"No way, I have to catch up." Xia Xiuzai watched as the donkey cart carrying Tian Shi disappeared around the corner, and quickly lifted his feet to chase after it.

  "Dad, mom is just being stubborn with you. No need to chase after her, she'll come back on her own after a while." Xia Zhi pulled him back and calmly persuaded him.

  "No way, your mother is being stubborn and can do anything when she's in a bad mood. Dad can't let her torment herself."

  "Dad, if you go after Mom now, can she come back with you?" Xia Zhi asked Xia Xiuciai. "You didn't agree to go to my aunt's house to borrow money, but Mom will still go, right?"

  Xia Xiuzai was stunned, he stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Xia Zhi with a surprised expression. He didn't expect that the unspoken understanding between the two of them would be understood by Xia Zhi.

  "Sixteen..." Xia Xiuren didn't know what to say to his daughter.

  But Xia Zhi knew how to coax him.

  "My mother hasn't done any hard work for so many years, she just pretends to do something. If you don't go after her, she'll come back on her own. If you go after her, she'll ask you to borrow money from my aunt's house." These two options forced Xia Xiu to finally choose to chase after Tian Shi in the end. That's why Tian Shi dared to leave by taking a car."

  But Xia Zhi won't give him such a choice.

  "Father, why don't you just go back to the city as usual? After a while, Third Uncle will send my mother back, and when she can't see you, she'll gradually come around. Don't worry, my mother won't be going to the city to look for you again this time. You need to perform well at the academy if you want to get paid in advance, right? If you keep taking leave and delaying the students' classes, my mother is worried that you won't be able to afford your salary!"

  "Will your third uncle send your mother back or is he really sending her out to work?" Xia Xiuzai was half-believing and half-doubting.

  "Dad, you and mom have had your fair share of similar situations too. What did grandpa do?" Xia Zhi asked back instead of answering.

  Xia Xiuzai fell into thought for a moment. Old Master Xia was always talking about them, but when it came to the Tian family itself, he just talked and never took any action.

  He's well aware of his old man's temper. The old master is stubborn but soft-hearted, and he attaches great importance to this eldest son, cares about his face, and won't overstep him in how he treats the Tian family.

  Even though there were several times in the past when Xia Lao Yezi was so angry that he vomited blood, Xia Lao Yezi never really took action to deal with Tian Shi. In the end, it was Lao Yezi himself who made a vow not to interfere with them again.

  This time, although Tian's family asked for more money, he didn't agree to give Xia Zhi to Tian Dabao, so the matter wasn't as serious.

  Thinking so, Xia Xiuzai felt that the little girl's words made sense. However, he was still worried and asked Xia Shi: "Sixteen, what did your grandfather say to you?"

  "Hmm..." Xia Zhi's big round eyes rolled around, "My grandfather said, each take a step back..."

  Xia Xiuzai and Tian Shi each took a step back. Xia Xiuzai didn't want to hastily chase after Tian Shi, and since Tian Shi saw that Xia Xiuzai wouldn't be controlled by her, she also wouldn't force Xia Xiuzai to go borrow money from Dajie's house again.

  "Dad, wait till mom has thought it through and calmed down, then you can come back and coax her into a good mood." Xia Zhi said with a smile.

  It would be great if it could be like this, Xia Xiuzai suddenly felt relieved.

  Xia Xiuzai didn't go after Tian Shi anymore, and Xia Zhi was also very happy, so he started preparing a meal for Xia Xiuzai. Xia Xiuzai still wanted to go to the backyard to personally tell Old Master Xia about Tian Shi's matter, but was intercepted by Xiao Heiyu.

  "Dad's worried, sleep in a bit more this morning."

  Xia Xiuzai felt a bit guilty and didn't want to face Old Master Xia for the time being, so he mumbled something vague. Xia Zhi poured tea, served water, prepared breakfast, and took care of him very thoroughly, and Xia Xiuzai gradually relaxed.

  As the sky brightened, Xia Xiuren was about to return to the school in the city, but he didn't forget to instruct Xia Zhi and the others: "If your mother comes back late, you go pick her up. Take good care of your mother." He also asked the children to send him a message, otherwise he wouldn't be at ease.

  "Father, if there's anything important, just send someone to bring it back." Xia Zhi nodded along with Xia Qiao and Xia Shu, then thought of another idea. "Father, let my older brother write a letter to you, and you can write one to us too. My older brother can read it aloud to Mother and us, and we'll be able to recognize a few more characters!"

