"Even your grandmother doesn't know where your mother came from," said Grandpa
Lu Qiubo thought about it and shook his head. She didn't really know anything about her eldest daughter-in-law's origins or why she was found severely wounded in the woods.
If she hadn't run into her son, she probably would have ended up as food for wild beasts.
"But Sangsang, don't listen to what outsiders say. Your mother was the best woman there could be. The moment your father rescued her, I could tell from her clothes that she was different from the girls in our rural area.
But to repay her gratitude, she married your father, bearing you and your elder brother the very next year. While she lived with us, she showed us the greatest respect and kindness. Although she didn't know much about managing the house, she persevered, doing chores to the point of her hands bleeding.