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I covered my ears and fell asleep, tired of listening to their discussions about the days after having a son.
Not long after, a sudden loud noise came from next door.
I couldn't be bothered to care.
In a half-dream, that childish voice rang out again.
"Sister~"
I jolted awake, my eyes flying open!
"Who?!"
The voice sounded again.
"Sister, play with the Little Doll on your back."
"Aren't you fond of her?"
The Little Doll on my back?
I suddenly remembered the Son of Fortune Doll from earlier that day.
Could it have come along too?
My mind raced.
After my sister passed away, my mother had constantly mentioned having Grandma Chen send over a Son of Fortune Doll.
Could it be that my sister is attached to the Son of Fortune Doll?
But didn’t Grandma Chen say that my sister had already left?
Could she have been lying to us on purpose?
No, that’s not right!
I recalled what Grandma Chen had said that day.
She urged me to leave home quickly.
Did she know something?
Countless questions swirled in my mind.
I didn’t know what my sister was planning.
But I knew she would never harm me.
With that thought, my fear slowly began to dissipate.
I felt at ease and fell into a deep sleep.
The Son of Fortune Doll had been placed at my doorstep for a full ten days.
During those ten days, it had been talking to me.
She was very young when she passed away.
Yet, she was smarter than the other children who had also died young.
At such a tender age, she could speak and even sing.
She had been spoiled by her family.
But they belonged to the Gender Discrimination.
After her younger brother was born, her parents began to look at her with disdain.
Eventually, she was thrown into the Infant Tower.
In the Infant Tower, many flies buzzed around her in circles.
She struggled desperately, crying out for her mother to hold her and take her out.
But her mother merely glanced at her with disgust before tossing her back into the Infant Tower.
Overwhelmed by the swarm of flies, she gasped for breath and suffocated to death.
Just as she was about to lose consciousness, her father brought her body back home.
However, he treated her as if she were his younger sister.
Thus, the younger sister became the Son of Fortune Doll.
After hearing the story of the Son of Fortune Doll, a wave of dread washed over me.
I knew my parents were about to face trouble.
Sure enough, after the Son of Fortune Doll had been placed at our doorstep for ten days, my mother became pregnant again.
It had been less than half a month since she had given birth to my sister, and now she was expecting another child.
Yet neither she nor my father seemed to think anything was amiss.
My mother looked at the large pork knuckle my father had brought home and couldn't help but swallow hard.
My father glanced at her, his expression complicated. "Go ahead and eat. Once you're done, you can take good care of the baby."
My mother nodded shyly and then began to gnaw on the pork knuckle.
After finishing it, she sat at the door chatting with my father.
"That Son of Fortune Doll seems a bit eerie; I always feel like she's watching me."
My mother tugged at my father's sleeve with a hint of fear.
While chopping firewood, my father waved his hand dismissively upon hearing this.
"What do you mean eerie? The Son of Fortune Doll is here to bless our family with children!"
"Besides," he added, "Aunt Chen said that the Son of Fortune Doll must be placed at the front door for a son to be born smoothly!"
"If you dare to take her away and ruin our family's fortune, just watch me break your legs!"
Mom was startled and quickly let go.
"I... I was just saying."
"Weren't you saying she's bad luck? I'll call Aunt Chen over tonight to take a look."
Mom pouted, looking a bit displeased.
"You go to Aunt Chen every time, don't you worry about what others will think?"
Dad stopped what he was doing and shot her a cold glance.
"What are they going to laugh at? Laugh at me for marrying a hen that doesn't lay eggs?"
"I'm telling you, if you keep arguing with me, do you believe I'll divorce you right now?"
"Well, since you're pregnant now, once you give birth to a son, I'll sell you to a brothel!"
Mom quickly covered her mouth in shock.
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