Chapter 208
Chapter 208
Meng Haisheng entered the house from outside and saw Qu Lan holding Meng Qianqian, who had changed into new clothes, crying and almost fainting.
"Mom, Qianqian is back, this is a good thing, don't cry."
Meng Haisheng didn't expect that in his previous life, the handle that Qu Xiaoqin caught Qu Lan was Meng Qianqian.
No wonder Qu Lan was very enthusiastic to Meng Qianqian every time Qu Xiaoqin brought Meng Qianqian to visit relatives.
At that time, the family was poor, and the three brothers and sisters ate one egg, and Meng Qianqian could eat one alone.
Meng Haisheng thought that Meng Qianqian was a guest, so she was treated like this. Now that he thought about it, it should be that Qu Lan felt guilty about Meng Qianqian.
"Haisheng, look at your sister's arm."
Qu Lan's eyes were red, and she pulled up the sweater on Meng Qianqian's arm.
Her arms were covered with blue and purple scars. Some of the scars should have existed for some time and had turned into a light coffee color.
"Who beat her?"
Meng Haisheng's face was extremely ugly. Meng Qianqian was just a little girl. Who could have been so cruel to her?
Meng Qianqian, who was standing aside, just cried and couldn't say a word.
What happened today was a bit shocking to her. She was timid to begin with. Now she heard Meng Haisheng's cold voice, how could she dare to speak?
"Your aunt and uncle beat her. They disliked Qianqian because she was a girl."
Qu Lan was crying when she said this.
She never expected that Qu Xiaoqin and Sun Zhenjiang would be so heartless.
Just now, when she was taking clothes for Meng Qianqian, Qu Lan accidentally saw that Meng Qianqian's arms and back were all covered with scars of various sizes.
After Qu Lan's repeated questioning, Meng Qianqian told the truth.
It turned out that Qu Xiaoqin brought Meng Qianqian home in the hope of relying on Meng Qianqian to repair the relationship between the couple.
At that time, because Qu Xiaoqin was infertile, Sun Zhenjiang treated her badly.
But after Meng Qianqian was taken back, Qu Xiaoqin found that Sun Zhenjiang's family was very patriarchal.
He didn't even want to look at Meng Qianqian.
At that time, Qu Xiaoqin also thought about sending Meng Qianqian back, but her mother-in-law asked her to stay.
In case the two of them never had children in the future, Meng Qianqian could still take care of them in their old age.
In this case, Qu Xiaoqin and Sun Zhenjiang kept Meng Qianqian.
The two did not repair their relationship because of Meng Qianqian's arrival. They were very bad to Meng Qianqian.
When Meng Qianqian was five or six years old, she had already started to help with housework. She could cook and wash clothes.
But even so, the two still didn't treat Meng Qianqian as a human being.
Not only did they often beat and scold her, but if they quarreled, Meng Qianqian would also be beaten.
In this case, Meng Qianqian was abused for 16 years.
Years ago, Qu Xiaoqin knew that Sun Zhenjiang had a son with someone else outside. Qu Xiaoqin was angry but could not vent it on Sun Zhenjiang, so she could only vent it on Meng Qianqian.
All the injuries on her body were caused by Qu Xiaoqin using a feather duster.
The handle of the feather duster is very tough, and it hurts a lot when it hits the skin.
Meng Qianqian knelt on the ground and begged Qu Xiaoqin not to hit her, but the more she begged, the harder Qu Xiaoqin hit her.
In Qu Xiaoqin's opinion, the misfortune of her marriage was caused by Meng Qianqian. If she was a boy, their family would not have been quarreling all the time.
Sun Zhenjiang would not have a son with a widow outside.
All of this was Meng Qianqian's fault.
Everyone present had red eyes when they heard Qu Lan talk about Meng Qianqian's experience over the years.
"Qianqian, everything is fine now. You will have your parents, brothers and sisters to protect you at home in the future."
Meng Yu cried and couldn't speak.
She couldn't understand at all how Qu Xiaoqin, who looked so gentle, could be so cruel in secret.
"Yes, Qianqian, you will be protected by your brothers and sisters in the future, and no one can touch you again."
"I remember that you had good grades when you were in junior high school."
"After the first month of the year, my cram school in the county will offer high school courses. You can go to the cram school and make up for the courses you missed in the first year of high school. In September, my family will pay for you to transfer to the town high school."
Meng Haisheng looked calm on the surface, but his heart was already in turmoil.
At first, he thought that Qu Xiaoqin didn't want Meng Qianqian just because she divorced Sun Zhenjiang.
Now it seems that it's not the case at all.
Qu Xiaoqin's conscience has long been eaten by dogs. She didn't treat Meng Qianqian as her own child at all, but only as a dispensable tool.
"Haisheng is right. Qianqian had very good grades when she was in junior high school."
Qu Lan wiped the tears from her eyes. In the past, Qu Xiaoqin always boasted about Meng Qianqian's good grades in front of others and that she had taught her daughter well.
Now it seems that Meng Qianqian's good grades at that time were probably all thanks to Qu Xiaoqin's chickenThe feather duster gave it to Meng Guangzhu, who had been silent all the time. Seeing everyone comforting Meng Qianqian, he was very relieved. "Okay, let Qianqian wash her face first, and we can talk slowly if we have something to say." "Yes, yes, you only care about talking, and you didn't bring any delicious food to Qianqian." Qu Lan wiped the tears from her face fiercely and went to the wing room to get some snacks for Meng Qianqian. Facing the kindness of everyone, Meng Qianqian, who was a little restrained, kept her head down, not knowing what to say. Meng Haisheng's old house was not very big. The west room was given to Meng Yu's family of four, and Meng Qianqian could only live in the small room at the east end. That place used to be used to store sundries. Qu Lan put all the sundries in the house in the wing room. She also took a red door curtain and hung it up. Meng Qianqian was already 16 years old and a big girl, so she had to avoid suspicion. "Mom, I'll go home first. I'll ask Qianqian to come to my house to look after Xiao Shitou and the others."
"Well, go back quickly. You've been out for most of the day. How can Mu Cheng take care of the children alone? I'll cook and send you the meal later. Don't cook."
"Okay."
Meng Haisheng hurried home. Momo had been playing all morning and fell asleep before dinner time.
The three little ones had just had their milk and were tired of playing. They were ready to go to bed.
Meng Haisheng told Lin Mucheng about Meng Qianqian.
"Mu Cheng, I'll go out for a while. Mom will bring you food later. Let her help you look after the children in the afternoon. I guess I can come back late."
"Where are you going?"
"I have something to do in the county. I'll be back as soon as possible."
"Okay, then you go early and come back early."
Meng Haisheng didn't tell Lin Mucheng too much detail. He didn't even have lunch. He went to Meng Hailian's house to borrow a bicycle and headed to the county town.
Halfway through the journey, Meng Haisheng saw Meng Xiaomi coming back from a distance.
"Xiaomi, this is it."
"Brother Haisheng, why are you here too?"
"I'm not worried about you. My aunt went to the county to do something."
Meng Xiaomi took a breath and saw that there were no people around. Then she lowered her voice and whispered in Meng Haisheng's ear, "Your aunt went to the county to play mahjong with someone. I didn't dare to get too close to her for fear of alerting her. She's in a dilapidated building over there. She should be gambling there."
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