Chapter 2144 It’s okay (fourth update)
It was very quiet in the room.
The child named Dazhi was lying quietly on the bed, with his eyebrows closed and his breathing even.
On his forehead, there was a veil, and the air was still filled with the smell of wine that had not dissipated.
This was left behind by Yang Ruoqing to cool down the child's room.
Beside the bed, the woman was sitting there. The child who was originally tied to her back was now in her arms. The woman had lifted up her clothes and was feeding the baby.
The baby must have felt comfortable and at ease. While drinking milk, a small hand was placed on the woman's chest.
My little feet were swaying comfortably, and I didn’t wear any shoes.
The woman held the child's little feet tightly in her palms, and wrapped the child's cold little feet with the hem of her coat.
A pair of eyes, but they never left the ambition lying on the bed.
The woman's hair is disheveled and her eyes are red and swollen like peaches.
Half of her face was swollen by her drunkard man. She had applied some ointment before, but the swelling had not dissipated yet, and she looked miserable.
Even so, the worry on his face was still difficult to hide.
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry about what happened earlier."
A soft voice came from behind.
The woman turned her head and saw Yang Ruoqing coming into the house at some point.
The woman subconsciously wanted to get up, but Yang Ruoqing raised her hand to stop her.
"The child is still drinking milk. Sister-in-law, just sit down." She said.
The woman nodded, pushed her butt back, and followed Yang Ruoqing with her eyes, full of gratitude.
"Miss Yang, thank you very much for this matter," the woman choked with sobs.
"If it weren't for you, my family's ambition would have really fallen into the river..."
The woman couldn't go on. Thinking of the previous scene, she was so scared that tears came out again.
Yang Ruoqing shook her head, "Don't say anything, I'll see how Dazhi is doing."
She turned around and came to the bedside, leaned over, and gently put her palms together Put it on Dazhi's forehead and feel it.
“How is it?”
Behind him, the woman asked nervously.
Yang Ruoqing said: "Compared with before, the fever has gone down a lot. Now it is just a low fever. If you take two doses of medicine and drink a few more water, you should be fine."
Hearing this , the woman relaxed slightly.
"That's good, that's good. This child has had a fever for several days. It really makes me anxious." She murmured.
Yang Ruoqing said nothing and stood beside the bed, quietly looking at the child in front of her.
The child's appearance and facial features are really similar to Chen'er.
This sleeping look is somewhat similar to Baby Luo now.
The fair little face, the long eyelashes, and the lightly pursed lips are so soft and delicate.
It’s just that this child is very thin. Lying here, he is so skinny that his shoulder blades are protruding.
The nails on this little hand are very long, and the inside of the nails are dark.
Moreover, bruises and scars that have not fully healed can still be seen on the neck and behind the ears.
"What's the matter with the scars on this child's face?" Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but ask.
The woman whispered: "His father beat him..."
"What?"
Yang Ruoqing frowned, thinking of something, and leaned down to roll up the child's sleeves. He got up and looked at the child's legs again. "Is his father a beast? Beating such a young child like this?" Yang Ruoqing asked, the anger in her voice making her words tinge with fire.
The woman wiped her tears there and said: "I may have done too many mistakes in my previous life, and God is going to punish me like this in this life."
"That's all. I admit it. But you still have to punish my children like this. The children are innocent..."
The woman's tears fell down like broken beads.
Falled on the little face of the suckling child in my arms.
The young baby didn't know what was happening and giggled at his mother.
The milky voice made her laugh so hard that her breasts fell out of her mouth.
The woman wiped away her tears and stuffed it into his mouth again, and then continued to tell Yang Ruoqing her sorrow...
"I lost my parents when I was a child. I grew up with my brother and sister-in-law.”
“My sister-in-law thought I was a freeloader, so she sold me as a concubine to a local wife who owned a lot of fishing boats.”
"The member died early, and I was sold out by my mistress. I was fourteen years old at that time, and was sold to a man seven or eight years older than me."
"That man was an alcoholic."
“He is very lazy and is one of the best in their fishing village. "
"I heard that because he was drunk and liked to beat his wife, he had already run away two of his children."
"The children you saw today, Miss Yang, In fact, they were all left behind by his previous two wives.”
"Dazhi, and the little son in my arms, are my biological children."
"Except for the drunkards, the people in the fishing village know the inside story. When we go out to run boats, I say to the outside world that these children are I gave birth to..."
The room was very quiet, and the woman's voice was hoarse.
Because her face was not swollen and the crack at the corner of her mouth had not healed yet, every word she spoke seemed particularly difficult.
But these difficulties are really nothing compared to her painful experiences.
"Since life is so difficult, haven't you ever thought of giving your children to others to raise?" Yang Ruoqing asked deliberately.
Because I heard from Li Zheng and others before that these fishermen and their couples would give away their children along the way if they could not feed them themselves.
Hearing Yang Ruoqing's question, the woman smiled bitterly.
“This kind of thing is difficult to do.” She said.
"Send the child left in the previous nest, not to mention others poking my spine, I can't bear it myself."
"Those children are very sensible. I took care of them and grew up with them."
"Dazhi and this little one are my biological children, so I naturally can't bear to give them away." ”
“If you send any of these children away, you will take away a piece of flesh from my heart. I can't bear to give away any of them..."
"The alcoholic feels that life is difficult, and he thinks that having too many children is a burden, and he keeps arguing every day to give away."
"I will protect him to the death. If I don't let go, he will get angry with me. Even if I am beaten to death by him, I will not let go!" The woman looked determined.
Yang Ruoqing was secretly shocked when she heard these words.
I never expected that an alcoholic could be such a scumbag, let alone that the woman in front of me turned out to be such an amazing stepmother.
"Sister-in-law, you are really amazing." Yang Ruoqing said.
“But what happened today, it’s obvious that your drunkard man has made up his mind to watch Dazhi drown.”
“A father has such thoughts about his son. , what do you think the life of your mother and son will be like in the future?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
His eyes fell on Dazhi again, "Dazhi, this kid, looks fragile at first glance. He can't withstand such a torment."
(End of Chapter)