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

enough, after she went back, she quickly recovered and was healthy within a

superstitions, so I tried again

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

couldn't raise a daughter of our own, nor could we raise

lady Knew her in-laws and ancestors had daughters in the previous two generations, but they

it’s because Grandma didn’t know how to raise a

daughter so much that you were extra careful, but sometimes being overly cautious can make a child more susceptible to illness.” She continued, “You raised your sons without much fuss, almost like you

not be good for her health.” The

it came to a

sometimes have the opposite

you were younger, you were

your attention to a child.” “If you raised your daughter the same way you raised your sons, Zachary would probably have

treated the two