"Are you done?" Shen's mother looked at Shen Yao's current state and asked her.
Shen Yao immediately replied, "Not done yet, but no matter how busy I am, I still have to spend time with you, don't I?"
After speaking, Shen Yao still didn't forget to act spoiled towards Shen's mother, "Mom, don't you miss me?"
"Go away, go away, why would I miss you? I still have my little grandson to look after, how could I have time to miss you!" Shen's mother said with a smile, but her tone was full of pampering.
"Yao Yao, don't listen to Auntie bragging, you don't know, Auntie talks about you all day long!" Jiang Qingqing said without mercy, exposing her.
"Alright, you little blabbermouth, don't forget, you're not married into the family yet. Be careful, I'll make things difficult for you once you're in," Shen's mother said, pretending to be angry at Jiang Qingqing.
"I'm not scared at all. Auntie isn't that kind of person. Auntie is not only young and beautiful, but also gentle and good at managing the household, and..."
Jiang Qingqing used all the flattering words she knew in her life.
"Mom, where are Dad and Big Brother?" Shen Yao suddenly asked. It was almost evening, why wasn't everyone around.
"Your Dad and them are in the backyard. The things in the pond have been cleaned up. Just now, several large trucks from your third brother's unit came, saying they wanted to transport fish and lotus roots."
It turned out that the few acres of large pond in the Shen family's backyard had just been harvested. With the help of Shen Yao's spatial water, the fish harvested were all lively and jumping.
However, there were too many fish and lotus roots, so Shen Huaisang immediately thought of his comrades-in-arms and quickly contacted his leader.
Their family's produce was all grown with spiritual spring water, so its efficacy was naturally incomparable to ordinary vegetables. Based on the principle of not letting good resources go to outsiders, he immediately called his leader.
As expected, as soon as the higher-ups heard, they agreed to take everything without a second word and immediately dispatched people and vehicles.
"Not to mention, your third brother has quite a talent for business. The price they sold those fish for was this much." Shen's mother held up five fingers.
"Fifty thousand?"
"Yes!"
"Then this price is acceptable. But why were they so quick to pay?" Shen Yao remembered Xu Weiguo's pained expression when he paid last time.
"I don't know what your third brother said, but they were indeed very quick to pay." Shen's mother didn't know the reason either.
Shen Yao didn't ask further. "Then I'll tell you something after Dad and they come back."
At 8 PM, the Shen family finally returned, but each of them had mud stains on them.
Shen Huaimin and Ning Min also returned at this time. Because Shen Yao hadn't come out for the past few days, Shen's mother couldn't take care of so many children, so Ning Min took the little chubby boy to the shop.
The little chubby boy was already over two years old and much more obedient and sensible than before. So Ning Min had no trouble looking after him at the shop, which also hired two employees.
However, Ning Min's expression was very grim when she returned today.
After the family tidied up and the little fellow was settled to sleep, they all sat in the living room.
"I have something today..."
Before Shen Yao could finish speaking, Ning Min's words cut her off.
"I have something to tell everyone today."
Everyone turned their gaze to Ning Min, so this should be related to her bad mood today.
"My birth parents found me." Ning Min's emotions were very unstable, and her voice even carried a hint of sharpness, completely different from her usual gentle personality.
Shen Yao noticed Ning Min's abnormality and quickly stuffed a calming pill into her mouth. This was a pill used in the cultivation world to prevent inner demons.
She hadn't forgotten that when Ning Min came to their home, she was about six or seven years old and had many memories, but unfortunately, she had lost her memory at that time.
After Shen Yao returned, the Shen family was nourished by the spiritual spring water every day, and many of their hidden ailments were gone. So it was likely that Ning Min's memory had also been inadvertently triggered.
After taking the calming pill, Ning Min's emotions finally calmed down. "They, they said they want to take me back."
The Shen family was stunned by this news.
"What's going on? Are you sure they are your birth parents?" Shen's mother quickly asked.
Her well-raised daughter, her daughter-in-law, and now someone wanted to snatch her away!
"Two people came to the shop today, saying they are my uncle and cousin." Ning Min said, then took a deep breath and continued.
"They said they saw a video posted by someone online and discovered me, saying that I look exactly like my mother.
So they found me after a lot of effort. They hope I will go back with them because, because they said my parents are... are not doing well."
As Ning Min spoke, tears streamed down her face.
When she saw her uncle and cousin, her lost memories suddenly returned.
Her family was a top-tier wealthy family in Hong Kong. Since childhood, she had been doted on by her parents and pampered by her family.
One day, she was playing in the garden and overheard some maids chatting. She heard them talking about how there were many fun things in the mainland and how beautiful the beaches in Province G were.
So she was moved. She begged her parents to take her. Coincidentally, they had business to attend to in the mainland, so they agreed.
Later, Ning Min, who went to the mainland with her parents, felt that she had been deceived because the mainland was not beautiful or fun at all.
After staying in the hotel for several days, she became bored. Coincidentally, her elder cousin said he wanted to go out to play, so she went with him.
Her cousin took her to an amusement park, and then she got separated from her cousin. She was anxious, looking for her cousin everywhere, but was taken into a car.
After getting into the car, she was so scared that she cried loudly, and then she was slapped several times and finally fainted.
When she woke up again, she was locked in an iron cage, and there was a wolfdog in the cage.
She cried herself hoarse with fear. She didn't know how long she cried, but she just cried when she woke up and slept when she was tired of crying.
Later, she finally saw someone. It was her uncle and cousin. She thought her uncle and cousin were coming to save her, but she didn't expect that.
Her cousin, holding a thinly peeled bamboo whip, struck her body inch by inch. The thin bamboo whip left red marks on her body and then broke her skin.
They beat her non-stop, and even didn't give her food, but they gave food to the wolfdog. She was so hungry that she snatched the wolfdog's food.
Every time, she would be severely scratched by the wolfdog, but she was so hungry, so incredibly hungry.
Finally, unable to bear it, she fiercely pounced on her cousin when he was hitting her and bit his neck.
Her cousin, in unbearable pain from her bite, pushed her away directly. She hit her head on the wall, feeling dizzy, as if something was flowing out, and then she fell into darkness.