After transmigrating into the body of the female supporting character's biological mother, she

Regardless of what happened this week or month, whether she had traveled back in time or someone else had the same experience as her, Lin Zhilan didn't care.

A butterfly flapping its wings can cause a gentle breeze to cross mountains and seas, and stir up a raging storm on a distant coast.

Her arrival has changed so much.

Linlin will no longer be a comparison group for anyone; she will have her own brand new life.

As for how Zhou Yue should develop in the future, Lin Zhilan felt that her daughter didn't need to spend any effort on her at all.

After the mother and daughter finished showering, Lin Zhilan picked up a dry towel and gently dried her daughter's hair, then used a comb to smooth it out bit by bit.

Linlin hummed a tuneless little tune contentedly and made a face at herself in the mirror.

"Okay," Lin Zhilan draped the towel over her shoulders, patted her daughter's shoulder, and said, "Go sit outside for a while. Mom will make you something delicious later."

Linlin turned around, stood on tiptoe, and kissed her. "I love Mommy."

Lin Zhilan smiled as she watched her daughter skip and hop away.

Summer is long on the island, and the children traveled back by car and boat.

Lin Zhilan figured they probably wouldn't have much of an appetite, so she made a plate of spicy and sour shredded chicken, prepared marinated meat and fresh vegetables, and let them grill it themselves.

Outside the courtyard gate, Wang Xiuzhi peeked out.

Su Lang handed the grilled chicken wings to Lin Zhilan, pointed towards the door, and asked, "Looking for you?"

Lin Zhilan looked over.

"Sister-in-law Xiuzhi, please come in and sit down."

Wang Xiuzhi quickly waved her hand, "It's alright, it's alright, I've already eaten. You guys eat first, I'll come find you later."

After saying that, she left again.

Su Li leaned closer, "Mom, what does she want with you?"

Lin Zhilan pinched his cheek. "Why do you always love getting involved in other people's business?"

Su Li pouted, then quickly smiled again, "I want to eat meat."

"Greedy cat!"

Lin Zhilan pretended to glare at him, but her hands didn't stop; she continued grilling meat for him.

The children hadn't been back for over a month, and they were all becoming somewhat attached to Lin Zhilan, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Su Lang suddenly had three more people vying for his favor, and he was so angry he almost ground his teeth to powder.

After the meal, the children took out the gifts they had brought from Zhouxin County.

In addition to what Chen Jin and the others prepared, the children also prepared gifts for them.

Wild Job's tears, also known as grass beads, grow naturally in the fields and along roadsides. When strung together with a rope, they become a favorite bracelet for children.

It wasn't just Lin Zhilan and Su Lang who had it.

Other neighbors and the children's friends also prepared a set.

Linlin slipped the barley skewer onto her mother's wrist and whispered, "This is the prettiest skewer I made!"

Lin Zhilan touched the string of beads on her hand and winked at her daughter knowingly.

Linlin then took out the bracelets from her bag one by one and placed them on the table. "Here are Aunt Wang Rou's, Grandma Hehua's, Sister Nannan's, Sister Shen Man's, and Brother Xiaoxuan's, Brother Xiaoyuan's..."

Lin Zhilan glanced outside and saw Wang Xiuzhi coming over again; she seemed anxious.

She reached out and gathered Linlin's dry hair into a ponytail, smoothing away the stray strands at her temples. "You guys ate too much just now, so why don't we go for a walk and give these gifts to our friends, okay?"

Upon hearing that they could go out and play, Su Li was the first to respond, "Okay!"

He took a string of beads from the table and secretly put it in his pocket.

Jiang Chengzhou had already noticed this scene and was secretly observing the young man.

After sending the child away, Su Lang tidied up the iron plate and wire mesh. Only then did Lin Zhilan pull Wang Xiuzhi, who had been pacing back and forth at the door, in for tea. "Sister-in-law, just say what you have to say. I'm getting anxious from all your pacing."

Wang Xiuzhi rubbed her hands together and sat down. She glanced at Su Lang, who had just entered the kitchen, and said softly, "I really don't know who to ask. My Liang Ping absolutely refuses to go on blind dates."

Liang Ping's grades were poor, and even after repeating the year, he still couldn't get into high school.

Since his classmates were all younger than him and he didn't like studying, he simply joined the army.

Lin Zhilan calculated his age and said, "Sister-in-law, Liang Ping is still young. Isn't there a rush to get married?"

"Why aren't you in a hurry?" Wang Xiuzhi sighed. "When his father was his age, he had already been married for two years."

"Times have changed."

Wang Xiuzhi sighed deeply again, "I heard that nowadays, if you want to get married, the groom's family has to prepare 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a set of three watches, one watch, and one radio), and the matching furniture has to have thirty-six legs. I'm not lying to you, I've prepared everything."

"What about Meimei's?"

"Yes!" Wang Xiuzhi whispered, "To be honest, Meimei is my real daughter. Once Liangping gets married, Lao Han and I will have completed our mission and can then focus on Meimei."

Upon hearing that she was going to interfere with Meimei's affairs, Lin Zhilan immediately straightened up, "You're being more anxious than the emperor himself. Liang Ping doesn't want to get married, and you can't force him to."

"How could I dare?" Wang Xiuzhi said with a wry smile. "Meimei only comes back a few times a year. Fortunately, Liangping works as a shore-based worker on the island. Otherwise, neither of the two children would be by my side. I said a few more words last time, and Liangping hasn't come back this weekend."

Lin Zhilan fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan. "Sister-in-law, you've got something wrong."

"What?" Wang Xiuzhi asked, puzzled.

"You want your child to listen to you, and you also want your child to have a good relationship with you. These two things are actually somewhat contradictory. I wouldn't say it's completely impossible, but it's unlikely to happen easily."

Kahlil Gibran's *The Prophet* says:

"Your child is not actually your child."

They are the children born of Life's longing for itself.

They came into this world through you.

But I did not come because of you.

They are beside you, but they do not belong to you.

What you can give them is your love.

But that's not what you think.

Because they have their own thoughts.

You can only protect their bodies.

But it is not their soul.

Because their souls belong to tomorrow.

A tomorrow that you can never reach, even in your dreams.

You can try your best to become like them.

But don't let them become like you.

Because life neither goes backwards, nor lingers in the past.

Parents sometimes have a strong attachment to things they think are good and want to give them to their children.

But people have free will, and so do children.

When adults try to impose their own ideas on children, they will only push the children further away from them.

Wang Xiuzhi looked at her with envy, "I think your children have a good relationship with you and listen to you."

Lin Zhilan laughed and said, "We do have a good relationship, and they usually listen to my opinions, but you've got the cause and effect wrong."

It's not that they have a good relationship with me because they listen to me, but rather that they are willing to listen to me because they have a good relationship with me.

However, many times, it's not so much that they listen to me, but rather that they agree with me. I believe that if we disagree, they won't listen to me at all.