When Li saw her son dawdling at the door, she immediately became furious: "You can't do any chores when I ask you to, but you're quick to run off for meals!"
Li Wenyi seemed to have gotten used to the cursing. He walked a few steps to the table and sat down: "Mother, the imperial examination is coming soon. Once I pass, I will definitely make sure you live a good life."
Li Mantian sneered: "In this world, even if you pass the imperial examination, you won't have a good life. I think you'd be better off working hard with us and farming."
Li Wenyi waved his hand and said confidently, "Father and Mother, don't worry, I will definitely pass the exam."
Ye Shuang found it somewhat amusing to watch Li Wenyi talking to himself. In this chaotic world, what good would it do to pass the exam? With chaos on the horizon, ordinary people would be lucky to even survive.
Li Mantian looked at Ye Shuang, who was sitting obediently, and smiled gently: "My little girl is so well-behaved, unlike this brat who can't even understand human speech."
Just as the sweet soup and eggs had cooled down enough, Li Shi reached out and hugged Ye Shuang, feeding her spoonful by spoonful with a small wooden spoon: "You two should go up the mountain tomorrow. Winter is coming soon. Before the heavy snow closes the mountain, you can gather some things and sell them at the market to earn some money."
Ye Shuang turned to look at Li Mantian and happened to see his dark forehead. What was going on? She had finally settled down, and now the pillar of the family was about to be gone? She then turned to look at Li Wenyi and saw the same face.
She tugged at Li's sleeve: "Mother, I want Father and Brother to play with me tomorrow. Can they come up the mountain one more day later?"
Li Mantian, who was eating, paused. He hadn't expected his well-behaved and adorable daughter to like him so much. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay, there's a market tomorrow. How about Dad takes you to the market to play?"
Seeing this, Li could only tap Ye Shuang's nose: "You're so good at being coquettish. Perfect, I've embroidered some handkerchiefs, help me sell them too, and bring me back some needles and thread so I can buy some fabric. I need to make new clothes for my little girl, okay?"
"Great! Great! I have new clothes to wear!" Ye Shuang cheered enthusiastically, behaving like an innocent child.
As for Li Wenyi, he had no right to speak at all, but it was good to be able to go to the market. He had copied some books these days and could exchange them for some money at the bookstore.
That night, looking at Ye Shuang's small, sleeping body, Li smiled contentedly and whispered to Li Mantian, "This is the child that God has given us. From now on, she will be our own daughter!"
Li Mantian, standing beside him, agreed wholeheartedly, but he still had some concerns: "I wonder if this child has any family left? What if her family comes looking for her..."
“Then I won’t give it to her.” Li said firmly, but in a very low voice, “The fact that they let this child fall into such a state shows how little they care about her. They don’t love this child, but I do. In any case, she will be our daughter from now on.”
Li Mantian readily agreed: "Okay, okay, but we should give her a name, right? We can go to the village chief tomorrow and write it down, so it'll be officially recognized, won't it?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Li agreed and, after thinking for a moment, said, "Since it was Shuangjie who brought us together, let's name her Li Shuang. My Shuang'er will have a family from now on."
Li Mantian read it a few times softly. "Hmm, it's a good name. I'll remember it well and get up early tomorrow to go to the village chief's house to take care of this matter."
After exchanging only a few words, the couple flanked Ye Shuang, one on each side, and lay down to sleep. They turned off the lights and quickly fell asleep.
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