"They said they wanted to take Ningning back—" Before Gu Ye could finish his words, he saw Jiang Yue's face turn pale, his already big eyes widened, his black pupils shrank, and he was obviously very shocked.
"How could they do this!" Jiang Yue was not only shocked, but also very angry.
Although she sympathized with Ningning's mother's experience, she and Gu Ye had worked so hard to raise Ningning and made her so adorable, but the Shi family had never cared about her. Now they said they were going to take her away?
How could such a good thing exist in the world?
"You agree?" Jiang Yue's eyes turned red, she was so angry!
At this moment, she suddenly felt angry as if the treasure in her hands was snatched away by someone.
"Not yet!" Gu Ye held Jiang Yue's shoulders and looked at her tightly pursed lips. He sighed, "I know you can't bear to leave Ningning, and I can't bear to leave either! But they told me that Ningning's mother misses her very much. If Ningning goes back, it will be good for her mother's condition!"
"Then why didn't they come to pick Ningning up earlier! It's not like Ningning's mother just got sick!" Jiang Yue said angrily.
If Gu Ye hadn't told her that the eldest son of the Shi family was going to marry Ningning's mother, she might have thought that the Shi family really missed Ningning.
But when she learned that the Shi family had such an arrangement, Jiang Yue could easily understand that the Shi family wanted to bring Ningning, their granddaughter, home so that their eldest son could marry their widowed second daughter-in-law in a legitimate way.
In this way, they can claim to the outside world that the eldest son married his younger brother's wife in order to take care of his deceased brother's children, thus avoiding gossip from outsiders.
Gu Ye was also uncomfortable, but he still patiently explained to Jiang Yue: "Jiang Yue, after all, she is Ningning's biological mother. I can't refuse! Do you understand what I mean?"
"I don't understand!" Jiang Yue burst into tears when she heard this. She pushed Gu Ye away angrily, "Anyway, I don't agree with Ningning going back! Ningning's biological mother gave birth to Ningning, but we raised Ningning. Didn't we pay more than them?"
Gu Ye grabbed Jiang Yue's hand and wanted to continue persuading her, but he sighed first.
In fact, he knew very well that it was best for Ningning to stay with him and Jiang Yue, but Ningning's mother was the widow of the old squad leader and Ningning's biological mother. She wanted to take Ningning back, and he could not refuse her for both moral and logical reasons.
Gu Ye recalled that he suddenly received a phone call in the afternoon. The soldier on guard said that three people were looking for him. Their surname was Shi and they were from Shandong Province. He was very surprised at the time.
The surname Shi was not a common one, and the only person he knew with the surname Shi was the old squad leader. But why did the old squad leader's parents, who he hadn't contacted for several years, suddenly come to see him?
When Gu Ye arrived at the camp gate, he recognized at a glance that the hunchbacked old couple were Squad Leader Shi's parents.
The last time Gu Ye saw Squad Leader Shi’s parents was more than two years ago. He received news that Ningning was sick. She was the only flesh and blood left in the world by the old squad leader, so Gu Ye asked for leave without hesitation, took a train for two days and one night, then took a bus, walked along the mountain road, and rushed to Squad Leader Shi’s hometown, where he saw Ningning, who had a high fever and was as thin as a chicken.
The Shi family was in very poor conditions, living in a thatched house. There were many people in the family, including several grandchildren, and they did not take good care of Ningning, their posthumous child.
It’s not that they dislike Ningning, but after all, Ningning lost her father when she was born, her mother is not around, and her grandparents are old and can’t take care of her wholeheartedly.
Usually, Ningning's three aunts take turns to feed Ningning rice soup, but they all have to go to work and have children of their own, so they don't have enough energy to take good care of Ningning.
Ningning was almost one year old at that time, and she looked even smaller than a four or five-month-old baby. She was born prematurely with congenital defects, was skinny, and was sick every other day. Her family just randomly gave herbal medicine to her, and she seemed to have left her life to fate.
Although Gu Ye has such a strong character, his eyes still turned red when he saw Ningning lying in feces and urine, smelling bad without having time to clean herself.
He made the decision at that time that he would take Ningning away and adopt her!
Gu Ye really treated Ningning as his own child. If Ningning hadn't asked for her mother, he wouldn't have gone on a blind date, and he wouldn't have met Jiang Yue.
But now the Shi family suddenly came and wanted to take Ningning away, of course he couldn't accept it!
"Jiang Yue, don't let Ningning know about this for the time being. I will take Ningning to meet uncle and aunt tomorrow." Gu Ye's eyes darkened. The old couple of the Shi family came from afar, and he couldn't treat them badly even for the sake of the old squad leader.
After all, they are Ningning's grandparents, and blood is thicker than water. He can't stop them from seeing Ningning.
Neither of them spoke for a while. The firewood in the stove was still burning, and the water in the big iron pot was boiling, bubbling.
Water vapor rose and the temperature seemed to be a little higher.
"Gu Ye, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gotten angry with you!" Jiang Yue was a little emotional just now, but now she calmed down.
Gu Ye hugged Jiang Yue and pressed her face against his chest. He smelled the faint fragrance of Jiang Yue's hair and sighed softly.
Jiang Yue understood that Gu Ye was upset, so she analyzed: "Ningning doesn't know her own life experience. She has always thought that we are her parents. Now suddenly she is taken away and told to live with a complete stranger and call that person mom. Can she accept it?"
In fact, there were some people with bad mouths in the family compound. For example, Li Hongying in the past and Jiang's mother who had been living there for a while both gossiped to Ningning, saying that Ningning was not Jiang Yue's biological daughter, but was picked up from outside. However, Ningning did not listen.
Firstly, Ningning is still young and doesn't quite understand the meaning of this. Secondly, Jiang Yue told Ningning in advance that those who said Ningning was not her mother's biological daughter were all bad people. They just couldn't stand to see her and Ningning doing well, so they deliberately instigated.
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