Chapter 47 Chapter 47 A five-pound, six-ounce girl, a small ball...
Jiang Xiaoci followed the strange grandmother all the way to the house she rented. When the grandmother opened the door, Jiang Xiaoci did not ask any questions. A normal grandmother would not lock her cousin at home. Could this be a fake grandmother?
Unfortunately, this place is too remote. As she is pregnant, Jiang Xiaoci has given up the idea of running away. Besides, she has left a message for Han Jingyuan, saying that he and his colleagues should be inside.
Grandma opened the door, turned around and said, "Come in."
Jiang Xiaoci followed her grandmother in. Her grandmother locked the door and said, "Xiaoci, I'm not your grandmother. I'm your aunt."
Jiang Xiaoci said, the real grandma is not like that. She couldn't understand, "Grandma didn't say I have a younger sister."
My aunt snorted coldly: "That's because she felt ashamed to let people know that she had a sister who had lived in a mental hospital. But I'm fine now."
Looking at her aunt who looked exactly like her grandmother, Jiang Xiaoci couldn't tell them apart, and asked, "Aunt, are you and grandma twins?"
My aunt laughed and said, "No, I'm two years younger, but I'm more capable. I can read people's faces and even imitate others."
My aunt peeled off the soft skin that modified her face shape. She looked different. She wiped off the remaining makeup and led the way with a smile: "Come on, I'll take you to see your cousin."
After her aunt moved the rice jar in the kitchen, revealing the entrance to the tunnel underneath, Jiang Xiaoci was certain that her aunt did have mental problems.
If my cousin was down there, with the level of random checks Han Jingyuan and the others did, they would have to check the rice jar, and someone would probably have already gone down there.
Jiang Xiaoci asked: "Aunt, you hid my cousin down there, are you crazy?"
My aunt said, "No, this is something I have been planning for a long time. Ever since I knew Qingzhu was pregnant, I planned to take her baby away and raise it myself. I know my sister too well. As long as I appear in a place, she will definitely come. I wrote her a letter, and she really came with the pregnant Qingzhu."
Jiang Xiaoci complained in her heart, my aunt is so crazy, she must have escaped from the mental hospital, how could my grandmother not come to look for her?
Her aunt led the way in front, holding a flashlight to shine under her feet and reminding her to be careful not to fall.
"You know, before liberation, I donated to this welfare home, so I know there is a big tunnel underneath it, used for shelter, and it is connected to a residential house not far away. I spent all my savings to let the owner rent this house to me, and then asked the neighborhood committee to rent it out. Then I appeared nearby and was seen by your grandmother. She really came to rent a house, and then I had the opportunity to capture your cousin."
Jiang Xiaoci heard from her great aunt how she had spent the past year. She disguised herself into different appearances and did odd jobs. At her age and with such miserable experiences, it was easy for her to find a kind boss to ask her to help wash dishes. So her great aunt wandered around like this for a year.
Jiang Xiaoci didn't know what to say. She knew that what her aunt did was wrong, but seeing her like this made her feel sad.
She tried to persuade him: "Aunt, my child's father is a policeman. If you arrest me, won't you be asking for trouble? Why don't you release me, my cousin, and my grandmother now? We can talk to each other as a family. What do you think?"
My aunt said with a threatening face, "It's too late. In addition to you, I have arrested two more. If you don't hold me accountable, they will definitely criticize me. I won't be fooled!"
Jiang Xiaoci was speechless and asked, "Who did you catch again?"
My aunt said, "I'll show you how bad they are, and then you'll understand why I caught them."
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There were some atriums with changed locks along the way. My aunt opened one of them and saw a pregnant woman sleeping inside. Jiang Xiaoci didn't know her.
This chamber is very clean. The woman's face does not look thin or haggard, so she probably hasn't suffered much.
The aunt woke the sleeping woman up and said, "Get up, get up. All you do every day is eat and sleep. This is not good for the baby in your belly. You need to get up and move around."
The woman seemed to be used to her aunt's madness. When she saw Jiang Xiaoci, she scolded her aunt: "Why did you catch another pregnant woman? You lunatic, when will you let us go?"
