I am Liu Feifei, from Yizhou.
Seven years ago, there was chaos in Yizhou, and my father, mother, and I fled to Yangzhou with my brother and me.
Although we lived in poverty in Yangzhou, we lived with peace of mind.
There is no harsh criticism from grandparents, no trouble from uncles and aunts, and no teasing from sisters and brothers.
My father opened a small shop in the capital, and together with my mother-in-law, we hawked some food to support our lives.
I like to play in the dim sum shop at home the most, because at this time, my father will secretly stuff me with a piece of my favorite peach blossom cake, and then send me to play in the alley.
My father is two years younger than me, but he is much stricter with me. He stays at home studying every day and rarely comes out to play.
I know that my brother doesn't like reading, and he is very envious of me being able to play outside, but he doesn't dare to resist his father, so he can only hold the book and frown every day.
I often laugh at him for looking like a little old man at such a young age.
Grandma’s craftsmanship is very good, and the dim sum shop’s business is very prosperous. Father and mother are often so busy that they can’t even touch the ground.
So, they hired a guy.
This guy, named Chen Ping, was the one who ruined my family.
Chen Ping's family was poor and had many children. He was the third eldest child in the family and was neither above nor below, so he was very unpopular and often went hungry.
But he has a handsome appearance, a sweet mouth, and a sharp eye.
So my father picked him out of the crowd and made him a waiter in the shop.
This will last five years.
Five years is a long time but a short time, and it changes a lot.
For example, I am fifteen years old.
Brother, I am thirteen years old.
Chen Ping is eighteen years old.
At the age of fifteen, I had already grown my hair, and my mother-in-law had already started working on my marriage.
She and her father looked and looked and selected many houses, but they were never satisfied enough.
The Zhao family in the alley has a simple family, with only one son and one daughter. However, his family lives in poverty and often has to support relatives. My father looked down upon their family.
The Qian family at the end of the lane runs a bookstore. They have two sons and one daughter. The eldest son is already married. The second son is about the same age as me and has not yet discussed marriage. The daughter is still young, so his family also intends to marry my family.
But Erlang of the Qian family was plain in appearance, and his voice sounded like a male duck. He always raised his head every time he spoke. I thought there was something wrong with his neck.
My father also looked down on Qian Erlang and said that he still didn’t know what the Qian Erlang looked like. He only saw two dark nostrils every time.
It seems that the dowry is all ready, but no suitable candidate has been found.
Chen Ping jumped out at this time. He wanted to marry me, saying that he had been deeply in love with me for a long time.
Eighteen-year-old Chen Ping works in our shop without having to be exposed to the elements or going through hardships. Eat well and sleep well, and you will look better. With his tall nose, fair skin, and picturesque features, he couldn't tell that he was just a clerk. If you didn't know him, you would have thought he was a member of a wealthy family.
My parents didn’t agree at first because they looked down on Chen Ping’s family background.
Five years have passed, and the Chen family is still impoverished and hungry every day.
But Chen Ping vowed that he could give me a prosperous life and ensure that I would have a smooth life in the future.
Not only that, he also took out his own real estate shop, saying that he had purchased it in the past few years.
I don’t know why he was able to buy farmland and shop for a few hundred copper coins every month while working in my shop.
My parents didn’t know, but Chen Ping said he earned it from a business partnership with his friends.
Looking at the two characters "Chen Ping" on Tianqi's shop, my father believed it, and so did my mother-in-law.
In addition, Chen Ping has worked in my shop these years and has gained the trust and love of my father and mother.
The marriage was decided.
I am not familiar with Chen Ping, let alone fond of him.
When I grew up, I rarely went to the shop. I spent every day at home doing embroidery and calligraphy, studying my favorite foods, and living a contented life.
Five months later, we got married.
After we got married, Chen Ping was very kind to me. He drew my eyebrows, bought me my favorite cakes, and even accompanied me to watch the lanterns on the street.
I gradually felt that marrying Chen Ping was not bad, and I gradually fell in love with him.
I thought that the days would pass by like this, and that Chen Ping'en and I would spend our lives loving each other. But one day, my father was suddenly too sick to get out of bed.
My father was in good health at first, but then he contracted wind-cold. After that, he often coughed and took a lot of medicine, but he didn't get better. The doctor said that the disease can only be treated slowly.
The house suddenly became chaotic. My brother was still young and my mother had to take care of the shop, so I stayed at home to take care of him.
But unfortunately, my mother-in-law also fell ill all of a sudden.
My parents were in poor health, so they had to leave the shop to Chen Ping to take care of, and also gave him the recipe for making snacks.
They trust Chen Ping so much, and Adi and I have never doubted Chen Ping.
But unfortunately, all of this is the result of Chen Ping's calculations.
One day when I went to buy medicine, one of the medicine shops was gone, so I changed to another medicine shop.
After buying the medicine, I heard Chen Ping's voice while passing by a remote alley.
At first, I wondered if I had heard wrongly. At this point, Chen Ping should be in the shop.
But what he said next was like a bucket of cold water poured on me.
Chen Ping was talking to a woman. The woman's voice was soft but charming.
They then discussed that after my father and mother died, they would take over my family's property, sell me, sell my brother, take the woman home, and marry her.
The woman asked why my father and mother were not dead yet, and why I was still fine.
Chen Ping teased the woman, saying that he would add more medicine to make the two immortals die faster.
I don’t know how I got home. I just remember that I fell down in the yard after I got home, and I didn’t know where I was.
When I woke up, I saw Chen Ping sitting next to my bed. He looked anxious, as if he cared about me.
I know that he is pretending all this.
He is not happy with me, has no gratitude to my father and mother for so many years, and is full of greed for my family's property.
This is an evil spirit harboring evil intentions.
I feel like throwing up now when I see him.
I actually threw up too.
At that moment, I clearly saw Chen Ping's expression change drastically.
I didn't know why his expression was so changeable, but I really didn't want to be with him, so I just shook off his hand holding mine and turned my body to the other side.
Chen Ping didn't comfort me too much, but frowned and went out.
I heard the sound of him going out, so I quickly got up and went to my father and mother's room.
The room was filled with the smell of medicine, and my father and mother's faces were pale, with a faint hint of blue.
Adi was with them in the house.
I told them directly what I had heard in the alley.
My parents didn’t believe what I said. They would rather believe an outsider than me. They also said that I must have heard wrong.
During this period of illness, Chen Ping was going up and down so busy that his feet could not touch the ground.
It made my father and mother love him even more.
But my brother believed me.
