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  Xia Xiuzai didn't bring the kids into the house, but instead led them under the cherry tree. At this time of year, there were no cherries left, but the leaves were lush and green.

  Several children stood under the cherry tree watching Xia Xiuzai.

  Xia Zhi could probably guess what Xia Xiuzai wanted to say, but she still wanted to hear it with her own ears. This time, going to Kao Shan Tun, was quite rewarding for her. Xia Qiao had already made his choice, and Xia Xiuzai had taken the action of supporting the Tian family at that time. In Xia Zhi's view, she would rather think that Xia Xiuzai did it out of sympathy for the Tian family.

  Now it's Xia Xiuzai's turn to make a statement.

  Facing the clear eyes of several children, Xia Xiuzai hesitated for a moment before slowly opening her mouth. "Daqiao, Sixteen, Xiaoshu, you...you all misunderstood your mother."

  "Dad, what did we misunderstand about mom?" Xia Zhi asked, his tone very calm.

  "I know you must have heard a lot of bad things about your grandma's family from the villagers in Kao Shan Tun. You're still young, and whatever they say, you believe it all."

  "Father, do you know what the people of Kaishan Village told us?" Xia Zhi asked again, still with a matter-of-fact attitude.

  "Oh. Are they saying that your maternal family gives birth to girls and doesn't raise them, just abandoning them in the mountains?" Xia Xiuzai said this, a faintly indescribable expression flashing across his face.

  Xia Zhi nodded. "Everyone indeed says so. Dad, do you think this is true or false?"

  "Oh," Xia Xiuren's speech quickened, "your grandma's family did abandon children, but they were all stillborn or died young. Your grandma's family didn't have good relationships with others, so the villagers would say all sorts of things."

  In this era, there were few doctors and medicines, and people didn't pay attention to eugenics. Many children died after birth or died young, almost every family had such experiences. These dead children were not given a formal burial, they were usually thrown into the mountains or ditches and buried.

  Then the ranking at home would naturally not include them.

  Xia Xiuzai's words meant that Tian Lao and the others hadn't thrown their living children into the mountains to feed the wolves, but rather dead ones.

  "Dad, do you believe this?" Xia Zhi didn't even bother to argue with Xia Xiucai, she just looked into his eyes and asked.

  Xia Xiuzai's eyes flashed, and for a long time, he couldn't say a word.

  Xia Zhi smiled and said, "Dad, yesterday evening when I went to find my brother, I told him that my brother had gone into the mountains to see an abandoned baby. Do you still remember what expression my aunt's family had at that time? Why did my eldest aunt cry and leave? Dad, think about it, don't deceive yourself anymore."

  Jiang's face turned pale and she ran out crying. Xia Zhi still has a deep impression of this matter. Jiang's behavior at the time can only explain one thing, that is, the incident of Tianjia throwing baby girls into the mountains to feed wolves did not end with the Tian family's generation.

  After giving birth to Da Ya and Er Ya, didn't Jiangshi get pregnant again all these years? Tian Dashu and Jiangshi were still in their prime, with only one son, who was also a foolish son, wouldn't they want to have more sons?

  Da Ya and Er Ya are less than two years apart in age, which explains everything.

  Jiang must have also had her own flesh and blood thrown into the mountains to feed the wolves. However, Jiang is different from Tian Wangshi, regardless of whether it's a daughter or son, she should consider them as her own children, and in treating her own flesh and blood, she still has a conscience, so when suddenly mentioned by someone, she would lose her composure like that.

  Xia Xiuzai's face turned even uglier, but he couldn't bring himself to believe Tian Jia's words.

  "My mother was abandoned in the mountains as soon as she was born, and it was her two sisters who picked her up. Father, you didn't know about this, did you?" Xia Zhi took the opportunity to say again.

  "Is there such a thing?" Xia Xiuzai's surprise was not feigned.

  It seems that Xia Xiuzai's understanding of the Tian family over the years is not as good as her going to the Tian family once. Xia Zhidao sighed secretly, it was people like Xia Xiuzai who were deceived by the Tian family for so many years.

  "Dad, this is what the fifth aunt who lives on the same street as my grandparents told us. We call her Wu Yi. She saw my mother grow up. Dad, if you still don't believe me, you can go and ask around yourself." Xia Zhi looked at Xia Xiucai very sincerely.

  Xia Xiuzai sighed repeatedly. Although he was deaf to the outside world and only read the books of sages, he was not very good at worldly affairs, but he had basic judgment. The performance of Tian Lao's family was not flawless either. When he listened to Tian Lao and Tian Wangshi explaining to him in Kao Shan Tun, he had already doubted it and made a certain judgment.

