Chapter 415 The Best Stepmother's Biological Son 1
"Qian, go quickly and come back soon."
As soon as Shi Qing arrived, he heard a woman's gentle voice.
He glanced at the woman, felt his rumbling stomach, and looked at the few copper coins in his hand. Shi Qing didn't say anything and went out directly.
Looking at the sky that was not yet completely bright, Shi Qing said to the system: "Give me the plot and memory."
[Okay. ]
After receiving the plot and memory, Shi Qing walked in one direction with a blank expression.
[Host, where are you going? ]
"Buy steamed buns."
Shi Qing walked along the alley to a steamed bun shop and stopped, saying: "Uncle Lin, I want four meat buns."
"Okay!" Lin Qiang, the owner of the steamed bun shop, quickly packed four meat buns and smiled: "Qian comes to buy things so early every day, so diligent! But today you only want steamed buns, not steamed buns?"
"Yes, today you only want steamed buns, not steamed buns."
"Okay, take it." Lin Qiang handed the steamed buns to Shi Qing, and Shi Qing took the steamed buns and handed the copper coins in his hand to him.
"Walk slowly."
"Well, goodbye, Uncle Lin!"
Feeling hungry, Shi Qing took the buns and ate them while walking. This action made Lin Qiang, who was still watching him, stunned.
Everyone on this street knew that Wang Xiuniang treated her ex-husband's children better than her own children. Zhou Qian'an's brother and sister were thin and small, while the two brothers and sisters of the Zhu family were white, fat and cute. Zhou Qian'an often bought buns and took them back to the two children of the Zhu family. What happened today? He ate them directly. Wasn't he afraid that Wang Xiuniang would be angry?
Lin Qiang muttered in his heart, but said nothing. A woman like Wang Xiuniang is kind-hearted to say that she is kind, but in fact she is confused. As a stepmother, she is afraid that others will say that she is not good to her stepchildren, so she can't give everything to her stepchildren and stepdaughters and treat her own children badly.
Lin Qiang couldn't understand Wang Xiuniang's behavior, and was even angry, but as an outsider, he couldn't say anything. He also relied on selling buns and steamed buns to barely support his family, and he had no ability to help Zhou Qian'an and his sister. Thinking of this, Lin Qiang looked at the direction Zhou Qian'an left and sighed.
"Lin Qiang, I want two steamed buns."
Seeing someone want to buy something, Lin Qiang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll pack it for you right away."
Shi Qing didn't know that Lin Qiang, the owner of the bun shop, would think so much. He ate two hot buns in one breath, and the hunger in his stomach was relieved a lot. Looking at the remaining two, Shi Qing planned to take them home to the original owner's sister Zhou Qingwan. The life of the original owner's brother and sister was really too bitter and aggrieved.
This is the general plot of the story, which is the story of the stepmother and stepchildren. The background is like a world he has visited before, the early Republic of China. After entering the door, the stepmother treated the stepchildren as her own children. After her husband died, she raised the stepchildren silently, and even sacrificed her own children for this. In the end, the ignorant stepchildren were finally successfully moved after growing up and experiencing various things, and the stepmother also waited for the stepchildren to call out the mother willingly.
The original owner Zhou Qian'an, unfortunately, was the biological son of the good stepmother Wang Xiuniang in the plot.
Wang Xiuniang met Zhou Yongguo at the age of 18 through a matchmaker and they got married soon. One year after the marriage, she gave birth to her son Zhou Qian'an, and three years later, she gave birth to her daughter Zhou Qingwan.
Zhou Yongguo learned a craft and went out to work every day to make money. Occasionally, he would go to the fields with Grandma Zhou to work. Wang Xiuniang was also virtuous. She washed clothes, cooked, and took care of the children at home every day. Although the family lived an ordinary life, it was very warm.
Of course, this was when Zhou Yongguo was still alive.
Zhou Yongguo went up the mountain to chop wood when the original owner was five years old and disappeared. When he was found two days later, he had become a cold corpse.
Zhou Yongguo's death was tantamount to the collapse of the Zhou family. Grandpa Zhou died early, and Grandma Zhou raised Zhou Yongguo alone. Now she is sending him off. She cries every day and can't eat. The root of the disease she suffered from working too hard in her early years has recurred, and her health is getting worse. After two years, she still died.
After Grandma Zhou passed away, only Wang Xiuniang and the original owner's brother and sister were left in the Zhou family. Although Wang Xiuniang was capable, it was still difficult for her to raise a pair of children alone. There were many gossips about widows, and there were also some rumors outside. A year later, she decided to remarry under the introduction of a matchmaker.
"Qian, Qingwan, do you want your father?"
The eight-year-old original owner was sensible. Thinking of the current life at home, looking at Wang Xiuniang who was covered in dust every day, he said, "Yes."
He knew that the father Wang Xiuniang was talking about was not her biological father. Her biological father had passed away and would never come back, but the stepfather would be fine as long as he could help Wang Xiuniang.
Zhou Qingwan was only five years old and didn't understand much. When she heard her brother say he wanted to, she also said, "Yes."
After telling the original owner's brother and sister about this, Wang Xiuniang quickly took the original owner and Zhou Qingwan to remarry and married Zhu Yaozu, who was also widowed and had two children.
When they came to another house, they saw Zhu Youfu and Zhu Yuer, who were about the same age as them, wearing new clothes. The original owner and Zhou Qingwan were a little restrained.
Wang Xiuniang introduced, "This is Youfu, this is Yu'er, you are brothers and sisters from now on."
"Okay."
The original owner and Zhou Qingwan didn't know that their lives would change drastically from then on.
Wang Xiuniang treated them the same as before for a while, but after a long time she began to ignore them, and they began to be bullied by the Zhu brothers and sisters, calling them a burden.
Whenever this happened, Wang Xiuniang would say, "Qian, Qingwan, our current life is given by your uncle Zhu, Youfu and Yu'er are just a little naughty, and they don't have any bad intentions."
"What we eat and use now are all from your uncle Zhu, you should be grateful, don't you know?"
Under Wang Xiuniang's constant nagging, the original brother and sister said nothing. They worked quietly under her arrangement, watching Zhu Youfu and Zhu Yuer wear new clothes and eat candies they had never eaten before.
If things continue like this, and the original owner and his sister leave this family when they grow up, nothing will happen to Shi Qing. In the fourth year after Wang Xiuniang married the Zhu family, Zhu Yaozu disappeared.
Unlike the original owner's father, Zhou Yongguo, who died after disappearing, Zhu Yaozu never saw anyone when he was alive and never saw his body after death. As time passed, everyone assumed that he was dead.
Wang Xiuniang became a widow again with four children, and the situation became even more difficult. This time, she did not remarry, but chose to raise her children well. Of course, the most important thing is the Zhu family's children.
Wang Xiuniang felt very distressed when she saw the Zhu siblings, who had become well-behaved after a period of trouble due to their father's disappearance.
"Although you don't call me mother, but your father is not here, I will be your mother from now on. You don't have to be so careful."
Listening to Wang Xiuniang's words, the original owner thought that Wang Xiuniang meant to treat them well, but she never thought that Wang Xiuniang just wanted to treat Zhu Youfu and Zhu Yu'er well.
"Qi'an, now that Youfu and Yu'er have lost their father, you must treat him well."
"But mother, my sister and I don't have a father either..."
"You don't have a father and a mother, they are different!"