Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 394 Sub-families

Chapter 394: 394 Sub-families

Chi Sheng left with the others, and Yuanbao didn’t look back.

Xiaoqi quietly watched for a while, until their figures completely disappeared, he then returned to Ercheng’s courtyard.

Yueyue was still thin, but she was able to walk around the courtyard now.

"Brother, you’re back?" Yueyue was helping out in Ercheng’s courtyard with the herbs when she saw her brother returning, adding a hint of a smile to her face.

"Mm, are you feeling better now?" The young lad held a hint of worry in his chilly eyes.

The heavy armor was finally removed.

"Much better, thanks to Yuanbao." Yueyue smiled and nodded, her usual pale face now showing a hint of color.

"Mm." Xiaoqi’s voice was muffled, and with his response, the two fell into silence again.

Yueyue perceived that something was off with Xiaoqi and gently asked him one question.

"Brother, did you have a quarrel with Yuanbao?"

A touch of discomfort flashed across Xiaoqi’s face, he pursed his lips before shaking his head.

"It’s okay. You should pay more attention and rest well."

They probably didn’t argue.

Remembering Yuanbao’s recent attitude of avoiding him, Xiaoqi felt a twinge of unease in his heart.

Yuanbao was only five years old, she wouldn’t understand those things, would she?

Perhaps, she was just throwing a childish tantrum. Xiaoqi thought, seemingly forgetting that he himself had just turned ten.

Yueyue didn’t say much, but silently continued shuffling the herbs.

She liked Yuanbao very much. The little girl always seemed cheerful, as if nothing in this world could make her upset.

Also, the gifts that she brought.

Freshly picked wildflowers every day, although a few times it included herbs that Echeng had planted.

The occasional little gifts of grass-woven locusts, round pebbles, and bird nests collected from the mountain.

When she was young, she could also explore as freely as Yuanbao...

Recalling when she used to chop pigweed with her brother and cook standing on a small stool, Yueyue felt a bit dazed. Her movements abruptly halted, causing her braid to sway a bit.

No one had ever styled her hair into a fancy bun.

Hair on Yueyue’s head had been as messy as weeds until she was three years old.

It was only after Xiaoqi was hit on the head with a wooden stick by Shi Tou when he was five that he seemed to suddenly become clever.

He started washing Yueyue’s hair following the example of the village aunties laundering their hair by the river. It was the first time that Yueyue’s hair was clumsily braided into a ponytail.

That braid of Yueyue’s had stayed for four years and when she moves, so does her braid. The silk flower pinned to her braid had suddenly fallen into the basket of herbs.

The delicate pink silk flower was particularly noticeable in the pile of herbs. Xiaoqi furrowed his brows when he noticed it.

There were no silk flowers like this in the village.

Where would Yueyue have gotten it?

"Yueyue, where did you get this silk flower?" Xiaoqi picked up the silk flower and as he examined the exquisite item in his hand, his expression darkened.

The two of them were just orphans depending on Qing Fenghan village.

These things were not supposed to be with Yueyue.

"This was given to me by Yuanbao. She said that someone gifted her two and gave one to me." As she spoke, the smile on Yueyue’s face froze, and it was clear that she felt a bit awkward.

If that silk flower wasn’t given by her brother, then who could have given it?

The little child was too young, and Yueyue’s face was filled with confusion.

Xiaoqi remained silent, staring at the silk flower in his hand in fascination.

The sixth of July.

The Lin family were dressed neatly, with gifts in tow, and as such, the family set off.

In the carriage, Lin’s mother was afraid that Sun Cui would be crushed.

"Nanzhi, move over a bit, don’t squeeze your sister-in-law." Mother Lin patted Nanzhi’s hand and tugged her over towards her side.

"Mother, it’s okay." Sun Cui was a little embarrassed, but seeing her mother-in-law care about her so much also made her happy.

"Do you still feel unwell? Is the baby causing trouble?" Mother Lin didn’t care and only smiled as she asked concernedly.

When she was pregnant with her eldest and second sons, she felt miserable!

Those two brats were strange, stirring up trouble from the second month of pregnancy. Even though her belly had barely enlarged, she couldn’t eat or sleep well, and lost a lot of weight in the third month.

It wasn’t until her fourth month of pregnancy that she began to recover.

Back when she first got pregnant, she couldn’t even leave the house because she was so sick. Her husband would save the meat from his lunch in town and bring it back for her in the evening.

Many people in the village accused her of being delicate, but she proved them wrong when her belly grew bigger, as she didn’t vomit anymore, she could even collect water and work in the fields every day.

When her two daughters-in-law were pregnant with Doudou and Maomao, they didn’t have much of a reaction. Now, when she sees how ill her second son’s wife is, Lin mother felt worried.

She didn’t want the same to happen to her.

"No, no." Sun Cui blushed and shook her head.

She was now being treated well every day, and the baby in her belly wasn’t causing her any trouble anymore.

In the other carriage, Lin Yicheng, and Lin Ercheng were both yawning, each giving the other a challenging look.

"Enough, stop staring." Father Lin rolled his eyes, his voice filled with impatience.

These two rascals were now fathers themselves, but still acted like they did when they were younger.

"Dad, we agreed that we can’t split up the family." Lin Yicheng shook his head, expressing his refusal.

How nice it was for the whole family to live together now. Why should they split up?

"Right, we can’t split up." Lin Ercheng also shook his head in agreement.

Even if their Dad spoke the truth, they didn’t want to split the family.

Now that his wife was pregnant again, it was better for the whole family to be together.

And besides, he and his brother, and Nanzhi, had no disagreements, so why should they split the family?

"So, does what I say mean nothing now that I’ve gotten old?"

"No."

The two brothers shook their heads in unison, but they unanimously refused the idea of splitting the family.

"While the courtyard is large now, it’s not enough for everyone. You need to think about the future; Doudou and Maomao will eventually get married and have kids, where do you think they’ll live? And now that the daughter-in-law of the second child is pregnant again, surely she can’t have a baby in these crowded conditions?"

After Father Lin finished talking, the two brothers fell silent.

Of course, the current courtyard was enough for now. But once Doudou and Maomao grew up, it wouldn’t be enough.

"Now, there’s some silver left in the home. Your mother and I were thinking we can use that money to buy two small courtyards. They don’t need to be too big, just enough for your families to live in." Father Lin said to his two sons.

The money spent on the new shop was earned by the three of them through their stalls.

Even though some of it was taken from the public fund, there was still more than two hundred taels left.

They were supposed to shell out for Nanzhi’s dowry, with the remaining money, buying two courtyards would be just enough.

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