Chapter 416: Chapter 416: For the Sake of Motherhood

Xu Qinghuan stroked Erdan’s head, “Erdan is a good child, knowing how to protect his brother and sister.”

She handed Erdan a piece of rice cake.

Zhou Guizhi had come over and blocked the children, and Hu E joined her, and the two of them teamed up.

Xu Qinghuan pushed the children aside to make space, while Xie Zaohua and Li Fengying joined in to take sides, basically three against Hu E alone. She couldn’t match Zhou Guizhi anyway, and now, angry as she was, she sat on the ground wailing.

“The leaders from the commune’s family are bullying people, everyone come and see, is there any justice!”

Zhou Guizhi brushed back the stray hair from her head, placed her hands on her hips like a teapot with handles on both sides, “Bullying who? Like your family, when your own kid does something and no one says a thing, you just want to hit people?

He’s five, snatching food from my family’s six-month-old Xiaobao, Erdan was protecting his sister, how is that bullying you?”

“My Little Ping hasn’t tasted rice cake, he wants to try, what’s wrong with that? He’s just a kid, even if he bullied your kid, aren’t I here as the adult? Why should your older one hit my younger one?”

“Oh my, this is really strange,” Zhou Guizhi laughed in exasperation, “Your older kid bullied my younger one, why didn’t you step in to say something?”

“What is your little one? Knowing how to hit people at half a year, look what they’ve done to my Little Ping’s face, if it scars, how’s he going to find a wife in the future? Compensation, if you don’t compensate, I’ll go to the county to sue you!”

Zhou Guizhi wanted to argue more, but Xu Qinghuan pulled her aside, “Aunt, don’t pay her any mind, let her go sue if she wants, go right now, instead of just talking!”

Kong Lijuan was tidying up corn cobs nearby, glancing at Xu Qinghuan’s clothing and her two children with a bitter feeling in her heart.

Back then, they came from Shen City together, she was taken care of by her parents and aunt, but Xu Qinghuan was an orphan, and her fiancé was snatched by her cousin.

Just because she came and flirted with Jiang Xingye, her life seemed to have taken off.

She’s never worked a day in the fields, eating and dressing as if she’s still in the city, Jiang Xingye practically cherishes her, with her first birth she had twins, everyone says Xu Qinghuan is lucky.

And her?

She also bore a son for the Sun Family, almost a year old now, while they went out to work, the child crawled at home by himself, and when she returned yesterday, the child was covered in feces, his body and face smeared everywhere.

The moment she saw it, tears welled up uncontrollably.

Jealousy like a venomous snake, gnawing at her sanity.

“Let me tell you, Aunt Hu, you simply don’t know your place,” Kong Lijuan said while busy with her work, “Can your kid compare with those of the Jiang Family?

Look at how their kids are raised like the sons of noble families, and what about yours? Just like a cattle-herding boy from a tenant family, know your place and stop trying to compete!”

Jiang Xingmei came over after work and heard this, slapping Kong Lijuan across the face, “Whose cap are you trying to put on? My Jiang Family’s kids are valuable, because they’re all descendants of revolutionaries, ancestors who fought on the battlefield and shed blood against the invaders.

They will also be the reserve force contributing to the nation! What are you? You’re a loose woman everybody rides and sleeps with, who are you really dealing with?”

Kong Lijuan was provoked, she jumped up to fight Jiang Xingmei, Jiang Xinglan was just behind her, stepping in to help.

The sisters subdued Kong Lijuan on the ground, she cursed, “One abandoned by a man, one broken off the engagement, what good are you!”

“So what, it’s us who don’t want men! You’re the one who can’t live without a man, treating even a mangy son like Sun Laizi as a treasure, you lowlife!” Jiang Xinglan yelled.

Xu Qinghuan came over, “Kong Lijuan, you’re unbalanced seeing me living well? Do you think a few words from you can affect me? Someone utterly oblivious of reality, aren’t you tired of learning hard lessons?

