Yun Xiaoxiao saw her mother-in-law. Had this matter alarmed her too?
It looked like her mother-in-law had gone to call Da Zhu’s father over.
"Dad was wrong, Dad shouldn’t have forgotten your grandmother."
Da Zhu didn’t understand?
"Da Zhu, you look like your grandmother, it’s passed down through the generations."
Da Zhu had never met his grandparents, so did he know what they looked like?
But he had heard his stepmother say that he didn’t resemble his father, even saying he wasn’t a child of the Zhao Family.
"Am I really my father’s child?"
Da Zhu’s father gazed at Da Zhu, "You are my child, you are my child."
Seeing this scene, Yun Xiaoxiao felt a pang in her heart. She had only guessed before, but now her guess had come true.
"Big child, take Da Zhu and Xiao Hua back and treat them well; they are your children," Mrs. Zhao said meanwhile.
Looking at the two siblings, they were indeed too thin, and their clothes, although patchy, were mostly ragged and somewhat dirty. Compared to the freshly cleaned Da Bao and Xiao Bao, it unfairly made the siblings look like beggars.
"Second aunt, I’ll take the two siblings back with me. Thanks to Educated Youth Yun for the care," Da Zhu’s father also knew he couldn’t let the two young ones stay at Educated Youth Yun’s forever. It had taken great concern from Educated Youth Yun for Da Zhu to wake up.
Moreover, he had even given the siblings buns to eat before.
"Auntie, we’ll be heading back now." Da Zhu understood the measure; they couldn’t keep staying at their aunt’s house and being taken care of by her.
"Alright, take care and if you are bullied, just come and tell me. Don’t bear it silently."
Yun Xiaoxiao’s gaze turned towards Da Zhu’s father. This was said in front of her.
After the three of them departed, Mrs. Zhao then spoke to Yun Xiaoxiao, "I know you went to stand up for what’s right, but some people really aren’t worth your trouble, like Da Zhu’s stepmother who’s thick-skinned as a dead pig to boiling water. Initially, she couldn’t marry off due to her looks, which led her to marry Da Zhu’s father as a stepmother."
Was there such a story too?
Although today was the first time she had seen Da Zhu’s stepmother, and indeed she wasn’t good looking, Yan Xiaoxiao thought it might have been due to not resting well after giving birth, or perhaps from working daily in the fields, earning work points, and getting sunburned, which couldn’t compare to a young girl’s appearance. Little did she know there were such stories behind it.
"She even made a fuss wanting to get compensation from you, wishful thinking as if her face held any value," Mrs. Zhao said this out of fear that Laosan’s Wife would genuinely be deceived and end up compensating.
Such a person truly wasn’t worth it.
Mother-in-law, you really shocked me.
"There are plenty of pitiful people in the village; you can’t pity them all,"
Yun Xiaoxiao nodded, acknowledging she understood.
"Yes, I’ll head back first. If there’s anything, just have Da Bao call for me," Mrs. Zhao left after leaving these words.
The two young ones obediently listened, seeming to sense that their mother was upset?
As for why she was upset, they didn’t know.
As soon as Da Zhu’s father returned with Da Zhu and Xiao Hua, Da Zhu’s stepmother stared them down.
"I said he was faking it. He was unconscious when carried out before, but how come he’s awake now?" Da Zhu’s stepmother, Wang Lihua, was in a foul mood. Seeing Da Zhu awake and back, she immediately started her sarcasm.
Da Zhu’s father, without looking at Wang Lihua, carried Da Zhu into the room, then went back to fetch a quilt and took it to their room.
"What are you doing?" Seeing Da Zhu’s father carrying the quilt to that bastard’s room, Wang Lihua immediately stepped forward to stop him.