Qin Hanshu didn't have a good time this Spring Festival.
"Ugh~" This was the umpteenth time she ran to the toilet.
She thought that the morning sickness during her first pregnancy was bad enough, but she didn't expect it to be even worse this time.
“What should I do? I finally managed to eat something, but I vomited it all. How can my body bear this?” Zhou Weiguang helped, patting the man’s back with a worried tone.
After a while, Qin Hanshu stood up, his eyes dull.
She felt exhausted, so she stretched out her hand to Zhou Weiguang and asked him to support her.
Zhou Weiguang simply picked her up and put her on the bed.
"Wait a minute, I'll make you some Tremella soup. Didn't you drink half a bowl of Tremella soup yesterday?"
Yesterday was New Year's Eve. Qin Feiyang prepared a large table of dishes, but Qin Hanshu didn't eat any of them. He only drank half a bowl of white fungus soup and ate a few chopsticks of noodles.
Qin Hanshu hurriedly pulled him back, "Goodbye, I don't want to drink it today. Just imagining the sticky taste makes me sick again."
Zhou Weiguang rubbed his face in annoyance. What should he do if he couldn’t eat?
"Go out, I want to sleep alone. Close the door, don't come in unless I tell you to."
Zhou Weiguang hesitated, "Then I'll ask Sister Ercui to help me make some fish with fermented lees?"
Zhou Weiguang remembered that when Qin Hanshu was pregnant with Zhou Chi, she preferred to eat the fish cooked with fermented lees made by Liu Ercui.
Qin Hanshu frowned and shook his head, "Go out, I'll talk about it after I get some sleep."
Zhou Weiguang had no choice but to go out first.
As soon as the door was closed, the room fell into darkness.
Qin Hanshu waited for a while, and made sure that Zhou Weiguang really listened to her and would not disturb her for the time being, then she slipped into the space.
Her reaction these days was extremely severe. She couldn't eat anything and could only eat the fruits in the space.
After Qin Hanshu ate something in the space, he lay down on the lawn to rest.
The soft, cloud-like feeling made her body feel much more comfortable.
However, considering that Zhou Weiguang was still at home outside and Zhou Chi in the other room might come out to look for his mother at any time, she did not dare to stay in the space for too long.
What a coincidence, as soon as Qin Hanshu came out of the space, he actually heard a faint noisy sound coming from outside.
It seemed like a group of kids were making a fuss.
Suddenly, a strange adult's voice sounded, abrupt and sharp.
"I don't care! My son's teeth were knocked out by that little girl. No matter what, I will seek justice today!"
Qin Hanshu got up and went out.
Zhou Weiguang just happened to open the door from outside, and when he saw Qin Hanshu coming out, he frowned, "I was worried about waking you up."
"What happened?" Qin Hanshu stopped Zhou Weiguang from closing the door and walked out to see.
A group of people were blocking the corridor outside, and the source was the door of Liu Ercui's home upstairs.
Seeing Qin Hanshu coming out, Cao Jing explained, "It was said that Pei'er beat someone up and knocked out all her teeth."
Qin Hanshu was surprised, "Pei'er is a four-year-old girl, who can knock out her teeth?"
As he spoke, Qin Hanshu walked through the group of children and went upstairs.
Zhang Lei was apologizing to a woman with a serious face, "We were wrong in this matter. We will compensate you for the child's medical expenses."
"That's better!" the woman snorted coldly.
"I'm not saying too much, Captain Zhang. You've wasted your life marrying such an unreasonable country tigress. Doctor Qiao was such a good person. She was virtuous and well-educated. If she could have given birth to children for you, she would never have given birth to a girl like this."
As the woman spoke, she pointed at Pearl.
Qin Hanshu looked at the woman for a few seconds and remembered that he had met this person at the gate of a cooperative during the Spring Festival a few years ago.
At that time, he also mentioned Doctor Qiao in front of Liu Ercui, which easily ignited Liu Ercui's anger.
"What are you talking about?!" Liu Ercui was furious when she heard Doctor Qiao's three words. "Who is the tigress? You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth. What happened to my daughter? My daughter said it was your son who bullied my Yue'er first, so she hit him!"
