Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

"Yes, he just proposed to me."

Song Chunlan's voice was shy and a little frightened.

"Are you afraid that Pei Aihua will be like your ex-husband?" Xia Qingqing saw through her uneasiness at a glance.

Song Chunlan was silent for a long time.

"Am I useless?"

Song Chunlan's mood suddenly became depressed, and she felt that she was a very bad person.

"It's normal for you to worry. I can't guarantee that Pei Aihua will really love you forever, and I can't guarantee that he is not a bad person. You have to control your feelings. The key is whether you want to start a new life. If you do, then accept it bravely."

Xia Qingqing doesn't want to get involved in other people's feelings, even if the other person is a good sister.

"I want to live with Pei Aihua, Qingqing. I...I'll agree to it."

Song Chunlan finally made up her mind that she could not continue to be affected by the past and she wanted to start a new life.

Just take a gamble!

"In fact, you don't have to worry too much. You are braver and more capable now than before. And you have us. No matter what the problem is, we will stand behind you and be your strong backing. As for cultural differences, although you are only an elementary school student, you can design clothes, cook well, and do paper cutting and embroidery. It is these shining points that attracted Pei Aihua, so you don't have to belittle yourself. You have your shining points and are completely worthy of Pei Aihua."

Xia Qingqing comforted her and said that she would continue to protect Song Chunlan even if she and Pei Aihua went to live abroad.

What's more, Pei Aihua's character should be trustworthy.

"Qingqing, thank you!"

Song Chunlan's voice was a little choked up. If it weren't for Qingqing, she would never have the life she has today, and she would never have the courage to accept Pei Aihua's proposal.

In her heart, Qingqing always comes first, and everyone else comes second.

"We are good sisters, stop saying these polite words and go to bed!"

"OK, good night."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Qingqing smiled and went to bed.

Shen Qiubai was taking a shower and came out wrapped in a towel. While drying himself, he told her the good news: "The date for Wang Kangfeng's execution has been set. It will be March 15 next year. Let him have a reunion dinner before he leaves."

"I thought the higher-ups were dragging their feet on approving him because they wanted to pardon him. Now it's finally settled."

Xia Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief. It would not be enough for that bastard Wang Kangfeng to die a hundred times.

"It is impossible to pardon him. No one can save him from the crimes he committed."

Shen Qiubai dried his body and got into bed without even putting on his pajamas. Xia Qingqing shivered from the coldness of his body and kicked him away in disgust, "Get out of the way, you're freezing."

A light laugh was heard and Shen Qiubai moved away a little. He would roll into his arms soon anyway.

Sure enough, after a while, he was in his arms, warm and soft. Xia Qingqing even put her feet on his belly, which was the hottest place, like a stove. Her feet were always cold in winter, but they would soon be warmed up when placed on Shen Qiubai's belly.

"Time flies. Two years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Xia Qingqing couldn't help but sigh that a lot of things had happened in the past two years.

"There are still two years to go. Let's go to sleep."

Shen Qiubai was not in a melancholy mood. Lying in bed, he only wanted to do one thing.

The cold wind is howling outside the window, and the room is filled with spring light. It is another restless night.

******

A day later, Jiang Han came back and, as before, brought a lot of local specialties. Xia Qingqing's favorites were the dried loofahs and eggplants, as well as dried chilies, which were dried by Jiang Han's cousin and aunt.

Before she ate it, she could never imagine that ordinary loofah, eggplant and pepper, added with meat, glutinous rice and seasonings, steamed and then exposed to the sun, would form a snack with a unique flavor.

It seems that Jiang Han's hometown is the only place in the country that makes this snack. Langyue also likes to eat it, so Jiang Han will send money to his aunt and cousin to ask them to help make it.

This time, Jiang Han also brought his youngest cousin with him. Before coming back, he called Lang Yue and told her about this. However, he did not explain the reason in detail on the phone. He only said that his little cousin could no longer stay in her hometown and would have to live in Shanghai in the future.

Lang Yue naturally had no objection. He had always respected Jiang Han and he was very kind. From Jiang Han's tone on the phone, it seemed that something bad had happened to this little cousin.

He was deeply impressed by this little cousin, a girl of five or six years old, thin and small, but with very big and dark eyes, and very sensible. She would help with housework at a young age, but she was a little timid and didn't like to talk. Lang Yue didn't know what had happened to the child, and he was still very worried.

The little cousin is called Jiang Dongmei. She is nine years old. She is taller and more slender than when Langyue first met her. She has delicate features, but is too thin. If she gets enough nutrition, she will definitely be a very beautiful girl.

Jiang Dongmei hid timidly behind Jiang Han, her little hands still tightly holding onto his clothes, her big eyes looking particularly uneasy, fearing that Lang Yue would not welcome her.

"Call me Teacher Lang."

Jiang Han lowered his head and said.

"Teacher Lang."

Jiang Dongmei's voice is thinner than a mosquito and cannot be heard even if you listen carefully.

"You're so good. This is the first time we meet, so I have to give you a red envelope. Take it!"

Lang Yue smiled and took out the red envelope he had prepared earlier. He bent down, stood face to face with the girl, and stuffed the red envelope into her hand.

Jiang Dongmei's hands trembled, as if they were burned by the red envelope. She was helpless holding the red envelope and looked up at Jiang Han anxiously.

Jiang Han nodded slightly, and she accepted it with peace of mind, forcing a smile at Lang Yue.

She could feel Lang Yue's kindness, and she liked the clean and beautiful teacher Lang. Her eldest cousin said that she would stay here to study in the future, and she could go back to her hometown whenever she wanted, and not go back if she didn't want to.

She didn't want to go back to her hometown, but she couldn't bear to leave her mother and sister. However, her mother cried and asked her to go, saying that if she continued to stay at home, it would bring shame to the family and her father and brother would never be able to hold their heads up.

Jiang Dongmei was confused and didn't understand. She was the one being bullied, so why didn't her father scold the person who bullied her? Instead, he scolded her for being restless and beat her so hard. If her mother and sister hadn't stopped her, she would have been beaten to death by her father.

She was beaten all over her body, and her father forbade her to call a doctor. Her mother and sister did not dare to disobey, so they could only secretly go to the mountains to collect herbs, crush them and apply them on the wounds.

At that time, she was delirious with fever and seemed to see her deceased grandmother in a trance. Her grandmother was the one who treated her best in the family. Her grandmother always said that being a woman was more miserable than being an ox or a horse. She also said that in her next life, even if she was reborn as an animal, she would not be a woman.

She didn't understand it when she was a child, but now she understands a little bit.

Being a woman is so hard!

She did not die and was saved by the herbs. However, she did not dare to go out. If she went out, the villagers would point fingers at her and talk about her. Some even called her shameless and a disgrace to the village.

She didn't even dare to breathe at home, for fear that her father would be angry and beat her again.

She had a very hard time in the few days before her eldest cousin came back. Sometimes she even thought that it would be better to die, at least it would be better than the current situation.

So, while her parents and sister were working in the fields, she ran to the mountains to pick grass that cows and sheep would not eat, because they would get sick or even die if they ate it.