If they split up, the two sons would have been raised in vain.
Xu Shi thought about it and decided to tell the family about this matter first.
With this dead girl You Di not recognizing even her parents, but running off to recognize Lu Ye and the others, and being so heartless, the family would definitely side with her.
Seeing Xu Shi's heavy footsteps, Qian Zhaodi stepped forward and pretended to be fearful, saying, "Aunt Xu, please don't tell Grandpa and Grandma that I said this. I… I was just kindly asking you, and accidentally blurted out Sister You Di's affairs. Alas… If Grandma finds out about this, she'll scold me again."
Xu Shi glanced at her and snorted, "Don't worry, you reported the news to me, and I have no reason to expose you. I'll just say I saw it with my own eyes. We're all in the same village, and they can't hide it for too long."
Qian Zhaodi looked anxious, "Aunt Xu, I didn't mean to report to you. I… I just accidentally let it slip."
Xu Shi sneered impatiently, "Alright, I understand your intentions." With decades of experience in fighting, how could she not see your little tricks?
Qian Zhaodi watched Xu Shi's angry retreating back, a sinister smile curling her lips.
Even if Grandpa and Grandma knew she let it slip, they couldn't do anything to her. After all, she didn't eat with them every day. If they gave her any instructions, she wouldn't know, and no one specifically instructed her.
Accidentally letting something slip was only human nature.
When she got home from work at noon, Xu Shi told the family about You Di's situation. Everyone in the family fell silent.
This was somewhat unexpected for Xu Shi. She had thought everyone in the family would be as angry as she was. To her surprise, her burst of anger met with damp kindling.
Xu Shi angrily said, "Lu Ye and his wife are really something. You Di is back, but they didn't come to tell us. They're letting You Di stay at their house, not even letting me, her own mother, into the door."
Lu Dahai squatted on the ground, his face gloomy.
Lu Xing immediately said, "Mom, what are you talking about? Don't you know why Big Sister didn't come back to our house? How can you blame Brother Xiao Ye and his wife?
Besides, Big Sister has always been a person of her own mind. She must not want to come home herself, so she asked Brother Xiao Ye and his wife not to tell us."
Xu Shi pointed at Lu Xing and scolded, "You unfilial son, you're getting bolder! Now, none of you put your mother in your eyes anymore, right?"
Lu Yang said impatiently, "Mom, Big Sister suddenly came back with her niece. Something must have happened on her husband's side. Isn't it better for them, mother and daughter, to stay at Brother Xiao Ye's house? Besides, if they stayed at our house, would you be willing to feed them for free?"
Xu Shi said resentfully, "I didn't say it was bad for her to stay at Lu Ye's house. Isn't it proper for her to bring something back to honor her parents when she comes back? At least she should come home to see us, right?"
Lu Xing looked at his mother with disappointment. He said coldly, "Mom, six years ago, you sold Big Sister to that thirty-year-old bachelor. You never expected this day, did you?
I remember when Big Sister left home, she said one thing: from now on, she would sever ties with our family and have no further relationship. You, you won't forget, will you?"
Xu Shi's face turned pale and green. Of course, she wouldn't forget these words, but You Di was her biological daughter after all. She had raised her. No matter how she treated her, You Di should still be filial to her.
Lu Dahai said to Xu Shi in a deep voice, "If You Di doesn't want to come back, she doesn't have to. We have no face to ask her back. Don't bother her."
Xu Shi snorted, "You're so content. I heard that she is now highly valued by Lu Ye's wife and is in charge of the workshop, earning quite a bit of silver each month. If we don't look for her, wouldn't that silver still go to her deceased husband?"
Lu Xing said, "Mom, just listen to Dad and don't bother Big Sister. Even if Big Sister earns a mountain of gold now, it has nothing to do with you. Don't covet what you shouldn't have.
Besides, Big Sister suddenly returning must mean something happened. I'll take some time tomorrow to go see her and find out the situation."
Lu Xiaosi, who had been standing by and had not spoken, tugged at Lu Xing's sleeve and said timidly, "Second Brother, can I go with you to see Big Sister tomorrow?"
"En, okay," Lu Xing nodded.
Xu Shi was so angry her chest hurt, but now that her sons were grown, they didn't listen to her anymore. She couldn't do anything.
The next day, Lu Xing took Lu Xiaosi to the cloth shop to buy a set of women's ready-made clothes and a set of children's ready-made clothes. After packing them in cloth bags, they headed towards Lu Ye's house.
Lu Hao, Du Min, Yang Shi, Bai Jing, and Liu Shi were sitting under a bamboo pavilion discussing something. As Lu Xing and Lu Xiaosi approached, Lu Hao was stunned.
"Sister," Lu Xing called out to Lu Hao, his eyes moist.
Lu Hao's situation had always been kept a secret from the eldest branch of the Lu family. How did they find out so quickly?
Du Min and the others were slightly surprised. However, this was Lu Hao's family affair, and they found an excuse to excuse themselves as it was not convenient for them to inquire.
Lu Hao looked at Lu Xing and Lu Xiaosi, and her tears continued to flow.
When she left home, Lu Xing was only 8 years old, and Xiaosi was only three. After six years of not seeing each other, they had grown so much.
"Xingxing, Xiaosi!" Lu Hao opened her arms to them. These two younger siblings were raised by her, changing their diapers and feeding them, so her affection for them was the deepest.
Lu Xing and Lu Xiaosi called out "Sister" and rushed into her embrace.
The three siblings hugged each other, sobbing uncontrollably.
Lu Hao wiped away her tears and smiled, "Xingxing, Xiaosi, you're not little anymore. There are some things I want to tell you directly."
"En, Sister, tell me," Lu Xing wiped his face with his sleeve.
Lu Hao said, "I will never go back to that home with Father and Mother. And in the future, I will only recognize the two of you." As for her elder brother Lu Yang, he had disappointed her greatly back then, so she would pretend she didn't have that brother.
Lu Xing and Lu Xiaosi both nodded solemnly.
"It was made very clear back then that I was sold off by them, so naturally, I have no relationship with them anymore. That's why I stayed at Brother Xiao Ye's house and kept them from telling you I was back."
"Sister, I understand what you mean. Sister and Xiaosi are only here to see you today, not to urge you to go home," Lu Xing quickly explained.
"Mmm, actually, Sister really wants to see the two of you, but Sister really doesn't want to see Father and Mother, lest Mother come to cause trouble for Xiao Ye and your sister-in-law again," Lu Hao sighed.
Lu Xing looked at Lu Hao and said worriedly, "Sister, why did you suddenly come back? And why don't we see that person?"
Lu Hao gave a desolate smile, "I escaped from that person's house."
"Escaped… escaped?" Lu Xing and Lu Xiaosi were both shocked. If their elder sister escaped, that man would definitely not let it go. What if they came looking for them?