But when she walked to her son's side, she seemed to see a familiar figure flash by, but her son's crying made her even more anxious. Looking at her son who was sleeping and crying in the basket, she couldn't help but be stunned.
The well-wrapped swaddling clothes had long been opened. Her son's small body was shaking because of the cold, and she felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his legs.
Several village women nearby also felt that there was something wrong with the baby's crying, and curiosity drove them to come over to see what was going on. However, when they saw the baby's twisted legs, they were all shocked.
"Xu Laidi, the child only cried twice, how could you be so cruel to break the child's legs like this."
Only then did Xu Laidi understand why the child's legs were different. It turned out that they were broken by someone. He touched them with trembling hands and found that the child felt more pain and started crying again.
Xu Laidi stood up suddenly, her eyes scanning around, trying to figure out who that familiar figure was, but for a moment she had no memory of it at all.
"You vicious woman, that was the only child left by my uncle. How could you have the heart to kill him? I will report you."
Chen Tiezhu's wife Juhua failed in her plot to take over Chen Dazhu's house, and not only lost her wife but also her army. She had long regarded Xu Laidi as her number one enemy and had been paying attention to her every move. Now she just seized the opportunity and rushed up directly.
Chen Tiezhu's eyes flashed, and he turned around to find Chen Weidang. He didn't dare to find Li Huan because Li Huan was too smart. As long as Li Huan raised his butt, he would know what kind of shit he had pulled.
Chen Weidang was indeed an upright person. When he heard that Xu Laidie broke the child's legs because the child cried a few times, he could not help but get furious. This was not something a human being could do.
The extremely tiring farming work was suddenly filled with fresh news. Everyone was extremely curious and ran towards Xu Laidie with their farm tools, taking the opportunity to take a break from the excitement.
"Someone please ask Dr. Ye to come over and take a look."
Chen Weidang felt sad when he looked at the baby who could no longer cry. He was a malnourished premature baby. After being raised for more than a month, he was still not as big as a newborn baby. It was really pitiful.
After taking a look at Xu Laidi, he felt even more disgusted with her. Seeing that the baby's swaddling clothes were open, he quickly took off his clothes and covered the baby with them.
Ye Jun arrived and as soon as he saw the baby's legs he knew that they had been broken by someone. Although he could feel with his hands how serious the injury was, such a young child would surely not be able to withstand such great pain.
"Send him to the hospital, take an X-ray first, and then hear what the doctor says."
"Wang Xianghua, go ask Uncle Niu to drive the ox cart over and take Xu Laidi and the child to the hospital."
"Old village chief, I'm worried about this vicious woman. She can even break her own son's legs. What else can she not do?"
"Chrysanthemum, you bitch, stop talking nonsense. How could I break my son's leg?"
"If you didn't break it, then who did it? You vicious woman, you made me lose the baby in my belly. I'm going to fight you."
As Juhua spoke, she became more and more furious. She ran up and tried to grab Xu Laidi's face, but was stopped by Chen Tiezhu. This woman was too stupid. Wouldn't it be better if the child died
"Chen Tiezhu, what do you think we should do?"
Chen Weidang looked at Chen Tiezhu with inquiry in his eyes.
"Old village chief, ask her to take out the money. I will take the child with me."
"Yes, this is the only child left by my uncle. Nothing must happen to him."
Juhua also stood up and stood firmly beside her man. Chen Weidang was in a dilemma. He had realized that if this matter was not resolved properly, there would definitely be a lot of trouble in the future.
"Where's Huanzai? Who's going to go get Huanzai?"
Li Huan went to the commune for a meeting early in the morning. The enrollment quota for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University was finally announced. Xiangyang Village did have one quota, but the recommended person must have a junior high school diploma or above and must have outstanding performance.
So when Li happily returned to the village, he saw that the villagers were not working properly, but were gathered together, chattering about something.
"Huanzi, you're back. Something happened. That vicious woman Xu Laidi broke her own son's leg."
Aunt Wang had sharp eyes. When she saw a bicycle approaching from a distance, she knew it was Li Huan returning, and she hurried to meet him.
Li Huan was shocked. There are thousands of strange things in the world, but he had never heard of a mother breaking her own son's legs, and that was a baby.
"Aunt Wang, you... are not mistaken."
"No, this little brat loves to cry too much. He whines for no reason. I guess Xu Laidi got annoyed, so he took ruthless action."
"Aunt Wang, please help me push the bike back. I'll go take a look."
"Hey, I'm sure I'll push it well and won't break your bike."
Aunt Wang quickly took the bicycle. As long as she could send it to the Li family, Cheng Qiao would definitely treat her to good food and drink.
Sure enough, when Cheng Qiao saw Aunt Wang pushing her bicycle back, she was surprised. Where was Li Huan? Why didn't she come back
Aunt Wang put the bicycle away, picked up a small stool and sat down. Seeing little Cheng Li in Cheng Qiao's arms, she sighed: They were both children born from the bellies of educated youths, but why were there such big differences between them
One was thin and small, with a sallow complexion, few hairs on his head, eyes that were only slits and barely open, and the swaddling clothes he was wearing were made of various scraps of cloth.
Look at Cheng Qiao's child again. He is fair and tender, with round, bright black eyes. He is wearing a brand new thin jacket and looks like a little doll in a New Year picture.
"Little Chengli, dear, please let grandma hug you."
Little Cheng Li was able to turn his head already. When he saw Aunt Wang extending her hand, he started to smile. Aunt Wang saw that the dimples at the corners of little Cheng Li's mouth were almost identical to Cheng Qiao's, and she couldn't help but like him.
"Aunt Wang, please help me hold little Cheng Li. I'll go cook lunch. You can eat at my house at noon today."
"How can I be so embarrassed, Cheng Qiao, let me tell you, Xu Laidi is too vicious, she even didn't let her own son go, you must keep an eye on little Cheng Li in the future, don't show up in front of this vicious woman, okay?"
Aunt Wang carried little Cheng Li and followed Cheng Qiao to the kitchen. When she saw her making meat buns with two-grain flour of white flour and corn flour, her mouth began to water.
Cheng Qiao opened the lid of the casserole on the coal stove. In the casserole was pheasant soup that had been stewing for two hours. Cheng Qiao washed and cut a handful of fresh mushrooms and put them in.
Aunt Wang smelled a strong aroma of chicken soup and felt that it was well worth it to come and deliver the bicycle today. In order to repay the meal, she exaggerated and told Cheng Qiao what happened that morning.