Chapter 45 Mother Daowen
The way of Heaven is to benefit but not to harm.
The way of man is to act without contending.
A mother’s way is to feed her children without asking for anything in return, to raise them without asking for anything in return, and to give her life without asking for anything in return.
Maternal literature is a novel that talks about the ways of being a mother, promoting a mother's selfless and great maternal love for her children.
The heroine Liu Chunhua married the eldest son of a landlord, but because she did not give birth to a son, she asked to be divorced. The three daughters she gave birth to were changed from legitimate daughters to concubines, and the ladies of wealthy families were turned into maids.
Soon, the eldest young master married a new eldest young mistress, Bai Qiushuang, who gave birth to the eldest young master's eldest son Zhang Chuanzong a year later. Liu Chunhua was not jealous at all. She also brainwashed her three daughters, saying that Zhang Chuanzong was the continuation of the Zhang family's incense, and asked them to take good care of Zhang Chuanzong and protect him.
Later, war and famine broke out and Zhangjiazhuang was looted by bandits. Only Bai Qiushuang and her son and Liu Chunhua and her daughter were left in the Zhang family. Liu Chunhua was very kind. Although the Zhang family was gone, Bai Qiushuang and her son were not short of food and clothing.
The family fled to the town. Liu Chunhua went out to find work during the day and came back to serve Bai Qiushuang and Zhang Chuanzong at night. Even the three sisters of the original owner were taught to serve Bai Qiushuang and her son, and took on all the housework, allowing the eldest lady and Chuanzong to live a life of luxury.
But Bai Qiu Shuang couldn't bear the hardship and ran away with another man.
Liu Chunhua felt very guilty, thinking that it was she and her three daughters who had failed to keep Bai Qiushuang, causing Zhang Chuanzong to lose his mother.
In order to make up for Zhang Chuanzong, Liu Chunhua treated Zhang Chuanzong as her own son. In order to buy rice for Zhang Chuanzong, Liu Chunhua sold her three daughters.
Liu Chunhua used the money she had collected from selling her daughter to buy Zhang Chuanzong his favorite rice. Seeing Zhang Chuanzong eating happily, she felt it was worth it.
Later, Liu Chunhua took Zhang Chuanzong and followed the team south to escape famine. She did not start looking for her daughter until Chuanzong became an adult.
Seven years later, the three sisters of the original owner were found by Liu Chunhua, and were again morally blackmailed by Liu Chunhua to sacrifice for the incense of the Zhang family. However, Zhang Chuanzong became a traitor and a running dog for the Japanese. The four mothers and daughters fought wits and courage with the Japanese for Zhang Chuanzong and finally pulled Chuanzong out of the quagmire.
During this period, Zhang Chuanzong recognized Bai Qiushuang and fell out with Liu Chunhua, but Liu Chunhua used her motherly love to influence Zhang Chuanzong and made Bai Qiushuang willing to return to this big family and continue living the life of a young lady.
"Chunhua, are you really going to sell out the three Zhaodi sisters?" The man looked at Liu Chunhua as if she were a fool.
Selling your own daughter and raising someone else's son with precious money, isn't that the behavior of a fool?
"There's nothing we can do about it. Sister-in-law, you know a lot of people, so please help me."
"Alright, alright."
Zhang Shan covered Zhang Pandyi's mouth and pulled her behind the firewood pile, and did not come out until Liu Chunhua and the aunt left.
Zhang Pandi: "Sister, mother is going to sell us out!"
Zhang Pandi's eyes were filled with fear and her eyes were already red.
Zhang Shan: "Waiter, mother is not only going to sell us, but she is also going to use the money from selling us to give to Chuanzong to sell candy." Zhang Shan was heartbroken, and Zhang Pandi couldn't stop her tears from flowing.
Zhang Pandi: "Big sister, when I grow up I can work and earn money to buy candy for Chuanzong. Can you please not sell me? I will be good and do a lot of work."
Zhang Shan: "You have grown up, and Chuanzong has grown up too. It's time for them to get married. She won't sell you to Chuanzong to sell candy now, but she will sell you to Chuanzong to marry him in the future."
Zhang Pandi: "Sister, I'm scared~"
Zhang Shan: "It's useless to be afraid. You have to learn to face difficulties bravely and solve them."
Zhang Pandi: "How to solve it?"
Zhang Shan: "Do you believe in me?"
Zhang Pandi: “I believe it.”
Zhang Shan: "Then let me sell you out."
Zhang Pandi:!!!
Zhang Pandi successfully stopped crying, "Big sister..."
"My elder sister sold you and bought you candy. Don't you want candy?"
Candy is still very tempting to children, but Liu Chunhua's brainwashing skills should not be underestimated. "But didn't mother say that the delicious food should be given to Chuanzong first?"
Zhang Lang's grandmother Shan continued to seduce, "If I give it to Chuanzong, I can't give it to you."
Zhang Pandi licked her lips. She hadn't tasted candy since the old lady came into the house. "I want to eat it."
"Pandi, do you miss your father?"
"I think my dad will give me candy."
"Then I'll find you a father who will give you candy and a mother who won't force you to work, okay? You see, everyone is born to be someone's child, so whoever is a child is not a child? So, we have to find ourselves a father and mother who are good to us, don't you think?"
Zhang Pandi tilted her head and thought about it, and it seemed that being sold was not so sad anymore.
"Sister, I want some candy, too."
Zhang Shan was startled. She didn't know when the third sister Zhang Niandi was sitting behind them.
"Okay, and you too."
Zhang Shan used a pound of flour and found an old man to play the role of a fortune teller. She tricked two kind couples who were destined to be childless but wanted to adopt children into adopting Zhang Pandi and Zhang Niandi.
