Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Your wife isn’t pregnant, but your mother is going to…
When hearing the word "death", Shen Miao was a little dazed.
Dead, dead?
Although that gangster was not a good person, Shen Miao hated him extremely the two times she came into contact with him, and hoped that he could be punished, but not a punishment that would cost him his life.
His heart was a little dirty, and his character was despicable, but death... such an ending was obviously too heavy for him.
"How did he die? Was he sick?" Shen Miao asked.
Luo Jialin didn't want to talk about the details of the case, firstly because the investigation was confidential, and secondly because he was afraid of scaring her, so he only answered that it was homicide and didn't say anything more.
The man's surname is Xu, his full name is Xu Meng, and everyone who knows him calls him Xu Laosan.
Xu Laosan is a native of Mozhai urban village. His parents died early and his wife divorced him with their son. He doesn't have a proper job and just wanders around Mozhai all day doing nothing. Fortunately, there are a few rooms left in his family and he makes a living by collecting rent.
Everyone in Mo Village knew that he was a second-rate guy who was always getting into trouble. He was taken to the police station to be taught a lesson every now and then, and occasionally he was locked up in the detention center for a few days.
Xu Laosan was like a piece of bubble gum stuck to the ground. Everyone who saw him would avoid him. He did a lot of small evil things but never committed a serious crime.
Not only Shen Miao, when Luo Jialin went to his neighbor's house to take a statement, after hearing the news of his death, they all expressed that it was a pity that a life was lost. On weekdays, everyone joked that he should die, but when he really died, some only felt regret.
It had been a long time since we had seen Xu Laosan hanging around in Mozhai, and no one thought that anything had happened to him until last Sunday when Yu City was repairing the sewers in various places, and their body was found.
After the forensic autopsy, he suffered a severe blow to the back of his head and had multiple marks of beatings on his body, so the police speculated that it was more likely a revenge killing. The last time Xu Laosan got into trouble was when he overturned Cao Yun and her friends' tricycle, so...
“I didn’t do it,” Shen Miao was so scared that her lips were shaking, “I, I, I, I…”
Seeing that her face had changed with fear, Luo Jialin quickly put down the cup in his hand and comforted her: "Don't panic, I don't doubt you, I just want to know if you have seen him recently."
Shen Miao was a warm-hearted person with a strong curiosity. She thought that she might like to…well, pay attention to other people’s family affairs. She happened to be running errands for her mother today, so she asked this question casually. She didn’t expect that she would actually scare her.
Of course, Luo Jialin did not doubt Cao Yun and her mother-in-law.
Because before he came to the Shen family today, people from the police station also went to the Li family in Luhua Village a few days ago. After asking them about some situations, they also ruled out their possibility.
In order to ease the tense atmosphere, Luo Jialin took the initiative to change the subject and teased her, "Oh, with your thin arms and legs, how can you be his opponent? If we really meet, I'm afraid you'll die..."
Shen Miao:?
"No, no, no, what I mean is that you are relatively weak. If the two of you fight, you will be the one to die..."
Shen Miao:? ?
After organizing his words a little, Luo Jialin tried to speak again: "Uh, um... Listen to me, that's not what I meant. I wanted to say that you don't have much killing power. If we fight head-on, the guy in the sewer..."
Shen Miao: ???
She actually understood what Luo Jialin wanted to express. It was simply that there was a huge gap in their strength and she had no possibility or motive to kill him.
But what she couldn't understand was how could Luo Jialin be so dumb? Just by talking, he had said himself "dead" three times!
Compared to the tense atmosphere just now, the awkward situation now also made Shen Miao a little overwhelmed.
Dad, Grandpa, please come back soon...
"Someone, help! Uncle Shen, Uncle Shen, help!"
"Uncle Shen? Uncle Shen, come quickly! Something happened!!!"
"Uncle Shen? Miaomiao? Is there someone at home?!"
