"this--"
Liu Erniang opened her mouth and was about to respond to Fu Jun outside the house, but was interrupted by Zhang Xiaoqin's unprecedented scream.
Zhang Xiaoqin heard Fu Jun urging her again, so she took a deep breath and shouted with all her strength.
Following this cry, there was a clear cry of a baby. The baby was born, a big fat girl.
"It's born, it's born, Mom, did you hear that, it's born..." Fu Jun was so excited that he was at a loss. He grabbed Fu's mother who was waiting outside with him and shouted excitedly.
Zhang Xiaoqin immediately asked Liu Erniang, "Liu Erniang, is it a son or a girl?"
Fu Jun outside the house asked almost in unison: "Liu Erniang, did my wife give birth to a son or a daughter?"
Liu Erniang knew that Fu Jun had the baby late in life, and the whole family had been hoping for a boy. But the birth of a daughter was clearly a happy event turned into a sad one, leaving Fu Jun and his family deeply disappointed.
She frowned and, while cutting the baby's umbilical cord, stammered, "This—this—what a pretty girl! Big eyes, a high nose, and plump, fair skin. She's going to be a beauty when she grows up."
In order to make Zhang Xiaoqin happy, she even praised the child in front of Zhang Xiaoqin.
When Zhang Xiaoqin heard it was a daughter, her expectant expression suddenly changed. "What a useless thing! How could it be a girl? I went through so much trouble to give birth to her, what's the point of having her?"
"Xiaoqin! You can't say that! What era is it now? Aren't you still like my generation, favoring boys over girls? What's wrong with this girl? She's your mother's sweet little cotton-padded jacket. You should be secretly happy about it. As a woman, why do you have to make things difficult for yourself?"
"What do you know?"
Liu Erniang was about to say something when she was interrupted by Fu Jun knocking on the door.
"Liu Erniang, is it a son or a daughter? Please say something."
Fu Jun originally wanted to be with Zhang Xiaoqin, like other fathers, to be the first to see the birth of his child. But Zhang Xiaoqin objected, insisting on closing the door and asking him to wait outside.
Liu Erniang wrapped the child up and did not tell her whether the child was a boy or a girl. Instead, she held the child, opened the door, and handed the child to Fu Jun personally, asking him to check it himself.
Fu Jun took the child with trembling hands. Looking at the child sleeping soundly with eyes closed in his arms, he was so excited that tears filled his eyes.
"Mom, I'm a father now. I'm finally a father. Did you see that?"
He was immersed in the joy of having a son and completely forgot about Zhang Xiaoqin.
"Hurry, let me see if it's a boy." Mother Fu was quite calm. While she was happy, she did not forget the most important thing.
She peeled back the sheet wrapped around the child and looked between the child's legs. When she saw it was a girl, her expression darkened.
During Zhang Xiaoqin's pregnancy, she had been extremely patient with her for the sake of the Fu family's incense. Now that she had waited for such a result, she was extremely disappointed.
"It's just a little girl. What a false alarm." She quickly covered the child with the blanket, not wanting to look at her any more, and muttered to herself unhappily.
The smile on Fu Jun's face suddenly stopped. In his heart, he always thought that Zhang Xiaoqin was pregnant with a son, but now it was the opposite. He had a feeling of being praised high and then thrown down heavily, as if someone poured a basin of cold water on him.
After Liu Erniang packed up, she received the money from Fu Jun and prepared to leave in a hurry.
"Aunt Liu, please help me carry the child in!" Fu Jun handed the child to her and asked her to carry the child to Zhang Xiaoqin.
Liu Erniang glanced at Fu Jun and should have had an idea in her mind. She guessed that she was just a girl and could not accept this reality for a while.
She is an outsider and this is someone else's family affair, so she can't say much.
Besides, the rumor in the village was spreading like wildfire, saying that Fu Jun and Zhang Xiaoqin had secretly colluded and conspired to kill Xiaomei. Otherwise, how could they have given birth to such a chubby child after only being married for a few months?
Liu Erniang could tell at first glance that the child was full-term and not premature at all. This was clearly a case of trying to cover up one's own flaws, a fact that was clearly there.
"Okay." She took the child and held him to Zhang Xiaoqin.
Zhang Xiaoqin saw that it was her who brought the child in, and quickly asked, "Where is my husband? Why didn't he come in? Why did he let you bring the child in?"
"This - I should be preparing food for you! You should take good care of yourself. I'll leave now." Liu Erniang responded hesitantly, put the child down and hurried out.
Mother Fu personally sent Liu Erniang out the door, and Fu Jun sat in the main room without saying a word.
Zhang Xiaoqin lay on the window, feeling extremely angry. Her stomach was empty and she was so hungry that she felt uneasy. It was as if no one had come into the house to see her since her child was born.
How could she, who had always been so high and mighty, endure such indifference? She yelled like crazy outside the house, "Ajun, Fujun, Fujun..."
She shouted several times but still got no response, so she started cursing, "Are they all dead? Is there anyone still breathing? Do you want to starve me to death? Fu Jun, you heartless thing, what did you say at the beginning? I gave birth to a girl for you and you treat me like this. If I had known earlier, I would not have had a son or a daughter with you. They say all men are bad, Zhang Xiaoqin, you are blind. You didn't learn your lesson after being fooled once, and you pushed yourself into the fire pit again. You deserve to suffer. Ouch! Why is my life so miserable? I don't want to live anymore."
Zhang Xiaoqin lay there, crying and making a fuss, and the sound scared the sleeping child, making him cry loudly.
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