Chapter 42: Second Wife's Worry
Sun Xueyi originally had a good appearance, but a line of tears falling on her sick and thin face made her look even more pitiful.
"He's not the kind of person who can take care of others. If it weren't for this child, I'm afraid he wouldn't even come into my room once in a whole month."
Chen Qi was a little surprised when she heard this. Since it involved matters related to the boudoir, she gave Xiao Ling a look, indicating that she should take the jade mirror and go out to play.
After Yu Jing left, Chen Qi walked forward, sat beside Sun's bed, and spoke to comfort her.
"Don't cry, sister-in-law. Your health is important. I think big brother is not that cold-hearted and cold-faced. Everything will be fine in the future for the sake of the children."
When Sun heard this, her tears burst out like a dam and she could no longer hold them back.
"It doesn't matter whether I have a child or not. After all, I can't give birth to one!"
How could she not be able to give birth to a healthy child? Even if she was frail and sickly, she wouldn't be so discouraged just by finding out she was pregnant.
After hearing this, Chen Qi was really confused and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Xiaoqiao'er, who was standing by, turned pale when she heard what Sun said. She quickly walked over and covered her mouth.
"My grandma, why are you saying this for no reason? It's a taboo!"
She tucked in Sun's quilt again so that no cold air could get in.
Chen Qi opened her mouth, wanting to say a few words of comfort, but Sun just lay down facing inward, obviously not wanting to talk anymore.
Xiaoqiaoer gave Chen Qi a wink, and she understood. She took two steps back quietly, lifted the curtain and left.
As soon as they walked outside, Xiaoqiaoer knelt down in the snow in front of Chen Qi.
"Second Grandma, please don't be angry. My grandma is weak and has been in a bad mood recently. She is really sick and it's not intentional."
Chen Qi quickly pulled her up.
"It's okay. I can see that my sister-in-law is not feeling well, and I'm afraid she's not feeling well either. At least you're by her side, and you can comfort her more. It's also your credit."
Xiaoqiao nodded, with tears in her eyes, and sent Chen Qi and Yu Jing out of the courtyard.
As the end of the year approaches, business in the Xie family shop is extremely busy. With the addition of a new store, Xie Yuduo is simply too busy to stop.
Until late at night, when the snow gradually fell heavily, he was still checking accounts in the front study.
With a loud bang, someone pushed the door open and came in, bringing with him a chill and a strong smell of alcohol.
Xie Yuduo didn't even need to raise his eyes to know that it was his elder brother who had not been seen all day.
"Second brother...you, haven't left yet?"
Xie Yuming had drunk some wine from somewhere, and the smell of alcohol was overwhelming.
"There's still a little left, I'll be going back soon."
"You... go back quickly, your wife is probably still waiting for you."
Speaking of this, Xie Yuduo couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at his elder brother who was drunk on the kang.
"Brother, your sister-in-law is waiting for you to come back. Now that you have a child, you should spend more time with her."
"Oh, child...our child..."
Xie Yuming covered his eyes with his sleeves and was so drunk that he rolled over and over on the kang couch, knocking over the teacup.
"Child...child..."
It was a long time before Xie Yuduo realized that his elder brother was sobbing.
In the Xie family mansion, only the two brothers were of similar age. Although they had different personalities, they were brothers after all and were closer to each other than outsiders.
Seeing his elder brother crying late at night, Xie Yuduo was also surprised.
"What's going on? You have a child, and the whole family is very happy. Even grandma is so happy that she's praying to Buddha. Although my sister-in-law is a little weak, you should take good care of her. It's better than going out for a drink."
"We already have children... We both already have children."
When Xie Yuduo heard this, his expression darkened.
He knew about this, but he never told Shen Qi.
It turned out that when Sun was still waiting to be married, she was diagnosed to be pregnant. Even though the people in Pingshan County were open-minded and did not pay attention to so many etiquette and rules, this incident made Sun's father very angry, and he wanted to hang her with a hemp rope.
Fortunately, Sun's mother begged hard and saved her daughter's life, but Sun Xueyi would rather die than reveal her lover's name.
It was not until the Sun family used a bowl of medicine to end the life of the fetus that Xie Yuming, who had just turned seventeen or eighteen, had the courage to kneel tremblingly in front of the elders of the Xie family and admit that he was the biological father of the innocent child.
Even though Second Uncle and Second Aunt shamelessly came to propose marriage despite being scolded by Grandmother, allowing the two to get married hastily, this matter was still a big worry for West Courtyard, especially Sun.
This is also the reason why Sun never returned to her parents' home or left the house for so many years.
Xie Yuduo already knew the whole story, but it had been so many years and no one mentioned it anymore. So why should the couple take it to heart?
"You... don't know... we've been married for so many years and have had three or four children... but we didn't keep them... I just didn't tell anyone. Every child I couldn't keep was buried by me at the foot of that wall... My heart aches..."
Xie Yuming was lying on his back on the kang couch. He was a twenty-something-year-old man, crying bitterly.
"Xueyi...she's in even more pain...Over the years, she's taken so many pills she can't even count them. The dregs are spread out behind the house. If they were piled up, they'd probably bury her. She said she drank so much she couldn't even taste salt on the tip of her tongue, but she still couldn't save the baby."
"Over the years, her temper has been getting worse and worse. If I don't go home, she'll cry, but if I stay closer, she'll get annoyed... I can only, can only sleep in the study, sleep in the shop... I don't want to be like this... Why did we end up like this... What happened..."
I watched my eldest brother's crying voice become quieter and quieter, until deep and shallow snoring could be heard.
Xie Yuduo was sure that he had fallen asleep drunkenly again.
He thought deeply for a long time.
I didn't expect that my eldest brother and his wife would have such a difficult situation.
No wonder my cousin’s wife is always sick, and sometimes she’s sick for one or two months.
Over the years, they have had so many miscarriages, but neither of them has made it public. Perhaps they were afraid that their family members would have their hopes ignited and be disappointed again and again.
Unexpectedly, this time they could no longer hide it. The happier their family members were, the sadder they felt about the child who was 80% likely to be lost.
When he returned to the backyard and opened the door, Chen Qi got out of bed, walked over in her slippers, and told him the strange things she had heard today.
"Why did she say that she couldn't have the baby anyway? Doesn't she want a child?
Or was she actually too ill to even have children?
Alas, when I heard this, I didn't know who to ask. Yu Jing was too young to understand this. Daddy and Second Uncle definitely didn't know, and even if Second Aunt knew, she wouldn't tell me.
I was thinking, should I ask my grandmother..."
Chen Qi was wearing casual pajamas, with her black hair hanging down to her waist, sitting on Xie Yuduo's lap.
Xie Yuduo gently stroked her hair and listened carefully to her questions one by one, but he was a little hesitant in his heart.
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