Zhang Defa glanced at the onlookers. Many of them had just heard the news and rushed over. He walked to the gate and waved at everyone, "Are you done with your work? Why are you still hanging out in front of people's doors? Go away!"
"Captain, we can't disperse. There hasn't been a case of someone stealing a man in our village for decades, let alone a young girl. We have to investigate it thoroughly, otherwise the reputation of our village will be ruined, and the girls in the village won't be able to say anything about him in the future!" Liu Guihua said with a pout while cracking a handful of melon seeds in her hand. We can't just disperse like this. If we disperse, what's the point of her seeing anything new?
"That's right. If you really get pregnant with a wild man's child, it will be a disgrace to our village and we have to report it to the commune. Now is the time to crack down on those who have affairs. We will drag you all out and punish you. You can't hide it privately. You have to deal with it openly in front of us!" Old man Feng didn't care about his face anymore and kept nagging.
Zhang Defa knew that today's matter had to be clarified, otherwise Huaihua would be ruined.
"Zhao Dagen, if your daughter really can't find the adulterer, it would be better for her to marry my eldest brother-in-law. My silly nephew doesn't care whether his wife has been pregnant by someone else. He can just abort the baby when the time comes!" Bao Jinshan, the famous lazy man in the village, shouted with a grin from behind.
Liu Guihua heard this from the front and immediately said "Pooh". "No, my eldest brother's house is not a waste recycling station. Don't throw anything fragrant or smelly there."
Zhao Dagen's wife cried, "Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, my Huaihua is not that kind of child, my Huaihua must be sick, she is just sick! You are going to force us to death!"
"The matter must be investigated thoroughly, if not for anything else, then for the reputation of all the girls in our village, such a thing must never happen again!" The opinions of several people of old man Feng's generation present were quite unanimous. They must deal with it severely and make an example of others to scare the monkeys.
"Hey, Huaihua's mother, you say she is sick, but don't say that Huaihua's belly is not a child but a tumor. There are doctors in our village now, and you can't say whatever you want! Whether it is a tumor or not, the doctor has the final say!" Old man Feng's daughter-in-law had quarreled with Huaihua's mother before because of the problem of their chickens running to Zhao's house to lay eggs, and now she wanted to take the opportunity to step on her.
"There is a tumor in my Huaihua's stomach. If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart!" Huaihua's mother was not a soft-hearted person. She had been crying because she was unsure, but she would not allow anyone to hurt her daughter.
"You even tore my mouth apart. When the doctor finds out that your daughter is really pregnant, I wonder where you will put your face. By then, your slut girl who has hooked up with men at such a young age will be dragged to the brigade to be criticized. I will definitely take out a spoonful of manure and throw it at you without any reluctance!" The daughter-in-law of the Feng family said sarcastically. She was happy as long as Huaihua's mother was uncomfortable.
"You are such a black-hearted person. You are so evil that you will die a horrible death!" Huaihua's mother couldn't help but scold.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, Zhang Defa quickly shouted, "What are you arguing about? Just go see a doctor!"
Zhao Dagen was a little hesitant. On the one hand, he wanted to see a doctor, but on the other hand, he was afraid to hear the news that she was really pregnant.
Zhang Defa felt a little regretful after he finished speaking. What if she was really pregnant? Wouldn't that force the child to die in public?
However, as more and more people gathered around, he had no choice but to compromise and waved to Tian Cai in the crowd, "Xiao Tian, come and see her."
Tian Cai nodded, squeezed out of the crowd, and said to her mother, "Auntie, let me take a look at Huaihua!"
Huaihua's mother quickly let go of Huaihua in her arms, rubbed her hands on her body, and then reached out to grab Tian Cai's hand, "Doctor Tian, please take a good look at Huaihua. Our Huaihua is not pregnant. Please don't make a mistake!"
Among the seven sisters, a little girl who looked less than ten years old was very perceptive. She went into the house, brought out two stools, and placed them at Tian Cai's feet. "Doctor Tian, please sit down and take a good look at my sister!"
Tian Cai thanked her, then pulled Huaihua to sit down, asked her to stretch out her hand, and interlocked their fingers.
The crowd of onlookers gradually quieted down at this time. Zhao Dagen held the stick tightly in one hand and slowly squatted down at the foot of the wall. He was worried and scared, and all kinds of feelings were intertwined in his heart. It was hard to describe how he felt.
Tian Cai clasped Huaihua's wrist with three fingers. After a while, she asked Huaihua to change her hand and held it for a while longer.
"Are you pregnant? Judging from the size, she is five months pregnant, right?" Feng's daughter-in-law said maliciously.
"No."
Zhang Defa was also curious and asked, "If you're not pregnant, is it a tumor?"
Tian Cai shook his head, "Not really."
Huaihua's pale face recovered a little. As long as she was not pregnant, she was not afraid of what she looked like. Even if she was going to die tomorrow, she wanted to die with a clear conscience.
Huaihua's mother immediately knelt down on the ground with a plop and kowtowed, crying, "Oh God! I, Huaihua, am innocent. Did you all hear that? Huaihua is not pregnant!"
After a brief silence, Zhao Dagen stood up, holding a stick and walked to the front of the crowd. He shouted at the gossipmongers, "My daughter is innocent. If anyone says anything bad about our daughter again, don't blame me for beating him up!"
Old Man Feng and the few people who had been shouting the loudest earlier didn't believe it. They thought Tian Cai was just a cover-up for Zhang Defa. "You said it wasn't a tumor, so why is her belly so big for no reason? Don't be afraid, young lady. We old guys are here to support you. Just tell the truth!"
Tian Cai was thinking about what other symptoms this disease had when she heard what Old Man Feng said. She immediately burst out laughing. Old Man Feng was almost saying that she was talking nonsense because she was afraid of Zhang Defa. Tian Cai looked at Zhang Defa.
Sure enough, Zhang Defa's face was as dark as water.
"She doesn't have a tumor, but she's not pregnant either." Tian Caijiang explained again and turned to Huaihua, "I need to check other parts of your body. Come with me into the house."
Huaihua's mother hurriedly got up from the ground, brushed off the dirt on her body, and followed, leading Tian Cai to the houses of the girls.
Old man Feng raised his chin towards his daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Feng understood what he meant and followed suit.
Seeing this, Zhang Defa asked his wife to go over and take a look, to avoid any trouble caused by any troublemakers.
Huaihua followed Tian Cai into the house in fear.
After entering the room, Tian Cai asked her to lie flat on the kang first. After she lay down, he pulled up her shirt and pressed her abdomen. He pressed several places in succession, but she didn't feel anything. When he pressed her upper abdomen, Huaihua suddenly cried out in pain.
Tian Cai asked Huaihua to sit up again and then asked, "Have you ever had a fever, stomachache, diarrhea, or even blood in your stool before?"
After hearing this, Huaihua's mother nodded quickly, "Yes! She has been having diarrhea recently, and I asked her to go to your place, but she refused to go."
Tian Cai looked at Huaihua, and Huaihua looked at Tian Cai and said "hmm" in a mosquito-like voice.
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