The Fallen Medicine Woman: The Daily Life of Chun Nuan-Chapter 107 - 93: Destiny Is in Your Own Hands
Nanny Wu never expected that even though the master agreed for Daya to work, the Cao family wouldn’t let her go.
No matter how much she talked, she couldn’t take her child with her.
If she ever said anything more, the man would start scolding her, even wanting to hit her.
"Mother, mother..."
Nanny Wu left in despair, with the heartbreaking cries of Daya behind her.
Full of hope when she went to fetch her daughter, she returned to the Xiao family with swollen eyes.
"Nanny Wu, didn’t you say you were going to bring your daughter to play with me?" Chunxin had been eagerly waiting for a playmate her own age, but she only saw Nanny Wu return alone.
"Miss Wu, I couldn’t bring Daya, I can’t take her away..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she could no longer control herself and started crying.
"Nanny Wu, don’t cry, don’t cry, I don’t need Daya to play with me anymore, it’s okay, really, it’s okay not to accompany me..." Chunxin quickly comforted her.
Having just come out of the pharmacy, Chun Nuan heard Chunxin’s naive consolation. Such heartbreaking words indeed.
Nanny Wu was not upset because no one was playing with her; it was because she lacked the ability to take Daya away, forced to watch as her daughter suffered abuse and mistreatment in that household. As a mother, it was heart-wrenching.
"Girl." Seeing Chun Nuan come out, Nanny Wu quickly wiped her tears; she was wrong to forget her status, wrong to bring her grievances from the Cao family to cry in the Xiao household.
"You can find a quiet place to cry your heart out. After wiping away your tears, life must go on. Only if you’re well, can your daughter be well." Chun Nuan glanced at her: "When you cry, make sure my grandmother and aunt don’t see."
This is something you must avoid; no servant should cry in the household.
But, keeping tears from flowing and repressing anger is not the way.
Sulking in silence is bad for health; venting frustrations appropriately is beneficial.
"Yes, Miss, I won’t cry anymore, I won’t."
Although she said that, tears involuntarily streamed down.
Chun Nuan said nothing, turned, and walked away.
"Sister, sister..."
Chunxin ran after Chun Nuan.
"Sister, I told Nanny Wu, I don’t need Daya to play with me, yet she’s still crying?"
"Chunxin."
It’s nice to be young, with such innocent eyes. However, as a woman, one faces many unfair treatments. If you can’t stand firm yourself, you are destined to be manipulated.
The daughters of the Xiao family should never be easily bent or shaped by others.
"Chunxin, Nanny Wu’s daughter is not happy in the Cao family; bringing Daya wasn’t simply for you to have a playmate." Some things need to be clearly explained, so she understands that even in so-called familial relations, there is calculation.
"Is Daya’s father going to hit her?" Chunxin’s eyes widened: "Chunxin’s father never hits Chunxin; he holds her, teaches her poetry and writing..."
"Not every man qualifies to be a father; some are unfit."
For example, the Wu family that the elder sister married into; Wu Yuanping is an example, ignoring and wanting to divorce and remarry after the Xiao family is gone and the elder sister has a daughter.
"Will Chunxin’s future husband qualify as a father?"
Chun Nuan... At such a young age, how can she already be thinking about these things?
"These are not the things we should be considering now." Chun Nuan gently smiled, patting her little head: "We should be focused on eating, drinking, growing up tall and strong."
"But, sister, mother says beside eating and drinking, I should learn the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework, and cooking. Mother says these are things all girls must learn."
"Yes, your mother is right." It seems, Third Aunt is committed to raising her son as a great scholar and her daughter as a talented lady.
Everyone has their own thoughts, keeping one’s original intent is good.
"But mother asks me to write so many characters each day, my hands ache."
Chun Nuan... That’s a task your mother gave you; I can’t help you!
"Sister will rub your hands."
No one succeeds without effort; even such young children need to be trained early.
No wonder Chunxin would wish Daya could come to play with her.
Playing is the nature of children.
Thinking again about Nanny Wu’s inability to bring her daughter over, Chun Nuan could only sigh.
A mother’s strength comes from her limits; how strong she is depends on her boundaries.
Not everyone has the courage and ability like the elder sister, as the daughters of the Xiao family are indeed different.
How should we say it, they truly illustrate that every family has its script hard to recite.
Regardless if times are good or bad, life must be endured.
Nanny Wu cares for her daughter but understands she cannot be distracted while working, thus she strives not to idle, lest she starts overthinking.
She busily works around the courtyard, which even Zhu Lingling couldn’t bear to watch.
"She thinks herself to be made of iron, doesn’t sleep at night, constantly making clothes for Muyang." Zhu Lingling said to Chun Nuan: "What do you think she should do?"
"Elder sister-in-law, we cannot help her."
Because we are not in her shoes.
"Yes, only she can help herself." Zhu Lingling nodded: "Sometimes I think, if I had the ability to support myself and the master agreed I could bring my children, I would definitely fight for it."
"She tried hard; it’s just that the Cao family won’t let go."
"That’s because she hasn’t tried hard enough." Zhu Lingling said quietly: "Only when you have no worries, can you accomplish what you wish to. If it were me, I’d rather divorce and bring my daughter. Why should the nanny’s earnings support the entire Cao family, while her daughter suffers? What kind of familial love is that, and what’s the use of such a husband?"
Chun Nuan looked at her elder sister-in-law meaningfully.
"Nuannuan, why are you staring at me?" Zhu Lingling came back to her senses: "Don’t overthink, I meant, hypothetically if I were her, I would do it considering her viewpoint. Of course, I am not her. Our Xiao family is truly loving and righteous, I know even if I had a daughter, the family wouldn’t despise her."
"Indeed, the Xiao family is full of love and righteousness, and is very responsible."
Chun Nuan would never tell her, not sharing the same family wouldn’t enter the same door; what the elder sister-in-law spoke was what the elder sister did.
Thinking of her elder sister, who with her own strength resisted the Wu family, and sent dozens of Wu family members to jail.
With such determination and courage, suing the court and enduring hardships are trivial matters?
People, as long as you have something you want to do, as long as your will is firm, having the resolve and courage to push through, as long as you don’t die, you will triumph against adversity.
Chun Nuan firmly believes, one’s Destiny is in one’s own hands, nothing can defeat the Xiao family!
