Chapter 184: The child can no longer be saved, the mother-in-law feels...
Zhou Ying was proud of his status and did not want to make a big deal out of it and affect his career.
So even when she was accusing someone with a dark face, you couldn't hear much emotion in her.
Every sentence and every word is just a statement of fact and reason.
She asked Xu's mother three questions:
If the couple quarrels in the future, will Xu's mother plan to intervene again, steal the passbook, and make Zhou Juan suffer?
The child can no longer be saved. Who does the mother-in-law think is responsible?
If Zhou Juan suffers from habitual miscarriages in the future because of this miscarriage, does the Xu family intend to kick her daughter out and let Xu Wei find another one?
These three questions were more tricky and serious than the other. Xu's mother could only keep silent and choose to avoid them.
As a result, Zhou Ying could no longer quarrel with her, but Zhou Ying had not intended to quarrel in the first place.
She is a person of status and disdains to do those disgusting and noisy things that would give people something to talk about.
She looked at Xu's mother with a cold face, and after waiting for a long time without getting any answer, she simply asked and answered the question herself.
"It's okay. If you don't say anything, you're just feeling guilty. I understand. It seems you'll definitely work hard to be a good mother-in-law in the future and won't bother with the bankbook anymore. As for not being able to keep the child, the responsibility naturally lies with your Xu family. If you had given my daughter a little more money, she wouldn't have been so tempted to buy that dead fish. As for what happens if she can't have children in the future? I don't think there's anything to say about that. Whoever commits the sin should bear the responsibility, isn't that right, mother-in-law?"
Xu's mother looked out the window silently, speaking very sparingly.
How could things turn out like this? She couldn't understand.
She didn't want to nag her daughter-in-law who spent money lavishly, after all, Zhou Juan could earn her own money.
But Zhou Juan has lost her job, so as her mother-in-law, she has to make plans for the future, right?
She really didn't think she had done anything wrong, but her eldest grandson was gone, and she felt really sad. After Zhou Ying left, Xu's mother couldn't help but shed tears.
She felt sad for her grandson who died young, regretted choosing Zhou Juan in order to give her son a powerful in-law family, and was even more angry that Zhou Ying shirked responsibility and threw all the problems to her.
She just didn't believe it. If Zhou Juan had gotten up a little earlier, would she have spent an extra dollar to buy a piece of meat?
She just couldn't believe it. Who in their right mind would buy a dead fish just for the price? It was already May, and the weather was getting hot. A fish that had been dead for just one morning would definitely go bad.
It’s a pity that Zhou Juan put a lot of onions, ginger and garlic in the food, but she couldn’t tell anything wrong with it.
Xu's mother was anxious and angry. Her condition relapsed and she had to be hospitalized to continue receiving intravenous drips.
That night, Zhou Juan received the bad news that the child had been miscarried and could not be saved.
Xu's mother was mentally prepared to be scolded, so she simply closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Sure enough, Zhou Ying came over after a while, sat in front of her bed, and kept talking about the child she saw.
"That was a fully formed male fetus. Mother-in-law, it seems that your Xu family is not very lucky. Such a good grandson is gone just like that. Don't you have anything to say to me? It doesn't matter if you don't say it. I know you must be blaming yourself, right? You will definitely take good care of my daughter in the future, right? Then thank you in advance. Don't be afraid of nightmares. How can your own grandson really scare you? If you are really scared, just relax. After all, he is your own grandson. Even if he comes to you to collect a debt, he will not be cruel. He is still a small fetus. Besides, it's just a nightmare. You will get used to it after experiencing it more often."
After Zhou Ying finished speaking, he stood up and opened the window in the ward.
The night wind in May was a little chilly, but fortunately, Xu's mother hadn't changed her clothes for two days, so she wasn't wearing too thin.
She forced herself to continue pretending to sleep.
Zhou Ying's sarcastic voice was in my ears: "Mother-in-law, you don't have to be embarrassed. You have to wait until I'm gone to cry. It's okay. I won't laugh at you. You're my grandmother. It's only natural for you to cry for your miscarried grandson. Even if the king of heaven came, he wouldn't dare to laugh at you."
Xu's mother couldn't stand it anymore, so she turned over and faced Zhou Ying with her back.
Zhou Ying sneered, "Oh, I hit the nail on the head. Look at my stinky mouth. Why did I have to say it? My mother-in-law is such a face-saver, she'll definitely be embarrassed, oh? Fine, then, I won't say it. Cry loudly if you want to cry about your dead grandson. I'll tell the doctors and nurses not to disturb you."
Zhou Ying just left like that, speaking softly the whole time, and it was hard to tell how much emotion she was expressing.
But Xu's mother knew that Zhou Ying hated her, hated her very much.
If the Xu family dares to force Xu Wei and Zhou Juan to divorce because of the child in the future, Zhou Ying will not let them go.
Mother Xu could only close her eyes and sigh silently, thinking that maybe things would be better when Zhou Ying retired.
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Zhou Juan cried all night and her eyes were swollen when she woke up in the morning.
Now that the child was gone, she no longer had to worry about taking the medicine, and it actually stopped her diarrhea.
She cried her heart out, and after being discharged from the hospital, she went to her husband's house and threw a tantrum, throwing things and smashing things, making the whole home a mess.
Xu's mother and father didn't dare to say a word. They waited until Zhou Juan went back to her room to rest before they picked up the broom and dustpan and quietly cleaned the house.