My aunt was impatient and scolded, "You bad woman, because you fell in love with your brother-in-law, you asked him to break off the engagement and not marry my granddaughter, right?"
Jiang Xiaoci understood that the pregnant woman was Song Zhaoan's sister-in-law.
Jiang Xiaoci felt a headache: "Aunt, why did you arrest Sister-in-law Song Zhaoan?"
The aunt said angrily, "Because she is a bad person. She ruined your cousin's marriage. I will arrest all the bad people and let her go after your cousin gets married."
There was plenty of food and drink in the ear chamber, and even some storybooks. Jiang Xiaoci saw that the woman looked okay and thought the baby in her belly should be fine, so she felt relieved.
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The girl in the second ear chamber was not so comfortable. She was tied up and her mouth was gagged. It was Lu Meicen.
Lu Meiqin actually didn’t know Jiang Xiaoci. The person who had quarreled with Jiang Xiaoci last time was her aunt in disguise.
But when Lu Meiqin saw the people coming, she struggled and cried desperately, hoping that Jiang Xiaoci could save her.
This time, my aunt didn't even take the cloth out of her mouth. She said, "This woman is even worse. She likes your cousin's husband, but she doesn't have the ability to get him, so she goes to harm your cousin. Your cousin works so hard to find a job, but she doesn't let people pay her. Such a bad woman, why don't we keep her locked up here forever? What do you think?"
Jiang Xiaoci felt that it was not good at all and asked, "Aunt, where did you lock up grandma?"
My aunt looked impatient: "Your grandma is the worst. She always thinks she is right. I don't want to see her."
She took Jiang Xiaoci to the innermost part and said, "Your cousin is about to give birth, so you should stay here to accompany her. When you give birth, I will take both of your children away and then release you both. As for those two bad women, it's up to you to decide whether to release them or not."
Jiang Xiaoci was speechless: "Aunt, you want my cousin's child, and you want to take my child away. Can you take care of two children by yourself?"
The aunt looked at Jiang Xiaoci carefully and envied her: "Your mother was very lucky, but her child was snatched away by your grandmother. You are luckier than your mother, and the baby in your belly is definitely luckier than yours, but your cousin is not so lucky, so I want to borrow your child to bring good luck to your cousin's child. Don't worry, I will bring them up well, as close as sisters, or as close as brothers."
Jiang Xiaoci couldn't reason with her crazy aunt. She suddenly became suspicious: "Aunt, you are not pretending to be crazy, are you?"
My aunt laughed and said, "I'm not crazy to begin with. If you insist on thinking that I am, then there's nothing I can do."
Jiang Xiaoci said, "Aunt, the household registration system is getting stricter now. It's different from before. You may not even be able to leave the train station with two children. People will come up to question you."
My aunt said, "I have considered everything you have considered. When the time comes, I will pretend to be a young mother with two children. I will not attract attention. If people ask me, I will say that I just gave birth to twins."
Jiang Xiaoci thought about it and felt that this would not arouse suspicion, but her aunt's plan would not succeed because her cousin was not pregnant at the moment.
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Jiang Xiaoci was taken to the innermost ear chamber. Although the door was not locked, her cousin was locked in an iron cage. Although the iron cage was spacious, it was still a cage after all.
She was so angry that she knocked on the lock on the cage: "Aunt, why are you locking up my cousin like this? Let her out now."
My aunt shook her head and said, "She is very powerful. I can't let her go. If I let her go, I can't control her. I finally knocked her out and tied her up and brought her here. I won't let her go. After she gives birth, I will release you too."
Jiang Xiaoci was angry: "Aunt, you were also extreme before you went crazy, no wonder grandma never told us about you."
My aunt paced back and forth impatiently, looking at the medicine box she had prepared, and said, "Why don't I wait any longer? Your period has come anyway, so I'll deliver your baby by cesarean section."
Jiang Xiaoci was startled. Han Jingyuan should be here, right? To be safe, it’s best not to continue to provoke my aunt.
She did not provoke her aunt, but her aunt's madness became more and more serious. It seemed like two people were having a conversation, but in fact, she was just talking to herself.
