She hugged the little grass in her arms, kissed her tiny cheek, and smiled, "It's good that you two grasses are here to keep your second grandma company. Your second grandma loves you both so much!"
Xiao Cao still had that baby smell, and she was so well-behaved, completely different from her best friend's energetic and playful boy. No wonder her best friend desperately wanted a daughter.
Xiaocao hugged Song Anxin's face and kissed her, even though there were still crumbs of snowflake crisp on her lips. She said indistinctly, "Xiaocao, I like it, Second Grandma."
Sister-in-law Lin teased her deliberately, "Oh, so Little Grass doesn't like me, her grandma?"
Little Grass blinked and thought for a moment: "Sister, I like it, Grandma."
Big Grass immediately replied, "Yes, Big Grass likes Grandma, and Little Grass likes Second Grandma."
Lin Dasao, Song Anxin, and the others all burst into laughter upon hearing this. Song Anxin said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, look how smart Daxi's child is. He even knows to share his love for the two of us."
Sister-in-law Lin laughed heartily: "Sister-in-law, you have no idea how happy your brother has been every day since Daxi and Daxiaocao came to stay with us. If your Mid-Autumn Festival gift box business hadn't ended, he would have gone to the workshop courtyard in the middle of the night to make gift boxes."
"So, sister-in-law, you should have let Daxi go home a long time ago. Daxi has been back at her parents' home for so long, and the Wu family has not come to look for Erxi and the others, nor have they sent anyone to say a word to check on them. Daxi is a woman with Daxiao and Xiaocao. Aren't they afraid that Daxi and the others might get into trouble on the way? It shows how little they care about Daxi and Daxiao."
Upon hearing the name Wu, both Da Cao and Xiao Cao instinctively shrank back. Da Cao said, "Grandma, I don't want to go back to Grandma's house. I like Grandma's house."
Fear showed in Xiaocao's eyes: "Grandma, you hit people, you hit Mom."
Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Lin burst into tears. She held back her sobs and said, "Sister-in-law, you have no idea. The night Daxi came home, when he took off his clothes to bathe, his body was covered in bruises. That black-hearted old hag, she'll definitely go to hell when she dies!"
I only dared to tell you after I discovered Da Xi's story: "That old hag has become increasingly outrageous in recent years. Lately, she's been pinching and hitting me at the slightest provocation. And her sister-in-law, taking advantage of being the old hag's niece, also bullies her..."
She wiped away her tears: "I didn't know any of this. If I had known that this old hag had already taken advantage of me, and that Wu Youcai had a lover outside, I would rather die than lose face and make Daxi divorce him and go back to her parents' home."
Song Anxin was furious that her overjoyed mother-in-law would actually abuse her. She patted her sister-in-law, who was wiping away tears, on the shoulder and comforted her.
"Sister-in-law, don't be sad. Now that Daxi is back, everything will be alright. Fengshou has also made some inquiries in that county recently, and we should have news in a couple of days."
Da Cao cupped her grandmother's face and said, "Grandma, don't cry. Mom and Da Cao are very happy here."
The little grass clapped its hands and said, "Happy, happy, little grass, happy."
Sister-in-law Lin smiled through her tears and said indulgently, "Okay, Grandma, don't cry. If you're happy here, you can stay at Grandma's house forever."
The two grasses were overjoyed to hear this. At their grandmother's house, they could eat their fill, avoid being scolded, and no one would bully their mother. Their mother was happy every day and would never cry in the middle of the night again.
Meanwhile, at Aunt Tietou's house...
Liu Xiuhong was sitting leisurely in the courtyard, claiming it was to rest during her pregnancy, while Liu Hong'er, whose belly was already protruding, was sitting on the other side.
Aunt Tietou was working in the yard while cursing and swearing: "We really did something terrible. The two daughters-in-law we married are lazybones. They do nothing all day long. They're either sitting in the yard or lying in bed. They're always fighting. My Lin family is really unlucky to have these two daughters-in-law."
Instead of getting angry, Liu Hong'er laughed and said, "Mother, haven't you always been hoping for a grandson? Now you have two grandsons."
After saying that, she glanced at Liu Xiuhong with a mocking look: "I wonder if this is your grandson. Hehe, this is the first time I've ever seen someone so eager to become a concubine for someone in the village. What's the point? Just for a bite of wild vegetable pancake?"
Liu Xiuhong's eyebrows shot up immediately: "What are you talking about! Does Gangzi not know how to marry me? And why do you look down on me? You're just a woman Gangzi brought back, you haven't even had a proper wedding ceremony with him yet, who's going to be his concubine is still uncertain!"
Liu Hong'er rolled her eyes at her. "Take this rotten person if you want. It's true what they say, even flies like to shove shit."
After returning home, Liu Xiuhong was interrogated by her family members, who threatened to take her to abort the child if she didn't tell them. With no other option, she secretly ran away to find Lin Gangzi in the middle of the night while everyone was asleep.
She waited until dawn to intercept Lin Gangzi at the village entrance. She knew he wouldn't stay in the village long. She spoke sadly:
"Brother Gangzi, you must have known I was pregnant yesterday, right? This child is yours, you have to take responsibility for me, otherwise, I won't be able to live..."
Seeing that he no longer had the tenderness they used to share, Lin Gangzi said coldly and disdainfully, "It was all consensual back then, so what's this talk of taking responsibility? You should just get rid of this child, and we shouldn't have anything to do with each other anymore."
Seeing his heartlessness, Liu Xiuhong stopped pretending to be pitiful and glared at him angrily, saying, "It's all your fault for giving me this idea. If it weren't for you, would I have been publicly diagnosed with pregnancy and lost face like this? Now I've offended Aunt Lin's family to death. The whole village knows that I framed Song Tongsheng. I can never hold my head up in Linjia Village again! My parents even said they would just marry me off to a widower. If I really marry a widower, my life will be ruined."
"Xiuhong, I gave you such a good plan and you still failed. Who can you blame? Blame yourself for not being born with the right fate. You should listen to your parents and marry that widower. At least you'll have a man at home."
Lin Gangzi showed no mercy to his former lover.
Liu Xiuhong sneered, "You think you can just get rid of me like this? No way! Let me tell you, if you want to marry me, this child is yours, and you have to take responsibility for me! Otherwise, I'll go to the village head to seek justice and tell him that you forced me to get pregnant and then made me frame that Song Tongsheng."
She threatened Lin Gangzi fiercely: "Do you think you can get away with this like last time? The child will know when it's born! At worst, we'll fight to the death. Our Liu family won't let you off the hook. Even if you escape, your wife, child, and parents are all in Linjia Village. Your ancestors are buried here too. You can't possibly never go back to Linjia Village for the rest of your life."
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