Every household had just the right amount of food. With one more mouth to feed, the whole family would have to tighten their belts to live a tight life. 1357924?
Although they were all envious of the gift money, they were more concerned about their own family members. Therefore, no one was willing to take over the hot potato that was the little girl. Everyone simply decided to look for the little girl's biological parents.
In the end, they did find each other, but they had already formed their own families and even had children. The girl had become the extra one.
Those relatives had already left when they found the girl's biological parents.
Both parents were unwilling to take care of the girl, so they simply threw the girl into a restaurant to work as a child laborer.
Food and lodging were provided for 80 yuan a month.
Even so, the black-hearted parents still asked the girl for 30 yuan a month, saying that it was for the girl's dowry.
Although they said that it was for the girl's dowry, in fact, it was for their own household expenses. The girl stayed in the restaurant from the age of 12 to 18. Just as the girl was looking forward to love, they once again gave her to an old bachelor for the sake of money.
The girl had never been educated. Because of her poverty, she was stubborn and sensitive. When she felt that her parents were really going to give her to the old bachelor, the girl ran away.
However, the girl gave most of her monthly salary to her parents. She didn't have much left for herself. Not long after she ran away, her parents caught her.
In order to make the girl submit, they even beat her up.
They locked the girl in the room, but outside, they discussed the distribution of the girl's monetary gift.
The girl lay alone on the cold floor, listening to her biological parents evaluate her value as if she were a commodity. The little flame of longing for kinship in the girl's heart was extinguished.
She was only 18 years old. She was the morning sun in other people's mouths, bright and warm. However, the girl felt very cold.
It wasn't the coldness of her body, but the coldness of her heart. It was as if she had fallen into an ice cave. Even her breathing was so cold that her lungs hurt.
The girl committed suicide and died in the room.
Outside the room, which was only a wall away from her, her parents were still discussing the matter of her monetary gift.
Giving birth to a child without nurturing it was akin to committing a sin.
Even puppies knew how to take good care of their children. However, the girl's parents did not take care of her. Later on, they treated her like a commodity and bought her as they pleased. Such people were worse than Lei Feng.
The girl no longer had any desire for kinship. She did not know why she had come to this world, nor did she know why she had to continue living.
She was clearly a young girl, but she had lost her desire for life. Or rather, she had lost the courage to continue living.
She didn't want to take revenge on anyone, nor did she want to take revenge on anyone.
She didn't know what she wanted.
It was obviously just a task, but it made Jiujiu's eyes turn red. This girl was too pitiful. Jiujiu couldn't help but sympathize with her.
Jiujiu felt that it wasn't that the girl didn't know why she wanted to live, but that her parents were too heartless and made her lose the courage to continue living.
Although Mengmeng didn't say it, Jiujiu knew that Mengmeng probably wanted to be cared for, to be able to live independently, and to be loved.
When Jiujiu opened her eyes, she only felt that her eyes hurt terribly.
She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes. Her eyelids hurt even more. As Jiujiu rubbed her eyes, the soreness became even more intense.
Jiujiu gently rubbed her eyes carefully. Only then did she realize that her eyelids were swollen like two small peaches. It was obvious that she had cried for a long time.
Looking around, Jiujiu realized that she was sleeping on a bare wooden plank covered with a thin sheet. Her body was covered with a sheet as thin as a piece of paper. It was clearly night, but the noise outside the house was as loud as day. She did not know how this lass managed to survive in such an environment.
Jiujiu put on her clothes and blinked her eyes to recall carefully. Only then did she realize that it was the time when Mengmeng's grandmother passed away. The reason why Mengmeng's eyelids were crying like this was because she was frightened when she heard that the relatives were going to send Mengmeng away.
Mengmeng was only twelve years old now. She had lived with her grandmother since she was young. The grandmother's money was barely enough for the two of them to fill their stomachs. There was no extra money for Mengmeng to go to school. Although Mengmeng envied those children who could go to school, Mengmeng also knew that her grandmother didn't have it easy, so she didn't make a fuss about going to school. Instead, she obediently learned how to weave fishing nets to reduce her grandmother's workload.
It was a pity that her grandmother suffered too much when she was young. As she grew older, all the sequelae came out. No matter how hard Mengmeng worked, her grandmother still passed away.
Yesterday, the relatives had pooled together some money to buy a coffin for her grandmother to bury her. Because they didn't have a shroud, they put the last quilt in the coffin. That was why the maidservant had nothing to cover her with.
After burying Mengmeng's grandmother, the relatives began to discuss Mengmeng's whereabouts. They didn't care whether Mengmeng would hear them or what she would do if she heard them. When Mengmeng heard that they would help her find her parents, she was both afraid and expectant.
In Mengmeng's memory, the relatives found her parents on the fourth day.
Although Mengmeng had never seen her parents since she was young, how could there be children in the world who didn't like their parents? Therefore, when she went to meet them, Mengmeng wore her favorite clothes and even tied a little red flower in her hair.
Unfortunately, her parents regarded her as a burden. Neither of them wanted to take care of her. They pushed each other, and in the end, they threw Mengmeng to the restaurant to work as a child laborer.
Jiujiu didn't want to be thrown to the store by her parents to work as a child laborer like Mengmeng. Therefore, when the people outside almost went to bed, Jiujiu directly got up and ran away.
She used a small cloth bag to pack the clothes she could wear. Then, she went to the kitchen to steal a few steamed buns, some winter pickled vegetables, and some plain water in a small kettle. Jiujiu ran away under the cover of the night.
Nowadays, people were superstitious. In addition, Mengmeng's family lived in the mountains. Even if they found out that Jiujiu had run away, they wouldn't chase after her. First, it was because they were afraid of ghosts. Second, there were wolves in the mountains.
Humans were selfish and afraid of death. Therefore, when they discovered that Jiujiu was missing the next morning, the group of relatives mumbled a few words and blamed each other for a while before they all left.
No one said anything about looking for Mengmeng's parents.
It was better to avoid trouble, wasn't it?
Jiujiu ran away under the cover of the night. She didn't know the direction, so she looked at the stars and pointed the way.
Although Mengmeng had done everything since she was young and had good stamina, she was only twelve years old after all. After running for more than ten miles, she was very tired.
Mengmeng's family was deep in the mountains. Jiujiu ran for four or five days and finished all the steamed buns before she walked out of the mountains.
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