"I don't want to go back, Mother. Are you really my mother? Please don't go back."
The reed catkins finally cried, a silent cry, without a single tear. Perhaps they had cried too many times before.
“I…” Li hugged her daughter’s thin body tightly, carefully draped clothes over her, her heart filled with bitterness.
She also felt sorry for her daughter, but she couldn't make the decisions in that family.
She turned her head and looked at Grandma Han for help, but Grandma Han turned her head away.
"Mother, Luhua is also your granddaughter."
"Do we have fifty catties of grain at home?" Old Mrs. Han curled her lips. "Useless things. If we had grain at home, who would want to sell their children?"
She only sold one; she's already being very conscientious.
Of course, Madam Li knew about the Han family's situation. She had better look at Han Luoxue with a pleading expression:
"Xue'er, you are sisters, please, Auntie begs you."
As she spoke, pulling on the reeds, she said urgently:
"Kneel down before your second sister, she will definitely save you."
Lu Hua knew that Han Luoxue was the only one in the Han family with food, so she knelt down and kowtowed to Han Luoxue repeatedly.
Han Luoxue pulled her younger sister back a step and came to her mother's side.
"Xue'er, do we still have any food?"
Yunniang frowned in distress, while Han Luoxue chuckled inwardly, thinking that her mother wasn't so saintly after all.
Her mother knew perfectly well whether she had enough food, yet she still asked that question.
This clearly shows she doesn't want to get involved and is leaving the matter to herself. Han Luoxue mentally gave her mother a thumbs up; having such a rational mother is much better than having a mother who's overly kind.
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