Chapter 18 Mother's Heart
"Why do I have such a miserable life? After giving birth to a worthless thing like yours, I have to wait until I'm old enough to make a living."
Lai was so angry at her daughter that her eyes actually burst into tears and her nose was runny as she spoke.
Ye Shiqi couldn't go out to watch the show when she heard the noise outside. Siwa, an honest boy, stayed by her side and didn't dare to go out to watch. It must have been Lai's usually vicious face that frightened the baby.
She could only turn over but couldn't sit up. She felt her body was too small and wished she would grow up quickly.
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When Mrs. Li went to pick up the children, she saw the children on their way back from the mountain. The eldest child was picking up two bundles of firewood, and the other two smaller children were holding the collected firewood.
"Da Ya...dolls..."
"Mom, it's mom who's back." Da Ya walked a few steps quickly, and the two younger ones also walked a few steps faster, almost staggering and falling.
Mrs. Li threw away the firewood and hugged her babies with tears in her eyes. The babies' hair was yellow and their faces were yellow and thin. They were even thinner than before she went out. Holding such thin babies made her feel very sad.
Cry with the dolls.
"Mom, are you going to leave when you come back?" Sanba's little four-year-old face looked forward to it.
"Mom doesn't want to leave either. Mom goes to work as a maid, so she has to leave. Mom comes back this time and brought you good things, including beautiful clothes and shoes."
"Oh oh oh" Da Ya and her sister cried and laughed, and they became happy when they heard there were clothes and shoes.
"Let's go home." Mrs. Li tied the children's firewood to the firewood picked by Daya. She carried it and walked home with the children. The villagers she met along the way just nodded to them.
The villagers were very curious about Li going to work in a wealthy family, and some aunties walked with them to ask questions.
Mrs. Li could only say a few simple words, and she didn't say a word that she shouldn't have said.
When they returned home, they found that in addition to their carriage, there was another horse in the yard.
At the tea table in the thatched hut, in addition to the coachman, there was also a servant.
When they saw Ms. Li coming in, the servant politely clasped his fists at him and said, "Ms. Li, I am the servant of the Tang Dynasty sent by the housekeeper. The young master woke up crying and refused to eat breakfast. Later he became a little feverish."
"What? When I left, I checked that he was fine. Why did he have a fever? Did you call a doctor?" Ms. Li was anxious. The young master was very clinging to her. She guessed that the young master must have woken up and was crying and clamoring for her.
The child's milk addiction came back again and he became sick.
"I heard from the housekeeper that a doctor has been invited. The doctor asked the housekeeper to send me to ask you to go back quickly."
"Oh, I'll change my clothes and go back soon." Mrs. Li went to wash her hands, then followed the dolls into the room, closed the door, and changed into the same clothes.
"Mom, why are you leaving so soon?" Daya and her sisters surrounded Ms. Li.
Ye Shiqi blinked her eyes, used her mind to conjure the baggage in the space into her hand, and played with the "Safety Regulations" in her hands.
Mrs. Li stopped changing her clothes and said to the dolls: "Mom has to go to work. There is nothing we can do about it. The baggage in the hands of the fifth baby contains clothes and shoes made for you. You guys should be good at home.
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"Clothes and shoes..." Da Ya took the bundle from Wu Wa's hands, opened it and saw clothes made of fine fabrics that she had never seen before. She divided the clothes among her sisters, and also divided the clothes of each person.
"Hey, she's so beautiful." Erya took off her dirty clothes and put on beautiful new clothes. She just tried the shoes on her feet and didn't want to wear them.
Except for the fifth baby's clothes, the four sisters all put on their new clothes. The fourth baby was already able to dress himself. They jumped happily holding their shoes, completely forgetting the unhappiness of their mother having to go to work.
Ye Shiqi lay down and looked at these sisters, empathizing with them. These babies were so pitiful. They forgot about their mother with a set of clothes and shoes.
After Mrs. Li changed her clothes, she hugged the babies. She picked up the fifth baby and kissed her. Regardless of whether the fifth baby understood it or not, she said, "Fifth baby, please be good at home."
Ye Shiqi stared with cute eyes. Should she shake her head or nod?
My mother didn’t feed her milk when she came back, and she didn’t even breastfeed her when I held her. How sad! My mother’s heart went to the young master of the master’s family.
Mrs. Li changed her clothes and was about to leave. The dolls hugged her legs and shouted reluctantly: "Mom, don't leave..."
"Be good! You guys are obedient..." Mrs. Li was reluctant to let go and burst into tears. She could only ruthlessly push away the hands of the dolls, open the door and walk out.
The children were holding five children at the door of the room, watching Mrs. Li getting into the carriage.
"Daughter-in-law, take care of yourself..." Acer's words were reflected in his reluctant eyes.
"Husband, you have to take good care of the children. I can come back next month." With tears in her eyes, Ms. Li got on the carriage and sat down. After the carriage was ready, the coachman drove the carriage out. The horseman
The servant followed him out.
Lai, who had been looking forward to her daughter and Li's cooking, cursed bitterly after they left: "Housekeeper, housekeeper, housekeeper again, Li must have something to do with that housekeeper, huh..."
When Hongji heard Mr. Lai slandering Mr. Li, he was afraid that his mother's crazy words would be heard by the villagers and ruin his wife's reputation. He quickly closed the courtyard door and glared at Mr. Lai:
"Mom, you can eat randomly, but don't talk nonsense. How can you save your son's face by talking like this?"
"Humph..." Mrs. Lai was told by her son. When she saw the dolls at the door of the room, her eyes became angry when she saw them wearing new clothes. She couldn't find them no matter how hard she went in. This was a waste of clothes.
"Take off your clothes, you dirty losers, you have soiled such beautiful clothes." Lai said as she ran over with her fat body.
Daya and the dolls cleverly ran into the room and bolted the door inside the room.
When Lai heard the sound of the door closing, she came to the door and kicked the door with her feet: "Bang, bang, bang, you damn loser."
"Mom, what are you doing?" Acer ran over to stop his mother again.
"I can't help but scold them. It's not the New Year or the festival. They wear such fine clothes. These wasteful things."
"Mom, my wife made clothes for the children. I just let them try them on. Besides, they are clothes for the dolls. They dress well."
"Hmph..." Lai stopped kicking the door, but was a little unwilling to do so.
"Mother Hongji, why don't you cook?" Father Hongji had been silent just now, and now he glared at Mr. Lai. He was already used to his old wife's messy behavior, and he knew what she was thinking, but he couldn't chill his son's heart.
When Lai went to cook, she cursed: "I'm cooking and waiting for you losers, why don't you come out and help light the fire."
Daya and the dolls in the room quickly changed off their clothes, folded them up, and put the clothes and shoes into their bags. They listened to the fourth baby and handed the baggage to the fifth baby.
"Eldest sister, second sister, third sister, and grandma have come to the room to look for them, but grandma can't find them."
Siwa's words made Daya, Erya and Sanya both laugh.
"Sister, take good care of us, don't let grandma take away our clothes and shoes." Sanya said this and the other sisters were laughing.
Chapter completed!