Han Ju'niang stood there for a long time, looking at the lively Jiang San family, feeling jealous and resentful.
Why weren't the twins his own? How could he, an outsider, be so lucky that he could pick up a girl and have twins
How am I worse than that woman who has been infertile for ten years
The more Han Ju'niang thought about it, the sadder she felt, and the more indignant she felt, she almost burst into tears on the spot.
People passing by her whispered to each other, and those who were curious even shouted, "Isn't this Chen Er's wife? Are you here to congratulate her? Why don't you come in?"
Han froze and stammered, "I'm just passing by." Then he turned and left.
He walked quickly all the way, as if there was a ghost chasing him from behind.
On the way, we met a few village women who were gossiping about the Jiang family.
"Today I finally saw the twins from the Jiang family. Oh, they are so handsome, white and plump, with arms as thin as lotus roots."
"Of course, Chunniang is finally proud of herself. She hasn't been pregnant for ten years, but she was unexpectedly pregnant with twins, and they are sons. Tsk tsk tsk."
"So, you can't judge a person by his appearance, and you can't measure the depth of the ocean. Even old clams can produce pearls. Those who said that Jiang San would have no descendants should be slapped in the face."
"That's right."
"Hey, Jiang San is also lucky to have found a fertility boy. If it wasn't for Yingbao, do you think Chunniang could have gotten pregnant? Tsk!"
"That's not necessarily true."
"Why not? Even Goddess Song said that Yingbao is a lucky child. Whoever picks her up will be blessed."
"Oh, did Mrs. Song really say that?"
"Yes, she also said that on the day Jiang San found Yingbao, the roof of his house was shining brightly, as if a divine light had descended."
"Really? You saw it?"
"I didn't see it, but the deer that followed Yingbao all day is irrefutable evidence. In this area, who can be so small and small to drive such a big deer?"
"Oh, now that you mention it, it's true. Isn't Ying Bao'er just like a fairy child? She is so fair and pretty, like a picture, not like the kids in our village.
It is said that she could speak when she was less than one year old, and now she can recognize words. Wow, can you see any girl in our village who can recognize words?"
"Yes, yes."
"Ah, I don't know who Yingbao's real parents are. I lost a gifted child. If I find out in the future, will I regret it?"
"Of course I regret it. Anyone would regret it."
"It's no use regretting it!"
"that is."
A woman lowered her voice and said, "Hey, do you think Yingbao belongs to Chen Jilang of Nishimura?"
Another person slapped his thigh and said, "You know what, the time when Yingbao was found coincided with the time when Chen Er's wife gave birth. Oh, Chen Erlang's family gave birth to three or four girls in a row, and they really did something like abandoning their children. Tsk tsk tsk, this is retribution in this life..."
A few people were talking excitedly when they suddenly saw someone standing not far away. It was Xicun Chen Erlang's wife, Han. They poked each other's arms, winked at each other, and stopped talking.
After a pause, a woman said, "Let's go, I have to go to Jiang Sanlang's house to attend the full moon banquet, I won't chat with you anymore."
"Then you should go quickly. My wife has already gone there and may have taken a seat."
"I'm going home too. Lunch hasn't been prepared yet."
Everyone dispersed, leaving only Han who was not far away.
Han Ju'niang really cried this time.
He hurried home and lay on the kang sobbing for a long time.
When Chen Changping entered the room and saw his wife like this, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"
Han sobbed for a while and said to her husband, "Erlang, can we take the child back?"
Chen Changping frowned, "What child?"
"It's... the one you threw away." Han said, wiping his eyes.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chen Changping's face turned red instantly and he said angrily: "That child died a long time ago! He died a long time ago, do you understand?" After that, he turned around and left.
Han was stunned for a long while, her face became paler and paler, her fingers tightly grasped her clothes, and her heart was filled with sorrow.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you want the child or not. The main thing is that you are not sure whether you can give birth to a son in the future.
What should I do if I can’t give birth
Even if she has the support of her sister and brother-in-law in the county town, there is no guarantee that her husband will not change his mind and divorce her in the future.