As the two were sitting in the yard awkwardly counting the moon, the sound of a woman crying and shouting suddenly came from the village road outside, and at the same time there were several voices helping her to shout for help.
It sounds like Aunt Wang?
As a policeman, Luo Jialin was extremely sensitive to the word "help". When he heard someone shouting for help, he immediately rushed out, and his reaction was even faster than Shen Miao's.
Aunt Wang's voice attracted many villagers who were running hurriedly from the next street. Seeing that Aunt Wang was out of breath, they didn't bother to ask what happened and quickly ran to the Shen family to call for help.
When Shen Miao came out of the house, Aunt Wang had run so hard that she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Luo Jialin and a few others supported her and managed to pull her to a stone pier nearby to rest.
"Aunt, what's wrong? What happened?"
After holding her stomach for a long time, Aunt Wang managed to even out her breathing: "You, your sister-in-law has a severe stomachache. It hurts, hurts, hurts..."
Aunt Wang was fat to begin with, and her weight of nearly 200 kilograms made her gasp for breath if she walked a little faster. She had used up a lot of energy running all the way here, and it might be too late to wait for her to explain clearly, so Shen Miao quickly carried the medicine box on her back and ran towards her home.
Aunt Wang's house is at the east end of the street. She has lived with her son and daughter-in-law since her husband died more than ten years ago.
When Shen Miao arrived at her house, she only heard the weak sound of her daughter-in-law Song Han stretching out her seal, but she didn't know where her son was.
In the room, Song Han curled up on the bed, holding her stomach. The clothes she was wearing were soaked with sweat. Seeing Shen Miao coming, even though her teeth were trembling with pain, she tried to squeeze out a few words from between her teeth, "Child, child."
Seeing that she was in severe pain, Shen Miao quickly checked the painful part of her abdomen.
At this time, her husband, Wang Bo, Aunt Wang's son, who had gone to the village to borrow a tricycle, hurried back pushing the tricycle.
Coming to Song Han, Wang Bo asked anxiously, "Miao Miao, how is my wife? Did she hurt the child?"
He said that Song Han accidentally slipped and fell while hanging clothes in the yard, and then he started to have a stomachache, which kept getting worse.
Moreover, Song Han said a few days ago that she had a poor appetite and always wanted to eat something sour, so Wang Bo wondered if she was pregnant? It was because of the fall that she had a miscarriage that she felt so painful.
Shen Miao had not checked her pulse yet, but through the simple physical examination at this moment, it was not certain whether she was pregnant or not, but what was certain was that she did have pain in her abdomen, and it was very serious.
"No, we have to rush to the hospital."
Shen Miao took out a piece of ginseng from the medicine box and put it in her mouth, letting her hold it to replenish her energy temporarily, "Her condition is a bit serious, we need to let the doctor check it with a machine to know what's going on."
The main pain point came from the lower right side of her abdomen. When she took her pulse just now, her pulse was also very chaotic, which was a symptom of qi stagnation and blood stasis. Shen Miao guessed that it might be acute appendicitis.
Wang Bo’s idea of borrowing a tricycle to take her to the clinic was right.
But I can’t go to the health center, I have to go to the municipal hospital with better conditions.
In the face of this sudden emergency, Chinese medicine can treat it with medicine and acupuncture, but it can only provide temporary relief. To cure it completely, surgery is necessary.
Besides, Song Han’s condition is urgent at the moment, so the best thing to do is to send him to the city for surgery as soon as possible.
When he came out of the house holding Song Han, he ran into Luo Jialin who was also holding Aunt Wang.
The same princess hug, the same woman feeling dull pain in the arms, even their expressions of pain while hugging their necks are almost exactly the same...
Seeing Luo Jialin, Shen Miao suddenly had a better idea than the tricycle.
But before she could speak, Luo Jialin took the initiative to suggest: "Auntie Wang is also feeling a little unwell, take them all to my car, and let's go to the hospital quickly!"
