A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"Huan'er, let's go to Le Yin Fang when you come back. It just so happens that I have to accompany my mother-in-law to visit her relatives in her hometown." Lin Qingwan said as she took Lin Qinghuan's arm as they walked towards Su Heju.

"That's fine. The flowers and plants on the island haven't bloomed so beautifully recently. It's a good time to come back now that we're all here." Lin Qinghuan paused and then said.

"In a few days, my elder sister and brother-in-law will go back to Yinan, and next month my father and grandmother will go back to Luofeng." Lin Qingwan supported Lin Qinghuan and continued walking.

"Sister Wan, you miss Luofeng City too, right?" Lin Qinghuan asked, lifting her skirt.

"I haven't been back for a long time, and I miss it a little." Lin Qingwan said with her eyes lowered, then looked up and smiled.

"My favorite place is also Luofeng City, and our Fengmu Garden. Even the back garden of the imperial palace cannot compare to it." Lin Qinghuan said secretly in a low voice.

"Well, after you give birth to the baby in your belly, let's find time to go back to Luofeng City and stay for a while." Lin Qingwan said.

"Yeah, that's what I thought."

"According to the time, my second sister should be here. Let's go in and wait for her. I'll teach you to play a new song." Lin Qingwan said.

The two sisters had already reached the gate of Suhe's courtyard. The aroma of fish and meat wafted from the kitchen in the small courtyard. Perhaps Mother Huang had learned that the three girls were coming back for dinner, so she started getting busy at noon.

"Sister Wan, I always think you smell nice, and it's very enjoyable every time I play the piano with you." Lin Qinghuan said after playing a song.

"If you like it, I will mix it and then ask someone to send it to your home. However, first let Miss Liu take a closer look to see if the contents are suitable for you to wear now, although I have already asked someone to check it." Lin Qingwan took off the sachet from her waist and handed it to Lin Qinghuan.

"Sister Wan is such a careful person, why would she bother to remind a confused me?" Lin Qinghuan picked up the sachet and smelled it again.

"What are you two talking about? You look so happy." Lin Mo walked in wearing a purple long dress.

"Sister Mo, you are finally here." Lin Qinghuan put down the sachet and looked at Lin Mo and said happily.

"Don't get up. You're not feeling well." Seeing Lin Qinghuan wanted to get up, Lin Mo quickened his pace and walked over.

"It's just right that my second sister is here. Let's see if this sachet is suitable for Huan'er." Lin Qingwan pulled Lin Mo to sit next to them and handed the sachet to her.

Lin Mo took it, sniffed it carefully, and then smiled slightly, "It smells really good, it's peach blossom."

"Can Huan'er wear it?" Lin Qingwan asked, and Lin Qinghuan was looking at her hopefully.

"It's just peach blossoms, of course it's okay." Lin Mo returned the sachet to Lin Qingwan.

"Then Sister Wan, you don't have to bother. Give this to Huan'er. I really like the smell of it." Lin Qinghuan asked Lin Qingwan for it with his palms spread out.

"Here you go, here you go. I've spoiled you since you were a child." Lin Qingwan smiled slightly and pinned the sachet on Lin Qinghuan's waist herself.

"Who told you to be my sisters in this life? I usually spoil Xiaozhu and Zhichuan." Lin Qinghuan said happily as he played with the sachet he got from Lin Qingwan.

"Huan'er is going to Cen Yao at the end of the month. I can't see you off, so let Wan'er see you off. Ah Xu and I will accompany father and grandmother to Luofeng." Lin Mo said as he took the teacup from the maid's hand.

"What a pity, Sister Wan can't see me off. She has to accompany Old Madam Wang to visit her relatives in her hometown." Lin Qinghuan pursed her lips and said.

"If you go again, your journey will be difficult." Lin Mo said with some reluctance.

"Ever since my mother visited my house, she treats me better now. She no longer speaks to me as harshly as before. I don't like to talk to her too much on weekdays, but it doesn't affect me." Lin Qingwan said after taking a sip of tea.

"That's good. An Cai said that if the Wang family bullies Sister Wan again, they will be punished." Lin Qinghuan mumbled incoherently while eating pastries.

"Look at you, you're so addicted to these snacks now that your little face is almost as fat as a pig's." Lin Qingwan laughed when she saw this.

"I've lost a lot of weight recently. Third sister should take a closer look at me." When Lin Qingru ran in, the sound of silver bells on her body also came in, tinkling like a gust of wind.

"Oh, this Suheju has always been like this. Whoever you tell will come." Lin Qingwan smiled as she watched the little sister run in.

"Come here quickly." Lin Mo waved to his younger brother and sister.

"Recently, Dad has been telling Mom not to give me extra cakes and snacks. My stomach feels empty all day long. Even when I go to Grandma's room, there's no snack to eat. It must be Dad's order from everyone in the house."

Lin Qingru pouted unhappily and complained, her words revealing her dissatisfaction with Lin Muchang.

"Daddy is doing this for your own good." Lin Qingwan said.

"You look much better in this outfit now. In a few days, the nickname of Little Pig will be abandoned." Lin Mo said to Lin Qingru, who looked unhappy.

"Just now, the nanny also said that I look good in this new dress. Second sister has good taste. The satin she picked is of the best quality." Lin Qingru turned around and said happily while grabbing her new clothes.

"This child is just a child. He has one face when he's unhappy and another when he's happy. He was complaining the previous second, but now he's laughing uncontrollably." Lin Qingwan said with a smile.

"The little pig has grown up and knows that nice clothes are more important than snacks." Lin Qinghuan said jokingly.

"Sister Huan eats the most now. When I passed by the kitchen just now, I could smell the fragrance. It was the beef bone soup that Sister loves to eat." Lin Qingru ran to sit next to Lin Qinghuan, then leaned her head on her legs and said coquettishly.

