Chapter 2 reveals she's pregnant!
Faced with this situation, Shi Tou immediately asked, "Father, what are you doing?"
Startled by his eldest son's cry of "Dad," Li's father turned around naked. In the bright moonlight, he saw his son staring at his bare bottom with curious, puzzled eyes.
Qin Tao, beneath Li's father, saw through his armpits the tall, straight stone standing behind him.
Before Qin Tao could react, Shi Tou took two steps closer and turned his head to see Qin Tao with bare shoulders, wearing only a red bellyband.
In this situation, whether out of fright or on purpose, Qin Tao let out a sharp "Ah!" The noise woke up everyone in Lijia Village, who were not far from the boulder, in the quiet night.
That's the gist of it. Shi Tou was still sobbing, which made the child feel incredibly wronged.
Li Shiyue stood to the side, glancing at Li's father for a while, then at Qin Tao, who was looking at her and Li's mother defiantly with her neck stiff.
"I see."
Li Shiyue slowly and deliberately looked into Qin Tao's eyes and said this sentence word by word. Her voice wasn't low. The people from Li Family Village who had been watching the commotion outside immediately responded within a couple of breaths, some of them quick-witted: "Ah! I see! So that's what you mean..."
This is because, in Li Shiyue's original memory, Qin Tao was a married woman in Li Family Village.
Qin Tao's husband, along with Li Shiyue's uncle and other men from the village, were conscripted by county soldiers to serve in the army just before the villagers fled the famine. Their fates are still unknown.
Because Li Shiyue's uncle and Qin Tao's husband were on good terms when they were in the village, the Li family and Qin Tao's family also had a good relationship.
After Li Shiyue's uncle and the men in the village were all taken away to fight and never returned, Li's parents often helped Qin Tao, who had to raise two children on her own.
On ordinary days, Li's father would go to Qin Tao's house to help with things like fetching water, chopping firewood, and repairing the roof;
Li's mother was kind-hearted and often invited Qin Tao to go to the mountains to find wild vegetables.
If the Li family gets anything rare, even just a handful of wild fruits, they will always share some with Qin Tao if they have any left over.
During this famine caused by natural disasters and man-made calamities, the Li family's other donkey was lent to Qin Tao and her family of three by Li's father.
So, it's not surprising at all that all this helping and helping ended up with everyone naked; all I can say is, "I see!"
At this moment, apart from Shi Tou, who was crying and feeling extremely wronged after being scolded by Li's father, everyone present knew that Li's father had been having an affair with Qin Tao in the middle of the night and was unlucky enough to run into Shi Tou, who was just a simpleton who came to this boulder to relieve himself, which is how their dirty business was exposed.
Before transmigrating, Li Shiyue, who was already over thirty, naturally understood what had happened to her father and Qin Tao.
Of everyone present, aside from the simple-minded Stone, only the village children truly knew nothing.
Li Shiyue looked at Qin Tao, who was arrogant and haughty, as if she hadn't done anything shameful or sordid, but rather something noble and righteous. Her face showed no expression other than mockery.
Li Shiyue didn't respond to Qin Tao's provocative remark. She simply glanced at Qin Tao up and down before turning back to look at her mother, who was still comforting Shi Tou with a dark expression.
The key to this matter lies with Li's mother; it all depends on how she wants to resolve it.
"Mother, you..."
Li's mother raised her hand to stop Li Shiyue from voicing her worries before she could speak. She pulled Shitou, who was still sobbing, to Li Shiyue's side, placed Shitou's hand in Li Shiyue's, and watched as Li Shiyue gripped Shitou's hand tightly. Only then did Li's mother put on a stern face and slowly say to Li Shiyue, "Shiyue, take good care of your brother."
Li Shiyue held her brother's hand and watched as her mother took two more steps forward. Her mother didn't even look at Qin Tao standing in front of her father; she only stared at her father.
Mr. Li was already feeling guilty, and being stared at by Mrs. Li for so long, he couldn't take it anymore.
Li's father, hunching his shoulders, lowered his head and reached out to pull at the belt he hadn't tied properly in his haste, finally managing to cover his half-exposed chest.
Mr. Li didn't dare to look Mrs. Li in the eye; he just tilted his head and glanced at her sideways.
However, the words that came out of Li's father's mouth were like a thorn in his side: "Chunniang, don't be angry. This is the first time I've done this. Don't worry, I will definitely behave myself from now on and I will never dare to do it again..."
Before Li's father could finish speaking, Qin Tao, who was standing to the side, was not happy about it. She turned around and took a step in front of Li's father. When she raised her head, two lines of clear tears appeared on her face, which were pitiful to see.
This is no exaggeration at all. Li Shiyue, standing to the side, was full of amazement. She thought to herself, "This acting skill would easily win an Oscar in modern times."
Seeing Qin Tao's hesitant and unspoken words, Li's father was truly heartbroken.
"Brother Guangzi, I..."
"Little Peach..."
Li Shiyue was really about to burst. Nowadays, married couples only address each other as "the head of the household" and "the mother of my child." Those who can call each other "brother" and "sister" are young men and women who are engaged but not yet married.
If they insist on calling each other more affectionately, it's just a private bit of fun between husband and wife.
However, in this situation, for Qin Tao to call out "Brother Guangzi" was truly disgusting.
Good heavens, you two have actually developed real feelings for each other during your affair?
Li Shiyue found the current state of her father and Qin Tao utterly disgusting.
"Mother?" Li Shiyue stepped forward and grabbed her mother's sleeve. Her mother was the one who should be the most upset in the whole place. On the way to escape famine, she was betrayed by the person closest to her. Where could she find justice?
Li Shiyue was somewhat surprised by her mother's strength.
"It's alright, don't be afraid." Li's mother didn't turn around. She reached out and patted Li Shiyue's arm, only saying this softly to Li Shiyue.
This play brought great joy to the people of Lijia Village, who were exhausted on their journey to escape famine. They were initially angry about being disturbed from their sleep, but now no one cared about that anymore.
The onlookers huddled together in twos and threes, gossiping about how Li's father had been caught having an affair with Qin Tao in the middle of the night by his own son, and discussing when Li's father and Qin Tao got together and where they had consummated their relationship in the village.
Not to mention that Li's father and Qin Tao are currently putting on a show of their deep love for everyone on the spot.
The psychological and mental pressure brought on by the desperate escape from famine, and the feelings of anxiety and unease in everyone's hearts, were now greatly relieved by the appearance of Li's father and Qin Tao.
As Li Shiyue listened to the increasingly heated discussions among the villagers of Lijia Village, some of the talkative men were even going so far as to describe the exact position the two had taken.
Li Shiyue held her brother Shitou's hand with her right hand and grabbed her mother's arm with her left hand, only glancing up at her father and Qin Tao, who were still deeply in love.
"Brother Guangzi, I...I'm pregnant with your child, I..."
After saying that, Qin Tao lowered her head, but not completely, so that Li's father could still see her smooth forehead and the tears welling up in her eyelashes under the firelight.
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