Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 21

I've never seen such a sloppy cat.

Any combination of yellow, black or white fur makes it a cat.

Although the old cat looks casual, it is purely ugly.

These three are different, some ugly and some beautiful, which makes Pei's eyes a little confused. She doesn't want any of them, but they are here anyway.

She doesn't want it now, because if it's gone, she will be even more sad.

Cuimei also asked: "Which one do you want, Miss?"

Little Pei pointed randomly: "It."

Cuimei reached out and grabbed it by the scruff of the neck. It had a yellow face, yellow body, white neck, and a little black hair on its forehead, like a lightning bolt.

The color is still very beautiful, but he has a pig nose, a very flat face, and droopy eyes, as if he was deformed by a punch. He looks a bit bitter and vengeful. Looking at this face, Pei Xiaohai also looked like he was punched.

She couldn't help but laugh, but she didn't know what she was laughing at...

Cuimei's eyesight was poor, so she didn't see the tears hidden in her eyes. She only saw her big smile and thought she was very happy, so she quickly stuffed the kitten into her arms:

"Miss, would you like to give it a name?"

"Yes," Pei Xiaohai had already made up his mind, "Is it male or female?"

Cuimei hesitated: "It's all fine, it has everything, it depends on what you like."

Pei Xiaohai: ...

Pei Xiaohai looked at the cat in his arms, then at the one on the bed: "Then the other two..."

This time, Cuimei answered more fluently: "This one is male, and this one is female."

Pei Xiaohai responded in his heart: This is unfair and unfaithful.

The child looked at Cuimei and told her, "I have chosen a name for it. It is called Pumpkin."

She loves cucumbers.

She loves to eat beans.

Pumpkin, she likes it when steamed, but not when stewed with salt. Just like this cat, it is soft and well-behaved when you hold it. She likes it very much. It looks... let's not talk about it.

The old cat didn't react when they saw them taking away its kitten. When Pei Xiaohai walked to the door, he looked back at it. It was still lying on the bed, shaking the tip of its tail without even raising its head.

Pei Xiaohai walked a few steps out, then stopped and asked Cuimei, "Will it be sad if we take its baby away?"

"What does a cat know about sadness? It's not a human being," Cuimei was amused by her words. "Even if you don't give it away, it will grow up in a few months and won't care about it anymore. It will be easier for it to give it away now."

Pei Xiaohai couldn't understand whether the cat was sad or not, but Cuimei's words made her sad for no reason:

"If a cat gives its kittens to someone else, the other person will feel relieved. But what about the person?"

"Who?" Cuimei didn't understand.

Pei Xiaohai had no choice but to put it more clearly: "What good is there in giving your child away to someone else?"

Little Pei lowered his head and stroked the soft fur on the kitten's body. He didn't seem to care much, but his ears were perched high.

"Uh... this..." Cuimei thought about the child's life experience and didn't know how to answer for a moment, so she said what many people often say, "What good can it do? Children are the flesh and blood of their parents, so how can they not love them? If you send them away, it must be because you have your own difficulties.

Miss, stop imagining things and let me make you a basket to hold your kitten, okay?

Little Pei nodded, but she didn't like her answer. She had eight older sisters, none of whom had been sent away. Why did she have to face difficulties? If she had difficulties, why didn't they send others away, but only her? What kind of difficulties were these? Was it caused by her?

Moreover, kittens are also the flesh and blood of their mother cats. Cats are not humans, but they also have flesh and blood. They should also love their own children. If so, they should be sad when their children are sent away. How can they not understand?

What Cuimei said didn't make sense at all, but Pei Xiaohai could tell that Cuimei didn't want her to ask anymore, so she didn't ask.

She wanted to get back to the mountain as soon as possible and run around the nunnery with her cat. She had a lot of work to do, but the master said she still had some free time to play.

As dusk fell, Pei Xiaohai knew that it was impossible to leave today.

During dinner, Pei Zhu tried her best to persuade them to stay for two more days, and then she would hire a carriage to take them back, and they would arrive soon.

Jinghui looked at her disciple, who was unusually quiet and awkward, and knew that she was uncomfortable, so she politely declined.

Pei Zhu smiled stiffly, and with her foot hidden under the table, she kicked Liu Renben, who was eating in silence.

He groaned and raised his face blankly: "Why did you kick me? Do you want more food, Zhuzhu?"

Pei Zhu cursed in her heart: Fuck you!

"Eat yours. I accidentally touched you. Why are you screaming so loudly?"

Nothing happened at the time, so when they returned to the room, Pei Zhu started to argue with him.

"What's wrong with you? You're usually so silent when discussing business with others. Why did you just now become like a gourd with its mouth sawed off, completely silent?"

Liu Renben: "Keep your voice down. If someone hears you, it will be terrible. Besides, what do you want me to say? The child is theirs. His hair has been shaved clean. Why are you still thinking about him?"

Pei Zhu said angrily, "What's wrong with me thinking about her? She was almost my child. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have rushed over, grabbed her, jumped into the car, and ran away. Who could have caught up with me?"

"How can I not stop you? You are robbing me in broad daylight. How can I do that? We should be reasonable as human beings." Liu Renben clapped his hands and tried to reason with him.