How long would it take to pedal a tricycle to cover these ten miles? Even a car would be faster.
Shen Miao sat in the passenger seat, keeping an eye on their situation. Luo Jialin was in charge of driving, and after placing Aunt Wang and Song Han in the back seat, there was no room left in the car.
I originally wanted to let Wang Bo ride his tricycle and follow behind, but seeing that he looked top-heavy and wobbly, he probably worked in the fields all day and didn't have time to eat before running around the house, so he had a little hypoglycemia.
In order to prevent him from getting into any trouble on the way to the hospital, Shen Miao asked him to stay at home and a few enthusiastic uncles and aunts followed him on bicycles.
There were few people on the road at night, so Luo Jialin stepped on the accelerator and drove to the Municipal People's Hospital in just ten minutes.
After taking a short break on the road, Aunt Wang's stomach pain was no longer so severe and she could walk on her own. So after pushing Song Han to the emergency department for a doctor's examination, she and Shen Miao watched her being pushed into the operating room.
After being busy for a long time, I can finally sit on the bench and take a rest.
About twenty minutes later, the uncles and aunts who came by bike also arrived outside the operating room.
Looking up at the red light in the operating room, everyone knew that Aunt Wang missed her grandson very much. Seeing that she looked unhappy, they took turns sitting next to her and tried to chat with her to comfort her.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine."
"Yeah, I just fell down. When I was pregnant, didn't I work in the fields every day?"
"Don't worry, I think she is definitely pregnant, and it's a small baby."
"The appendix is far away from the lower abdomen, so it can't be hurt."
Aunt Wang didn't say much, only occasionally responding to them with the corners of her lips forced.
Her complexion looked very bad, and her stomach, which had just recovered from the pain, began to ache again.
Shen Miao was just about to go over and check her pulse when she heard the aunt next to her exclaim, "Ah! Why haven't you held it in yet? Did you pee your pants?"
Seeing her pants soaked in a large area, another aunt screamed in fear: "It's not urine! It's blood! It's blood!"
"Someone come! Nurse! Doctor! Someone come quickly!"
Crash...
Aunt Wang slightly spread her legs and saw the blood flowing out like a faucet.
The blood that flowed out was not pure bright red, but more like it was diluted by some liquid. It also had a special smell, and the fishy taste was different from blood.
"What's going on? Where are you injured?"
"He was fine when he came here, what happened?!"
"Doctor! Nurse! Please come and take a look!"
Yes, he was fine when he came, why did he suddenly start bleeding?
Seeing Auntie Wang screaming “ouch ouch” in pain, Shen Miao felt her pulse while thinking about what had happened along the way.
He was not injured when he got on the bus, and he didn't seem to feel any discomfort when he got off the bus... Could he have been injured when he was in the village?
But the bleeding part was downward, and Shen Miao really couldn't figure out what kind of injury could cause her to bleed like this.
The corridor with the sign "No Noise Allowed" became a mess again. People were shouting for help and trying to calm her down, and the sounds of shouting could be heard one after another.
After a while, the nurse and the doctor came over with a stretcher, and without waiting for Shen Miao to feel her pulse, they quickly moved her onto the stretcher.
The doctor first checked Aunt Wang's heartbeat with a stethoscope, then touched the flesh on her belly with his hand, and finally instructed the nurse beside him: "Her water broke, go and contact the delivery room on the third floor."
Everyone: ???
Sheep, amniotic fluid?
Broken, broken?
These are clearly the simplest and easiest words to understand, and are common knowledge that even adults know. But when these words were associated with Aunt Wang, everyone was stunned, and at one point they suspected that they had not rested well and had misheard.
Seeing that the bloody amniotic fluid had dyed most of her pants red, the nurses and doctors did not dare to delay and rushed her to the empty delivery room downstairs, leaving the group of people who had been in a panic just now standing there in a daze.
"Did you hear what the doctor said just now? What about water breaking?"
