mesbooks Chapter 160 Mother Li vs Huang Cuihua
Chapter 160 Mother Li vs Huang Cuihua
Political Commissar Li felt as if a bolt of thunder had exploded in his mind, his blood was boiling in his veins, his heart was filled with excitement and ecstasy like a thousand horses galloping, even more than after surviving a calamity on the battlefield. His heart could hardly bear such excitement and was about to jump out.
I stood there for a long time, unable to come back to my senses.
He has a child.
He is going to be a father, he is going to be a father, hahahaha!!!
He wanted to rush downstairs and run around the hospital eight or ten times, shouting wildly, letting everyone know that he was going to be a father!
The corners of his mouth unconsciously lifted up, his face was full of smiles and happiness. The joy was so intense that his smile was mixed with excitement, and the fine lines at the corners of his eyes were trembling.
After being shocked, Li's mother came to her senses and pushed her son away.
"My silly son, why are you still standing there? Get out of the way and let your wife lie down. You are tiring my grandson. I will never let you go." Mother Li pushed her son away and Lin Chunmei walked to the bedside. "Xiaomei, lie down quickly and let the doctor take a look at you."
Mother Li said to the doctors, "Doctor, my daughter-in-law has been busy and tired recently. She vomited after smelling chicken soup. She looks thinner. Please come and check on my daughter-in-law and grandson."
The doctor who came to check on her also took her pulse with traditional Chinese medicine and listened to her heartbeat with a stethoscope. "The pulse is stable, and both the adult and the child are normal. The new mother may be a little nervous, so try to keep the adult in a good mood. If you are still worried or if there is anything wrong with your body, you can do another detailed examination."
When Li's mother heard what the doctor said, she immediately became nervous. "Pregnancy is a big deal. I think we still need to get a check-up. Chunmei, what do you think? We're already in the hospital, so why not get a check-up while we're there? We're in a hurry and don't lack the money."
Lin Chunmei shook her head and said, "Mom, I feel I'm in good health. I had a checkup last week and the doctor said there's nothing wrong with me. I won't need another checkup until my belly gets bigger."
"Okay, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me. Don't hold it in. Your body is different now than before."
Mother Li sat on the chair and gently touched her belly, smiling from ear to ear, "Grandson, grandson, my dear grandson..."
How could she not be happy? She had originally thought that the Li family would be childless and she was very sad, but then she heard that she was pregnant.
I'm afraid I'll wake up laughing in my dreams these days.
Lin Chunmei couldn't help but frown when she heard her calling her grandson all the time.
What if it’s a granddaughter?
She said, "Mom, the baby is still young and we can't tell whether it is a boy or a girl."
After being happy, Political Commissar Li calmed down and sat on the other side of his wife and said, "No matter it is a boy or a girl, it is our only child. I have had a sterilization. No matter it is a boy or a girl, it is our family's treasure."
He heard that having a baby at an older age has risks, and since his wife is old, one baby is enough.
It’s also good for his daughter. When he thinks of his daughter calling him dad sweetly, his heart blooms with joy.
He said from the bottom of his heart, "My daughter is good, I like my daughter..."
Mother Li moved her lips. She felt that she could have a baby now. If the first child was a girl, she could have a second child and a son. But when she thought about her mischief a few days ago, she shut up.
You can't do this again. You've made your daughter-in-law angry and run away.
The probability of having a grandchild is 50-50. It may not be a daughter, but a grandson.
Political Commissar Li sat by the bed, holding his wife's hand and asked, "Chunmei, didn't the doctor say you couldn't have children a few years ago? How come you can still get pregnant?"
Lin Chunmei said, "I went back to her parents' home during my nephew's wedding and secretly went to the hospital for a minor operation, and then I was able to give birth."
Political Commissar Li, a man in his forties who had fought in the battlefield and shed blood but not tears, suddenly had tears in his eyes and choked up, "You...how could you hide such a big thing from me? What would you let me do if something happened?"
Mother Li scolded her son, "What do you mean? You dare to blame your daughter-in-law for not telling you? You didn't even notice such an important thing. You should blame yourself for being careless. If you are so careless, I don't trust you to take care of my daughter-in-law and grandson... I have to stay and take care of the child."
She rubbed her hands, glanced at her daughter-in-law, and whispered, "Chunmei, Mom doesn't want to go back to the countryside to live alone. It's too lonely. I want to...stay and take care of you. When the baby is born, I will help you take care of it. With someone taking care of you at home, you can also go to work. What do you think?"
"Well, wouldn't it be too hard for you to help us take care of the children? How can we do that?"
Mother Li mistakenly thought that she was unwilling to get along with her, "You, you don't want me to stay? I promise I won't do the same stupid things as before."
"Mom, no, that's not what I meant. I just think that you are old and the children are making noises in the middle of the night so you can't sleep well at night."
"Not tired, not tired. I'm only in my early sixties and still strong. I can still go down to work." Mother Li patted her chest proudly.
"That's good. Thank you, Mom. One more person means more care. This is my first time being a mother, and I don't understand a lot of things. I'm sorry to bother you."