"Bullshit!" The woman's eyes widened with anger. "My son is such a good kid, how could he bully others?"
As they talked, the atmosphere, which had originally calmed down, became heated again.
Liu Ercui was really unconvinced. She didn't believe that her daughter would hit someone for no reason.
"Yue'er!" Liu Ercui pulled Yue'er, who was standing in the corner, over and said, "Tell me, was it Xiaoming who bullied you first, and that's why you asked Pei'er to help you get revenge?"
Yue'er was already trembling with fear, and after being pulled into the middle of the crowd by Liu Ercui, her face turned even paler and she was about to cry.
The woman sneered, "What do you mean Yue'er asked Pei'er to help her get revenge? Oh, Liu Ercui, Liu Ercui, you are such a good mother. Your own daughter made a mistake, but you pushed the responsibility onto your adopted daughter."
Pei'er stiffened her neck, her round face flushed red, "But it was Xiao Ming who scared Sister Yue'er with firecrackers first!"
Yue Er nodded quickly and said, "Yes...it's like this..."
Although she admitted it, her aggrieved expression was not convincing at all, and instead gave people the impression that she said it under pressure.
Sure enough, the woman continued, "Tsk tsk tsk, a daughter born to a shrew is always a little shrew. She has always known how to bully her sister since she was young!"
It wasn't a big deal for herself, but when it came to her daughter, Liu Ercui couldn't bear it no matter what.
She rolled up her sleeves and walked toward the woman.
The woman was so frightened that she screamed, "Captain Zhang, your wife is trying to hit someone and you don't do anything about it!"
"That's enough!" Zhang Lei stared at Liu Ercui, "Stop embarrassing yourself!"
Liu Ercui's chest kept rising and falling. "I am embarrassed? This woman came to our doorstep to bully your own daughter!"
"Pei'er is wrong. Is it wrong for her to come to your house to seek justice?" Zhang Lei turned to the woman and softened his tone. "I'm sorry, she has such a hot temper. Her words were harsh. Don't take it to heart."
The woman snorted triumphantly at Liu Ercui.
Liu Ercui was so angry that her head suddenly turned black and she fell down.
Qin Hanshu saw this and strode over to support Liu Ercui, "Sister-in-law."
Liu Ercui turned around and saw that it was Qin Hanshu, and said hurriedly: "I heard that you were not feeling well and were resting at home. Did I disturb you?"
Qin Hanshu shook his head, then turned to Zhang Lei and said, "Captain Zhang, the kids definitely wouldn't get into a fight for no reason. No matter who is right or wrong, we have to ask a few more people to understand the truth of the matter. It's better to listen to both sides."
After that, he turned to the woman and said, "Sister-in-law, you are also a reasonable person. What I said is right, right?"
The woman wanted to refute, but there was really nothing wrong with what Qin Hanshu said, so she nodded reluctantly.
Qin Hanshu then picked out a child who was watching and asked, "Do you know why Pei'er hit Xiao Ming?"
The child shook his head.
The others started talking at once.
"We were originally playing together, but Sister Pearl suddenly came over and called Pearl away."
"After a while, Pei'er came back and asked us to go with her to beat Xiao Ming."
"But Xiao Ming is in the senior class, so we didn't dare to go."
"Then Pearl went alone."
"If Tiedan was here, we would still dare to follow him, but today Tiedan went back to his grandmother's house with his mother."
The kids were quite honest.
The woman snorted coldly, "Listen, listen, listen, the little girl beat my son, and everyone saw it! She made my son bleed on New Year's Day, and the medical expenses must be doubled!"
Qin Hanshu asked the children to be quiet first, and then gently asked Yue'er, "Yue'er, tell Auntie, what did you say to Pei'er when you called her away?"
Yue'er looked at Qin Hanshu with her big watery eyes, and suddenly felt that the smiling aunt in front of her was particularly scary.
It's the kind of scary thing that knows what you are thinking!
Yue'er stammered and couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Qin Hanshu didn't force her. He looked her up and down and found a spot of mud on her trouser leg and a small piece of red paper that was used to wrap firecrackers.
