After marrying the hunter, he became more and more abnormal

Chapter 320 The Child’s Background (2)

Xia Mo was stunned, "Is this still possible?"

The innkeeper smiled and said, "Of course, parents make the final decision on marriage matters. I heard that this is common there, so we can't comment on whether it's good or bad."

Xia Mo thought about it and made the same decision. In this era, people valued offspring. No matter how poor one was, one had to pass on the family line and continue the incense.

"Then what does this have to do with children with heterochromia?" Xia Mo asked again.

"Of course it is related! That's the problem." The waiter at the inn rolled his eyes and spoke mysteriously.

"Oh? Could it be that one of the three daughters-in-law of the Xiao family has heterochromia?" Xia Mo said, after all, it's genetic.

Lingchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that the young man's words made sense, but the waiter of the inn denied it.

"Of course not. It was the third son of the Xiao family, the child's father. His arranged wife was replaced!"

Xia Mo: “!”

Lingchuan: "..."

Can this person be replaced easily? Xia Mo was shocked.

"And then? How did the Xiao family find out?"

"I heard that it was discovered when Xiao San lifted the veil. Not only was Xiao San's wife replaced, but the woman was replaced by a boy. You know, this woman is easier to give birth to than a boy, but the boy is also mute. This made everyone in the Xiao family furious, and they immediately took people to the Lian family and asked the Lian family to give them an explanation."

Xia Mo was amazed, Ling Chuan was indifferent.

It goes without saying that this daughter-in-law has definitely not been replaced.

"When the Xiao family approached the Lian family, they knew that the truth had been revealed, but they acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. They said that their son and the daughter of the Xiao family had already been married, and if they insisted on exchanging the daughter, they didn't mind, because they didn't take any money anyway."

"..."Xia Mo's mouth twitched.

Sure enough, a shameless person is invincible.

"Don't think about it. The Xiao family is so angry. What's the point of them coming back if the Xiao family girl's reputation is gone? So they insist that the Lian family hand over the girl who was promised to be betrothed to Xiao San."

When the inn waiter said this, he clicked his tongue a few times.

"Seeing that the Xiao family was about to take action, even the village head and the elders came, so the Lian family had no choice but to tell the truth."

"So, after the Lian family girl made an engagement with the Xiao family, she was unexpectedly spotted by a young master in town, who asked for a betrothal gift of fifteen taels plus a pair of silver bracelets!"

"Compared to the Xiao family who had nothing to gain, after learning that their son and the girl from the Xiao family had consummated their marriage, the family members became more active. They directly bought the mute boy from Pai Huazi and asked him to replace their daughter and marry Xiao San."

Hearing this, Xia Mo's expression was extremely complicated, "The Lian family is determined to take over the Xiao family."

The innkeeper grumbled, "That's right. Anyway, the Xiao family's daughter can't go back, and the Lian girl has been taken away by the young master in town. What can the Xiao family do to them?"

"What happened next?" Ling Chuan interrupted.

"Later, I heard that the Lian family paid compensation, which was only two taels of silver. The Xiao family was dissatisfied and threatened to either split the betrothal gift equally between the Lian family girl or take her back. I don't know the details of how it was handled, but it seems that because the written agreement was not clear, the Xiao family suffered the loss in the end."

"Well, didn't I say it before? The Xiao family is poor, and the mute brother has been married to Xiao San. The Xiao family doesn't have that much money to find a new wife for Xiao San, so they just accept this wife. Life goes on as usual, but I never thought that among the three daughters-in-law, Xiao San's mute husband would be the first to get pregnant."

"This is a good thing, and the Xiao family is happy, at least Old Man Xiao and Xiao San are happy. But things don't go as planned, and the mute brother had a difficult birth, and the baby was born with heterochromia, which makes people feel scared and think that this child is very evil."

"So they abandoned the child?" Xia Mo's eyes were dark.

Ling Chuan pursed his lips slightly, said nothing, and stared at the waiter of the inn with cold eyes.

"No, that's not the case. Xiao San must have fallen in love with his husband. The Xiao family doesn't like children, so he separated from the Xiao family." The waiter of the inn said truthfully, and then sighed.

"Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Xiao San also passed away unexpectedly when the baby was a little over one year old. It was said that he encountered a big insect. Alas, life is unpredictable. Because of this, the people there thought it was because of the child. They thought that his eye color was different and he was born with an ominous sign. Therefore, he was born with bad luck and would harm those close to him. So no one in the Xiao family was willing to come out and adopt the child."

Xia Mo said angrily, "For a mother to give birth to a child is to endure hardships, and to lose her life in the mouth of an animal is something that ordinary people could not expect. Why would you put that upon a child?" Little An Yu was only a little over one year old at that time!

The innkeeper was somewhat surprised to see a hint of anger in his eyes, but after thinking it over, he attributed it to his kindness.

He shrugged. "Who says it's not true? But people are always looking for profit and avoiding harm. No one dares to gamble. So, why are the two guests asking about them?"

Ling Chuan looked indifferent: "Just curious, I heard that the child was later taken back by his grandfather to be raised."

Seeing that the other party didn't want to talk, the waiter didn't force him. He just shook his head and said, "If it wasn't Mr. Xiao, the Xiao family would avoid that child like a snake, scorpion or a ferocious beast, so how could they take him back? It's good enough that he wasn't buried alive. He was adopted by a widower from the same village."

Xia Mo narrowed his eyes slightly. This widower should be the grandfather the child was talking about.

"It's just that the widower was old, and he passed away after raising the child for about four years. This time, the child was confirmed to have bad luck, and was finally expelled from the village."

Xia Mo was completely furious, his anger rising rapidly, "Is there no one from the Xiao family who stood up to oppose it? How can a five-year-old child survive in the wild!"

The inn waiter was embarrassed and couldn't help wondering if the guest in front of him was a relative of the child's mother or father.

"Amo." Ling Chuan called out. He knew how angry and dissatisfied the young man was.

Xia Mo took a deep breath, and it took him a while to calm the emotions churning in his chest.

Even though he knew the child still had relatives around, he couldn't be happy.

With relatives like this, sending Xiao Anyu back would only lead to his death.

Secondly, it is not possible to send little Anyu to someone else's home to be raised.

With such lies and lies, they wantonly took the lives of three people, not just the lives of some pigs or dogs, and considering the awe and fear of ghosts and gods, who would dare to accept this?

"Thank you for telling me, young man. You can go and do your work first." Xia Mo was very upset, but he would not take his anger out on others.

"Well, okay, okay, if you have anything else you want to ask, you can come to me." The waiter of the inn did not forget to recommend himself before leaving.

Xia Mo said "OK" and left the inn with Ling Chuan, but his frown never relaxed.

Ling Chuan paid attention to the young man who was suffering from a lot of hatred and resentment, and knew what he was worried about.

Noticing the man's gaze lingering on him, Xia Mo sighed and looked up: "Brother Chuan, although Xiao Anyu has relatives, he obviously can't be sent back. In his situation, it's difficult to find a family in Lingyun County to adopt him. What should I do?"