Lin Qinghuan caressed her little sister's head lovingly and said with a grin, "Now I'm being disliked by the little pig. Never mind. I'll just eat a few less bites at the dinner party to please my sisters."

"Sister Huan, just eat it. Ru'er likes you the most. She likes you whether you are fat or thin." Lin Qingru said, looking up at Lin Qinghuan.

"What a sweet-talking girl, just like Huan'er when she was a child." Lin Mo said from the side.

"Maybe Sister Mo remembers my childhood the most clearly. It's because my sisters spoiled Huan'er that I got used to acting like a spoiled child to everyone I met."

After Lin Qinghuan finished speaking, several sisters covered their faces with handkerchiefs and laughed.

"When I just came in, I heard you playing a song I had never heard before. Is it the one Wan'er taught you?" Although Lin Mo didn't understand music, he could distinguish some of it after listening to it many times with Lin Qinghuan.

"Let me play for you. Now I've made great progress following Sister Wan." Lin Qingwan rolled up her sleeves, sat up straight and began to play.

The busy maids in the yard all glanced towards the inner room, and when they heard the pleasant sound of the piano coming from inside, they felt that the work in their hands became a lot easier. Zhichuan had already slipped into the yard and was playing hide-and-seek with Chuxia and Yunxiang, with laughter and chatter all around.

The aroma of dishes wafted into the air. Lin Qingru looked around the table and finally sat down in front of her two favorite dishes. She then stood up and looked at the sisters who had not yet sat down.

"Please sit down. Father, mother and elder brother are not here. There are only us sisters. Sit anywhere." Lin Mo waved at her and helped Lin Qinghuan to sit next to him. Lin Qingwan took Lin Zhichuan's hand and sat next to Lin Qingru.

"I want to eat fish." Lin Zhichuan said softly while holding Lin Qingwan's hand.

"Okay, sister will shave off the fishbone for you." Lin Qingwan said gently, and then carefully shaved off the small bone and placed it in Lin Zhichuan's bowl and plate.

"Just tell me what you want to eat. Don't disturb your third sister and make her unable to eat." Lin Qingru said to her younger brother with a stern face.

"No, I want to stay next to my third sister. I like my third sister." Lin Zhichuan said in a baby voice.

"Hmph, I'll deal with you when I get back." Lin Qingru snorted.

"Third sister likes you too. Come and have some more fish." Lin Qingwan smiled gently, then picked up a large duck leg and put it in Lin Qingru's bowl, "My younger sister loves you just as much."

Seeing this, Lin Qingru became happy again and continued eating.

There was a commotion in the outer courtyard. When Yun Xiang reached the door, he saw Lu Hua running towards him in a hurry. After a whisper, Yun Xiang saw a look of terror on his face. Then he saw two people holding lanterns and walking towards the inner courtyard in small steps.

"Young Madam..." Yun Xiang knocked on the door and looked at the room full of girls from the Lin family with an embarrassed expression.

"What's going on?" Lin Mo looked at the two girls strangely.

"Why is Luhua here?" Lin Qinghuan looked closely and saw that it was a maid from Luoyi Pavilion, and asked curiously.

"Young Madam, something's happened to the eldest lady. You...you should go back and save her quickly. If you go back any later, she might be beaten to death by the master." Lu Hua spoke anxiously, stammering.

Lin Qinghuan was so frightened that the chopsticks in her hand fell down.

"Why am I going to be beaten to death by my father?"

When Lin Qinghuan returned to the Xiao Mansion, he heard loud crying and shouting as soon as he entered the ancestral hall. It was Liu Ji's voice. When he entered the ancestral hall, he saw a room full of people kneeling. Xiao Qiannan was tightly protected in Liu Ji's arms, and Xiao Bowen raised the whip in his hand high.

"You rebellious son, you have been spoiled by your mother since childhood. If I don't beat you to death today, I won't have the face to see the Shen family." Xiao Bowen said with a trembling voice.

"Master, if you want to hit me, then beat me to death. No matter what Nan'er did, she was forced by you."

Liu Ji cried with tears and snot, and Aunt Chen knelt down in fear, with several daughters-in-law kneeling beside her and supporting her.

"Cousin-in-law, you're here." Liu Xi pulled Lin Qinghuan at the door and whispered.

"What's going on?" Lin Qinghuan looked around and found that the brothers Xiao Yi and Xiao Fan had not returned yet.

"Nan'er ran to Duke Shen's mansion and stabbed Young Master Shen." Liu Xi said in a low voice.

Lin Qinghuan took a cold breath and then covered his mouth.

"Have you sent someone outside the city to inform my husband and second brother?" Lin Qinghuan asked anxiously.

"Already gone."

"Even if Daddy beats me to death today, I will not marry into the Shen family. Just send me out of the city to be a nun." Xiao Qiannan said to Xiao Bowen hatefully.

"You... someone, come here, take the old lady away, or I will beat you to death today." Xiao Bowen gestured to take Liu Ji away, and whipped Xiao Qiannan with a whip, then saw a blood mark on the girl's arm that appeared through her clothes.

"Ah, Daddy, don't hit me anymore." Lin Qinghuan cried out and ran over anxiously.

Xiao Qiannan didn't even groan, but just stared at her biological father with a dull and lifeless look.

"Nan'er's life was given by my father, so I will take it back today."

"You are such an unfilial son, and you are still so rebellious. Let me beat you to death and put an end to it." Xiao Bowen looked at Xiao Qiannan's unconvinced look and raised the whip again angrily. Lin Qinghuan wanted to go over to block him anxiously, but felt a gust of wind whistling past his ears, and the whip in Xiao Bowen's hand was tightly grasped by a strong arm.

"It's you?"