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I've had breakfast.

Ruan Qingling took her daughter out.

She held a child in one arm and carried a small bamboo basket on her back.

She wanted to gather herbs.

I just left home and turned into the bamboo grove.

Ruan Qingling then heard a string of unpleasant curses.

"Heaven knows how unlucky our family is to have married a hen like you who can only eat but not lay eggs? Look at that shrew, at least she had a daughter. If you can't produce an egg, you should go back to your parents' home as soon as possible."

Ruan Qingling glanced to her left.

I spotted someone I knew right away.

The one who was cursing was Brother Niu's mother.

The person who was scolded and cowered to one side like a timid wife was Sister-in-law Aniu.

She squatted in the corner, looking aggrieved.

There was a broken bowl at my feet, and the ground was wet.

Was it swallowed while drinking porridge?

Did you accidentally drop the bowl?

The cow mother was still yelling: "Are you dead? You haven't said a word all day."

With tears in her eyes, Sister Niu said, "Mom, how could you say I can't have children? That day I said my stomach wasn't feeling well, and you still made me go fetch water. That night, I was in pain all night. I went to town because I was worried about the baby. I couldn't walk, so I asked Ah Niu to carry me..."

But that day, Ah Niu absolutely refused to let her carry him.

On the way to the hospital, she couldn't hold back and miscarried.

But Ah Niu disliked the blood on her body and refused to touch her or carry her on his back. The reason was that his mother-in-law brainwashed Ah Niu every day, saying that women were inherently dirty and that he couldn't carry her or let a woman ride on his head, otherwise he would be unlucky.

So, on that day, she went to beg Ah Niu several more times.

But Ah Niu just wouldn't talk to her.

She had no choice but to take things one step at a time on her own.

That day, the doctor said it was a pity; if she hadn't gone through so much trouble in the first place and had gone to the hospital, she could have saved the baby.

The doctor also said that the reason she lost her child was because she was prone to miscarriage and should have been resting properly, but her mother-in-law made her go to work every day.

They said other pregnant women can work normally, but she can't be pampered.

After finishing her chores at home, she still had to go to the production team to earn work points.

Moreover, the mother-in-law told the team leader that she wanted to choose the heaviest one.

If it weren't for her mother-in-law, how could she not have a child?

Why would a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure be necessary?