Chapter 105 Human joys and sorrows are not shared.
Recently, one problem after another has been brewing in courtyard number 35.
The neighbors in the compound were shocked that Wu Meifang, this bizarre pregnant woman, had laughed herself to death, and they didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to the situation on the Bai family's side.
When they came to their senses, Qi Baifan had already officially settled in the Bai family home, and it seemed that the Bai mother and daughter intended to live with them for the long term.
It's unclear how these people came up with this plan, but it certainly surprised some people who were waiting to see a good show.
Goodness, the Bai family mother and daughter suffered such a huge loss, and it just passed by so peacefully?
Not to mention Bai Xiaohui, her mother Bai Zhenzhu is no pushover either. This is a consensus among all the older women in the courtyard, and she has silently swallowed this bitter pill.
It's so hard to believe.
Aunt Cao, who had been watching the drama unfold, was much more knowledgeable. With her shrewd little eyes flashing, she said disdainfully, "What's all this fuss about? No matter what, that pretty boy surnamed Qi is still just a temporary worker at the housing management bureau. What if he gets a permanent position later? Wouldn't that be a golden job? Xiaohui doesn't even have a job. She might not be able to find someone better in the future. Even if she gets incredibly lucky and a guy takes a liking to her, he might not be willing to marry into her family."
Everyone suddenly realized.
I see!
They were saying, "When did Bai Zhenzhu become so 'easy to bully'?"
So that's what they were planning.
Sure enough, the white pearl is still the same white pearl!
There wasn't much of a show to watch, so everyone was a little disappointed.
However, their attention was quickly drawn back to the Qin family.
The people from the Qin family who took Wu Meifang to the hospital have returned.
Of course, Wu Meifang was still staying in the hospital, but apart from her, all the other members of the Qin family were kicked out by Wu's parents and brothers.
"Oh my god!"
"Hey, Qin, Yan, what have you been doing? Why are you all bruised and battered?"
Everyone was startled by the approaching Qin family members.
The group of people all had bruises on their faces and their clothes were in disarray, looking as if they had just come back from a fight.
Uh, it was a loss.
If I remember correctly, they were taking someone to the hospital, not to get into a brawl, right?
"Oh, Lao Qin, weren't you beaten by your third daughter-in-law's in-laws?" Ren Wenhua said gloatingly inside. He still remembered how tough the Wu family was. Every time they came back to their compound, they would come over to beat people with great force. Hum, let this old guy Qin Weimin know that Gao Zhier is not that easy to climb.
These words caused an uproar among the crowd.
"No way? It really was the Wu family who did it?"
"The Wu family is being so unreasonable! It was clearly Wu Meifang's own misbehavior that caused the baby to miscarry, how can they blame it on the Qin family?"
"You just don't understand, do you? Who told the Qin family to shamelessly try to climb the social ladder by marrying into their family? They have no choice but to accept whatever the other party says and does!"
The topic immediately veered off course, and everyone started discussing the difficulties of marrying someone from a different social class and trying to climb the social ladder.
The Qin family members looked extremely grim.
Aunt Cao, with a gossipy look on her face, scrutinized the bruises on the faces of these people.
Tsk tsk, there must be something they don't know about this.
It's one thing for the Wu family to beat Qin Ziwen, after all, he is their son-in-law. Their daughter had a miscarriage, so it's understandable that the Wu family would be angry and beat Qin Ziwen up.
But why are Qin Jianguo and Sun Hongmei's faces also covered in bruises?
Qin Weimin also had a bruise on his face, while Jin Qiaoqiao's appearance was not noticeable, but she looked very haggard.
This is very problematic, extremely problematic.
No matter where you are, there is no reason for the family of a woman who has had a miscarriage to beat her parents-in-law and brother and sister-in-law.
Aunt Cao's eyes gleamed, and she deliberately said, "Oh dear, the Wu family is really something. No matter how much they love their daughter or how anxious they are, they can't just beat your whole family up! Old Yan, you've really suffered a lot!"
