"Bang, this is too much!"
Upon hearing Long Yue’s account, Chai Tieniu slamd his fist on the table, causing it to wobble and almost collapse. Mrs. Chai looked at the soon-to-be-broken table with distress, coughing on the side.
"Mom, have so water to soothe your throat!"
He hurriedly poured a cup of warm water and handed it to his old mother, then looked at Li Qingmu with a pained expression: "How can they treat you like this? Even if you’re injured and need dication, they shouldn’t have kicked you out of the house..."
"Hmph, they think because my husband didn’t pass the scholar exam and can’t bring them wealth, they were eager to kick us out."
Long Yue pouted in resentnt and took out the household registration docunt for starting a new family.
"Here, this is what they gave my husband, claiming he started a family and career and didn’t want to rely on them anymore, hence requested to leave. Oh, Auntie Chai, with parents alive, how could we possibly start a new household? This is just their way to avoid criticism from outsiders."
The Chai Family mbers were uneducated and couldn’t read the words on the docunt, but Li Qingmu and Long Yue understood, and there was no need to deceive them about this.
Chai Tieniu felt the Li Family mbers were too snobbish, and angered, he said: "Even so, they shouldn’t have done it, A Mu is still their son after all..."
"I’m not."
Li Qingmu said calmly, thinking it was better to reveal sooner what would eventually be found out, thus taking control of the situation.
The Chai Family mbers were all stunned.
"Silly child, what foolishness are you talking about? How can you not be their child? Everyone saw Sister Li pregnant with you back then!"
Mrs. Chai drank so water, felt much better, and murmured from the side.
"Is this true?"
"Yes, absolutely true. The midwife can testify, you were born! You, child, just love thinking nonsense."
Mrs. Chai shook her head, probably thinking he was overthinking, but Long Yue and Li Qingmu knew this was undoubtedly true.
It’s just... Was Mrs. Li Zhou pregnant at that ti? They really didn’t know! The Li family was so chaotic, who could inquire about these things? Now, it seems Li Qingmu’s origin is even less simple.
"Auntie Chai, this isn’t sothing my husband and I made up; it’s what they themselves said and even gave us A Mu’s childhood swaddling clothes."
After Long Yue finished, she showed them the swaddling clothes, utterly shocking the Chai Family mbers.
The swaddle looked like it belonged to a wealthy family, and the Li family wouldn’t likely give a child such good things, so Li Qingmu truly isn’t their biological child?
Won love gossip, and Mrs. Chai was no exception. She slapped her forehead and exclaid: "Right, Mom rembered, Aunt Ma said back then, there was so complication when Li Laosan was born. The child didn’t cry much after being born, likely wouldn’t live long, and you..."
She sized up Li Qingmu, noting his handso and strong appearance, not like soone destined for a short life.
"Could it really be true that he’s not their biological child?"
Once a woman’s gossiping heart is ignited, it’s hard to extinguish it. Seeing Mrs. Chai itching with curiosity, Long Yue nodded, "Ah, unfortunately, there are only material proofs and no witnesses now. Actually, I also want to know exactly what’s going on! It’s impossible to ask Li family; they definitely wouldn’t tell..."
"Nephew Mu, Lady Yue, if you want to know clearly, there’s actually soone you can ask!"
"Who?"
"The midwife who delivered you, Aunt Ma!"
Long Yue and Li Qingmu exchanged a glance, each seeing a gleam of cunning in the other’s eyes.
The truth had long been unsealed, but they still needed so verification. The paper couldn’t contain the fire, and the matter of Li Qingmu passing would certainly reach the Li family, leading to more chaos.
Long Yue had the blood of a military family, so her sharp character was not surprising, just as Li Qingmu had never been one to tolerate grievances. If soone dared to make a move on the first, he’d strike on the fifteenth! If people spared so courtesy, he’d leave so room in everything, but if they acted rcilessly, he wouldn’t hold back either!
Since breaking relations was necessary, make it clear!
Moreover, he was about to embark on many things ahead, with both risks and opportunities, and he didn’t want his family getting implicated because of him, nor did he want that family to beco a hindrance. This situation was ideal!
He slowly stood up and said, "Then I’ll trouble Auntie Chai!"
"Well, it’s good to clarify! Chai Da, Li family’s kid... oh, A Mu, let’s go, I’ll go with you!"
The Ma Family lived by the mountain, and now in the afternoon, a group arrived at the Ma’s house. Aunt Ma just woke from her nap, and seeing visitors, sat up but was reluctant to get out of her warm bed due to the cold outside.
"Lady Chai ca running here, who’s child is about to be born?"
"No, no, it’s the Li family’s child who has sothing to ask you."
"Are you... Li Laosan? You’re back? Oh dear, many in the village said you died out there and wouldn’t return!"
Li Qingmu, "..."
Long Yue found Aunt Ma’s talkative nature a bit overwhelming and rushed to ask questions quickly to finish and leave.
"Aunt Ma, we want to ask if you rember the circumstances of my husband’s birth? Anything like birthmarks?"
Long Yue imdiately got to the point.
Many children have marks, as long as Li Laosan has different marks than Li Qingmu, it would prove he wasn’t the Li family’s child.
The couple’s thoughts aligned perfectly, and Aunt Ma unwittingly revealed, gazing at Li Qingmu as if looking at a fool: "Don’t you know if you have birthmarks?"
Seeing Li Qingmu silent, Aunt Ma sensed sothing amiss from his taciturn deanor, her eyes rolled: "I delivered so many children, how could I rember clearly? Oh, age muddles the brain badly..."
The complaints stopped when Long Yue handed over a purse; she weighed it and estimated dozens of copper coins inside, eyes squinting in delight: "Oh, you’re even clever bringing gifts! Let tell you, when your husband was born, it was almost a hard labor, his complexion was waxy, and there was a large mole behind his neck..."
"Was there a birthmark on his arm?"
"Arm? No, no, those skinny arms had no birthmarks at all... hehe..."
Aunt Ma laughed eerily and after speaking, ignored them, imrsing herself in counting copper coins from the purse, puzzled why one coin was in the purse’s lining?
Here she was struggling over one coin, while Auntie Chai looked at Li Qingmu’s neck and exclaid: "Your neck... there’s truly no mole behind your neck; this is odd, could they have mixed up the two kids? Shouldn’t be..."
A child with a mole or birthmark is best recognized; how could it be mistaken? This suggests there was indeed a trick involved!
Though absorbed in picking out the coin, Aunt Ma casually remarked: "Haha, that child was dood for early death, unlikely to survive long; you are probably the one picked by Li family from the roadside. But well, doesn’t every family have its secrets? We won’t expose them, and everyone can live their lives in harmony, harmony brings wealth!"
Li Qingmu smiled lightly, said nothing more, and bid farewell with clasped hands.
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