Chapter 1 A Daughter in Old Age

"Something big has happened. The old Jiang family has a daughter!"

The sun at noon was hanging high above the head, and the blazing light enveloped the fields.

The villagers who were busy in the fields put down their work and looked up at the people who were shouting on the roadside.

"What? Did the Jiang family really give birth to a daughter?"

"Absolutely true!"

"Other families pray for sons, but his family prays for a daughter, and now they finally got what they wanted!"

At this time, everyone in the Jiang family was smiling.

As the head of the family, Jiang Tianhe, holding a big pipe, grinned and ordered his sons and daughters-in-law.

"Hurry, the third family, boil some hot water!"

"The second family, go borrow two eggs and cook a bowl of noodles!"

"The eldest family, go borrow some brown sugar."

...

After giving instructions to everyone, Jiang Tianhe turned around and went into the house, rubbed his hands clean, and picked up the baby on the bed.

Looking at the pink and chubby little girl in his arms, his heart melted.

After waiting for so many years, their Jiang family finally has a girl!

His wife Jia Guifang was lying on the kang, looking at the child with great joy.

"When those boys were born, their faces were wrinkled, but look at our little girl, she was smooth and shiny right after she was born, and her skin is as tender as tofu."

"Isnt it! Our daughter is different from other children right after she was born!"

After his wifes reminder, Old Jiangtou also discovered the unusualness of his daughter.

At this time, the second daughter-in-law came in with a bowl of freshly cooked noodles and opened the curtain.

"Mom, the noodles are cooked, please eat them while they are hot."

"Thank you for your hard work, second daughter-in-law."

Jia Guifang took it and saw that there were two poached eggs on the noodles, and couldnt help asking, "Who did you borrow these eggs from?"

"Okay, just eat yours, dont worry about it, Ill go to the back mountain to see if there are any pheasants, and then catch one to make soup for you." Old Jiangtou interrupted Jia Guifang.

He knew his wife was thinking about the money the family owed.

Everyone in Xiaoxi Village knew that although the Jiang family had the most sons, they were also the poorest.

The family still owed the village nearly 300 kilograms of grain, and more than 80 yuan!

His wife was used to saving money, so how could she bear to eat eggs!

But today was different from the past. She had just given birth to a little girl and was in a very bad condition, so she couldnt save money.

Jia Guifang knew that Jiang was comforting herself, so she didnt say it. How could it be so easy to find a pheasant in the back mountain now?

Moreover, there were bears, tigers, and wild boars in the mountains. There had been several incidents in the village in the past two years. Who dared to go in there?

At the foot of the mountain, there were children from the village wandering around every day. Not to mention pheasants, there was not even a pheasant feather!

Old Jiang, who was holding the child, asked his wife who was slurping noodles, "Our little girl is so pretty, what do you think we should name her?"

"This girl is the treasure of your old Jiang family, you have to give her a good name!" Jia Guifang looked at the baby in the quilt and was also very fond of her.

Old Jiang looked at his daughter, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes, "Call her Jiang Xiu?"

"No!"

Jia Guifang expressed her opposition without thinking, and then rolled her eyes at Old Jiang, "There are so many people named Xiu in the villages, how can our daughter be like them?!"

"Then how about Zhuzhu? Jiangzhu?" Seeing that the mother of the child didnt like it, Old Jiang changed another one.

"Jiangzhu, its not that good, its better to call her Mingzhu. I heard that rich people call their daughters the pearls on the palm or something like that, its better to call her Jiang Mingzhu." Jia Guifang tasted it and shook her head again.

When naming his sons, Old Jiang had chosen them himself, and his wife had never objected.

I don’t know what happened this time. His wife had already objected to his name twice. But the pink, white and tender little girl in his arms was his precious daughter, “Then call her Jiang Mingzhu!”

Old Jiang slapped his thigh and agreed to the mother’s proposal.

Mingzhu, who was sleeping soundly, woke up in the dark world. She opened her eyes impatiently, intending to see who was so loud. Didn’t she know that she was sleeping?

Huh?

Why did it become so difficult to open my eyes?

I opened them with force!

When Mingzhu opened her eyes, she immediately found the culprit who had woken her up with a loud voice.

"Hey, look, our daughter has opened her eyes!"

The chubby and tender little baby opened her big round eyes, her small mouth was half open with a little transparent saliva flowing down the corners of her mouth, and her chubby hands were stretched out with her teeth and claws, as if she was staring at someone.

Old Jiangs lips trembled with excitement.

Jiang Mingzhu tried to open her eyes wide to see who the man in front of her with a voice like thunder was.

Well, she finally saw it. It was a man with a yellow face, wrinkles on his forehead, and extremely rough skin.

Who is he?

"Hey, our daughter really opened her eyes!"

At this time, Jia Guifang also put down the empty bowl she had just finished eating and quickly came to Jiang Mingzhu.

Jiang Mingzhu was also startled when she saw the somewhat old woman who suddenly appeared in her eyes.

"Yiyiya..."

Jiang Mingzhu opened her mouth, drooling, and wanted to say something, but she couldnt form a sentence at all. She was quite depressed, and her arms drooped down.

But Old Jiangtou and Jia Guifang were very happy.

"What is our daughter doing? Are you hungry?" Old Jiangtou said excitedly.

"But I havent had milk yet, what should I do? How about some rice soup and some sugar water?"

Jia Guifang pinched her chest, and then gave up helplessly.

"Wait, Ill do it."

Old Jiangtou felt sorry for his little girl, and no one could let his precious girl starve.

The child fell into Jia Guifangs arms again. She held Jiang Mingzhu and rocked her carefully, smiling and saying, "Look at your father, he loves you so much, you must grow up well!"

Dad? Mom?

Jiang Mingzhus eyes rolled around several times. Where was she?

Looking at the attire of the man and woman, and the shabby appearance of the house, it seemed that they were from a poor family.

But she didnt have time to think about anything else, because her stomach was so hungry!

She immediately squeezed out a very pitiful and very cute little expression and began to play the victim.

"~~"

Jia Guifang lowered her head. Oh, her daughters expression was so pitiful. Was she going to cry?

She quickly shook her arms and coaxed, "Mingzhu, wait a minute, mother knows you are hungry, your father has gone to get you food, and will be back soon!"