Qin Hanshu turned and looked at Xiao Ming.
He looked about five or six years old, a little older than Pearl. Under the protection of his mother, he looked fearless.
Qin Hanshu looked at him and suddenly said, "Xiao Ming, Pei'er's pants are new and cost twelve yuan. You stained her pants with ink from firecrackers and it can't be washed out. You have to pay for it, twelve yuan."
Xiao Ming was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, "I didn't fry the ink, I fry the mud! Mud can be washed off!"
Qin Hanshu looked at Xiao Ming's mother and smiled.
Xiao Ming's mother was speechless for a long time, then spanked her son's butt hard, "You little bastard, she lied to you!"
Xiao Ming misunderstood his mother's meaning and pouted, "I was just blowing mud to scare her, but who knew she was so vulnerable that she started crying right away and even asked for help!"
"......" Xiao Ming's mother was speechless for a long time, and said to Zhang Lei unhappily: "No matter what, it is a fact that my son's teeth were knocked out by your daughter! You have to pay for the medical expenses!"
Zhang Lei nodded, "We'll pay."
Qin Hanshu whispered a few words in Liu Ercui's ear, and Liu Ercui immediately said, "We will pay for the medical expenses, but we can't just say how much you want. Let's go to the clinic together. I will pay you double the amount the doctor tells me how much it will cost."
Xiao Ming's mother was not very willing.
Zhang Lei also glared at Liu Ercui, meaning that he just wanted to spend money to settle the matter quickly and didn't want to argue about it any further.
Liu Ercui ignored Zhang Lei and said to Xiao Ming's mother, "What's wrong? You don't dare to go to the clinic? Then you are deliberately blackmailing me. I have to report this to the organization."
Zhang Lei said angrily: "Liu Ercui!"
Liu Ercui pretended not to hear and just looked at Xiao Ming's mother.
Xiao Ming's mother had no choice but to agree.
Zhang Lei and Liu Ercui went to the health center with Xiao Ming and his mother. All the children who came to watch followed them, but Yue'er and Pei'er did not.
The corridor entrance suddenly became much emptier.
Qin Hanshu looked at Pei'er. The little girl stood there, not knowing what she was thinking. Her two chubby little hands were twisted together, squeezing the flesh on the back of her hands out.
Qin Hanshu sighed, went over and held her in his arms.
Pei'er immediately asked aggrievedly: "Auntie, others scolded me and my mother, why didn't Dad help us?"
Qin Hanshu really didn't know how to answer this question.
Before she could find a suitable answer, Pei'er asked again: "It's the same with my sister. I help her, but she doesn't help me."
Qin Hanshu said: "Pei'er, if you encounter this kind of thing again in the future, don't be impulsive and hit others yourself, tell the adults, okay?"
Pei Er nodded and said, "I will never hit anyone again. Hitting people will make my mother get scolded."
Qin Hanshu smiled and touched her watermelon head.
Pei'er sighed like an adult and said, "Actually, I didn't hit him. I just pushed him, and he fell on his butt and his tooth fell out."
Qin Hanshu was silent. How could a tooth fall out from a fall? It seemed her guess was correct.
Xiao Ming had no external injuries except for the loss of teeth, which showed that Pei'er didn't use any tools to beat him.
No matter how powerful Pearl was, she was just a child who was not even five years old. It was impossible for her to knock out a little boy's teeth without the help of any tools.
At Xiao Ming's age, it is just the right time for him to change his teeth.
The tooth that fell out must have been loose for a long time.
Qin Hanshu took Pei'er's hand and walked towards her home. "Let's have dinner at aunt's house tonight. Aunt will make delicious food for you."
Pei'er regained her spirits instantly, saluted Qin Hanshu in a proper manner, and said with full energy: "Thank you! Thank you! Auntie!"
This made Qin Hanshu laugh continuously.
Yue'er was left alone there, listening to Qin Hanshu's laughter echoing in the corridor, and her eyes gradually turned red.
Why? Why do all the people around like Pearl?
Is it because Pearl has a mother and she is just an orphan adopted by this family?