The Qin family: "..."
The Qin family members' faces immediately contorted in pain, as if they were constipated.
Those damned Wu family members!
That night, they clearly only wanted to break up the fight, but the Wu family beat everyone they saw, acting like unreasonable barbarians. They beat the whole family to the ground, and that wasn't enough; they even went so far as to detain them all in the hospital!
They said they wouldn't let them go back until Wu Meifang was out of danger, and if anything happened to Wu Meifang, they would all be buried with her, sob sob sob!
This is outrageous and utterly heinous!
Forced by the threat of violence, they dared not move and could only stay in the hospital, sleeping in a corner of the ward at night, and spent two or three days in this miserable state.
They were overjoyed when Wu Meifang finally woke up from her massive hemorrhage, but those damned Wu family members immediately kicked them out!
They didn't even have time to rest before returning, their faces bruised and their hair disheveled.
They were looked at with disdain and contempt along the way, as if they were beggars begging under a bridge.
Oh shit!
Qin Weimin stared at Aunt Cao with a gloomy look for a moment, which made people's skin crawl, before saying in a deep voice, "Aunt Cao, you don't need to worry about my family's affairs. After all, there are some things that are not convenient to talk about with outsiders, right?" He emphasized the word "outsiders" with particular emphasis, and his meaning was self-evident.
It was practically a veiled criticism that Aunt Cao was meddling in other people's business.
"People should mind their own business, otherwise they might mess with someone and not even know how they died, don't you think?"
Qin Weimin's eyes were cold and menacing, as if he wanted to devour someone; he was quite frightening. He was completely different from the honest man he usually was.
Cheng Jiajia narrowed her eyes. Was Qin Weimin no longer planning to pretend to be an honest person?
That's true. Now that his affair with Bai Zhenzhu is out in the open, even if he pretends to be an honest person, someone still has to believe him.
The timid onlookers couldn't help but take a step or two back, not daring to provoke him.
Aunt Cao glared at him and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Old Guo, Old Guo! That dog surnamed Qin called me a busybody! He even said he'd kill me!"
Qin Weimin: "..."
Everyone: "..."
I never expected you to be like this, Aunt Cao.
Almost instantly, everyone saw Grandpa Guo rush out with a kitchen knife, shouting, "Who?! Who insulted my old woman?! And wants to kill her?!"
Everyone: "!!!"
Everyone was startled by the gleaming cleaver, their expressions changing drastically.
Good heavens, are we going to play this big right from the start?
As Grandpa Guo's sharp gaze fell upon them, everyone retreated in unison, swallowing hard and shaking their heads frantically. "It wasn't us, it really wasn't us, it was Qin Weimin, he's the one who bullied your Aunt Cao..."
Grandpa Guo's piercing gaze immediately fell upon the Qin family.
"Old Qin, I heard you wanted to kill my wife?"
Qin Weimin: "!!!"
Qin Weimin was also startled and took a few steps back.
Cold sweat beaded on his forehead. "Old Guo, I was just joking, just joking. Don't be impulsive, please don't be impulsive. Put down the cleaver before we talk..."
Grandpa Guo brandished the kitchen knife in his hand and approached step by step.
Qin Weimin retreated step by step, his breath almost stopping as he watched the kitchen knife getting closer and closer to him.
"Oh? That kind of joke isn't funny at all. Don't make it again, okay?"
Qin Weimin wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, Lao Guo, this joke is not funny at all. It's my fault, it's my fault. I will never dare to do it again."
They're all lunatics! They're all lunatics! He dared not utter any more threats, sob sob sob!
Grandpa Guo sheathed his knife, and the Qin family took the opportunity to slink away.
Damn it, the people in the yard seem even crazier after just a few days!
They were so scared!
