Chapter 10

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Translator: Alyssa

Editor: Sei

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Oh, What to do, Xu Nannan didn’t know what to do. She knew that the old lady was trying to punish her and she was really moving fast.

This cruel old lady not only abused her granddaughter, but also wanted to ruin her life for the sake of some food. Xu Nannan refused to admit her fate, she turned around and shouted to Xu Xiaoman, “Xiaoman, go back to our hut first, close the door, and I’ll go out.”

“Yeah,” Xu Xiaoman obediently responded. The big eyes on her little face was full of worry.

Xu Nannan found that she had really thought about things too simply before.

Her treatment of the old lady is still the same as that of the children dealing with their parents in the 21st century. They are disobedient and rebellious. She ignored that Xu’s family is different from those parents.

Parents are reluctant to harm their children, but the Xu family can really kill their children.

“It’s so stupid.” Xu Nannan cursed inwardly.

At this time, every household was already working, but Xu Nannan did not go to work. Instead, she went directly to Xu Gensheng’s house.

She found a hidden place on the road and bought a can of rice noodles from Taobao. It was packed in a glass bottle. The taste was not milky, but it was very delicious when you are hungry.

“Aunt Dahong.” As soon as Xu Nannan walked to the door of Xu Gensheng’s yard, she saw Liu Dahong coaxing the child in her arms. Immediately, there was a choked cry.

Seeing that she was here, Liu Dahong greeted happily, “Nannan, come in quickly. Why haven’t you come to sit at home these days.”

Since Xu Nannan took the milk powder to save her grandson’s life last time, Liu Dahong’s impression of Xu Nannan has not been much better.

“Auntie, you have to help me.” Xu Nannan took out the milk powder in her arms and put it into Liu Dahong’s hand. “Auntie, I don’t need anything, but I beg you to help me this time.”

Along the way, Xu Nannan also thought about the fact that in this whole village, Xu Gensheng’s family could help her.

Liu Dahong was stunned by her behavior, holding the rice noodles and saying, “What’s the matter?”

“Auntie, my grandma wants to marry me out. It’s the son of a blacksmith’s family, auntie, look at my age and she’s already letting me marry. It’s killing me, auntie.”

“Huh, let you marry at your age? Your grandma was probably just scaring you.” Liu Dahong’s face was in disbelief.

Xu Nannan shook her head. “Auntie, someone came to see her. It’s a dark-skinned woman. The matchmaker called her Sister Liu, saying that she is a blacksmith at home. Even the bride price has been negotiated.”

“Liu, blacksmith?” Liu Dahong frowned and the moment she thought about it, her eyes immediately widened.

There are all people living within ten miles and there are eight villages. The situation of each household is clear. With this information provided by Xu Nannan, Liu Dahong knows who it is.

This is the home of Hu Tiejian in Dongshan Village. Hu Tiejian is indeed a talented individual. When he made steel a few years ago, he even went to make bone steel. Later on, there were no steel being created around the Village, so every household started to use the iron pots he made. This blacksmith Hu started his career again and lived better than others.

Moreover, his wife gave birth to two sons and they are twins. Oh, how many people envied them back then.

But the problem was that when the two children were only a month old, the two children fell ill together. One child died, and the other had a fever and burned his brain. She heard how his head was not only in a bad condition, but his hands and feet were also deformed.

Is the old Xu family giving Nannan to such a family? Would this harm the child for a lifetime?

“Auntie, do you know them?” Xu Nannan also saw that Liu Dahong knew about the family’s situation. The situation seemed very bad, so she immediately asked.

If the family was not good, then she will be able to escape the marriage with greater certainty.

Liu Dahong nodded with a sullen face, “If it is really this family, then your old lady would be cruel enough.”

Liu Dahong told Xu Nannan about the situation of the blacksmith Hu’s house, and Xu Nannan felt that the old lady was really cruel.

As soon as Liu Dahong finished speaking, she immediately cried, “Auntie, you must help me, or else my whole life will be over.”

Liu Dahong was embarrassed, “Nannan, I also pity you, but I can’t control this matter, nor can your uncle. Even the cadres in the village and township can’t control it. After all, no one can take care of other people’s housework. Your grandma also said, it is not to let you marry, but to have you raised in someone’s house. There is nothing wrong with this.”

