On the oxcart slowly making its way to Hedao Village, Yu Mingxiang was thinking about her biological daughter and was trying to strike up a conversation with the old man driving the cart to get some information when she heard these words.

"Yes! I am Yu Mingxiang!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang hurriedly replied, "I did indeed come to Hedao Village eighteen years ago to conduct health education!"

"Ha ha!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Han immediately laughed, "I knew it looked like you, I never expected it to really be you, Dr. Yu. So many years have passed, Dr. Yu, you haven't changed much, you're still so young, I didn't even dare to recognize you just now, for fear of mistaking you for someone else."

Women are happy when others compliment them on their youth, regardless of age.

Yu Mingxiang was no exception.

She held the spiritual spring space in her hands, and these past few days, the spiritual spring had been nourishing her every day. Not only did she look much younger, but even her daughter-in-law, who had endured a bumpy journey, still had a rosy complexion.

"Sir, I'm almost embarrassed by your compliment. You look very healthy!"

"I'm in great shape, I'm still as strong as ever!"

Old Liu said with a smile, "Dr. Yu and our village are really destined to meet. He came to our village when he was young, and now he is here as an educated youth. From now on, we will be people from the same village."

Yu Mingxiang smiled and agreed.

In those days, in order to allow educated youth to settle down in the countryside, even their household registration was transferred at the same time, so what Old Liu said wasn't wrong.

With this good start, Yu Mingxiang quickly got into a lively conversation with the old man, subtly steer the topic toward her own daughter.

"The daylily you mentioned!"

When Old Liu heard her mention giving birth to a daughter in Hedao Village, he laughed and said, "Back then, you stayed at Tiezhu's house. Tiezhu's wife and you gave birth to a daughter around the same time, and the name was Xuancao. You even helped them choose that name, didn't you?"

"Daylily..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang murmured absentmindedly, then vaguely recalled that there seemed to be such a thing.

Her daughter was born in the autumn, when the daylilies in Northeast China were in full bloom. Tie Zhu's wife came to her with her daughter and asked what name she should give the child. She said daylily.

Daylily, also known as forget-me-not.

She thought it had a good meaning and conformed to local naming customs.

Unexpectedly, in her previous life, she had been desperately trying to find out her daughter's name, but to no avail. Her daughter's name was Xuancao (萱草), which was the name she had chosen.

Yu Mingxiang was extremely excited.

Although she knew from Qin Yuzhu in her previous life that her daughter was not doing well, she still couldn't hide her hope and asked, "Then... is she doing well?"

Upon hearing the news about his sister, Qin Weiguo and the other two perked up their ears and stared intently at Old Man Liu.

"What's so good about it?"

Upon hearing this, Old Liu's face darkened, and he said, "That's why people have different fates! Your daughter has a mother like you, and she's been able to go back to the city with you to live a good life since she was little. But Zhao Tiezhu and his wife are heartless and rotten-hearted; they don't deserve to be parents!"

"They spoiled their son rotten, but beat and scolded their daughter at the drop of a hat. They made the little girl go up the mountain to chop firewood on rainy days, and made her go to the river to wash clothes in the dead of winter. The ice in the river was so cold that it made you shiver just by touching it..."

"That girl Xuancao has such a hard life. She was never well-fed or clothed from a young age, and was treated like a beast of burden. She was really unlucky to be born into such a family!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang exclaimed, "!!!"

His eyes turned red with anger.

My hands trembled with heartache.

Hearing that his younger sister had suffered so much since childhood, Qin Weiguo couldn't help but ask, "They treated the child like that, and none of you neighbors did anything about it?"

"Of course we care! Why aren't we caring?"

Old Liu sighed and said, "But we can only take care of her for a while. Can we take care of her for a lifetime? We used to secretly give that little girl some food when we saw her starving, but her older brother would snatch it away right away. Not only that, Tie Zhu and his wife are not satisfied with taking advantage of her. When they saw that we pitied that girl, they would deliberately drive her out to beg for food. When she refused, they would beat her."