"Amniotic fluid, amniotic fluid. What kind of amniotic fluid could it be? It must be the amniotic fluid from giving birth."
"Of course I know, but where does the amniotic fluid come from?"
"Could it be that the doctor made a wrong diagnosis? My sister-in-law is almost sixty years old, this, this, this, this..."
"Not that old. I'm only fifty-five after the Chinese New Year. Oh, no, fifty-six."
Just when everyone was discussing whether Aunt Wang was really pregnant, Shen Miao, who always loved to eat melons, did not participate, but squatted beside and carefully observed the blood on the ground:
The blood color did not turn black due to rapid oxidation. There was more amniotic fluid in it, but some of it was dissolved into the blood.
Therefore, Shen Miao guessed that Aunt Wang must have injured the fetus while running, which caused the amniotic fluid to rupture and blood to mix in.
Combined with the pulse I felt hastily just now... yes, Aunt Wang is indeed pregnant.
"Miaomiao?"
When Shen Miao came back to her senses after being called by her aunt, they had already moved on to the next topic: “Has your Aunt Wang visited your house recently to see a doctor?”
Shen Miao shook her head, “No.”
Normally, she would often see Aunt Wang in the village, but Aunt Wang had always been in good health, as evidenced by her figure, which was stronger than a banyan tree and she ate a lot.
The last time I saw her was last year, right? She seemed to have sprained her ankle and came to buy some plasters, not that she was feeling unwell.
"It's not easy to get pregnant at the age of almost 60."
"It's true. I follow her to work in the fields every day, and I can't tell that she's pregnant at all."
"She's fat, so you definitely can't tell."
"Hiss... So, who could be the father of this child?"
The woman's words drew everyone's attention to herself.
We sat here and discussed for a long time, and it was her words that hit the nail on the head.
Yes, who could be the father of the child?
Aunt Wang’s full name is Wang Qiuhong. In fact, she was not so fat in her early years. She was also a beauty in the village when she was young.
She lost her husband when she was in her thirties, and raised Wang Bo alone with great difficulty. Because she had to do all the housework by herself, she had to eat more and work more so that she would have the strength to support the family.
It was not until Wang Bo grew up and helped her share the burden of the family that she began to live a good life. However, because her appetite did not decrease at all, she grew fatter and fatter and became what she is today.
We are all from the same village, and everyone can see Aunt Wang’s character.
She is not a fickle person. If she really couldn't stand the loneliness, she could have used her beauty to find a stepfather for Wang Bo long ago. Why would she have to work so hard for so many years?
Therefore, she would definitely not do anything shameful. Could it be that she has a lover?
This is not right. I haven't seen her mention it to anyone.
Times have changed now. It is no longer a shame for a widow to remarry. If she really has a partner, she can just tell them openly. The villagers will only support her and not oppose her.
Moreover, Wang Bo, as a son, should also be relieved to see that his mother has a companion to accompany her in her later years.
Then again, seeing how Wang Qiuhong was shocked just now, it seems that she probably didn’t know that she was pregnant, otherwise how could she run all the way in the village to look for Shen Miao? How could she work in the fields all day?
So, after a brainstorming session, combined with her family situation and our understanding of her, we roughly analyzed the "truth" of the matter:
Wang Qiuhong met a scumbag!
One day last year, Wang Qiuhong met a scumbag and fell into his trap after being told sweet words by him.
Originally, Wang Qiuhong thought she could start a family with the other party, but since he was a scumbag, he must have been just talking, so he abandoned her after entangled with her for a while.
Wang Qiuhong didn't dare to tell her son for fear that he would worry, so she pretended that nothing had happened. Unexpectedly, she got pregnant with the scumbag's child without knowing it, and then all these things happened...
Well, it is clear and well-organized, and it is a version that we have all revised several times. I think this should be the truth of the matter.
We have guessed what we need to guess and talked about what we need to talk about, but we can’t delay the important business.