  Now Xia Zhi helped him analyze it again, and Xia Xiucun naturally understood what was going on.

  Moreover, Tian had actually been dumped before, which was something Xia Xiuzai never thought would happen.

  "You probably don't know either. Well, let's just not tell her then, so she won't feel bad." At this time, Xia Xiuzai still cared about Tian Shi's feelings the most.

  Xiatu smiled and said, "Dad, I'm afraid Mom already knew about this." Auntie Zhuan's mouth wasn't one that could keep secrets. Since she had watched the Tian sisters grow up, she must have had opportunities to get close to them. In all likelihood, the Tian sisters also knew they were abandoned at birth.

  But apparently, Tian forgot about this matter.

  But can such things really be forgotten?

  Xia Xiuzai was lost in thought after Xia Zhi's words.

  "Dad, is there anything else?" Xia Zhi looked at Xia Xiuzai who had fallen into deep thought, as if he had forgotten what was happening in front of him, and reminded him with a sentence.

  "Ah, right, there's one more thing." Xia Xiuzai came back to his senses and cleared his throat, "It was about... Dà Yuè sister. Your grandmother was indeed ill at the time, on the verge of not making it. So your mother... afterwards, your grandmother's illness got better..."

  "Dad, do you believe that?" Xia Zhi interrupted Xia Xiucan's words. "If it were really like that, why wouldn't they return the money? Why didn't my mother take the money to exchange for my older sister Da Yue?"

  The money from selling Xiaoyue was finally exchanged for the five-room tile house and a large courtyard of Lao Tian's family, which is an indisputable fact. The evidence is overwhelming, and any attempt to quibble is futile.

  "Dad, how can you be so heartless!" Xia Zhi stared straight at Xia Xiuciai.

  Xia Xiuzai couldn't bear Xia Zhi's gaze, and hastily shifted his line of sight. He stood there, his body somewhat stiff, but his lips and both hands were slightly trembling.

  Seeing Xia Xiuzai's reaction, Xia Zhi knew that these things, Xia Xiuzai should also have just known. Is it because he can't face the cruel and cold-blooded reality, so he chose to escape, chose to deceive himself? Or is it that his love for Tian Shi exceeded everything, and for Tian Shi, he chose to do this himself?

  Xia Zhi was sizing up Xia Xiuzai while pondering his thoughts. Xia Xiuzai stood stiffly there, but in his heart he had almost collapsed. He had originally gone to the Tian family and heard a few words from Old Man Tian and Madame Tian, and then been asked by the Tian family for half a day, so when he came back he found a few children to talk to, telling them not to misunderstand the Tian family, not to misunderstand the Tian family's intentions.

  But before he could say a few words, he was persuaded by Xia Zhi.

  What the Tian family considered a misunderstanding was actually not a misunderstanding at all.

  Actually, on this road, he had already vaguely figured out what the truth was like in his heart. It was indeed as Xia Zhi guessed that he couldn't face such reality.

  Apart from this, it is necessary to maintain the harmony and stability of the family, as well as the heart of the Tian family, so he insisted on saying those words to the children.

  Seeing Xia Xiuzai's face getting worse and worse, Xia Zhi made a decisive decision to let Xia Qiao and Xiao Shu'er support Xia Xiuzai. They didn't go into the house, but instead went straight to the backyard.

  Tian's family was in the house, perhaps hearing the movement outside was not right, and chased out. She walked to the door of the house and saw several children surrounding Xia Xiuzai going to the backyard.

  Tian's family hurriedly chased out: "What are you doing? Why don't you go back to the house?"

  "Mother, Father has fainted." Xia Zhi turned back and said so, then urged Xia Qiao to quicken his pace, and they all entered the large gate of the backyard.

  Tian felt a sense of foreboding, chasing all the way to the back door, and then stopped. It seemed that there was an invisible moat at the back door, Tian knew she should immediately bring Xia Xiuzai back, but facing this moat, she hesitated.

  She hesitated for a moment and completely lost her chance.

  Several children held Xia Xiuzai up and took her to the upper house in the backyard.

  Xia Lao Yezi was sitting on the kang chatting with Xia Lao TaiTai, who was smiling and sewing a garment made from the silk fabric Xia Zhi had bought.

  When Xia Xiuzai was surrounded by children and walked in, Old Man Xia was startled. Xia Xiuzai's face looked terrible!

  "What's going on, what happened. Da Lazi, how are you doing this? Don't scare your father!" Xia Laoye hastily got down from the bed and personally supported Xia Xiucan. In his anxiety, he called out Xia Xiucan's childhood name that he hadn't used in years.