If her husband really divorced her, what would she do? Where could she go
Her parents died early and she has no brothers on her mother's side. Although her only sister can help her a little, can she help her for the rest of her life
The more Han Ju'niang thought about it, the more frightened and anxious she became.
At this time, the seven-year-old daughter poked her head in from behind the door curtain and said timidly, "Mom, grandma asked you to fetch water. There is no water in the water tank at home."
Han was furious when she heard this. She jumped up, picked up a bamboo stick and hit her eldest daughter on the head, cursing as she beat her: "You bastard, even you are ordering me around! Can't you just pick a fight? What's the point of giving birth to you! What's the point of giving birth to you!"
The eldest daughter cried and held her head in her hands, but she did not dare to hide, because she knew that the more she hid, the more fiercely her mother would beat her.
"What are you doing?" Mother-in-law Chen Feng rushed over, pointed at Han and scolded, "Why, I asked you to fetch water and you beat the child? Who are you showing off to? Who were you scolding just now? You are a rebellious person!"
Han ignored her mother-in-law and continued to beat her daughter, "You bastard! Why don't you just die? I'll beat you to death."
"Second brother! Second brother! Where have you been?"
Chen Feng was so angry that she jumped up and down. After shouting for a long time, she didn't see her second son come out. She cursed: "You bastard! How dare you criticize your mother-in-law! Second son! You are an unfilial son! Look at what you have done to your mother-in-law?"
Seeing that her mother-in-law was really angry, Han was afraid of angering her husband further, so she threw away the bamboo pole in her hand, lowered her head and walked towards the kitchen, picked up two buckets and a shoulder pole and went out.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law had given in, Chen Fengshi stopped scolding her. She turned to look at her granddaughter, who was curled up on the ground and crying. She frowned and said, "Are you stupid? Why don't you run away when your mother hits you? You are such a useless thing! You are so troublesome!"
He returned to the upper room in a hurry and saw the old man leisurely fiddling with the purple clay teapot brought back by his eldest son. He couldn't help but said angrily: "You are so carefree, don't you hear the ghosts crying and wolves howling outside?"
"Let her handle the affairs of the children and grandchildren."
Chen Laoshuan didn't care at all and said, "If you meddle too much, you'll get blamed."
"That's easy to say!" Chen Feng was still furious. "That Han beats the child every day and makes him cry. It's ruining our family's reputation. Humph! She's so arrogant because she can't give birth to a son. No one has a worse temper than her."
"Why don't you worry about her." Chen Laoshuan glanced at his wife, "Don't worry too much, or you'll get yourself hurt. We are old, how many years can we live? Why worry so much?"
"I don't want to worry about it."
Chen Feng sat on the edge of the kang and said angrily, "But she keeps doing this and is about to ruin the second son's good fortune."
Chen Laoshuan said nothing, but he was very dissatisfied with his second daughter-in-law.
Indeed, the second son has been unlucky in recent years. He has failed the provincial examinations several times. I don’t know if it is his wife’s fault.
It would be fine if she couldn't give birth to a boy, after all, the Chen family had no shortage of grandchildren, but this woman's temper was getting worse and worse, and she looked gloomy, as if someone owed her a hundred strings of cash, which looked very unlucky.
The old couple were silent.
After a long while, Chen Fengshi asked in a low voice: "His father, do you think the child picked up by the Jiang family in East Village is the second child's?"
Chen Laoshuan glanced at his wife and said, "So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"
It's already lost, it's just a girl, why bring it up again
Chen Feng thought for a moment and lowered her voice, "Haven't you heard? People in the village are saying that Jiang Sanlang picked up a lucky doll, and that it's the reincarnation of a fairy child from the seat of Guanyin."
"Don't listen to their nonsense." Chen Laoshuan didn't believe such rumors. "There is no fairy child in the world. It's just a little girl. If she is so vivid, the Jiang family wouldn't be so poor."
"What's wrong with being poor?" Chen Feng rolled her eyes at her husband. "That was because of his wife's troubles a few years ago. He spent all the money he earned on the pharmacy."