“It’s true. I went hunting in the mountains today, and this child was hanging from a tree, crying so pitifully. She probably sensed the cruelty of her parents.”
"I don't know which heartless person didn't want to raise her and just threw her away. They actually threw the child off the mountain and didn't even think about letting her live."
Liu Qinghe nodded in agreement, "Yes. This child has had a really hard life. Even if she's a girl, she doesn't deserve to die. How could there be such heartless parents? They're absolutely depraved."
Liu Dashan sighed helplessly, "I guess they wanted a son and thought the girl was an eyesore, so they wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible."
After hearing about the child's plight, Liu Qinghe felt a pang of sadness. "We've been trying to conceive for ten years, but there's still no sign of pregnancy."
"But the woman who could have children... disliked that it was a girl. What a tragedy..."
Taking the opportunity, Liu Dashan brought up the topic of adopting a child, saying, "My wife's child is fair-skinned and quite adorable. Why don't we raise her?"
“This child is destined for us. We have been praying for a child for ten years, but there is still no sign of pregnancy in your belly. You may be destined to be childless.”
Liu Qinghe frowned, looked the man up and down, pinched his chin, and stared at the man directly and nakedly, making Liu Dashan feel extremely uneasy.
"Wife...wife...why are you looking at me like that? It's kind of scary. Just say what you want to say. Your eyes are frightening."
Liu Qinghe approached Liu Dashan step by step, his eyes like they were equipped with probes.
“Tell me honestly, did you dislike me because I couldn’t have children… and then went out and messed around, had a child, and then brought it back for me to raise, saying that you picked it up from the back mountain.”
Liu Dashan looked helpless, wiped his face. His wife's way of thinking was too absurd, she could actually think of that. He was speechless and helpless.
"Wife, what nonsense are you talking about? I have never complained that you can't have children. I have long been prepared to spend my life with you."
"This child today was truly an accident. I really picked him up. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"
Liu Qinghe knew exactly what kind of person he was; he was almost too honest…
She was initially attracted to his steadfastness, which led her to marry him without hesitation, despite her family's objections.
"Of course I know what kind of person you are, that's why I married you without hesitation despite your poverty."
At this point, Liu Dashan was overjoyed and hugged Liu Qinghe from behind, saying, "Wife, you're so good to me. You're so good to me too. You can rest assured, I will never betray you."
Liu Qinghe smiled and looked at the sleeping little girl on the bed, then slowly spoke.
"Since this child is destined to be with us, let's keep her and raise her."
"Thank you, wife."
The two hugged each other for warmth, and suddenly the little girl on the bed started crying her heart out.
She kept crying.
What's wrong with this child?
"I guess she was hungry. She was crying so hard when I picked her up, and I couldn't soothe her no matter what I did. I guessed she was hungry, so I opened the water bag I was carrying and gave her some water."
"She was very well-behaved. She drank some water and fell asleep without crying or fussing. I guess she had cried enough. Her voice was still a little hoarse."
"She's probably hungry now that she's awake, honey, get her something to eat..."
Liu Qinghe had never taken care of children before and had little experience in doing so.
"Babies usually drink breast milk or malted milk powder. We don't have either of those at home."
Liu Dashan thought for a moment, then remembered that the woman next door had no breast milk after giving birth, and that she had heard that her child was raised on goat milk.
"Tomorrow I'll go to the village to exchange some goat milk for this baby. For now, I can only make do with her for one night and cook her some porridge to tide her over."
"That's all we can do now."
The two of them worked frantically all night, finally managing to soothe the little darling in their arms.
The couple lay on the bed, each on one side, quietly watching their sleeping child.
"This child is so well-behaved. She eats and sleeps, and only groans a few times when she poops. Otherwise, she is very well-behaved. I really don't know which heartless family would be willing to throw such a lovely child off the mountain without ever thinking of letting her live."
"Yes. From now on, this child will be our biological daughter."
"Mmm. Anyway, I don't mind that she's a girl; I actually quite like girls."
The couple exchanged a glance and smiled.
Looking at his happy wife, Liu Dashan said, "Since we've decided to raise her, let's give her a name."
"Then let's have Xiao Liu Xiao Bao. She will be our little darling from now on."
“These are good names. My name is Dashan, and hers is Xiaobao. They sound like a family.”
"Yes, our little one is really cute."
The couple, who were being cursed and insulted, were lying in a bed when Su Ying had a dream that day.
She dreamed that her daughter was adopted by a kind family. Although the family was poor, the two people seemed kind.
Su Ying slept very soundly that night...
The next day, while eating breakfast, she stared blankly at the food on the table. Gu Sinian picked up her favorite meat bun and put it in her bowl.
"What's wrong? Didn't you like breakfast today?"
Su Ying came to her senses. "No, no. I had a dream last night, a very real dream."
dream?
"What kind of dream could make your wife so distraught? What kind of dream could make you so restless?"
Su Ying turned her head and grabbed Gu Sinian's arm. "I dreamt that our daughter was found by a childless couple, and they were very, very good to our child."
Gu Sisi paused in his hand as he picked up the steamed bun. In his mind, the child was gone. After all, if you threw someone from such a high mountain, even an adult would probably die, let alone a newborn baby.
It's possible that in the instant he rushed down, the child was snatched away by wild animals.
This matter had become a thorn in his side, and when his wife brought it up today, his heart trembled uncontrollably.
Perhaps it was a mother's heart that was connected to her daughter's; the young wife could truly sense that the child was still alive. From then on, Gu Sinian had a new belief in his heart: the child was still alive.
"Yeah?"
"Yes, it's really great. I don't have to worry about my child going hungry or cold anymore, and I can finally get a good night's sleep."
From then on, Su Ying slept soundly every day without any disturbances at night.
Gu Sinian gradually accepted the fact that his daughter was still alive.
Gu Huadong and Yan Yan looked at each other, wondering why the couple was talking about the lost child again. They interrupted the two children's conversation at the right moment.
"Grandpa looked through the dictionary last night, and I've already come up with names for the children. Can you listen and see if there's anything that needs to be changed?"
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