It's true that Bai Xue will definitely come back. After all, it was she who sent Bai Xue out. She doesn't know anything about what's in the mountains. Although Bai Xue is only a month old, she is still a descendant of the White Wolf King. Threatening and intimidating some ordinary wild animals is not difficult for her. Ye Shuang asked Bai Xue to drive away some ordinary wild animals for these people so that they could return with a full load as soon as possible and avoid that wild animal in the mountains.
It's a pity she only has a little bit of spiritual energy left, otherwise she would have gone into the mountains to deal with it last night!
Ye Shuang, who was alone in bed preparing to sleep, sighed. Although Li Mantian looked fine when he left, she was afraid that something might happen if she didn't see him for the next couple of days.
Just as Ye Shuang was about to do some deduction, there was another knock on the door.
All the men in the village have left, so who else could be coming? Could it be someone from the village visiting? Li opened the door and saw an old woman with a full head of white hair: "Mother? What brings you here today?"
"Hmm, I just saw you holding a baby girl by the ancestral hall. It seems you really did adopt that girl from the stream?" The old woman walked in slowly, her body hunched over. "I wanted to ask you what you were thinking? The harvest was so bad this year, some families were even planning to sell their children. But you, you've adopted another one? Do you think you have too much food to feed your family?"
The old woman's voice wasn't loud, and her tone wasn't harsh, but her overall aura and the way she spoke made it seem like she was saying, "Why don't you throw that little girl out right now?"
Even so, Madam Li did not intend to back down. She simply welcomed the old woman into the main room and sat her down, serving her a bowl of hot water: "Mother, you must be tired from walking such a long way. Wenyi didn't come up the mountain today. I suppose you miss him. Should I ask him to come and keep you company? That child is so inconsiderate. He's been here for so long and hasn't even come over to say hello."
"Sit down. You don't need to go looking for him. I didn't come to see him today. What do you plan to do with the child?" The old woman directly saw through Li's attempt to change the subject. After speaking, she stared straight at her, as if she wouldn't go back until she got a satisfactory answer.
Li could only sit up straight and look at her seriously, saying, "Mother, we have already registered this child's name with the village chief. From now on, she will be our own daughter."
"Nonsense!" the old woman shouted sternly. "We can't even make ends meet these days, and you still dare to adopt a good-for-nothing? Alright, stop talking nonsense. I've contacted the steward of the Li family, and I've found a good place for this girl. They'll be coming to pick her up tomorrow. You can tidy her up; it won't be a waste of your time taking care of her these past few days."
"Mother! How could you sell my daughter without even asking?" Madam Li became anxious. What kind of good place was that Li family? A daughter from a respectable family was being sold into slavery. That was a life-altering event!
"What do you mean by selling? Isn't that offensive? Besides, is that our Li family's child? A jinx from who-knows-where, he's been causing trouble in the village ever since he came. And you dare to adopt him? If you ask me, you should send him away as soon as possible to ward off bad luck!" The old woman glared at Li Shi and, not intending to listen to her anymore, stood up and was about to leave.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Madam Li was no longer in a hurry. She didn't even intend to stop her from leaving. Instead, she said in a calm and collected manner, "Mother, speaking of which, haven't we already separated our households?"
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