To say that Pei Songbai doesn't understand people's hearts is not entirely true; at least he cares a lot about Xia Wenhua's thoughts.

As soon as Xia Wenhua finished speaking, his brain started working at high speed, and he quickly came to a conclusion.

"Wife, do you regret it?"

Xia Wenhua was still thinking about how to subtly let Pei Songbai understand his mother's thoughts before addressing the problem, but she never expected Pei Songbai to say something like that.

"What? I regret it?" Xia Wenhua was genuinely confused by Pei Songbai's thought process and didn't expect him to be so sensitive about this matter.

“Wife, you’ve seen the situation now. If I don’t take care of Mother, she’ll really have nowhere to go. Shall we take her back?”

"I'll take care of Mother from now on, and I won't cause you any trouble."

Pei Songbai was very satisfied with both Xia Wenhua's identity and her conduct.

At the same time, he was also a very respectful husband. He didn't think that Xia Wenhua had to accept all of his social relationships just because she married him.

Pei's mother is his biological mother. She raised him from childhood to adulthood. Pei's mother has been kind to him, and he will take care of her.

He never suggested that Xia Wenhua serve him, but he hoped that as the mistress of the house, Xia Wenhua would not show too much rejection, so as not to make Pei's mother uncomfortable at home.

Xia Wenhua had never considered abandoning Pei's mother, but upon hearing Pei Songbai's words, she felt a mix of emotions.

I really can't understand how the author could bear to pair such an outstanding person as Pei Songbai with Shang Qiu. Pei Songbai was not only hardworking and a pillar of the country, but also knew how to respect his partner better than many men in later generations in his family life.

He achieved the best balance between being filial to his parents and loving his wife; he was truly an outstanding person.

Once again, Xia Wenhua thanks the time-traveling god for letting her save Pei Songbai. She feels that meeting such an outstanding and respectful partner as Pei Songbai is the greatest gain from her time travel.

She's luckier than if she could live a second life.

Pei Songbai treated her like family, practically laying his heart bare for her to see, and Xia Wenhua didn't beat around the bush anymore.

“I have no objection to you taking your mother with us. I said that earlier because it seems your mother doesn't intend to come with us. I think you should first try to persuade her to come with us before seeing a doctor.”

They've been there for so long, and Pei Cuihong initially started cursing them, but eventually she became patient with them.

Aside from stopping Pei Cuihong and later silently shedding tears, Pei's mother did not express any opinion.

Pei Cuihong and Pei Songbai both felt that if the child was willing to take care of Pei's mother, Pei's mother would definitely not refuse. However, Xia Wenhua, who had been observing Pei's mother's expression, did not think so.

"My mother seems completely despondent; she has no desire to see a doctor at all. If we can't resolve her psychological issues, even the best doctor won't help."

Cancer is a serious illness, and after the barefoot doctor's diagnosis, Pei's mother's energy and spirit were probably gone.

In addition, she was unable to move around easily after the fall, her savings book was taken away by her son, and none of her sons wanted her. With so many blows to her mother, Xia Wenhua was afraid that she would not be able to get over it on her own.

Xia Wenhua analyzed it carefully, and Pei Songbai slowly recalled his mother's expression just now, and figured out some of the reasons. He felt that what Xia Wenhua said made a lot of sense.

He put the matter of finding a doctor aside for the time being, and his gaze fell on Xia Wenhua.

"Wife, what should we do if Mother doesn't want to go?"

Pei Songbai was not afraid to earn money to support the family, whether it was by doing farm work or by braving wind and rain on the battlefield.

He was never good at understanding people's hearts.

Women's thoughts are inherently difficult to fathom. Whether it's a daughter-in-law or a mother, their ideas are ultimately different from his.

Pei Songbai has become smarter now. Since his daughter-in-law can see things clearly, she must have her own ideas. He immediately decided to follow Xia Wenhua's instructions.

If there was a solution, Xia Wenhua would immediately tell Pei Songbai.

In this matter, she didn't really have much say.

“Songbai, I don’t understand Mother either. A heart ailment requires a heart remedy. Pei Cuishan and the others have wronged Mother, but they can’t come to apologize to her. You need to find out what Mother still needs and let her think about living first. Only then can we find a doctor to help her.”

The original owner lived with Pei's mother for three years, and Pei's mother also worked hard to help them take care of the children, but she really didn't understand Pei's mother.

For example, even now, Xia Wenhua doesn't know what Pei's mother's name is.

Not to mention Pei's mother, if it weren't for the fact that the time-traveling god showed her Pei Songbai and the child's life stories in order to better save the male lead and the male supporting character, she probably wouldn't even know the men around her.

Pei Songbai has always been careless and has been in the army for twelve years since he joined at the age of eighteen. He has spent less than a month with his mother in total. How could he possibly know what his mother wants?

Aside from sending money home every month and regularly checking on his mother and brother, he never really cared about anything else.

Hearing Xia Wenhua ask what Pei's mother cared about, he was momentarily stunned.

Xia Wenhua looked at his expression helplessly. Time was of the essence, and there was no time for Pei Songbai to think it over slowly. She changed her approach: "Tell me what you know about Mother."

Finally, he had something to say, and Pei Songbai breathed a sigh of relief. He then honestly told Xia Wenhua about his mother's life.

Pei's mother was a child bride in the Pei family. No one knows what her surname was before. Before the September 18 Incident, eleven-year-old Pei's mother was stranded in Hongshan Village and was adopted by Pei Songbai's grandmother, who named her Pei Ying.

She married Pei Songbai's father at the age of sixteen, gave birth to Pei Songbai at eighteen, and then had three sons and one daughter in the following ten years. Until the year before Pei's father died, she was still pregnant with Pei Cuihong.

"In my memory, my mother was always working except when she was giving birth. She was always giving to the family and seemed to have no life of her own."

Before my father passed away, she always listened to him in everything at home. After he died and I started earning money, she got used to listening to me again, and she never seemed to have a temper. I've never seen her angry either.

The more Pei Songbai talked, the more guilty he felt. He stood up and looked at the room where his mother was, remaining lost in thought for a long time.

"My mother dedicated her entire life to the Pei family and to her children. In the end, her children dealt her a fatal blow. You said my mother didn't want to live anymore, and I think I can understand why."

"Daughter-in-law, what do you think I should do to persuade Mother?"

At this moment, Pei Songbai felt that he was no different from Pei Cuishan and the others; no one had ever treated Pei Ying as a real person.

She seems to be a symbol of motherhood in life, but now that Pei Ying has her own ideas, they can't understand what Pei Ying needs.