Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 318: I Have No Choice But to Meddle in This Affair Too
The crowd parted like Moses cleaving the sea, forming a path, and everyone in the yard turned their heads to see Jiang Xingjun approaching with a dark expression, stifling the shouting voices.
With Jiang Xingjun absent, they could still bite recklessly, but now they had to weigh their actions.
Zhou Guizhi seemed to have found her backbone as she pointed at her son, "My third son is here. You, this old hag, tell me now, are you saying your daughter’s belly was made big by my son?
I didn’t speak out before, did you think my family was easy to bully? I’ve lived all these years, and it’s the first time I’ve met such shameless people!"
Li’s mother screamed, "Nowadays, who doesn’t know your family, Xingjun wants to join the army, and your two eldest sons have become city people. Do you look down on us mud-legged people? Your family wants to climb the high branches, there’s no way you can dump my family, Xiulan!"
She hugged her daughter and cried, "My poor Xiulan, why is your life so bitter? You’ve been engaged for so many years, waited for him for so long, and now he’s turning his back on you? My poor Xiulan!"
She cursed again, "Being a leader makes you great? Once you start eating commodity grains, you look down on people? Jiang Xingjun, you ungrateful person, you haven’t even gone to the army yet, you’re abandoning my family, Xiulan?"
Zhou Guizhi was shaking with anger, "You old hag, you’re forcing me to say this, my son was engaged to your daughter, every year I’ve sent people to urge them twice to get their marriage done early, when didn’t you push it off?"
Li’s mother said, "You bully my family, Xiulan, why would I let my daughter marry your family? Your youngest son got engaged and got a dowry of 500 yuan, when it’s my family’s Xiulan, not even 50 yuan, on what basis do you look down on my family, Xiulan?"
Zhou Guizhi nodded, "Fine, fine, swear it, the child in your daughter’s belly is my family, Xingjun’s, isn’t someone else’s? Let me tell you, I’ve already gone to your commune production team to inquire, they know better than anyone what your daughter is like. You dream for my family, Xingjun, to become cheap father to your grandson!"
She looked around, "Everyone’s here, everyone in the villages knows what my Jiang family’s reputation is. We never do such dishonest things, but Li family’s girl is immoral, pregnant with another’s seed trying to blame it on us, absolutely not, I won’t agree even if I die."
Li Xiulan bit her lip, looking pitiable yet filled with hatred at Jiang Xingjun, suddenly got up and headed towards the door frame to crash.
Tian Jinhua was nearby, startled and disregarding everything, rushing over, ending up being pushed to the ground by Li Xiulan, her head hitting the threshold, passing out on the spot.
Li Xiulan didn’t want to die, just wanted to be hurt enough to stay with the Jiang family.
Tian Jinhua stopped her; she resented Tian Jinhua, who knew Tian Jinhua would be so fragile? Seeing the blood flowing between her legs, Li Xiulan was stunned and quickly backed away, "It’s not me, has nothing to do with me!"
"Jinhua, Jinhua, are you okay!" Zhou Guizhi was frightened, especially seeing Tian Jinhua bleeding, "Oh my, quickly someone, Li Xiulan killed my family, Jinhua’s golden grandson!"
Zhou Guizhi was really anxious, Tian Jinhua always wanted to give birth to a son, she had known this, she even advised her many times to go with luck, not to be pressured, the Jiang family never valued sons over daughters or needed a son to carry on the family name.
Tian Jinhua never listened, she didn’t even know her daughter-in-law was pregnant, just learned it and lost it, it was heartbreaking. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Xu Qinghuan quickly came over, "Aunt, let me!"
She quickly pressed one of Tian Jinhua’s acupoints, the bleeding stopped quickly, after inserting a few needles, she called Jiang Xingye over, "Carry your sister-in-law inside."
Zhou Guizhi hurried with Jiang Xingye to move Tian Jinhua inside, Xu Qinghuan asked Jiang Xingye to leave, taking out a pill and placed it in Tian Jinhua’s mouth, the pill melted immediately, Tian Jinhua woke up quickly.
She felt discomfort in her lower abdomen, "Mom, what’s wrong with me?"
"You silly girl, you are pregnant and didn’t know? You said you’re already a mother, how can you still be so muddled, luckily Huanhuan was there, otherwise..." Zhou Guizhi turned away, wiped her tears.
Tian Jinhua quickly thanked Xu Qinghuan, "Huanhuan, thank you, if it weren’t for you, I...I didn’t even know I was pregnant."
She curved her lips, showing a sweet smile on a slightly rugged face, her whole being suddenly radiated maternal glory, Xu Qinghuan was stunned watching her.
Tian Jinhua had a very average appearance, long-time labor made her seem older than her age, unable to bear a son led to gossip, her mindset was heavy, clearly in her twenties, yet looking like thirties.
But at this moment, Xu Qinghuan realized that beauty could transcend age, appearance, all material conditions, the beauty that emanates from within truly touches one’s heart.
Xu Qinghuan was rather self-assured, confident of her intelligence, capable of easily penetrating a person’s inner world, deducing their intentions from behavior and speech.
She always felt Tian Jinhua was truly ordinary, one among thousands of working women, with the lowest living demands, their greatest wish to have a son to carry on the family name.
"Be open-minded, don’t always think about having a son, now you’re just pregnant, don’t know if it’s a boy or girl. If it’s a girl, our family will still love her." Zhou Guizhi counseled.
"Mom, I understand, I’m open-minded," Tian Jinhua said seriously, fearing Zhou Guizhi wouldn’t believe her, "when pregnant with the first two daughters, I desperately wanted a son, once they were born, I paid little attention to them, this one, won’t happen."
Her expression was gentle and serene.
Xu Qinghuan removed the needles, "Aunt, let sister-in-law rest well, she’s okay now."
Only then did Zhou Guizhi go out like a battle warrior, quickly confronting outside, she gave Li’s mother a hard slap, "Old hag, if my daughter-in-law has any issues, I’ll fight you!"
Li Xiulan saw the situation turning bad and tried to dash towards the wall, Xu Qinghuan swiftly grabbed her wrist, asking, "Do you remember Zheng Guowei?"
Li Xiulan trembled, looking at Xu Qinghuan incredulously.
Xu Qinghuan didn’t look at her but faced the crowd, "This morning, Li Xiulan went to the hospital, she’s over two months pregnant. Over a month ago, the Li family repeatedly urged the Jiang family to propose marriage, wanting her to marry Brother Xingjun early, asking for a dowry of 500 yuan, same as mine."
The crowd exclaimed in shock.
"500? How could they ask for that?"
"Comparing with Xu Zhixin, don’t see if they have that capability, such a big face!"
"Isn’t it? But whose child is in her belly anyway?"
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Li Xiulan listened to the discussions, feeling embarrassed, realizing Xu Qinghuan’s hostility, struggled to pull her wrist away, Xu Qinghuan’s fingers clamped hard, making it impossible to move.
"Originally, I have not entered Jiang’s family door, no right to interfere, but since compared with me and dragged me into this, I can’t help but involve myself a bit.
Li Xiulan, Zheng Guowei says the child in your belly is his. You’ve known each other for three years, you’ve been seducing him, wanting him to marry you, you’ve aborted for him thrice, is this true?"
