The tiny ants lined up in neat rows and dragged their food into the cave in an orderly manner.

Zhao Zhangru waved at Dou Zhao with excitement on his face: "Hurry up, hurry up!" He lowered his head, crushed the white flour bun in his hand and threw it on the ground.

The ants immediately gathered around and worked together to move the debris under the old locust tree.

Dou Zhao walked over slowly and squatted beside Zhao Zhangru, looking at her cute little face, lost in thought for a moment.

She thought of her daughter, Yinjie.

After the miscarriage of her first child, both her mother-in-law and Wei Tingyu complained about her. Wei Tingzhen was even more blunt, saying, "Your Dou family has been a family of officials for generations, so how come there is no one who knows the rules?" She wanted to send a nanny who knew about childbirth from the Duke of Jing's mansion to take care of her during the confinement period.

Wouldn't that bring shame upon her to Duke Jing's Mansion?

Dou Zhao could only swallow her anger and smiled to Wei Tingzhen, saying that she was careless, but her eyes were fixed on Wei Tingyu, hoping that he would come forward to help her and stop Wei Tingzhen. Who knew that the heartless Wei Tingyu actually nodded repeatedly and said in great agreement: "Sister, this is for your own good!"

She was so angry that she couldn't utter a word.

They were newlyweds at the time and she knew she was wrong this time, so she was angry for two days but then she calmed down.

In order to make up for her mother-in-law's regret, she soon became pregnant again and gave birth to her eldest son Wei Ge'er in January of the following year. Thirteen months later, she gave birth to her second son Rui Ge'er. When Rui Ge'er was three months old, she had another miscarriage... From then on, she was in poor health and was afraid of Wei Tingyu, so she made Hu her concubine.

Later, she had established herself in the Wei family. There seemed to be a veil between her and her two sons, and they could not get close to each other. She felt an indescribable loneliness, so she took the risk of giving birth to Yin Jie'er.

Perhaps it was because of the lessons learned from her son, after Yin Jie'er was born, she breastfed and raised her herself. The child was therefore especially close to her. If she didn't see her for a while, she would loudly call out "Mom", which made Dou Zhao's heart melt. Whenever she saw something delicious, fun or beautiful, she would think of getting a portion for Yin Jie'er.

Without my protection, I don’t know what will happen to my daughter?

As the thought flashed through my mind, my eyes became sore.

Then Dou Zhao was stunned again.

She has now returned to the past, where are Wei Ge'er, Rui Ge'er and Yin Jie'er?

Suddenly, it felt like a huge hole had been hollowed out in my heart.

She raised her head and saw through the half-open window that her uncle was arguing with her third uncle in a very intense manner.

The Dou family is powerful, so what’s the point even if my uncle wins the fight?

Think about it, Song Mo killed his father and brother, and all the civil and military officials in the court impeached him, but with the emperor's protection, he remained unscathed!

Song Mo also had an uncle and two cousins ​​who could inherit the title of Duke of England according to the law, but Song Mo wrote a memorial to the emperor and the emperor took away the title of Duke of England. Song Mo's uncle and cousin were furious and threatened to kill Song Mo, but they dared not even fart when they saw Song Mo in person.

It would be a good idea for my uncle to go to the northwest if he really wants to find a job.

The South is rich, and many people are eyeing it. Those who can go there have backgrounds, so the officialdom is complicated and you will fall into trouble if you are not careful. Although the Northwest is poor, the advantage is that the people are simple and honest, and the people are relatively simple, which may not be a bad thing.

Dou Zhao thought about this and sighed softly.

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Two days later, my uncle and aunt took my three cousins ​​back to Anxiang. Except for burning incense for my mother on the seventh day of her death, they did not interact with the people of the Dou family. After the fifth seventh day, the ritual was performed and my mother's coffin was sent to the ancestral tomb for burial.

Her tablet will be enshrined in the small Buddhist temple in Xidou for three years, and then placed in the ancestral hall in the north building of the Dou family.

