the original owner mainly worked, he had a medium-sized cake, and the two children each had a small cake.
How small is the pie? It's about as big as the palm of a one-year-old child's hand.
It is said that people who work on the stove will not really be short of oil and water, nor will they starve themselves.
But Mrs. Liu, an old godly woman, was both stingy and shrewd. There was a limit to how much food she would give and how much she would make.
Sometimes she would come to the kitchen and stand there watching the original owner cook with her own eyes.
If she feels that her pie is too thin and too small, while the original owner's or her child's pie is too big or too thick, then the mother and daughter will have nothing to eat at the same time that morning and will be hungry.
If she feels that her own cake has not changed, but the cakes of mother and daughter seem to have become bigger or thicker, then she will definitely give them less rations for the next day.
At this moment, Li Yuan looked at the half piece of cake in Daya's palm and couldn't help but blush.
She wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Is it hurting somewhere? Don't cry. I'm going to ask for breast milk and ask her to give you money. I'll help you find a doctor..."
Daya said, stuffing the cake into Li Yuan's hand, turned around and ran out.
Li Yuan, who still couldn't sit up, reached out and held her hand: "Da Ya, wait, mother is okay!"
It was true that she wanted to see a doctor, but she knew that Liu's old pious woman would never pay a doctor to see her.
Maybe he wished she would die now.
It's useless for Da Ya to beg her if she doesn't say anything, she will definitely get beaten and scolded.
Mrs. Liu's old godly woman had suffered a lot from her before, and she was determined to take it out on her children.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly said: "Da Ya, go and see where Er Ya is. Mom is fine. Don't worry. Mom just remembered what your mother said before. She wanted your father to divorce me and then find a wife for you. mother."
Da Ya is a typical precocious child. She knows what a divorce is and what a stepmother is.
When I heard this, my whole body stiffened, and my tears started to flow out.
"mother……"
Li Yuan saw fear and pleading in her eyes.
She doesn't want her mother to leave, and she doesn't want to have a stepmother.
"Da Ya, don't be afraid. My mother can't stay here any longer, but even if she wants to leave, she will take you and Erya with her. If your father wants to take a wife, he can do so. It has nothing to do with us. But they want to do this. Divorce me, no way!"
"Your milk has caused me to have no children, and I will not be able to have children in the future. This must not be a good thing. Da Ya, go and find Er Ya, then go to your aunt Da Niu's house, and ask her to help find someone to send to your uncle. If you want to, just say that your mother and I are about to be killed by the Liu family, and ask him to come over and collect the body for me."
