Xia You Arbor: Looking to Heaven

Chapter 63 The Girl from the Countryside (2)
The woman looked at Xia Tong with fire in her eyes. Xia Tong lowered his head, not daring to meet her eyes, and sneaked behind his father.

Xiao Minmin couldn't understand the woman's anger, so she turned around happily and ran to the woman, calling, "Mom, Dad is back."

The woman gave Papa Xia a bitter look, and there was no trace of joy on her face: "You still dare to come back! I told you not to enter this house for me if you brought this bastard with you!"

Xia Tong kept silent, but she clenched her hands tightly, her nails dug into her flesh fiercely, her lips parted, but she forced herself to bear it.

Father Xia sighed, looked at the woman flatteringly and said, "Lin Xin, didn't we agree when we left?"

"What did we agree on? What did we agree on!" Lin Xin pointed at Papa Xia and shouted loudly, "Xia Wenqiang, let me tell you, if you bring this bastard back, I won't give her a good life! Put it here, I won't let her live a good day! Don't even think about it, you don't want to live comfortably when she is here! I can't kill you two!"

"Keep your voice down! Who are you scaring, and who are you calling for?" Xia Wenqiang squinted his eyes and roared, "Are you afraid that everyone in the yard won't be able to hear you? Do you want to give you a loudspeaker?" I've picked them all up, you just have to bear with it."

"I can't bear it!" Lin Xin cried and roared, "I hate her as soon as I see her. I have been lied to by you all my life. Xia Wenqiang, you liar!"

Lin Xin picked up a teacup on the table and threw it at it. The teacup hit Xia Wenqiang's shoulder, fell to the ground, and shattered.

After Lin Xin smashed a few more cups in a row, she dragged Minmin back to the room, wiping away her tears, and closed the door with a bang.

The living room became quiet again, Xia Wenqiang sighed, frowned and sat on the nearest stool, Xia Tong clasped his hands, stood silently, glanced at him secretly, with a touch of resentment in his eyes .

Xia Wenqiang and Xia Tong's mother lived in the same village. At that time, there was a custom of early marriage in their hometown in the north. The two of them hit it off, so their parents organized a wedding for them, and they got married early.Because he got married early and did not receive a marriage certificate, Xia Wenqiang had a young daughter——Xia Tong.

Later, the army went to the county to recruit soldiers, and Xia Wenqiang left with the army. At the beginning, the military posts he earned every month were sent home on time, and he wrote letters to his family every week, but later...

What happened later, no matter what happened, it was just another story of a heartbroken man.

In order to stay in the army, this unscrupulous man concealed the fact that he was married, married the daughter of his boss, fulfilled his wish to stay in the city, and never returned to the countryside.

It wasn't until Xia Tong's mother showed up that he remembered that he still had a wife and daughter in the countryside.

For this daughter, Xia Wenqiang is unwilling to accept it in every way, but there is no way, for the future, he can't take risks, and he can't let people know that he has committed bigamy, let alone let people know that she is his daughter.

Xia Wenqiang frowned and waved to Xia Tong. Xia Tong hesitated for a moment, took two steps forward, but did not approach him.Xia Wenqiang pulled her over, stroked her hair, and said softly, "Be good at home and don't make auntie angry, you know?"

Xia Tong nodded.

Xia Wenqiang stood up and said to her with a forced smile, "Come, let me show you your room." After speaking, he picked up Xia Tong's bag and led her into a room on the right side of the living room.There are two large bookcases in the room, and the bookcases are full of thick books. There is no space after a small single bed is placed in the middle of the bookcases, not even a table or a chair.

Xia Wenqiang glanced at the two large bookcases in the room, and murmured dissatisfiedly: "Tell her to move the bookcases out, but if she doesn't, how can she live in such a small place?" He put Xia Tong's bag on the small bed, and continued, " You feel wronged and live here, tomorrow dad... well, uncle will make room for you, okay?"

Xia Tong lowered her head, her big eyes drooped down, she looked at the floor, and asked in a low voice, "Can't I call you Dad at home?"

"What?" Xia Wenqiang didn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing..." Xia Tong bit her lip and raised her face, "Just put the bookcase here, I don't care, as long as I have a place to live."

After Xia Wenqiang rubbed Xia Tong's hair, he told her to take a good rest, then turned and left the room.

After the door was closed, Xia Tong sat down relaxedly. The bed was softer than she imagined, at least, softer than the bed in her hometown. There was no indescribable musty smell in the room, and the glass on the windows was The pieces are all there, unlike the previous room, where there are always a few pieces pasted up with newspapers.

Here, it is much better than where she used to live.

She relaxed and lay down, staring straight at the ceiling, and heard what her mother said to her when she was parting: "Tongtong, remember! You have to stay in the city, you have to stay in the city, you Can't be sent back! Can't! When you are successful in the future, you must come to pick up your mother, you know?"

Yes, she couldn't be sent back, Mom had paid so much to force her into Father's side, she couldn't be sent back.This place is much better than my hometown, as my mother said, she will have her own room, she doesn’t have to worry about going hungry every day, she doesn’t have to worry about not being able to pay the tuition fees, she will never be bullied by the children in the village, and she doesn’t have to farm , no need to chop firewood, no need to pick wild vegetables...

Many, many, no...

She should be happy.

But, mother, why is she suffering so much?
Why is she so uncomfortable?

Xia Tong turned over, buried her face in the soft quilt, curled herself into a ball, and lay quietly on the bed, her thin shoulders trembling slightly...

(End of this chapter)