Chapter 357: dowry
Chapter 357 Dowry
Li Feng glared at the child viciously.
Mr. Li frowned, when did this child become so sinister? "Why did you go to the nursery when no one was around?" Mr. Li's tone became more severe, as if he was interrogating a criminal. "Did you deliberately open the doors and windows and cause Xiao Lei to catch a cold?!"
"Xiao Feng, just admit it," an elder pretended to persuade, "We all know that you are jealous of Xiao Lei, and you really mean it when you say that. Isn't it because we gave Xiao Lei more gifts? He is younger than you. So much, it’s your brother, you should let him go, why bother with your brother? Don’t make your grandpa angry anymore, admit your mistake, and promise not to do it again next time.”
"That's right," many people agreed, "I let Xiao Lei catch a cold on purpose. How can this child be so vicious at such a young age? I'm talking about Jennifer," someone turned to look at Li Lei's biological mother and said kindly, " You have to take good care of this child. His mother is not as noble and well-educated as you. His mother...sigh,..."
What else do they want to say.
Li Feng had raised his head, still looking like a wounded wolf with a fierce and sinister look in his eyes, and interrupted the other party loudly: "Not only do I want to harm him! I also want to kill him! Aren't they just a pair of little beasts born between a boy and a girl? What qualifications does he have to be my brother?”
“Obstacle!” This time, even Mr. Li was so angry that he said, “Come here! Bring the family law!”
That day, Li Feng received thirty beatings. He was beaten to a **** pulp, but he did not say a word.
He was punished by the old man to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Jennifer secretly brought medicine and food to see him. She didn't know how to face the child left behind by her ex-wife. It seemed that this child had a great prejudice against her. She carefully placed the food next to him: "In the future, don't hurt Xiao Lei anymore. You don't have to be jealous of him, I am your mother too."
Li Feng spat on her face, looked at her shocked and hurt look, and suddenly laughed crazily: "Mom...Mom?! Bitch, my mother died a long time ago, she was killed by you! Hahahahahaha... "
If it’s really the mother, why don’t you listen to his complaint?
Why didn’t you ask him if the person with the door and window open was him?
No...no one asked him!
In the entire Li family, no one cares about him! Then, he won't care about everyone!
Don’t they all feel sorry for Li Lei? Don’t they all say that he is plotting to kill Li Lei? He was Li Feng, not the kind of person who would swallow his anger even after being wronged! Then, he will murder him to show them!
The numerous murders that followed, big and small, made it difficult for people to guard against.
At first, Li Zheng and Mr. Li beat and scolded him and made him kneel in the ancestral hall, but later he became numb.
Little Li Lei grows up day by day, and can run and jump. Strangely enough, this child seems to be born stupid, and he is not defensive at all when he sees people. He is the only one who will grin at Li Feng, like It was the same as the time when he was almost strangled to death when he was a baby. No matter what excessive things Li Feng did to him, he would softly and waxily call out "brother" and "brother", and suddenly flash his big watery eyes. Give Li Feng his toys to play with.
…
Li Lei hugged Xia Ling and spoke in a low and slow voice: "My mother told me that my brother had a bad temper because his mother died when he was a child. She said he was a good brother and told me to treat him well."
Xia Ling reached out and hugged his neck: "Yeah." She couldn't imagine such a bad childhood life. Even if she lived a hard life as a child, she was just poor and not like him, facing all kinds of dangers all the time.
Sensing that his mood was a little low, she did not move restlessly or act cute as usual, but just hugged him quietly, as if to give him comfort and strength.
Li Lei was quiet for a while, and then continued: "My mother is very good to me, but my brother doesn't like her."
Whenever Jennifer and little Li Lei play together and laugh happily, Li Feng's eyes will become gloomy. Even he himself couldn't explain what that feeling was. Was it jealousy that Li Lei had taken away the maternal love that was supposed to belong to him? Or are you jealous that Jennifer can also have Li Lei’s bright and clear smile like the sun? He just wanted to tear them both apart.
Later, Jennifer became pregnant again.
Severe reactions during pregnancy, including vomiting, weight loss, lethargy...
She no longer has the energy to take care of Li Lei. Li Lei, who was just over three years old, has lost his mother's company and often looks very lonely. Even when Li Feng bullied him, his reaction became slow and not as interesting as usual.
Li Feng was very unhappy.
Then, one evening that summer, Jennifer, who was nine months pregnant, fell into the pool in the back garden. When someone arrived and rescued her ashore, her face was blue and her lower body was already red, which was a sign of premature birth. Although doctors tried their best to save him, one person and two people still died.
…
"Before she died, she kept looking at me and moving her lips slightly, as if she had something to say to me." Li Lei's voice was very soft, "But after all, she didn't say anything. Instead, she turned away everyone. Grandpa stayed."
"What did she say to the old man?" Xia Ling asked softly.
"Grandpa said that my mother left a dowry for me. I was too young at the time, and she was worried that my father would marry again, so she entrusted the dowry to grandpa and asked grandpa to give it to me when I grow up."
"Your mother is so kind to you." Xia Ling sighed. She didn't know what kind of person her mother was. Has she ever treated her with as much kindness as Li Lei's mother?
Li Lei shook his head.
He has always suspected that his mother might have said something else to his grandfather.
He suddenly asked Xia Ling: "If it were you, I mean if... the day you pass away, will you specifically tell your elders about the dowry left to your son?"
"Me?" Xia Ling was startled, "No way? I don't even have time to cry. Who can remember such complicated things? So maternal love is so great." She paused and added, "But it's hard to explain. , I don’t have a child yet. Maybe my thoughts will be different when I have a child. After all, many mothers will become great for the sake of their children.”
Li Lei smiled and touched her long hair.
Xiao Ling is somewhat similar to his mother. They are both very simple people. If there is something that Xiao Ling cannot think of, his mother may not be able to think of it either. Maybe my mother really said something else to my grandfather. For example, was it really just a pure accident that she fell into the water? Or is there any inside story?
This problem has troubled him over the years, but it has been so long that there is no trace of it.
Perhaps, the mystery can only be solved when grandpa wants to talk about it one day. Or, there is no mystery at all, and the last words are indeed the dowry - after all, these past events were known to him from various sources, and if they were pieced together and restored, they may not be 100% the truth. The speculation based on this may not be accurate.
(End of this chapter)