Since she became pregnant, her mother-in-law Chen Jinhua and her husband Bai Zhankui have become nicer to her. She feels that the baby in her belly has brought her blessing.
When she had some free time, she started making clothes for dolls. According to Chen Jinhua's request, all of them were made for boys. Chen Jinhua was sure that she was pregnant with a boy. She looked at her belly every day and it became more and more pointed. People say that a pointed belly means a boy and a round belly means a girl. A pointed belly means a boy.
However, unexpectedly, Yu Pingting gave birth to a girl.
The moment the girl was born, Chen Jinhua's face darkened and she started scolding before the midwife left.
"Why is your belly so disappointing? Even a pointed belly can give birth to a baby girl!"
"Oh, I told you not to marry a young lady. She can't do things well, let alone have children."
"You are usually so delicate and spoiled, so you gave birth to a girl. Look at Erdan's wife next door. She worked in the fields even when she was pregnant. She made several big white buns a day, so she gave birth to a boy!"
"It must be because your Yu family is not a good person that God snatched my grandson away!"
Chen Jinhua cursed and cried at the same time, making it seem like she was wronged.
Every word Chen Jinhua said turned into steel needles that pierced Yu Pingting's heart. The grievances she had to endure on a daily basis had already made her unable to breathe. At this moment, the heart that was filled with grievances and resentment was being pierced fiercely by Chen Jinhua and was about to be pierced through!
Yu Pingting also cried. The midwife was kind and told her that she should not cry after giving birth because her body would be weak and if she cried, her eyes would be damaged.
Yu Pingting looked at Bai Zhankui with tears in her eyes, but Bai Zhankui looked at her with disdain and hurried to comfort his mother: "Mom, don't be angry, you have to take care of yourself."
"I'm so angry~~" Chen Jinhua sat aside, beating her chest and stamping her feet, "Look at the unlucky wife you married, why is her belly so unreliable! Now, how can I face people tomorrow? They are going to laugh at me to death! I won't go out! I won't go out! Woo~~~~" Chen Jinhua covered her face and cried.
Bai Zhankui was furious when he saw Chen Jinhua crying. He immediately shouted at Yu Pingting who was lying on the bed: "Why don't you apologize to your mother?"
Yu Pingting sat on the bed in a daze. Chen Jinhua's crying and Bai Zhankui's voice seemed like the echo of an empty valley, becoming hazy and ethereal in her world.
In order to prevent Chen Jinhua from getting angry, Bai Zhankui began to scold Yu Pingting: "My mother gave birth to me and raised me. It was not easy! In my heart, mother is the most important. How dare you make my mother so angry? You foolish woman! Why don't you kneel down and admit your mistake!"
You foolish woman!
Those five words completely pierced through the thin layer of Yu Pingting's skin that had covered his grievances and sufferings over the past year. Everything contained inside began to leak out drop by drop into the infinite darkness.
Yu Pingting suddenly stopped crying. She stood up from the bed in a daze, dragged her extremely weak body after giving birth, knelt in front of Chen Jinhua, and whispered dully: "Mom... I was wrong, next time... I will definitely give you a grandson..."
The midwife sighed as she watched from the side: "Hey... Jinhua, don't be angry, your wife is still young and can still give birth~~"
"You raise too many children!" Chen Jinhua immediately cursed at her, "Our family is already very tight! The money given by the county magistrate is for our Zhankui to study! How can we have so much money to raise a money-losing thing?! It makes me so angry! You are really useless the more I see you eating! Normally, I asked you to eat more, but you just wouldn't! You said you couldn't eat, and now you've given birth to a money-losing thing!" Chen Jinhua cursed and beat Yu Pingting, and Bai Zhankui beside her never helped Yu Pingting once.
"Wow——" the child also burst into tears.
Chen Jinhua was angry when she saw this, and even angrier when she heard this. She asked Bai Zhankui to help her out of the room, and it was the midwife who helped Yu Pingting up and taught her how to feed the baby.
On this day, Bai Zhankui was just coaxing Chen Jinhua, and he no longer looked at Yu Pingting. However, outside the window, there was a pair of obscene eyes secretly looking at Yu Pingting's snow-white breasts exposed because of breastfeeding.
After Yu Pingting gave birth to a girl, her status in the family became even worse. On the first day after giving birth, she was forced out of bed by her mother-in-law, Chen Jinhua, to work.
"You have the nerve to lie in bed lazing about after giving birth to a money-losing child?! Your body is so cheap that you can't get up after giving birth? In our time, who didn't go to work in the fields after giving birth?"
Yu Pingting began to work hard day after day carrying her child on her back.
Bai Zhankui still ignored her and "only focused on reading the books of sages."
Rumors about her were everywhere in the village.
"What's the point of marrying a rich girl? What's the point of knowing how to read? It's only useful if you can give birth to a son~~"
"Now their family can no longer be proud of themselves. They gave birth to a money-losing child. If it were me, I would be too ashamed to live on."
"Her mother-in-law said that her father was greedy for other people's money, so he caused their family to be extinct~~"
Yu Pingting looked at the flowing river with tears on her clothes. She said that her husband Bai Zhankui must have said that his father was greedy for money. Bai Zhankui was in the academy, and his subsequent exams were always worse than those of the students in the town. Bai Zhankui suspected that his father took money from others and changed their scores to high ones.
When Yu Pingting returned home, she had to face Chen Jinhua's face. When she left home, she had to face the gossip of the whole village. At home, she could not get the slightest warmth from her husband. Outside, she had to be treated coldly by the villagers.
She spent every day like a year in Baijia Village.
Only Ya'er gave her some comfort. Ya'er was very well behaved, never crying or making a fuss, and often smiled at her, as if to say: Don't cry, mother, I'm here to accompany you.
In order to make Chen Jinhua happy, Bai Zhankui began to try hard to have a baby every night so that Yu Pingting could give birth to a son to satisfy his mother.
Bai Zhankui was particularly filial to Chen Jinhua. If Chen Jinhua was dissatisfied with Yu Pingting, it must be Yu Pingting's fault.
Hard work pays off. Three months later, Yu Pingting really became pregnant.
However, Chen Jinhua still had a gloomy face and said in a gloomy tone that she dared not have any more extravagant hopes, hoping that she would not be another money-loser. This time, Chen Jinhua did not take care of Yu Pingting again.
Yu Pingting was pregnant and carried her child on her back as she continued to work day after day.
If your waist hurts, pound it twice. If you feel dizzy, sit down and rest for a while.
She couldn't let Chen Jinhua see it, because if she saw it, she would scold her for being lazy.
Yu Pingting endured this day after day, and gradually got used to it. It turns out that when people get used to suffering, they no longer feel it.
But suddenly one day, the girl started to cry and make a fuss. She cried during the day and at night.
Bai Zhankui rushed out and yelled, "Can you please stop her from crying! She's so noisy! How can I study! How can I take the exam! How can I be an official so I can have money to support you?!" As he said that, he grabbed the crying girl and was about to throw her out. (To be continued)