klisemfg Chapter 245 Even if I remain a bachelor, I won't be the father of a fool!
Chapter 245 Even if I remain a bachelor, I won't be the father of a fool!
"A spy! It's definitely a spy! How dare they poison me! I demand Lu Yuan investigate this thoroughly!"
After muttering to herself, Qian Xiaoni let out a long, smelly fart.
She suddenly realized that she hadn't become the wife of a high-ranking official yet, and hadn't yet lived a life of luxury where everything was done for her.
If her stomach is lacking in nutrients, eating meat will easily cause diarrhea. But with so many people coming and going, how is she supposed to use the restroom?
Oh right, there were public toilets back in the 1970s too, so hurry up and ask someone where they are!
"Excuse me, sir, where's the outhouse?"
"Just follow this road, then turn left, then right, and you'll see it!"
"Okay, thanks!"
Qian Xiaoni walked quickly with her large bags and bundles, but when she got to the public restroom, she was in a dilemma.
The bundle contained a lot of food—cold steamed buns stolen from the Xu family and meat buns bought from a state-run restaurant. The public toilets were in poor condition; you could smell them even from more than ten meters away.
If I go in and squat for a while, will I still be able to eat steamed buns and dumplings?
In the past, she would have eaten it without hesitation. In her dream, she could throw it away without a care.
But now, she's stuck in the middle, neither able to afford to waste food nor the money, and also pretentious because of her past life memories.
After much hesitation and deliberation, I finally decided to go. After all, eating something disgusting, going hungry, and having an accident seemed much worse.
Qian Xiaoni placed the small stone at the toilet door, rushed in, and relieved herself swiftly. Only after finishing did she realize she had no toilet paper, so she grabbed a handkerchief to wipe herself and then disgustedly threw it into the toilet bowl.
I went outside for a deep breath and felt smelly and itchy all over. I picked up my son and started walking towards the station, only to realize that I didn't have a letter of introduction.
"What should we do? What should we do? If we delay any longer, the Xu family might come looking for us!"
They were even more afraid that the Xu family would call the police and accuse her of murder!
I was driven to the brink, so I killed him. But when I came to my senses, I felt guilty and afraid.
As the baby in her arms grew heavier, Qian Xiaoni gradually became irritable.
Finally, I found a street thug with connections and bought a fake letter of introduction for ten yuan. At the station, I bought a ticket for the next train departing and headed towards my dream destination.
At the Xu family home, Old Mrs. Xu woke up and, finding her husband gone, called out twice.
No one answered, but she didn't care. She went to the kitchen to get food, only to find that the cabinet had been pried open.
The rice, flour, and cooking oil are all there, but the steamed buns are nowhere to be found.
Old Mrs. Xu had a bad feeling. She went back into the house to check the money jar, but it was completely empty.
"Ah, my money!" The crying woke up the eldest and second eldest brothers, who put on their cotton-padded coats and went to the main house.
Seeing his mother clutching the empty can and wailing, he quickly asked, "Mom, what happened? Where's Dad?"
"Yes, where's your father?" Old Mrs. Xu paused in her sobbing and quickly told her two sons what had happened.
With money at stake, both sons were on edge. One said he would go out to find his father, and the other said he would go out to find the brigade leader.
After searching around, they found nothing. When they returned, they discovered that the woodshed door was locked.
Old Mrs. Xu said, "It must be that little slut who stole the money and ran away, and your grandfather went after her!"
The villagers whispered among themselves, "Could it be that Old Man Xu eloped with Qian Xiaoni?"
Qian Xiaoni arrived in the city smoothly and, after some twists and turns, bought a train ticket to the Northeast.
However, just before getting into the car, Qian Xiaoni noticed something was wrong with her son and collapsed to the ground, looking bewildered.
“Stone…” she murmured softly.
Thinking back to his past life, his son had a bright future under Lu Yuan's guidance. Every weekend, he would take time to visit his son and her.
Her son was the bridge between her and Lu Yuan, but now that he's mentally impaired, what can she do?
Seeing her distraught state, the woman next to her approached to strike up a conversation. Qian Xiaoni remained wary and silent.
It wasn't until she got on the bus and the woman sat opposite her that Qian Xiaoni relaxed a little.
Just as I fed another fever reducer to my son, a glass bottle was handed to me.
"Give the child some warm water!"
Qian Xiaoni hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the gift. She fed the stone water little by little until the bottle was empty, and then thanked the other person.
"Thank you sister-in-law!"
"Oh, no need to thank me. When we're out and about, we women should help each other. By the way, where are you going?"
“I… am in Beijing!” Qian Xiaoni asked, “Where is my sister-in-law?”
"I live farther than you, I'm going to Northeast China!"
Qian Xiaoni's mind raced, but she said nothing.
The woman wasn't in a hurry; she went to the connecting area between the carriages to get hot water. She returned and sat down to rest, and two days passed in the blink of an eye.
The woman had been taking excellent care of her these past two days, and Qian Xiaoni was very grateful.
But Little Stone's fever kept coming down and then coming back up. When he was awake, his eyes were glazed over and he wouldn't say a word no matter what you asked.
The woman asked, "Young lady, your child... has he lost his mind from the fever?!"
Qian Xiaoni also had the same suspicion, but she was afraid and subconsciously tried to avoid it.
The woman sighed: "I have a sister on my mother's side. Her son also got a fever and became mentally impaired. He can't speak or do any work. He just sits at the village entrance drooling every day."
Her husband, feeling ashamed, constantly beat and verbally abused her. Later, he became involved with a widow in the village and drove the mother and son away.
If you ask me, we should have thrown the child away in the first place. It's not like she couldn't have children; why keep her to suffer?
"Sister-in-law, what are you saying? That's so cruel!"
"This is a last resort. Girl, the most important thing is yourself. Can you guarantee your man can accept a fool?"
Rather than suffer for a long time, choose a short, sharp pain. You're still young, why not just have a few more babies for men?
These words were clearly malicious. But Qian Xiaoni wasn't very bright to begin with, and with the series of unexpected events, she couldn't help but follow the other person's lead.
In his past life, Lu Yuan often said that Xiao Tian died to save him, and that Xiao Tian's son was his own son.
He took good care of the stone, but he always remembered that it was the son of an old friend, and that he was Xiaotian's wife, a woman whose life was all in name only.
She didn't know how Lu Yuan endured it; every night, when all was quiet, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She relied on fantasies of making love with Lu Yuan to lull herself to sleep.
In this life, Shi Tou is mentally challenged. Will Lu Yuan despise her? If it weren't for Shi Tou, could she have a child with him and solidify her status as his wife?
Qian Xiaoni was tempted.
The woman persisted, telling many stories about her younger sister from her maternal family.
“A city worker took a liking to her, but she thought he was too short and instead married a tall, strong young man from the village. But because of her own negligence, her son became mentally disabled, and the once considerate man now torments her every day.”
I advised her to divorce while she was still young so she could marry into a good family. The young man hadn't married yet, so we could try to talk to him and rekindle their relationship.
My sister is so stubborn; she just couldn't bear to part with her mentally challenged son. She delayed for several more years until she couldn't take it anymore, and only then did she go to the young man she had once fallen for.
The young man was short, not stupid. As soon as he saw she had a mentally challenged boyfriend with her, he ran away. He even said he'd rather stay single than be a father to a mentally challenged person!