Chapter 216 Wu Lao Er who loves his wife

However, Xia Juanjuan feels that it is necessary to remind people when necessary.

"Although you were able to have a safe pregnancy this time, you are still injured. Even if you want to have a second child, you should wait two years to be safe. Otherwise, you may not be as lucky next time. Also, it is better to give birth in a hospital next time. It costs money, but it is safer."

At least, if there is a severe bleeding, there are surgeons in the hospital to give blood transfusions and perform operations. If it were in the village, it would be almost a dead end.

Chen Qi and Auntie Wu's youngest son nodded quickly.

Aunt Wu's youngest son asked with concern: "Sister-in-law Juan'er, do you think I should send my wife to the county hospital tonight to let the doctor take a look? Don't let her develop any chronic illness."

Xia Juanjuan took a look at the young man. His name was Wu Feng. He was not very tall, but he had a handsome face and was quite pleasing to the eye. Most importantly, he had a good character. He was much better than those men in the village who beat and scolded their wives because they were pregnant and did not go to work to earn work points.

Xia Juanjuan felt Chen Qi's pulse and confirmed that she was fine before saying, "Qi Qi just gave birth and is weak. Don't bother tonight. It would be troublesome if she catches a cold. It would be safer to wait until tomorrow morning to check her out."

Yang Qiushi also came in and looked at Chen Qi at this time, and had no objection to Xia Juanjuan's diagnosis.

Wu Feng listened, nodded repeatedly, and said: "Okay! Then I will go borrow an ox cart tomorrow morning and take my wife to the county town."

Xia Juanjuan left with Yang Qiushi. Before leaving, she gave Aunt Wu some worried instructions.

Aunt Wu nodded and said, "Juanjuan, don't worry. Although I'm a big mouth, I still know about it. Besides, this matter is related to my family, so I will definitely not tell anyone. It's just that I really didn't expect you to be able to do this."

In those days, when rural people were sick, they relied on barefoot doctors from all over the village. They would never go to the hospital if they were sick.

After all, the fact that you have to spend money to register at the hospital before even seeing a doctor is heartbreaking.

So everyone respects doctors and teachers.

Xia Juanjuan was a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "I just learned the basics."

Aunt Wu smiled and said, "Don't be so modest. I saw you learning how to prepare Chinese medicine from Old Li from our commune some time ago, didn't I?"

After talking a few more words, Xia Juanjuan went back at night.

Here, Chen Qi held her son in her arms and said weakly, "I'm fine. I'll be fine after a period of confinement. Let's not go to the hospital tomorrow. It's a waste of money."

Wu Feng said, "Let's go check it out. Didn't you see how much blood you lost? We just go and check it out. It won't cost much."

"They say it won't cost much, but we don't have that kind of money on hand..."

Wu Feng was silent for a moment, then he said, "Qiqi, let's use the small yellow croaker you brought with you as your dowry as a voucher to borrow some money from Sister Juan'er. After the grain is divided, we can sell some of it at the grain station and get it back."

Chen Qi was a little anxious when she heard this: "But those two small yellow croakers, didn't we agree to keep them for our son to start a family in the future? How can we use them now?"

These two little yellow croakers were the dowry that Shen Wanxue had given to Grandma Yao, asking her to pass on to her granddaughter. Chen Qi did not hide it from Wu Feng.

However, the couple did not tell Aunt Wu or other people in the family.

Aunt Wu has two sons. The eldest son got married early and has a son, a daughter and two grandchildren, but the family has not yet divided up.

If the matter of the little yellow croaker were to be told to others, even the most harmonious family would be filled with envy and jealousy, which would lead to the loss of family affection.

The couple decided not to use the money now, but to use it when they have children, grow up, get married and build a house.

Wu Feng said, "I know it won't work now. But if you develop a chronic disease, you might have to take medicine every day. Wouldn't that cost more money?"

After hearing this, Chen Qi also became a little hesitant.

Although she has recovered now, she is still scared. She was so dizzy at the time that she couldn’t even hear anyone calling her…

Wu Feng added, "I think Sister Juan'er is an honest person and would not embezzle our things and not return them. I will go and borrow five yuan tomorrow. When we have enough money after the autumn harvest, we will go and exchange it immediately. We should keep it well in the future and use it when our little Fengshou grows up and gets married."

Fengshou was the name they had given to their son in advance, so this name came in handy.

After hearing this, Chen Qi finally nodded in agreement.

Early the next morning, Wu Feng wrapped the small yellow croaker in a piece of cloth and went to Xia Juanjuan to exchange it for money.