A voice said, "You have prepared for so long, learned surgical operations from doctors in a mental hospital, and stole so many equipment and drugs, isn't it all for today? Don't be soft-hearted."
Another voice said, "That's right. Two babies born on the same day are almost the same size. People will believe them if they are twins. Don't wait for a natural birth. Let them have the babies now."
"Her husband is a policeman. When he finds out that she is not at home, he will come to the rented house to look for her. Although the entrance to the passage is hidden, if the police come to look for her, they will definitely find it. There is no time to lose, so hurry up."
My aunt suddenly got nervous: "Yes, yes, I tricked you here in front of so many people, they must be looking for you."
Thinking of this, the aunt was annoyed and blamed Jiang Xiaoci: "Look at you, couldn't you just follow me on the platform? You had to go back to get the things. Now I have to perform a caesarean section on you."
Jiang Xiaoci was numb. She couldn't run faster than her aunt who had all her limbs intact. Where could she hide?
Suddenly she had an idea. She looked in the direction behind her aunt, turned around and exclaimed to her cousin.
"Cousin, have you seen your uncle? What did your uncle say to you? Oh, he was advising you to tell your aunt not to do this. Whatever your aunt does to us, your uncle will suffer ten times more, right?"
The softest spot in my aunt's heart was the uncle who died young. She asked in a panic, "What? Did you see my uncle? Where is he? Show him to me."
Seeing that her aunt was going crazy, Zhou Qingzhu couldn't wait any longer. She couldn't let her aunt hurt Jiang Xiaoci, who was actually pregnant.
She originally wanted to secretly take her aunt away with her grandmother, but since her aunt kidnapped Song Zhaoan's sister-in-law and then Lu Meiqin, this matter was no longer something she and her grandmother could resolve privately.
My great aunt is now very emotional and is waving the scalpel in her hand. The most urgent task is to protect Jiang Xiaoci.
Zhou Qingzhu untied the pregnant belly that was tied to her body and threw it far away to attract her aunt's attention.
As expected, my aunt was so frightened that she dropped the scalpel on the ground and grabbed the fake belly on the ground: "Why did you throw the child away? Are you crazy?"
Jiang Xiaoci was looking for something everywhere, trying to break the lock. Han Jingyuan and his colleague had already rushed out, one to control the aunt while the other helped to break the lock.
My cousin was also anxious. Her aunt's madness was aroused and she could not control it alone. She held an iron bar as thick as a finger in each hand and pulled it hard to both sides. The iron cage was opened to a width that could accommodate a petite girl to crawl out.
My cousin came out of the cage just like that.
Jiang Xiaoci was dumbfounded. It turned out that the "awesome" that her cousin talked about was even more amazing than what she understood. She could actually bend an iron bar as thick as a finger.
Jiang Xiaoci's eyes were filled with admiration: "Cousin, you are so amazing."
Han Jingyuan and his colleagues were also stunned. In the blink of an eye, the aunt broke free from Mu Pingcheng's grip.
Han Jingyuan subconsciously stood in front of Jiang Xiaoci.
But the aunt went to Zhou Qingzhu and scolded her: "I told you not to use brute force in front of others, but you insisted on doing so. Now look what happens if people find out. What will you say about your in-laws in the future?"
After saying that, the aunt went back to crying and hugged the fake belly on the ground: "It's all your fault. You dropped the child to death. I will never forgive you. Give me back my child!"
The aunt had gone mad and was unconscious. Han Jingyuan and his colleagues had no choice but to handcuff her and take her away.
My aunt didn't struggle either. She was very afraid of the police. She cringed and muttered to herself, "This is the end. I was found by the police. They have whips, tiger benches, and branding irons. It's so scary."
Zhou Qingzhu looked sad. Her aunt thought it was the black prison before liberation. She squatted down and smoothed her hair: "Aunt, this belly is fake. I'm not pregnant."
My aunt burst into tears: "You are all bad people, you all lied to me!"
Suddenly, the aunt looked at Jiang Xiaoci and said, "You can introduce someone to someone, so introduce one to your cousin. Hey, why are there two men here? When did they come?"
