Qiao Xiaoni quickly explained, "Mom, you haven't bought pants in years. It's okay to spend a little more money. Don't worry about it. What are we working so hard to earn money every day? Isn't it just to make our lives a little better?"
Li Meihua swallowed her scolding words back down. Her daughter would be engaged in a few days, and would be an adult by then. Besides, the family's financial situation allowed it; spending a little more money was fine, as they could always earn it back.
"Then don't do it again. If you buy such expensive clothes or pants again next time, you must tell me in advance. Otherwise, I'll feel so upset and uncomfortable for several days."
Qiao Haisheng put down his pipe: "Don't think too much about it. If the child is filial, just accept it. I'm accepting a pair of pants too, aren't I?"
Didn't you see I didn't even ask how much it cost?
Li Meihua smiled: "We used to live in poverty, and it feels hard to spend so much money all of a sudden."
Tao Chunfang changed out of her pants and clothes, carefully putting them into a bag, intending to wear them on her engagement day. As her family's life improved, she felt herself gaining weight. Suddenly, a wave of nausea hit her, and she quickly covered her mouth and ran outside to vomit.
This situation startled everyone. Qiao Xiaoni put down the clothes she was holding and chased after her. She saw her sister-in-law standing in the corner of the courtyard wall, leaning against the wall, vomiting incessantly.
She quickly went back into the house and poured a bowl of warm water, then rushed to her side: "Sister-in-law, this is hot water, drink a sip before spitting it out."
Unable to speak, Tao Chunfang turned around, took the bowl, drank a mouthful of hot water, and continued to vomit, feeling as if something was gripping her internal organs.
Qiao Xiaoni stayed by her side the whole time. After she finished drinking the water in her bowl, she would go back to her room and pour another bowl. After going back and forth like this twice, she finally finished vomiting.
Tao Chunfang leaned against the wall: "I don't know what happened, I suddenly felt like throwing up."
I felt like I threw up everything in my stomach.
Qiao Xiaoni was cleaning up the vomit with a shovel and covering it with soil: "Did you eat too much tonight?"
Tao Chunfang raised her hand to wipe the corner of her mouth: "Maybe! I ate a lot too much tonight, and now I've thrown it all up."
Qiao Xiaoni had thought the same thing, but then a thought suddenly popped into her mind: women experience morning sickness during pregnancy. Thinking of this, she took her sister-in-law's hand and asked, "How long has it been since your period came?"
Tao Chunfang counted the days: "My goodness, I've been so busy lately that I haven't even noticed. It seems like it's been more than ten days since he came."
Haven't you been here lately? I forgot about it because I didn't find the paper you left behind.
Qiao Xiaoni felt that her absence might be due to the spiritual spring water, while Tao Chunfang's absence was highly likely because she was pregnant.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow to see if you're pregnant?"
"Ah!" Tao Chunfang exclaimed in surprise, touching her belly. "What am I going to do! The country is now advocating for later marriage and later childbirth. If I have a second child, I'll definitely be fined!"
Qiao Xiaoni frowned, thinking that the current policy does indeed encourage late marriage and childbirth, and only one child: "Sister-in-law, if you are really pregnant, then we will find a way to give birth. At worst, we will pay more fines, so don't worry too much."
"Nizi!" Tao Chunfang didn't know what to say. Having a sister-in-law who cared for her like this, she must have done a lot of good deeds in her past life.
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