Chapter 222: The Past

"Mom, what happened back then?"

Xingxing was also curious and sat closer to ask.

A-Li also looked at her mother, obviously wanting to know.

Seeing this, Shen Jingjing sighed helplessly. She didn't want to mention these things anymore, but A-Ci was right. The children were all grown up, and they had the right to know some things, and they should let them know.

"Back then, your father and I were accidentally pregnant before we got married. The one in my stomach at that time was your sister."

Shen Jingjing said, instinctively looking at her daughter. Back then, A-Ci almost didn't make it.

"I was from another place, and my conditions were average in all aspects. The Fu family didn't like me, thinking I was relying on my appearance to hook your father, and deliberately used the child in my stomach to force them to agree to let me enter the Fu family's door."

"This is also why the Fu family elders didn't like A-Ci. To them, A-Ci in my stomach at that time was a chip I used to force the Fu family to agree to let me marry in."

"I was young at that time, and I would act impulsively. I wanted to abort the child in a fit of anger, but after I went to the hospital, I regretted it. My own child, I will raise her myself."

"Then what about Dad?" Xingxing said anxiously. "Dad didn't fight for it? You were pregnant!"

"Of course he fought for it." Shen Jingjing smiled helplessly. "But what's the use? The Fu family had already found a marriage partner for your father who was well-matched in social status. But your father was still determined to be with me at that time, but the household registration book was deducted by the Fu family, and your father and I couldn't register for a long time."

"Later, my stomach gradually got bigger, and your father kept begging the two elders of the Fu family, hoping they could give us a name and opportunity for the sake of the child."

"At eight months, they finally loosened their mouths, but the original words were 'Unless she gives birth to a boy, don't even think about entering the door'."

Speaking of this, Shen Jingjing seemed to recall the scene at that time, took a deep breath, and lowered her head. "The result was a daughter."

"I was thinking at that time, is my life unable to get rid of the four words of preferring boys to girls? But the moment I held A-Ci in my arms, I became firm again. I will never let my daughter experience such unfair treatment."

At this point, she looked at A-Li. "The second one was a daughter."

Shen Jingjing didn't talk about the things of that year about A-Li in detail, just continued. "Two daughters, your father finally couldn't hold on, left, and went back to get married. The Fu family couldn't recognize the girl, and your father and I didn't have a marriage certificate, so you two naturally belonged to me."

"Then... then where did I come from?" Shen Xing's eyes widened, and the panic couldn't be hidden in his eyes.

Shen Jingjing laughed out loud. "It's said that creation makes people. When he left, he didn't know I was pregnant again. I finally got pregnant with a boy, but at that time everything was already a foregone conclusion. The Fu family didn't know, and your father didn't know."

"He went back to the Fu family and accepted the marriage arranged by the family, built a new house with great fanfare, but because of an operation error, he was hit in the chest by a large wooden beam falling from the beam, his ribs broke and pierced his internal organs, and he died on the spot."

A-Li and Xingxing were stunned when they heard this.

So father died like this?

Shen Jingjing continued. "I secretly gave birth to Xingxing. It was thanks to your aunt and uncle's help. The three of us adults pulled up your five children, and we finally pulled you up."

"So Grandma's family was so excessive back then!" Xingxing felt sorry for his mother, and his eyes turned red immediately. "I will never recognize them!"

Saying this, he didn't forget to take the initiative to admit his mistake. "Mom, actually I secretly took the pocket money sent by the eldest uncle when I was young, but I was young and ignorant at that time, but after I went to high school, I never took it again!"

"Heh." Shen Ci sneered again. "So they have been secretly sending pocket money to you since you were young? I haven't even seen the shadow of the Fu family. A-Li, have you seen it?"

Shen Li shook her head. She had always had a different feeling about the Fu family, which was complete strangeness. She had never had a trace of emotional fluctuation about kinship. From the first time she saw the eldest uncle, she had no feeling at all.

Shen Jingjing said. "The fact that I gave birth to Xingxing was passed to the ears of the Fu family by others. When you were young, they came to ask for it several times, and even made trouble to the court because of fighting for Xingxing, but your father and I didn't have a marriage certificate, and your father died suddenly. In the final analysis, I am the mother. As long as I am still alive, it is impossible to give my children to others."

"Mom, I didn't expect you to have experienced such complicated things in those years. It's really hard for you." Xingxing moved forward and hugged his mother. The 1.8-meter-tall boy's eyes were red. "Also thank you for not giving up on me, otherwise I would definitely not have lived as happily and satisfied as I am now in these eighteen years, and there are two sisters who love me so much."

Xingxing was the one who was least stingy about expressing emotions in the family. He could say whatever he thought in his heart generously. A-Li couldn't learn this no matter what.

But she also felt sorry for her mother.

Shen Jingjing patted Xingxing's hand and held the hands of her two daughters. "Mom didn't work hard in vain. Seeing that you are all so excellent now, Mom is very satisfied and proud."

"Mom, after Xingxing is admitted to university, our family will move to Longcheng. By then, we will be far away from the Fu family, and they won't disturb us anymore." Shen Ci said.

Shen Jingjing recalled these heavy past events. She thought her mood would also be affected, but after telling these things to the children, she felt relaxed instead, as if she had told a story that had been a long, long time ago.

The people in the story were all very blurred. The deepest memories were just those unforgettable feelings. It was precisely because the past bone-deep feelings and the current beauty formed a strong contrast and reflection that Shen Jingjing felt that the current happiness was incomparably real and fresh.

"It's New Year, don't say these." Shen Jingjing smiled and stood up, arranging to go into the kitchen. "Today we will do something simple. The most important task is cleaning."

Shen Ci and her younger brother and sister also swept away the somewhat depressed atmosphere and followed suit. "No problem, Mom, we will definitely clean the house brightly."

"Sister, you and the second sister clean your room and the living room, I will clean my and Mom's room and the balcony, the kitchen is handed to Mom!"

The division of labor was clear, and the family started working as soon as they said it. Shen Jingjing reminded several people to go out and paste the Spring Festival couplets first.

Shen Ci looked at her mother's smiling face, and while satisfied, she still felt a bit strange in her heart. The story just now seemed to be missing a piece. Coupled with her mother's previous reaction, Shen Ci, who was as sharp as her, vaguely felt that her mother deliberately concealed something.

But she couldn't be sure which part was missing, and as soon as she thought of the Fu family, a sense of disgust instinctively surged in her heart.

Forget it, don't think about it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 223 =====