This is too much, the old lady’s plan is really cruel, no one can say that she is breaking the law.

Xu Nannan also guessed that Liu Dahong would definitely say this. She rolled her eyes, and immediately let the tears accumulate as she speaks, “I also know that this is definitely not easy to manage, so I want to go to the city to find my parents. Can you let Uncle Gensheng give me an introduction to the city? Trust me, auntie. I have to find my parents in the city, or else… auntie…”

Before she finished speaking, she started crying first.

When Liu Dahong saw this, her heart softened. The hand holding the rice noodles also turned soft.

Anyway, it seems that there is nothing wrong with a letter of introduction. And she seems willing to try it.

“Okay, don’t panic, I’ll go find your uncle, let him open a letter of introduction for you.”

For the sake of rice noodles, Liu Dahong decided to do justice to help the poor little girl. Thrusting the grandson into Xu Nannan’s arms, she immediately ran into the ground field.

Seeing Liu Dahong going out, Xu Nannan curled her lips.

This time she had to find a way to let Xu Jiansheng and his wife and the old lady know that she was not that easy to provoke.

Xu Gensheng still listened to what his wife said, so he will soon follow what she says.

Seeing Xu Nannan, he frowned and sighed slightly, “Nannan, it’s not good for you to enter the city like this. You are not familiar with the place, what if something happens?”

At this time, you have to open a letter of introduction when you enter the city, otherwise you can’t even get on the long-distance bus. But not everyone can enter the city. Young girls like Xu Nannan generally have no chance to enter the city, so Xu Gensheng really didn’t dare to open the letter of introduction.

Xu Nannan’s aggrieved mouth fell flat, “Uncle Gensheng, I can’t help it. I can’t let my family know that I’m going into the city. If they find out, they will definitely lock me in the house. Uncle Gensheng, you are a thousand more better person compared to them. Please help me.”

“I said Xu Gensheng, will you please hurry up and see how poor little Nannan is?!” Liu Dahong couldn’t stand it anymore.

Xu Gensheng sighed, “Let’s go, let’s open the letter of introduction. Then you wait, for I still have to stamp it later.” I don’t know if Lao Xu’s family will be upset after knowing it. After all, this thing is not easy to handle. Who will give birth to a grandson in his family?

After the letter of introduction was opened, Xu Gensheng went to the village office to stamp it. Xu Nannan took the letter of introduction and hurriedly returned home.

At this time, there were no cars going to the city, and Xu Nannan was not in a hurry, so she hid the letter of introduction well.

Things broke up, and the old lady didn’t hide it anymore. After the family came home from work at night, the old lady told the whole family about Xu Nannan going to someone else’s house.

Grandpa Xu took a breath of dry cigarettes, “Did you talk to Jiansheng?” Grandpa Xu knew about this. He just thought about it, but he was still upset. No matter what he said, it was his own granddaughter who sent it to Hu Tiejian’s house, which will be difficult in the future. He didn’t worry about anything else, but worried that the old couple would blame him in the future.

The old lady didn’t care, “What’s wrong? Just because I’m only her grandmother, I can’t call the shots anymore? Don’t talk about her, even her dad is mine.”

Speaking of this, the old lady became even more angry. She was responsible for the marriage between Li Jing and her son, and now she regrets it.

Third aunt Liu Qiao raised her eyes and glanced at Xu Nannan who was squinting for dinner, and then looked at the old lady, “Mom, Erya is so small, I wonder if it should wait.”

“If you can’t bear her, do you want your girl to go?” Zhang Cuiqin suddenly exploded. “Mom, look at the third wife, she thinks you are wrong. What’s the situation in the family now? No one in the family can eat enough. I heard today that the country has insufficient food this year and can’t send much food. How much food does this person have to eat?”

As soon as she said this, the other people’s faces changed a little strange, embarrassed, and a little guilty.

People in rural areas eat food distributed according to work, but when there is not enough food, it is impossible to get that much. Especially in the past few years, there was a shortage of food in the whole country, but it was better last year. It is not easy to just want to eat.

