She glanced at the village office, thinking that no one was likely to send her a letter, so she took her daughter and the crazy old woman home.
On the desk at the village office, Luo Xiangling found a letter from Huo Jianguo sent from another place among a pile of letters.
The recipient's name was listed as Song Yinhua.
Luo Xiangling took the letter and went out.
Her brother works at the village office. When he saw a letter from Huo Jianguo among the pile of letters delivered by the postman, he immediately gave it to his sister.
The postman delivers the mail to the village office every day, and the village office then notifies the villagers to come and pick it up.
This also gave Luo Xiangling an opportunity. She would go to the village office every day to see if there were any letters from Huo Jianguo, so that the letters would not fall into Song Yinhua's hands.
Luo Xiangling returned home, locked herself in her room, and began reading the letter Huo Jianguo had sent back.
She knew Huo Jianguo was alive from the moment she received his first letter.
Luo Xiangling looked at the contents of the letter. Huo Jianguo said he would apply for leave to visit his family during the busy farming season.
She opened the drawer and took out a pen and paper. She wrote a reply in Song Yinhua's name, proposing a divorce in the letter, saying that she thought he was dead, had remarried, and asked him not to come back and disturb her life.
After sending the letter, Luo Xiangling packed her bags and took the train to find Huo Jianguo at the address on the envelope.
Song Yinhua was completely unaware of all of this.
That evening, Song Caixing, who had suddenly returned to her parents' home, came to Huojiabao Village to see Song Yinhua and suggested to Song Yinhua that she wanted to take Xiaoxiaohua back for a family reunion.
“I’m not your daughter, I’m my mother’s child, I don’t want to go with you.”
Little Flower, who was playing with several black wolfhounds nearby, heard Song Caixing's words and angrily shouted back.
She was very resistant to Song Caixing, and chased Song Caixing away, refusing to go with her.
“Little Flower, I really am your biological mother.” Song Caixing lifted the clothes on her stomach to reveal a scar. “This is what your mother left when she gave birth to you.”
"You're not my mom!" Little Flower threw herself into Song Yinhua's arms.
Song Caixing looked at Song Yinhua and said, "Big sister, tell Xiaoxiaohua that I am her mother."
Song Yinhua asked Song Caixing, "Will your in-laws agree to you taking Xiaoxiaohua away?"
She was the one who refused to have this child back then, and now she's the one coming back to take it away.
“My husband asked me to pick up Xiaohua.” Song Caixing now completely disregarded any past sisterly affection. “Big sister, my daughter is already so pitiful. How can you bear to be a burden on her? You can’t be so selfish. Just so my daughter can take care of you in your old age, you’re keeping her by your side and preventing me from being with her.”
"I'm willing to take care of my mother in her old age, I want to be with my mother, I don't like you, go away!" Xiao Xiaohua angrily pushed Song Caixing out.
"Do you and Guo Rui have the energy to take care of Xiao Xiaohua?" Song Yinhua asked.
"Mom gave birth to four of us sisters and raised us all, didn't she? Guo Rui and I only have one son, plus Xiao Xiaohua, that's two children. How could we not have the energy to take care of them! Eldest sister, I beg you, give my daughter back to me!"
"I don't want to, I want my mom!" Little Flower clung tightly to Song Yinhua in fear, afraid that Song Yinhua would abandon her.
When Song Caixing heard that her own daughter refused to acknowledge her, tears immediately streamed down her face.
She cried and begged Song Yinhua to give her back her child.
"Big sister, I was too young before and didn't understand the responsibilities of being a mother. Now I regret it. I really want to acknowledge my daughter and fulfill my responsibilities as a mother," Song Caixing said, crying, reaching out to pull Xiao Xiaohua. "Xiao Xiaohua, come with Mommy, okay?"
"No, I don't want to..." Little Flower grabbed Song Yinhua's clothes and cried loudly, refusing to go with Song Caixing.
Song Yinhua pulled Song Caixing outside.
“Little Flower can’t accept you yet. If you force her to leave, it will only make her reject you more.”
"Big sister, if Xiaoxiaohua is willing to come with me, will you not stop us from recognizing our daughter?"
“Cai Xing, you didn’t want this child back then, and I have never stopped you from fulfilling your responsibilities as a mother to Xiao Xiao Hua,” Song Yin Hua said. “If Xiao Xiao Hua is willing to go with you, I will not interfere.”
"Big sister, just hearing that is enough," Song Caixing said before leaving.
Song Yinhua went back into the house to comfort Xiao Xiaohua, and it took her a long time to calm her down.
Ever since Song Caixing decided to take Xiaoxiaohua back, Xiaoxiaohua was afraid that Song Yinhua would abandon her, so she followed Song Yinhua everywhere except for school.
Since Song Caixing had no chance to get close to her, she went to the school.
Xiao Xiaohua, who had just started first grade, was in class when Song Caixing greeted the teacher, claimed to be Xiao Xiaohua's biological mother, and called Xiao Xiaohua out.
"She's not my mom!" Little Flower said angrily, refusing to go out.
Song Caixing's tears fell. "Little Flower, Mommy will just say a few words to you, and then I'll leave."
In the end, Xiao Xiaohua still went out with Song Caixing.
“Little Flower, Mom knows she shouldn’t have given you to someone else back then, but Mom had her reasons.” Song Caixing said, wiping away tears. “It’s okay if you don’t come with me, but have you ever thought about how hard your mother, Yinhua, worked to raise you? She refused to remarry because of you, and she didn’t have any children of her own. She lived her whole life amidst gossip. You’re the one who’s dragged her down.”
Little Flower lowered her head in self-reproach, her voice becoming softer, "I...I didn't..."
"Little Flower, do you want to be a burden to her for the rest of her life?" Song Caixing could see the child's inner turmoil and self-blame.
"I don't want to," Little Flower shook her head desperately.
“If you don’t want to be a burden to your mother Yinhua, come with me. I’ll bring you whenever you want to come back to see her.” Song Caixing coaxed, “Little Hua, think about how good your mother Yinhua has been to you. Can you bear to let her live such a hard life because of you?”
Little Flower shook her head again.
"Will you come with me?"
Little Flower lowered her head and then nodded sadly.
Once she leaves, Mom won't have to work so hard anymore.
She's the one who's dragging her mother down.
Song Caixing led Xiaoxiaohua away from the school and went to the town to find Song Yinhua.
There weren't many customers at the wonton shop in town yet, as it wasn't lunchtime.
When Song Yinhua saw Song Caixing and Xiao Xiaohua coming over, she was surprised that Xiao Xiaohua, who should be at school, had come to her shop with Song Caixing.
"Big sister, Little Flower wants to come home with me." Song Caixing gently touched Little Flower. "Little Flower, what do you say?"
Little Flower said dejectedly, "Mommy, I want to go with my biological mother."
"Big sister, we agreed before that as long as Xiaoxiaohua is willing to come with me, you won't stop us from reuniting as mother and daughter,"
"Little Flower, what happened?" Song Yinhua sensed something was wrong.
“Little Flower is fine, nothing happened to her. She just misses me, her biological mother. Big sister, you promised me you wouldn’t stop Little Flower from reuniting with me.”
“Whatever decision Xiaohua makes, I will respect her,” Song Yinhua said.
Little Flower left with Song Caixing.
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