Chapter 108 Dare to plot against me?
Wang Lan's face suddenly fell and she swallowed a mouthful of saliva. It was obvious that the girl had discovered it.
She quickly made a bitter face and looked pitiful: "Xiao Mei, don't blame me, you are right, ever since Qijun told me that you didn't plan to have children for the time being, I knew that you wanted to study, but it doesn't make sense to study after getting married."
Ye Xiaomei lowered her eyelids, her curled eyelashes trembling in suppression.
"Besides, every new bride has to give birth to and raise children. I feel like I've been stabbed in the back when I see other people holding their grandchildren all day long. It's right for me to want to hold a grandchild." As Wang Lan spoke, she had more and more reasons in her mind, and then she became justified:
"Xiao Mei, you have to take good care of this child no matter what. This is the first grandson of our Ma family. Think about it, since you got married, I have never treated you unfairly. Even if it is based on conscience, you must add a child to the Ma family."
Ye Xiaomei felt mixed emotions. She ate a few mouthfuls of rice and went back to the house without saying a word.
Wang Lan's heart sank. She was not afraid that Ye Xiaomei would say a few angry words. What she was more afraid of at the moment was that this girl would remain silent.
I don't know what she was thinking. Wang Lan stood up to clean the dishes but suddenly her hands stopped. She stretched her neck to look into the new house. I guess she was thinking about how to go to the hospital to get rid of the baby.
Originally, Ye Xiaomei had been somewhat soft-hearted towards Wang Lan's care for her, but now, she really wanted to have it removed.
Under the 15-watt desk lamp, Ye Xiaomei was in a tangle of thoughts. Suddenly, she heard a rustling sound coming from outside the window. Ye Xiaomei made up her mind, clicked off the light cord, and fell asleep.
Wang Lan, who was peeking out the window, suddenly panicked. What should she do? What if she secretly ran to the hospital?
No, Wang Lan ran to the village chief's house overnight and slammed the iron gate of his house in the middle of the night like thunder.
When Liang Guodong came out with his clothes on to open the door, Wang Lan rushed in:
"Village Chief Liang, something bad has happened. You have to help me this time."
"What's the matter, sister-in-law? If you have something urgent to tell me in the middle of the night, come in and talk slowly." Liang Guodong quickly invited her to the main room and closed the door. It was already late autumn and the wind outside was very cold.
Village chief Liang was also shocked when he heard this. Xiaomei seemed to be a gentle and soft-spoken child on weekdays, and she didn't look like a girl with a temper at all. How could she do such a thing?
"Aren't I worried? What if she runs to the hospital tomorrow when I'm not paying attention? It will be too late then." Wang Lan slapped her thighs.
"Then go to the Women's Federation tomorrow morning and tell them about this. It's not convenient for me, a senior official, to advise you."
It was early in the morning when Liang Guodong sent Wang Lan away. He could never have imagined that Xiaomei had such a stubborn temper.
Ye Xiaomei is indeed stubborn by nature. Before she got married, her fate was entirely at the mercy of others. Now that she is independent, can't she be the master of her own house?
Before daybreak, Ye Xiaomei hung up her cloth bag and went out wearing a thin shirt with large flowers.
"Xiao Mei, what are you doing so early in the morning?" Wang Lan splashed a basin of pot-washing water outside the door.
"Something happened." Ye Xiaomei's face was calm, and no emotion could be seen.
Wang Lan unconsciously exerted force on the washbasin with her hands, and her thumping heartbeat indicated that her guess might be correct, that the girl was going to get the child.
"Xiao Mei, where are you going? Mom will go with you." With a bang, Wang Lan dropped the washbasin, untied her apron, hung it on the door frame, and jogged after her while swinging her arms.
Ye Xiaomei turned around and glanced at her mother-in-law. She was used to being plotted against since she was a child. Now she especially hated those who treated her like a fool and plotted against her, no matter how good that person had been to her in the past.
Who would have thought that Ye Xiaomei had just left home when a man on a bicycle came towards her. The man had short hair and was rushing towards her. At first glance, it turned out to be Feng Chunlian, the director of the Women's Federation.
