After listening to her mother-in-law's story, Cao Lan looked at the sleeping baby in the cradle and said with emotion: His father had many bad ideas, and finally fell into bad ideas. He hoped that his son would be as smart as his father in the future and not be as smart as his father. Do bad things, but use your wisdom on the right path. The mother-in-law said: He Hao is a seedling of the He family. He must be nurtured well. His father has already ruined it. From now on, it will depend on him. As she spoke, she waved away the flies that were coiling around the cradle.
Time flies by like a flash, and it’s hard to realize that I’ve turned one year old. This is the time when I’m learning to speak. Cao Lan and her mother-in-law taught him how to speak, but when he opened his mouth to say "Ah", he could not make the sound they expected. In fact, it was not complicated for them to teach him to speak, just one word or two words. Her mother-in-law asked him to call her "Nai" or "Grandma", and Cao Lan taught him to call him "Mama" or "Mom", but he couldn't do it. So her mother-in-law taught him to call him "Dad" or "Dad", and of course he could. This difficulty cannot be overcome.
The mother-in-law felt sad when she thought of her son, who had been sentenced to three years in prison and was still in prison, so she turned her concern for her son into caring for her grandson.
She often looked at Cao Lan and said: In three years, Beitao will come back. He Hao will be 3 years old by then, and he will definitely talk a lot.
Cao Lan was not interested in what her mother-in-law said. She pushed He Hao, who was restless, and said, "I'm going to give you a milk injection." How can I understand it? She clearly said she heard it from her mother-in-law, who was very sensitive and said, "How can you get breast implants if you are with your child every day?" Just go back to your parents' house and stay for a week, and the baby's milk will definitely come out.
I injected milk into the baby and went to the city to do some work. Cao Lan said sadly. Since her husband was taken away, the family's savings have been depleted for a year, and now there is not much left, and they are directly facing an economic crisis. The mother-in-law can endure hardships and often cooks without adding oil. She can eat it. Cao Lan frowned when she ate and said that she couldn't live like this. The mother-in-law said, just hang on now, as long as He Beitao becomes famous, he has many ideas and knows how to make money, and then he will not have to worry about food and drink.
When Cao Lan heard this, he said angrily that he was all lying and crooked ideas. I am afraid, I am worried that one day we will all be implicated, maybe we will all be put into the trap at the same time. When her mother-in-law saw Cao Lan's extreme words, she spoke softly and encouraged him: If Beitao comes back, I want him to use his ideas on the right path, and everything will be fine.
At this time, He Hao wanted to break free from Cao Lan's pull and play alone. Cao Lan simply let go, but He Hao couldn't stand firmly and squatted down with his hands on the ground. Cao Lan didn't pull him, but let him crawl to his feet to get some exercise. However, the mother-in-law reached out and picked up He Hao, held him in her arms, and said to Cao Lan: Let's take the child to the prison cell to visit Beitao, let Beitao recognize the child, and let the child recognize his biological father. Cao Lan agreed.
Three days later, Cao Lan was ready, bought some food for He Beitao, took turns holding the child with her mother-in-law, and took a bus to the detention center in the western suburbs of the city. The guarding police asked them to wait in a reception room for two or three minutes. So He Beitao was called.
He Beitao, who was much thinner than before, burst into tears when he saw his relatives. His mother said: Son, you have to be strong. If you had known about this, why did you do it in the first place? She pointed to her grandson who had his head buried in Cao Lan's arms and said, "This is your son. He has never seen you, so he is a little scared."
Cao Lan pulled He Hao away from his arms, and he timidly got into Cao Lan's arms. Cao Lan said: Call your dad quickly. He Hao was so frightened that he didn't say a word, and held Cao Lan tightly without letting go. In his mind, the tall, strange man with a shaved head in front of him was so terrifying!
Even though his mother and grandma kept explaining and asking him to recognize each other, how could he figure out what was going on?
At this moment, He Beitao came over to hug He Hao. As soon as his hand touched his son, the son moved his limbs very sensitively to show strong resistance and rejection. He Beitao had no choice but to give up and looked at his son who was very unfamiliar with him, his mouth squirming and he didn't know what to say.
Cao Lan gave him the food in the bag and asked him about his life in the cell. His mouth was still moving, but no sound came out.
Seeing this, Cao Lan and her mother-in-law became anxious, knowing that he could not speak. Did he have a mouth disease? When he was asked to open his mouth and look, he stuck out his tongue. The tip of his tongue was bald, and there was a scar on it. It was clear that a small lobster had been cut off by a knife. No wonder he couldn't speak.
The mother-in-law immediately went to a police guard and asked: My son broke the law and is serving his sentence. Why did you cut off the tip of his tongue? Can't speak anymore.
Madam, you don’t know something. It was a prison bully. We have increased the punishment for the prison bully and detained him separately. The guard policeman explained.
You also have responsibilities. My son was a good person when he entered the cell. Others broke the law, but the tip of his tongue did not break the law? The mother-in-law put her hands on her hips and shouted loudly.
He Hao, who fell into Cao Lan's arms, cried out of fright. While protecting the child, Cao Lan said: What grudge did the prison bully and Beitao have? He even brutally cut off the tip of his tongue.
Seeing this, He Beitao kept shaking his hands to signal his family members not to argue with the guarding police officers. But the mother refused to listen to her son. In order not to affect her grandson, she pulled the policeman aside and asked why. The guarding policeman had no choice but to tell the whole story:
A few months ago, the prison bully and a group of prisoners were held in the same cell as He Beitao. They planned to escape from the prison collectively, but they were unable to succeed. He Beitao, relying on his many ideas, came up with a crooked idea. While the guarding policeman was changing shifts at night, he came up with a crooked idea. On the pretext that the prisoners are fighting with each other, they lure the police officers into the prison cell to persuade them. At this moment, they will beat the police officers unconscious, snatch the keys, open the cell door and escape... However, the secret plan of the prison bully and the prisoners to escape collectively was discovered by the prison. The spy in the cell leaked the news, which meant that the guard police got the information from the spy. So just as their conspiracy was being implemented, it was completely crushed by the strong police force who were prepared to fight.
Because the collective escape was of particularly egregious nature, all the prisoners, including He Beitao, were re-convicted and sentenced to additional sentences. The prison bully was therefore very dissatisfied with He Beitao, believing that the failure of the collective prison escape and the increased punishment for his crimes were due to his bad ideas and his tongue that revealed his bad ideas. In this way, the prison bully was waiting for an opportunity to "fix" He Beitao.
That opportunity came. He and He Beitao were participating in the physical work of moving stones in a quarry. When the guard policeman left because of something, the prison bully grabbed He Beitao and, not allowing him to speak, took a vise prepared in advance. He smashed open He Beitao's mouth, then clamped his tongue and pulled hard, and the tip of his tongue was cut off in a bloody mess.
The prison bully smiled ferociously and said: This is your fate. Who told you to make your brothers pay a heavy price? I'm going to make you miserable today. Do you still dare to gossip and come up with bad ideas?
If the guard police hadn't arrived in time and provided medical treatment to He Beitao, who was bleeding from the mouth, his life would have been in danger.
The mother couldn't help but burst into tears when she heard this, and sighed and said: My son has become mute! She knew her son was in the wrong, so she would not speak harshly to the police guard. Because the son acted as the mastermind of the collective prison escape, in addition to prison robbery, he was convicted of a serious crime and received an extra year in prison than other prisoners.
