Chapter 224: Difficulties with Stepmother (16)

This was the first time Zhang Ji went home with a girl to meet her parents, and he was very nervous. Especially when he learned that his girlfriend, who was dressed simply, came from a provincial capital city, he was even more panicked as he was born into poverty. He was afraid that his future mother-in-law would not agree to his relationship with his girlfriend Mai Huaer.

But when he arrived at Mai Huaer's house, he met his future mother-in-law, who was intelligent, and his kind and gentle grandparents. They did not question him about his family situation or his future plans, but just urged him to eat more vegetables and meat.

At that time, he just felt that he was respected. It was not until several years later, when his brothers around him all started to have families and careers, and talked about the first time they met their mother-in-law when they got together for a drink, that he realized how lucky he was. He was able to meet such a kind mother-in-law and her family.

Mai Huaer and Zhang Ji were both unemployed after graduation.

Fortunately, they were both good at learning and could endure hardships, so they found new jobs quickly. The two lived frugally and soon saved money. With the consent of both parents, they rented a house and lived together. After they were together for a year, with the support of Shi Yi, they bought a two-bedroom apartment in the city for the two young lovers. In the same year, they got married.

The next year, Zhang Ji's mother, who was seriously ill, died of illness.

On the day when his mother stopped breathing in front of him, Zhang Ji didn't know whether to be sad or happy.

His mother's illness had tortured her for more than 20 years, and indirectly tortured him for more than 20 years. His mother's death meant that she would no longer have to suffer from illness. But

his mother's death also meant that he no longer had a mother. After his mother's funeral, he wanted to bring his lonely father to live in the city, but was directly rejected by his father.

His father, a man who had been a dutiful man all his life and worked hard for this family all his life, wanted to live alone in the countryside in a stable and self-sufficient manner after his old wife died and his son had a family.

Mai Huaer could of course see the pain and sadness that her husband suppressed in his heart, but she said nothing. Just like she had never told her husband a word about the pain she had suffered, she kept her mouth shut to every sigh he made in the middle of the night.

The dead are gone, and the living must continue their lives.

Mai Huaer and Zhang Ji returned to the provincial capital and continued their work.

The New Year came in a blink of an eye.

This year, they chose to go back to Mai Huaer's parents' home to celebrate the New Year.

The family wrapped dumplings around the table, put them in a big pot and boiled them. Each person scooped a big bowl and ate them hot. It was a happy family.

The fireworks on New Year's Eve exploded, and Zhang Ji hugged his lover and kissed

him quietly. He always felt that God was a little unfair to him. He loved to study, was filial, and was upright, but the burden on his family was so great. Since he could remember, all he heard at home was his mother's low cough, and his father's occasional sighs and complaints about life after being drunk, but God was also fair, allowing him to meet his lover and have a truly healthy family.

He didn't know yet how lucky and happy he was.

After Mai Huaer ate the only dumpling with a coin in it, she kept retching. A group of people were worried that she had a stomachache and accompanied her to the hospital for a checkup.

Only then did they know that she was one month pregnant. Since she knew she was pregnant, Mai Huaer has been carefully protecting her belly, fearing that she would miscarry just by bumping into it like in TV dramas.

Grandma and Shi Yi smiled at her several times but she didn't relax. They had to follow this nervous pregnant woman and start a nervous life of accompanying her during childbirth.

On the day when Mai Huaer was about to give birth, Zhang Ji knelt at the door of the delivery room and prayed for God's blessing.

His actions stunned the doctors and nurses passing by, but he remained motionless, closed his eyes and muttered something.

Compared with the worthless face, he wanted to prove his heart with his actual actions. Of course, if his prayers could really work to protect his lover's safe delivery, his face would be worth some money.

In the delivery room, the crisp cry of the child made everyone feel relieved.

After giving birth, Mai Huaer was lying naked on the bed. Somehow, she suddenly thought of her biological mother whom she had not thought of for many years. She remembered that when she was dying of dystocia, she told herself to live well. She has been living well all these years. That is why she has a happy life now.

She has a mother, a grandfather, a grandmother, a husband, and a child. She has completed the mission that a woman should have.

She felt something warm flowing down under her body, and the tearing pain came in waves. She slowly closed her eyes.

"Go and find the family members. The parturient is bleeding and needs surgery. Go! Go!" The new obstetrician, who had not had time to relax, turned pale when he saw the blood stain on the bed.

Today, he encountered a parturient with heavy bleeding for the first time. It was really hard not to make him nervous.

"Who is the family member of the parturient in bed 12? Who is it! The parturient is bleeding and needs surgery immediately." Before the nurse came out with the surgery notice, Shi Yi pushed the door open and rushed in.

"I am, I am, I am the husband of the woman in labor." Zhang Ji, who was kneeling on the ground, got up from the ground.

"Who are you?" The doctor looked at the woman who broke in, wanting to drive her away but attracted by her contradictory temperament.

"I am her mother."

The doctor looked at her and walked forward to slap the woman in labor hard. Zhang Ji, who followed in, also saw the slap.

"Doctor, the family of the woman in labor has signed the surgery notice." The young nurse hurried in and was stunned when she saw the three people standing there.

"You are not allowed to sleep." Mai Huaer felt a crisp slap hit her face, and she gradually woke up from her confused consciousness.

She felt the buzzing crying of some people around her, so noisy that she couldn't hear a word clearly, but that slightly cold voice seemed to come from the bottom of her heart, so that she could hear it clearly.

"Zhang Mai, you haven't had time to pay me back for what you owe me! If you dare to sleep with me, I, as your stepmother, will drive your husband out of the house I bought for you, and your son will become a wild child without a mother or a father to love him. You have to know that not everyone in this world is as kind as me. Maybe your husband will find him a vicious stepmother, and then his life will be ruined..."

(End of this chapter)