Ousada Madrasta dos Anos 80: Esvaziando o Espaço para Criar os Pequenos

“Wretched girl! Worthless thing! Why don’t you just die? You bring nothing but misfortune—you killed your parents, and now you want to ruin our Zhou family too!”
The sharp, venomous curses pierced Zhou Susu’s ears like needles, pain making her head feel as though it might split open.
She suddenly opened her eyes. What she saw was a mottled, yellowing wall, and tacked upon it, a large New Year print declaring “Labor is Most Honorable.”
A flood of memories, not her own, surged into her mind like a dam burst.
The 1980s. A northern courtyard. She too was Zhou Susu.
A woman notorious throughout the villages for being a “vixen,” she had used her beauty to scheme her way into marrying Lu Zhan, a man with a promising future.
But before their wedding, Lu Zhan returned from his hometown with a three-and-a-half-year-old child named Anan—an orphan left behind by a friend.
The original Susu despised Anan as a burden; from the moment she entered the household, she never treated the child kindly—beatings and scoldings were routine.
Now, the woman howling outside like a shrew was Susu’s own mother, Wang Cuifen.
“Susu, listen to your mother—ignore that little brat! Let her freeze! She’s nothing but a leech, and you really think she’s precious? Lu Zhan’s monthly allowance is barely enough, and it all disappears into this bottomless pit!” Wang Cuifen was still pounding on the door, spittle flying.
Zhou Susu’s heart clenched painfully.
She remembered!
Just moments ago, Anan was burning with fever, crying for her mother.
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