Chapter 444 - 241 Perfect Resolution_3
It was all because of those two other rooms, especially with his own mother being the worst. Once they broke away from Third Uncle, everything about those two rooms was just wrong. And yet they still had the nerve to think about things they shouldn’t, truly like daydreaming...
When they arrived at Hong Bridge, they unexpectedly ran into people who were rushing back from Shili Town, among them was Qian Ergui, carrying Li Ahcao, who had been scared stiff. Qian Manhe went over and took Li Ahcao into his arms, and it was only then that the little girl began to cry. Qian Mandua reached out to take her daughter back, but Li Ahcao clung to Qian Manhe’s neck and wanted no one else.
Another even younger boy was brought back on the son of Wang Lizheng’s back.
The next morning, Qian Yixiu and his siblings, along with Cheng Yue, came to the main room for breakfast, with only Lady Wu present; Qian Sangui had gone to the village head to participate in the sacrifice to the Sky God. There was also a little boy standing in the room, about two or three years old, with delicate features, but terribly thin.
This little boy was the one Old man Cai had brought back in the middle of the night. Not wanting to disturb Qian Sangui’s rest, it was only in the morning that they brought the child over to greet Qian Sangui and Lady Wu with a bow.
Lady Wu sighed, "Such sin, this poor child’s mother died, and his father remarried. The stepmother gave birth to a little brother last year, and he became an eyesore for her. Often left without food, when she heard that Landlord Ma wanted to buy a boy for a sacrifice to the River God, she hurriedly sold him. Truly, once there is a stepmother, there is also a stepfather, heartless indeed."
Cheng Yue, seeing this, was overwhelmed with sympathy, took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears away, and cried, "The poor child, how could his father be so cruel?"
Lady Wu continued, "Old Cai has already begged for a favor, saying he has no grandson and wants Cai He to take him as his son. Your father has also agreed and the child has already bowed to Old Cai. Once Cai He returns from the capital, they’ll host two banquets to formally acknowledge the adoption. Your father has also given him a name, Cai Xiaoji, Ji Wazi."
Bai Zhu also arrived, and knowing that this boy would become her little brother, she couldn’t help but smile with pursed lips. Her mother had never borne a son, and the whole family had been saddened by this; now, finally, things were looking up.