Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 1169 - 371: Identity Revealed_3

Chapter 1169: Chapter 371: Identity Revealed_3

Mo Yan shook her head helplessly and said, "She doesn’t remember anymore; she only knows she has a mother and an elder sister, but she can’t recall their names. It’s too difficult to find her family right now; all we can do is continue to raise her and wait for the day she remembers."

Originally, the Wu’s wanted to adopt the child, but the child was shy and unwilling to leave Lixiu’s side. After consulting her father, Lixiu pleaded with Mo Yan and decided to adopt the child.

Lixiu gave Mo Yan silver, which was intended as the child-rearing expense. Mo Yan agreed to her request to adopt the child, symbolically accepting a bit of silver, and then treated the child as one of their own.

Liu Tinglan appeared thoughtful and glanced at the child several times before suddenly asking, "Don’t you think she resembles Little Stone from Aunt Wu’s family? The year of the disaster, wasn’t her family forced to sell a child? Could it be possible that she’s the child who was sold?"

Mo Yan was taken aback and stared intently at the child.

When the child first arrived at the Mo Family, she was so skinny that even her facial features had changed, and naturally, she bore no resemblance to the plump Shitou. As she gradually gained weight, the changes were subtle with each passing day, so no one thought in that direction.

Now that Liu Tinglan had pointed it out, Mo Yan observed the child more closely and found that her features were indeed very similar to Little Stone’s: round nose, slender eyes, slightly short chin, and a round face that was identical.

Her heart began to race, but Mo Yan’s memory of Si Nier was very vague, and she couldn’t confirm if the child before her was truly her. Her eyes were fixed on the child, suspected to be Si Nier, as she tried to find more resemblances but noticed the ages didn’t match.

Si Nier was the same age as Zhenzhen and had already been six years old when sold. Four years had passed, making her now ten years old, but the child in front of her looked quite small and childish, appearing to be only seven or eight years old at most—there was a two-year difference.

Upon hearing this, Liu Tinglan reminded her, "You mentioned that when the child was first brought in, she had many old wounds in addition to new ones and was in such a feeble state. It’s clear she’s been suffering all these years, and it’s a miracle she even survived. Could you really expect her to grow as tall as a normal child under those conditions?"

Having heard her friend’s explanation, Mo Yan’s biggest uncertainty disappeared, and she couldn’t help but look again at the child across from her, feeling more and more that she resembled Shitou.

However, there are many people who resemble each other in this vast world. Whether this child was really the one or not would have to wait for Aunt Wu’s confirmation. The question of how to broach the subject was a difficult one—if the child wasn’t hers, wouldn’t it just give Aunt Wu false hope?

Suppressing the excitement in her heart, Mo Yan said to her friend, "Let’s have dinner first. After Aunt Wu comes back from her stall, I will go to the Wu family and ask about Si Nier’s specific circumstances. If everything matches up, then I’ll explain the truth to Aunt Wu."

Liu Tinglan knew her worries and nodded, agreeing with her approach.

With their minds preoccupied, their meal lacked flavor. Afterward, the two of them chatted under the grape trellis, still discussing the child.

Figuring that Wu’s would be back by now, Mo Yan said goodbye to Liu Tinglan and, carrying a plate of pastries she had made the day before, knocked on the gate of the Wu family under the pretense of bringing a treat for Shitou...

A quarter of an hour later, Mo Yan hurried back home and found Lixiu hoeing weeds in the backyard garden. The child was there too, copying Liyan’s actions and watering the tomatoes with a scoop.

Fighting the urge to rush over and touch the child’s hair, Mo Yan said to Lixiu, "Aunt Li, I need to speak with you. Could you come to my room for a moment?"

Lixiu, puzzled, was about to go when her sleeve was tugged by a little hand. Seeing it was the child holding on to her, Lixiu knelt down gently and, touching the little hand, said tenderly, "Little Yu, your mother will be back in a moment. Can you wait here for me?"

Little Yu was the child’s nickname, her full name being Liyu, which means precious treasure. It was a name that Lixiu had asked Mo Yan to give the child, intending to raise and cherish her as her own should they fail to find the child’s family.

Liyu hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded her head and said softly, "Okay!"