Qiu Jinlan took refuge with her sister in Hong Kong
In 1962, Qiu Jinlan, who was only 24 years old at the time, came to Hong Kong. This is a strange city, her hometown is being swept away by the war, and she has no choice but to leave her hometown and join her long-time relatives in Hong Kong, her sister Qiu Jinqiu's family, who are 10 years older than her.
Qiu Jinlan has envied her sister since she was a child, seeing that her sister has a wealthy family, a capable husband and a successful career, a harmonious relationship between husband and wife, and 4 lovely children. She often secretly wonders when she will be able to meet such a good family and live a happy life.
In order to adapt to life in Hong Kong as soon as possible, Qiu Jinlan took the initiative to ask her brother-in-law Qiu Degen to work in the bank he had just founded so that he could learn Cantonese well. With her excellent work ability, she soon became a cashier and began to establish herself in this strange city.
Qiu Jinqiu died in a plane crash, and Qiu Jinlan continued to marry Qiu Degen
Just when Qiu Jinlan began to take root in Hong Kong, in 1964, a tragedy suddenly struck - her 40-year-old sister Qiu Jinqiu was participating in a film exhibition, and the plane she was riding suddenly crashed, killing all 57 people.
The sudden death of her sister was a bolt from the blue for Qiu Jinlan, and it was a devastating blow to the Qiu family.
Qiu Degen, who has already achieved a successful career, is overwhelmed with grief, and this blow directly makes Qiu Degen have no fighting spirit at work, and he has no intention to take care of his five young children who are still of school age.
Seeing that a year has passed, seeing that Qiu Degen still can't get out of her grief, Qiu Jinlan decided to marry this brother-in-law who is only 5 years older than her and become the stepmother of the children who are more than 10 years younger than her.
She thought that through such a way of sacrifice and dedication, she might be able to regain the happiness of the Qiu family. Unexpectedly, this decision was like a bombshell, which directly exploded the opposition of the children.
They can't accept that their aunt, who is about the same age, will become their mother, which becomes a hidden danger that she will not be accepted in the family in the future.
Qiu Jinlan, who had children, was still not sincerely accepted
After marriage, Qiu Jinlan gave birth to 3 more sons for Qiu Degen. Now the Qiu family has 8 people, and it should be a happy and lively family. However, Qiu Jinlan found that in the eyes of this family, she could not stand and could not be truly accepted.
She saw that the company founded by her husband Qiu Degen and the school he opened were all closely linked to his deceased wife Qiu Jinqiu. The walls of the study and reception room are full of old photos of Qiu Jinqiu when he was young.
She realized that the position of her deceased wife could not be replaced by anyone.
This feeling of being excluded from the real "mother" deeply stung Qiu Jinlan. She held back her tears and kept silent, so she could only bury her head in her career and strive for social recognition and comfort through her own efforts.
In 1981, she got her wish and was elected a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong. However, back home, she is still an outsider in this family.
There is an obvious gap between Qiu's family business distribution and Qiu Jinlan's side
Time flies, and in 1993, Qiu Degen was 69 years old and began to show symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. He decided to divide the family business of the Far Eastern Group among the eight children.
Among the five brothers in Changfang, Qiu Dasheng, the eldest of the big house, mainly inherited the Warwick Hotel business under the group; Qiu Dachang, the second room, is in charge of the development of the Far East; The youngest son, Qiu Dawei, owns the Far East Hotel.
The market value and total assets of these three listed companies far exceed the other two companies shared by Qiu Jinlan's three sons.
In fact, not only is there a gap in the distribution of the company, but Qiu Jinlan and her children have never been truly accepted in this family. Many years later, she realized that she was just an outsider in this wealthy family, a task-oriented nurturing tool.
In the family's mind, she will never be able to become a real "mother".
Qiu Degen passed away, and his daughter sued for a share of the property
In the blink of an eye, the 90-year-old Qiu Degen passed away in 2015. Before he died, he still had old photos of his deceased wife in his hospital room. This is undoubtedly the final blow to his wife Qiu Jinlan, who has never really replaced the most important position in Qiu Degen's heart in her life.
Five years later, Qiu Meiqi, the only daughter of the Qiu family, had to live a miserable life as her aunt and stepmother Qiu Jinlan after incurring high debts. She asked for an early share of her father's estate to pay off her huge debts.
However, Qiu Jinlan, who has experienced all kinds of blows, has no interest in this home that makes her heartbroken. She refused Qiu Meiqi's request, and clung to that considerable inheritance as a source of life in her later years, and did not let go.
epilogue
Tracing Qiu Jinlan's life, she could have established herself in Hong Kong and created a better life with her own hands. However, she chose to marry her brother-in-law and dedicate herself to this family, expecting to be accepted and reciprocated by her family.
As everyone knows, she is destined to be a passerby of this wealthy family. The children she gave birth to and the children she adopted could not truly accept her as a mother; Her man can never really get out of the death of his ex-wife in this life, and she has become an episode in this family.
The gray hair in his later years can only be accompanied by that cold money.
Life is like flowing water, and in the end, Qiu Jinlan found that only money is what she can really rely on in her life. So she clutched the cold wealth as if it were the whole world.
In fact, maybe that's all she has left in this world.