Kong Lijuan indeed feared getting beaten, and some kind-hearted girls pulled her back.
Xu Qinghuan stood in front of Lu Nianying and said with a smile, "Do you know who I am now? I'm the biological daughter of your foster mother!"
Lu Nianying couldn't believe it, her eyes wide with shock. She truly is Xu Qinghuan, she really is Xu Qinghuan!
"My father sacrificed his life when I was three, and less than three months later, my mother remarried your foster father! You grew up in the arms of my biological mother.
I believe as long as you tell your foster mother that I bullied you and slapped you, she will surely grant your request to dismember me, or even execute me by death by a thousand cuts."
If Lu Nianying hadn't been assigned to the same team as her, Xu Qinghuan might not have revealed the entanglements between herself and Lu Nianying.
She wasn't someone who liked to air her family's dirty laundry, but she was used to being prepared.
"While you were cuddling in my biological mother's arms, I was standing on a stool cooking at the stove, in the scorching sun, and oil splattered all over me, leaving scars everywhere on my arms;
while my biological mother bought clothes for you from the Overseas Remittance Mall, I was standing on bricks washing the family's clothes at the faucet, in the dead of winter, my hands covered in chilblains.
Lu Nianying, you call me a lowborn, but it's my mother who's low, not me!"
Lu Nianying's face turned pale, terrified, her back pressed tightly against the chair back. "You're lying, my mom gives you twenty-five yuan a month for living expenses."
Xu Qinghuan sneered, "The compensation money issued after my father's sacrifice was eighteen hundred yuan, and your mom took every cent of it, leaving me to be raised by my second uncle. Over the years, I don't know how they decided on the amount for foster care, because I've never seen a penny of it.
Do you think the eighteen hundred yuan issued by the country isn't enough to support me for fourteen years? Do I need her to give me foster care money?"
Xu Qinghuan made an "oh" sound, as if suddenly remembering, "Your mom arranged a marriage for me to form an alliance with the Jiang Family, but unfortunately, my former fiancé is enamored and shares a deep bond with my cousin. Perhaps by now, they've already formed a perfect union.
Only I wonder how my father, knowing from the afterlife that your mom used the money earned by risking his life to raise me only to pave the way for her new husband's family, would feel?"
The sound of sobbing rang out in the train carriage, and many emotional young women were crying for Xu Qinghuan.
It's unbelievable that such a biological mother exists!
She is simply tarnishing the great title of 'mother'!
Yu Xiaomin stood up, holding Xu Qinghuan's shoulders, tears in her eyes, "Huanhuan, don't be sad, you still have us!"
Xu Qinghuan's eyes were red too, but her voice was calm. "My father is a hero, so brave and selflessly dedicated. No matter how the world treats me, I will never compromise, nor will I give in. No one in this world can control my destiny, not even my biological mother!"
"What kind of bullshit biological mother is this? Doesn't raise her own daughter and goes to raise someone else's daughter, what a fool!"
"Exactly! The raised foster daughter turns around and bullies the biological daughter, it's simply big news."
"And arranging a marriage, my goodness, this woman practices feudalism like it's tradition!"
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Xu Qinghuan coldly glanced at Lu Nianying, who was deathly pale and dazed, not knowing what she was thinking.
The journey afterwards was very calm.
They sat on the train for almost a week, and after getting off at Harbin Station, they were transferred to an open-top car. A group of people sat in the car bed, bumping along for more than five hours, and finally arrived at Anguang County.
At this point, it was already past seven or eight o'clock at night. People from the Zhiqing Office came to receive them and arranged for them to stay at the county guesthouse.
"Tomorrow, people from various communes will come to pick you up at eight o'clock. Don't miss it!" The person from the Zhiqing Office advised before leaving.
The room had a wide kang bed, and Xu Qinghuan didn't know how many men were staying on the other side, but there were twenty-seven or eight women on this side, crowded into one room, with thirteen or fourteen sleeping on each kang bed.
Xu Qinghuan grabbed the position in the middle, with Yu Xiaomin tightly beside her.
"Qinghuan, let's get some water and wash up!" Yu Xiaomin felt she was starting to smell.
Xu Qinghuan nodded, "Yeah, let's go!"
The two took basins and went to the restroom at the end of the corridor to fetch hot water, hiding in the toilet to briefly wash themselves and change clothes.
If she weren't afraid of attracting attention, she would've wanted to soak in a hot spring in her space. It was too uncomfortable; she even suspected she had lice on her head, all greasy and itchy.
Lying on the kang bed, Xu Qinghuan didn't have much appetite. The smell inside the train had grown worse day by day over the past few days, making her want to vomit.
There were Qi Replenishing Pills in the space; she didn't dare eat them much, just scraped a bit of powder from above to eat, and just a little could keep her refreshed all day, without feeling hunger.
"Huanhuan, don't you have anything to eat? I still have half a corn bun. Let's share it." Yu Xiaomin handed the half black-faced corn bun over.
Xu Qinghuan looked up at her, seeing her full of worry. This silly girl had been worried about her not eating well and not feeling at ease these days, really bothering herself with concerns.
"You eat it. I'm not hungry, I still have food." Xu Qinghuan took out a Big White Rabbit milk candy from the bundle and handed it to Yu Xiaomin. "Have some, you can't eat corn buns every day."
Lu Nianying glanced over and sneered, "Some people say their biological mom doesn't care about them, didn't see the money, what did they buy milk candies with?"
The female sent-down youth in the room were almost all on the same special train with them, even in the same carriage, witnessing the grievances between them first-hand.
"I should thank your mom for arranging that marriage for me, because when I went to cancel the engagement, the Jiang Family compensated me with a sum of money. This was for loss of reputation, should I return this money to your mom?" Xu Qinghuan asked.
The five hundred yuan was the money Jiang's mother paid to buy information from her.
She understood the principle of not showing wealth, but she also couldn't let people think she was penniless. After all, coming to the countryside, she didn't plan to live a hard life.
"Besides, even though I no longer have parents, my dad has many comrades, and those uncles are very kind to me. They will also support me. Why, your mom refuses to care for me and won't allow others to?" Xu Qinghuan questioned.
A young woman with an overflowing sense of justice said discontentedly, "Used to bullying people? Now it's the countryside, not your Yandu compound, be honest or you won't know how you died!"
Lu Nianying felt wronged, but didn't dare provoke public anger, so she just kept silent.
Yu Xiaomin didn't want to eat Xu Qinghuan's candy, returned it to her, and whispered, "It's too precious!"
"I have more, this candy is for you, not much though, just go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow." Xu Qinghuan was a bit excited; she was finally going to Shangjiang Team, going to see Qiao Xinyu.
As for the big boss she originally came for, at this point, Xu Qinghuan couldn't remember.
After squeezing on the train for almost a week, on the train, a few close ones took turns to sleep and watch over the luggage, almost none slept well.
Xu Qinghuan wasn't afraid of anyone stealing her luggage, but in such an environment, it's fortunate not to shed a layer of skin, how comfortable could sitting and sleeping be?
That night, everyone slept very soundly.