Thanos's biological daughter in period fiction

It wasn't that he had an unfilial son, but rather that his parents' actions over the years had broken his heart.

"Alright, let's just live like this for now. We'll leave here when we're able to." Liu Fangmei wasn't thinking about leaving this place so soon; there was famine everywhere outside, and some people were already fleeing.

However, most people don't want to leave their homeland. The idea that one is less valuable away from home is a common sentiment, and they won't leave unless absolutely necessary.

Liu Fangmei didn't feel anything was wrong. She loved this person and married him, and these were the consequences she had to bear.

Every wife in the village goes through this. She's considered better off in the Xia family, since her husband is more concerned with his reputation. Although he might scold her, he usually won't lay a hand on her.

The only time they ever hit each other in all their years of marriage was on the day their youngest daughter was injured, which was the day they separated their assets. Perhaps they were so frightened by Xia Jixuan's ruthlessness that they forgot he still had a salary.

When they came to their senses and wanted to cause trouble, Xia Jixuan threatened to cut off their pension and food rations. Actually, Xia Jixuan knew. It wasn't the pension and food rations that threatened Old Man Xia, but rather that Old Man Xia cared about his reputation; after all, he had been the village chief, but had retired due to health reasons.

Although this old man wasn't the village chief, he loved to put on airs. When he was village chief, he didn't do much work, and even after he retired, he still didn't do any work. Even during the autumn harvest, he would leisurely stay in his house like an old man.

The villagers didn't have a good impression of their family. In fact, Liu Fangmei suspected that the old man didn't become the village chief not because of his poor health, but because he liked to give orders haphazardly and was also fond of cheating and shirking responsibility.

A day had passed, and the news hadn't reached their Sanligou First Production Brigade yet. So the village was quiet all day; the groups of women under the big tree were gossiping about other people's affairs, not Song Dazhi's.

Liu Fangmei's anxiety finally eased a bit, as she was quite certain she had cleaned up the scene. Besides, Liu Fangmei wasn't after their lives; she was just asking for some interest.

When Liu Fangmei heard her husband say that he would send her gifts during holidays, she immediately started planning to have the brigade leader's wife go with her.

The couple chatted for a while longer before Xia Jixuan returned to his dormitory, and Liu Fangmei went back to the master bedroom. She noticed her daughter wasn't resting there and remembered her husband saying their younger daughter had gone to the guest bedroom.

The next morning, Liu Fangmei planned to go to town, but since it was the last day to harvest sweet potatoes, the brigade leader granted her permission to take the afternoon off.

There was no other way, so the plans for going to the county town that morning were put on hold. Xia Yutang followed his mother, wandering around under the trees at the foot of the mountain. Ever since he found the item, his eyes would light up whenever he came to the trees and saw the clods of earth.

So while the mother was removing the soil from the sweet potatoes, the little girl was working with the clods of dirt on the ground. Of course, not all the clods of dirt contained anything. In the afternoon, he dug through several clods of dirt and found some things inside, but they were mostly junk, such as broken pieces of porcelain and rotten branches.

Of course, she didn't come away empty-handed all morning; she pulled out a silver dollar from the huge pile of clods of dirt. The rest were just junk, which she didn't pick up, since her hands were small. She talked a lot, but in reality, she only managed to sift through five clods of dirt all morning.

By 10 a.m., all the sweet potatoes in the field had been harvested. The old ladies under the trees were also very quick. In less than an hour, they had finished processing everything. With little to do in the afternoon, Liu Fangmei took leave and went to town.

Carrying their three children, Xia Yutang, because of her short legs, was carried in a basket on Liu Fangmei's back. Liu Fangmei moved quickly, setting off after lunch. Xia Yutang took a nap in the basket, and when she woke up, she found that her mother had already finished what she needed to do.

Originally, Liu Fangmei had planned to take them to a state-run restaurant in town for a meal, but at this time there was nothing available. The state-run restaurant only had steamed buns and noodles made from a mixture of wheat, water, and flour, without any meat or vegetables.

They didn't find it appetizing, so they didn't eat it. Liu Fangmei planned to cook something nice for the children when she got home.

They were on their way back to the village, and there were quite a few people walking behind them and in front of them watching the lively scene.

"Weren't we harvesting sweet potatoes today? Why are there people in town?" Xia Qingshu recognized the people; they were clearly from the same village. And they were old acquaintances, especially after hearing Miao Xiaoni's loud voice—she was his enemy.

As a result, enemies are bound to be hostile when they meet, and Miao Xiaoni wanted to cause trouble as soon as she saw Liu Fangmei carrying a basket on her back.

"Old Xia's family is a cursed good-for-nothing who cheated our Dazhi out of his conscience and even stole 30 or 40 yuan from the elderly. Everyone, please judge this for me..." Miao Xiaoni probably thought that some people who were not from the village would come to judge for her, and she even tried to go up and scratch Liu Fangmei.

As a result, Liu Fangmei suddenly twisted her hand behind her back before she could even reach it halfway, and Xiao Yi instantly let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.

Hearing his scream, those who had initially wanted to rush forward to watch all took two steps back. Perhaps they wanted to see the spectacle but didn't want to get caught in the crossfire.

Look at that horrifying sound; it's truly chilling. They certainly don't want to make that sound; they might be next.

"It's your Song family that's heartless! Back when the reservoir flooded, if my husband hadn't acted quickly, your two sons would have been swept away. That heartless beast, Song Dazhi, actually laid a hand on my daughter! You Song family are the epitome of ingrates! If I had known, I would have told my husband not to do it and let your two sons be washed into the sea to feed the fish!" Liu Fangmei wasn't going to tolerate Miao Xiaoni. Ever since her daughter was injured, she wanted nothing more than to tear the Song family apart.

Because of Liu Fangmei's words, everyone was reminded of the great disaster that occurred after the reservoir collapsed years ago. It wasn't just Old Song's two children who were saved by Xia Jixuan.

At that time, he happened to be visiting his family and was passing by the river. He had pulled many children back from the flood.

Fortunately, although the water was very turbulent, Xia Jixuan was physically strong enough; otherwise, not only would he not have been able to save the children, but he himself might have been swept away.

Miao Xiaoni tried to throw a tantrum on the ground, but no one paid any attention to her. People either left or went about their business, and no one paid any attention to the person sitting on the ground.

Seeing that most of the people around had left, Miao Xiaoni got up from the ground and stumbled back to Old Song's house.