Han Jingyuan and his colleagues were about to be driven crazy by their aunt, and there was no way to interrogate them if they were caught.
Mu Pingcheng asked Han Jingyuan, "Not only is your aunt crazy, she also has amnesia, right?"
How did Han Jingyuan know: "We need a doctor to check and identify this."
In order to calm her aunt down, Jiang Xiaoci said, "Aunt, have you forgotten that these two were the blind dates I introduced to my cousin?"
My aunt suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's the case, but I don't like these two people. Introduce them to your cousin again."
Jiang Xiaoci coaxed: "Okay, be good now, I'm going to find grandma, you go with them first, okay?"
My aunt asked, "Why should I go with them?"
Jiang Xiaoci said, "I called the person here, but you don't like him. We have to send him back. We have to be polite, right?"
The aunt was reluctant: "Okay, I'll see you off."
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My great aunt was taken into the police car, and backup arrived. My grandmother, Lu Meiqi and sister-in-law Song Zhaoan were released one by one.
Lu Meicen burst into tears, calling her aunt a psychopath and demanding to go back to her parents. Her emotions were difficult to control.
Sister-in-law Song Zhaoan was in a stable mood. She said that she had been eating and drinking well and had books to read in the past month, and she was not harmed. She also said that according to her observation, her aunt who disguised herself and tricked her to come here was indeed suffering from a mental illness, and her condition was sometimes better and sometimes worse. When she had an attack, she should not be provoked, and if you went along with her you would not be harmed.
When the rescued grandmother saw so many police officers, she realized that her great aunt had made a big deal out of the matter and that it could not be resolved quietly as she had expected.
Grandma sighed and asked Han Jingyuan, "What is the crime of your great aunt's situation?"
Han Jingyuan said: "No matter what the verdict is, my aunt is having such a severe attack now, she should be sent to a mental hospital."
Grandma thought again and again in a daze: "How could she end up like this in her life? Fortunately, the people she deceived are fine, otherwise how can she atone for this sin?"
Jiang Xiaoci was fine, but if her mother knew about this, she would have to come over and have a big fight with her grandmother.
Jiang Xiaoci said earnestly, "Grandma, you kept my aunt's affairs a secret so well, why didn't you even tell my mom?"
Grandma was annoyed, "When your mother was your age, she ran off with someone else. How can I tell her?"
Although my grandmother spoke in a tough manner, she was actually quite scared. During the interrogation, she was very cooperative and hoped to be released and leave as soon as possible.
There was nothing serious wrong with my grandmother and cousin, so they were released after they explained everything. The police told them not to leave Beijing for the time being, as they might need to be summoned for questioning at any time.
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The matter came to an end and Song Zhaoan's sister-in-law was found, so Jiang Xiaoci wanted to discuss the marriage between her cousin and him.
Grandma still wanted my cousin to get married: "Song Zhaoan said those things because your aunt disguised herself and threatened her. If you can negotiate, you should get married."
Jiang Xiaoci: ... "Grandma, can you please have some principles?"
Grandma pulled her cousin to her side to compare: "Your cousin is not you. She found such a good match for herself and opened a matchmaking agency. She doesn't rely on men for food. Look at the people outside who are begging you. You are standing and talking without feeling any pain in your waist. Your cousin didn't marry Song Zhaoan. She couldn't find anyone better. Did you really let her wash dishes and sweep the floor? In the end, she married someone worse than Song Zhaoan."
Jiang Xiaoci saw with her own eyes how capable her cousin was. Han Jingyuan’s colleagues all praised her highly when they returned to the company. Can’t her grandmother see her cousin’s strengths?
Jiang Xiaoci said: "It is because Song Zhaoan is too good to his family that my cousin has to take a back seat. He is not good, so I want to find a new one for my cousin."
"If you can change it now, I'll agree, Xiaoci. Your cousin barely talks to her family all day. Who can be so open with her? Grandma didn't make any mistakes in her fortune-telling. Song Zhaoan is not bad. If you don't go, I will."
Jiang Xiaoci had no choice but to resort to a big move: "Grandma, if you continue to be stubborn, I will ask Mom to come over and argue with you and ask Mom to take my cousin away."