Everything was calm outside, and he did not hear any bad words about his mother. Instead, even Dou Zhao heard about his uncle selling his fields and land to raise money to go to Kyoto to find a job.

She couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This is the downside of living close by, you'll know about any disturbance.

No wonder my uncle failed in his previous life!

The Dou family sent someone to deliver two thousand taels of silver, but my uncle returned it without touching a cent.

The third uncle was a little worried: "Rui Fu must have hated our family. The friendship of several generations has ended like this." His tone was quite sad.

My grandfather disagreed: "The general trend of the world is that after a long period of unity, there will be division, and after a long period of division, there will be unity. There is no need to sigh and lament."

But my third uncle still wanted to make amends, so he sent someone to buy the 100 mu of forest that my aunt brought as a dowry at a price two taels of silver higher than the market price, but my aunt refused.

Dou Zhao privately sighed to Tuoniang: "My uncle and aunt are too honest. If it were me, I would still sell the land and people would still hate me."

Tuoniang was making socks for Dou Zhao under the lamp. When she heard this, her eyes widened: "Isn't he a rogue?"

Dou Zhao was stunned, then laughed: "It turns out that I am still a Dou family member at heart!"

Tuo Niang didn't understand.

Dou Zhao did not explain to her and asked her, "What has Aunt Wang been doing these days?"

She used the people left by her mother through Tuoniang and it was very easy for her to do so.

"It's the same as before." Tuoniang said, "I stay in my room every day and go to bed early. I have to wait for the maid named Qiongfang beside me to taste everything before I eat or drink."

Dou Zhao said "Oh".

Xuancao ran in: "Sister Suxin, Sister Suxin, something happened in Qixiayuan."

Dou Zhao was still a little kid, and the maids never avoided talking to her.

Tuoniang didn't care much and asked perfunctorily, "What happened?"

"I don't know who put a piece of musk in the vase in Aunt Wang's inner room. If Aunt Hu, who was by Aunt Wang's side, hadn't discovered it early, it would have been a disaster."

Tuoniang glanced at Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao was listening with great interest, his eyes wide open.

Tuo Niang had no choice but to say, "What big deal can happen? I heard that musk is the best fragrance!"

"Madame Hu said that musk can cause miscarriage," Hemerocallis whispered. "Auntie Wang didn't allow anyone to say it, but Madame Hu was so loud that we all heard it."

"Oh!" Tuoniang was a quiet person to begin with, and she would say even less at this moment.

Hemerocallis lay on the heated kang, and said with lingering thoughts: "Sister Suxin, do you think someone really wants to harm Aunt Wang? A few days ago, Aunt Hu also said that someone poisoned Aunt Wang's food, but the first and third wives came to investigate for a long time, and found that it was only Huangling powder. Now they have found musk... Who would harm Aunt Wang? Why would they want to harm her?"

"How should I know!" Tuo Niang said uninterested.

Daylily was very disappointed. After saying a few words, she ran off to whisper with Okra and the others.

Tuoniang looked at Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao said, "There are too many gossips about Aunt Wang. You should tell Dingxiang's mother. Dingxiang is not young anymore and is engaged. It's better to take her away as soon as possible."

Tuoniang responded, and couldn't help revealing a hint of suspicion in her eyes as she looked at Dou Zhao.

"Oh!" Dou Zhao sighed in his heart.

Being young has both advantages and disadvantages.

Fortunately, the person next to her was Tuo Niang. If it was anyone else, they would have been scared and ran away!

However, Wang Yingxue was really patient and was able to persevere like this.

Do you want to scare her again?

Dou Zhao was thinking about it, and when he woke up the next morning, he heard the news that Wang Yingxue had given birth to a daughter.

She looked at the pomegranate flowers blooming outside the window, nodded with satisfaction, and asked Tuo Niang: "What day is it today?"

"May 12th."

In his previous life, Dou Ming’s birthday was the third day of July.

It seems that in this life, Dou Mingde's birthday will be on May 12th.

In the previous life, Dou Ming gave birth early.

In this life, how will Wang Yingxue explain Dou Ming's birth?