Before leaving, Zhang Shan gave the medicine that could fade memory and change appearance to her two younger sisters as sugar pills. She watched them walk away before returning to the courtyard where Liu Chunhua rented.
At this time, Liu Chunhua chased Zhang Chuanzong to feed him food, but Zhang Chuanzong didn't eat it properly and spit out the food all over the floor. "I want to eat rice, not corn paste!"
"Okay, okay, auntie promises you that I will buy you some rice tomorrow."
Liu Chunhua agreed very good-temperedly.
Who would have thought that Zhang Chuanzong was only one year younger than Zhang Niandi. Zhang Niandi was the boss at home, while Zhang Chuanzong still needed someone to feed him at the age of eight.
Zhang Shan did not go in. She hid in the dark and observed the "mother and son" for a while. Then she heard the trafficker knocking on the door. She said that she had found a few families with not-so-bad conditions and asked Liu Chunhua to go and talk to them.
As soon as Liu Chunhua left, Zhang Shan found another human trafficker. The two human traffickers met in the Zhang family courtyard and were both stunned. "Chunhua, did you find someone else?"
"No, it's not me, Zhaodi, why did you ask Aunt Feng to come to our house?"
Liu Chunhua reached out to grab Zhang Shan, but Zhang Shan dodged her. "Chuanzong is still young, and he has never suffered such a great crime since he was a child. My mother forced my mother away, so she should be responsible for me. So, mother, for Chuanzong, you are willing to do anything, right?"
"Of course, but what does this have to do with you bringing a human trafficker to our house?"
"The trafficker said that if you pawn your wife to the wealthy Wang, he will give us money, and then my brother won't have to suffer."
"Nonsense! A woman should not marry two husbands. How can I face your father after a hundred years? You are such an unfilial daughter!"
Liu Chunhua was so angry that she wanted to hit Zhang Shan.
"Then do you want to watch Chuan Zong starve to death? If the Zhang family loses its incense, how can you face my father after you die? I am a child of the Zhang family. If you want to sell us out, aren't you afraid that my father will come looking for you in the middle of the night?"
Liu Chunhua was speechless for a moment, but she gave up the idea of selling her daughter.
But Zhang Shan did not give up her idea. "Aunt Wang, please give me a copy of the concubine pawning document. My mother is a concubine and I am the daughter of the master family. I can make the decision."
"Zhao Di, what do you want to do? I'm your mother!" Liu Chunhua was a little overwhelmed.
"You are my biological mother, but I can't call you mother, but aunt. My mother is Madam Bai, I am a lady, and you are a concubine. You have to be aware of your identity, Aunt Liu!" Liu Chunhua was so angry that she fainted.
In ancient times, people emphasized filial piety, but also emphasized the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children, and between masters and servants. The two of them each took one end of the spectrum, but Zhang Shan used chicken feathers as a token of authority, and the balance still tilted towards her side.
Seeing that Liu Chunhua had fainted, Zhang Shan took the documents for pawning the concubine, grabbed Liu Chunhua's hand and pressed a clear fingerprint on it.
After a while, the rich master sent someone to carry Liu Chunhua back to his house. Not to mention how desperate Liu Chunhua felt when she woke up and saw a middle-aged man with a face full of flesh.
Zhang Shan beat Zhang Chuanzong and let him starve for a day. After that, Zhang Chuanzong no longer dared to complain about anything.
A year later, Liu Chunhua was kicked out by the rich man. When she came out, she was so haggard that she was almost unrecognizable. "Liu Chunhua, you still have the nerve to come back. Not only did you not leave a son for my father to carry on the family line, but you also didn't lay an egg when you went to the rich man's house. You really bring shame to us women."
In the previous life, in order to rescue Zhang Chuanzong, Liu Chunhua sent the original owner to the bed of a Japanese man and taught her to regard her husband as her God and to give birth to a child for the Japanese man. Otherwise, she would not be a woman.
"Zhao Di, I am your mother, you can't do this to me." Liu Chunhua begged Zhang Shan desperately, almost kneeling down to beg her.
"For the Zhang family, for the sake of passing on the family line, aren't you willing?"
Liu Chunhua was speechless as to why her well-behaved and sensible daughter had become so terrible. She wanted to find her other two daughters who were more sensible.
But she didn't know where her two little daughters had gone, and Zhang Shan couldn't tell her.
It was not until the market was no longer in business that Liu Chunhua returned home and took even better care of Zhang Chuanzong.
After Zhang Shan disappeared, Liu Chunhua took Zhang Chuanzong to escape famine. It was not until five years later that Zhang Shan met Liu Chunhua and her son again.
At this time, Liu Chunhua, with dry hair and haggard face, was being beaten and kicked by a Japanese, while Zhang Chuanzong was kowtowing to a traitor on the side. Judging from his dress, he was in cahoots with the traitor.
Liu Chunhua was beaten to death and thrown to the suburbs to fend for herself. Zhang Shan just took a look at her. She looked so miserable, but she didn't even have the desire to show off in front of Liu Chunhua.
Liu Chunhua died and her body was taken away by wild dogs.
That night, Zhang Shan led the team to attack the Japanese army and successfully recaptured Gaojiazhuang. Zhang Chuanzong and the traitors all died in the gunfire.
Zhang Shan also dumped his body in the suburbs, where it was taken away by the same group of wild dogs. This can be considered as the script for the reunion of mother and son.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Shan, with all her merits, returned to her hometown. She met Zhang Pandi and Zhang Niandi who had also returned to their hometown, but they no longer remembered Zhang Shan.
In this life, they have gotten rid of Liu Chunhua and have not been morally kidnapped. Although the three sisters do not know each other, they are all shining in their own world.