The others were also quite frightened by Grandpa Guo's sudden move, fearing that he would have another outburst, and took the opportunity to sneak back home.
Oh my god, that's terrifying!
The people in this courtyard are really getting more and more abnormal!
After everyone left, Grandpa Guo gave Grandma Cao a fawning smile, as if he wanted to take credit, and asked, "Old woman, how did I do? Can I go to bed with you tonight?"
Aunt Cao snorted, "It's barely passable."
"Oh dear, can I finally sleep in the bed? It's been almost a month, and my back is about to break if I keep sleeping on the floor."
"We'll see how you perform!"
It's about the time Grandpa Guo accidentally kicked Grandma Cao off the bed. Afterwards, Grandma Cao unleashed her fury, and Grandpa Guo has been sleeping on a makeshift bed on the floor for a month now.
Cheng Jiajia: "..."
Unaware of the situation, Cheng Jiajia's lips twitched. She thought that although the old couple were getting on in years, they were quite interesting and knew how to have fun, even more so than young people.
...
As it turns out, human joys and sorrows are not shared, and this applies equally to the No. 35 compound.
While the Qin family was immersed in grief over Wu Meifang's health and the loss of their child, good news suddenly came from the front yard.
Hu Mei, who had been married for several years and whose infertility had been the subject of gossip among the neighborhood women, was pregnant!
Not to mention that this news shocked not only the residents of the compound, but also the Ma family. The moment Ma Gaosheng's mother heard the news, she came to their compound with a big smile on her face, carrying her bundle, saying that she wanted to stay here to take care of her daughter-in-law and grandson.
Let's just talk about the reactions of each household in the compound to this news.
Upon hearing this news, Cheng Jiajia immediately pictured Hu Mei being intimate with the tall, strong man in that courtyard. So she sincerely asked Yu Junsheng, "Whose child is this?"
Yu Junsheng: "..."
How would he know? He wasn't squatting under Hu Mei's bed.
Cheng Jiajia glanced at him and pouted, "Just watch, now those old ladies in the courtyard will start gossiping about me again."
Yu Junsheng pulled her into his arms, his hands wandering and his words flowing, "Wife, let's try some new positions now and try to get pregnant next month!"
Cheng Jiajia: "..."
However, she quite likes the new position.
Cheng Jiajia was right; Hu Mei's pregnancy did indeed draw everyone's attention to her belly.
The reason is simple: the two young wives who married into the family around the same time as Cheng Jiajia are already pregnant, and even Hu Mei, who hadn't had any luck for several years, is pregnant. So why hasn't Cheng Jiajia had any luck yet?
Could it be that she can't have children?
Many middle-aged women shared this sentiment. Aunt Hao even made a special trip to the Yu family to comfort Cheng Jiajia, telling her not to take those old women's words to heart, and that she was still young and had a long life ahead of her, so she should take it slow.
Even Aunt Cao came over to comfort her, using the pretext of chatting, saying that she was still young and shouldn't rush to have children, that she should enjoy herself while she was young, and that having children later would bring a lot of trouble.
This surprised Cheng Jiajia. In this day and age, how could a woman like Aunt Cao, who came from the Republic of China era, still have such modern ideas?
Although Cheng Jiajia didn't care about the rumors, she still appreciated the kindness of the two older women and thought that she would definitely help them as much as possible in the future.
Besides Cheng Jiajia, another young woman who hadn't given birth also became the center of discussion among the older women.
It's Fu Jiaojiao, who lives next door to Hu Mei.
This girl doesn't have the same mentality as Cheng Jiajia; she couldn't stand being talked about behind her back a few times.
She cried at home a few times, and when she realized that no one was paying attention to her, she ran over to find Cheng Jiajia.
After the girl arrived, she kept complaining about how difficult her mother-in-law was, how unruly her stepson was, and how inconsiderate her husband was.
Cheng Jiajia really wanted to say, "You're quite something to not leave even like this."
