The fat aunt's words pierced Aunt Liu's heart like a knife.
"You fat pig, what business is it of yours to come here and interfere?"
The plump aunt patted her chest and said, "Me, meddling? I'm not saying this to be mean, but some people are just ungrateful. To be honest, Aunt Da San has always treated you well, but you've been playing tricks on Aunt Da Shan. What's wrong? Now that you've driven San Wang away, and our Yin Xia's belly is getting bigger every day, are you, as her mother, worried?"
And that was indeed the case; Aunt Liu simply couldn't suppress her anger.
"You, you're not much better than me. You're still working for Third Sister."
The plump auntie retorted, "I've never been kicked out of Auntie Da San's place, unlike some people who do things but pretend to be good people, only to be kicked out."
The two were arguing, so naturally, a lot of people gathered around to watch.
The Li family arrived at the scene very quickly.
Jinxia, heavily pregnant, stepped forward and pulled Aunt Liu away, saying angrily, "Mom, what's going on? Didn't my father-in-law promise to help ask around?"
Aunt Liu got even angrier: "But you don't even know that this fat woman is exposing my shortcomings, how can you pretend you don't know anything?"
"Exposing my shortcomings? Tell me, everyone, which of my statements isn't true? Aunt Liu encouraged Yinxia to seduce Sanwang. After getting Sanwang drunk and having sex with Yinxia, she planned that Dashan's mother would definitely marry Yinxia. Unexpectedly, when Dashan's mother found out about this, she kicked Sanwang out of the house. Now, seeing Yinxia's belly getting bigger every day, she's getting anxious."
As a village leader and also Aunt Liu's in-law, Li Zheng coughed twice and stepped forward.
"You say you're just fetching your water, why are you making such a fuss? Even if it's true, what does it have to do with you? Some people in the village are always gossiping about others when they have nothing better to do, while your two acres of land are overgrown with weeds!"
The plump aunt felt aggrieved, but she couldn't admit that she was wrong in front of so many people.
They had no choice but to slink back home.
Li Zheng waved his hand: "Alright, everyone go back. There's nothing here worth your attention. If you have some free time, you can go and see what you should plant in your own fields."
Jinxia cried and said to Aunt Liu, "Mother, look at how things have come to this. We should find a doctor to abort this child."
Aunt Liu immediately flew into a rage upon hearing this.
“How can this be? Yinxia has worked so hard to get pregnant these past few months. If I abort this child, won’t I completely lose all hope with Sanwang? No way. I reckon Sanwang will be back soon. As long as he’s alive, I don’t believe he won’t accept this child.”
Jin Xia never expected her mother to be so stubborn, insisting on pushing her influence into the Jin family.
“Mother, why are you doing this? What if Sanwan has found a wife outside? Besides, with someone like Aunt Jin, who among the Jin family’s children would dare disobey her? Continuing like this will only harm Yinxia.”
Reminded by Jin Xia, another idea popped into Aunt Liu's mind.
"Yes, why don't we leak the news that Yinxia had an abortion now?"
Jinxia grabbed Aunt Liu's arm: "Mother, I know you only want to marry Yinxia to Sanwang because my Aunt Jin's family owns a teahouse and a restaurant, and they're building a new house, right?"
Aunt Liu didn't speak, and Jin Xia continued, "You absolutely can't do that. I, Aunt Jin, won't fall for your tricks. It's not good; it will only make things worse for Yin Xia!"
Qiu Dong was a son-in-law whom Aunt Liu liked. He slowly stepped forward to comfort her: "Mother-in-law, what my wife said is not wrong. Now Yinxia is heavily pregnant and Sanwang is nowhere to be found. There is a foolproof plan, which is to find a doctor to find a way to remove the child in Yinxia's belly."
Upon hearing her son-in-law's words, Aunt Liu frowned slightly: "Since you all say so, then I'll go back and talk to Yinxia about it."
Jiao stepped forward quickly, grabbed Aunt Liu's sleeve, and said, "Oh dear! You're really stubborn. The situation should be clear now. Nobody knows if Sanwang has already married someone else outside. You're still insisting that Yinxia get pregnant. What if she gets too far along? Wouldn't that mean giving the Jin family a child for nothing and ruining their life?"
Aunt Liu then understood and nodded gratefully: "Yes, yes, how come I didn't think of that? But where can we find such a good doctor?"
Then Qiu Dong thought of his companion Yao Qian, whose grandfather was a famous doctor in the village.
“Mother-in-law, I happen to have a companion whose grandfather is a well-known doctor in the village. Why don’t I go and invite him over to see if there are any other solutions?”
Aunt Liu nodded happily: "Okay, okay! Then go quickly, go back and tell Yinxia first, and you all go back too."
Liang Shuyan's home!
A group of students gathered at the school gate. When they saw Mr. Su return, they were all happy to surround him.
Niu Niu said with a smile, "See? I told you that as long as my mother went, she would definitely have Mr. Su's relatives bring it back. Now, who doesn't believe me?"
Zhao Heng kept praising Liang Shuyan: "Yes, Auntie is really capable. I was there for less than a short while and she brought Mr. Su's family here."
Yang Shuyan said somewhat awkwardly, "Alright, stop praising me. I'm getting a little restless. To be honest, this wasn't entirely my achievement. Mr. Su also contributed. If Mr. Su hadn't come with me, Qiaoqiao wouldn't have come back with us."
Zhao Heng squinted and looked at her for a moment, finding that Qiaoqiao was quite pretty. But when he saw that she was holding two children, he suddenly felt uneasy.
"When Da Ya came back, she was dragging two children along. Now Su Su is coming back with two children too. Why are these scoundrels so irresponsible?"
Zhao Heng's lips curled up: "If we can come up with a law to protect women, and have my father write a petition to the Emperor, then wouldn't men be subject to some control in the future? Even if they don't have children after a divorce, they would still have to give money every month!"
Zhao Heng thought of this good idea, and immediately called Liang Shuyan over, whispering a few words in her ear.
Liang Shuyan was surprised that Zhao Heng could come up with such a solution, and she clapped her hands in approval.
“If your father is to report this matter to the Emperor, there must be a plan. Let your aunt think it over carefully before telling your father about it.”
Zhao Heng nodded repeatedly like a child, "Yes, yes! Auntie, where does Sister Su live?"
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