Luo Xiaoxue has always been gentle and easy to talk to, but she also has a sore spot, which is Lu Siqiao.
She had long regarded Lu Siqiao as her own daughter.
Facing the vicious and unscrupulous Huang Ling, she said coldly, "Huang Ling, unless Qiao Wa is willing, I will not hand her over to you."
"Qiaowa is my own daughter, who do you think you are? If you like daughters, go have your own!" Huang Ling pressed aggressively. "I don't have any sons anymore, and I never will. Can't I even take my daughter back?"
"Your mistake was that you didn't genuinely want Qiaowa back. You even tried to harm her for your own selfish desires!" Luo Xiaoxue trembled with rage. "I've never seen such a heartless mother, treating her child like a human being..."
"That was in the past. I'll change, I'll change, okay?" Huang Ling changed her tune and pleaded, "Sister-in-law, you're a mother too. What mother would really abuse her own children? If she wasn't so angry, would she do something like that?"
A moment of hesitation flashed in Luo Xiaoxue's eyes, then she shook her head: "No, the two families have agreed that Qiaowa will be adopted by the eldest son's family. Besides, it is a fact that you abused Qiaowa and beat her to serious injury. Now I am her guardian, and I will not hand her over to you."
"Luo Xiaoxue, you're pregnant. I advise you to be kind and do some good deeds for the child in your belly," Huang Ling spat.
Luo Xiaoxue said coldly, "It's precisely because I'm pregnant that I know a child can't be tamed by beatings and scoldings. You have to respect her and grow together with her. If you really want what's best for the child, you should respect her choices instead of threatening her all day long, which will only push her further away."
"Pah, what a load of nonsense! I've raised three daughters, do you think I don't know how to raise children? Do you need to teach me?" Huang Ling spat and left, cursing.
To everyone's surprise, upon seeing Lu Siqiao returning from herding cattle, she immediately changed her tune: "Qiaowa, you're back! Mom came to see you especially and brought you some delicious candy."
As he spoke, he pulled a White Rabbit candy out of his pocket.
Lu Siqiao ignored her and walked around her.
"Qiaowa, why does your aunt always make you do chores? If it were me, I'd let you play. Since you've taken in the child, you should raise him properly. Making him do chores all day long, how is that any different from me..."
Huang Ling made a veiled attack on Huang Ling.
She has a very loud voice, as if she wants everyone around her to hear it.
Lu Siqiao strode into the house and saw Luo Xiaoxue standing at the door with a livid face. She asked with concern, "Mom, Huang Ling didn't do anything wrong to you, did she?"
Luo Xiaoxue snapped out of her daze and patted her head: "No, Mom is fine."
The two then discussed Huang Ling's true motives for repeatedly trying to win back Lu Siqiao.
Lu Siqiao said coldly, "She insists on framing me for causing the death of her unborn child. It's gotten to the point where it's a fight to the death. On the surface, she says she can't bear to part with me and wants me back, but in reality, she wants to beat me to death."
Luo Xiaoxue sighed, "How can there be such a mother in the world? Qiaowa, don't worry, Mom won't be soft-hearted."
Lu Siqiao stared at her protruding belly, feeling worried.
We guarded against it day and night, but we couldn't stop Huang Ling from being crazy. What we were most afraid of was her clinging to Luo Xiaoxue.
"Mom, let's get a dog."
Suddenly, Lu Siqiao made a suggestion.
Luo Xiaoxue stared at her for a long time before saying, "Qiaowa, don't worry, Huang Ling wouldn't dare to do anything to me."
"Mom, don't try to reason with a madman." Lu Siqiao remembered that Lu Mingyuan had pushed her last time, and she became even more worried.
When Third Master Lu returned from the fields, she brought up the matter of buying a dog.
Third Master Lu was worried that keeping a dog at home would affect Luo Xiaoxue's pregnancy.
"Grandpa, leave it to me. Look how well I've raised Dahuang, and how well-behaved it is." Lu Siqiao patted her chest and volunteered, "I know how to train animals."
Seeing her sensible demeanor, and knowing that she was only seven years old and already planning for her future, Luo Xiaoxue felt a pang of sadness: "Silly girl, a dog is not a cow. What if you bite her?"
"Mom, no, it won't happen." Lu Siqiao shook her hand. "Let me try."
Seeing her insistence, Third Master Lu said affectionately, "Alright, I'll go ask Old Song. He keeps a lot of dogs, even fighting dogs."
"Grandpa, I want to go too! I want to pick a well-behaved puppy!" Lu Siqiao said, her eyes shining.
After saying that, the grandfather and grandson slowly walked towards the neighboring village.
When they passed by the second and third branches of the Lu family, Lu Zhenxing and his sister were skipping rope with Lu Siqiao's second sister, Lu Sidi. When they saw Lu Siqiao passing by, they all ran over to block her way.
Lu Xiaowan provocatively said to Lu Sidi, "Sidi, we'll be in the same class as her from now on. She's really good at studying, so as her second older sister, you'd better not lose to her."
Lu Sidi is ten years old and also in the fourth grade. He used to study at the No. 3 Primary School in the city and had a great sense of superiority. However, Huang Ling couldn't give birth to a son and felt guilty. In order to reduce expenses, she took Huang Ling back to her hometown to farm.
Once fallen from grace, he still has to compete with his closest sister.
Lu Sidi, despite her young age, had eyes full of gloom.
She was looking at Lu Siqiao, and Lu Siqiao was looking at her too.
In her previous life, Lu Sidi studied at the Third Primary School and later went on to attend a teachers' college, becoming a college student in the Lu family, just like her eldest sister.
Unexpectedly, in this life, she has to go back to the countryside to attend primary school and compete with her younger sister for rankings.
"Qiaowa, since you were able to skip a grade, it means you're a good student." Lu Sidi put on her older sister's airs and lectured, "No matter how good your aunt is, she's not your biological mother. Once she has her own children, her love for you will diminish. In the end, won't you still have to go home?"
"It really proves the saying, 'When the cat's away, the mice will play.'" Lu Zhenxing and his sister added fuel to the fire. "If Auntie gives birth to a son, you won't even have a place in the main house."
Seeing how they seemed to wish she were in deep trouble, Lu Siqiao chuckled and said, "I'm not worried, so why are you all?"
He looked completely unconcerned.
Lu Sidi felt like he had said nothing at all.
"Lu Siqiao, I'll wait and see, you'll regret this." She shouted loudly at Lu Siqiao's back.
Lu Siqiao ignored them, but overheard Huang Ling trying to get close to Third Master Lu, suggesting that she borrow the eldest son's ox to plow the fields.
The second family's three acres of fertile land were all planted with rice, but they also had a few small plots of dry land that they planned to plant with corn.
Seeing the majestic yellow ox kept by the eldest son's family, Huang Ling immediately set her sights on it.
Since she had already spoken, Master Lu naturally couldn't refuse. He could only remind her, "Dahuang has a bit of a temper. You, a woman, can't control it. If you need an ox later, just tell me and I'll plow the fields for you."
Huang Ling naturally wouldn't refuse free labor.
Seeing that the grandfather and grandson were about to go out, they asked where they were going.
Third Master Lu gave her a deep look: "Qiaowa wants to get a dog, I'll take her to see one."
"If you own a dog, be careful of getting bitten! Someone in the neighboring village was bitten by a dog last time and had to get vaccinated."
Upon hearing this, Shao Lihua came over and called out.
Seeing that Third Master Lu ignored him, he turned to Huang Ling and said, "Second Sister-in-law, did the eldest son's family buy a dog to keep you out of trouble?"
Huang Ling's face immediately fell.
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