Grandma was furious: "I shouldn't have saved you, Mom. Let her be taken away by your crazy aunt. Do you think you will have a good life today?"
Jiang Xiaoci knew that her grandmother was tough on the outside but soft on the inside. No matter how harsh her words were, she would not harm anyone and would even take the initiative to save people.
After a few words, grandma and cousin left. Han Jingyuan pointed at the calendar on the wall and asked Jiang Xiaoci to look at it: "What day is today?"
Jiang Xiaoci looked and realized that time had passed so quickly. It was the day her cousin came to register on a rainy day. Would her cousin come back soon?
Sure enough, my cousin came back alone, and it didn’t rain this time.
The cousin came back secretly, first apologized to Jiang Xiaoci, and then asked her to find a partner for Song Zhaoan.
"As long as it's not me, anyone will do."
Everything matched up, Jiang Xiaoci confirmed again: "Cousin, if you like Song Zhaoan, I can help you talk to him."
Zhou Qingzhu understood his own feelings: "Xiaoci, I still don't know what kind of emotion I should have when I like someone. For example, Song Zhaoan, I have heard my grandmother talk about him since I was a child, but even if it's been ten years, I won't feel sorry or sad if I don't see him, and I won't be happy if I see him. He doesn't like me either, so why bother getting married? It's the same if I find a job."
Jiang Xiaoci understood: "Cousin, in your situation, don't get married yet. Live your life to the fullest. I will definitely talk to the Song family and not let them bother you."
Jiang Xiaoci is about to give birth, and Han Jingyuan really doesn't want her to go out: "Song Zhaoan has a very awkward personality, and doesn't want his parents to be uneasy underground. His eldest sister-in-law has been rescued, so he probably won't cancel the engagement."
Jiang Xiaoci: "I have to withdraw even if I don't want to. I still have half a month before giving birth. The baby is also well behaved. I don't feel bad at all. I'm leaving now."
Han Jingyuan: "I'll go with you."
Jiang Xiaoci: "You go to work, let's do our own things and don't hold each other back. If you really need someone to accompany you, I can find someone. Sister Meiping is happy to help."
Qian Meiping likes to hang out with people, so she quickly said, "Do you want to accompany me? I'll hold the baby with you, and I won't feel tired at all."
Han Jingyuan: ... "Okay, be careful on the road."
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Jiang Xiaoci and Sister Meiping, along with their daughter An An, went to the Song family. They could not arrange for unpaid leave as Song Zhaoan had already resigned from the unit.
When they arrived at the door, Song Zhaoan did not invite them in. Instead, he talked outside and said, "My sister-in-law is frightened and needs to rest. Don't make any noise."
Jiang Xiaoci was angry: "I saw it with my own eyes when I rescued her. Your sister-in-law was emotionally stable and logical. Why is she so weak in front of you? She can't even listen to the guests who come to the door?"
Song Zhaoan: "Are you here to quarrel with me again today? You are a pregnant woman, but you have to be so angry. You should learn from my sister-in-law."
Jiang Xiaoci retorted: "Do you want to learn from her and be taken care of by her brother-in-law? I don't have a brother-in-law, so I don't have the opportunity to learn from her."
Seeing the neighbors coming in and out of the unit door, Song Zhaoan urged: "Let's talk business."
Qian Meiping mocked: "I've never seen someone who doesn't invite people home when they have serious business, but instead stops them from talking outside. They call you in-laws? They're almost enemies."
Jiang Xiaoci was particularly relieved: "I am still my cousin's family. Look at your attitude. We won't care about not letting her into our house or making tea for her. I said that I was canceling the engagement to give you face. If you don't agree, my cousin will still be free to marry. If you don't return the gold, you can ask your children and grandchildren for it in the future. That's it. I have said everything I want to say."
Song Zhaoan ignored Jiang Xiaoci's unilateral termination and explained: "I didn't know it was your aunt who kidnapped my sister-in-law. I won't pursue it or bear a grudge. Now that my sister-in-law is back, I recognize the marriage and will not cancel it."
Jiang Xiaoci was so angry at his words that she laughed: "You are a grown man, can you stop being so nagging?"