"It's not like we only have this one child. If you really like him, we can raise one from a relative's family. I think it would be nice if he grows up. His father is dead, and his mother is not a serious person. She flirts with other girls all day long. I heard that she wants to remarry. If she wants to remarry, we can give her some money and let her go.

Just think of Changsui and his sister Baifu as having bought it all. Once the contract is signed, bring Aunt Wu home as well. We're all family anyway, and the surname doesn't need to be changed. Let him have two more children in the future, and one will be recorded on their branch and the other on ours in the family tree. That would be great.

Don’t you like those two children very much? If we want to raise one, we should raise one that can be in front of us. It’s useless to always think about other people’s children.”

The fifth aunt Liu Renben mentioned was the wife of the cousin of old grandfather Liu Tongren. They were close relatives, but their lives were very different.

This cousin died a long time ago, leaving his wife to raise the child alone and then get married and have children.

She worked her way up from being the fifth aunt to being the fifth grandmother, and she finally had a good life. However, an accident killed her son, and she could not control her daughter-in-law. She had to raise two children aged four or five by herself. She looked pitiful, and sometimes the Liu family would still hire her even though they knew she could not do any work.

When she was working outside, she always tied her two children to a tree for fear that their daughter-in-law would take them away and sell them. Sometimes when Liu Renben saw them, he would bring the two children back to play with them for a while.

After all this time, there's some affection between us.

If Liu Ren hadn't said it, Pei Zhu would have never thought about it, but when he mentioned it, she was a little tempted.

But after thinking about it, he still felt that it was not possible: "Come on, Fifth Aunt is in good health, maybe she can live to 90. The two children have a grandmother by their side. Not to mention whether they can get close to your parents, but they must always remember their father. After all, there is a layer of distance.

Besides, their own mother is such a bad person, she might come to make trouble at any time. She has almost stolen all the money from Fifth Aunt's coffin. Now that her daughter and son have become cash cows, how can she not come and shake the money?

This child, although she is a girl and a bit older, we all know the nature of the nuns. They will never cause trouble. She has no affection for her biological parents. The Pei family is not short of money now and will not miss us. Moreover, they have been godparents for so many years. If we remove the word "godparent", she will be the parents. At worst, we can recruit a son-in-law in the future and let her stay at home and establish a female household to inherit the family business. How great would that be?"

"What's good about that?" Liu Renben slapped his thigh. "She has no affection for her parents, so how can she have affection for us? You have to think about what others think. It's not enough to be so one-sided."

That’s a really good question.

Pei Zhu wilted instantly and lay motionless on the bed.

Liu Renben leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Zhuzhu, even if we don't have children, life is still the same. We have been doing well these years."

Pei Zhu sat up, covered her face and cried, "What's good about it? I don't even have a child!"

Liu Renben was stunned: "No, why are you crying? We haven't cried before, have we? You haven't cried before either. Who said anything to you?"

Pei Zhu: "Who else could it be? Your second aunt said that I am a chicken that doesn't lay eggs and is not as good as our old cat."

"Damn it, is she going to die or not? She meddles in other people's business and even comes to someone else's bed. My mother has scolded her six times but she still doesn't learn her lesson. What is she thinking? She is addicted to being scolded? Okay! I'll fulfill her wish. You wait, I'll go find her right now." Liu Renben put on his clothes and was about to rush out.

Pei Zhu quickly grabbed him and said, "Okay, don't go. Everyone is asleep. Don't wake them up.

Besides, I’ve already finished cursing.”

Liu Renben: "How did you curse? Was it harsh enough?"

Pei Zhu: "I said she gave birth to a bunch of babies, but none of them had food to eat. Her grandchildren cried with hunger every day. It's like someone died in the family, and instead of going back to mourn, she had time to stare at others. Don't tell me she stole them and ate them as meat."

"It's the truth, but it's just average," Liu Renben said. "I'll think about it for a while. I'll scold my uncle some other day. Now go to sleep."

With a breath, the candle was blown out.

Next door, the child's cat was temporarily sent back to its mother, and she was sleeping with her legs spread out.

Jinghui listened to the sound gradually fade away and sighed inwardly.

She had heard that there was nothing wrong with the health of the two people, but they just couldn't have children together. If other wealthy families encountered such a situation, they would definitely have an additional child.

But they have never been a loving and harmonious couple.

The elders are also sensible and never interfere in the affairs of the two.

If the child were to return to secular life, the Liu family would be the best choice. If they had not been selfish and had not gone down the mountain, perhaps she would have been selected by the Liu family, or they should have sent her to the Liu family earlier.

At the very least, she should be given the right to choose. This is what the nuns in the mountain temple should do.

Go back and tell your two junior sisters.

Jinghui pulled back the quilt that the child had kicked away, covered her with it, and went to sleep.

At night, the tiles on the roof were making noises. Cuimei came out in a daze, wrapped in clothes, to take a look. She saw her old cat and an extremely ugly white cat standing there, so she ignored them. The white cat often came and sometimes brought fish and mice to the old cat.

Cuimei grumbled, "These two have a really good relationship."

Then I went to the toilet and went back to sleep.