When Qin Xiang opened her eyes, she became the evil stepmother of three future villains in the 1970s novel.
The stove was freezing cold, the rice vat was bottomless, the four-year-old Xiaoman was shivering with hunger, but the ten-year-old eldest son stared at her with a hatchet in his hand: "If you hit her again, I will definitely kill you when you grow up."
In the original book, she was forced to die a tragic death by these three children.
Qin Xiang gritted his teeth and dug out half a bowl of whole grains, borrowed the neighbor's pot to cook a pot of gruel, and took apart an old cotton-padded jacket to mend the children's clothes.
After the first hot meal, Xiao Man timidly grabbed her clothes: "Mom, do you still have food to eat tomorrow?"
As soon as she coaxed her three children into the house, her neighbors scolded her for stealing food. Her natal sister-in-law also came to ask for cloth tickets, and even her deceased wife's natal family came to snatch the children.
Huo Tingshen, the husband of an army officer who had not been home for many years, suddenly pushed open the door and entered. Looking at the three children surrounding Qin Xiang, he said in a deep voice: "Qin Xiang, what do you want to take away from the Huo family?"