As soon as Xia Juanjuan saw it, she recognized it as Shen Wanxue's small yellow croaker. However, Shen Wanxue has always been generous. It would be strange if she did not give a gift to Grandma Yao's granddaughter when she got married.

Xia Juanjuan asked Wu Feng how much money he wanted to borrow.

Wu Feng said a little embarrassedly: "I'll borrow five yuan first. I don't know if five yuan is enough to go to the county hospital. Sister-in-law Juan'er, don't worry, after we harvest in autumn, we will sell some food to the grain station, and then I will go out to do some odd jobs. By winter, I will definitely be able to pay back the money."

Seeing that Wu Feng was not as aggressive as a lion in asking for more money, and seeing that he spoke sincerely, Xia Juanjuan felt a little relieved.

The little yellow croaker was a dowry that Chen Qi brought from her parents' home. When her husband found out about it, anyone with a bad character would have been eyeing her for a long time.

What if Wu Feng lent the small yellow croaker to Chen Qi under the pretext of treating her and then used the money to squander? What should we do?

Now Wu Feng only borrowed five dollars, so he didn't seem like a scammer.

This small yellow croaker can be exchanged for ten yuan on the black market.

Xia Juanjuan took five yuan from the house and gave it to Wu Feng, saying with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to return it. When you have money, bring it to me, and I will return this little yellow croaker to Zhao intactly."

Xia Juanjuan then tried again, half jokingly saying, "I didn't know your family had such a thing. Aunt Wu always said in the village that the Wu family had been poor for three generations, but it turns out that the family is not poor at all."

After hearing this, Wu Feng quickly raised his index finger to his lips and whispered, "Sister-in-law Juan'er, please don't tell my mother about this. I'll tell you the truth, this is what my wife brought when she got married. We didn't dare to tell anyone at home. We originally planned to save it and wait for the kid to grow up and build a house and get married. Isn't it because of Qiqi's danger this time or the urgent need to see a doctor that we can't use it first?"

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said with a smile, "So that's what's going on. I understand now. Be careful on your way."

After Wu Feng agreed to leave, Xia Juanjuan wrote another prescription for replenishing qi and blood, took out the corresponding medicinal materials from the space, wrapped them into two paper bags, and planned to send them to Aunt Wu's house later to replenish Chen Qi's body.

Wu Feng took his wife Chen Qi to the hospital on a bullock cart for another checkup. There was nothing serious, so he just prescribed some tonic medicine, which cost two yuan, and she didn't need to be hospitalized.

With the remaining three yuan, Wu Feng went to the county department store and bought two bags of maltose, twenty eggs, and two kilograms of flour for Chen Qi to eat during her confinement. Then he returned to the village.

Malted milk is cheaper than milk powder, one bag costs fifty cents, two bags are one dollar, twenty eggs are one dollar, two pounds of white flour is thirty-six cents, which comes to two dollars and thirty-six cents. There is not much left after the five dollars I borrowed from Xia Juanjuan.

When Xia Juanjuan saw that the ox cart had been returned, she took the medicine she had prescribed in the morning and went to visit Aunt Wu's home. In fact, she was more concerned about the use of the five yuan that Wu Feng had borrowed.

You can tell a person's character from how he spends money, especially since this money was borrowed by 'mortgaging' his wife's dowry.

Unexpectedly, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wu family was playing in the Wu family yard...

Aunt Wu's eldest daughter-in-law is called Chen Yue'e, who is also very capable. However, she has a mother-in-law who is the most powerful fighter in the gossip world, so her capabilities are not that impressive.

Aunt Wu had a sharp tongue, but she was really good to her family. She raised her two children with great care. On the contrary, Chen Yue'e, the mother, became a hands-off manager. In the early years, which daughter-in-law in the village did not envy Chen Yue'e?

Even Zhou Qiuhe mentioned several times with envy how happy Chen Yue'e was as a daughter-in-law.

Originally the family lived in harmony, but since her youngest son Wu Feng got married last year, Chen Yue'e began to feel unbalanced.

Now Chen Qi's first child is a son, which is more meritorious than giving birth to a daughter as her first child. This is one thing.

Even though I had a difficult birth last night, didn't I give birth naturally in the end? Why did you go to the county hospital for a checkup so early in the morning? You're not a city girl, why would you be so expensive? This is the second thing.

When I came back in the afternoon, I saw Wu Feng buying maltose and egg white noodles again. When I asked him, I found out that he had borrowed the money!

Chen Yue'e, who had been accumulating anger and jealousy, suddenly exploded.

