Chapter 134: Unbearable past

Speaking of which, Sun's mother was also a pitiful person.

Her maiden name was "Caigu." When she was fourteen, her hometown suffered a disaster, and all her family members died.

As an orphan, she wandered to the capital, already sallow and thin, dirty and smelly, not knowing how much suffering she had endured.

They say the capital is a prosperous place, full of noble people, and if you just give a little food and drink, you can live.

But those noble people traveled in fragrant carriages and horses, and she couldn't climb high. Ordinary people, seeing a dirty beggar like her, avoided her, and she couldn't beg for any food at all.

Just when she was dying of hunger, she met Sun Dabao's grandfather, Sun Yougen.

Sun Yougen saw she was pitiful at the time and gave her the half bowl of wontons left by a guest.

After she finished the wontons and pushed aside the hair in front of her face to thank the old man, Sun Yougen was quite surprised: "So you are a woman, and you look quite pretty."

Caigu told her name and background, and added: "Girls are easily bullied, so I smeared mud on my face and dressed like a man."

Sun Yougen nodded: "You are quite smart. It's a pity, if your parents were in heaven and knew what you look like now, they would be heartbroken."

After chatting for a few sentences, knowing she was homeless, Sun Yougen said: "I have a son at home, who has been weak and sickly since childhood, and I live with him. Unfortunately, he is now over 20 years old and hasn't been able to find a match. If you don't mind, come to my house and be my daughter-in-law. From now on, as long as there is a bite to eat in the house, I will never let you go hungry."

Caigu was at a dead end at the time, so she happily agreed and followed him back to the Sun family that night. The next day, they simply set up a table, and it counted as a family.

Sun Yougen's son was weak and lay in bed coughing non-stop. But he liked his new wife very much and spoke to her in a friendly manner.

Caigu was busy in the Sun family, doing housework, taking care of her weak husband, although life was hard, it was satisfying.

Unfortunately, good times didn't last long; less than half a year after their marriage, her weak husband passed away.

And Sun's mother was still young at the time, so after finishing her husband's funeral, Sun Yougen proposed that his daughter-in-law remarry.

The year was bad, and Caigu, a weak woman, had no way to make a living, and was afraid that if she remarried, she wouldn't meet a good person, so she continued to stay in the Sun family.

However, when a widower and a widow are together for a long time, it is inevitable that something will happen.

One day, Sun Yougen drank too much wine, and the wine gave him courage, so he forced his daughter-in-law to sleep with him.

When he woke up the next day, he knelt in front of his daughter-in-law and repented. He said he was drunk and made a mistake, thinking it was his late wife who had returned.

Because of this time, his daughter-in-law became pregnant. She was ashamed and wanted to have an abortion.

Sun Yougen knelt again and begged her: "All the mistakes are mine, but the mistake has been made, so give the unborn child a chance to live. As long as you agree to keep the child, I will raise you both in the future, and I will never let you worry about food and drink."

Caigu, a weak woman, what could she do? Staying in the Sun family, at least she didn't have to worry about food and drink.

Although the father-in-law was a bit old, he was obedient to her. Sometimes when she was unhappy, she pointed at the old man's nose and scolded him, and the old man just kept his head down and didn't say a word.

So this family lived like this for more than ten years.

It's just that the reputation of "climbing the ash" was too ugly, so Sun Yougen only told outsiders that it was his son's posthumous child, and he and Sun Dabao also addressed each other as grandfather and grandson.

If it weren't for what happened later, Sun's mother would absolutely not have told such filthy things to her son.

"Although the old man is not a good thing, fortunately, he didn't treat us mother and son badly, especially loving my son like the apple of his eye."

"In the early years, he said himself that it couldn't be revealed, lest Dabao be pointed at by others."

"But later, I don't know if he got old and his ideas changed. A few times he actually proposed that he wanted Dabao to recognize him as his father. I firmly disagreed, and he stopped."

Caigu sighed to her son: "My life is bitter! In this life, I received the grace of the Sun family and paid my whole life to the Sun family. But my precious son cannot have the reputation of being a bastard."

"So what do you think the old man's wish is? To recognize his son back?" Lin Qingyue asked.

Caigu said: "It should be this."

Lin Qingyue said coldly: "But I think you still have something to hide."

Caigu explained somewhat flustered: "These are all true, absolutely no concealment. I even told such incestuous things, what else could I hide?"

Lin Qingyue said: "According to your statement, you have already let go of the previous things, you have lived together for more than ten years, but why is there hatred that cannot be hidden in your eyes when you mention Sun Yougen?"

Lin Qingyue stared at Caigu: "You said you have let go of the past, but when you mention Sun Yougen, the hatred in your eyes cannot be hidden at all."

She swept over the tidy courtyard, "You cleaned the house so cleanly, you are definitely not a lazy person. But he grew bad sores after being paralyzed, that is caused by not turning over for a long time and blood stasis. If you really had no malice, how could you let it go?"

Sun Dabao said: "Speaking of this, I remember! When grandfather first became bedridden, the doctor said he could live for at least a few years. At that time, he was in good spirits and could eat three big bowls at a time. But later he suddenly couldn't... could it be..."

He stared at his mother, the second half of the sentence stuck in his throat.

Sun's mother's face instantly faded of all color, and she slowly fell back onto the stool and remained silent.

Lin Qingyue said: "You have to tell the truth, so I can help your son find a way to resolve it."

Caigu remained silent for a long time, then sighed lowly: "I thought no one would find out... That's right, I killed him." Her voice suddenly became fierce, "I hate him, that old thing should have died long ago!"

Lin Qingyue asked: "Is it because he forced you? But why didn't you report it to the authorities at the time?"

Caigu laughed at herself and said: "Because I was stupid, I believed his words, thinking that time was just an accident after being drunk. I thought of his grace of half a bowl of wontons, thinking I would forgive him this once, just this once..."

But she didn't expect that the forgiveness would be exchanged for intensified bullying.

The first time, he knelt at Caigu's feet and slapped his face hard, slapping it until it was red.

He cried bitterly and begged, hoping Caigu would forgive him for the sake of that half bowl of wontons.

Caigu softened her heart.

Not long after, she found out she was pregnant, and Sun Yougen knelt again and begged her to give birth to the child.

He said: "I just experienced the pain of losing a son, maybe this child is a gift from heaven for pitying me. When he grows up, he will also be your support."

He also said: "Caigu, as long as you leave a descendant for our Sun family, in the future if you want to remarry, I will give you a dowry and marry you off gloriously. If you don't want to remarry, I will raise you both in the future, I will be a cow and a horse for you!"

Abortion was difficult in this era, and she had no money and was in a difficult situation, not even able to go to a medical clinic. Caigu, a weak woman with no one to rely on, what could she do?

So, compromise became inevitable. ===== CHAPTER 135 =====