Even these few days, the family was still drinking miscellaneous grains. People like them have to do physical work. How can they be hungry if they eat a bit of glutinous food, and drink water when they are thirsty at night?

The old lady also knew this year’s situation, and Xu Nannan was disobedient, so she took the opportunity to find a husband’s house for Xu Nannan, who could exchange food and eat less.

Everyone also knows this situation, but no one has explained it, otherwise, their family has not really been said to be a wolf’s nest. Who would have thought that Zhang Cuiqin’s mouth could be so fast? She said everything, while she was still in front of the child Erya.

“Pop!” The old lady put the chopsticks on the table fiercely, “What are you talking about?! First of all, I am completely for the sake of Erya. She can’t eat at home so I’m letting her go to someone else’s house to live a good life. This is a good thing, what do you think?” Looking at Xu Nannan again, she said, “Erya, this is for your own good. Although you are usually ill-mannered with me, I still love you in my heart.”

Xu Nannan ate the contents of the bowl, took the bowl and put it in front of the old lady, “Grandma, Xiaoman hasn’t eaten yet.”

The old lady gave her a scoop of muddy face, “This matter is decided whether you like it or not. You will thank your grandma in the future.”

Xu Nannan picked up the bowl to eat, and looked at the old lady with a smile, “Grandma, I really appreciate you!” After that, she took the bowl and went out.

“Mom, look at her attitude.” Zhang Cuiqin slapped the table with an unhappy look on her face, although she was very happy in her heart. In the future, Erya was ruined, and Xiaoman’s virtue was also abolished. Xu Jiansheng and his wife would have to rely on her family’s Honghong and Leizi in the future. In the future, Xu Jiansheng’s things will be left to her children.

Liu Qiao glanced at her calmly, and pressed the corners of her mouth tightly.

In the evening, the family went back to the room to sleep with different thoughts.

In the western room, Xu Jianping and his wife lay on the bed and talked about it. Xu Jianping sighed, “Coincidentally, why do I think this is not right? If we really let Erya be married, will the eldest brother blame us?”

Xu Jianping’s mood is a bit complicated.

He has no feelings for his elder brother Xu Jiansheng. After all, the eldest brother left home early, he and the second child Xu Jianhai grew up together, and their relationship is better.

But he didn’t blame his eldest brother for neglecting his family. In his opinion, he is earning a living at home while his elder brother is earning a living outside, and his parents are in good health, so they are not allowed to serve as his sons. It is hard to say who owes whom. When the second child’s family wanted to send the child to the city, he never thought about sending them. If it were not for his wife to cry in the quilt, saying that the child was wronged at home, he would not be happy to let his child be raised by others. So after the child was given to his elder brother to raise them at his home, he felt that he owed something to the elder brother.

Now the old lady wants Erya to go to Hu Tiejian’s house, and he suddenly feels a little guilty. Thinking that the older brother will definitely blame the family when he knows about it.

Liu Qiao smiled and flicked his forehead, “This is not what we wanted, it was arranged by the old lady. Besides, I also spoke for Erya, but the old lady doesn’t listen so what can we do? Let the eldest brother talk to the old lady by himself.”

Xu Jianping was right when he thought about it. Just at the dinner table, the family also said something nice to their niece, and Zhang Cuiqin added fuel by her jealousy. By the way, her family was kind.

Thinking this way, Xu Jianping felt balanced.

Don’t blame us for this matter, we have worked hard, but the old lady won’t listen.

In the other room, Xu Nannan didn’t sleep either. She talked to Xu Xiaoman about her plan.

Xu Xiaoman didn’t dare to speak, and when Xu Nannan said something, she nodded.

“Xiaoman, this time your sister will not only not get married, but she might even be able to let you study when she comes back. Let’s go together tomorrow morning. I don’t worry about you being alone at home.”

She went to find Xu Jiansheng in the city, and she must wait a day before returning. If she leaves, the old lady will definitely come to ask Xu Xiaoman. She can’t let Xu Xiaoman fall into the clutches of the old lady.

Xu Xiaoman firmly said, “Sister, I listen to you.” In this world, the best for her is her sister. And she wants to be obedient.

TL Note: That end of chapter 10

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