Chen Jiujiu's ex-husband didn't like his ex-wife's child, so he took his wife and son to live outside, leaving Chen Jiujiu's child to his mother.
His mother was old and didn't like girls, so she didn't care about her granddaughter at all.
Then Chen Jiujiu's daughter went missing on a rainy day.
When Chen Jiujiu received the news, she rushed back to look for her child, but she was too late. Her child was gone.
She was found lying naked in the woods with her eyes wide open. She died with her eyes wide open.
Chen Jiujiu's blood instantly turned cold and she collapsed to the ground. She desperately called her daughter's name, but her daughter wouldn't call her mother anymore.
Chen Jiujiu hated her ex-husband's ruthlessness and her mother's irresponsibility. She hated herself even more. Why didn't she take her daughter away earlier?
If she had taken her daughter away, her daughter wouldn't have died.
Jiujiu thought that Chen Jiujiu wanted to protect her daughter, but she didn't expect that Chen Jiujiu hoped that Jiujiu could help her change her way of life.
Chen Jiujiu lived in a very feudal village, and the villagers were very patriarchal.
Although her parents treated her and her younger brother the same, they were often not at home, and only her grandparents lived at home.
Her grandparents were patriarchal, and her grandmother was even more extreme. Her relatives and friends sent food to her, first it was her uncle's children, then her two aunts' children, and finally her younger brother's food. Finally, it was Chen Jiujiu's turn.
Sometimes, when her grandmother was in a bad mood, Chen Jiujiu couldn't even eat the dregs.
Chen Jiujiu was smart early. She knew that her grandmother treated her like this because she was patriarchal. Therefore, she swore in her heart that she would treat her daughter well when she grew up. This was also the reason why she didn't want to have a second child.
She was afraid that if she gave birth to a son, her son would be treated the same as her.
Chen Jiujiu knew that she was so afraid because of her childhood trauma. Therefore, she hoped that Jiujiu could change her childhood trauma and help her walk out of another life.
When Jiujiu opened her eyes, she was pulling weeds in the field.
She stood in the cornfield, which was as tall as a person. It was stuffy and hot. Grandma Chen walked in front of her, pulling the weeds and muttering, "Hurry up and do it. We'll go home for dinner after you're done with this field."
After Grandma Chen finished speaking, she walked a long distance ahead while huffing and puffing, completely ignoring the fact that Chen Jiujiu's small hands were too weak to pull out all the grass.
The corn leaves were thin and long, and the edges were as smooth as a knife. It would cause an itch when it brushed against one's bare skin, making one feel uncomfortable.
Jiujiu scratched her arm uncomfortably. She looked at Grandma Chen, who was at least two meters away from her, and lowered her head to continue pulling the grass.
She was still's's's't's now.
It took Jiujiu an hour to pull out all the weeds.
Grandma Chen glanced at him before bringing Jiujiu back for dinner.
Grandpa Chen had high blood pressure and couldn't stand for long periods of time. Therefore, he was responsible for preparing food at home.
Breakfast was corn porridge and pickled vegetables.
Even without sugar, the corn porridge was still very sweet. The salted vegetables were fried on one side and were especially fragrant. Jiujiu gulped down a large bowl of corn porridge and ate two pieces of pancakes with the salted vegetables before stopping. She looked to the side and asked, "Where's Little Brother?"
Jiujiu's grandmother was a typical example of favoring boys over girls. Even though Chen Xiaodi and Chen Jiujiu were only two years apart, Chen Xiaodi did not need to work in the field.
Granny Chen took a sip of the corn porridge and said casually, "I don't know. They probably went out to play."
Although Grandpa Chen favoured boys over girls, he felt sorry for his granddaughter who had worked hard in the field for the whole morning. He said, "Take a nap after eating. You have to work in the field in the afternoon."
Jiujiu stood up and walked to her room. Not long after lying on the kang, she felt sleepy. Jiujiu yawned and fell asleep.
When Jiujiu woke up, there was a little boy beside her.
The little boy was half a head lower than Jiujiu. He held Jiujiu's' arm and slept soundly.
When Jiujiu woke up, he yawned at once. He raised his head and smiled sweetly at Jiujiu. "Sister."
Chen Chen.
Chen Jiujiu's younger brother. He was seven years old and in the second grade of primary school. Because his parents were not at home, the most clingy person was his sister, Jiujiu.
Chen Chen rubbed her eyes and put her hand under the pillow. She took out a piece of candy and handed it to Jiujiu. "Grandma gave it to me. I didn't eat it. Sister, you eat it."
Jiujiu was stunned. She put the candy into Chen Chen's hand and said, "You eat it. I don't want it."
She was not a nine-year-old girl. She could not stammer.
But Chen Chen didn't know that. He thought that Jiujiu said that deliberately so that he could eat it. He quickly pushed the candy back and looked at Jiujiu. "Sister, you have to work in the field to pull out weeds. It's hard for you. You eat it."
He also wanted to pull out weeds like his sister, but grandma didn't let him.
Seeing that Chen Chen insisted, Jiujiu had no choice but to bite the candy in half. Then Chen Chen was satisfied.
Eating the low-quality fruit candy, Jiujiu looked at the roof and asked Chen Chen, "What did you do in the morning? Why weren't you at home when I came back? "
In the past, Chen Chen would wait at home for Jiujiu to come back.
Being asked by Jiujiu, Chen Chen's eyes began to avoid her eyes. After a long time, she whispered, "I went to He Nan's house to play."
If she was just playing, how could it be like this? Jiujiu raised her eyebrows in disbelief and said, "Just playing?"
"You, you played games."
Although the family in the countryside was not strict, they still hated playing games. After Chen Chen finished speaking, she looked at Jiujiu carefully and said timidly, "Sister, don't tell grandma. She will beat me."
"You can play games if you like. Why should I tell grandma?" Jiujiu touched Chen Chen's head and said, "Have you finished your summer homework?"
Chen Chen shook her head. "No."
Jiujiu looked at Chen Chen's eyes and said, "As long as you can finish four pieces of winter homework every day, I won't tell grandma that you play games. What do you think?"
Chen Chen murmured, "But I don't know how to do some of the questions."
Many of the winter homework were seriously beyond the syllabus, so it was normal that Chen Chen didn't know how to do it.
Jiujiu thought for a while and said, "Of course you know how to do it. You can have some free time. I will tell you when I come back from the field in the evening."
Chen Chen wanted to deny it, but since Jiujiu said so, she could only nod and agree.
At half past five in the afternoon, it was a little cold. Grandma Chen took Jiujiu to the field again.
Because the summer nights were getting colder and colder, it took twice as long to pull the weeds than in the morning. When Jiujiu came back from the field, it was already eight o 'clock in the evening.
After taking a bath with the hot water outside, Jiujiu called Chen Chen over to check her summer homework.
Chen Chen was smart, but because of her young age and playfulness, her grades were not good. There were a lot of empty summer homework and most of the answers were wrong.
Jiujiu, "…"
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