Chapter 47 Separated

"Okay, I have to catch the bus. I won't say any more." Aunt Jiang was upset because her son and daughter-in-law hadn't given birth to a baby. She didn't want to continue chatting with her sister, so she hurried away with her small bag on her back.

Chen Sanwa shook his head. "What's so good about a married daughter?"
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Aunt Jiang took a bus and rushed to the city.

At the bus station, she met Jiang Meizhi who was waiting for her.

"Mom, do you have money?" Jiang Meizhi asked impatiently when she saw her.

Aunt Jiang looked around and pulled her to a corner. "Your sister-in-law is a fox. I took her money and she found out. She scolded me."

Jiang Meizhi stamped her feet anxiously, "Ah? Did you bring any money? I only have a dozen dollars on hand right now, and I can't make a living."

Aunt Jiang patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. That vixen Xihua won't give me money, so I asked your third aunt for 200 yuan."

Jiang Meizhi's worry turned into joy. "That's great, Mom. Where's the money?"

"In my bag. By the way, where do you live now?"

"I live in a guesthouse. Mom, I have to rent a house. I can't live in a guesthouse all the time. The guesthouse is too expensive. It costs one dollar a day."

Aunt Jiang was shocked. "So expensive? I have to rent a house, but... but where can I rent one?"

Jiang Meizhi took the bag from Aunt Jiang and said, "As long as I have money, I know how to rent a house. Mom, I'll arrange it."

In this way, Jiang Meizhi rented a small house in a small alley in the city to take care of her pregnancy.

She made an agreement with Aunt Jiang that she would come to the city to give her money every month.

As she expected the birth date to be approaching, Aunt Jiang came to the city to accompany her.

In the middle of winter, Aunt Jiang found an excuse and went to the city to visit Jiang Meizhi who was working.

She has been running away frequently recently and stays away for several days at a time. No one at home dares to say anything to her.

Anyway, she is not proactive and doesn't take it seriously.
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It's the end of the year, and every household in the village is preparing to buy New Year's goods.

Since Aunt Jiang was not at home, the preparation of New Year's goods fell on Liu Xihua's shoulders.

Liu Xihua and her two sisters-in-law were busy frying peanuts in the kitchen.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, who is already nine months old, sat on a wooden cart, playing with a rag doll. Listening to her two aunts complaining about Aunt Jiang for not going home to help with the New Year shopping, she started to think secretly.

According to the schedule, Jiang Meizhi should be giving birth, right?

This troublemaker, after giving birth to a baby, went back to the Huang family.

At first, the Huang family didn't know that she had given birth to a baby outside. When they saw her come back, they still treated her well as always.

Later, someone in their team spread a rumor that Jiang Meizhi had a baby with another man outside, and the Huang family blamed the Jiang family for deliberately concealing the matter.

He brought some people to Jiang Daguo's house and beat him up.

Liu Xihua, who finally got pregnant, suffered a miscarriage due to shock.

Jiang Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes. Jiang Meizhi was going to be divorced anyway, so it would be better to let the Huang family know earlier to avoid them coming to make trouble again.

[Mom, grandma is not coming home. She must be in City A taking care of my aunt as she gives birth.]

[My eldest aunt gave birth to a baby for someone else and returned to the Huang family. The Huang family later found out the truth and came to our house. Not only did they beat up my father, but they also made my mother so angry that she had a miscarriage.]

[Alas, my aunt is such a troublemaker. I should have told the Huang family about her giving birth as soon as possible.]

[I’ll go to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the First People’s Hospital of City A these days. I should be able to find my aunt.]

Liu Xihua was stunned when she heard this.

What? Is this sister-in-law's constant nagging?
She began to feel uneasy.

It was fine if her sister-in-law bullied her, but she would never allow her sister-in-law to cause her to have a miscarriage. "Meilan, my sister-in-law asked you to do something." Liu Xihua thought about it and decided to tell her about it in advance.

She has already told the Huang family, how dare they call her home?
Jiang Meilan grabbed a few peanuts and ate them. "What's the matter, sister-in-law?" she asked vaguely.

"Go to your brother-in-law's house now and tell him that Meizhi has been admitted to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the First People's Hospital of City A."

"Ah? My eldest sister is in the hospital? What happened to her?"

"I don't know. I also heard it from the people in the village team. Anyway, you should go quickly. Your brother-in-law must be worried." Liu Xihua waved at Jiang Meilan.

The heartless Jiang Meilan hummed, grabbed a handful of peanuts and put them in her pocket, "Then I'll go?"

She ran happily to the Huang family in one breath.

The Huang family is also preparing New Year’s goods.

Aunt Huang and her two daughters-in-law were busy making rice cakes in the kitchen.

The men of the Huang family were repairing the uneven yard, and Huang Mingcai was repairing an old chair.

Jiang Meilan stood outside the yard and shouted to the Huang family, "Brother-in-law, my sister is hospitalized in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of A City People's Hospital. Go and see her."

Huang Mingcai heard her shout and looked up.

"Meilan? What did you say just now?" He frowned and walked towards Jiang Meilan with a hammer in his hand.

Jiang Meilan repeated, "She is hospitalized in the obstetrics and gynecology department. Can you go and see her?"

Huang Mingcai's face looked ugly.

Jiang Meizhi is hospitalized in the obstetrics and gynecology department?
Jiang Meizhi had not been home for more than half a year. When she left, she said she was going to work in City A. Huang Mingcai had no idea what she was doing.

He has always been tolerant of his wife, but her behavior has been very strange this year. She doesn't come home often, and when she does, she either asks him for money or gives him the cold shoulder.

When Huang Mingcai learned that Jiang Meizhi was in hospital, he was not worried but angry instead.

Yes, I only think of him when I’m sick. What do you do in normal times?
Is this just a new way of asking him for money?
"I understand." Huang Mingcai said coldly, he put his hands on his hips and snorted coldly.

Jiang Meilan noticed the hammer in Huang Mingcai's hand and was afraid that he would hit her, so she ran away in fear.

"Isn't that sister Meizhi? What did she say?" Huang Mingcai's mother came out of the kitchen and asked Huang Mingcai.

Huang Mingcai turned around and walked back, "Nothing, Mom, just take care of your own thing."

Huang Mingcai walked back to the broken chair and continued to repair it.

Jiang Meilan ran back home, and Liu Xihua asked hurriedly, "Did you tell your brother-in-law?"

"I said, oh, sister-in-law, why does my brother-in-law look so unhappy? He was holding a hammer and his face was ugly, as if he wanted to hit me, so I quickly ran back." Jiang Meilan shrugged.

Liu Xihua thought to herself, it’s a good thing I told you earlier, otherwise they would have come to my door in a few days.

"He may have thought of something else, not hitting you." Liu Xihua patted Jiang Meilan on the shoulder, "Come on, help burn the firewood."

"Oh, maybe." Jiang Meilan put the matter aside and went to eat peanuts again.

Liu Xihua was frying peanuts and thinking that if the Huang family made the matter of her elder sister-in-law public, she would definitely be divorced. Given her mother-in-law's temper, neither she nor Jiang Daguo would have a good life.

She just found an excuse to separate from her mother-in-law.
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Huang Mingcai did not go to City A immediately, but took a bus to the People's Hospital of City A the next day.

In fact, Jiang Meizhi was just hospitalized yesterday and has not given birth yet.

Today is the day of real life.

(End of this chapter)