One night more than twenty years ago.
Liu Futang took his wife Zhao Cuihua to visit her parents' home in Qingshan County. Qingshan County is more than 100 miles away from Banpo Village. Because they have no money, they can only walk on two legs.
In order to travel, they traveled day and night. As a result, that night, when they passed the gate of Qingshan County People's Hospital, they heard the cry of a baby.
It was almost two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, and there was no pedestrian on the road. Zhao Cuihua saw the flower quilt placed next to the gate at a glance.
Perhaps it was female nature, Zhao Cuihua ran over without hesitation and picked up the baby in the flower quilt. Strangely enough, the baby stopped crying as soon as it was in Zhao Cuihua's arms.
After some inspection, it was determined that the baby was a girl, and there was nothing wrong with it from the outside. In addition, a note was seen from the quilt.
"Girls born out of wedlock should be adopted by kind-hearted people."
When Liu Futang read out these words, Zhao Cuihua hugged the baby girl and left.
"What are you doing? Put it down quickly, we have to hurry up."
Liu Futang said in surprise.
Zhao Cuihua snorted and said, "My three sons, since God has given us a daughter, why don't we want her?"
"No, this child is old. If she hears that she is not our biological child, she will disown us. There are many such things around us."
Liu Futang firmly opposed it.
But Zhao Cuihua was determined. She rolled her eyes and said, "You are stupid! I stayed with my parents for half a year with my baby in my arms, and then I went back and said it was my own. As long as the two of us didn't say anything about it, no one would know. .”
Seeing how resolute his wife was and that he also wanted a daughter, Liu Futang gritted his teeth and agreed to his wife's decision at that time.
Half a year later, Zhao Cuihua, who had disappeared in Banpo Village for half a year, came back. When she came back, she held a baby girl in her arms.
According to her own words, the child was only a month old after she was born, but people in the village said that the child grew very fast and was already this big in one month.
As for this matter, Liu Futang and his wife did not say anything, and no one really suspected it at the time.
This matter has been hidden for more than 20 years, but Zhao Cuihua accidentally said it.
After Liu Futang finished talking about this, he took a long breath and felt like a heavy burden had been lifted.
He stood up holding on to the wall, and then sighed and said: "Qingqing, whether you are picked up or our own, we will raise you as our biological daughter.
To be honest, if I hadn't mentioned this today, I would have forgotten that you picked it up. "
When Zhao Cuihua saw Liu Qingqing kneeling on the ground and not speaking, she suddenly slapped her in the mouth. She was scolding herself while doing so.
"I told you to talk nonsense, I told you to talk nonsense..."
Liu Qingqing couldn't kneel anymore. She stood up suddenly and hugged Zhao Cuihua.
At this time, Liu Qingqing's eyes were full of tears. She choked and said, "Okay! If you don't talk about this anymore, just pretend it never happened."
"Yes! Liu Biao, listen to me. If you tell me about this today, I will not recognize you as my son."
Liu Futang let out a long breath and said coldly to his second son Liu Biao.
Liu Biao smiled coldly: "You don't need to scare me like this, I won't say anything."
I really didn't expect that an unintentional sentence almost caused a big mess.
Zhao Cuihua's cheeks were red and swollen, and she directed all her grievances on Liu Futang.
She walked over and followed Liu Futang with a flurry of punches and kicks.
After so many years, although Zhao Cuihua was known as a shrew in the village, she never dared to act rude to Liu Futang at home. This was the first time like this.
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After Lin Xiao finished eating the ramen noodles made by his mother, he talked with his father Lin Mingsheng for a while about growing apples, and then he got up and left.
"Ride slowly on the road, and get down and push where there is snow."
Liu Xiuzhi chased her into the yard, and she said to Lin Xiao worriedly.
Lin Xiao smiled, then got on his motorcycle and left.
When he came out of the village, he was chased by a group of children in the village.
Not long after leaving the village, Lin Xiao suddenly noticed a familiar figure on the road. When the motorcycle approached, he took a closer look and found that the person turned out to be Liu Qingqing.
"where you go?"
Lin Xiao stopped the motorcycle and asked loudly.
Liu Qingqing was carrying a small bag. She glanced at Lin Xiao, then suddenly ran over and got on the back seat of the motorcycle without saying a word.
"I want to go back to the county seat. Are you going to the county seat too?"
Lin Xiao asked again softly.
Liu Qingqing fiercely hugged Lin Xiao's waist with both hands, and she suddenly burst into tears.
"What's wrong with you? What happened?"
Lin Xiao was crying inexplicably by Liu Qingqing. It was not good for him to leave, and it was not good to stop, because this place had just left the village, and if the villagers saw them like this, they would be arranged into something different.
No matter, since Liu Qingqing didn't say anything, Lin Xiao had no choice but to hit the accelerator and start running on his motorcycle.
"Stop crying. It's windy. If you cry again, your face will turn into a flower cake."
Lin Xiao was riding a motorcycle and he made a joke loudly.
Liu Qingqing's crying slowly stopped. She pressed her head against Lin Xiao's back and hugged her even tighter.
In this way, they arrived at Qindong County together.
Liu Qingqing didn't say where she was going, nor did she ask Lin Xiao to stop the motorcycle. Lin Xiao didn't dare to ask because he found that something was wrong with Liu Qingqing, and it seemed to be a big deal.
So, Lin Xiao had no choice but to take Liu Qingqing to the small courtyard on Beishan Road on a motorcycle.
The strange thing is that Liu Qingqing did not refuse, but followed Lin Xiao into the small courtyard without saying a word.
Lin Xiao quickly parked his motorcycle and greeted Liu Qingqing into his room.
"You sit down first and I'll light the fire."
Lin Xiao said and acted quickly. There was no fire in the room and it was really cold.
Liu Qingqing looked colder than the temperature of the room. She didn't say a word and her expression was very dull.
Lin Xiao was familiar with the road, and soon the fire in the bedroom was lit. Gradually, the room became warmer.
Before Lin Xiao could say anything, Liu Qingqing came over from the living room. She took off her shoes and lay on the bed. She also pulled the quilt over herself.
Liu Qingqing's weird behavior left Lin Xiao confused. What was wrong with her?
Could it be that Liu Biao or her family scolded her because Liu Qingqing went to her house this morning? Probably not!
Lin Xiao quickly boiled a thermos of hot water, then poured a glass and handed it to Liu Qingqing.
Lying on the bed, Liu Qingqing stared at the ceiling. She just shook her head and did not reach out.
"What's wrong with you? Can you say something?"
Lin Xiao was no longer calm. He couldn't help it because he thought Liu Qingqing would get sick from holding it in like this.
"I picked them up, not their biological children."
Liu Qingqing suddenly stood up and looked directly at Lin Xiao with her red and swollen eyes.
Lin Xiao couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and his eyes widened in surprise.
