He listened as Peng San spoke of how adorable his little girl was, and how he couldn't understand how Lu Shi had become like this.
Hearing this, Madam Peng laughed, "People's hearts are fickle, how can you blame her?"
That makes sense, but Peng San felt something was off.
"I promise I will never give her another chance to harm our son."
Looking at Peng Buwang sleeping soundly in her arms, Madam Peng couldn't help but sigh. Peng Sancai was the head of the family. What else could she do but compromise?
She nodded and said, "I won't let anyone do anything to her, but I also hope she won't hurt my son again, so that I won't have no choice but to retaliate."
She has a son, and so does the Lu family. If the Lu family were to lay a hand on her son, she would retaliate tenfold in the same way against Lu Heng.
Let's see whose heart aches more.
"good."
After being driven out of the Peng family, Lu had nowhere to go and dared not leave Jizhou.
She walked to the front of Shangjia Village and knelt down, begging the mosquitoes to let her in.
The mosquito didn't open the door, but simply said, "Outsiders aren't allowed in our village."
If you want to enter the village, you have to become one of our own.
She knelt on the ground, enduring the humiliation in her heart, and said, "I only beg some kind-hearted brother to marry me."
Upon hearing her words, everyone became interested. Getting married costs money, and now that there was one that didn't cost money, of course some people were interested.
When everyone heard about this, they all came to watch the spectacle, but no one said they wanted to marry her.
Looking at the sky, Madam Lu became increasingly anxious. "I beg you, brothers. If you marry me, my son can change his surname to yours."
This is like getting a son for free!
An old man stepped forward and asked, "Are you sure what you're saying?"
Mr. Lu nodded.
Looking at the old man in front of her, who could be her father, she couldn't help but feel a pang of regret. She wanted to turn back, but she knew perfectly well that she would never see Peng San again.
Even if Madam Peng refused to allow it, the news wouldn't reach Peng San even if she went to his door.
"I'll marry you."
After a round of teasing, the village gate was opened, and the mother and child were let in.
On their wedding night, looking at the man's wrinkled face and smelling his body odor, Madam Lu couldn't help but back away.
She struggled and resisted, but gave in after the old man mentioned his son.
Three months passed, and she still hadn't conceived. The old man grew anxious and said to her, "If you don't give me a son soon, I won't support you anymore."
These days, food is scarce, so why would he use food to support someone else's children and wife?
And this woman never gave him a kind look.
Upon hearing his words, Madam Lu suddenly turned her head to look at him and asked, "What did you say?"
Looking into her piercing eyes, the old man couldn't help but tremble. Goodness, this woman is truly terrifying.
"I want a son." But my stance cannot be changed.
Madam Lu lowered her head and said, "I understand."
She didn't refute the old man's words. She thought of Peng San again. If it were him, he would never have treated her so roughly at night.
She couldn't beat the old man, nor could she. If the old man didn't want her, she and Lu Heng would go hungry again.
She didn't know how things had gotten to this point.
As long as she didn't cause trouble, she was pampered with good food and drink every day.
But when she got here, she lost her innocence, and the old man still abused her at night.
Three more months passed, and Lu still hadn't given birth to a child. The old man looked at the meager grain in the cellar and asked, "Are you even capable of having a child?"
"Isn't Heng'er now taking your surname too?" Madam Lu replied with her head bowed.
"But that's not my biological son." Didn't he spend so much food just to have a biological son?
That ungrateful wretch Lu Heng has eaten so much of his food, yet he's never called him "father."
How could he possibly believe that Lu Heng would take care of him when he got old?
The old man wanted a son.
Ms. Lu touched her stomach and hesitated. She had actually been taking birth control pills.
Should I really stop taking the medication and have a child for the old man?
But if they don't have a son yet, the old man will definitely drive them away, and if she kills the old man, Shang Tian will definitely stand up for him.
Mrs. Lu sighed and stopped taking the medicine. Three months later, she began to experience morning sickness.
She became pregnant, and the old man cherished her like a precious jewel.
Looking at Madam Lu's belly, Lu Heng asked, "Mother, are you having a little brother?"
He touched Madam Lu's belly with a hint of curiosity, looked at her with longing, and said, "Mother, please don't have a little brother, okay?"
Before Lu could speak, Lu Heng was pulled out by the old man as she looked into his watery eyes.
Madam Lu was extremely anxious upon seeing this. She had done so much for Lu Heng, and if something happened to him, what would be the point of her living?
One wanted to hit, the other wanted to protect; in the scuffle, Madam Lu fell down.
She was already in poor health, and her pregnancy was unstable, so she miscarried her and her husband's first child.
Then came the second, the third, and finally, on her fourth pregnancy, she safely gave birth to a son.
Looking at the swaddled baby in his mother's arms, Lu Heng asked with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Mother, why did you have a child?"
"What do you mean, why? This is your brother!"
Does Heng'er not like her younger brother?
Lu Heng cried and said, "I don't like it."
"Mom will definitely stop loving me now that she has a younger brother."
Father said that if Mother gave birth to a younger brother, he would have a very, very miserable life, so he couldn't let his younger brother compete with him for affection.
After this child, Mrs. Lu miscarried several more children.
But this child, who was born and carefully cared for, did not live for more than a few years before dying.
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