Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

The old lady couldn't help but envy Mrs. Johnson.

She had a daughter, and while her own grandchildren were all boys, Mrs. Johnson's great- granddaughter, Avah, was a sweet, easy-to-care-for child who rarely cried.

In over 80 years, the old lady had never seen such an easygoing little girl.

Tania mumbled, “How's this our fault? Mom, you didn't have a daughter either.

It would've been nice if you had.

When you were younger, you could've adopted a daughter.

Maybe we'd have a girl in our family now.” The old lady sighed, “Do you think I didn't try? When I was young, a friend of mine had several daughters.

I liked one of them and decided to bring her home to raise as my own.

But within six months, she fell ill repeatedly and was on the verge of death.

seemed half-dead from

no choice but to return her

quickly recovered and was healthy

superstitions, so I tried again with another

got so scared that she rushed to take her back, saying that

our own, nor

in-laws and ancestors had daughters in

because Grandma didn’t know how

make a child more susceptible to illness.” She

like a precious treasure, which might not be good for her health.” The old lady had several sons and raised them in a straightforward, no- nonsense

it came to a daughter, her approach would've been

overly protective can sometimes have

younger, you

give all your attention to a child.” “If you raised your daughter the same way you raised your sons,

how she had treated the two baby girls she brought home