Tian Denghua put her hands on her hips and glared at Aunt Ge menacingly: "What's wrong with Yan Yan's mouth? Tell me!"

Aunt Ge shrank back, not daring to argue with Tian Denghua, that fiery woman, and slunk away.

When Tian Denghua's husband passed away, Song Yanyan hadn't even been born yet. Tian Denghua, a single woman, had to raise the three Song brothers, and life was incredibly difficult for her.

At that time, the oldest, Song Risheng, was only eight years old, and the youngest, Song Xingming, was only three years old.

Not to mention that Tian Denghua was carrying Song Yanyan's posthumous child.

If Tian Denghua weren't a bit tough, how could she have successfully raised her four children?

Tian Denghua turned her head and tugged at Song Yanyan's fur collar with dissatisfaction, letting the fluffy collar cover half of Song Yanyan's face. She complained, "...You're the only one who can't stay still! Yesterday you were lying on the kang and couldn't move, and today you're running around again!"

Song Yanyan stuck out her tongue.

She wouldn't feel at ease unless she saw her older brother send away that jinx Luo Jinyu with her own eyes.

Tian Denghua nagged Song Yanyan a couple more times, then looked outside and frowned: "I have to go to Shuiwanggou. Your second brother went to Shuiwanggou to help the Zhai family repair their roof, and he hasn't come back for the past few days because of the heavy snow. Now that the snow has finally stopped, I'm going to see what's going on."

She turned to Qi Lian and instructed her, "Don't forget to feed the chickens later."

Song Yanyan carefully saw Tian Denghua out of the courtyard gate: "Mother, be careful on the road."

Tian Denghua didn't turn her head, waved her hand, and walked away with uneven steps.

Seeing that her mother-in-law's figure had also disappeared in the direction of Shuiwanggou, Qi Lian went back into the house, picked up a basket, and looked like she was about to go out.

Song Yanyan reached out and stopped Qi Lian.

Qi Lian looked somewhat evasive, and it wasn't hard to tell that she was nervous: "...Yan Yan, I'll take you out to play again later. Be good and stay home by yourself for now. I'm going out for a bit."

Song Yanyan knew where Qi Lian was going.

In the dream, after the Song family took in Luo Jinyu, Qi Lian secretly went to Nanshan to ask the sorceress for a talisman to give birth to a child. She burned it to ashes, put it in a bowl, and drank it.

After drinking it, Qi Lian suffered from severe abdominal pain. To make matters worse, Luo Jinyu forgot to close the chicken coop when feeding the chickens, causing the chickens to run out and trip Qi Lian... Qi Lian immediately started bleeding.

Later, the Song family quickly called a doctor, only to find out that Qi Lian was almost two months pregnant.

Qi Lian and Song Risheng's first child was lost just like that...

Since Song Yanyan already knew how things were going, she would never let it happen again.

She stepped forward with a smile and took Qi Lian's arm: "Sister-in-law, I still feel a little dizzy... but calling the doctor over again would be too much trouble. Why don't you come with me to see the doctor? I don't need to buy any medicine, I just want the doctor to take my pulse and check me."

Qi Lian hesitated for a moment, but when she saw Song Yanyan shaking her arm affectionately with eyes full of intimacy, she remembered that when Song Yanyan was unconscious, she had complained a little about how much money Song Yanyan spent on medicine... and she felt a little uncomfortable.

“Okay, I’ll go with you.” Qi Lian gripped the basket tightly.

She comforted herself, saying that since she hadn't gotten pregnant for three years, a little longer wouldn't matter. She could just go to Nanshan to ask the fortune teller for a talisman when she had the chance.

That's right, she only had twenty copper coins on her, which she had saved up for a long time by being frugal. She didn't know if it would be enough to accompany her sister-in-law to the doctor...

"Hehe, my sister-in-law is so good to me." Song Yanyan smiled and took Qi Lian's arm as they walked towards the doctor's house.

As they drove along, Song Yanyan was extremely careful, afraid that her sister-in-law might slip and fall on the road and have some other accident.