But considering the current situation, she pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
Finally, Fu Jiaojiao concluded with a worried expression, "How did they all get pregnant? Why can't we?"
"Hey wait a minute, you can talk about yourself, but don't drag me into it. I've only been married for a short time, it's normal that I haven't gotten pregnant yet."
Fu Jiaojiao pouted, "I know I'm not normal. Do you think I should try some folk remedies? Hu Mei got pregnant by drinking fertility medicine made by her mother-in-law, and I heard it's very effective."
Cheng Jiajia's lips twitched, thinking to herself that Hu Mei's condition might not necessarily be due to drinking folk remedies.
She didn't want to meddle, but she felt sorry for Fu Jiaojiao.
Fu Jiaojiao originally came from a well-off family. Zhu Ziqiang, a divorced man, tricked her into marriage and seduced her, only managing to gain a foothold in the city through her family's connections. After the marriage, she learned that he had been married before and had two children in his hometown. Zhu Ziqiang assured her that his mother was taking care of the two children in the countryside and that it would never affect her. Since the deed was done, Fu Jiaojiao could only grit her teeth and bear it.
At that time, Zhu Ziqiang did treat her very well, pampering and spoiling her, and they did enjoy a period of good life.
Who knew that her uncle would have an accident later, and then her mother-in-law would bring her two children back from the countryside, and Fu Jiaojiao's life would be turned upside down.
According to Yu Junsheng, this person was entangled with the Zhu family for his entire previous life but never had a child of his own, and his life became very difficult afterward.
Remembering the pillowcase this girl had given her at her wedding, Cheng Jiajia couldn't help but ask, "Does Zhu Ziqiang want to have more children?"
Fu Jiaojiao didn't understand. "Of course he wants one. He's so good to his two little ones at home, how could he not like children?"
Cheng Jiajia had a headache; liking those two children didn't necessarily mean she wanted her future wife to have children.
"Why don't you go to the hospital for a checkup? It might not be that there's something wrong with your body."
But Fu Jiaojiao was too embarrassed to go to the hospital. If she went to the hospital...
They're old residents of Beicheng, and everyone knows a few people at the hospital. If she goes to the hospital to see a doctor about infertility, the news of her inability to have children will spread, and then how will she ever be able to face anyone again?
Cheng Jiajia felt helpless when she saw that the person didn't take her seriously.
Anyway, I've already reminded them, so I don't care whether they listen or not.
...
After hearing the news that Hu Mei was pregnant, Chang Dafeng kept staring at Jiang Qiubai.
That day, she came home and watched for a while, then suddenly asked, "Daughter-in-law, is your morning sickness better? I saw that Hu Mei's reaction was quite severe, but you've stopped vomiting already? It's only been a short while."
Jiang Qiubai was jolted awake, only then remembering that she was 'pregnant'.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on her back.
It was also because no one in the Zheng family took it seriously, and she herself had been busy pasting matchboxes all day, which left her physically and mentally exhausted. Over time, she even forgot about it.
Jiang Qiubai was panicking inside, but he forced himself to remain calm. "Is...maybe it's all better? I heard that everyone's reaction time and severity are different. Maybe my morning sickness lasted a little shorter."
Chang Dafeng didn't say whether she believed it or not, but stared at her suspiciously for a long time.
Jiang Qiubai's movements as he pasted the matchbox were stiff, and a chill ran down his spine.
No, if that old hag keeps staring like this, she'll be exposed sooner or later, and she'll be beaten to death!
Jiang Qiubai jolted awake, shook his head, and banished the horrific image from his mind.
No, she has to really get pregnant! That way, even if the secret is exposed, the old woman won't hit her for the sake of the child in her belly.
Unfortunately, Ocean Bro doesn't want to touch her anymore.
Jiang Qiubai bit her lip. Since Haiyang-ge didn't want to touch her, she would...
She had no choice; she was forced into it.
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