"Isn't it just a son for the first time? Is it so expensive? Going to the hospital and buying malted milk and egg white noodles! It would be fine if you had money, but you borrowed five dollars from someone else! I have to say this in advance! Don't expect your brother and I to pay even a penny for this five dollars!"

Chen Qi was a thin-skinned person and was too embarrassed to argue with her sister-in-law Chen Yue'e, so she cried out of anger.

Wu Feng's forehead was also bulging with veins, but as a man, he could only say something in anger: "Sister-in-law, we borrowed money from you and asked you to pay it back?! What are you arguing about!"

Chen Yue'e sneered: "You didn't ask us to pay it back? Our family hasn't split up, and the work points you earned are also collective. As long as you don't split up and live on your own, then I, your eldest brother, and your parents and their family will help you pay the debt!"

Aunt Wu had gone out to the river to wash clothes and was not at home, so no one in the family could argue with Chen Yue'e.

Wu Feng was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time. Then he said, "Okay! Sister-in-law, if you want to say that, then when Mom comes back, I will tell her immediately that Qiqi and I have separated and moved out. We won't take advantage of you!"

When Chen Yue'e heard this, she was quite satisfied.

She had wanted to divide the family for a long time, but not for herself, but for her brother-in-law's family.

After Chen Qi became pregnant, she started thinking about this. Her parents-in-law are now in their fifties and can still do farm work and earn a lot of work points.

But if Chen Qi gets pregnant, her mother-in-law will definitely take care of the child for her. Her brother-in-law's family will get the advantage, but their family will suffer the loss!

If my brother-in-law and his family move out and live on their own, my parents-in-law will still live with them and won't have to take care of their children. All the work points they earn will belong to their eldest wife. This is of course the best!

Unfortunately, Chen Yue'e's plan was too good to be true.

As soon as Wu Feng finished speaking, he heard Aunt Wu's lion-like roar.

"Want to split up? Great! I also know that since you and the eldest brother built a new house, you have not come to this courtyard except for eating time, which is almost the same as splitting up. It's just right, you two can split up from today!"

Chen Yue'e, Wu Feng and Chen Qi looked towards the door at the same time, and saw Aunt Wu and Xia Juanjuan appear at the door.

After hearing what Aunt Wu said, Chen Yue'e's expression changed from elation to gloom, but she didn't dare to confront Aunt Wu head-on, so she quickly said, "Mom...you...you heard it wrong! It's not me who wants to split up the family, it's my brother-in-law's family who wants to split up..."

Aunt Wu glanced at her with a sneer and said: "Hmph! I have eaten more salt than you have ever eaten rice, and I dare to wield a sword in front of Guan Gong! I also know what's wrong with you. Isn't it just that you are angry when you see Qiqi having white flour and eggs to eat during confinement? What? Did I treat you badly when you were in confinement? What meal was not served with white flour, pimples and egg soup? Waiting? Isn’t it your sister-in-law’s turn, and you’re feeling unbalanced? Are you saying that all the money you earned from doing odd jobs outside has been given to me? Now that I’ve borrowed five yuan, I haven’t spoken to you yet!”

These words made Chen Yue'e blush.

Wu Gen, the eldest son of the Wu family, was also called back from the fields by his two children. Seeing that his wife was confused and was quarreling with his younger brother, his sister-in-law, and their mother, he immediately raised his fist to hit Chen Yue'e.

Chen Yue'e was also afraid of her man, so she ran away crying.

Aunt Wu was still not satisfied, and said to Wu Gen with a cold face: "Big Boss, your father and I know what your wife means. It's better for you to separate and live separately, so that your wife won't think that we are also benefiting from you! Your father and I will live with your brother and his wife from now on!"

Wu Gen smiled and said, "Mom, look at what you said. Isn't this just talking nonsense? I'll beat her up when I get back and make her give you and your brothers and sisters gifts and apologize..."

Xia Juanjuan didn't finish reading it either, and left. It wasn't good for her to stay here while they were doing their housework, as if she was watching a joke.

I waited until the evening before going back and gave the medicine to Chen Qi.

I saw egg white noodles and malted milk in the room. When I asked, Chen Qi said sweetly, "He bought them for me to use during my confinement. I complained about spending money, but he didn't listen. Sister-in-law Juan'er, I'll lend you five dollars. We will definitely pay you back this winter."

Seeing that the five yuan was indeed spent properly, Xia Juanjuan felt relieved and said with a smile, "Don't worry. You just gave birth to a son, and you will have a lot of places to spend money in the future. It won't be too late to pay it back when you have more money."