During the famine, a sack of grain was traded for a little girl. Everyone thought the family had lost their minds.
But ever since they adopted little Qingtian, it was as if their lives had be...
The next morning, several children were clamoring to go see Shanhaiguan.
When I arrived yesterday, it was almost dark and I couldn’t see anything clearly.
Boss Ye said hello to his family, hugged Qingtian, and took his five nephews to see the city gate tower.
"It's so tall!" Ye Changnian raised his head so hard that his neck was sore. "There must be one, two, three... many Niannians as tall, right?"
"Of course, this is the number one level in the world!" Ye Changzhao showed off the new words he had just learned last night.
"Fried cake——"
"Fragrant, hot fried cakes fresh from the pan—"
A peddler passed by carrying his load, and his shouting instantly attracted a lot of people's attention.
Outside the city gate, there were many people and carriages queuing up to enter the city. Seeing this, they all began to call the vendors over.
Seeing that business was coming in, the vendor stopped, put down his load, and lifted the quilt covering it, revealing the golden and steaming fried cakes inside.
Just by looking at its appearance, one can imagine how crispy and sweet it is, which immediately captured the hearts of children.
"Do you want to eat?" asked Boss Ye.
"I want to eat!" Ye Changnian was the first to respond positively.
Ye Changrui asked worriedly, "Is it expensive?"
Seeing this, Boss Ye put Qingtian down, walked over to ask the price, took out twelve copper coins from his pocket and counted them to the vendor, saying, "Six fried cakes, please."
Seeing that Boss Ye actually dared to spend money to buy food for the children, Boss Shan and his wife, who were hiding behind him, gritted their teeth in jealousy.
Mrs. Shan, who had been a little hesitant before, finally made up her mind.
She stuffed her son into Shan Lao Da's arms, thought for a moment, then rushed out with red eyes and hugged Qingtian.
"Sunny day—my dear—I finally found you—"
Sister-in-law Shan’s acting is excellent. The moment she hugged Qingtian, tears began to flow down her face.
Qingtian was frightened and was held so tightly that he couldn't move. He quickly turned around and yelled, "Dad——"
Who would have thought that Shan Lao Da would rush out holding his son and respond, "Hey, Qingtian, Dad is here!
"Sunny day, your mother misses you so much that she can't eat or sleep, and she doesn't even have milk for your brother—"
He was not as good at acting as Lady Shan, so he could only cover his eyes with his big black hands to hide his empty talk.
"My parents and my brother can't bear to leave you——"
As he said this, he secretly pinched his son's butt.
The child immediately cried out "Wow".
Shan Lao Da: "Look, my brother misses you so much that he cries every day!"
Shanda Madam: "Come home with me, okay? I can't live without you—"
The other five children of the Ye family were all shocked by this sudden change.
In the end, Ye Changzhao was the first to react. He rushed over and grabbed Qingtian, shouting at Madam Shan: "Let go, Qingtian is already my sister, not yours!"
But he was young, and even though he had been eating well recently, he was no match for Madam Shan, and was pushed to the ground with one push.
Seeing this, the other four brothers became even more anxious and rushed forward.
Pull the arm, tug the sleeve.
Ye Changnian even opened his mouth and bit it.
Fortunately, at this time, Boss Ye finally rushed back.
He snatched Qingtian from Madam Congshan's arms with one hand, and with the other hand, he grabbed Ye Changnian by the back of his neck, lifted him up, threw him aside and scolded him, "What did I teach you? Why do you bite all kinds of dirty things? Aren't you afraid of diarrhea?"
Ye Changnian pointed at Madam Shan and said angrily, "This evil woman wants to take my sister away!"
Qingtian immediately hugged Boss Ye’s neck tightly.
"Qingtian is my daughter!" Boss Ye said with a sullen face, "What do you two mean? Do you want to snatch the child from the street?
"This isn't the wilderness, there are soldiers and laws here!"
"You're talking nonsense! Even if the king of heaven comes, Qingtian is still my daughter—" Shanda's sister-in-law cried bitterly, "Everyone passing by, please give me some advice. How can you steal someone else's child when you don't have one yourself?"
Shan Laoda also chimed in, "Sunny day, Dad knows the Ye family is well-off and can keep you well fed and clothed, but after all, we are your parents!"
The noise they made quickly attracted the attention of the people around them, and even the patrolling officers and soldiers came over.
After all, since the number of refugees increased, they had seen children being sold, thrown away, and even eaten, but this was the first time they saw two families fighting over a baby girl.
Mrs. Shanda was a person who loved to show off. As more and more people gathered around her, she became more and more excited. She rushed over and knelt down in front of the officers, crying and kowtowing, saying, "Sir, please help me!"
The officer frowned and asked, "What's going on at the city gate so early in the morning?"
"Sir, this Ye Boss has no children, and his brothers all have boys. His wife was attracted by my daughter Qingtian's good looks, so she took advantage of her family's large size and simply threw us some food and took the child away without even noticing our objections.
"We could only take our newborn son with us, fleeing the famine while looking for our daughter.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask someone to look at the soles of the child's feet to see if there is a red birthmark."
After hearing this, everyone immediately turned their eyes to Qingtian, wanting to see what this little girl, who was being favored by two families, looked like.
Now the wound on Qingtian’s head has healed and is completely invisible under the cover of his hair.
The little fair face is embedded with a pair of big eyes like black grapes, which makes her look particularly pleasing.
On one side was a family of three, looking pale and thin, crying loudly.
On one side was a burly man with six children.
The balance in everyone's hearts unconsciously began to tilt towards the weak.
"He has so many children, isn't that how they were snatched?"
Even the police officers began to look at Boss Ye with suspicion.
Boss Ye was almost laughing at the disgusting looks of the couple.
"It's true that I exchanged the child with you for food, but I gave you a bag full of corn kernels, and you were so happy at that time!"
"Now that Qingtian is well taken care of by my family, you still say such unscrupulous words. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Mrs. Shan, as she had agreed, stiffened her neck and said, "Whatever you say is true. Who saw you give us a bag of corn kernels? Why didn't you say you gave us a cart of rice?"
"You..." Boss Ye was so angry that his veins were bulging. If there were no officers and soldiers watching him closely, he would have wanted to punch Madam Shan away.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Shan Lao Da immediately stepped forward with the child in his arms to smooth things over, saying, "Hey, we're all here for a sunny day, so stop arguing.
"I think we should stop causing trouble for the officers here and find a place to discuss this properly, shall we?"
Only then did Boss Ye understand the sinister intentions of the Shan couple.
Seeing that the Ye family is doing well, he wants to use Qingtian as a threat to extort money from me!