dognovel Chapter 769 Shifting Responsibility
Chapter 769 Shifting Responsibility
"What about your mother?"
"My mom... my mom is... gone."
Hearing him say that, the ticket seller felt sorry for the child.
But this letter... this letter... it looks like a child's handwriting.
"I'm sorry, we still can't sell you a ticket. Why don't you have an elderly relative buy it for you? You have grandparents, right?"
“My grandfather is in poor health and can’t come. My grandmother has bound feet and can’t walk far.”
"Well... there's nothing we can do about it. You can call me your maternal grandparents or any other elder in your family if you want. In short, we can't sell tickets to such a young child like you."
What to do if you can't buy a ticket?
Wang Chenchen left with Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi asked with a worried expression, "Brother, is there no way for me to go find Mom?"
Wang Chenchen shook her head and asked him, "Do you know where your maternal grandmother's house is?"
His own maternal grandparents were no good; his mother had long since severed ties with them.
When he first came back, he went to look for them, but they said they didn't have a grandson like him.
Wang Chenchen knew that they despised him because he was an adulterer, and they looked at him like he was a bedbug.
He had no friends in the village and was ridiculed by his classmates at school. They all laughed at his mother for being shameless and called him a shameless adulterous son.
The villagers' harsh words are much more unpleasant than those of city dwellers.
Without comparison, there is no harm; he now realizes how good it is to be by Lu Jiangting's side.
“I know,” Wang Zhi said.
Wang Chenchen was delighted and said, "Then let's go find your grandma and ask her to buy us tickets."
Wang Zhi nodded in agreement, "Okay."
They slept at the train station that night. Wang Chenchen, with her experience, took Wang Zhi and hid at the train station for the night.
The next day they took a car back to Wang Zhi’s maternal grandmother’s village on another hillside.
He said his uncle was bad, and he couldn't let his uncle find out that he was going to visit his grandmother.
The two of them sat in a haystack near the village, waiting for their uncle to leave before going in through the back door to find their grandmother.
Grandma was feeding the chickens when she saw Wang Zhi and was very surprised.
She didn't dare to make a sound, gently put down the basket, and quietly came out.
My son isn't home, but my daughter-in-law is.
After her daughter ran away last time, her son threatened her, telling her never to see Wang Zhi again and never to let him have any relationship with her daughter's family.
She used to be able to visit Wang Zhi, but after that incident, she didn't dare to go anymore.
"Xiao Zhi, what brings you here?"
"Grandma, my brother and I have come to ask you for help."
Tang's mother looked up at the older child. This must be Wang Chenchen, the child born to her son-in-law and sister-in-law.
"What kind of help?" she asked, sounding rather unhappy.
She felt that it must have been the older sister who encouraged her younger grandson to come.
"Could you please help us buy a train ticket?" Wang Chenchen explained the whole situation.
Tang's mother was greatly shocked.
"What? You two children, you're going to the south of the city?"
"Yes."
"How can that be? What if something goes wrong?"
She pulled Wang Zhi aside and said, "Xiao Zhi, listen to your grandma, don't listen to him. Go back quickly, your grandma must be worried sick if you don't go back all night."
Wang Zhi kept shaking his head, "I'm not going back. If I go back, my grandma will beat me to death."
He recounted how Jiang Mei had treated him increasingly worse over the past year, even making him wash clothes in the river where he nearly drowned. Instead of comforting him, Jiang Mei beat him.
He showed her his injuries.
Wang Chenchen also showed her her injuries.
Tang's mother gasped in shock.
"How did this happen? How could you hit such a small child like that?"
Wang Zhi cried and said, "Grandma, please help us. I want to go to Nancheng to find my mother and sister. I don't want to stay with Grandma anymore; she'll beat me to death sooner or later."
This is her own grandson. Her daughter has a hard life, and her child suffers as a result.
Tang's mother wiped away her tears and said, "Alright, alright, Grandma will help you. Hide here, Grandma will be here in a little while."
"it is good."
How could she let the two children go by themselves? She decided to take them there herself.
She sold some vegetables she grew herself and eggs from the chickens she raised, but the money she earned was just a handful of change, not even enough for the bus fare.
Helpless, she had no choice but to take out her most precious savings.
A heavy silver bracelet, a gift from my mother's family.
Her family was originally well-off, but later her parents were persecuted and lost everything. This bracelet was saved by hiding it in the latrine.
She had kept it hidden her whole life, but in order to send her grandson to her daughter, she decided to sell it.
Before leaving, she told her daughter-in-law that she was going to leave for a while, "The chickens at home seem to be overheated and aren't eating much. I'm going to buy some oxytetracycline."
"Okay, go ahead, remember to come back early to cook dinner."
"Hey."
Tang's mother agreed and left through the back door with a package in her hand.
I met a neighbor at the village entrance. She said she was going to visit her parents and would be back in a few days.
The neighbor didn't think much of it.
Tang's mother took the two children to sell the bracelet first. It was a heavy bracelet left over from the previous dynasty, and it only sold for a few dozen yuan, barely enough for a train ticket.
Wang Chenchen's train ticket was half price; he paid for it himself, and Wang Zhi didn't want any money.
The three bought some dry food and set off for the southern part of the city.
They left, but Jiang Mei and the eldest son of the Tang family caused a huge uproar.
Jiang Mei searched for a whole day and night, but couldn't find anyone.
Later, she discovered that the money she had hidden under her pillow was gone. After crying and making a scene, someone told her that they had seen the two children go to Tangjia Village.
Wang Zhi's maternal grandmother lived in Tangjia Village. She believed that Tang's mother had instigated the child to steal money, so she grabbed a knife and rushed to Tang's house to argue.
Tang Laoda was still wondering, where did their old lady have any maternal family?
Her parents have been gone for many years, and she hasn't been in contact with her brothers for a long time. What is there for her to visit at her parents' home?
When Jiang Mei came over and made a scene, he quickly realized what was going on.
"Oh dear, my old lady has most likely run away."
"Run away? Where did you run to?"
"Where else could they have gone if they took Wang Zhi with them? They probably went to find my shameless sister."
"Oh? What should we do then?"
"What do we do?" Boss Tang sneered, looking at Jiang Mei and saying, "You say my mother encouraged Wang Zhi to steal money, then you need to provide evidence."
"They've all run away, where am I supposed to get any evidence?"
"Then go and bring them back. Bring them back for questioning. If they admit they really stole it, then I'll admit it."
"Pah, you wish. Nancheng is so far away, it would take six days to go there and back, and the travel expenses alone would be more than a hundred yuan. I could afford the travel expenses with the little money I lose, I'm not going."
Jiang Mei snorted and said, "That's your mother, you should go."
Tang said, "I didn't lose any money, so I'm not going. If you don't want to go, fine, but don't ask me for the money you lost. It's none of my business if your grandson is sold by her."
Jiang Mei didn't mean to sell her grandson; she just felt that Tang's mother had taken the two of them to Nancheng.
Putting aside the loss of money, the fact that her two children were gone left her with mixed feelings.