  Originally, Xia Xiuzai and his family communicated through oral messages delivered by others. Now, Xia Zhi suggests that everyone should write letters instead. Xia Qiao has studied in a private school and can read and write without any problem.

  Xia Xiuzai thought this was a good idea and he also wanted the children to learn more characters, so he nodded in agreement.

  Tian's family is illiterate.

  See off Xia Xiuzai, Xia Zhi smiled and returned home.

  In the morning, Xia Zhi and several others were sitting in the backyard when Xia Yunhan returned in his carriage. Tian Shi was not on the carriage. Xia Zhi knew that her plan had succeeded.

  Xiaqiao and Xiashu were both somewhat stunned.

  "Let your mother think carefully, and don't come up with such ideas again in the future. Your family can't always be like this." Old Master Xia said to his two grandsons, "Do you have any opposing opinions?"

  The two brothers did not want Xia Zhi to be sold either, but they were still worried about the Tian family.

  "Grandfather, you don't really want Mother to work, do you?" Xia Qiao asked Old Man Xia.

  Old Xia sighed. He had already told Xia Zhi that he would take care of this wicked person, so he only said to Xia Qiao: "Don't worry. I have a sense of propriety, Big Bridge, don't you trust me?"

  "No." Xiaqiao shook his head and then nodded, "I believe what Grandfather said."

  "Then don't bother about it anymore, I'll have someone deliver a message to your father." Old Man Xia said.

  Xia Zhi waited until her brothers had all left before staying behind to listen to Xia Yunhan and Old Master Xia report on sending Tian Shi to Xiao Wang Zhuang.

  Halfway through, my sister-in-law had some regrets and wanted to go back. I pretended not to understand... When we arrived at Xiaowang Village, Xiayun Han handed Tian Shi over to the Wang family. Tian Shi regretted it even more and explicitly said she wanted to go back. He didn't take her back.

  "Wang Shoucai has accepted the favor I owed his father, and he agreed after I told him."

  The Tian family will work as vegetable pickers in Xiao Wang Zhuang, with food and lodging provided, someone to take care of them, no need to work for a full month, Xia's family doesn't want wages.

  After this month, Tian will no longer dare to have ideas about Xia Zhi, nor will she dare to ask Xia Xiuzai and Dajie for money. Even if in the future she still wants to support her natal family, she will be much more restrained.

  Old Xia sighed, for having played the role of a bad guy. “...For the sake of my grandson and granddaughter. As long as it's just the two of them, I don't care.”

  Xia Yunhan and Xia Zhi both smiled, and neither of them took offense at Old Man Xia's words, which had some truth to them.

  "...Luckily, the children have all grown up now. Even if she's not around, Xia Shi can take care of everything at home...". Old Master Xia said to Old Mistress Xia and Xia Yunhan after Xia Zhi left.

  "This sixteen-year-old kid is not simple," Xia Yunhan said.

  "If Dà Yuè were of this temperament, your elder brother's household wouldn't have ended up like it has today..."

  Xia Zhi happily returned home. With nothing much to do, she rummaged through her own belongings.

  Xiaozhi has no property, just a few pieces of old clothes that she altered from her family's old clothes. They are all worn and mended, but very clean and neatly folded.

  The clothes on my body are already a bit hot, and when the summer solstice arrives, I will take out a set of summer bamboo cloth pants and jacket to wear after washing and drying. When I shake open the jacket, I see that one elbow is worn almost transparent.

  Xia Zhi sighed, took out a piece of cloth similar in color, and also picked up the needle and thread basket. She sat down in the cool shade under the eaves to mend her own jacket. Although it was coarse tea and plain food, tattered clothes, but after Tian Shi left, Xia Zhi thought everything looked good.

  There are clusters of wild orchids that have been planted by Xia Zhi, which have already bloomed into the brightest blue sky. There are also roses and peonies that Lanzi's sister helped her plant, as well as clusters of tender green grass, with unknown small flowers scattered here and there.

  Xia Zhi felt that today's sky was exceptionally blue, and the air she breathed was also exceptionally fresh. This is... "The sky in the liberated zone is a clear sky..." She hummed a little tune unconsciously because of her excitement.

  "What are you singing, sixteen?"

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