  Xia Xiuzai had somewhat caught his breath by this time. Seeing his old father so anxious, he hastily said: "Dad, I'm fine, I'm fine."

  "This is still nothing, your face has no human color." Old Master Xia saw that Xia Xiuzai had spoken and his heart slightly relaxed, he quickly helped Xia Xiuzai sit down on the kang.

  Old Lady Xia quickly put down the clothes she was sewing and went out to pour a cup of strong hot tea for Xia Xiuciai. In this weather, Xia Xiuciai took the hot tea and didn't even feel it was hot, just gulped it down in two or three mouthfuls.

  After drinking hot tea, Xia Xiuzai's complexion improved a bit.

  At this time, Xia San Shu and Xia San Shu also heard the noise and rushed over. "Why don't I take my brother to Langzhong?" Xia San Shu said.

  Xia Xiūcái hastily stopped Xia Sānshū: "No need, no need, I'm fine." If the doctor were to come home, this matter would become a big fuss. Xia Xiūcái didn't want things to become a big fuss.

  Old Xia looked at his eldest son and then at Xia Zhi, and he had a pretty good idea in mind. He waved his hand and didn't let Xia San Shu go invite the doctor.

  Everyone was either sitting on the kang or standing on the ground, all staring at Xia Xiuciai.

  Xia Xiuzai felt a bit uneasy with everyone staring at him. He didn't want to come to the backyard himself, but he was a bit absent-minded at the time and was brought here by the children. It seemed that he still heard Tian Shi calling him, and at that time, he could have stood up, but on one hand, he was surrounded by the children, and on the other hand, he didn't want to stand up either.

  He came into the backyard just like this.

  Everyone was watching him, he couldn't just ignore it. Xia Xiuzai estimated in her heart that the things that happened at the Tian's house, Xia Zhi and several others must have told Old Master Xia about them.

  After a moment of silence, Xia Xiuzai let out a sigh.

  "Speak up, there's no outsider here." Old Master Xia said to Xia Xiucan.

  "It's as if I had a dream." Xia Xiuzai said with an ambiguous tone.

  "It's all right as long as you wake up from your dream." Old Man Xia said succinctly.

  Xia Xiuzai looked embarrassed. "Dad, have you been blaming me all these years?"

  "Look at you! You're not even making sense. If I really blamed you, I wouldn't be bothering with you anymore. You're willing to be the cheap son of the Lao Tian family, but you still bear the surname Xia! It means I gave birth to you, so I have no choice but to take responsibility for you until the end. Think about it yourself, are you worthy of your siblings, are you worthy of yourself?"

  Xia Xiuzai lowered his head in shame.

  Old Xia understood his son's character and didn't expect him to change drastically after waking up from his dream.

  "You'd better listen more to Sixteen in the future."

  Xia Xiuzai raised her eyelids and glanced at Xia Zhi, then looked at Xia Qiao and Xiao Shu'er standing beside her, nodded slightly and murmured a low "en".

  Xia Zhi watched from the side, feeling a bit relieved and also speechless. Old Master Xia only said these two sentences and that's it, isn't this spoiling Xia Xiuzai too much? It's simply ridiculous.

  Xia Zhi heard that Old Man Xia had told Xia Xiuzai to listen more to her, and Xia Xiuzai also agreed. Xia Zhi knew it was time for him to speak up.

  "Dad, we were all deceived by them in the past. Now that we understand, let's make a new rule."

  "What's new?" Xia Xiuzai raised his head and asked.

  "I'll bring up a few things and we can all discuss and decide together," said Xia Zhi.

  "Good." Old Master Xia was the first to agree. Everyone else naturally nodded in agreement as well, and Xia Xiuzai did not raise any objections.

  "Firstly, from now on, we will no longer have dealings with the Tian family in Kao Shan village, and we will no longer provide them with financial assistance. Father, none of us will go to Kao Shan village again, you shouldn't go either." Xia Zhiyan said.

  Xia Xiuzai hesitated and did not speak, without immediately agreeing.

  "I won't go again." Xia Qiao said, "Seeing that house and courtyard, I feel uncomfortable in my heart. That was exchanged by my elder sister, and it's probably still using my elder sister's life to exchange for it."

  At this point, Xiaqiao's eyes turned red again.

  The little tree immediately expressed agreement. "I will never go to his house in this life."

  "That's... " Xia Xiuzai weakly opened her mouth to say, but was immediately interrupted by Old Man Xia.

  "Is that your father? Would your father sell his own daughter to build a house for himself? You shouldn't be surnamed Xia anymore, get out of here and go to Kao Shan Tun Er, follow them and surname Tian!"

  Xia Xiuzai closed his eyes: "Alright, I won't go again in the future."

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