Dou Zhao is looking forward to it.

She told Tuoniang: "Change me into some nice clothes. I want to go see my sister."

Tuoniang called Yuzhan in, helped Dou Zhao change into a moon-white summer dress with silver gauze, and accompanied her to Wang Yingxue.

Third aunt and Aunt Ding had already arrived, and there were also a large group of people serving Wang Yingxue, crowding the room.

Dou Shiying was holding the child and when he saw Dou Zhao, a rare smile appeared on his gloomy face: "Shougu, this is your sister!" As he said this, he squatted down and let her look at the child in his arms.

Wrinkled and monkey-like, what's so good about it!

Dou Zhao complained in his heart, but still approached with a smile: "Sister is so small!"

As she spoke, she glanced at Wang Yingxue.

Wang Yingxue smiled and leaned on the big pillow. Her face was very pale due to childbirth, but she had a kind of slender and fragile beauty.

Seeing Dou Zhaowang coming over, she couldn't help but grab the corner of the quilt tightly.

Ever since Dou Zhao spoke to her that day, she has been avoiding Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao smiled and asked his father, "Can I hug my sister?"

"Okay!" Dou Shiying smiled and touched his eldest daughter's head.

"No!" Wang Yingxue said nervously and sat up straight.

Everyone's eyes fell on her.

"I mean, Shougu is still too young," Wang Xueying explained hastily, "I'm worried that she won't be stable..."

"Then can I come to see my sister every day?" Dou Zhao interrupted Wang Yingxue, tilted his little head, and looked at Wang Yingxue with his big eyes blinking.

"Shou Gu doesn't want to play jump rope with Xuancao and the others?" Wang Yingxue forced a smile. "I can't play since I'm here to see my sister!"

"My sister is much more interesting than jumping the rope!" Dou Zhao said without hesitation, then raised his head and looked at his father beside him, "Dad, can I come to see my sister?"

"Yes! Why not! You can come to see your sister whenever you want in the future!" Dou Shiying thought his eldest daughter was very well-behaved and kind. He handed the child to the wet nurse and held Dou Zhao in his arms. "You are the elder sister now. You must take good care of your sister in the future. Do you understand?"

"Got it!" Dou Zhao said loudly, with a smile on his face and a very sweet smile.

Dou Shiying couldn't help but praise his daughter: "Shou Gu is so good!"

Dou Zhao looked at Wang Yingxue with a smile.

Wang Yingxue looked at Dou Zhao who was smiling innocently, but her heart kept sinking.

The look and expression in Dou Zhao's eyes when he spoke to her that day were not at all like that of a three-year-old child, and she really gave birth to a daughter.

This is all so shocking and bizarre!

Dou Zhao was like a monster in the disguise of a child's skin... but once the skin was peeled off, he turned out to be a man-eating creature... but no one else noticed anything.

Wang Yingxue's fingertips felt cold. She saw Dou Zhao struggling to get off Dou Shiying's arms. She quickly ran to the nurse and grabbed her sister's soft hair. While pulling, she said, "Daddy, look, my sister doesn't have as much hair as I do!"

The nurse was caught off guard and extremely anxious. She begged Dou Zhao in a low voice: "Fourth Miss, please let go!"

Dou Zhao ignored her and smiled at his father.

Dou Shiying walked over, looked carefully at the second daughter, then looked at Dou Zhao, and said seriously: "Well, not as much as you!"

Dou Zhao grinned happily.

The wet nurse had no choice but to ask Wang Yingxue for help.

Wang Yingxue was so frightened that her whole body was stiff. She forced herself to smile and said softly to Dou Zhao, "My sister is still young, you can't pull her hair!"

Dou Zhao snorted in his heart.

Of course she knew that the child was still young and couldn't have his hair pulled.

At this time, Dou Ming still had no fighting ability, and the victory was unfair, so she would not hurt Dou Ming.

She was just bluffing to scare Wang Yingxue.

Thinking back then, Wang Yingxue had made her suffer, and now, she wanted to let Wang Yingxue experience the same thing.