Chapter 4 Don't Bully My Mom
The old man driving the cart was an acquaintance from the same village team, and he took Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua all the way to their doorsteps.

"Daughter of Daguo, Daguo and his wife picked up a baby girl, why don't you come out to see her?" He stopped the ox cart and shouted loudly towards the open gate.

After shouting, he turned around and looked at Liu Xihua and Jiang Daguo, as if they were there to watch the fun.

This shout called out all the Jiang family members at home, and all the neighbors at home also came to watch the fun.

It is lunch time now. People who have worked in the fields have returned home one after another. Those who came back early have already started making a fire and cooking lunch. There are people at home in every household.

Soon, about 10 to 20 people gathered in front of Jiang’s house.

Everyone gathered around Liu Xihua and looked at the child.

Children are always happy when they see each other. The adults' expressions are very interesting, some are praising, some are pitying, and most are mocking Liu Xihua and her husband for not being able to make sense.

"How did you pick up a baby girl?"

Aunt Jiang ran out of the kitchen, holding a spatula in her hand. "Where is it? Where is it?"

She pushed through the crowd and came to the ox cart.

"Mom, this child is very pitiful, so Daguo and I brought her home. Although she is a girl, she is very pretty and obedient. She didn't cry much along the way." Liu Xihua hurriedly explained when she saw her mother-in-law's stern face.

"The nurse said that the child is in good health and looks healthy, fair and pretty," Jiang Daguo also said.

"You're pregnant and carrying a baby, can you take care of them?" Aunt Jiang glared at Liu Xihua. Seeing Jiang Daguo standing there stupidly, she waved the spatula at Jiang Daguo and made a beating gesture, "Xihua is stupid, are you stupid too?"

"Mom...Xihua...Xihua lost the baby in her belly." Jiang Daguo sighed, looking frustrated. "The doctor said we went too late and the baby had already been lost."

When talking about the lost child, Liu Xihua's eyes suddenly became red.

Aunt Jiang was stunned for a moment. "What?" She stomped her feet and swung the spatula at Liu Xihua. "You got rid of my grandson again? You unlucky person!"

[Don't bully my mom!] Jiang Xiaoxiao suddenly yelled, [The pot in the kitchen is all burnt out, and grandma just scolds me instead of taking care of the pot? If I don't go to the kitchen to check, the pot will be burnt and I will have to spend money to buy a new pot.]

The spatula that Aunt Jiang raised froze in mid-air. She looked around with wide eyes, wondering where the little kid was talking.

Could it be——

She looked at the baby in Liu Xihua's arms. The child's tiny mouth opened and closed, yawning leisurely.

"In the pot? Ouch, my pot!" Aunt Jiang hurriedly withdrew her hand to avoid burning it and ran back to the kitchen.

Isn't it!

The sweet potato porridge in the pot had dried up and formed hard crusts. Fortunately, I came quickly, otherwise the porridge would have become mushy.

Aunt Jiang hurriedly scooped half a bucket of water, poured it into the porridge, and took a spatula to scrape the bottom of the pot hard.

Fortunately, the bottom of the pot has not been burned through.

She was busy with her hands and kept cursing Liu Xihua, saying that she was a jinx who couldn't give birth to a baby and instead picked up a money-losing thing.

Outside the house, Jiang Daguo called his two sisters to help get things.

The two teenage girls reluctantly turned their gaze away from Jiang Xiaoxiao's face and helped Jiang Daguo move the luggage bags, water bottles and washbasins into the house.

Jiang Daguo took the child and helped Liu Xihua into the house. The neighbors who were watching the quarrel at the door looked into the Jiang family's house and found that there was no quarrel, so they went home in twos and threes.

Soon, the news that Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua had picked up a baby girl spread throughout half of the village.

"Xihua, stop messing with the child and come to the kitchen to cook!" Aunt Jiang stood at the kitchen door holding a spatula and shouted towards the west bedroom.

Liu Xihua put Jiang Xiaoxiao on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and said, "I'm coming, Mom."

Jiang Daguo held her down and said, "You've had a miscarriage. Rest up. I'll go help mom."

Liu Xihua was grateful that the man cared about her, but she felt guilty for not being able to keep the baby. "If I didn't go to help, my mother would blame me."

Jiang Daguo waved his hand, "The doctor told you to rest more. I'll go."

He walked out of the bedroom and called his two sisters to come to the kitchen.

Aunt Jiang didn't see Liu Xihua coming, so she complained, "Daguo, what are you doing here? You're a grown man, don't come to the kitchen, ask Xihua to come."

"Mom, Xihua had a miscarriage yesterday. She can't overwork herself. It's not good for her health." Jiang Daguo rolled up his sleeves, took the spatula from Aunt Jiang, walked to the stove and stirred the sweet potato porridge in the pot.

The family earned few work points and received little food, so they could not eat every meal like other families. They could only eat porridge, and they could not even afford plain porridge, so they had to add cheaper grains to the porridge.

Add sweet potatoes in winter and spring, and pumpkin in summer and autumn.

"Which woman in this team has not had a miscarriage? How could they all be as precious as her? Don't they want to live? It's not like she just had a miscarriage yesterday!" Aunt Jiang was furious and stomped her feet as she came to the bedroom in the west wing.

Liu Xihua was tucking in the corner of Jiang Xiaoxiao's quilt. When she saw her come in, she quickly stood up and nodded, "Mom."

Aunt Jiang glanced at Jiang Xiaoxiao lying on the bed and said to Liu Xihua with a cold face, "The day after I gave birth to Meilan, I was still working in the fields. But you, who only had a miscarriage, are more precious than having a baby. You don't even do housework? You even asked the man to go to the kitchen! Which wife is like you?"

Liu Xihua looked embarrassed and said, "I wanted to go, but Daguo wouldn't let me go."

"If he doesn't let you go, you really won't go? Go to the kitchen and call Daguo out!"

[Grandma is talking nonsense. Grandma didn't start working until the second month after giving birth to my aunt. If mom doesn't take good care of herself, she won't be able to give birth to a brother. Grandma, don't you want mom to give birth to a little brother?] Jiang Xiaoxiao opened her eyes slightly and yawned.

Aunt Jiang's eyes widened. It was that baby voice again!

She walked to the bed and looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Liu Xihua knew that she didn't like the adopted girl and thought that she was going to hit Jiang Xiaoxiao. She was so scared that she quickly protected Jiang Xiaoxiao and begged, "Mom, it's pitiful that the child was abandoned by her biological mother. If you have any complaints, come to me. I'll go to the kitchen. Don't take it out on the child."

Aunt Jiang was embarrassed and shouted angrily, "Who said I was going to take it out on a child? How old am I? Would I take it out on a baby?"

Liu Xihua blinked, "What is this, mom..."

"I just came to see the child. By the way, what did the doctor say? When can you get pregnant again?" Aunt Jiang asked, patting her sleeves.

"The doctor told me to rest well and wait until my period is clean before doing anything else. Next time I find that my period has stopped, I should go check if I am pregnant. If I am pregnant, I should take care of myself and not do any heavy work. He said that I had too many miscarriages and it had become a habitual abortion. I should take care of myself to keep the baby." Liu Xihua sighed, recalling the doctor's instructions.

The conditions at home are so poor that if I don’t work I won’t have any work points, and if I don’t have work points I won’t have anything to eat.

Where does she have time to rest?

(End of this chapter)