"Second Aunt, who are you insulting?!" Li Shuhe's eyebrows shot up. "Who cares about your little bit of money? Ruan Ruan is still unconscious. Can a little money solve the problem?"
Li Shuhe frowned, "She's so far along in her pregnancy. After being frightened like that by the two of you, she won't be able to do anything afterwards. She'll have to stay in bed every day and take so many nutritional supplements to make up for it!"
As Li Shuhe spoke, she became more and more worried. "Besides, what if... oh, I'm afraid of Chen Ji. What if he thinks I'm protecting you two and scolds me too? I can't take that."
Jia Shuling was filled with regret, truly regretting letting Cheng Dan into the Chen family. She was now completely silent, as if she had lost her soul!
"How about this, Dr. Cheng and I will chip in five hundred!" Jia Shuling raised her voice. "We'll give Ruan Tang five hundred privately so she can have some good nourishment, okay?"
This matter really shouldn't be brought up to the Chen family; if it gets out of hand, her job might be affected.
Five hundred is an astronomical price; she only earns eighty-eight yuan a month in the performing arts troupe.
She contributed 250, and Cheng Dan contributed 250, which is equivalent to three months of her salary!
Jia Shuling's heart was bleeding, but she was completely helpless. Who could have known that Xu Ruantang was pregnant! She was so angry that she wanted to grind her teeth to powder, but when she saw Xu Hanli, she dared not make any rash moves.
Xu Ruantang had just saved Lu Xiaozhao, and Cheng Dan came over today to complain to her.
Cheng's father revealed that the military region was going to write a letter of commendation for Xu Ruantang and post it on the bulletin board to spread the word.
This thing is even more powerful than a banquet; by then, Chen Ji and Xu Ruantang will be a recognized couple right there in the courtyard.
Jia Shuling then agreed to Cheng Dan's plan to use military dogs to dampen her spirits.
Anyway, military dogs don't bite people, they're just meant to scare people.
It's a classic case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead!
Jia Shuling and Cheng Dan stood at the entrance of the clinic, whispering to each other for a long time, and finally managed to scrape together five hundred yuan.
Coincidentally, Jia Shuling had money on her person, intending to show it off, but she actually managed to flaunt it away!
They each paid 250 yuan, and after paying, they slunk away.
Xu Ruantang got up from the hospital bed, pulled Li Shuhe aside and said a few words, which made Li Shuhe's eyes light up.
Cheng Dan and Jia Shuling hadn't walked far when they heard a dog barking behind them. Turning around, they saw Hu Zi rushing towards them like a madman.
Cheng Dan had been around military dogs since she was a child and wasn't afraid at all; she even tried to stop Hu Zi.
But Tiger seemed to have lost control, ignoring her commands and lunging at her, tearing at her skirt.
With a forceful pull, a piece of cloth was bitten off by Hu Zi.
Tiger wasn't finished and continued to pounce on the two of them.
That night, most of the people in the military compound saw a military dog chasing after two disheveled women.
The two women screamed and ran forward as fast as they could, tumbling and scrambling.
Over here, Li Shuyang and Xu Hanli watched the two count the money, their eyes filled with surprise.
"Sister-in-law, you still have time to manage money? Let's go to the military hospital first! I've already arranged for a car!"
Xu Hanli was so anxious he almost jumped up.
This is Old Chen's first child. If something really happens, Old Chen will go crazy again!
Li Shuyang knew his older sister well; he already knew she was awake when he saw her standing by the bicycle.
But to my complete surprise, these two put on such a big show without saying a word.
Xu Ruantang was also stubbornly counting money with one hand.
After she finished, she patted Li Shuhe on the shoulder and said, "Your acting was a bit exaggerated. Next time, tone it down, or it will look too fake."
"Understood." Li Shuhe neatly arranged the stack of money and replied with a smile.
After saying that, she slowly looked up at Xu Hanli and said, "Xu Hanli, let's go have a meal at the state-run restaurant!"
After the meal, Xu Hanli's taste was effectively sealed off.
Even if Cheng Dan and Jia Shuling realized what had happened, they wouldn't dare to tell anyone, since they were the ones who had harmed others first.
After this ordeal, the two became even more obedient than before. Cheng Dan was probably devastated and stopped coming to the Chen family.
Or perhaps they had a disagreement about money with Jia Shuling, and the two ignored each other.
Jia Shuling shrank her neck, and although she usually liked to make sarcastic remarks, lately she has been eating the fastest and the most taciturn one.
Especially when I see Xu Ruantang touching her belly, I start to have a conditioned reflex!
A few days later, new gossip began to circulate.
At that moment, Li Shuhe was leisurely sitting on the sofa in the main room of the Chen family, holding Xiaobao and talking animatedly.
"Their clothes were bitten off that day. Dr. Cheng was wearing a skirt, and her underwear was showing. She was still running around in the courtyard!"
Ye Lan chimed in with gossip: "Oh my, that's incredibly embarrassing! Cheng Dan's father, who's so concerned about his image, must be furious!"
Li Shuhe patted Xiaobao's chubby face, "Who says otherwise! These past few days, people from the Cheng family have been coming every day, saying they want to introduce Cheng Dan to potential blind dates so she can get married quickly!"
"My daughter is already so old, she should have been introduced to a potential partner long ago. I don't know what the Cheng family has been thinking all these years." The old lady held a needle and thread in her hand, threading the needle by the light.
Ye Lan curled her lip, "Hmph, she's eyeing our family! We can't afford someone like her. She's full of trouble, and she's always fawning over the powerful and belittling the weak! People like that are fine when things are going smoothly, but if anything happens, they'll run away faster than a rabbit!"
Ye Lan was still bothered by what the Cheng family had done before. Apart from Chen Lin and Jia Shuling, everyone else in the Chen family looked down on their family's behavior.
Deputy Commander Cheng treated her son that way because he was Chen Ji's direct superior. The fact that she refrained from verbally abusing him in front of everyone was already a great show of respect for the Cheng family.
Only a daughter like Cheng, who is so clueless and lacks common sense, would be so fickle, changing her mind every now and then.
After Ye Lan finished speaking, she looked at Xu Ruantang, who was leaning back on the sofa with her arm in a sling and eating an apple, with satisfaction. "Unlike our Ruantang, who is kind, smart, and good-looking."
The old lady chimed in, "She's just too thin; she needs to eat more!"
The godmother didn't forget to praise her own daughter, "She's thin, but she's got plenty of curves in all the right places. Look at her bottom, it's big and round."
Xu Ruantang has gained some weight recently. He can't do much because his hand is injured, so he drinks soup at the Chen family's house every day. Who knew that the weight would grow on his butt!
Now she has a pert bottom, and she took a big bite of the apple, quite puzzled.
Perhaps sensing her dissatisfaction, Ye Lan comforted her, "It's okay, we have big butts, which makes it easy to have babies. So many people want to have babies, but none of them do!"
Xu Ruantang: "......"
She doesn't want it; she doesn't want to have a baby. If she could, she'd steal Xiaobao away.
Since they wanted to spend their windfall sooner rather than later, Xu Ruantang and Li Shuhe discussed it and decided to buy Xiaobao a gold lock.
My little BMW is almost one year old, so this is a birthday gift I bought in advance.
Xu Ruantang plans to buy Xiaobao a piece of gold jewelry every year on her birthday.
Two more bottles of Moutai will be sealed this year. Now that the Moutai is sealed, I wonder if it will only be half a bottle left after 20 years.
When Xiaobao grows up, these will be her safety net, and it's also a way of saving money for her.
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