bookbashuk Chapter 183 Crying in the Middle of the Night
Chapter 183 Crying in the Middle of the Night
As soon as these words were spoken, all eyes in the Qin family turned to Xu Sui.
Yeah, why didn't they think of that?
When this person had an accident, the county hospital said they couldn't treat them and that they needed to be sent to a big hospital in the provincial capital. In the end, it was Grandma Xu who cured them.
Who knows, this might actually work out.
Since it concerned them, Qin Min and Xiao Fen were the most anxious. The couple exchanged a glance and hurriedly asked, "Sister-in-law, could you please ask your grandmother if she could take a look?"
Who in this world doesn't want their own flesh and blood? If they could have children, of course their own would be the best.
They've been married for so many years and don't have a child. Who wouldn't be worried?
Xu Sui paused in her silent eating. After thinking for a moment, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask around for you, but my grandma might not be able to be cured."
A glimmer of hope gradually ignited in Xiao Fen's heart, and she smiled happily, "It's okay, Sui Sui, whether this works out in the end or not, your brother and I thank you."
Although she had come to terms with it a bit.
But it would be nice to have the opportunity to have a child of my own.
After all, she had been longing for a child for so many years, and it had become an obsession for her. How could she just let go of it like that?
No matter how good other people's children are, nothing beats the peace of mind and comfort of having your own child.
Xu Sui smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll ask about it tomorrow."
At night, I turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Inside the old lady's house.
Du Mei, who finally returned from the countryside today with a new letter of introduction, looked unwell, her pale and haggard appearance barely concealed. Her body remained stiff and cold, and even when covered with a blanket, she couldn't warm up.
The old lady sensed something was wrong and, holding her granddaughter's cold hand, asked worriedly, "What's wrong? You've seemed off ever since you came back this afternoon. Could something have happened in the countryside?"
"If something really happens, don't keep it bottled up inside, or you'll make yourself sick."
Hearing the old lady's caring words, Du Mei immediately broke down in tears. Her nose tingled, and she rushed into the old lady's arms, hugging her tightly. Tears welled up instantly, soaking her clothes.
"Grandma, my mom...she's gone."
Old Mrs. Qin froze, her face turning pale. "What...what...gone?"
What happened?
Just a few months ago, she was perfectly fine. The girl who knelt before her, begging her to help arrange a marriage for Xiaomei, how could she... suddenly be gone...?
It was late at night, the lights were off, and everyone went to sleep.
Du Mei suppressed her sobs and tears, her eyes red-rimmed, biting her lip. After a long while, she lowered her voice and whispered, "Grandma, I don't have a mother anymore. My mother... she starved to death."
"She...she was taking me to the city, and she was gone just two days after we got back."
She wouldn't have known about this if she hadn't gone back this time.
When she returned to her hometown this time, her maternal grandmother secretly slipped her a few yuan, along with some cloth and eggs, saying that she should take them back to make clothes for her mother to help her recover.
However, when she got home, she couldn't find her mother anywhere, and only after asking did she find out...
Her mother died a while ago, a month or two ago, and has already been buried.
These past few years have been tough. My family doesn't have much money, we can't afford a coffin, we don't even have rags, so we can only bury the person like this.
I heard from people in the brigade that her mother's death was related to Du Tiezhu and her younger brother.
After learning that her mother had secretly taken a few eggs, obtained a letter of introduction, and taken her to the city.
The family was in an uproar over those few eggs.
Because of this, her family didn't give her a single grain of food and left her in an outdoor thatched shed, where she starved to death.
When it happened, her younger brother was watching from the sidelines, complaining that his mother was biased, and in the end, he watched helplessly as his mother starved to death.
"Grandma, Grandma, my mom is gone, she's just gone like that..." Du Mei choked back sobs, covering her face and crying in anguish. She felt extremely suffocated and had nowhere to vent her emotions, so she could only keep shedding tears.
After figuring out the gist of what had happened, Old Mrs. Qin froze on the spot, her mind blank and her ears ringing.
Eggs, just for a few eggs.
The son-in-law starved his daughter to death, while his own grandson, Gou Dan, watched from the sidelines...
Good heavens!
Is this something a human being could do?
That's Du Tiezhu's wife, that's his grandson Gou Dan's biological mother! How could they be so heartless?
Grandma Qin could hardly believe that such a thing could happen to someone so close to her, and to her own daughter.
She hurriedly grabbed Du Mei's hand and asked, "Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei, you...you must have made a mistake?"
Even though she was extremely disappointed in her daughter and thought she was stupid and clumsy, she never intended to actually watch her die.
Over the years, she would occasionally send money and buy things to send to the countryside.
The money and the gifts were not much, but the purpose was to warn the son-in-law, Du Tiezhu, and let him know that Hongli had another mother in the city.
Unexpectedly, something still happened.
Du Mei's eyes were red and swollen. She choked back tears and shook her head, "No...no mistake, my mother...she's really gone."
She never imagined that all of this would start with just a few eggs.
But clearly, those eggs weren't from home. They were saved up little by little by her mother after selling her own clothes and working for others for more than half a year.
It has absolutely nothing to do with my family.
Grandma Qin's eyes suddenly reddened, her nose tingled, and she almost fainted.
Hongli, her daughter...
How could it just disappear like that?
Let her, an old woman with white hair, send off a young woman with black hair.
Du Tiezhu, what a Du Tiezhu, he's worse than an animal.
Back then, she disagreed with their relationship, but he coaxed her daughter into getting pregnant before they were even married. She gave birth to so many children for him, toiled for most of her life, and in the end, this is how she ended up.
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Meanwhile, the crying gradually woke up people in the other rooms of the Qin family home.
Even Xu Sui, who was sleeping soundly, woke up.
When she opened her eyes, she found herself unconsciously sleeping in Qin Yunzhou's arms again, her hands restlessly wrapped around his waist.
Although the lights had been turned off long ago, it was pitch black.
However, Xu Sui could still sense that Qin Yunzhou had already woken up and was looking at her.
Her face flushed, but she remained calm and composed, pretending nothing had happened, and openly withdrew her hand from the man's waist, asking softly:
"What happened? I think I heard crying, and it wasn't just one person crying."
Moreover, it sounded like the crying of the old lady and Du Mei in the family. Although the other party tried to suppress their crying and not cry too loudly, as they cried, it seemed that they could not suppress their voices anymore.
Qin Yunzhou had already heard it. While getting dressed, he pushed Xu Sui back into the warm bed and covered her up tightly with the blankets.
"Yes, there is crying. It must be Grandma and Xiaomei."
"You go to sleep first, I'll go out and check the situation."
It's late at night, and it's started getting colder and snowing outside again today. It's incredibly cold.
She's pregnant; she can't just get out of bed like that.