Xie Jiangshi was unwilling for Xie Ming's only child to be taken away, and wanted her younger brother Xie Yun to take care of her niece as she grew up.
But Xie Lei said that since his cousin had helped him take care of the twins, he naturally wanted to secure a good future for his niece.
The eldest brother Xie was once again blinded by the wealth brought by Xie Lei. He pointed at Xie Jiangshi and Xie Yun and berated them, even going so far as to say that he would divorce Xie Jiangshi.
After much deliberation, the mother and son remembered that Li Xiaomei was the child's biological mother and they would never let the child suffer. In the end, they had no choice but to let go and let the child go.
In reality, that girl really suffered a lot when she went to the capital.
When they arrived in the capital, everyone learned that Xie Lei had already remarried, and his new wife was his only daughter, whom he had bestowed a title upon.
Li Xiaomei panicked. She was neither a wife nor a sister-in-law, and she really didn't know how she could gain a foothold in the general's mansion.
No one in the mansion taught her how to conduct herself, so she raised her three children as if they were living in the countryside.
She took on everything: laundry, cooking, sewing...
However, two of the three children are Xie Lei's, and they are still listed as his legitimate sons and daughters in the family genealogy.
Li Xiaomei dared not take it lightly, so she placed all the responsibility on Xie Ming's daughter.
After losing her loving father, the little girl became a maid in the household.
Anyone dared to trample on her, and her life was more bitter than being immersed in bitter water.
Xie Lei still had some conscience towards his children, and he arranged good marriages for them when they reached marriageable age.
He seemed to have forgotten about Xie Ming's daughter until she turned 18, at which point he patted his forehead and exclaimed that he had forgotten about it.
Xie Lei later married his niece to one of his comrades. The man was 5 or 6 years younger than Xie Ming, and his grandson had just been born.
When arranging the marriage, they even said that once the young girl went to that family, she could peacefully become a "grandmother".
However, she was "unlucky" and died of illness a few years after marrying into the family. The family gave her a grand and lively funeral.
By the time Xie Yun from his hometown learned the news, the grass on the girl's grave was already several meters tall. In a fit of anger, he left with his elderly mother, wife, and children, and never returned to the Xie family.
Xie Laoda died in hunger and cold. Before he died, he could still hear the lively laughter of the second wife.
Xie Ming crushed the bug under his foot and sneered: What a bunch of ingrates!
His family was a bloodsucker to the second wife. Of his four older sisters, none of them survived except for the second sister who married into the mountains. He and his only blood relative also died unjustly.
The thought of the girl he cherished in his past life suffering in the General's Mansion filled Xie Ming with rage.
He opened his palm, staring at the transparent and pure spirit above with a look of loving kindness. "Little girl, you'll have to live a life of worldly glory!"
Xie Mingxiang looked at the house for a long time and thought it was a good home. He decided that after a while, he would send the priceless treasure he had been raising into the womb of the mistress.
He clenched his fists and carried more than twenty bamboo poles down the mountain.
When we entered the village, the villagers were coming out of their homes one after another, carrying hoes to go to the fields.
"Naruko! She went up the mountain in the middle of the day!"
The person who greeted Xie Ming was Old Man Yu from the village entrance; they had a good relationship.
Old Man Yu really liked Xie Ming from the Xie family; he was hardworking, honest, and not cunning. Every time he saw Xie Ming working, he would ask him a few questions and also speak highly of him.
"Take advantage of the lunch break to gather some bamboo to make some things. Uncle will also go to the fields in the afternoon."
"I had nothing to do at home, so I thought I'd go check it out."
"Then Uncle will go first."
After saying that, Xie Ming made way for him to pass.
"Okay, all right!"
Old Man Yu nodded at him with satisfaction, smiled, and left.
After everyone had passed, Xie Ming didn't delay and continued huffing and puffing as he walked home with the bamboo.
"Fifth brother, why did you go up the mountain and bring back so much bamboo?"
Xie Dongniang, standing in the courtyard, saw her younger brother carrying bamboo back and quickly went to help. The relationship between the eldest and second wives was somewhat delicate, so the children all followed their own birth order.
The four girls on Xie Laoda's side were named according to the four seasons. Xie Dongniang's three older sisters are all married, and now she is the only one who is still unmarried.
The family she married into wasn't exactly a good one. Although the family didn't say it openly, Mr. and Mrs. Xie knew that the girls were just there to cover up the debts of the second wife.
"It's too hot, even taking a shower isn't pleasant. I'm thinking of building a bamboo hut in the back, that would be just right."
"In this sweltering heat, isn't this just asking for trouble? We've worked so hard to build this place, do you think the people over there will just let Grandma come and use it for free?"
"Let's set it up first, and then we'll see what happens when it's convenient for our own family."
Xie Ming wasn't thinking about any of that; all he wanted to do right now was take a shower.
Seeing her younger brother's stubbornness, Xie Dongniang glared at him and said, "Wash your face first, I'll go talk to Mom and Dad, and you don't need to go to the fields this afternoon. It'll save you from having to come back and fuss over the work in the fields."
Hearing this, Xie Ming nodded. Since the family had not yet divided their property, the land still needed to be managed by both families together.
The grain will be ripe in a while, and in this hot weather, watering it every day will take a lot of effort.
The second wife always uses these things to her advantage, since she has more sons. He used to be honest and suffered a lot because of this. Now, it's impossible for her to make him a "scapegoat".
Seeing that her younger brother had already washed his face, Xie Dongniang turned around, grabbed a shovel, and went out the door.
"Naruko, why haven't you gone to the fields yet?"
Grandma Xie came out of the house when she heard voices at the door.
"I just came down from the mountain and am planning to build a partitioned room in the back house."
"I'm not trying to be mean, but you only have two boys in your family. Your parents are getting old. If you don't work hard in the fields, how will you survive? If it weren't for your uncle's family having many boys, you probably wouldn't even have enough to eat!"
Grandma Xie's words were quite interesting; she was clearly dissatisfied that Xie Ming wasn't working hard in the fields. Her indirect remarks implied that Xie Ming's family was supported by his second uncle's family.
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