The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law spent most of the day outside. They only returned in the dark when it got dark and every household went home for dinner.
When the two got home, Niu Dazhi was walking around the house looking for food.
Seeing his mother and wife just coming back, he couldn't help but complain: "Where have you two been? I started looking for food after work, and I'm almost starving!"
Aunt Jiang looked serious and pointed to the kitchen and said, "Go to the kitchen. There is leftover rice in the pot. Heat it up and have a bite."
Niu Dazhi asked: "What about you? You don't want to eat anymore?"
"We have all eaten." Huang Xiuxiu said with a straight face.
"You guys are great, eat delicious food, but don't take me with you!"
After he finished speaking, he noticed that the expressions of these two people were not right. Looking more closely, he saw that their eyelids were swollen.
"What? Did you have a fight?"
...
...
Aunt Jiang raised her chin and nodded towards Huang Xiuxiu: "Go ask your wife."
Huang Xiuxiu wiped her tears silently and refused to say a word.
Aunt Jiang was so angry that her head hurt: "What? Did I wrong you? Why are you crying?"
"Mom, Xiuxiu is pregnant. You can't scold her and make her feel bad." Niu Dazhi spoke up for his daughter-in-law. "Her bad mood will affect the mood of my son and your grandson."
"Son? Where did your son come from?"
"What do you mean?" Niu Dazhi was confused.
"She's not carrying your son in her belly, she's carrying two money-losing goods!"
"Daughter?" Niu Dazhi was stunned.
“That’s right!!”
Niu Dazhi's heart sank, and he plopped down on the stool: "They are both girls!"
"Yeah, both!"
Niu Dazhi felt upset. A grown man actually covered his face and started crying.
Months of anticipation were shattered at this moment, and his heart was chilled.
It was a sleepless night for the Niu family, and the three members of the family spent a sad night.
The next day, someone who was paying attention noticed that Niu Dazhi looked listless and listless at work, like an eggplant hit by frost.
Aunt Jiang did not get up to make breakfast for Huang Xiuxiu. Huang Xiuxiu made the breakfast herself with her big belly.
Aunt Liang and Zhao Xingmei guessed something, so they blocked the door of Aunt Jiang's house and asked Huang Xiuxiu.
"Xiu'er, where is your mother-in-law? Why doesn't she make breakfast for you? You are already seven or eight months pregnant, and it is not convenient for you to move around. You are about to give birth, but she doesn't care about you anymore!"
"Yeah, what kind of mother-in-law is this?"
Huang Xiuxiu knew that this day would come. She had rehearsed it in her mind for a long time. So, when faced with such a question, even though she felt uncomfortable, she was able to answer: "My mother was tired and sick yesterday. She is lying in bed!"
"What? Are you tired? I'm tired just because I accompanied you to the hospital?"
"Is this Aunt Jiang made of glass? Why is it so fragile?"
"They are all old neighbors. We have to go and check them out."
"Yes, we must go and have a look."
Zhao Xingmei and Aunt Liang went into Aunt Jiang's room and saw the thing lying on the bed, with ugly looks on their faces.
"Aunt Jiang, what's wrong with you?"
"We saw Xiuxiu working with such a big belly, and we thought you were lazy and didn't want to serve others, but we didn't expect you to be sick."
Aunt Jiang didn't want to see these two people in the first place, but they came to see her specially. She really couldn't avoid them.
"Aunt Liang, Aunt Zhao, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me."
Aunt Liang smiled and said, "We are old neighbors, so I have to care about you. I saw that Dazhi looked very bad when he went to work early in the morning, and Xiuxiu's eyelids were swollen today. I wondered if something happened in your family!"
"Oh, Aunt Liang, you are very observant! If you were wrong, I wouldn't have noticed it. Look at Aunt Jiang, her eyelids are also swollen!"
"That's right! What's wrong with us? Aunt Jiang, what's wrong with you?"
The two of them sang the same tune, deliberately provoking Aunt Jiang.
Who made this old hag do such dishonest things in the first place?
Things have changed, and now it's her turn to be ridiculed.
"It's okay, it's really okay." Aunt Jiang waved her hands repeatedly, "I'm just tired and want to rest."
"Oh! Are you seriously ill? Please don't keep silent. We are neighbors and have lived in the same courtyard for so many years. We will help you no matter what we say." Zhao Xingmei said loudly.
"Yes, yes, I can't just ignore you. Tell me the truth, is there something wrong?"
Aunt Jiang was really fed up with it.
If she didn't say something, the gossip would probably spread everywhere.
Don't let people misunderstand that she is seriously ill. That would be unlucky.
"I'm fine. I'm really fine! The three of us had an argument last night, so we're all in a bad mood."
"Oh." Zhao Xingmei asked immediately, "Why are you arguing?"
"It's all because of the child..." Aunt Jiang answered subconsciously.
She quickly closed her mouth halfway through her words.
That was a close call, I almost blew it.
"What happened to the child?"
"The child is unhealthy? Is there something wrong?"
It's a new round of questioning.
Although Huang Xiuxiu was very sorry that the baby in her belly was not a boy, but after all, this child was Dazhi's.
How can anyone say there is a problem?
"The child is fine! It's fine! Can you two stop making blind guesses?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It seems we guessed wrong." Zhao Xingmei hurriedly apologized with a smile.
"It's really okay, you guys should go back quickly! I just want to rest for a while, please leave me alone." Aunt Jiang really didn't have the mood to deal with these two people.
Coincidentally, these two people were the ones who caused trouble for her.
Seeing that she was in a panic, I felt happy.
"Look, we came to visit her with good intentions, but she's still annoyed with us. Aunt Liang, why do you think she's so upset?"
Aunt Liang pretended to think for a while: "Aunt Jiang has been cheerful recently, but she was in a bad mood yesterday after going to the hospital. If it has something to do with the child, then it can't be... Could it be that Xiuxiu is not pregnant with a boy, but a girl!"
"Oh, Aunt Liang, don't you dare say such nonsense! Aunt Jiang's pride is all on this grandson. If this grandson becomes a granddaughter, Aunt Jiang will be so upset!"
"That's right!"
"I was so happy that our Li Li gave me a grandson, but Aunt Jiang has two!"
"That's not true! We all know that Aunt Jiang's daughter-in-law is pregnant with twin boys, and everyone is waiting with eager eyes to see what will happen!"
What the two people said was so heartbreaking that Aunt Jiang was almost dead.
The sadness from yesterday has not yet dissipated, and today, provoked by these two people, that uncontrollable sadness came up again.
"Wow, wow, wow--" Aunt Jiang could no longer hold back and started crying sadly.
At this moment, there was a noise in the yard.
Two uniformed policemen were asking Zhao Ximei: "Is there a person named Huang Xiuxiu living in your yard?"
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