Cheng Xiaokui said, "Mom... if I told you that this concerns Si Muyang's life, would you tell me the truth?"
Lin Qiuru looked at Cheng Xiaokui with a puzzled expression, staring at her intently.
Cheng Xiao Kui knew that Lin Qiu Ru did not believe what she said, because the emperor's health was improving day by day, and he was about to recover his health.
She said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Song Jingchuan when he comes tonight."
There's something we haven't told you yet: Si Muyang's injuries this time are very serious; he has many wounds...
That...it affected his descendants; you could say he can't have children anymore..."
Cheng Xiao Kui watched as Lin Qiu Ru's pupils dilated, knowing just how shocking those last words were to Lin Qiu Ru.
She held Lin Qiuru's hand tightly and continued, "Don't be afraid, Song Jingchuan said he can cure it!"
She quickly took back what she had said. She was afraid Lin Qiuru wouldn't be able to accept such a cruel reality all at once!
Lin Qiuru finally caught her breath when she heard that Song Jingchuan could cure her.
She asked, "Dr. Song, how do you plan to treat this? No matter how much it costs, no matter how many top-quality medicines we buy, we must get treatment!"
Cheng Xiao Kui lowered her head slightly, her eyes darting around.
She nearly overheated her CPU before finally coming up with a correct solution.
She said, "The main problem is that his testicles were damaged. If you want to treat it, you need a transplant... preferably between biological brothers!"
After she finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at Lin Qiuru very seriously!
Lin Qiuru looked completely bewildered and asked, "This can be transplanted?"
Cheng Xiao Kui nodded sincerely, "It's possible to transplant an egg, but there will be a rejection reaction if it's transplanted from someone else. After all, it's from someone else's body, so it won't be affected. Transplanting your own brother, on the other hand, is fine! That's why I've been asking you about this!"
"If only he had a brother, then his infertility wouldn't be a problem."
Lin Qiuru's eyes lost their focus, and she panicked for a moment.
Her lips trembled uncontrollably; she never imagined that her son's injuries were so severe.
She choked back tears as she said, "How did he get so badly injured? Why didn't he tell me anything?"
Cheng Xiaokui said, "Don't ask him! If you do, he'll definitely get angry with me and accuse me of telling you why."
We agreed not to tell you this; it's just the three of us who know!
Moreover, this kind of illness is very damaging to a man's reputation. If the neighbors find out he has this injury, how can he ever hold his head up in front of them again? He won't be able to straighten his back!
Lin Qiuru nodded and said, "Yes, yes, we absolutely mustn't let anyone else know about this, or they'll definitely gossip about Mu Yang behind his back!"
Cheng Xiao Kui asked, "Mom, does Mu Yang really not have any brothers?"
Cheng Xiao Kui's words were like a soul-searching interrogation, each word striking Lin Qiu Ru's heart.
She stared at Cheng Xiao Kui's face, tears streaming down her face.
She reached out and touched Cheng Xiao Kui's face, crying as she said, "Mu Yang... I don't even know if he has any brothers..."
Cheng Xiao Kui instantly sensed something amiss in Lin Qiu Ru's words!
She pressed on, "Mom, how come you didn't know?"
Lin Qiuru shook her head, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls, unstoppable.
She choked up as she said, "Actually...actually, he's not my biological son..."
Cheng Xiao Kui blurted out, "Huh? He's not your biological son? Then whose biological son is he? Where did he come from?"
Lin Qiuru glanced warily out the window and said in a low voice, "Check if anyone's at the door?"
Cheng Xiao Kui got up and quietly opened the door a crack to peek outside.
She casually locked the door and sat down next to Lin Qiuru.
She said, "There's no one outside, not even a ghost in sight. Tell me, what's going on?"
Lin Qiuru said, "I have been married to his father for many years but I have not been able to get pregnant. My mother-in-law treats me very badly. She either beats or scolds me and calls me a barren hen."
The women in the village laugh at me whenever they see me! A woman can't survive in the village without a son.
At that time, there was only one kind woman in the village, Granny Sun. She was a midwife, and she delivered babies in all the villages and shops in our area.
She whispered to me that if all else fails, we should buy a son. I told my husband what Granny Sun had said.
My husband thought it would be better to have a son, so he secretly started growing malt at home from dawn till dusk, making malt sugar, and sneaking into the city to sell it.
During those two winters, we saved up a hundred yuan, which was the money that Granny Sun said we needed to buy a son!
I don't know if it's God taking pity on me, but I'm pregnant!
She originally thought that having her own biological son would be better than having an adopted son.
Besides, if I can have one child, why can't I have ten or eight? My mother-in-law's attitude towards me changed as my belly grew bigger and bigger.
Just when I thought things were about to get better, my husband was working on the mountain when a torrential rainstorm hit, and he was killed by rocks washed down by the rain..."
At this point, Lin Qiuru covered her face with a towel and burst into tears.
This is the most painful thing she never wants to recall in her life!
Cheng Xiaokui gently patted her mother-in-law's back, comforting her, "Mom! Those bad things are all in the past, our family will have good days from now on! Don't worry, tell me slowly!"
Lin Qiuru cried for a while. Perhaps it was the good life she was living now that had a healing effect on the suffering of the past. Thinking about the good life she was living now, her mood gradually improved.
She continued, “After my husband died, my mother-in-law threatened that if I couldn’t give birth to a son and continue my husband’s family line, she would sell me to an old bachelor!”
"He'll exchange my daughter for a wife from his second son's son!"
She clutched the hem of her shirt at her heart, and that suffocating, desperate feeling, which had crossed over twenty years, returned in an instant.
Cheng Xiao Kui asked, "What happened next? Did you give birth to a daughter, and Granny Sun helped you change it to a son?"
Lin Qiuru nodded and said, "I'm afraid I'll give birth to a daughter, so I'll go and cry to Granny Sun. I don't want to be sold to an old bachelor, and I don't want my mother-in-law to use my daughter to arrange a marriage for her grandson!"
Granny Sun came up with a plan for me. She asked me to give her seventy yuan, and if I gave birth to a daughter, she would give me a son instead! In order to avoid being sold, I agreed to Granny Sun's offer.
God was ultimately blind; I actually gave birth to two daughters.
When Granny Sun delivered my baby, she put my two daughters into the delivery box she was carrying on her back. She then took a son out of the box and gave him to me.
Cheng Xiao Kui finally understood what was going on; it turned out that Si Muyang was not Lin Qiu Ru's biological son.
Therefore, Lin Qiuru didn't know whether Si Muyang had any brothers.
She sighed and said, "Mom, we will treat you as our own mother!"
Lin Qiuru held Cheng Xiaokui's hand and said, "Xiaokui, you might... be my biological daughter!"
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