If Cao Lijuan had been a diligent and thrifty woman, that would have been bearable, but the key issue was her laziness and apathy towards her own son.
Thinking about it, she would feed him; forgetting, she'd let him cry. Such a young child, neglected by her, was constantly in and out of the hospital.
Long Gang earned only fifteen yuan a month; how could he possibly support three people?
What he hadn't anticipated was even more despicable on Cao Lijuan's part; she was having secret rendezvouses with her lover behind his back.
The child was only two years old. For the sake of messing around with men, she mercilessly ignored his cries and screams, a young child riddled with illnesses from daily medication. What kind of mother was she?
Because Long Gang couldn't earn enough money, and she couldn't buy tasty food and drinks, she began to engage in easy money-making schemes from home.