The man said, "Oh, your Si Nier is enjoying a good life now! Look at Shi Tou, he treats her like a treasure and won't even let her get off the ground."
The man advised: "You have to win Si Ni'er back. Shitou has no parents either, so won't she listen to you and her father in the future?"
Someone nearby also echoed, "That's right. A son-in-law is like a half son. When you become unable to move in the future, maybe he can provide for you in your old age."
Li Xiang listened to the previous words without any emotion.
But the last sentence made her suddenly angry: "Who cares about the two of them taking care of me in my old age? In a few years, I will have a son. Don't mention that unfilial daughter in front of me anymore!"
Li Xiang got angry for no apparent reason, shocking the people around her.
Someone asked her puzzledly: "Can you get pregnant now?"
Everyone in the village knew that Li Xiang was injured because of giving birth to Shen Siyue.
But why did she sound as if she could have children now?
But when Li Xiang heard this, she felt upset.
Of course she dreamed of having a son of her own.
Although the doctor said that it would be difficult to get pregnant again, he did not say that I could never have another child.
So she and Shen Xiashu always held on to the hope that they might get pregnant.
But so many years have passed, and the little hope I once had has disappeared quietly with the passage of time.
She suppressed her sadness and pretended to be happy and said, "The third brother and his wife said that they would give their second son to us to raise."
"We are all family. There is no difference between my own children and mine."
The others looked at each other, all a little surprised.
But soon someone reacted first: "That's a good thing, we are all brothers, so it can be considered that the good things are kept within the family."
Some people also asked curiously: "Is the third son's wife willing? Can she accept watching her son call others mother every day?"
Someone nearby quickly pulled her aside and told her to stop talking.
What is going on here? Apart from the Shen family, who else can know?
Maybe the third couple just liked Li Xiang because they had no son.
After they both die, won’t the property still belong to their son?
Moreover, living together every day, she doesn't have to worry about her adopted son not being close to her.
Therefore, those who think too much about it feel that the third son of the Shen family and his wife have done nothing wrong.
Anyway, the only thing missing is the word "mother". As long as I can get benefits, what's the big deal if I don't call her mother?
Soon, the news spread in the village.
Women go home and gossip with their husbands, and the men think that women think too much.
"Mr. Shen doesn't even have a son himself, but he's already booked his second son out? You women just love to gossip."
The woman was not convinced: "What's so ridiculous about this? Li Xiang said it herself, how could it be false?"
"But their family is also like this. They turned against their own daughter and actually raised someone else's son?"
"Although Shen Lao San's young wife is young, she is very cunning. Just wait and see. Shen Lao Er and his wife may work hard to raise their child, but in the end, they won't get anything good out of it."
This rumor spread, and somehow it reached Li Xiaoqin's ears.
She returned home and blocked Li Xiang's way and began to question her: "Did you tell the villagers that I would give my son to you?"
"When did I agree? You told me without asking me?"
During this period, Shen Qiushu has been subtly doing ideological work for Li Xiaoqin.
What he meant was that on the surface the son was raised by the second son and his wife, but secretly he should still call them father and mother.
Blood is thicker than water, and it's not something that can be cut off just like that.
When the second son and his wife are gone, all the property will belong to them.
Li Xiaoqin was indeed moved by what Shen Qiushu said.
Just like what Chen Qiushu said, his son was not sent far away, but was raised under his own eyes.
But before she formally agreed, Li Xiang spread the word throughout the village that she had agreed to give her son to them.
This made Li Xiaoqin feel very uncomfortable.
She had promised it, but she couldn't accept Li Xiang's behavior of spreading rumors to force her to submit.
Li Xiaoqin likes to have everything under her own control. Things that are beyond her control make her mind, which had just relaxed, harden again.
Facing Li Xiaoqin's questioning, Li Xiang had no guilt: "Dad promised us at the beginning, otherwise there would be no marriage for Zhao Changgui!"
Hearing Li Xiang talk about this, Li Xiaoqin suddenly remembered that it was Shen Siyue who married Zhao Changgui at first, but later for some reason it became Shen Hongmei.
But then she still didn’t understand, even if Shen Siyue married Zhao Changgui, what did that have to do with her?
After she expressed her doubts, Li Xiang looked at her steadily: "Dad and Mom promised us to use the betrothal gifts Yue'er received to marry the third child, that is, you, and then you can give birth to a second son for me to raise."
Li Xiaoqin:……
At this moment, Li Xiaoqin felt like a thousand horses were galloping through her heart.
She once thought that she had taken advantage of the dowry that Zhao Changgui gave to the Shen family to get some money.
However, he didn't expect that the Shen family had already planned to use this money to help Shen Qiushu get married.
It's like going through so much trouble to get something, but in the end, this thing was actually meant for her.
But Li Xiaoqin certainly won’t admit what Li Xiang said now: “It was Shen Hongmei who married Zhao Changgui, not Shen Siyue who you gave birth to, so don’t use this to threaten me!”
"You can ask your parents for what they promised you. I can raise my son myself, so why should I give him to you?"
After saying that, Li Xiaoqin turned around and prepared to leave.
Li Xiang quickly held her back and said, "No, I don't agree. Dad promised us that his son must be adopted by us."
Li Xiaoqin was amused by her behavior. She sneered disdainfully: "Then you just wait and see if I will give you my son."
At this point, the relationship between Li Xiaoqin and Li Xiang completely broke down.
The two people met face to face, and neither spoke to the other.
If we talk about the situation between the two of them, the happiest person must be Wang Huilian.
She said to Li Xiang: "The third daughter-in-law is too ignorant. What right does she have to oppose what Dad has agreed to?"
"Just ask her boldly. If she doesn't give you my son, you can tell dad about her."
Turning back to Li Xiaoqin, he said, "How could the second brother and his wife do this? Your son must have the consent of you as his mother."
"She can't give birth to a son herself, but she wants to snatch yours away. You must not give it to her."
Looking at the two men's stiff and ugly faces, Wang Huilian swept away the anger she had felt when the two men teamed up to target her.
If she wasn't afraid of being too obvious, she would have laughed out loud three times.
You deserve it!
This is what we call God’s will!
Let you two bully me together?
Now go fight among yourselves!
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