Several neighbors near the Liu family were the first to hear the noise. Since the afternoon, they heard Old Mrs. Liu scolding her daughter-in-law in the yard.
She didn't feel tired and kept up until midnight. A neighbor who was tired after a day of work kindly came to persuade her to be quieter, saying that if their family didn't sleep, others would have to. But she ended up scolding him back.
Everyone had just gone to bed and was awakened by the noise in her yard, so they all gathered at her door to see what was going on.
"What are you looking at? You're sitting outside my house in the middle of the night. What? You want to visit my house? Sure, fifty cents per person. You can stay at my house tonight."
When Old Lady Liu approached and saw so many people, she became angry. They were all here to see the fun at her house, and none of them were good people.
Jiang Mengxue was so angry. It was already this late and he still had time to argue with others.
Besides, weren't you the one who caused the quarrel? It's good enough that they didn't cause trouble for you, and you still have the nerve to scold them.
Jiang Mengxue said coldly with a cold face: "Why, you are not worried about your daughter-in-law anymore?"
Old Lady Liu realized that someone was following her and quickly put on a smile: "I'm worried, I'm worried. Two doctors, please come in with me."
After saying that, he spat at everyone and said, "Bah, you are finished. You think my house is lively and bustling, and you can only watch. My daughter-in-law was scared by you and the child has not been born yet. If you don't compensate me five dollars, I will go to your house to make trouble."
Li Cuiying's face can no longer be described as dark.
"I'm still watching here, who are you trying to threaten?"
As soon as Old Lady Liu stepped into the yard, she was so frightened by Liu Cuiying's words that she ran into the house.
"Hey, Third Brother, you can't be in any danger. I've found a doctor for you. You must give birth to my grandson safely."
He Xiaoying, who was still lying on the thatched grass groaning in pain, forgot about her stomachache for a moment.
Was that her mother-in-law's voice just now? Was she concerned about her?
Why is this sudden concern so frightening? Does he want the doctor to kill the child?
She had known for a long time that her family was poor. Her husband, Liu Laosan, was just a temporary worker and had to hand over all his salary every month. According to her mother-in-law, such a small amount of money was not enough for one person's living expenses, let alone supporting her and the baby in her belly.
So normally their family didn't have much food rations at all, and most of it went into Liu Laosan's mouth.
She doesn't have to do anything at home and can only drink some plain soup.
But everyone nearby saw that she was washing clothes, cooking, fetching water, and chopping firewood at home. She had to do all the work while she was pregnant, and she was not full all day long.
The old woman stared at her belly several times and said that it would be better to abort the baby because the baby would drown in the toilet.
Every time she saw her mother-in-law say this, she was scared, as if she really wanted to kill someone.
It’s okay that the mother-in-law is bad, but the problem is that her husband Liu Laosan is a coward.
"Coward" is not enough to describe him, "coward" is more like a bad guy.
In this family, not only did Old Lady Liu abuse her and the child, but even if the child was born, if her mother-in-law said to kill it, Old Liu would listen to her mother and drown the child herself.
Sometimes she wanted to resist, but there was a man holding her back, which made it impossible for her to do anything.
In addition, she has no job and now has to rely on Liu Laosan's salary to support her.
If she resisted a little, Old Lady Liu would starve her for a few days. At this time, Old Liu would only care about whether he could eat enough and would not care about her life or death.
As soon as Jiang Mengxue walked into the room, she found that it was extremely small.
It is a side room divided into two rooms in the middle, and this room has no windows.
The room was so small that it only had a kang that could barely accommodate two people, and there was only a passage about one meter wide on the outside.
There is also a bench in the inner corner, with a large box on it to store daily necessities.
At this moment, the pregnant woman was lying on the ground in the small passage under the kang, with just some straw covering the ground.
The pregnant woman took off her pants and lay on the ground. Not to mention the pain in her stomach, just being naked was enough to make her shiver with cold.
It was the first time that Jiang Mengxue saw a pregnant woman giving birth in such conditions.
No matter how difficult the conditions were in the past, they would find a slightly larger open space and lay thicker grass, and if the conditions were better, they would also put a layer of cloth under it.
It's nothing like what's happening now. It's no different from letting a pregnant woman lie naked on the ground in the middle of winter.
When Jiang Mengxue and Xie Sheng came in, there was no one in the room. They turned around and looked at several men standing or squatting in the yard.
They were smoking and chatting calmly, and Jiang Mengxue couldn't even tell which one of them was the pregnant woman's husband.
Because they were all too calm, not caring that the people lying in the house giving birth were their wives and children.
Even a stranger passing by wouldn't be so indifferent.
Jiang Mengxue went forward to check the situation. As soon as her hand touched the pregnant woman's thigh, she felt that the situation was not good. It was freezing cold, even... so cold that it frightened her.
Jiang Mengxue trembled as she took off her cotton jacket and covered the pregnant woman with it. She dragged the quilt over the bed and put it under the pregnant woman. She rubbed her skin with her hands, trying to make her less stiff.
At the door, Old Lady Liu saw Jiang Mengxue dragging the quilt to the ground and using it as a cushion for the little bitch.
She cried out, "Oh my God, my good quilt, what kind of family is this? Giving birth to a child ruined my quilt.
Doctor, can you deliver a baby? How can I use the quilt if the dirty water from childbirth stains it?
This little bitch is not worthy of having a quilt as a mattress topper. I would be doing her a disservice by giving her a few straws to sleep on."
Jiang Mengxue completely ignored her clamoring outside. "Sister Sheng, hurry up, call Second Aunt to bring some help. You can't lie on the ground anymore, hurry up."
Jiang Mengxue didn't even notice that her voice was shaking so much that she could hardly make a sound.
It was too cruel. She had never seen such a cruel family in her life. They could be so vicious and cruel.
Li Cuiying brought a few women to the door, but because the space inside the house was too small, no one could get in at all.
"Xiaoxue, what's wrong? What's going on?"
People outside couldn't come in, so they could only stick their heads out to look inside over Jiang Mengxue's shoulder.
Jiang Mengxue heard the noise at the door and stood up, almost falling down for a moment.
Xie Sheng quickly supported her from behind, and Li Cuiying was also startled.
"Xiaoxue, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? If not, let's go to the hospital."
Jiang Mengxue stood up and calmed down: "It's okay, Second Mother, ask someone to help carry the pregnant woman to the bed, the ground is too cold."
Jiang Mengxue climbed onto the kang and spread another torn quilt on it because she found that the kang was also cold and there was no kang heater in the room.
"Second Mother, please have someone heat up the kang in this room. Your legs and body are frozen to a pulp. How can you expect to give birth?"
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