When Song Qiuxue came here for the Spring Festival this year, she bought small gifts for everyone in the family. Just like last time, she forgot to give a gift to her seventh aunt, which made her seventh aunt even more resentful towards Song Qiuxue.
If Aunt Qi finds out about Song Qiuxue's abortion, given her personality, she will definitely go and tell Uncle Erzhuang's family, making a big fuss about it.
Grandpa and Mom both said that Uncle Erzhuang was a bit dim-witted. If he found out about this, he would definitely come over in a rage and take Song Qiuxue away.
"Seventh Aunt, where's Brother Dafei?"
"Inside the house."
Wang Yunyun immediately went inside.
A moment later, Tang Dafei ran out. "Mom, Yunyun said that Song Qiuxue had an abortion at an illegal clinic today. Hanwen brought a doctor from the county hospital. Grandpa and Sixth Aunt are both at the illegal clinic taking care of Song Qiuxue. Should we make a big fuss and let everyone in the town know that Song Erzhuang's third daughter, who is studying at a university in the provincial capital, secretly had an abortion!"
Tang Dafei harbored deep hatred for Song Erzhuang's family.
He was stripped naked by his fourth aunt's husband and exposed to the whole village, causing him to lose face. It was all Song Erzhuang's family's fault.
Song Qiuxue visited the family twice, bringing gifts for everyone on both occasions, but deliberately omitting his mother each time to embarrass her.
“Ride your new bicycle there. If anyone asks on the way, just say that Qiu Xue had an abortion in town and you should inform your Second Uncle,” Zhou Qiaoyun said.
Tang Dafei got on his bicycle and went out.
Tang Su'e, the eldest daughter-in-law who was at home taking care of the children, overheard Zhou Qiaoyun and Tang Dafei's conversation. She pretended not to hear and waited to see what would happen.
The great-grandfather and mother-in-law both favored the younger sister-in-law, wanting to leave all the house and money to her, who was considered the lucky star of the Tang family.
Since her children won't get any of the things in this house, she'll just watch the show.
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The medical conditions at unlicensed clinics are terrible.
In an effort to save money, Song Hanwen hired a doctor from the county hospital who was merely an anesthesiologist specializing in administering anesthesia to pregnant women, not a proper obstetrician.
The patient suddenly experienced severe bleeding halfway through the surgery.
The anesthesiologist ran out with blood on both hands.
"Something's happened! Something terrible has happened! A pregnant woman is hemorrhaging badly, get her to the hospital immediately!"
Those waiting outside were nearly scared out of their wits when they saw the anesthesiologist's hands covered in blood.
"What happened? How is my granddaughter? Aren't you a famous doctor at the county hospital? How could my granddaughter be bleeding so badly?" Old Tang grabbed the anesthesiologist's clothes and questioned him excitedly.
“I’m not a doctor, I’m just an anesthesiologist. He paid me to impersonate a doctor and perform surgery on the pregnant woman.” The anesthesiologist pointed at Song Hanwen.
Song Hanwen: "I only invited you because you said you could perform induced labor."
“I never said that. When you paid me, I made it very clear to you that I am an anesthesiologist and have never performed an induced labor on a pregnant woman. You asked me to lie to your grandfather and pretend that I was a doctor.”
“I didn’t tell you to lie to my grandfather…”
Snap!
Old Tang, enraged, raised his hand and slapped Song Hanwen across the face, stunning everyone present.
Song Hanwen had never been laid a finger on by his maternal grandfather since he was a child, but now his grandfather slapped him for Song Erzhuang's daughter.
"How could you harm Qiuxue?" Old Man Tang questioned Song Hanwen. "Your sixth aunt told you to go to the county town to fetch a doctor, but you brought in an anesthesiologist to fool me. This could kill someone!"
Song Hanwen is now a big boss. "Did I hire a group of people to get Qiu Xue pregnant? I kindly helped you get a doctor in the county town, and even paid out of my own pocket. Now that something has happened, you blame me? You're really biting the hand that feeds you! Don't bother me with your business anymore. I have too many things to do at my factory."
