Erzhuzi stopped urging his wife to get on the kang (a heated brick bed) when he heard she was going to cook, because he was indeed hungry too.
"Wife, today your parents will make the cornbread thicker and bigger."
The woman rolled her eyes at him, "You glutton!"
He didn't need to say that; she would definitely seize this rare opportunity to be in charge.
She had a feeling that something big had happened in her older brother's house, and that she might finally be able to take charge. She decided that she would not only cook more, but also make two extra cornbread buns to secretly hide away.
Meanwhile, things were not peaceful in the Pan family as well.
"Daughter, why are you back now?"
I saw my daughter standing at the door when it was just dawn. Now that we're home, doesn't that mean she left before dawn?
"Did you have a fight with Dazhu? He brought up having a baby again? We're in the wrong here, so just bear with it."
"No, Mother, I'm freezing to death. Let me go inside and warm up first."
Afraid of waking her husband, she only put on her clothes after leaving the house, and fearing he would catch up, she didn't dare to breathe too loudly the whole way.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Old Man Pan's face wasn't very good. He wondered what his daughter had done. The Zhao family hadn't divorced her because they were kind; every family tolerates a daughter-in-law who hasn't borne children for many years.
Why don't they just live a peaceful life in the Zhao family? Why do they have to come back and cause trouble? What's there to cause trouble for? Do they even have the right to cause trouble?
Pan squatted in front of the stove to warm her hands. Upon hearing this, her eyes reddened. In recent years, because she had no children, not only had she suffered mistreatment everywhere, but her family had also lost face in the village and in the Zhao family.
Now that her brother, sister-in-law, and younger brother are all in the house, there are some things she can't say. If she has to continue living with Dazhuzi in the future, and they can't keep their mouths shut, a petty man like him will definitely not give her a good time.
"Mom and Dad, may I have something I'd like to talk to you about in private?"
Without the elders needing to say anything, everyone in the house left. It was obvious what she wanted to say: she was having a hard time at the Zhao family and wanted their help to get back on her side.
But she doesn't even consider how they can support her. Without children, there's no way to support them.
She didn't want them to listen, and they weren't willing to listen anyway.
"Alright, everyone's gone, so hurry up and tell me. After dinner, I'll have your older brother take you home. Don't be stubborn, understand?"
While we're at it, let the eldest son have a chat with Dazhuzi. He can't remember things about the kids, so he shouldn't bully his daughter every day.
They had known for a long time that their son-in-law wasn't a good person.
"Father, it's not that I can't have children, it's that the doctor said there's something wrong with him; he can't let women get pregnant!"
What did you say?
The old man found it unbelievable. What man is incapable? He's not a palace eunuch.
"You two haven't consummated your marriage all these years? But you said before that you two had no problems?"
"No, we can have sex, but I just can't get pregnant. The doctor said he has weak sperm."
The old man understood, but he still couldn't quite believe it.
The old woman was so shocked that her brain went blank and she didn't know what to say.
Is this a reliable plan?
"He's reliable. Does his third uncle know him? He's back from the prefectural city. He found the doctor in the county town. I heard he doesn't usually treat ordinary people or see patients."
He was the one who came after my mother-in-law's fall last time; he's quite famous, introduced by the county magistrate.
"Didn't they say his third uncle had a bad relationship with you? Why would he find you a doctor?"
“I don’t know, it seems my father-in-law went to him. After the doctor examined me, he said I was fine, but then he said he needed to see my husband, and that’s when he found out he had a problem.”
Parents, the Zhao family has caused me so much suffering. They have problems themselves, but they keep slandering me as having something wrong with me.
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