Chapter 17: Not Close to Anyone
"I know she won't harm you. After all, the baby in your belly is her eldest brother's." Tian held her arm, her small eyes rolling, "But think about it, what can a 16-year-old girl know about medical treatment? It's just a blind cat catching a dead mouse. If she prescribes the wrong medicine, won't the baby in your belly be in danger?"
Liu held her stomach nervously.
"No way? I took the medicine she prescribed for me, and I didn't feel any discomfort."
"Logically speaking, a four-month-old baby should be able to move. Is there any movement in your belly?" Tian asked, looking at her belly.
Liu shook her head, "No."
"Why don't you go see a doctor right away? You're still taking the medicine prescribed by your sister-in-law? Isn't that ridiculous?" Tian was worried about her.
Looking at Tian's expression, Liu, who had been calm, also became a little anxious.
"But my mother-in-law has gone to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, and Jinyuan has gone to the fields to fetch water. Where can I find a doctor?"
Tian nodded her chin towards Song Yuntang's house.
"Isn't your sister-in-law still at home? You, as her sister-in-law, have been taking care of her before. Is it not too much to ask her to go to Sanlipo?"
Song Yuntang, who was lying in the room, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
She got up, put on her shoes and went out, saying coldly, "I won't go to Sanlipu. I don't even know where Sanlipu is."
This is a fact. I have been in Rongshu Village for three years, but I don’t know anything about it except the way to the town.
Tian rolled her eyes at her and said, "You are so ungrateful and you didn't help someone who was dying! If you hadn't prescribed the wrong medicine, your sister-in-law's four-month-old stomach would have remained still. Maybe you deliberately wanted to harm your own nephew."
Song Yuntang raised his eyebrows, but his voice was still calm.
"Then tell me, why would I want to harm him? What good would it do me to harm him?"
"Who knows why you want to harm him?" Tian snorted, "Who in the whole village doesn't know that you are lazy? Are you still thinking about the rich and prosperous life in the past? Maybe you just can't bear to see your sister-in-law live an easy life."
When Tian got excited, her son in her arms was woken up and started crying.
The weather was already hot, and he was inexplicably splashed with dirty water while lying in the house. When Song Yuntang heard the child crying, he became even more annoyed and gradually lost his patience.
"The baby is growing slowly because of poor nutrition and the weak constitution of the pregnant woman. Isn't it normal for the baby to have no obvious movements? You don't know anything, so don't talk nonsense here!"
Tian was shaking her son in her arms while looking at Song Yuntang and said loudly, "How could I be talking nonsense? You are so vicious. Not only did you beat your elders, you even didn't let your own brother's children go."
The quarrel between the two attracted many neighbors who came to watch the fun. Farmers have almost nothing else to do except during the busy farming season. If there is a little noise in someone's house, they will watch it like a stage, and they will enjoy it very much. If they meet again, they will gossip about it.
Song Yuntang looked a little cold.
"Tian Qiuyan, I won't fight you because you are holding the child. But if you dare to stir up trouble here again, don't blame me for being rude!"
Liu Xiangyun quickly stepped forward to smooth things over and pushed Tian Qiuyan out of the yard.
"Alright, alright, go back, Sister Tian. We are all from the same village, so don't let my affairs ruin the relationship. I believe Tang'er is a good person."
Tian was also a stubborn person. The more Liu pushed, the more she squeezed in with the child in her arms.
"Don't stop me. I want to see how rude she is going to be!"
Song Yuntang crossed his arms over his chest and raised his voice slightly.
"I dare to hit my elders and even my own nephew. Guess how rude I will be to you, a person who is not even related to me?"
Her voice was cold and the smile on her face was sinister, looking extremely creepy.
Looking at her expression, Tian's previous aggressiveness was gone by half. She took two steps back holding the child and pointed at Song Yuntang with trembling hands.
"You vicious woman! You will be punished for your evil deeds sooner or later!"
"I don't know if I will be punished." She reached out and took the broom standing by the wall, and said lightly, "But if you don't leave, your retribution will come."
Liu was so frightened that she quickly pushed Tian Qiuyan out of the yard.
"Mrs. Tian, please leave quickly. It would be bad if you hurt the child later."
Seeing that Song Yuntang looked like he was going crazy, Tian Qiuyan felt a little scared. She stood at the door and cursed a few words, but finally left quickly with the child in her arms.
Seeing this, Song Yuntang came to the gate of the courtyard, looked around coldly, and then closed the gate with a "bang".
He turned around and looked at Liu who was still in shock.
"Sister-in-law, do you also think I will harm your child?"
Liu hurriedly shook her head, "I didn't."
Song Yuntang was not interested in knowing whether she had this idea or not, and said as he walked towards his room.
"This incident reminds me that I shouldn't meddle in other people's business." He paused, then looked at her and said, "But then again, if you weren't worried about my brother fainting, I wouldn't have cared about you."
My eldest brother was injured two days ago because of her.
After saying this, Song Yuntang turned around and went back to his room, leaving Liu standing in the yard at a loss.
She even felt a little aggrieved in her heart.
When Tian first talked about Song Yuntang, she fully trusted her sister-in-law. Even though they had a dispute later, she still didn't think her sister-in-law would harm her. But what her sister-in-law said just now was really disheartening.
No wonder it’s been three years and she’s still not familiar with her family. She really isn’t close to anyone.
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Liu was pregnant and couldn't go to the mountains. Song Yuntang had the incident with Huang Heyu yesterday. Zhao Qiao'e finished her housework in the morning and went out to dig wild vegetables. She didn't return home until after 9 o'clock in the morning.
As soon as I got home, I noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere.
The yard was quiet. Liu was busy in the kitchen, making porridge. Song Yuntang's door was slightly open, so he was obviously at home too.
Because every time she left, she would lock up her room. It was her habit.
"Xiangyun, is the meal ready?"
Zhao Qiao'e put the basket on the table at the door and went into the kitchen. When she saw Liu with red eyes, she was shocked.
"What's wrong? Your eyes are red."
"It's okay. I was choked by the smoke when I was lighting the fire just now." Liu Xiangyun rubbed her eyes and forced a smile. "Mom, the porridge has just been cooked. It will take a while."
"Don't worry. We were lucky today. We found a handful of wild vegetables by the river. If we save them, they should be enough for our family to eat for two days." As she spoke, she went out and took out two fruits from the basket and handed them to Liu Xiangyun. "I picked them from the tree when I came back. These are the only two. Wash them and eat them with Tang'er. I'll take care of the kitchen work."
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