Xia Zhi lifted her head. Sun Lan'er was standing outside the door next to hers, holding a sewing basket and smiling at her from behind a short tree and a cluster of flowers. Xia Zhi hastily called out to her, "Lan Zi Jie!"

  Sun Lan'er walked over along the narrow path by the wall and sat down beside Xia Zhi, asking her why she was so happy.

  Tian's family is very close, even with Lan Zi's sister, she can't say that it's because Tian's family will be away from home for a while, so she's happy. "Nothing, I'm just happy."

  Sun Lan'er smiled, seeing through Xia Zhi's thoughts, and her heart was filled with a sense of sorrow. "The old lady left by car this morning..."

  "Uh-huh." Xia Zhi lowered his head and sewed clothes, "My mother was clamoring to go to Xiao Wangzhuang to work yesterday, and my father had no way to stop her."

  "How many days will Auntie be away?" Sun Lan'er took out the shoe sole and asked while sewing.

  "About a month, I suppose." Xia Zhi replied.

  "Ah..." Sun Lan'er sighed, "You can also relax for a few days." Tian Shi was also doing household chores at home. She left, and all the household chores fell on Xia Zhi's shoulders. To ordinary people, it seemed that Xia Zhi had to work hard for a few days.

  The Sun family and the Xia family lived next door. Summer's situation was very clear to Sun Lan'er, just as her own situation was clear to Summer.

  Xia Zhi was happy for herself, but she didn't neglect Sun Lan's emotions. She put down the needle and thread in her hand, looked at Sun Lan, and then glanced at Sun Lan's home.

  "Lanzi sister, was Wu Yiniang hitting you again?"

  Sun Lan'er didn't make a sound, just nodded slightly, and her eyes became moist. She blinked hard to hold back tears, not letting them flow out. Over the years, she had long learned to swallow her tears back into her belly.

  Sighs on the summer solstice.

  Every family has its own difficult-to-recite scripture. Sun Lan'er's father is her biological father, but her mother is her stepmother. Sun Lan'er's biological mother died early, and her father, Sun Lao Wu, remarried a woman surnamed Wang. Sun Wangshi gave birth to two sons in succession, and now she is pregnant with another one.

  Sun Lan'er had an older brother from the same mother, who got married a few years ago and moved to his wife's village to make a living, leaving Sun Lan'er in the care of her stepmother.

  Sun Wang was eloquent in front of people, but she wouldn't smile or talk when there were no outsiders around. She knew how to get things done (she got along well with Tian), but she wasn't a kind-hearted woman.

  The Tian family scolds Xia Zhi, regardless of the occasion, but Sun Wang's scolding of Sun Lan'er is different. Sun Wang never scolds Sun Lan'er in front of people. She always calls Sun Lan'er into the house, and hits her in places that can't be seen by others, and does so very cruelly, with even more filthy language.

  Xia Zhi knew because the two families were next door, and she occasionally went to the Sun's house, where she saw Mrs. Sun hitting Xiaolan with a feather duster. Although Mrs. Sun immediately stopped when she saw Xia Zhi and even put on a smile, Xia Zhi never set foot in the Sun's house again and would take a detour whenever she met Mrs. Sun.

  Her nightmares also repeatedly appeared Sun Wang's figure. What man-eating monsters, ghosts hiding in the woods, all grew a face of Sun Wang.

  Sun Lan'er and Xiao Xiatill had a lot in common, with words bottled up in their hearts that they couldn't share with outsiders, only pouring out to Xiao Xiatill. Sun Lan'er not only used a feather duster to hit her, but when she was furious, she would also scratch and pinch her, the places where she laid hands being too shameful for others to see, secrets that girls from good families were too ashamed to mention.

  In search of Xia Zhi's memories, Xia Zhi thought that Sun Wang was a genuinely venomous woman and might even have mental illness.

  She was very sympathetic to Sun Lan'er.

  Compared with Sun Wangshi, Tian Shi can be called a kind mother.

