Phoenix Girl in the 1990s - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

The village of Shuiliu had a big scandal, Xia Zhimin’s wife Li Xiuqin drank a pesticide to commit suicide.

But thanks to his daughter who discovered it in time and intercepted it, she really has not drunk much of it, and fed her saline solution to induce vomiting.

She was then sent to the hospital after a series of first aid had been administered, which at least took her out of immediate danger.

The pesticide was very toxic, and it was hard for the doctor to say whether it would leave any after-effects.

Shuiliu Village is a peaceful and serene village, and there are usually small fights among the neighbors.

Li Xiuqin was the only one, who in the decades of the quaint village years had went off in serious pursuit once death.

It’s a pity, she has four children, and her life is already tight, so there is something wrong, leaving Xia Zhimin alone with four daughters, how will she live in the future.

“This thing also can’t be blamed on Xiuqin’s inability to think, rather Liu Chunping’s mouth to talk gossip and stab Xiuqin’s heart, so Xiuqin will not be in a position to seek death.” came the words of one of their friendly neighbors.

Who would want to drink pesticide when they’re having a good time?

After so many years together the village people still know Li Xiuqin very well

She was never the kind of woman to make a fool of herself.

That’s why she’s so tired of living.

Liu Chunping, on the other hand, has no family from the beginning to the end of the village that hasn’t had trouble with her.

The Xia family of Shuiliu Village is quite famous in the area.

Xia Zhimin and Li Xiuqin had four children before the birth control program.

They’re all girls, which is inevitably criticized in the countryside, where “sons are preferred to daughters”.

Although they don’t say it to their faces, behind their backs, people say, “You can’t have a son.”

The couple is well aware of the words “Dead Household Name” and they knew it.

They’ve raised their four daughters in a desperate attempt not to be underestimated.

The girls are also very competitive, all of them are beautiful, not to mention that their grades are top notch.

The oldest, Xia He, studied for the University Teacher’s Degree and was one of the few university students in the village.

There are some advantages of teacher training schools over other universities, one is that they do not have to pay tuition fees

Secondly, jobs are assigned after graduation, so in addition to saving money for their family, they don’t have to worry about jobs after graduation.

This year, the second Xia Lin got into the capital’s university, a family of two consecutive college students.

The village people are envious, they said that they can raise such a promising daughter, that is, without a son can also be contented.

But blessedly, the problem came in the form of school fees for the four children.

Both husband and wife are farmers, the family’s income in addition to the output of the land, only Xia Zhimin occasionally took the carpentry work wages

With four kids not too far apart in age, it’s still stressful to pay for school one after the other.

The family was very happy that the second one, Xia Lin, went to college, and they also set aside tuition and living expenses for their children early on.

But Li Xiuqin’s maternal family had a sudden accident when her elder brother Li Guofu accidentally fell from a high place while working at a construction site.

Not only did he hurt his spine but also his head, and the owner of the construction site was irresponsible.

Sending the man to the hospital and contacting his family and then leaving him behind.

The hospital in the city costs thousands of dollars a day for medical care alone.

No doubt astronomical figures for the average rural family, within a few days the family’s savings were exhausted.

In this day and age, ten thousand or twenty thousand can be used to build a building in the village.

Not everyone’s family can afford to pay tens of thousands of dollars for hospitalization, but Li Guofu is only in his forties

No one in the family can bear to leave him alone, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, it wasn’t unreasonable to pay for his hospital fee.

With no money left, the family went to the construction site to ask for money and got kicked off the premises too

The hospital is waiting for money to save his life, and is faced with her own brother’s current situation.

Li Xiuqin couldn’t sit idly by, and after seeking her husband’s consent, she took 5,000 yuan to the hospital, including tuition fees for her daughters.