"Dr. Li, where have you been so early?"
Li Xiyue carried her medicine kit back to the clinic and encountered some early-rising villagers. She smiled and replied, "The Party Secretary's daughter-in-law was about to give birth last night, and I went to deliver the baby."
"Has it been born yet?"
"She gave birth! She gave birth to a big, healthy boy."
"Oh, this is wonderful."
"We need to quickly prepare some things and go take a look."
Li Xiyue thought for a moment and said, "Let's do it later, they're busy right now."
The village secretary's family doesn't want anyone to know that Xu Hongmei is pregnant, and they are currently discussing what to do about it.
She, the only one in the know, wisely left, probably because they didn't want outsiders to disturb them.
"Yeah, anyway, we're not working, so there's no rush."
Despite the double blessing, the Xu family was far from happy.
Xu Yongshun puffed on his pipe, his brows furrowed like ropes.
Su Fengying, sitting beside her, also wore a sour expression. Giving birth to a healthy grandson should have been a joyous occasion, but now…
Xu Daqiang paced back and forth in the main room with his hands on his hips, unable to hold back his curses: "Which beast did this?"
"Keep your voice down!" Xu Yongshun tapped his pipe. "Do you want your wife to hear you?"
My daughter-in-law just gave birth. What if she gets excited and something unexpected happens when she finds out about this?
Xu Daqiang glanced at his room and lowered his voice, "Which beast bullied Little Sister?"
"If she's bullied, do you think your little sister wouldn't speak up?" Xu Yongshun said. "Is your little sister the type to swallow her anger?"
This was also what angered Su Fengying. It was obvious that her daughter had voluntarily done that thing with the man, and even got pregnant without telling her family.
Xu Daqiang was surprised, "Dad, are you saying that my little sister did it willingly?"
"Whether it is or not, go ask her!" Xu Yongshun was furious. He was the Party Secretary. If this got out, how could they hold their heads high in the brigade?
If you can't even stand up straight yourself, how can you control the rest of the team?
Just as Xu Daqiang was about to turn around and go inside, he saw his younger sister standing at the door with her hands clenched and her head hanging down. He wanted to get angry but couldn't bring himself to, so he asked in a gentle voice, "Little sister, tell me, has someone bullied you?"
Xu Hongmei hesitated and shook her head, "No one bullied me."
Xu Yongshun and his wife had expressions that said, "I knew it," and one of them slammed his fist on the table while the other pounded his chest in anger.
"Mom and Dad, it's all my fault. I've embarrassed you. If you want to hit or scold me, do it to me. Don't hurt yourselves." Xu Hongmei ran over and knelt on the ground, saying anxiously.
Xu Daqiang punched his own hand, "Little sister, you..."
How could my sister do such a foolish thing?
If people find out that she got pregnant before marriage, she'll never be able to hold her head up high again.
Xu Yongshun pointed at his daughter with his pipe, "We sent you to school when you were little, hoping you would be well-mannered and knowledgeable, but what have you learned?"
“Hongmei, how have I taught you? How could you do such a thing? Even if you don’t care about your parents and your brother and sister-in-law, you should at least think about yourself. How could you demean yourself like this?” Su Fengying felt so tired.
Her proud daughter had done something so shameless; her face had been ripped off and trampled on.
Xu Hongmei cried and said, "Dad, Mom, Brother, I was wrong, I'm so sorry!"
"Who is that beast?" Xu Daqiang asked angrily.
Xu Hongmei dared not speak.
Xu Yongshun slammed his pipe on the table. "Now that things have come to this, are you still going to keep it a secret for him?"
“No, I… I’m just afraid you won’t accept him.” Xu Hongmei shook her head.
Su Fengying had a bad feeling. "Is he one of the hooligans from the commune?"
Since the daughter is worried that the family won't accept that man, he must be a bad guy. He might be one of those good-for-nothing, idle scoundrels on the street who specializes in deceiving young girls.
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