Chapter 176: Being remembered
He Anze heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that it could be used. "That's good, that's good. Uncle Zhao, I'm going out of town these days, and some of the vegetables at home can be picked. Can you ask Brother Qian to bring these things back for me when he comes to the village?"
Aunt Qian took it and said, "No problem. I haven't seen Auntie and Xiaoxue for a long time. I'll go see them this time." She wanted to thank these two lifesavers in person.
Although they gave money, such good ginseng is not something that can be bought with money. Besides, if the old man is missing from their family...
There are some things that cannot be told to outsiders.
"Thank you, Aunt Qian and Uncle Zhao." He Anze knew that they were very good friends with his grandmother Xiaoxue.
"You kid, have you eaten? Would you like some wine?" Uncle Zhao was craving for wine.
Xiaoxue refused to sell her wine, which made him very greedy.
"No, I'm just having a drink with Uncle Zhao." This was not the first time He Anze came here, so of course he knew what Uncle Zhao meant.
"Okay, wife, get some snacks."
In the village, Mei Xue's belly was visibly getting bigger.
Even though it's only been four months, there's an obvious bulge in my belly.
This situation made the people around Mei Xue very anxious. In addition, An Wen's wife was also pregnant, so everyone wanted to know what was going on.
Some guessed that she was pregnant with twins, some said it was the wrong month for plum blossoms, and so on. There were all kinds of speculations.
Grandma He was very calm and had some guesses in her mind, but she couldn't be sure. It was normal for some children to grow fast in the early stages and have an obvious belly.
"Xiaoxue, is it time for us to go to the hospital for a check-up?" Grandma He woke up carefully, afraid that Xiaoxue would think too much.
She had also heard what those fast-talking women in the village said recently, but she had never encountered them, so she didn't deal with them.
"Grandma, don't worry. I might be pregnant with two babies. We won't be going to the market tomorrow, so we can take Uncle Zhengnan's carriage to town." Mei Xue also knew that her grandma was worried about her.
But she herself didn't expect that there would be two children in her belly, which made her speechless.
She already had a headache with just one, and now there were two.
If Xiaobai hadn't insisted that she was pregnant with two children, Mei Xue would never have thought that she would be pregnant with two children.
He Anze, this matter is not over yet.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to Xiaoxue. Go to bed early today." When Grandma He heard that Xiaoxue was willing to go to the hospital, she was so happy.
And the village.
In the home of a family surnamed Chen in Group 4, the room is so lively.
"Hey Xiaojing, your son is so cute and smart. Look at you, it's okay that you're good-looking, but how come you also have such a good child?"
Opposite the man who was speaking was a beautiful woman who looked to be no more than twenty-one or twenty-two years old, holding a two-year-old child in her arms.
Obviously, this was said as a compliment to this person.
This woman was none other than the daughter-in-law of the Chen family. “She’s not as good as you say. Pingping is still young and we can’t tell whether she’s smart or not.” She was very proud that she gave birth to a boy as soon as she entered the family.
She has also established herself firmly in her husband's family, and her husband is one of the most capable men in the village.
In their village, their house is the only one built with bricks, while other families live in wooden houses or wooden buildings.
I'm afraid...
"That's not the way it is said. They say a child's character can be seen at the age of three. Look at your Pingping. He speaks so fluently. He must be a smart child."
Several people around were complimenting him.
"That's right. Pingping's appearance is rare and cute in our village. If you ask me, Xiaojing, your Chen Gang is not worthy of you at all." The man was obviously praising someone.
The woman holding the child was called Ma Jing. She actually agreed with what he said. If it hadn't been for...
Forget it, it's all in the past. Besides, her life after marrying into the family is not bad, much better than her parents' home.
Now, she is the head of the whole family, and even her mother-in-law has to give her some respect.
"Gangzi is very good." Ma Jing replied with a smile.
Only she knows what she is thinking.
"By the way, I heard that Aunt He San's wife's belly is showing?" Ma Jing mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally.
Is it really unintentional? I don’t know.
"Yes, now many people in the village say that the child is born in a strange way. Who knows..." After saying this, some women laughed.
"Haha, don't tell this to anyone else. It will be bad if Aunt He hears it. Have you forgotten what happened to old lady Chen's family?" Someone kindly reminded.
"We didn't say anything nonsense. It's only been four months, but the belly is bulging. Who knows what's going on?"
"That's right. Think about it. He Anze spends very little time at home, and that young wife is no pushover. I heard she has connections with big bosses in town and city."
"Who knows what kind of relationship it is, don't you think?"
After Ma Jing started talking, she didn't say anything more and just listened to them talking about dirty things with a smile.
They are all married women, so sometimes they speak in a vulgar way. She wasn’t used to it at first, but now she’s used to it.
"When I got on the bus, I saw the boss from a distance. He looked really nice."
"I saw it too, but I'm a little older."
"You're wrong. The older one is the old boss, and the younger one is the big boss who comes to the village to collect vegetables."
Everyone shared their own news.
"Then whose child is this?" Ma Jing asked in confusion.
"Oh, who knows? I'm sure it's not He Anze's." A thin woman who was not well dressed spoke with certainty.
Ma Jing got excited. "Sister-in-law, don't say that. Something bad will happen." There was a warning in her words, but her eyes were full of gossip.
"Hey, it's hard to say. It's because you're kindhearted, Xiaojing, that you didn't think about it that way. If you count the days, a belly that big should be at least six months old. But Aunt He said that her granddaughter-in-law is only four months old."
Each of them was like a god, calculating things.
"No way, how dare she do that?" Ma Jing was very angry, but only she knew what she was angry about.
But she made note of it.
Since someone dared to say it so confidently, then the child was most likely not He Anze's. There were promiscuous women in the village, but no one dared to cause a death.
After chatting about gossip, the group of women dispersed.
A more honest woman was walking at the end and she came to Ma Jing's side.
"Xiao Jing, you can't tell anyone about this, otherwise you will be in trouble." This woman is also Ma Jing's sister-in-law, but just her cousin.
She came here for a walk today because she was bored. The two families visit each other quite frequently.
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Am I such a quick-talking person?" Ma Jing said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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