Song Zhaoan: "No, a person must keep his word. Before my parents passed away, they told me to fulfill the marriage contract and not to be ungrateful. I promised my parents their last words. Please go back and tell grandma that we can get married anytime."
Jiang Xiaoci said, "Pah!" "In your heart, your sister-in-law's safety is more important than my cousin, and your parents' last words are more important than my cousin. In the future, your brother and sister-in-law's children will still be older than my cousin. My cousin is loved by someone, so she doesn't need you to give her a little space. Song Zhaoan, you have to withdraw from this marriage, whether you want or not!"
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Jiang Xiaoci scolded Song Zhaoan and was still angry while sitting in the car.
Qian Meiping felt sorry for her: "This is the first time I see you get so angry about someone."
Jiang Xiaoci was indignant: "Why should I, such a good cousin, go to his house and suffer?"
Qian Meiping changed the hand holding the child and smiled enviously: "You are so sincere to your cousin who has no blood relationship with you and has lost contact with your mother. Xiaoci, your cousin loves you and is not wronged."
Jiang Xiaoci also smiled: "Sister Meiping, I feel better when I talk to you."
Qian Meiping observed the expressions and felt that the relationship in the Song family was delicate. She said, "Song Zhaoan is 24 years old. Doesn't he know how to avoid suspicion with his sister-in-law? What's more, his brother is far away."
Jiang Xiaoci had already felt this: "Song Zhaoan's sister-in-law married into the family when he was a teenager. She was the first woman he had long-term contact with, so it was normal for them to have a good relationship."
Qian Meiping: ... "Oh, this relationship can't be good."
Jiang Xiaoci understood: "If he keeps dragging his feet and refuses to cancel the engagement, I will go and threaten his sister-in-law."
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When they returned to the matchmaking agency, Lu Meiqin's mother was waiting there at an inappropriate time with a sullen look on her face, wanting to talk to Jiang Xiaoci.
Jiang Xiaoci invited her into the house and made her some tea. She had some basic hospitality principles. Compared to her, Song Zhaoan was indeed hateful.
After serving the hot tea, Lu Meiqin's mother looked at Jiang Xiaoci's belly again and felt embarrassed to get angry.
However, Lu Meiqi was detained for more than a month, and her treatment was completely different from that of Song Zhaoan's sister-in-law.
Sister-in-law Song Zhaoan served her with delicious food and drink, but Lu Meiqun had a hot temper and kept grabbing and scolding. As a result, she was tied up and gagged by her aunt and suffered a lot.
The Lu family was heartbroken, but their aunt was a mental patient and they couldn't put her in prison, so they had to send her back to the mental hospital.
The Lu family had suffered a great loss, so they had to negotiate for some benefits. Mother Lu held the teacup, looked intently at Jiang Xiaoci's expression, and asked, "You have been given full authority to arrange your cousin's marriage?"
Jiang Xiaoci nodded: "Yes, why are you asking me this?"
Mother Lu thought that the only one who was hurt in this farce was Lu Meicen, and she instantly became angry again.
She presented the facts and reasoned: "Your great aunt is mentally ill, so we can't hold her legally responsible, but we in the Lu family must be given an explanation for this matter."
Jiang Xiaoci was curious: "What do you want to say?"
Mother Lu put down the teacup and proposed a condition: "I will give her the one ounce of gold that your grandmother gave to Song's parents and ask her to write a statement of debt transfer. This will be regarded as compensation for our family."
Jiang Xiaoci: ...As expected, there is a reason why Lu Meiqin is annoying. Jiang Xiaoci really hates her mother right now.
Jiang Xiaoci laughed and said sarcastically, "You guys still want to transfer the debt. If you pay back the gold, Song Zhaoan will owe your family, right?"
Mother Lu nodded: "Yes, that's what we mean. Otherwise, everyone will say that my daughter is the third party who is chasing after him. This reputation is too bad."
Jiang Xiaoci disagreed: "That's not how money and favors are calculated. The one or two ounces of gold that grandma gave you back then indirectly saved Song Zhaoan's family. Now you're paying back one or two ounces and want to transfer the favor to Song Zhaoan, saying that he owes you. We don't need these two thousand dollars, and Song Zhaoan, that shrewd guy, won't agree to it."
