Chapter 19: White Jade Bracelet

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Tang Ailian was on the verge of losing it. Who was the bad child here?

"You are the bad child, your whole family is full of bad children! Clearly, it was your daughter who pushed my Ailian down. Your daughter is the bad one!" Tang Ailian wasn't good at cursing, but Tang Aishi didn't care and began berating Liu Qingyu's mother.

Tang Ailian listened to her sister's scolding and almost burst out laughing. She managed to hold it in and couldn't continue crying.

Liu Yiping laughed and scolded Aishi, "You're a child, how can you curse like that?"

Aishi muttered indignantly, "Did I curse wrongly?"

Liu Yiping nodded confidently, "Of course, you cursed wrongly. Aiyu is the bad child, not you. But their family's adults must be the bad eggs for quarreling with children."

The adults almost burst out laughing. They either faked a cough or cleared their throats.

Hearing the voices from behind, Liu Qingyu's mother hesitated for a moment, stopped, and wanted to turn back to scold them. But she remembered Liu Yiping's remark about "quarreling with children," so she held back and walked away quickly.

Aishi wanted to pick up Ailian, but she realized that the ground under the pomelo tree was a bit wet. She immediately exclaimed, "Ailian, did you pee?"

Tang Ailian drooled and made cooing sounds while looking at Aishi. Aishi quickly checked her pants, luckily, they weren't wet.

In the countryside, even in winter, children wore open-crotch pants, unlike city children who wore diapers. So, it was convenient for children to pee.

Seeing that her pants were dry, Aishi praised Ailian, "Ailian, you're such a good girl, you peed without wetting your pants." For a child of just six months, she knew how to squat and pee without wetting her pants, and Aishi was proud of her little sister.

Tang Ailian wanted to roll her eyes at her but was afraid of being called a weirdo, so she continued to drool and smile, trying to please Aishi. Aishi then carried her into the house, and the pomelo tree under which Tang Ailian had sat felt a bit scornful.

Of course, when inside the house, Aishi praised Tang Ailian even more, and the adults also praised her. Grandpa even held Tang Ailian and didn't let go.

But Aiwu looked at Tang Ailian strangely. Her sister had just learned to sit, so how could she squat and pee? She couldn't understand how a half-year-old baby could squat to pee without wetting her pants. Faced with her brother's puzzled gaze, Tang Ailian felt a bit guilty. Could her brother see something?

On the way back home, Tang Ailian pretended to "fall asleep" on her mother's back while her consciousness entered the medicine well space to check on her treasures—those silver heart grass, ginseng seedlings, and reishi mushrooms.

Tang Ailian discovered that the water in the well had a remarkable effect. She had only watered the three medicinal plants a few times, and they had visibly grown. These days, she entered the well space with her consciousness every day to water the plants.

Last night, while her mother was sleeping, she entered the space again and was surprised to find that the silver heart grass had grown from a little over an inch tall to over a foot tall. The reishi mushroom, originally the size of a fingernail, had grown to the size of an adult's fist, and the ginseng seedling had also grown taller, bearing red fruits.

Tang Ailian was excited at the time. It had only been a few days, and the results were already impressive. Did this mean that as long as she kept watering the plants, they would keep growing? After thoroughly watering the plants with well water, she quickly exited the space.

As Tang Ailian's consciousness entered the well space, she was pleasantly surprised again. She remembered that the silver heart grass, which was difficult to propagate, had split into two small shoots. The reishi mushroom had grown to the size of a bowl, and some small reishi mushrooms, the size of her little finger, had sprouted around it. The ginseng had grown a bit taller, and the most exciting part was that the red fruit on top of the ginseng had disappeared, and around it, six or seven small ginseng seedlings had sprouted!

This was all in less than ten days.

Not only were the ginseng seedlings a pleasant surprise, but even more exciting was that the white mist in the space was slowly receding, gradually expanding the size of the space. What was initially just over an acre of land had now become more than two acres.

Tang Ailian was amazed when she suddenly heard a familiar voice, one that made her heart race, saying, "Oh, Xiujuan, I thought you weren't coming today. I've been waiting for a long time."

The voice Tang Ailian heard was none other than her former mother-in-law, Li Xin Ye's mother, Liu Meilan. In her past life, she had been exploited to the brink by this woman, who had then driven her out of the house, forcing her to burn everything and disappear.

It turned out that they were visiting Tang Ailian's former mother-in-law's house, Liu Meilan's house, today.

Li Jiacun was about ten miles away from Longtou Village, far from the commune but close to the county town. In her previous life, the county town had expanded into Li Jiacun as part of real estate development.

Liu Meilan's husband, Li Qiuyu, and Liu Xiujuan's husband, Tang Dalong, were coworkers. After Liu Meilan discovered that they were both from the same village, she befriended Liu Xiujuan and invited them over for the holidays.

This year, it was Liu Meilan's turn to host, so Liu Xiujuan brought her daughters to Liu Meilan's house as guests.

(End of this chapter)