The village of Zhaoyou, where the Song family lived, was a small village at the foot of Qishan Mountain. The village doctor was surnamed Ding and had decent medical skills. People from several nearby villages would come to Dr. Ding for treatment if they had headaches or fevers.

When Song Yanyan and Qi Lian arrived, a man dressed as a hunter was carrying a medicine bag and came out of Doctor Ding's courtyard.

The hunter walked with a limp, and Song Yanyan glanced at him again, but then remembered something else.

In the dream, Luo Jinyu had only been taken in by the Song family for a few days when Song Yanyan was going to collect some dry firewood from the snow near the foot of the mountain to store as firewood at home, and she asked Luo Jinyu to go with her.

As a result, the two chased a rabbit and ended up in a secluded mountain hollow.

In that remote mountain valley, they encountered a boy who had injured his leg and was unconscious.

Song Yanyan and Luo Jinyu gave the boy a simple bandage and helped him mark the spot by tying a few strips of cloth to a tree beside the official road.

The boy asked them their names. Luo Jinyu first said that her name was Luo Jinyu, then covered her mouth as if she had accidentally said something, saying that they had only saved people on a whim and did not expect anything in return, so there was no need to remember their names.

Finally, amidst the boy's admiring gaze, Luo Jinyu pulled Song Yanyan away in a long stride.

Song Yanyan didn't take it to heart at first, but later she learned by chance that the young man was actually the son of a high-ranking official in the prefectural city!

Later, Luo Jinyu couldn't bear the poverty of the Song family, so she secretly ran away to the prefectural city and met the young man again. The young man said he wanted to repay the life-saving grace and helped Luo Jinyu a lot... But that's another story.

Song Yanyan immediately had an idea.

……

Dr. Ding took Song Yanyan's pulse and exclaimed in amazement, "The little girl is recovering very quickly!"

"I guess it's because I'm strong and healthy," Song Yanyan said, pulling Qi Lian over and extending her hand to Doctor Ding. "Doctor, my sister-in-law doesn't look too well. Could you please take a look at her too?"

Qi Lian was a little confused. She glanced at Song Yanyan and tried to pull her hand back, but Song Yanyan held it tightly, and Qi Lian was unable to pull her hand back.

With Doctor Ding already preparing to take her pulse, Qi Lian was so bewildered that she gave up resisting.

Doctor Ding placed two fingers on Qi Lian's wrist, carefully taking her pulse for a while before withdrawing his hand and saying with a smile, "Congratulations."

……

Tian Denghua was so angry that her face turned ashen. She flung open the curtain like a whirlwind and entered the room.

Song Yueping, the second son of the Song family, followed Tian Denghua into the house with his head hanging low.

Seeing Song Yanyan and Qi Lian sitting on the kang, Tian Denghua couldn't help but complain to them, "...I just don't know how I could raise such a stupid son! He went to repair someone's roof, and when it snowed, he couldn't come back. He stayed in the woodshed over there for three whole days—I really, I'm so angry just thinking about it!"

Song Yueping shrank back, unable to help but whisper in protest, "Mother, that's not how it works. Cuihong and I aren't engaged yet..."

Tian Denghua grew even angrier upon hearing this, turning around and slapping Song Yueping hard twice on the back: "You still know you're not engaged?! You're not engaged and you still went to fix their roof! ... Their roof is in such a terrible state, and you went to fix it? Weren't you afraid of falling down?! Why didn't Zhai Cuihong let her brother fix it?! -- Fine, if you say her brother couldn't fix it and you had to do it, then I won't say anything. But in this cold weather, why didn't she let you share a room with Zhai Cuihong's brother? Why did she make you stay in the woodshed?! In this cold weather! You're not a member of the Zhai family, so you don't care about the woodshed, do you?! ... When she asked you to fix the roof, she didn't mention that you weren't engaged, but now that you're staying overnight, she remembers you're not engaged and makes you stay in the woodshed!"

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