This time, considering your child is young, I won’t hold you accountable, but if you dare cross me again, you won’t be so lucky.”

“Let’s go, let’s go, don’t pay them any attention, go home and eat!” Zhou Guizhi found it distasteful, spat towards them.

The machines stopped in the field, it was extremely quiet.

Everyone packed up their things, leaving for the day, passing by Kong Lijuan, wanting to keep their distance.

She felt neglected, unease rose within her, but the idea of reconciling with Xu Qinghuan was something she couldn’t accept.

Returning home dispirited, Qiu Linghua was munching on pumpkin seeds, chatting with He Xianglan at the neighbor over the wall, criticizing the educated youth. The two noticed Kong Lijuan coming in, shared a smile, and He Xianglan turned to go inside.

Kong Lijuan saw her son lying still on the ground, his face bruised, she rushed over, “Niudan, what’s wrong, Niudan, what’s wrong?”

She wailed, picked up her child and ran out, “Xu Qinghuan, save my son, save my son!”

The child had something stuck in his windpipe.

Xu Qinghuan was at the gate, Jiang Xingye came out with his apron on to greet the mother and child.

Jiang Xingye asked, “What happened?”

Xu Qinghuan was somewhat helpless, “Ask your daughter, scratched Hu Auntie’s Little Ping.”

“That can’t have happened for no reason,” Jiang Xingye picked up his daughter, kissed her on the cheek, “He must have bullied my daughter!”

“Indeed, your daughter is always right!” Xu Qinghuan pushed her son into the yard.

Kong Lijuan rushed over, kneeling in front of Xu Qinghuan with her child, “Please save my child!”

She presented the child as if offering a sacrifice, now all her pride was gone.

Xu Qinghuan was startled too, took the child, checked him, then used emergency methods to treat him, a slice of pumpkin seed was dislodged, and the child started breathing again.

She picked up the pumpkin seed from the ground, handed it to Kong Lijuan, “This kind of thing is very dangerous for such a small child.”

Kong Lijuan held her child tightly, looking at the pumpkin seed with hatred, “It was his grandma who was snacking on them, must have dropped it on the ground, and he picked it up and ate it.”

She held her child, crying in fear.

Qiu Linghua sauntered on over, “What happened, scared me to death, what’s wrong with Niudan, I’m telling you, if anything happens to my precious grandson, I won’t let you off!”

Kong Lijuan placed the child on the ground, charged like a bull at Qiu Linghua, knocking her flying away for quite some distance, causing a tailbone fracture, and she was in pain and suffocating.

Xu Qinghuan also considered for the child’s sake, “Had it been even slightly later, the child would’ve been beyond saving. The child is too small, you need to be careful when looking after him, don’t leave things that can be stuffed into his mouth anywhere near him.”

Kong Lijuan cried, “His grandma usually takes care of him, but the old person is more concerned with herself, never minding the child, yesterday the child made a mess and she didn’t clean it up, when I got back…”

She bit back telling how her child had eaten his own mess.

Xu Qinghuan took a sharp breath, advising, “Since that’s how it is, why don’t you stay home to look after him while the grandma goes to work? The child is what matters most, if anything were to happen, regret would come too late.”

Kong Lijuan wiped away her tears, “Thank you today, how much is the medical fee, I’ll pay you!”

She was speaking so considerately that Xu Qinghuan felt slightly uncomfortable, waved her hand, “As long as he’s saved, it didn’t take any medicine, forget it.”

Kong Lijuan thanked her again, carrying the child back, when she got to her door, she really didn’t want to go in, and turned to find Shen Jinju.

Shen Jinju had just finished eating, holding her child, Dong Liangcheng was washing the pots and bowls.

She gave Dong Liangcheng a glance, back then who hadn’t laughed at Shen Jinju, an educated youth marrying a fool, but ultimately she persevered, and what about her?

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