Jiang Xiaoxiao certainly had a solid footing for denying it.
Currently, there's no DNA technology in the country, which means no one can produce effective technical means to clearly explain who is the biological parent.
This is, after all, 1976.
There are benefits to underdeveloped technology.
Just denying it is enough.
Fan Xiuying immediately came to realization as well.
Exactly.
Indeed, in Jiang Shitou's village, the daughter of the local butcher and the son of the blacksmith from the neighboring village look alike.
Everyone here knows about it.
That incident caused quite a stir.
But, a boy and a girl looking alike is indeed hard to clarify.
Because of this, the two families had endless legal disputes.
The men and women of both families fought ferociously.
No conclusion was ever reached.
The problem was that the two children were born on the same day.
Each had their own midwife, with family members and husbands as witnesses.
There was absolutely no possibility of swapping children or any child being taken away by mistake.
The two families had no relations whatsoever.
This incident had already become a local anecdote.
They had heard of it too and even joked about it back then.
Now thinking about it, indeed.
Impossible.
"Impossible! I gave birth to this daughter! How can I not know, our Xiao Xiao is my daughter. Get out quickly, or I'll drive you out."
Fan Xiuying immediately brandished the broom again.
Jiang Shitou stepped forward to push them out.
"Out! Out!"
He hadn't reacted just now, but now he felt it was reasonable.
His daughter was right.
Jiang Shitou slammed the door shut and clapped his hands.
"These past two years have been strange, with all sorts of people. Someone even came to recognize a daughter. Hey, didn't dad say I was picked up? No matter how you want to recognize someone, it should be a son, right?"
Jiang Shitou was just being cheeky.
Jiang Shitou slapped him, "Get lost!"
He was upset inside.
This little brat didn't even see what time it was and was talking nonsense.
Fan Xiuying was panting with anger.
"If they dare come spouting nonsense again, I'll beat them to death."
Jiang Xiaoxiao helped her mom onto the sofa, knowing that her foster parents' love for her had never changed.
Even in her previous life, when they found out who their real daughter was, they still treated her the same way.
"Mom, in the future, just drive out these senseless people, don't bother reasoning with them. Think about it, without any evidence, they come claiming I'm their daughter; they must have some ulterior motives. Otherwise, why would they insist on recognizing a daughter?"
Jiang Xiaoxiao directly told her family the sinister motives of the couple, preventing them from being deceived by the sweet words of her unscrupulous birth parents in the future.
Mainly because they're too kind, not because they're foolish.
Kind people always think others are like them, but in reality, some people's hearts are always dark.
"Right, why do they want to recognize a daughter?"
This was something the couple couldn't understand either.
Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't continue, as continuing would reveal she knew the truth. When the truth came out, wouldn't her parents suspect?
They had to discover it themselves slowly.
People outside weren't resting.
Ye Hua and Fang Zhiyuan never expected this turn of events.
This wasn't what they had planned.
It was too contrary to normal thinking.
Even if people didn't believe it, they would ask questions, and they had prepared well.
They brought the most convincing witness, Fang Xiaohui.
They had seen the photos brought back and knew Fan Xiuying and Fang Xiaohui looked at least 80% alike.
Very convincing.
Though Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't resemble the couple much.
They could still find some similarities.
The problem was that they weren't even given a chance to explain, being denied outright.
The family didn't believe them.
That made it difficult.
Evidence?
Wasn't the hospital nurse a witness?
The nurse mentioned that there were loopholes in their hospital's maternity ward back then, possibly because of bathing, resulting in some children's beds being mistakenly swapped.
Their family was one of them.
They concluded that their daughter probably wasn't biological.
Fang Xiaohui really didn't resemble them.
Not a bit alike.
If it weren't for their son Fang Peizhong about to be sent to the countryside.
There was really no reason to avoid it.
Originally, Fang Xiaohui could have gone.
But wasn't the Song family interested in marrying her?
If they sent Fang Xiaohui to the countryside, the Song family wouldn't be pleased.
The Song family were the new aristocrats in Jiangdu.
They couldn't afford to offend them.
They were hoping to use this opportunity to move the whole family to Jiangdu.
Their family was educated, and if they had a good chance, maybe they could become officials.
That would be different.
They could turn their fortunes around.
So Fang Xiaohui definitely couldn't go.
The remaining Fang Xiaomin was already married and couldn't go either.
They then remembered this convenient daughter.
Bringing her back to shield their son from disaster.
Like being handed a pillow when drowsy.
Unexpectedly, this was the outcome.
Ye Hua was relentless.
Forcibly knocking on the door.
"Mr. Jiang, open the door! Let's talk this over. The children of our two families were swapped, and we hope to bring back our biological daughter. For raising her all these years, we are willing to compensate you. Xiaohui grew up with us and we won't treat her poorly. You see, you can save your worries.
Mr. Jiang, we ultimately need to resolve this child issue. You can't avoid it for a lifetime. If you continue to be stubborn, we'll have to seek help from your factory's leadership, and the organization will handle this matter for us."
This was a blatant threat.
What's mostly feared by a bunch of workers.
Ye Hua knew they were factory cadres! Naturally, they knew how to handle Jiang Shitou's family.
"Go ahead, stop talking nonsense, if you have evidence, go to the leaders. Our family won't believe it, you better leave quickly, or don't blame me for being rude. Even the leader can't make me give up my biological daughter.
Leave quickly, or don't blame me for being rude."
Jiang Shitou roared angrily.
Dare to scare him, he wasn't someone who got scared easily.
He had been through gunfire and bullets in the past, he had seen it all.
Don't look down on him just because he's a small worker.
Honestly, even the factory director doesn't scare him.
Does the factory director have more seniority than him?
Ye Hua realized it! This family was truly impervious to persuasion.
Today was a wasted trip.
They went despondently to a hostel.
Using the letter of introduction.
Otherwise, they would have been on the streets tonight.
Who could have anticipated encountering such a situation?
Fang Peizhong was anxious.
Upon entering the hostel room, he threw his bag down and rushed to Ye Hua and Fang Zhiyuan's room.
They had booked three rooms.
There was no way, Fang Peizhong couldn't share a room with two sisters.
"Mom, what are we going to do? If that Jiang Xiaoxiao is unwilling to come back! What am I going to do? Do you really have the heart to see me go to the countryside to become a farmer? I won't go. They said the place this time is Beidong; a classmate of mine said it's bitterly cold and sparsely populated, with wolves. Mom, Dad, do you really want me to go there?"
How could Fang Peizhong not be anxious?
He had a classmate who went to the countryside, and it was there.
He heard it was desolate and with harsh conditions.
"Don't panic! We'll settle down for now, and go back tomorrow. When problems arise, we need to solve them; being anxious won't help."