After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 48, Episode 0049: Aunt Wu's Hatred (Part 1)

Aunt Wu not only breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a sense of comfort.

Many people in the village felt that their family was in the wrong. Even though everyone disliked Sun Hua equally, most people still believed that their family was in the wrong regarding the matter with Sun Hua.

She'd been feeling frustrated for a long time.

“I have a daughter, but she’s not entirely my daughter. She’s my uncle’s adopted daughter, but they later took her back.”

To understand this matter clearly, we need to go back to the previous generation.

Li Sanmao's parents had three sons and four daughters, but only three boys, Da Mao, Er Mao, and San Mao, survived. Li Sanmao had two older brothers. His eldest brother joined the army and disappeared without a trace. His parents passed away within a year of each other, leaving only fifteen-year-old Er Mao and eight-year-old San Mao in the family.

Li Ermao, who was not even grown up himself, could only struggle to raise his younger brother. When he was almost thirty, he first found a wife for his brother to put his mind at ease, and then, through an introduction, he married a widow with a child who had fled to the Fourth Brigade. Now everyone calls her Aunt Yang.

Aunt Wu and Li Sanmao had four sons in total: Dazhuang, Erzhuang, Sanzhuang, and Sizhuang, who were 27, 25, 20, and the youngest 13 years old, respectively.

That's how people are; they crave what's scarce. The couple had a son, then another son, and four boys in a row. This made them less concerned about having sons and more eager to have a daughter.

In contrast, Li Ermao and Aunt Yang had six daughters in a row, and daughters were considered a financial burden.

Li Ermao's kindness to Li Sanmao was immeasurable, and he could never repay it in this lifetime. Fortunately, Li Sanmao was not an ungrateful person. He always treated Li Ermao like his own father and never forgot him when he had something good at home.

So, when Aunt Wu gave birth to Si Zhuang, Li Er Mao, who had given birth to a daughter earlier than Aunt Wu, brought his little girl to them under the pretext that Aunt Yang didn't have enough milk, asking them to help breastfeed her. Although they said they were helping breastfeed her, they never took the baby back to their house. In reality, they just wanted them to help raise her.

Li Ermao's kindness to Li Sanmao was also a shackle on Li Sanmao's family. In the countryside, reputation is very important, and they couldn't be branded as ungrateful, otherwise their children would not have a good future.

The couple took the child without hesitation.

However, the main reason is that they cherish their daughter, and their family's financial situation is decent enough to support her.

This care lasted for nine years.

Li Sanmao's family all tacitly agreed that the girl had been adopted into their family. They felt that since they were brothers, there was no need to be too clear about it. Xiao Ni had always called their parents "father" and "aunt" and "uncle" and "aunt" on the other side, and her household registration was also on their side. If this was not considered adoption, then how could it be considered adoption?

Who would have thought that when Xiao Ni was nine years old, Aunt Yang would suddenly come to take her daughter back and bring twenty yuan, saying it was to pay Aunt Wu's family for raising Xiao Ni for nine years.

Aunt Wu wiped away her tears and choked up as she said, "This is not about money. We treat Xiao Ni like our own daughter, and Xiao Ni has always regarded us as her own parents and brothers. My sister-in-law is a scoundrel and we can't reason with her. But we made an agreement with my brother-in-law that once Xiao Ni is registered in our household, she is my and my husband's biological daughter, and they can't come and claim her."

“When we went to find the older brother, he would just squat there smoking his pipe. After we went to see him many times, he asked us to have pity on him, saying that it wasn’t easy for him to have a family. Basically, he meant that if we didn’t return Xiao Ni to them, it would mean that we were trying to break up their family.”

"My husband's life was given to him by my brother-in-law. We... we can't force him." With such immense gratitude weighing on their heads, the couple had no choice but to send Xiao Ni back, no matter how reluctant they were. The only thing they insisted on was not letting her transfer her household registration, because they were afraid that Aunt Yang would interfere with Xiao Ni's marriage.

Thinking that since the two families lived close by, they could keep an eye on things and get there in time if anything happened, they would find Xiao Ni a good family to marry into when she reached a certain age, so that she could completely break away from Aunt Yang and never have to come back again. This was the only way to truly free Xiao Ni from trouble.

"What we never expected was that in just three years, only three years, that girl Xiaoni actually..."

For some unknown reason, the little girl suddenly lost her composure and, when no one was looking, used scissors to cut her wrists.

The kang (a heated brick bed) was covered in blood, and the little girl lay in the blood like a withered flower.

The little girl, only twelve years old, left this world.

Even though more than a year has passed, Aunt Wu still feels a sharp, agonizing pain in her heart, as if someone is constantly digging into it with a knife.

“My older brother and the others said that Xiao Ni got into an affair with a school teacher and couldn’t think straight after being caught. We raised Xiao Ni, and I know her better than anyone else. She would never do such a thing.”

Lin Yuexi arrived late and was unaware of the situation. At that time, the affair between Li Xiaoni and the school teacher was quite a big deal. The reason it has fallen silent now is because both of them are dead.

One committed suicide at home, and the other, unable to bear the humiliation of being criticized and denounced, banged his head against a wall.

Li Sanmao's family didn't believe that Li Xiaoni was the kind of person the rumors said, but no one believed what they said at the time. People even mocked them. During that period, Li Sanmao's family was the kind of people in the village who were looked down upon and ridiculed by everyone whenever they went out.

Even so, Li Sanmao's family did not give up on seeking justice for Li Xiaoni. They went to the brigade leader and the old party secretary for help. The brigade leader and the old party secretary had watched Li Xiaoni grow up, and with their extensive experience, they believed they had a good eye for people. Li Xiaoni was a very pure girl, not the kind of person who would act recklessly at the age of twelve and even have an affair with a man twenty years older than her.

With the help of the brigade leader and the old Party Secretary, after about six months, they finally found out the truth after many twists and turns—it was all done by Sun Hua.

To be more precise, it was Sun Hua and Li Bing who together killed Li Xiaoni.

The other party involved, Teacher Wen, has a wife who comes from a red capitalist family. She is very beautiful and gentle, the kind of elegant and noble lady that most people would feel they wouldn't dare to approach.

But after Li Bing met her, he insisted on trying to get close to her.

One reason was for the beauty of the color, and the other was for the wealth of Madam Wen's ancestors. Li Bing didn't believe that Madam Wen's parents had really donated all their property; they must have left a considerable amount for Madam Wen.

Teacher Wen protected his wife very well. Although Teacher Wen's identity as a teacher was somewhat sensitive, the Wen family was a prominent local clan in Fuxing County. Other members of the Wen family were doing quite well in Fuxing County, with connections in the county, the commune, the public security system, and the committee.

Li Bing felt that if he wanted to get Madam Wen, he had to get rid of Teacher Wen first. To get rid of Teacher Wen, he had to strike hard and make it so serious that no one in the Wen family dared to come out to save him.

Thus, a plan targeting Teacher Wen began a few years ago, specifically when Li Xiaoni was forcibly taken back by her biological parents.