Liu Xiaoyu had already moved in to take care of Zhou Juan during her confinement. Xu's mother separated a small room for her in the east room and put a one-meter-wide folding bed in it, which was barely enough for her to sleep.
She was cooking in the kitchen at the moment. When she heard the noise, she hurried over to take a look and wanted to say something to persuade her, but when she saw Zhou Juan's pale face and bloodless lips, she had to turn around and continue to do her own thing.
What right did she have to intervene? None. Intervening would only backfire. So she should just do her part and avoid unnecessary complications.
After lunch, Yao Zhizhi received a call from Xu Wei, saying that Zhou Juan had lost her child and was angry at her in-laws’ house. He wanted to ask Yao Zhizhi if he could let Zhou Juan go back to work after she finished her confinement.
Yao Zhizhi has no say in hiring. Even for Ding Can and Zhao Maimiao, she had to apply to the president before hiring them.
What's more, if she asked for Zhou Juan, she would be responsible for any trouble Zhou Juan caused in the future, and she didn't want to get involved.
Just tell the truth and let Xu Wei go find the president.
Xu Wei asked for the president's phone number and called him.
President Li is a shrewd man. He hasn't hired a new person since Zhou Juan resigned because he is worried that the matter will recur and he will not be able to face Zhou Ying then.
He smiled and said, "Of course that's great. To be honest, it's really hard to recruit for this position. The work is boring and monotonous, and many people shake their heads when they hear the job requirements. Fortunately, Zhou Juan is an old employee after all. She is very familiar with the work process and works seriously. I'm more than happy to have her come."
Listen, this president is really an expert at flattery, and he is flattering Zhou Ying who has returned to the provincial capital.
Xu Wei breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him repeatedly.
Things have come to this point, everyone is right, and everyone feels wronged. Xu Wei doesn't know how his life has become such a mess. He feels extremely melancholy and only wants to get better soon, go back to work, and not have to face the crying Zhou Juan all day long. He will collapse.
A few days later, he looked at the crying Zhou Juan with a gloomy look on his face and said to her softly, "Don't keep crying. Confinement is also confinement. Crying all the time will only cause you to have some illness."
Zhou Juan felt very aggrieved and didn't want to talk to Xu Wei, so she turned around and walked out.
Xu Wei could only look at the mosquito net above his head in despair, enduring the time day by day.
Just as he was feeling discouraged, Yao Taotao came over to give him the latest practical report: "Hello, Teacher Xu. Last time you suggested that the children participate in the wheat harvest. Look, the results are gratifying."
When Xu Wei saw Yao Taotao come in, it was as if a bright gap was torn open in his gloomy life. His depressed and repressed emotions finally had a place to vent. He quickly asked Yao Taotao to sit down and talked to her about the children's practice.
Zhou Juan came back from the public restroom and saw Xu Wei and Yao Taotao chatting happily. She felt annoyed and sour, and couldn't help but sarcastically said, "You always give me a sour face, but you smile brightly at others."
The smile on Xu Wei's face froze instantly. Yao Taotao didn't know how she had offended Zhou Juan, so she had no choice but to leave the report and stood up to say goodbye: "Teacher Xu, please take a look to see if there are any parts that need revisions. I'll take the finished manuscript to the publishing house tomorrow."
"Okay, take care." Xu Wei put the practice report under the pillow and ignored Zhou Juan's unreasonable behavior.
He knew that he would never be able to get rid of this woman in his life, but today, he was rarely happy and wanted to be selfish for once and not coax Zhou Juan.
Zhou Juan was very dissatisfied with his attitude. She turned around and went to the publishing house to complain to Yao Zhizhi: "Can you control Yao Taotao? She keeps coming to Xu's house every few days. What's the meaning? Are you trying to make fun of me, or to seduce Xu Wei?"
Yao Zhizhi was very shocked. Yao Taotao was not that kind of person.
However, she didn't know how often Yao Taotao went to the Xu family, so she had to find out the truth first.
But she still made a promise: "I don't know anything else, but it's absolutely impossible for me to seduce Xu Wei. She hasn't even given birth to a child herself, so why would she laugh at you? Zhou Juan, you're really petty now. I don't like it. Please pay attention to this."
Zhou Juan wanted to refute, but Yao Zhizhi had given her money, so she didn't have the face to refute. She had to sit down and said, "I won't say anything. Please help me talk to her and tell her not to come here again."
"Got it." Yao Zhizhi's face turned cold and she ordered him to leave. "I have a meeting. You can leave now."
After get off work in the afternoon, Yao Zhizhi went to Yao Taotao's place and saw Yao Taotao shaving two children's heads. She asked curiously, "You can shave hair too?"
"Yeah, I always have." Yao Taotao smiled and looked up. "That's right, you don't remember. When we were little, the conditions were tough and the hygiene at home was poor. The five of us all got lice. I couldn't stand it, so I just shaved our heads. You were only three years old then, with your round face. You looked so good with a shaved head, like the boy Shancai. I even used Impatiens balsamina to make a red mole between your eyebrows."
"Really? Then I don't remember." Yao Zhizhi felt a little emotional. No wonder Zhou Juan felt like she was facing a great enemy. Look at Yao Taotao, who could struggle and move forward even in adversity. She was much more sunny and positive than Zhou Juan.
Xu Wei grew up in a harmonious and warm family, so how could he stand Zhou Juan?
If Zhou Juan doesn't change, the two will get divorced sooner or later. In her opinion, they can only wait until Zhou Ying retires, which is less than a year away.
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