Good guy, her mother-in-law has a very sharp temper. Wang Lan guessed everything about her without her saying a word.
Ye Xiaomei felt a chill in her heart. When Ma Qijun was at home, at least someone was protecting her. But now, she was like an old hen kept in a chicken coop, being watched while she nestled in the chicken coop.
Ye Xiaomei turned around and went home.
Wang Lan quickly grabbed Feng Chunlian and told her about the incident in a low voice.
"Village Chief Liang called me yesterday. I know what's going on. Let's go to your house and do some ideological work on your daughter-in-law."
Sure enough, just as Ye Xiaomei returned to the room and sat down, there was a knock on the door.
Feng Chunlian walked in with an auntie smile on her face: "What are you doing, Xiaomei? Hey, your furniture is well made, where did you make it?"
Ye Xiaomei knew exactly what she was here for, and said with a faint smile, "It was made by Yangliu Village."
"The handicraft is good. Can I sit down?" Feng Chunlian has dealt with hundreds of family conflicts and disputes. She is very good at chatting and can even bring up the most unrelated relationships:
"In fact, there are quite a lot of people with the surname Ye in my mother's family. They should be from the same family tree as yours. Oh, this is the letter of introduction and admission ticket that the night college teacher gave me after the assessment."
Feng Chunlian was sharp-eyed and delved deeper into the topic: "It's not simple. This is the admission ticket to the No. 1 Middle School in the city. Not bad, not bad. For someone as uneducated as you to be able to take the entrance exam, it seems like you must have worked hard on your daily life."
Ye Xiaomei became impatient and said, "Sister Feng, I know it was my mother-in-law who asked you to come. I will not say anything else, I will just say a few things. Now that we have been reformed and opened up, and it is a democratic society, whether to have children or not is a choice between husband and wife."
Feng Chunlian was slightly startled and nodded: "Yes, you know a lot. It's true that the superior policy also advocates fewer births and better quality of births. This is your first child. As you are still young, the child you give birth to must be the smartest, just like the pigs raised by our birthing team in the past. The first animal is bigger than the others."
Ye Xiaomei turned around and took out the condoms with needle holes from the drawer: "I don't care whether it's the first child or not. Sister Feng, look at what this is."
Originally, Feng Chunlian thought that the girl would definitely listen to all she said. After all, which mother doesn't want her first child to be smart and healthy?
Looking at the condom, Feng Chunlian's face fell. She looked at the condom and Ye Xiaomei in surprise, and lowered her voice:
"Did your mother-in-law do that?"
"Well, she admitted that if I abort the child, she would be the murderer." Ye Xiaomei's slightly chubby face still had a hint of childishness, but when she said this, she was determined to kill someone.
Feng Chunlian had dealt with many family matters, but she had never encountered someone like Ye Xiaomei. She looked very difficult to persuade. She sighed and deeply realized what her job was:
"Your mother-in-law was wrong to do this, but the matter is done. Are you really willing to abort the child just for her education?"
"I was reluctant at first." Ye Xiaomei took a deep breath: "My mother-in-law's behavior really makes me breathless."
Feng Chunlian smacked her lips and said, "I will criticize Wang Lan for this matter. As for me, I would still advise you to keep the child. You know how many people in the world want to have children but can't. Besides, keeping a child is very harmful to your body. If you don't recover well, it is very likely that you will be unable to have children in the future."
Ye Xiaomei's pupils shrank. She was a young lady who had just married into the family and didn't understand these things. "Is it so serious?"
Feng Chunlian thought there was a chance: "It's not that bad. Two years ago, the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family in Yangliu Village felt wronged. She beat the child and ran away to her parents' home. Later, when she calmed down, she took the child back. Now it's been three years and she hasn't been pregnant. Don't you think it's a pity? This year, she asked me to handle the procedures for the welfare home and planned to adopt a child. Alas..."
Ye Xiaomei seemed to be thinking about something: "Then let's put it this way. I won't take the child. Then you have to convince my mother-in-law not to stop me from studying."
"That won't do." The door suddenly opened.
Ye Xiaomei's eyes widened. She had actually been eavesdropping the whole time.
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