"Please excuse me, your family." Mother Li's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.
The whole family was having a great time in the ward.
Political Commissar Li was in good health and his injuries were not serious, so he was discharged from the hospital immediately. The family packed up and went home.
The setting sun in the evening slowly sank into the sky, and the afterglow sprinkled over the family compound, shining with golden light.
A group of military wives gathered under a big banyan tree, picking vegetables and chatting.
"Chunmei has moved away for so many days. Political Commissar Li has been out every other day during the past two days on vacation. I don't know who he is looking for. Could it be that he has someone else outside?"
Huang Cuihua said, "Lin Chunmei couldn't give birth to a son, but she dared to be disrespectful to her mother-in-law and husband? If she were in my hometown, she would have been beaten to death by the man's family."
One sister-in-law said with emotion, "Chunmei is different from us. She has a job and is confident. We are not like those of us who have no jobs and have to endure any grievances."
"Speaking of work, Captain Lu's wife opened a clothing store in town, and business is booming. She hired Xiaomei, Yangtao, and Xie Juan to help. I heard that they earn 60 yuan a month, plus commissions. Maybe they earn more than the men in the family in a month."
Several other sisters-in-law were tempted by the amount of money they could earn per day or per month.
"I don't know if they are still hiring. I want to do it too. My children are grown up now, and you can go to school by yourself. It would be good to earn some extra money."
"I want to go too. Although my child is young, I asked my mother-in-law to take care of him so that I can learn a skill while I am still young."
The wife of the deputy battalion commander of the Second Regiment glanced at Huang Cuihua and said to the people around her, "Their men are all from the First and Third Regiments. It seems that they are deliberately avoiding our Second Regiment."
Huang Cuihua was furious when she heard this. She felt that she was outdone by Shen Ye Ning. As the wife of the commander of the Second Regiment, she could not provide jobs for the wives of the officers of the Second Regiment.
She yelled, "Don't whitewash the road you haven't traveled. Lin Chunmei was often scolded by her mother-in-law before. She said she was a hen that couldn't lay eggs. She endured it all. There was no problem with the family harmony until that woman came. It was so embarrassing that it ended in divorce. Political Commissar Li often sided with the first regiment and bullied the second regiment. This time he was reported by the first regiment. Don't you think whoever gets along with them will be unlucky?"
Everyone was silent for a moment.
Huang Cuihua started brainwashing again, "If the salary is really that high, 60 yuan a month plus commission, would they tell us? Everyone hides the money they earn and refuses to say it. They spread it so loudly, it must be fake, and you are the only one who believes their lies."
A military wife said, "That makes sense. The two families used to have such a good relationship and often visited each other and had meals together. Now it seems that they don't keep in touch much. I guess they are going to become enemies. If they start fighting in the future, we have to stay away from them."
Chen Hongling was washing vegetables on the side. When she heard Huang Cuihua speaking ill of Shen Ye Ning, she felt secretly happy.
He said something fair insincerely, "Sister Cuihua, I heard from Brother Bin that Captain Lu has an upright character and doesn't seem like someone who would stab someone in the back."
Huang Cuihua glanced over and complained, "Sister Hongling, you have lived in the city for such a long time, how come you have only grown in vision and learned how to dress yourself, but not in mind? Captain He is the nephew of Captain Lu, and his mother is older than his uncle. How could he speak ill of his uncle to others? You have to learn to see with your eyes and listen with your ears, understand?"
Some time ago, Chen Hongling came back from Guangzhou. She did not go back to her own home, but moved back to the staff quarters. She was no longer the simple and rustic island fisherwoman who wore a plain floral shirt, black pants, and had her long hair braided into a simple thick braid.
She was wearing a floral dress and small leather shoes, and her long hair was cut short to her waist and hung down behind her. Her temperament was much better, a bit like Shen Ye Ning's style when she first came to the island.
"I, what Brother Bin said should be correct, but he said it a long time ago." Chen Hongling added weakly.
Huang Cuihua said excitedly, "That's right. He hadn't married a wife before, and he hadn't married that woman. He must have been instigated by that woman to do such a shameful thing as secretly stabbing his good brother in the back."
She kept talking and throwing dirty water on Shen Ye Ning.
"Lin Chunmei was instigated by her and ran away from home, thinking that she could control the man and make him regret it, crying and begging her to come back. She didn't even look in the mirror and realized that she was already old and couldn't even lay eggs. If she really divorced, could she find a better man than Political Commissar Li? Of course she couldn't find one. And without children, how would she live the rest of her life? It's too miserable. She'll be alone for the rest of her life..."
Mother Li escorted her daughter-in-law to the gate of the family compound. When she heard Huang Cuihua saying bad things about her daughter-in-law, she became furious.
He rushed forward, grabbed her hair and dragged her backwards, pulling her off the stool to the ground.
"I was wondering why there were so many rumors in the compound these days. It turns out that you, a troublemaker, are the ones causing trouble. You were just locked up and released not long ago, but you are not behaving yourself again. Do you want to go back in again, huh?"