So I'm a sheep.

"you?"

Seeing his wife's disdainful look, Vernon blushed.

"I may be illiterate, but I can still come up with a nice-sounding name."

"Then you do it."

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kindness......

Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang? They seem a bit too thick, after all, they're girls.

So, Da Wa and Er Wa? They seem to be even worse than Da Ya and Er Ya.

Vernon grew anxious; he disliked losing face in front of his wife the most.

Staring at his daughter who was crying loudly, a sudden idea flashed in the burly man's mind.

"The eldest daughter is named Lachesis, and the second daughter is named Sally."

"..."

Great name!

That's a bit too good.

Women in this world, at least in the human kingdom, generally have little status.

Even Ai, who works as a maid in the Baron's household, only has the informal and unrefined name 'Ai'.

If her daughter were really named 'Lachesis' or 'Saliye', everyone around her would laugh at her to death.

What do you call this? Utterly worthless!

"Honey, this isn't a good idea."

"Isn't this good?!" Vernon's eyes widened.

"Sigh, I'm not saying the names are bad. I'm just afraid they're not lucky enough to live up to the names you gave them."

Ai said sadly, "When they grow up, one of them will definitely help me herd sheep, and the other will help you farm."

"Why give such nice names to two clumsy girls who do manual labor?"

Vernon was immediately displeased upon hearing this.

"What's wrong with herding sheep? What's wrong with farming? Herding sheep and farming are temporary solutions. My two daughters look smart and will amount to a lot when they grow up!"

The man said angrily, "The older sister will be called Lachesis, and the younger sister will be called Sally. That's settled."

Seeing that the head of the household had lost his temper, Ayi had no choice but to give in.

Strangely enough, the younger sister, who had been crying her heart out, suddenly stopped crying after her name was decided.

"Haha, look, look, she likes the name I chose!"

Vernon's temper flared up quickly but subsided just as fast; he chuckled and picked up his two daughters.

"Your father has suffered half his life, and I will not let you suffer with him in the future."

"Once you turn ten, we'll send you to the old tailor in town to learn a trade, so you can become skilled artisans when you grow up!"

In Vernon's view, those artisans who could live easily without doing heavy work were considered superior people.

That's all there is to his life, but his daughters will grow up and live a different life!

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Year after year, Vernon finally saved enough money and gritted his teeth to buy five lambs.

Ayi was very happy. She had difficulty walking, but who said that you can't herd sheep if you have a cane?

When the lambs grow up, they can be sold, and the money can be used to buy more lambs.

After several rounds, their sheep will increase in number, and they will become a large household in the village!

"You all secretly laugh at my limp, but once my family becomes wealthy, it'll be my turn to look down on you!"

'...'

"But I still want to have a son; that would make it perfect."

Ay and Vernon both wanted to have another son, but after trying for several years, Ay still hadn't conceived.

We invited a well-known doctor from town to come and examine the house, but he said—

"Your husband can't have children anymore."

How could that be?

"You're lying! I've already had two children, how could I not be able to have more!"

Ayi rushed out from behind and reached out to scratch the doctor's face.

"You quack doctor, you quack doctor!"

Vernon quickly stopped his wife: "No, no, let's hear what he has to say first."

"If he's really talking nonsense, he won't be leaving this room today!"

When it came to whether he could have a son, even the honest and simple farmer became fierce.

He blocked the doorway: "You speak!"

Seeing this, the doctor's heart also began to pound.

"Well, your wife might not be able to have children anymore, maybe."

"What happened? She had twins last time! She can't have any more now!"

"Firstly, your wife is getting older, so it's indeed not easy for her to conceive again."

Upon hearing the doctor's words, Ayi burst into tears.

"My husband, my husband, why am I so unlucky!"

After frantically comforting Ay for a while, Vernon noticed that the doctor seemed hesitant to speak.

"Anything else?"

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“Your wife caught a cold when she gave birth, and she hasn’t taken good care of herself since.”

"Now I have developed health problems that are very troublesome."

These words were like a bolt from the blue; Vernon and Ay were both stunned.

“My family has been doctors for generations; even the town’s baron came to me when he was sick.”

The doctor said seriously, "I'm not lying to you, nor am I trying to scare you."

"Your wife probably... she just can't have children!"

Vernon's mind was a complete blank, and he didn't even know when the doctor had left.

When he came to his senses, he found Ayi still lying on the ground crying.

"No, it's nothing."

He quickly helped her up and comforted her, saying, "We already have two children, we don't need another one."

Volume 1: Chapter 607 An Insurmountable Hurdle

Vernon was a hardworking man, and Ay was much better at managing a household than the average village woman.

The two worked together, and in just five years, their family became one of the most prominent in the village.

Seeing Vernon prosper, the surrounding villagers were extremely envious.

We were all poor to begin with, and we were content with just farming to make ends meet.

But you just won't!

You're delivering firewood to Baron Alec's house in town, and you're also raising sheep. Vernon, how are you so capable?

But, haha, your family is rich now, but your wife can't have children anymore.

It's karma, it's karma!

It was also the doctor's fault for letting it slip, or perhaps it was intentional, since Vernon's fierce appearance had frightened him quite a bit.

In short, through the doctor, a gossipy woman in the village learned that Ayi could no longer have children.

Within two days, the whole village knew!

"So what if you're rich? You're still... haha."

"Poor Vernon's fortune, who knows which outsider will benefit from it in the future."

"Tsk tsk tsk"

The men were a little more restrained in their speech, but the gossipy women in the village were much more venomous.

Words like "money-loser" and "shameless old man" are so malicious that they could make Ai Yi so angry she'd have a stroke.

"..."

Yes, she really heard it.

Those women who were all smiles to her face started gossiping loudly once she was a little further away; it was definitely intentional.

Ayi already couldn't get over this hurdle, and now, after becoming a wealthy woman, her once straight back has bent again.

We're all neighbors, so it's not good to take it out on them.

I can only blame myself, I can only blame my two daughters!

This is very unreasonable. When others make you feel bad, instead of going after those gossipy women, you blame yourself and even treat your children badly.

Although it doesn't make sense, things in this world are often unreasonable.

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"Shouldn't we buy some new clothes for the kids?"