She appeared so calm and collected, an image of lofty grace.
In reality, her heart was already anxious, somewhat, she could hardly wait to find that boy.
After all, he was her father and mother's firstborn child!
And a boy at that!
Tang Huai thought that if she found the boy, she would bring him back to Shuanglong Village and then announce loudly, "He is the firstborn son of my father and mother, a boy!"
That way, her father and mother wouldn't have to bear the stigma of "not being able to produce a son" even in death.
In those times, people would scorn poverty but not prostitution, yet those who could not produce a son were despised and ridiculed even more.
Being a woman, no matter how much money she earned, nobody cared. If she was poor, she would be looked down upon; if she was rich, she would be the object of envy.
