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Su Zhi put down her bowl and chopsticks and chased after her, stopping her in her tracks to snatch the child back.

"What are you doing? Quickly put the child down!"

"Madam, I beg of you, please return the child to me. You're still young, so it's possible that I'll only have this one daughter!"

Mother Ding, Jade Moon and Danxue chased out together, pulling at Mrs. Zhou Yang, unwilling to let go.

"I beg of you!" Madam, please do me the honor! "

Dou Zi was so scared that she was crying. She kicked the woman and yelled, "Mother!" Mother! "

Su Zhi's heart ached for her child, and she hurriedly extended her hand, wanting to catch her.

Madame Zhou was unwilling to let go, kneeling on the ground with a thump, "Madam, I kowtowed to you!"

After saying that, she held the child and crawled onto the ground, heavily kowtowing to the ground.

"Don't be like this, let me think. I won't make things difficult for you!"

Su Zhi supported the girl and helped her up. Seeing the child crying so loudly made her so distressed that she didn't know what to say.

Madame Zhou finally released the child, but she still remained kneeling on the ground, unwilling to get up. She silently cried as she looked at the little girl who had escaped from her embrace.

"I gave birth to her in October, and now she is unwilling to acknowledge me as her mother."

"She clutched her chest and knelt on the ground, her tears falling into the dust." My Heart... It's worse than a knife! "

Su Zhi understood the feeling of losing a child. She had experienced the same thing when the little bean bun had gone. She felt as if the sky was about to collapse and her eyes were swollen from crying.

She had experienced the Zhou family's difficulties before, so how could she bear to see her beg again and again?

"Get up. Go eat first. Your health is more important."

"No, I don't. Without Aunt Lan, I might as well die."

Su Zhi looked at the child in her arms, frightened out of her wits.

"Even if you want to take the child away, you have to let her eat."

Hearing her words, Madame Zhou who was lying on the ground immediately raised her head, looking at her with her red and swollen eyes, full of hope. "Madame is willing to give Aunt Lan back to me?"

Su Zhi said nothing as she carried the child inside the house.

The woman wiped her tears away and followed him in.

The meal was very depressing. Little Dou Bao refused to leave Su Zhi's embrace, hiding in her arms like a spoiled child.

A Jin vigilantly stared at Zhou Yangshi, her tears filled with hostility.

Mother Ding and Danxue also felt uncomfortable. The atmosphere was extremely solemn.

After eating dinner, Lady Zhou stared eagerly at the bean bun. Several times she wanted to go up to it, but was stopped by A Jin.

"Let this child stay here tonight. You can go back to the inn first."

"But …"

"You can't refuse to let the child stay on this last night, can you?"

Madame Zhou hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Only after Su Zhi had washed the child, did she have the time to come and pay attention to her, "If you're not at ease tonight, you can also stay. Just wait and see."

"I... "I still need to go back and serve my mother-in-law and husband. Then, tomorrow, please bring the child to the 'Blessed Blessings' Inn. We will stay there for the time being."

"Yes." Su Zhi answered indifferently and then stopped talking.

Zhou Yang reluctantly left, watching the yard turn back three times before finally disappearing into the alleyway.

After everyone had left, A Jin cautiously asked, "Mother, are you going to send your little sister away?"

Su Zhi's body froze, and her hand that was packing her bag stopped.

She looked up at the nervous child, unsure of what to say.

"Mother, you won't send your little sister away right?"

She put down the spring shirt that she had just finished knitting for Dou Zi and said in a low voice, "Jin, Dou Qi has her own mother. We can't ignore the feelings of others."

"I don't care! Why send my sister away? "Why?!"

She sat on the bed in a daze, looking at Su Zhi with her big, black eyes and pouting lips.

"Mother doesn't want me to leave either, but …" As you can see, it's not easy for my aunt either. "

A-Jin kicked off her shoes, jumped onto the bed and hugged the little girl, shaking her head in panic, "No, sister won't go anywhere!"

"Jin, you be good and listen to me."

No matter what Su Zhi said, A Jin would not listen to her. She found a red rope and tied it around his and Little Bean's wrists.

"I won't let my sister leave!"

Su Zhi also felt very upset. On one hand, she really didn't want to part with the Soybean Pancake, but on the other hand, she couldn't bear to see Madame Zhou grieve.

This was originally a dilemma. Since she couldn't weigh both sides, she had to compromise.

If she was more ruthless, she would have that girl kneel to the point of death and not hand the child over. However, she couldn't do it. She could understand the grief a parent felt for their child.

That night, Su Zhi lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Looking at the children beside her who were hugging each other and afraid of being separated, her heart felt heavy and uncomfortable.

She even thought of going back on her word, but when she thought of Zhou Yang's begging face, she gave up.

When the sky slowly brightened, Su Zhi, who had been up all night, finally stood up and washed up.

Spring approached, the days grew longer, and the weather was no longer as cold as before. Mrs Ding had gotten up early and saw Su Zhi standing blankly in the yard. She went up to stop her. "Madam, do you want to talk about sister Lan's matter?"

She turned her head and sighed helplessly with furrowed brows.

"Madam, if you don't want to send the child back, then just ignore that woman."

"A child is still a piece of her body. I can't be this selfish."

Mother Ding thought for a while and said, "Why don't you give me some silver coins to send away? Back then, it was difficult for them to abandon their children. Madam, you went to scout out the situation and asked them for more or less an explanation. "

Only now did Su Zhi remember that there was something fishy about the Zhou family coming to find her child.

Logically speaking, she should not have discovered the journey that she had taken to Xuan City, which was a thousand miles away from Zhou Village. So why did she suddenly come looking for him?

While he was lost in thought, he heard someone knocking on the door.

Mother Ding went to open the door. When she opened the door, she saw that it was Zhou Yang.

"It's you?" "Why are you so early in the morning?"

The person standing outside the door was Mrs Zhou.

When Su Zhi heard the sound and walked towards the door, she saw the girl eagerly looking into the yard.

Today, she wasn't the only one who came. There was also the old woman that she met yesterday, as well as her husband.

"Good morning mama, good morning mama. I thought about it last night, so I really shouldn't trouble you to personally send your child over." So we came in the morning. "

Mother Ding gestured to Su Zhi, then turned around and said, "The child hasn't woken up yet."

"Forget it, let them come in first. I have something to say."

The three of them were brought into the room. Su Zhi was fairly polite and did not put on airs. She had called them here to clarify some matters. For example, how did they know that the child had arrived in Xuan City?

Of the three, the Yang family was the most nervous, but that man did not seem to care.

Only the old woman looked around the courtyard and touched the expensive mahogany chair the moment she entered the room. A trace of envy flashed in her eyes.

Su Zhi took in the expressions of the three of them, then instructed Bi Yue to serve tea, before slowly opening her mouth, "Since I let the few of you in, then I'll go straight to the point. "I really can't bear to see my daughter leave. Coincidentally, I made some money doing business these days. If you guys think that the silver can be settled, just name a price."

"No, no, ma'am, we don't want money. We only want children."

Zhou Yang quickly waved her hand, rejecting Su Zhi's suggestion.

That old woman was unhappy to be interrupted by her wife. She smiled apologetically and said, "We can see Madam's sincerity. Isn't it the same to leave such a little girl where she is? It's fine if you want to stay."

She gestured at the silver taels with her hands, unable to conceal the greed in her eyes.