In addition to Song Han who was undergoing an appendectomy and needed someone to watch over him, Wang Qiuhong who was giving birth downstairs also needed someone to watch over her.
After everyone discussed it, they decided to let Shen Miao and another aunt wait outside the delivery room downstairs, while the remaining three people waited upstairs for Song Han's surgery to be over.
It’s getting late. The last time I looked at the clock, it was only half past eight. Now when I look up, it’s almost ten o’clock.
“Thank you, Uncle Luo. It’s all thanks to you being here today,” Shen Miao thanked Luo Jialin on behalf of Aunt Wang and the others as they went downstairs. “It’s getting late. You still have to go to work tomorrow. Go back and rest first. You don’t have to stay here with us.”
"Okay, I'll go back first then."
Luo Jialin did have other things to do tomorrow, so he didn't stay long.
But thinking that Shen Miao might have something else to do later, he took out a pen and paper and wrote down a number for her: “This is my home phone number, just call me if you have anything.”
"Okay~thank you uncle!"
Luo Jialin: ...
This name again.
Shen Miao also called those people upstairs uncle just now, but she was obviously not in the same age group as them, so this title made her look a little too old.
Forget it, just let her be. As long as she is happy...
After Luo Jialin left, Shen Miao called the village and told Shen Shansheng about the situation in the hospital, then went to the delivery room on the third floor and waited with her aunt for Wang Qiuhong who was giving birth.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, Song Han was pushed out of the operating room.
The good news: the appendectomy surgery was a success.
The bad news: She wasn't pregnant.
At 3:16 in the morning, Wang Qiuhong was pushed out of the delivery room.
Good news: Mother and child are safe, a five-pound boy was born
The bad news: She gave birth prematurely this time and hurt her body. I'm afraid it will take a long time for her to recover.
Wang Qiuhong wants to hold her grandson, but Wang Bo’s wish to hold his son is likely to be dashed.
But looking at it from another perspective, God still gave them a consolation prize. At least Wang Qiuhong can hold her son, and Wang Bo can hold... uh, brother?
After looking at each other, the aunt's complicated mood was the same as Shen Miao's.
It is naturally a good thing that both mother and child are safe, but I don’t know whether the birth of this child is good or bad for their family.
Seeing that it was almost dawn and Wang Bo had not come yet, Shen Miao, who had been guarding in the hospital all night, became more and more anxious.
We told him to come right after he finishes his meal at home, but the night is almost over and he hasn’t even arrived yet, let alone having a meal. We could have even prepared a table full of food, but he hasn’t arrived yet?
Everyone came in a hurry, and they didn't have much money on them. They had to pay the surgery fees and hospitalization fees for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. After waiting for a long time but seeing no sign of him, Shen Miao simply decided to ride back to call him herself.
She wanted to see what this bastard ate all night!
It was just daybreak when they returned to the village, and they didn’t even go back to Shen Miao’s house, but rushed to Wang Bo’s house immediately.
Strangely, no one was seen at his home, and the yard door was ajar. After pushing the door open, broken objects could be seen on the ground, and traces of a fight were seen everywhere.
What happened after they left yesterday?
Shen Miao packed her things and prepared to go home. She passed by the clinic and saw that the light was still on, so she went in to take a look.
Grandpa Shen Wanshan was sitting in the yard pounding medicinal herbs. He was too lazy to get involved in other people's affairs, so he let the elders from several villages in the house try to persuade them to stop fighting, and he didn't want to say a word.
"Master, is Wang Bo in the room?"
"Um."
Shen Wanshan was also filled with resentment after not sleeping all night.
Shen Miao rolled up her sleeves and was about to go in and teach him a lesson, but just as she reached the door, she heard his arrogant laughter.
"Eh~ Even if I die today, I still have my children who can burn incense and paper for me in the future. What about you? You don't even have someone to see you off. Tsk tsk~ I really don't know what you have to say to me?"
Shen Miao: …
Brother, it’s a little too early for you to be happy.
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