  "Lanzi sister, is there any news about your older brother?" Xia Zhi thought for a moment before asking Sun Lan'er.

  Sun Lan'er shook her head: "Elder brother and sister-in-law, their lives are not easy either..." The implication being that her elder brother and sister-in-law didn't have the energy to care about her.

  Summer solstice silence. In her opinion, the quickest way out for Sun Lan'er was to leave Sun Wang's side and rely on her older brother for support. However, after Sun's older brother moved to his wife's village, he never came back and didn't care about Sun Lan'er either.

  "My mother won't let me go either, I'm indispensable at home..." Sun Lan'er said in a low voice, her head bowed as she quickly threaded the coarse hemp thread through the thick thousand-layer sole.

  Sun Wang would never let Sun Lan'er go. Sun Lan'er's biological mother was from the west, where girls develop early. Sun Lan'er resembled her biological mother in both figure and appearance.

  Although she was only fourteen years old and lived a hard life, Sun Lan'er's figure was already curvaceous and more beautiful than that of girls of the same age. She could also endure hardship and work hard, not only could she do farm work equivalent to one labor force, but also go out with her father Sun Lao Wu to carry short-term jobs for people to earn money to support the family.

  At home, as long as Sun Lan'er is around, nothing needs to be done by Sun Wang herself; she just has to open her mouth.

  Such a Sun Lan'er, Sun Wang naturally couldn't bear to part with her.

  Just during the Chinese New Year, a partner that Sun Lao Wu met while working outside wanted to ask for Sun Lan's hand in marriage for his son. As soon as Sun Lao Wu returned home and mentioned it, he was immediately rejected by Sun Wang Shi.

  Sun Wang explained in front of everyone, saying that although Sun Lan'er was not her own biological child, she regarded Sun Lan'er as her own daughter and couldn't bear the thought of Sun Lan'er getting married early and going to her husband's home to suffer under her mother-in-law's strict rules.

  Those who know Sun Wangshi all sneer at such words.

  Sun Wang wanted to keep Sun Lan'er, just to make her work for a few more years. Moreover, when Sun Lan'er got married in the end, she could still earn some dowry back for her.

  Moreover, with Sun Lan'er at home, Sun Wangshi also had a punching bag that couldn't fight back and a scolding target that couldn't retort.

  The Sun King really can't bear to part with Sun Lan!

  Sun Wangshi is now pregnant and feels unwell, so she wants Sun Lan'er to take care of her even more. Sun Lan'er is 14 years old and has already taken care of Sun Wangshi for two postpartum periods.

  Xia Zhi carefully observed Sun Lan'er. Sun Lan'er's eyes were a bit swollen, Xia Zhi knew she wouldn't cry, so he thought of another reason. "Lan Zi sister, do you still have to attend to her at night?"

  Sun Lan'er nodded: "She's pregnant with a little one, her body doesn't feel comfortable, can't sleep well at night..." Sun Wang's discomfort and insomnia would make her take it out on Sun Lan'er, making her serve tea and water was just a small matter, she would also beat her to vent.

  "Summer has decided that she wants to help Sun Lan'er. 'Lanzi sister, my mother is not at home, you come and keep me company, live with me in the west wing of our house.'"

  "Will this do?" Sun Lan'er suddenly raised her head, her eyes shining brightly, but soon dimmed. "She won't agree to it."

  "I'll go talk to her, she has no choice but to agree." Xia Zhi stood up.

  Sun Laner initially didn't believe that Xia Zhi was going to her house to find Sun Wangshi. Xia Zhi was timid and afraid of Sun Wangshi, which she knew. Later, seeing that Xia Zhi was serious, she quickly got up and followed, pulling Xia Zhi back from going. "She won't agree... I'm used to it." In Sun Laner's view, Xia Zhi was a child and wouldn't be able to persuade Sun Wangshi.

  "Don't try and you'll never know if it works." Xia Zhi pulled Sun Lan'er's hand, letting her follow him, "Later I'll talk, you don't need to say anything."

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