Just then, Lin Chen returned from outside and, seeing that she was feeling a bit unwell again, immediately opened the preserved plum in his hand and offered her one to suck on.
"How are you feeling? Any better?" he asked with a smile.
Jiang Ning couldn't hide her sweet smile: "Much better."
At this point, everyone realized that Jiang Ning wasn't just sick from eating something bad; she was pregnant.
"Oh dear, everyone, stop guessing. I think I'm pregnant, about two months along. I was planning to tell you when I was three months along," Jiang Ning said, blushing.
Everyone forgot about playing cards and gathered around, especially Aunt Luo and Liu Fang, who were overjoyed and told her about precautions to take during pregnancy.
Aunt Luo also complained to Wang Xiufen that she had kept her daughter-in-law's pregnancy a secret all along.
Wang Xiufen quickly smiled and explained, "I only found out these past two days; the two children didn't tell me either."
A couple of days ago, I noticed she was vomiting everything she ate, and that's when I guessed what was going on.
Lin Chen quickly made a gesture of surrender: "The baby wasn't settled yet, and we were on tenterhooks, so we didn't dare tell anyone."
The main reason was that before they discovered her period was late, neither of them had been idle; they were terrified of squeezing the baby to death.
Later I realized I was overthinking it; the baby was just a tiny speck of dust and wasn't afraid of being squeezed at all.
However, they never dared to do it again after that.
When Ma Huijuan, who was standing to the side, learned that Jiang Ning was pregnant, her face froze and she was extremely shocked.
The only thing she could be proud of is now gone.
For a moment, she found it hard to accept, feeling dizzy and extremely weak.
But no one paid attention to her; all eyes were on Jiang Ning.
"Wear more clothes tonight, it's still a bit chilly at night."
"Sour for a boy, spicy for a girl; if someone likes preserved plums, they'll definitely have a son."
“Sons and daughters are the same. If you have a daughter who is as beautiful as Jiang Ning, then you’ve hit the jackpot.”
The excitement belongs to them; she has nothing!
Even though she was pale and felt excruciating pain in her stomach, no one paid any attention to her.
Just then, dark clouds suddenly filled the sky, and large raindrops pounded down on the ground, stirring up dust and leaving small craters.
Everyone quickly ushered Jiang Ning into the house, and then moved the table and chairs inside.
"The rain started suddenly."
Seeing the sudden rain, everyone said goodbye to their host and went home in the rain.
Fortunately, it's already June, so getting caught in the rain won't be a big deal.
When they passed by Ma Huijuan, they didn't even bother to look at her and just walked straight past.
Zhao Ergou even spat on the ground...
Ma Huijuan was in so much pain that she couldn't straighten up and was sitting on the ground groaning.
Yu Xiaofeng ran home to take shelter from the rain, but it took her a long time to realize that she hadn't gone inside.
When they went to find her, she had already fainted, and blood was flowing all over the ground along with the rainwater.
"Help! Someone come quick!"
Yu Xiaofeng started shouting wildly.
"Crack!" As a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, a thunderclap resounded.
The thunder startled Ma Huijuan awake.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the two of them were soaked through. The ground was covered in mud and water.
With no one to help, Yu Xiaofeng had no choice but to support her as she slowly made her way home.
Back inside the house, Ma Huijuan began to experience contractions.
A pig-like scream came from inside the room, but as soon as it stepped outside, it was drowned out by the sound of thunder and rain.
Meanwhile, at the Sixth Middle School.
Half an hour ago, Lin Qiao was notified by a classmate to go to the old auditorium, where her physics teacher was waiting for her.
She didn't think much of it. After winning a prize in the last physics competition, her physics teacher would often talk to her and give her some review materials.
When she arrived at the old auditorium, she found that no one was inside.
"Teacher, are you inside?"
Lin Qiao stood at the door and peeked inside.
The old auditorium was a mud-brick building, and because of the sudden appearance of dark clouds in the sky, it was pitch black inside and nothing could be seen.
Just as she was hesitating at the door, a dark figure pushed her from behind, shoving her inside, and then closed the door.
Lin Qiao quickly got up and tried to open the door, only to find that it had been locked from the outside.
Clearly, someone deliberately lured her here.
Fueled by anger, she began searching for a way out.
Just then, thunder and lightning began to flash outside, and it started to rain.
As lightning shone in, she realized that the beams in the roof of the auditorium she was in were about to collapse.
She suddenly remembered that she had seen a sign on the wall when she passed by here before, saying that the place was in disrepair and temporarily closed.
But she didn't see that sign when she came over.
She had no time to think; the storm could destroy the house at any moment, and she needed to get out immediately.
"Is anyone outside?" she shouted toward the window at the very top of the wall.
The thunder swallowed her voice completely.
In the classroom, Gao Xiaolan couldn't suppress her laughter.
She finally got her chance.
When the factory was recruiting this time, He Man actually recommended Lin Qiao.
In the past, whenever He Man had any opportunity, she would only think of Gao Xiaolan.
The recruitment exam is coming up soon. If Lin Qiao doesn't show up in time, she won't be able to take the exam and won't get the chance to work in the factory.
Unexpectedly, the recruitment exam was temporarily canceled due to the storm.
She was so angry that her stomach started to hurt.
Just then, Li Jianfeng found them.
He heard that the recruitment exam had been canceled, so he thought of coming to find Lin Qiao. Unexpectedly, the teacher asked him instead where Lin Qiao had gone, since she didn't even come to such an important exam.
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