Upon hearing this, Liu Yuqing nearly fell to the ground.
However, she quickly regained her composure and glared angrily at Chen Shao and Liu Yazi. "What nonsense are you talking about? I..." She was about to argue, but remembering what she had done back then, she immediately changed her mind, and tears streamed down her face. "Shufan and Pan'er? Are those the names of my two poor children? My poor children!"
Chen Shao chuckled, then glanced at her sideways with a stern face, "Guess whether we believe you or not?"
No matter how difficult the situation, what mother would run off with someone before her child is even a month old?
"That's hilarious," Liu Yazi sneered. "You didn't care about the child when it was first born, and now that you've finally raised it to adulthood and it doesn't need anyone's care anymore, you come running to claim the child? I advise you to stop dreaming and be more down-to-earth."
Seeing that the two men were blocking her way at the village entrance and wouldn't let her in, and were also giving her a long lecture, Liu Yuqing was furious. Her eyes darted around, and she slapped her thigh and lay down on the ground, shouting, "Help! Is there no justice in this world? Why won't you let me see my own child? Everyone, come and see!"
She suddenly screamed loudly, her voice sharp and piercing, making one want to cover their ears.
Chen Shao and Liu Yazi both frowned. They were already very impatient with this kind of person, and Liu Yuqing's howling only made them more annoyed.
"Stop pretending! Shufan and Pan'er don't need a mother like you!" Chen Shao said indignantly.
Liu Yazi chimed in, "That's right, Shufan and Pan'er are smart, generous, and well-mannered under Sister-in-law Lu's guidance. A woman like you doesn't deserve them at all!"
Both of them were still unmarried young men who hadn't thought much about it, nor did they consider whether they would offend Liu Yuqing, let alone that if Liu Yuqing really recognized Shufan and the others later, their performance today would probably annoy people.
Liu Yuqing didn't care what they were saying. Her goal today was to see the two children and, moreover, to stay at Jiang Qinyu's in-laws' house and not leave.
The commotion at the village entrance, thanks to Liu Yuqing's continuous efforts, quickly attracted the attention of the villagers. It was also the time when people were returning from working in the fields, and the village entrance was soon crowded with people.
"Ah Shao, what's the deal with this woman?" Grandpa Jiang asked, his hands behind his back and his brows furrowed.
He definitely believed Chen Shao and Liu Yazi, after all, these two young men had performed outstandingly in many times when the village was in trouble, and they were definitely not the kind of people who would stop people from entering without reason. If they stopped this woman now, then there must be something wrong with her.
Chen Shao immediately replied, "Grandpa Jiang, this woman claims to be Sister-in-law Lu's sister-in-law, so isn't that Shu Fan and Pan'er's biological mother? Liu Yazi and I both think that such a woman shouldn't be allowed into our village."
Upon hearing this, Grandpa Jiang immediately said, "You two are right. I also hate it when people abandon their husbands and children like this. Let's stop them and not cause trouble for the Lu family."
After saying that, he left.
Wang Pozi, who had just returned from the fields, hesitated before speaking up, "Young Master Chen, I'm not trying to speak for her, but... this is ultimately a matter for the Lu family. It should be left to A-Zheng's wife to decide, don't you think?"
Even if we look to the heavens, these people are just outsiders. No matter how hateful this woman is, they have the right to dislike her, but they don't have the right to stop her from seeing her own child, do they?
Several more women stepped forward and said, "Yes, Ah Shao, why don't we send her to Old Lu's house first?"
"Anyway, A-Zheng and his wife have been at home these days, so let them handle it themselves. We just need to keep an eye on things."
“That’s right. Besides, Shufan and Pan’er haven’t met their biological mother yet. They should at least be allowed to meet her…”
Chen Shao and Liu Yazi frowned as the village aunties, grandmas, and sisters-in-law talked to them, but upon closer reflection, it seemed to make sense; they had no right to prevent others from meeting.
"Get up, don't lie on the ground and try to extort money," Chen Shao glared at Liu Yuqing. "But let me make this clear first, we can let you in, but if you dare to do anything bad in the village, or make Shufan and Pan'er cry, we won't let you off the hook!"
Liu Yuqing nimbly got up from the ground. Upon hearing that they could enter the village, she immediately stopped crying and glared fiercely at Chen Shao and Liu Yazi, saying, "You two brats, just you wait!"
Once she acknowledges the child and gains a foothold in Jiang Qinyu's family through the child, she'll settle accounts with those two brats!
The people of Dingshui Village were witnessing Liu Yuqing's rapid change of expression for the first time. One moment she was hurling threats at Chen Shao and Liu Yazi, and the next she was smiling at the woman beside her, asking, "Auntie, how do I get to my sister-in-law Jiang Qinyu's in-laws' house?"
She was asking Wang Pozi.
Wang Pozi was reluctant to give directions to Jiang Qinyu and her husband, but thinking that she had nothing to be ashamed of, she pointed to the Lu family's house and said, "That's it."
Liu Yuqing looked and thought, "Goodness, it's only a few steps away, yet no one has come out to check on me for so long. Do they know I'm here and are deliberately avoiding me?"
It's no wonder Liu Yuqing is so narcissistic. At this moment, Madam Chen is in the kitchen with Shufan and Pan'er, rolling out dough and making dumplings with Yunzhu and Amber. The kitchen is filled with a harmonious atmosphere, and laughter can be heard from time to time.
"Grandma, look," Pan'er stretched out her little hand in front of Chen Shi and asked with a smile, "Aren't the rabbit dumplings Pan'er made pretty?"
Rabbit dumplings? Chen's gaze drifted over and she immediately burst out laughing, "Delicious...delicious!"
It was just a dumpling with two thin, short noodles stuck to it, and Pan'er said it was a rabbit. Hahaha, she really is still a child at heart.
Shu Fan looked embarrassed and silently handed her the tiger-shaped dumpling he had wrapped up. "Here, take yours. Give me yours, I'll fix it for you."
I don't know why, but my younger sister has an inexplicable destructive power over all handmade things. Things that were perfectly fine become ruined after she touches them.
When Pan'er saw the tiger dumplings, her eyes lit up immediately. Without hesitation, she handed over her failed rabbit dumplings and declared domineeringly, "I'm going to eat these tiger dumplings later!"
Yunzhu and Hupo couldn't help but laugh, and the kitchen was filled with laughter.
Is anyone there?
Just then, someone knocked on the courtyard gate.
Amber clapped her hands on her apron, got up and ran outside, saying, "I'll go open the door."
As soon as the door opened, before Amber could even speak, Liu Yuqing squeezed in and shouted loudly at the rooms, "Shufan, Pan'er, come out quickly! It's your mother! Your mother has come to see you!"
In the kitchen, Shufan and Pan'er heard the sound and were both puzzled for a moment, but Shufan's face quickly turned cold.
"Your mother?" Madam Chen frowned, thinking of what happened back then. She immediately took the two children's hands and said, "Come on, let's go see her with Grandma."
Shufan and Pan'er stood still.
Shu Fan looked at Chen Shi and said seriously and coldly, "If she really is our mother, then she is not our mother, but our enemy. We don't want to see her!"
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