Mother Lu slammed the table and said, "Little girl, you are a matchmaker, you should know that to make a marriage, you need mutual affection. If Song Zhaoan is willing to marry your cousin, he can't wait until she is in her twenties. He just doesn't want to marry your cousin."
Jiang Xiaoci was very angry: "Yes, we know he has someone in his heart, but it's not your daughter. If you want someone in her heart, then go and grab her with your ability. Do you want us to give in? Fortunately, my cousin and grandmother are not waiting for your gold to eat."
Mother Lu was still chattering away, causing Jiang Xiaoci to have a stomachache. She waved her hands and said, "My stomach hurts so much, I feel like I'm about to give birth."
When they heard Jiang Xiaoci complaining about a stomachache, Du Shunyi and Qian Meiping got the signal and stepped forward to scare her: "You pissed Xiaoci off and caused her to have a premature birth. If anything goes wrong, we'll hold your family accountable!"
Mother Lu was startled and ran faster: "I won't delay your childbirth. We can talk after you give birth."
After scaring her away, Du Shunyi and Qian Meiping smiled at each other, and then realized that Jiang Xiaoci's stomach really hurt and she was not pretending. They were very scared: "Xiaoci, are you really going to give birth, or are you pretending to scare her?"
Jiang Xiaoci felt a wave of pain. She had no experience, so she held onto the table and shook her head: "I don't know, it feels like I'm about to give birth."
Whether it is true or not, they must be sent to the hospital. Du Shunyi arranged that the production package was complete and there were enough people. He asked Cheng Lianjin to stay in the store to look after the house: "Call Han Jingyuan quickly and ask him to go to the hospital."
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Jiang Xiaoci was about to give birth half a month before her due date. The birth went extremely smoothly and the baby didn't suffer much. Even the doctor said that it was rare to see a first birth as smooth as hers.
The baby was a girl weighing 5.62 kg, a small ball, healthy and pretty. She didn't cry no matter how she was tapped after she was born, which scared the doctors and nurses. Finally, an experienced old doctor came over and didn't know how she tapped the baby, which made her cry.
Jiang Xiaoci felt even better because she didn't have a caesarean section and her delivery went smoothly. After half a day, she felt she could get out of bed, but everyone ordered her to stay in bed.
Suddenly becoming a mother, she was at a loss. She didn't know how to hold the baby. She always felt that she and the baby were best friends. She didn't seem to have much maternal love. She quickly asked Qian Meiping: "Sister Meiping, why am I so strange? Is there something wrong with me?"
Qian Meiping smiled: "Who told you to have a baby so early? Your mind hasn't grown up yet, but you've been so good to me and your cousin, how could you not be good to your own child? Don't let your imagination run wild."
Jiang Xiaoci felt that she had finally completed a big task, but she loved this little baby from the bottom of her heart and planned to be best friends with her in the future and share little secrets with each other.
Han Jingyuan had prepared himself mentally for a long time, but when he really became a father, he was so happy that he was a little dazed. He was in a panic, busy with the baby and Jiang Xiaoci. The theoretical rules he had thought of in his mind were of no use at all.
Finally, Qian Meiping thought he was in the way, so she arranged a job for him: "Just stay by Xiaoci's bedside. We'll teach you how to take care of the child after you're discharged from the hospital. Just take good care of Xiaoci. We'll take care of the child."
Jiang Xiaoci suddenly remembered something and hurriedly reminded: "Sister Meiping, you and Sister Du help me check the birthmark on the baby's body. Remember it clearly and don't let anyone change it."
Du Shunyi told her not to worry: "Do I need you to explain? I've made sure I remember everything. Don't worry."
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In Yuncheng, after Jiang Xiaoci was hospitalized, they called to inform everyone. My aunt and uncle were in Beijing, so they arrived the fastest.
Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aunt Feng and Uncle Zhu bought tickets together and arrived early the next morning.
This time, their generation was upgraded and they were so happy that they didn’t know how to express it. However, the child was born half a month earlier than expected, and due to the temporary notice, they were unable to wait at the door of the ward and see Jiang Xiaoci and the baby first.
