Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

"Mrs. Lin, Master and Miss, we will take our leave."

The servants bowed respectfully to the three people, and then left in an orderly manner. The last person even closed the door.

Ding stared at the closed door in a daze, unable to come back to her senses for a while.

Lin Gou Wa glanced at Ding, then waved to Lin Tian Ya: "Tian Ya, come here and wash your face."

Lin Tianya blinked her eyes, walked silently to a basin of hot water at a suitable height, and pressed her skinny and dark little hand into it.

The water was the perfect temperature and the basin was beautiful, except for the hand in it.

Lin Tianya thought of the clean white hands of those people when she was eating before, and tried hard to pick at her fingernails that were covered with dirt, but she couldn't get them clean.

Lin Tianya's nose felt a little sour, and before tears welled up in her eyes again, she quickly lowered her head and scooped up a handful of water to pour on her face.

She can’t cry anymore. If she cries, her mother will definitely cry with her.

The three of them washed their faces and hands, applied hot towels to their eyes for a while, and then sat down comfortably around the table.

Ding lowered her head and took a sip of the soup. The sweet and hot soup made her breathe a sigh of satisfaction.

"Tianya, is it delicious?"

Mrs. Ding asked Lin Tianya who was concentrating on drinking soup.

Lin Tianya raised her head, licked her lips with her tongue, and nodded heavily: "It tastes good!"

It tastes different from the soup on the table today.

Lin Tianya lowered her head and continued to drink her soup.

Ding reached out and touched Lin Tianya's head, and said with a smile: "Then do you want to have this sweet soup to drink all the time?"

Lin Tianya's body stiffened and she slowly raised her head.

Lin Gou Wa also stopped drinking soup and looked at Ding.

"Mom, don't you want me anymore?"

Lin Tianya curled the corners of her mouth and tried her best to hold back the sob in her throat.

Although she is young, she is not stupid.

"Mom, I don't want to drink this sweet soup all the time, and I don't want to stay in this rich nest. I just want to go with you, please don't leave me."

As she spoke, Lin Tianya burst into tears again.

Mrs. Ding sniffed and reached out to wipe Lin Tianya’s tears: “You just washed your face, don’t cry.”

Lin Tianya raised her hand and rubbed her eyes vigorously with her sleeve, then smiled at Ding: "Mom, I'll be obedient, please don't leave me, let's go together."

"Go together? You all have to go with me."

Ding put down the spoon in her hand, looked around, and finally her eyes fell on Lin Gou Wa and Lin Tian Ya who were sitting next to each other. Her eyes were piercing: "And then?"

Lin Gou Wa and Lin Tian Ya pursed their lips tightly and dared not speak.

"They are all cheapskates, aren't they?

You have good days but you don't want to live them anymore. You have to go back to live hard times."

Ding stared at Lin Tianya, her voice cold and deep:

"Tianya, have you forgotten what your life was like before you came here?

She gets up before dawn every day, sweeps the floor, feeds the chickens, and helps me with laundry and cooking from time to time.

You have endless chores to do during the day, and you have to share a small, broken bed with your stepsister at night.

I usually don’t dare to eat more or say more, for fear that your stepfather and his family will dislike you and cause trouble for me.”

Mrs. Ding blinked hard a few times, trying to hold back the moisture in her eyes, and continued, "Now that we finally have a ladder to heaven, as long as you stay in this mansion, you will have no worries about food and clothing, and you can also be served by servants. Tianya, isn't this good?"

Lin Tianya opened her mouth: "Okay, but..."

Ding interrupted Lin Tianya, her face serious:

"Tianya, you are already nine years old, and it will be time for you to get married in a few years.

If you come back with me, have you ever thought about what you can hope for in the future?

If you're in a better situation, you can barely fill your stomach. If you're in a worse situation, you'll be like me, working hard and worrying all your life. If you encounter any disaster, your life will be worth less than grass.

But if you stay here and be raised in this mansion for a few years, then you will be a person who walks out of Zhaoping Marquis Mansion.

Cousin of the Marquis of Zhaoping's mansion, no matter what, you will be able to find a husband in the future who will have no worries about food and clothing, and you won't have to worry about your livelihood.

With the support of the Marquis of Zhaoping Mansion, there is no need to worry about being bullied."

"Mom, let's go back. The Marquis of Zhaoping's Mansion will still be our support. As long as we say that we have a relative who is the Marquis of Zhaoping, who would dare to bully us?"

"Shut up!"

Ding glared at Lin Gou Wa and said unhappily:

"If I say you are stupid, then you are really stupid. How can living in the Marquis of Zhaoping's mansion be the same as having a relative who is the Marquis of Zhaoping in a distant place?!

Your aunt and the others never mentioned letting you go, why are you showing off?!

Don't try to scheme against your aunt and the others. Who am I to plot against Marquis Zhaoping?!

Besides, even if I have some little thoughts, it’s all for you two brothers and sisters!

If not, it would be fine, but this is a chance for you to stay in the nest of wealth and luxury. Your Lin family ancestors are blessing you!

You guys didn't say you were actively trying to find a way to stay, but you're still unwilling to go to school?!"

Lin Gou Wa and Lin Tian Ya looked at each other and saw the grievance in each other's eyes.

"Mom, I know you are doing this for my little sister and me, and I also know that we will have a good life if we stay in Zhaoping Marquis Mansion, but this is Zhaoping Marquis Mansion, not the Lin Mansion, and certainly not our own home.

Besides, my aunt's family has done their best for us, why should we stay here with her?"

"Ren, what is Ren, what is Yi?"

Ding suddenly asked.

Lin Gou Wa was stunned for a moment, then replied: "I have done my best."

There was a flash of excitement in Ding's eyes, but a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth:

"You couldn't read a single word before, but now you can even use a few words that only educated people know.

If you hadn't lived in Marquis Zhaoping's mansion for half a year, would you have been able to learn this?

Even your stupid brain can learn this. Your younger sister is much smarter than you. If she can live in this mansion for one or two years, or two or three years, wouldn't she become a talented lady in an official's family? !

In the future, your younger sister will be able to find a good family, and I don’t know how comfortable her life will be.

Gou Wa, if you really care about your little sister and want me to worry less, you should find a way to teach your little sister to please your aunt and the others, so that your little sister can stay in this mansion!"

Lin Gou Wa opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth and lowered his head and slumped his shoulders.

Lin Tianya looked at Ding who was angry, then at Lin Gouwa who was hanging his head, and clasped her hands in a bit of a loss.

Suddenly, Lin Gou Wa raised his head, took a deep breath, and said, "Mom, we won't leave! I'll go back and beg my cousin to let us stay together! I will work hard for my cousin to repay her kindness."

Lin Tianya's eyes lit up and she looked at Ding excitedly.

If her mother stayed, she would naturally be willing to stay here.

Ding's expression froze, and she shook her head: "No, you stay, I have to go back."

"Why?" Lin Gou Wa said anxiously: "Mom, if you are too embarrassed to abandon that uncle because you miss his kindness, I will borrow some money from my cousin and ask someone to bring it to him. This will be our way of expressing our gratitude to him. When there is a chance in the future, I..."

"I'm pregnant."

Ding looked at Lin Gou Wa and spoke in a very soft voice, but it made Lin Gou Wa completely lose his voice.