The father and his two daughters drove the Cai family out of their home. Cai Dacheng was furious and cursed, "Cai Xiaolian, you bastard, don't come begging to me later if you regret this!"
“Yes! Cai Xiaolian, you can just wait to spend your whole life in this rural area!” Duan Shi chimed in.
"Bang!"
Gu Nian slammed the door shut, ignoring all of them!
Back in the main room, I sat down by the brazier.
The family of four, each in a different direction, with the father and three daughters all looking at Cai Xiaolian.
Gu Nian has no memory of what happened between her mother and uncle.
Gu Xin had just been born then and didn't know.
As for Gu Shouxin, well, even if he has memories, in his memories he was the kind of person who had no feelings for his wife and daughter and didn't care about them, so how could he know what happened to his wife's family?
"This story begins the year Xin Xin was born." Cai Xiaolian sighed. She had just sensed the original owner's genuine emotions and was indeed somewhat angry.
“Xinxin was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and my mother passed away on the fifteenth day of the second lunar month. Originally, your grandmother wanted me to stay in confinement for forty-two days, but my mother passed away, so I had no choice but to leave early. As soon as I got back, Granny Qiu pulled me aside and said that my mother left me some things, which my eldest brother and sister-in-law put away.”
"I went to ask them, and they immediately got angry, saying that I, a married woman, wanted to inherit my family's property, no way! They said I had enough dowry when I got married."
“At that time, Aunt Qiu was also old, and I was thinking that my mother died suddenly. When I was in confinement, she even brought me eggs. If she had anything to give me, she would have given it to me then. I thought Aunt Qiu had misheard and didn’t think much of it.”
"As a result, when I was keeping vigil in the mourning hall that night, the couple started to play tricks on me and scare me. When I gave birth to Xin Xin, I almost didn't make it through. I had to stay in postpartum confinement for a month, and my body was still very weak, so I was really scared by them."
"I was unconscious for two days. When I woke up, my mother had already been buried. After that, people started spreading rumors about me, saying that I was not only unfilial but also greedy for my mother's family's property. I was furious, so I went to her house to refute them!"
“They even asked the village head to witness it, saying that we should sever ties and stop seeing each other. I thought that they were in such a hurry because Granny Qiu hadn’t lied to me, and that my mother must have left something for me.”
"After all that commotion, he became even more determined to sever ties with his family. Later, your grandmother stepped in and broke off the marriage. She said that the Cai family brother didn't want me, but the Gu family head did, and she would raise me as her own daughter."
"So, we haven't visited each other since then. Now that they're coming over so eagerly, isn't that just begging for money?"
Cai Xiaolian recounted everything she remembered.
With tears streaming down her face, Gu Xin sat down on Cai Xiaolian's stool: "Mother, you were in poor health when you gave birth to me. I will definitely study hard with my sister and work hard to earn money to support you. I will help you get better so that you can give me a little brother."
Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu told Gu Xin that Cai Xiaolian almost lost her life when she gave birth to her, but they never talked about the Cai family.
"My dear! I don't need a younger brother. I'm content with just you and your sister. You are both my precious treasures!" Cai Xiaolian said from the bottom of her heart.
"Mother, I'll work hard to invent things in the future, and we'll earn lots and lots of money to take good care of you and make you the most beautiful noblewoman in the Great Zhou!" Gu Nian ran to her other side, took her arm, and leaned against her, laughing.
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