Bring your aunt to eat big meat, the scumbag father's family is furious

Xiao Lan's face froze, her gaze falling in disbelief onto the woman's face, her hands unconsciously clenching under her sleeves.

It turns out she had such a background.

She was the legitimate daughter of the principal wife of a prominent family.

The woman's expression was one of deep remorse, as if this was the most unbearable mistake of her life.

Xiao Lan immediately lowered her eyelids. From the woman's perspective, this was the second time she had been told this matter.

She's been processing this for months; she should be used to it by now.

"As the personal maid of the concubine, I had no choice but to do as I was told. I brought you all the way here because I couldn't bear to go to a remote village. Although Xiamei Village is surrounded by mountains, it is close to Yunzhou, so it can give you more hope in your life."

“I left you at the crossroads where the villagers would go to Yunzhou, hoping that they would find you and adopt you. It was winter. I was about to leave when I heard you crying and saw you wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying all alone on the ground, your little face red from the cold. I couldn’t bear it and decided to stay with you for a few more days.”

"This companionship lasted for more than ten years."

The woman held Xiao Lan's hand, her palm as light as a feather: "I treat you as my own daughter, and at the same time, I am doing this to atone for my sins."

Thinking of the past, a kind of sadness, as if she had suffered greatly, appeared in her eyes.

“As an outsider in this village, the villagers all thought I was a philanderer who had run away from home after getting pregnant with an illegitimate child. The first few days were really tough. I hid with you under a banana grove in the village, but they still wanted to drive us away. Fortunately, your father didn’t care about these things. He married me and gave us a place to settle down.”

"It's a pity your father didn't live long. When your younger brother was ten years old, he fell off a cliff while gathering herbs and died."

Two lines of tears fell silently from the woman's sunken eyes.

The man protected her for ten years. After he left, the mother and her two children endured the villagers' ridicule and sarcasm year after year.

Xiao Lan calmed herself down for a while, and when she looked at the woman, her eyes were full of gratitude.

“Mother, you sent me to this place back then. You could have gone back to the capital to live a good life, but you chose to stay by my side and protect me, which allowed me to grow up smoothly. I will always be grateful to you, Mother. You must get well soon. Now that I'm grown up, it's time to repay you.”

Mother only followed an evil master; Mother has always been a kind person.

The woman's face was full of relief, but she shook her head.

“In my current state, I’m nothing more than a handful of ashes with a smoldering ember. A gust of wind will scatter me.” She hesitated for a moment. “Qiao’er, if you have a better future, you should help your brother. He’s all alone here, and his life won’t be easy. Over the years, he’s fought tooth and nail with the villagers to protect my daughter and me.”

Because of their unknown origins, the villagers held great prejudice against them. Over the years, the grievances they had suffered were like the endless flow of the river in the village.

"Yes, Mother. Once I've settled down in the capital, I'll take my younger brother with me," Xiao Lan promised.

Since she is the daughter of a wealthy and powerful family, as long as she reclaims her rightful identity, even if it's just a glimpse through her fingers, it would be enough to ensure her younger brother's lifelong comfort.

As Qiao Lian'er listened, she couldn't help but think that before coming to this world, she had read many novels about real and fake heiresses. Now, a similar plot was being replayed in front of her. It seemed that novels really did originate from reality.

However, Xiao Lan went to the capital to recognize her ancestors, was poisoned, and lost her memory. There must have been many unspeakable things that happened during this time.

Ye Liang took down the salted fish hanging under the eaves, cut it in half, used one half to make soup, and used the other half to stir-fry with wild vegetables from the mountain.

On a small stove to the side, coarse rice porridge was simmering, steaming gently. Once it was cooked, he chopped up a handful of wild vegetables and put them in.

He was very skilled at kitchen work, which seemed to be because he often took care of the family.

"That's all we have at home. Please make do with what we have. After you've eaten, I'll go to the river and see if I can catch any fish to make a delicious soup," Ye Liang said apologetically.

If there are no fish in the river, go up the mountain to see if there are any snakes, rabbits, or anything like that.

Qiao Lian'er went to the carriage once and then came back.

"Brother Ye, we bought some food and supplies when we came from Yunzhou. There's quite a lot of stuff, so please go and get it for us."

"What, what should we do?" Ye Liang said quickly.

“Your sister comes from a wealthy family. She went to the capital and came back to find her family living in poverty. What kind of talk is that?”

Ye Liang lifted the carriage curtain and saw several pounds of pork ribs, several pounds of pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, several pounds of smoked sausages, four large pig legs, two large roosters, two hens that were very quiet and well-behaved, half a bucket of perch, ten pounds of white flour, and ten pounds of white rice.

The cart was piled high with these things, dazzling him. He had never seen such abundant supplies before. He blinked and was stunned for a long time.

He bowed deeply to Qiao Lian'er, tears welling in his eyes, and carried his belongings out of the carriage.

Xiao Lan also came out of the room and looked at Qiao Lian'er in surprise, because she hadn't seen any of these things on the way back.

"I bought it when I went to rent a carriage," Qiao Lian'er said calmly.

Some villagers were peeking in from the doorway. Seeing so many nice things, they discussed that Ye Qiao had really climbed to wealth. Various feelings of envy, jealousy, and hatred were mixed in their hearts. Their eyes were red, but they also looked disgusted.

Her origins were originally unknown. In the end, she was a woman who had an affair out of wedlock and was afraid of being blamed by her family, so she ran away to have a child. Now, the daughter she gave birth to is living a good life by taking advantage of her appearance.

This family is just shameless and irresponsible; like father, like son.

Ye Liang walked over with a sullen face and slammed the courtyard gate shut.

He felt that he couldn't serve such rough food to his guests, so he cooked another pot of rice, slaughtered a chicken, and stewed pork ribs, also to give Mrs. Yin some extra nutrition.

When it was time to eat, Ye Liang would eat the pot of coarse rice porridge, giving all the good rice to the others.

This child has a good character.

Although it was inconvenient for Madam Yin to get out of bed, she still managed to eat with everyone despite her frail body. She didn't want to neglect her guests and wanted to spend as many meals as possible with her children in her final days.

Seeing her condition, Qiao Lian'er realized that her body was severely overworked and she had been suffering from chronic illness for many years, so there was no need to save her.

"Princess, I think my mother doesn't have many days left. I want to see her off before returning to the capital. Why don't you go back to the capital first, and I'll come back later?" Xiao Lan said to Qiao Lian'er after finishing her meal.

She told Qiao Lian'er everything that Madam Yin had told her.

"Okay." Qiao Lian'er agreed. She could just check on Xiao Lan from time to time. There were still many things that hadn't been figured out with the Jiang family, so she could go and investigate.