After the incident of the child abduction, Ling Jiuyue saw her aunt trying to talk to her mother several times, but her mother pretended not to see her, turned her head away, and walked away.

Ling Guosheng advised his daughter-in-law, "We're all family. My elder brother and I grew up relying on each other. Now that your sister-in-law wants to mend things, why are you being so cold and denying her a chance?"

Sun Yulan couldn't swallow her anger: "Why should I give her a chance just because she wants to make peace?"

"Back then, I swore an oath, but she didn't believe me. She just thought I deliberately betrayed her son. I, Sun Yulan, have never done anything wrong in my life. Why should I pretend nothing happened and just let it go!"

Ling Jiuyue didn't try to persuade her mother, saying that this grudge would be resolved sooner or later, but not now.

The marriage fell through, and she didn't want to farm anymore, so she decided to go to the city to see if she could start a small business.

Sun Yulan packed her some rice, noodles, and beans, and gave her fifty yuan.

"Even though your second uncle didn't come to your wedding, he did give you money, and since it didn't happen, since you're going to the city, take these things to your second uncle!"

Ling Jiuyue didn't really want to go to her second uncle's house. Her second uncle was a nice person, and her cousin was also a good person.

But my second aunt is from the city, and every time she sees these relatives, she treats them like beggars coming to the city, and she speaks very rudely.

Sun Yulan advised, "Don't take it to heart with your second aunt. Neither of our families is very large. Your maternal grandmother and the others are gone, and I only have two older brothers. Your second aunt just has a harsh tongue; let her say what she wants, just pretend you didn't hear her!"

Ling Jiuyue chuckled: "You're so good at talking, then why did you almost get into a fight with her last Chinese New Year?"

Sun Yulan slapped her daughter's arm: "Are you asking for a beating? You dare talk back to your mother? Hurry up and go, if she says anything nasty, you'd better leave!"

When Ling Jiuyue arrived at the town's bus station, she happened to see the bus heading into the city about to depart.

"Wait for me, wait a minute!" she called out as she chased after the bus, but she was carrying too much weight and no one on the bus heard her. The bus swayed and started moving.

Just as she thought she was going to miss the bus and was panting heavily with her legs crossed, the bus suddenly stopped.

Someone got out of the car, jogged over, and took the things from her back.

"Huh? Brother Qin... Brother Qin, you... you're going to the city too?"

Ling Jiuyue, panting heavily, got into the car with him.

Qin Shixiao helped her settle her things and sat down next to her.

"Yes, I'm going into town to take care of some business!"

Ling Jiuyue subconsciously looked at his forehead and saw that the dark aura was getting heavier and heavier, fearing that his matter was becoming more and more troublesome.

She thought for a moment and gave him a diamond-shaped amulet that she was carrying.

"Keep this with you, and don't take it off except when you're showering!"

She didn't have yellow paper or cinnabar, so she could only draw one using Ling Qiu's notebook paper. The effect wasn't very good, but fortunately, the simple evil energy could still be neutralized.

Qin Shixiao looked at the extremely crude amulet again and again. He didn't believe in these things, but he still carefully put it into his shirt pocket.

"Thanks!"

"No need!" Ling Jiuyue thought that he was a materialist and didn't believe in these things, so he wouldn't accept it. Unexpectedly, he accepted it so easily.

My maternal grandparents were intellectuals who went to the countryside to study agricultural products. Later, they returned to the city and took my two uncles with them, leaving my mother in the countryside.

My second uncle was a fitter at the county machinery factory, and my second aunt worked at a nearby cannery. Both had good jobs, secure and stable positions, which their children could inherit.

The maternal grandparents felt sorry for their youngest daughter, so before they left, they divided the money among their three children. Her mother took the lion's share, and it was because of this that the second aunt harbored resentment.

"Why did you bring rice and noodles again?" Auntie frowned when she saw the rice and noodles Ling Jiuyue brought.

"Your mother really knows how to raise her daughter. Every time she goes to the city, she takes some cheap stuff with her. Who knows how much she'll have to spend on food and lodging here!"

Ling Jiuyue wouldn't tolerate her: "If you don't like it, I'll take it away. It's not in your way!"

She picked up her things and turned to leave.

My second aunt was displeased: "Hey, what's wrong with you? You can't even stand it when your elders say something to you?"

The elderly neighbor asked my second aunt, "Is this your relative?"

My second aunt curled her lip: "I don't have such arrogant relatives. Every time they visit, they bring some worthless junk, and when they leave, they take this and that. Sigh, where can you reason with relatives like that?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she sensed that something was wrong. She turned around and saw her second uncle looking at her with a gloomy expression.

"Huang Yongqin, tell me, what have you given my sister all these years? Now you're complaining that mung beans and sesame seeds are worthless. Back when there was rationing, when the children weren't getting enough to eat, you'd always send me to my sister's house in the countryside to bring back some grain. Back then, why didn't you complain that rice and flour were worthless?"

When Huang Yongqin saw the man return with Ling Jiuyue following behind, she assumed that Ling Jiuyue was the one who had complained.

"Why are you yelling at me? When your parents passed away, they gave all their money to your sister. Life was tough back then. She was farming in the countryside. Isn't it normal for relatives to help each other out?"

"You!" Uncle Sun Weimin's fingers trembled with anger.

"You've always been like this, only remembering what you gave, but forgetting how others treated you well!"

Back then, when my parents returned to the city, my eldest brother joined the army and went to Northeast China. They could only bring one child back to the city. Both children were their flesh and blood, and my parents were in a dilemma. They asked around to find connections to try to bring both children back with them.

It was his younger sister who took the initiative to give up returning to the city and let him have the opportunity, simply because he wasn't in good health at the time.

Sun Weimin always felt sorry for his younger sister and wanted to make up for it as much as he could.

But every time her younger sister came to the city, Huang Yongqin would look down on her, which was really heartbreaking.

Ling Jiuyue didn't have time to watch the couple argue, so she put the things down and handed them to Sun Weimin.

"Second Uncle, I have to go now!"

Sun Weimin stopped his niece: "What are you so busy with? Eat before you go!"

"No need, I have to catch my train back soon!"

Huang Yongqin scoffed, "See? You want them to stay and they don't even want to. What's the point of you going out of your way to be with them?"

"Shut up!" Sun Weimin couldn't contain his anger. "With the look on your face, how much of a burden would you have to keep that child for dinner?!"

Ling Jiuyue ignored the couple's quarrel. The Tao follows nature, and all things follow their own will. There is a connection between people, and there is no need to force people who are not compatible to be together.

Just as I reached the entrance of the residential compound, two people came towards me, all lovey-dovey. I recognized them as none other than strangers.

Cai Lanfang!

Ling Jiuyue then remembered that Cai Lanfang had reportedly found a rich young man from the city, who seemed to be the son of the director of the machinery factory. And wasn't her uncle living in the machinery factory area?

She quickly hid behind the bean trellis and heard Cai Lanfang flirting with the man.

"Brother Gao, I'm almost two months pregnant now. What should I do?"

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