Song Yinhua snatched the basket from her, went into her room, closed the door, and bolted it shut. Qiao Guilan was so angry that she apologized to her sister-in-law while scolding her outside the door for being selfish and immature.

Song Yinhua simply went into her spatial dimension and poured all the wild fruits and vegetables in her basket into the stream to wash them clean.

"Coo coo...coo coo..."

"Coo coo coo..."

Four plump pigeons, two large and two small, stopped by the stream to drink water.

Song Yinhua discovered that the wild pigeons she had rescued and the male pigeons she had bought at the market had hatched baby pigeons.

The crayfish raised in the paddy fields have grown very large and have reproduced in large numbers.

The fish fry bought at the market have grown into big carp, swimming back and forth in the spring lake.

The vegetable seeds sown in the garden have all sprouted and are lush and green.

Looking at the vibrant crops, Song Yinhua's mood instantly improved.

When Song Caixing went to bed that night, she secretly told Song Yinhua that her mother, Qiao Guilan, had spoken ill of her to her aunt, Tang Suxiang.

"Mom said it was because you wouldn't let her help my aunt's family with chores, that you were selfish and thoughtless, that you caused my grandparents' death, that you were a jinx, and that Mom also said..."

"Caixing, stop talking and go to sleep."

Song Yinhua closed her eyes.

In her past life, she didn't understand why her mother did what she did.

After experiencing a lifetime, she finally understood her mother's sorrow.

She was the one who was ignored since childhood, so she tried every means to please everyone around her and gain their attention, even at the cost of sacrificing her own daughter.

Night was falling.

A few soft cracking sounds woke Song Yinhua.

In her past life, in order to take care of the elderly Han Zhiyuan, she developed the habit of being a light sleeper, and she would wake up as soon as there was any noise nearby.

A thin tube peeked through the crack in the window, and someone blew on it gently. Song Yinhua felt a sharp pain in her calf, as if a needle were pricking her leg.

Half a minute later, another needle was blown out of the tube.

The bolt on the main room door was pried open from the outside with tools, and a dark figure sneaked in, familiarly pushing open the door to the room where the Song sisters slept.

In the pitch black, a lewd laugh could be heard, "Hehehe, little sister Caixing, your brother is here!"

"Crackling... crackling..." The sudden sound of firecrackers almost scared Xie Daguang so much that he wet himself. He hurriedly ran outside.

In the dim light, he first bumped into the corner of the cabinet, then crashed into the wall, and stumbled his way out.

Hearing the noise, lights came on in several of the neighboring houses.

Song Erzhuang and his son Baogen were carrying their luggage on a path in the village when they suddenly heard firecrackers. They realized the sound was coming from their direction, exchanged a glance, and immediately ran home.

Baogen is young and fast.

He rushed into his own yard and bumped right into Xie Daguang, who was running out in fright.

"Who?" Baogen shouted.

Before Xie Daguang could react, he heard Song Erzhuang's deep, rough voice, "Baogen, hold him down!"

Upon hearing her father and brother's voices, Song Yinhua grabbed her basket and chased after Xie Daguang, smashing it against his head more than a dozen times.

Xie Daguang howled in pain, pushed Song Baogen aside and ran out, only to be kicked by Song Erzhuang and fall over.

The man was finally caught.

The village chief was woken from his sleep and was displeased.

With his face bruised and swollen, Xie Daguang was tied up and forced to kneel on the ground.

The village chief came in and took a closer look. "Isn't this Xie Daguang from Huojiabao Village? How did he get beaten up like this?"

“Song Baogen and his father beat me up, village chief, you have to stand up for me! I was just walking along the road when they saw me and started hitting me!” Xie Daguang turned the tables.

"You're talking nonsense!" Song Baogen exclaimed. "Village chief, he's crying wolf! He's the one who came to my house in the middle of the night to bully Cai Xing, and he even used a tranquilizer dart to knock out my mother and Cai Xing."

"Which eye of yours saw me use the tranquilizer dart to knock them out?" Xie Daguang denied it to the death. "I saw someone sneaking into your house to do something bad. I risked my life to drive the bad guy away and save your family. And you, your dad, and your jinxed older sister beat me up like this. You're really biting the hand that feeds you!"

"You, you, you're talking nonsense!" Song Baogen was tongue-tied and couldn't win an argument with Xie Daguang.

The village chief, who was over sixty, already had a guess about what was going on.

The outpatient doctor examined Qiao Guilan and Song Caixing, who were in a coma, and determined that there was nothing seriously wrong with them. They would wake up after a while once the anesthesia wore off.

All three were injected with anesthetic, but Song Yinhua was unharmed.

Song Erzhuang was terrified. What would have happened if all three of them had fainted?

Thinking of this, he angrily rushed into the main room and kicked Xie Daguang twice more.

"Uncle Song, I'm innocent! I chased away the bad guys and saved Cai Xing. I'm willing to marry Cai Xing and protect her for life... Ah... Don't hit me, Uncle Song... It hurts, it hurts..."

"You good-for-nothing, you never tell the truth, and you still want to marry my daughter? Keep dreaming!" Song Erzhuang said, and then slapped him a few times.

Xie Daguang was not giving up. He flattered Song Erzhuang with sweet words, determined to marry Song Caixing.

Song Yinhua thought of her past life.

Less than two years after marrying Han Zhiyuan, Caixing married Xie Daguang.

Han Zhiyuan had once tentatively mentioned to her that Xie Erliuzi from Huojiabao Village had taken a liking to Caixing and wanted to date her, but she flatly refused.

But the following year, Cai Xing still married him.

At that time, she was already struggling to take care of the entire Han family, so she didn't know how Cai Xing and Xie Da Guang got together.

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People from the Xie family also came.

Xie Daguang's mother, Huo Jinfeng, called her brothers and several nephews to come and support her.

Xie Daguang tearfully complained to his mother that he saw bad people enter the Song family's courtyard and followed them in to save the Song family members, but was slandered by the Song family and beaten like this.

Huo Jinfeng was heartbroken to see her son beaten so badly that his head was swollen like a pig's head, and she immediately started scolding him.

They accused the Song family of slandering her son without distinguishing right from wrong.

They called the Song family ungrateful wretches.

Its mouth is like a machine gun, leaving nothing but desolation in its wake.

His mouth was full of foul language, which angered Song Erzhuang so much that he almost hit him. Huo Jinfeng's nephews rolled up their sleeves and were ready to fight.

In the end, the village chief intervened, and the two sides didn't come to blows.

The village chief deliberately tried to scare Xie Daguang, "Daguang, the doctor said that Caixing and her mother have been given anesthesia. If they don't wake up soon, they will never wake up again. This could lead to someone's death. As soon as it gets light, Caixing's father will report it to the authorities. When they find out who did it, they will go to jail."

Xie Daguang was startled and blurted out, "The village veterinarian said that dose wouldn't kill anyone..."

Realizing he had let something slip, Xie Daguang fell silent.

Song Erzhuang went up and slapped him on the head a few times, "You've confessed without being asked!"

"If you dare hit my son again, I'll never forgive you!" Huo Jinfeng puffed out her chest and rammed into Song Erzhuang. "It's all your family's fault that my son is going to jail. Your wife and daughter are just cursed ghosts reincarnated, and they're even harming my son..."

Just then, the doctor in the inner room called out, "She's awake! She's awake!"

Standing in the courtyard, Huo Jianguo looked at the peach in his hand. He had picked it up by chance when he came in.

It was the same variety as the peach his mother was holding.

He happened to be standing by the window, and turned to look at Song Yinhua inside the room.

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