"Moon Lady, how come all the vegetables in your front yard are growing so beautifully? These cucumbers, green beans, radishes... my goodness, just looking at them makes my mouth water!"

There was a cucumber patch right next to the fence. As the old woman spoke, she reached her hand through a gap in the fence and pulled down a large cucumber.

She didn't mind the dirt; she just rubbed it with her hands and put it in her mouth.

Click!

The old woman's eyes lit up, and her face, which resembled withered tree bark, broke into a wide smile. "Oh my, this taste is so sweet and refreshing, and so fragrant!"

My wife has lived most of her life and has never eaten such delicious cucumbers.

These vegetables are so good; they could definitely fetch a good price if sold in town, right?

Madam Qian frowned slightly and said indifferently, "This was raised by my sister-in-law with medicine, so it tastes naturally good. We only eat it at home and don't sell it. What brings you here today, Mother?"

Previously, at Su Bai's birthday banquet, Qian's mother caused trouble with her brother and sister-in-law and ran away, which almost caused her to be divorced. She had to kneel all night to barely beg Su Bai for forgiveness.

If it weren't for someone sending her fertility medicine later, she probably would have kept harboring resentment in her heart.

Of course, even with the fertility medicine, the resentment has only subsided by half; there's still half a lump in my throat.

It's already a miracle that I can even show my face in public now, let alone have a pleasant expression.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother.

Seeing her displeased expression, Qian's mother guessed that she was still angry about what had happened earlier, and couldn't help but scold her, "Look at what you're saying. As a mother, do I have to come to see my daughter because something must have happened?"

I went through ten months of pregnancy and even faced death to give birth to you. I raised you with great difficulty, and you are a piece of my flesh.

If it weren't for that old hag Su Baishi's dislike of your mother, your mother would love to come and see you every day.

Could it be that now that Yue Niang is living a better life, she looks down on her old mother?

After she finished speaking, she angrily threw the half-eaten cucumber on the ground and turned to leave.

"Mother!" Madam Qian reached out and pulled the person back, her displeasure fading slightly. "That's not what I meant, Mother, please don't be angry."

My daughter is really upset because her belly hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy..."

Qianjia Village is six miles away from Shanghe Village, which takes about half an hour to walk there and back, so it takes about an hour.

If I make my mother walk such a long way and then go back in a huff, people will find out and they'll all talk about how shameful she is.

Moreover, she has been married into the Su family for so many years and still doesn't have a son to rely on. Her husband always puts his mother and sister-in-law first. The only thing she can rely on is her own family.

If you fall out with your family, you won't even have anywhere to hide if you suffer any grievances in the future!

"I, as a mother, would never get angry with my daughter!" Mother Qian snorted lightly, then squatted down again and took out a tightly wrapped small cloth bag from her bosom.

"Here, this packet of potent fertility medicine is something I asked someone in the village to get for you a few days ago."

The old Taoist priest said that some people have special constitutions. If they take the previous ten packets and still have no effect, then they should take this!

I guarantee you'll have a son, a big, healthy boy..."

Upon hearing that she had given birth to a son, Madam Qian's phoenix eyes immediately lit up. However, after taking the cloth bag and smelling the strong, fishy odor, she hesitated. "Mother, are you sure this fertility medicine really works?"

Why do they all smell worse than the last?

"And I've been taking it for almost a month now, but I haven't seen a healthy baby boy. Instead, my face keeps breaking out in red bumps..."

As the woman spoke, she couldn't help but scratch her face again.

For the first two days after taking the medicine, these red bumps were only the size of rice grains, and there were only about ten of them scattered on both sides of the cheekbone.

But gradually, these red bumps grew bigger and bigger, covering the entire cheeks, and even the forehead and chin. Each bump was the size of a mung bean, and the outside of the bumps was bright red like patina, which looked creepy.

She doesn't even dare to look in the mirror anymore.

But without looking in the mirror, she couldn't see the creepy appearance, yet the bump was incredibly itchy, and she couldn't help but scratch it...

“How could it be useless!” Madam Qian said righteously, but she couldn’t help but look away from the red bumps. “The previous fertility medicine cost a hundred copper coins for a single one the size of a fingernail, and this stronger version costs five hundred copper coins.”

How could something so precious be useless!

Instead of worrying about these useless things, you'd be better off just waiting to hold your son.

"Five hundred coins?!" Madam Qian swallowed hard. "That's far too expensive..."

Qian's mother waved her hand to interrupt, "What does it matter if it's a little expensive? You're my only daughter. No matter how expensive this fertility medicine is, I will definitely sell everything I own to buy it for you. As long as you're doing well, that's all that matters."

Upon hearing this, Qian's choked breath instantly dissipated, and she was deeply moved. "Mother, you are so good to your daughter!"

"Silly daughter, you are the apple of my eye. If I don't treat you well, who else can I treat well? But..."

Mother Qian shook her head and smiled, but stopped halfway through her sentence, as if she had something difficult to say.

As soon as Madam Qian put away the small cloth bag, she was somewhat puzzled. "But what?"

"Sigh!" Mother Qian sighed, "It's all because of your good-for-nothing brother. For the past month, he's been wandering around Tangshan Prefecture looking for a way to make a living, hoping to improve the family's life and prevent you from having to live at the mercy of the Su family."

Who would have thought...who would have thought that the day before yesterday, you ran into an unreasonable tough nut that beat up your brother without even asking what happened, breaking his hand in the process..."

"What?!" Madam Qian exclaimed in shock. "Who dares to be so unreasonable? This is outrageous! Did you report this to the authorities, brother?"

“What’s the use of reporting to the authorities?” Qian’s mother rolled up her sleeves and wiped away her tears. “Since ancient times, the gates of the government have been wide open, but if you have reason but no money, don’t come in. It’s not so easy to report to the authorities.”

The guy who beat up your brother is from Tangshan Prefecture. Not only is his family wealthy, but he also has some connections in the government.

But our family... you know that we don't even have enough money to pay the officials, let alone treat your brother's hand.

Now your brother lies in bed screaming in pain every day, unable to sleep all night long.

As her mother, I was filled with hatred and anger, but even if I, an old woman with half my body buried, sold my life, I couldn't get six taels of silver for medical expenses..."