So many people crowded into the ward to visit, all surrounding Jiang Xiaoci and the child. Jiang Weihai couldn't squeeze in, so he could only wait for a while. He became a grandfather in his early forties, and his heart was surging with excitement. He also felt sorry for the child who was born half a month prematurely. He pressed his head and scolded Han Jingyuan:
"How did you take care of her? She was about to give birth, but you still let her run around and be held hostage by a madman. How can you be her husband? How can you be the father of her child? Han Jingyuan, if you continue like this, I will take Xiaoci and the child back."
Han Jingyuan couldn't say a word to defend himself, and could only say, "Dad, I won't do this again in the future."
Jiang Xiaoci was in the ward and heard her father swearing. She wanted to ask her mother to go out and help.
"Mom, Han Jingyuan can't be blamed for what happened this time. He tried to persuade me to do what I wanted to do, but he couldn't persuade me."
Gu Wenying was really angry this time and said, "You are too bold. Since you found something wrong, you can't go with your aunt. What if she suddenly goes crazy and can't be controlled? What should I do then?"
After much consideration and seeing her cousin coming to visit her from the future, Jiang Xiaoci concluded that she was fine and went there.
Jiang Xiaoci said, "Mom, I've always been careful in what I do. I only go after careful consideration. Look how good it is now. Everything is fine now. Brother Han has worked hard too. He is so happy to be a father. Please don't scold him."
He Suwen thought to herself that maybe Han Jingyuan heard some of the conversation and that was why he let Xiaoci go.
She also advised: "Okay, now she is fine, Xiaoci gave birth smoothly, look how cute the baby is. If she knew in the future that her father was scolded like this by her grandfather on the day she was born, she would be heartbroken."
Gu Wenying then went out to persuade Jiang Weihai, saying, "Stop scolding me. Xiaoci is distressed in there. She just had a baby. Don't worry about her. Besides, you know that I couldn't control Xiaoci a long time ago, let alone him."
After Jiang Weihai finished scolding, the matter was over. He told Han Jingyuan: "Now that you are a father, you have to be more cautious."
Han Jingyuan agreed repeatedly.
Jiang Weihai entered the ward. It was finally his turn to hold his adorable granddaughter. Hearing that the name on the child's birth certificate was Han Jiang, he asked, "Who of you named her?"
Jiang Xiaoci: "Me."
Jiang Weihai: "Well, you deserve the name. This child will be as blessed as you in the future."
Han Jingyuan and Jiang Xiaoci made a bet: "If I say it was me, Dad will definitely scold me for being perfunctory."
Jiang Xiaoci gave birth naturally and recovered well, so she will be discharged from the hospital in three days. Her parents and Aunt Feng had to go back first and said they would come back for the full moon banquet.
Mom was about to go back, and she didn't mention grandma. Jiang Xiaoci couldn't help but say, "Mom, grandma is still in Beijing. She actually wanted to come and see me, but she was afraid that she would make you angry on this happy day, so she didn't come. Do you want to see her?"
Gu Wenying has been suppressing her anger these days and trying not to think about her adoptive mother.
At this moment, Jiang Xiaoci mentioned it, and she really couldn't hold back: "I'm not saying anything bad about your grandma. She knew that the crazy aunt had run away, but she still dared to bring people to you. I heard from Han Jingyuan that the aunt was waving a scalpel and wanted to do a caesarean section on you. Mom's heart was almost broken. I don't want to see her."
Jiang Xiaoci smiled and said, "Mom, you don't know how powerful my cousin is. She pulled such a thick steel bar apart with just her two hands. She knew she could protect me, so she came here."
"And my cousin and grandma really don't know that my aunt has gone crazy enough to trick me into going too. Mom, many things depend on fate. Just meet grandma and talk about anything. If you can't forgive me, we can stop associating in the future. It doesn't matter."
With Jiang Xiaoci helping to mediate, Gu Wenying had a long talk with her adoptive mother before returning to Yuncheng. After that, although Gu Wenying and her adoptive mother still did not have any contact, her cousin came to the matchmaking agency to help.
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