"I……"

The two were arguing together when Sun Xuelin suddenly appeared behind them.

"Are you two ever going to stop? If you want to show off your love, go home and do it. It hurts my eyes."

Gu Sinian was too lazy to say so much irrelevant stuff to Sun Xuelin. His wife was the most important thing, and of course, the child in her belly was just as important.

"I'll leave the rest to you. We've worked hard to get these fish. You can put them away first, and I'll come to your house tomorrow to teach you how to make fish chunks."

"It would be best to find several people to learn together, and I can teach them all at once. It would be a waste of time to teach them one by one, and I have other things to do."

"What is it?"

"I need to take care of my wife."

Sun Xuelin frowned and stared at Su Ying for a long time. Apart from her rosy complexion, she had no other problems and did not look sick at all.

“Su Zhiqing looks healthier than you. What does she need to take care of? She should be the one taking care of you.”

Hearing someone say that his wife was sick made Gu Sinian uncomfortable. "You're the one who's sick! You're seriously sick! The kind that's incurable! Don't you dare curse my wife!"

Sun Xuelin was completely bewildered and couldn't understand what Gu Sinian was trying to say.

"What exactly are you trying to say? You were the one who said you would take care of Su Zhiqing. She's perfectly healthy and doesn't need any care."

Gu Sinian strongly disagreed with this statement, saying, "Look at what you're saying. Who says a person has to be sick to be taken care of? Can't it be for other reasons?"

Sun Xuelin was stunned; this time, he was truly bewildered by Gu Sinian, that scoundrel.

"Speak your mind directly. Don't leave things half-said. It's really uncomfortable. It's like when I go to take a dump, and half of it comes out and the other half shrinks back in. Do you know what that feels like? How uncomfortable is that?"

"My wife is pregnant with our second child, and I need to take care of her. So, if you want to make fish fillets, sign up tomorrow. The more people, the better. I'll only teach once, and I won't be able to find the time later."

Sun Xuelin finally understood what was going on and started showing off.

She and her wife had been married for many years and had been trying to conceive a second child for just as long, wanting a daughter, but her wife couldn't get pregnant.

That bastard Gu Sinian only knows how to hurt his fragile heart. He has a son and a daughter, and now his wife is pregnant with their second child.

He pulled the person aside and asked, "Pass on some secrets. You were able to give birth to twins, so you must have some secrets. It hasn't been long since then, and you've already had a second child."

Gu Sinian wondered to himself whether he should give Sun Xuelin a good beating.

This child was an accident; they had been taking precautions and had forgotten about the two of them, resulting in this unborn child slipping through their fingers.

If he were to say it out loud, wouldn't Sun Xuelin be furious?

"You want a second child?"

"Nonsense! I've always wanted a second child, but my wife hasn't gotten pregnant. It's been three years, and my child has been clamoring for a little sister every day. But we haven't given him a little sister yet, and he's not clamoring for one now."

"I'm worried that when that brat grows up... he won't want his little sister anymore. What if my wife gets pregnant again by then? Wouldn't that be terrible?"

Do you know what the problem is that you can't get pregnant?

Sun Xuelin shook his head, "My husband and I should be fine. After all, our first child, our son, is still alive. He's a perfect example, and we're both healthy."

Gu Sinian looked at Sun Xuelin suspiciously. "Are you sure?"

"Of course. My wife and I are healthy, and having a child would be a piece of cake."

"Then why haven't you gotten pregnant yet?"

"Isn't it just a matter of fate? When the time is right, it will come, won't it?"

Gu Sinian was speechless. "Considering that you're my brother and have taken such good care of my older sister for the past three years, I'll give you some advice. If you still want to have a daughter, bring your wife to my older sister's house. I'll have my wife take a look at you and your wife to see what's causing the two of you to be unable to have children."

Gu Sinian asked in surprise, "What do you mean by that? Your wife can treat illnesses?"

"Of course... my wife is amazing... I'll tell you in a low voice, my wife's grandmother is a legendary doctor in the big city, and people have to wait in line and make an appointment to see her."

"Really? I've never heard her mention this before."

"What's there to say about these things? Her identity is already very sensitive. She's a capitalist's daughter, and she'd be despised no matter where she is, unlike Willow Village where we're treated so kindly and equally."

Sun Xuelin sighed helplessly. Gu Sinian had been misunderstanding him all along. "Don't think so highly of the villagers of Willow Tree Village."

“You’ve forgotten that besides the incident with Huang Tao, the villagers pushed us out to protect themselves. I’ll remember that for the rest of my life.”

"Also, it's not that the villagers are kind, but that my father is good at managing them. That's why he has the villagers of Willow Tree Village so well-behaved and have no ill intentions towards you."

“I asked him this question: why is he able to treat all of you people with different social statuses equally? Do you know what my father said?”

This time it was Gu Sinian's turn to be curious; he had never imagined that the brigade leader was involved.

I thought the villagers of Liushu Village were kind, but it turns out there was more to the story.

"What did he say?"

"He said he had never received any notice to punish rural youths or educated youths with bad class backgrounds. Whether they were sent down to the countryside or were educated youths, no one ever said they would be mistreated."

"So my father told everyone not to have any complaints about the educated youth or those who were sent down to the countryside, or to bully them, otherwise they would be kicked out of Liushu Village. You have too much of a bias against the villagers of Liushu Village."

Listening to Sun Xuelin's words, Gu Sinian gained a new understanding of the villagers of Liushu.

Although this filter of kindness was broken, Gu Sinian couldn't bring himself to hate the villagers of Willow Tree Village, since they had never harmed them.

Although the villagers didn't target them, it was entirely out of respect for the brigade leader, but he harbored no hatred towards Willow Village.

"No matter what, the villagers didn't harm us, and that's enough."

"Never mind, I see you're quite busy. Tomorrow I'll bring my wife over for you two to meet. Maybe she'll really give birth to a second daughter, just as you wish."

These words amused Sun Xuelin, who had no idea how much he wanted a second daughter. "Then I'll accept your kind offer."

"I'm not going to say anything more. I need to go home with my wife for dinner. I can't let my daughter go hungry."

Sun Xuelin was so jealous his teeth almost ached. "You already have a daughter, don't be too greedy."

"I can't have a third daughter."

"Dream on. You don't look like a lucky person. Maybe your wife's third child is a boy."

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."

The next day.

Around nine o'clock, the time agreed upon by Su Ying and Gu Sinian, Su Ying arrived at the brigade leader's house on time.

Just then, the phone rang at the brigade leader's house, and the caller specifically asked for Gu Sinian.

"Comrade Gu, the Dongshi Police Station has a phone number!"