Song Hanwen turned to leave, but the anesthesiologist said anxiously, "You can't leave. You have a motorcycle; you need to get the pregnant woman to the clinic quickly. If you're late, it could really be fatal!"
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In the mysterious space, Song Yinhua is using a sewing machine to make clothes for her mentally ill mother.
The madwoman sat at the table in the space, intently drawing.
Song Yinhua brought the madwoman into the space, where it was quieter and safer.
Aside from the chirping of fish, insects, and birds, there was only the sound of babbling brooks.
The temperature in the space is comfortable.
The madwoman's intelligence was like that of an infant; she couldn't speak much. She wasn't worried that the madwoman, knowing about the existence of the space, would do something harmful to her, like trying to steal the jade pendant.
The sound of Little Black came from the end of the space.
"Mom, you stay here and paint. I'm going out to check on things." Song Yinhua gave her mother a few instructions, but her mother seemed not to hear her and continued painting intently.
As Song Yinhua left the space, she saw her younger brother Baogen standing outside the courtyard gate.
"Baogen, you didn't go to work today?" Song Yinhua quickly came over and opened the courtyard gate.
"Big sister, Qiu Xue is in trouble." Song Baogen said anxiously, "Da Fei came to our house a couple of days ago and said that Qiu Xue was pregnant and had an abortion at a shady clinic in town. I was at work at the time, and I only found out about it when I got home that night and heard it from Wen Xiu."
"What does this have to do with my great-uncle?" Song Yinhua asked. "Shouldn't Qiuxue be in the provincial capital? Caixing is there too!"
“Qiu Xue came back for the New Year and spent it at her great-uncle’s house.” Song Baogen was still angry when he mentioned this. “After Da Fei came to our house the day before yesterday, my parents rushed to my great-uncle’s house, but my great-uncle and my sixth cousin refused to tell us where Qiu Xue was or admit that she spent the New Year at their house.”
He was truly desperate, so he secretly came to his older sister for help, without telling his wife.
"Has Qiuxue been found yet?"
"No!" Song Baogen said anxiously, "I went to my great-uncle's house this morning. My parents are still there. They've been staying in my great-uncle's empty pigsty for the past two days."
Song Baogen became increasingly angry as he spoke.
"My great-uncle's house has so many rooms, and quite a few empty ones, yet he makes my parents live in a pigsty. That's just too unfair."
Song Yinhua was also angry, but her parents and younger sister were both useless.
"Let's find Qiuxue first, and we can talk about the rest later."
"My great-uncle and sixth cousin refused to reveal Qiu Xue's whereabouts."
"Does Uncle Liang know Qiu Xue's whereabouts?"
"Apart from my great-uncle and my sixth cousin, no one else knows. Otherwise, Dafei would have told them already."
The black wolfhound rubbed against Song Yinhua's legs and even sniffed Song Baogen's legs warily before wagging its tail and sitting down next to Song Yinhua's legs to make sure there was no danger.
At this moment, Song Yinhua looked at the black wolfhound beside her legs.
"Baogen, go home and find two pieces of clothing that Qiuxue wore and bring them over."
"Big sister, what do you need Qiu Xue's clothes for?"
"Go home and find your clothes first, but don't let your wife know."
Song Baogen felt bad, "Big sister, Wenxiu was misled by the fortune teller's nonsense, that's why..."
"Let's not talk about that now. The reason I didn't let your wife know is because she's close to your aunt, and I was afraid that if word got back to your uncle, it would alert them."
Song Baogen nodded and rode away on his bicycle.
Half an hour later, Song Baogen brought over a few pieces of clothing that Qiu Xue was wearing.
"Xiao Hei!" Song Yinhua called out, "Bao Gen, put Qiu Xue's clothes in front of Xiao Hei so it can smell them and remember the lingering scent of Qiu Xue on the clothes."
At this moment, Song Baogen understood Song Yinhua's method of finding Qiu Xue.
Dogs have the most sensitive noses.
Song Yinhua: "It's too conspicuous during the day. Let's wait until it gets dark before we set off."
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