This house was owned jointly by the siblings Sanbao and Erya. Initially when Gu Lao San had an accident, and Erya’s mother committed suicide, Wang Shun’s family disagreed with him marrying Gu Xiaoqing. Despite this, he insisted on marrying her and severed his ties with the Wang Family, becoming Gu Xiaoqing’s live-in son-in-law.
Later, when Gu Xiaoqing and her brother became prosperous, the Wang Family wanted to take them back. But Shunzi was not foolish, knowing that if they returned, all the money they had earned would belong to the clan head, and that would include all of Gu Family’s silver. Therefore, he adamantly refused.
Shunzi’s mother was an enlightened woman who had treated Youyou well in the past, but with a domineering mother-in-law and sisters-in-law pressing down, and her own husband not being assertive, she barely had a say.
Fortunately, everyone’s days were passing well.
When Shunzi returned, Wang Family’s aunt was busy drying washed clothes on the bamboo poles in front of his house.
Erya was close to giving birth and it was really inappropriate for her to go to the riverbank to wash clothes, especially since she was also taking care of a child.
To hunt better prey to nourish his wife, Shunzi had often gone into the mountains with fellow hunters recently.
Twelve or thirteen-year-old Sanbao was bustling around, busy with the work in the fields.
"Mom, you’ve come to help at home again, be careful or grandma will scold you again."
Hearing her son say this, Wang Family’s aunt couldn’t help but respond loudly, "Let her say what she wants! If she infuriates me, I’ll divorce your father, and stop serving their family, and see whom she can complain about then."
Shunzi, usually hearing his mother not speak , was stunned and quickly asked, "Mom, has something happened? Did grandma upset you again?"
Wang Family’s aunt’s eyes reddened as she spoke, "Your grandma is always like that, when doesn’t she upset someone? It’s okay, I’ve gotten used to it."
Shunzi’s mother was honest and capable. In times like these, it seemed the more honest a person was, the more they suffered. Working hard yet still being scolded, Shunzi’s mother was such a person.
Shunzi knew what kind of person his grandmother was, and he just sighed, "If it really doesn’t work, Mom, go back and talk with Dad, consider splitting the family. You could take my younger siblings and move in with us. Our house is large, and Brother Jin’s room is also empty, it would certainly be more comfortable than squeezing in with Uncle and Aunt."
Wang Family’s aunt sighed and said, "You make it sound so easy. If it were so easy, do you think it would have come to this? Your father is too filial and too easily swayed. It would be truly surprising if he agreed to split. Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. Go and check on Erya, I think she is going to give birth in a few days. The first baby was a boy, this time I really hope it’s a girl."
Shunzi smiled, took the basin from his mother’s hands, and said, "My mom is really progressive, other mothers-in-law always hope their daughters-in-law keep having boys, yet you hope it’s a girl."
"What’s so good about a bunch of manly men? Look at your uncle’s family, all five are boys. Our family has just our little sister as a girl, much more endearing..."
Erya, having heard that Youyou had awakened and was out of danger, finally felt relieved.
These past few days, her heart had been fluttering with worry, fearing that Youyou could not pull through.
"Shunzi, did you ask what exactly happened to elder sister? And about brother-in-law, why is everyone saying that they actually have no relationship, that grandpa only had them marry to cure an affliction and to deceive others?"
All these arrangements had been made by Yue Tingfang. Now, everyone in Lotus Village knew that Youyou and Jin Zijin weren’t really related; they were together only for treatment purposes.