"Orchid lost the baby in her belly, and she'll never be able to have children again..."
Baldy Zhang ran to find Liu Cuihua out of breath. He plopped down on the threshold and hurriedly told her everything he had just seen and heard.
Upon hearing this, Liu Cuihua's face immediately showed a hint of secret delight. She let out a cold snort and said, "This is retribution!
Old Madam Shen, Li Dazhuang, you didn't care about my well - being. Now you're getting your just deserts!"
Baldy Zhang continued, "Orchid hates Li Chuntao so much that her teeth are itching. If she reports Li Chuntao to the family - planning office, it'll be a sure - fire case.
Even if that bastard Zhou Zhijun knows about it, with Li Chuntao standing there, he can't very well do anything to his wife's older sister - in - law..."
"Go to Dongshan Xiawa Village right now and see if Zhou Zhijun and Li Chuntao are hiding there!" Liu Cuihua suddenly stood up and urgently urged him.
Baldy Zhang grinned lewdly, rubbed his hands, and moved closer. "It's a hundred - li round - trip. I've got to have some dry food and some spending money, right?"
Liu Cuihua glared at him and turned into the inner room.
She had planned for this a few days ago. She had sold a bag of soybeans and had the money ready.
She took out several two - yuan and one - yuan bills from the broken handkerchief bag under her pillow and stuffed them into her trouser pocket.
Then she came out holding two one - yuan bills and handed them to Baldy Zhang. "Here. I'll also pack you two steamed buns for the road!"
Baldy Zhang looked at the two crumpled one - yuan bills in her hand, and his face instantly fell. "Liu Cuihua, are you treating me like a beggar?
It's a hundred li to Dongshan. What can I do with this little money? You go yourself. I'm not going!"
He propped himself up from the threshold and pretended to leave.
"Baldy Zhang, stop right there!" Liu Cuihua took out another yuan from her pocket and offered it to him. Baldy Zhang turned his head away. "I won't take it!"
Seeing that he refused to take it no matter what, Liu Cuihua had no choice but to take out another yuan.
"Liu Cuihua, with your stingy nature, you'll never achieve anything in your life!" Baldy Zhang muttered with a frown.
Liu Cuihua gritted her teeth, took out all the money in her pocket, and slapped it on the tattered shirt on his chest. "Here! Is this enough now? All you care about is money. You're so money - grubbing!"
Baldy Zhang grabbed her hand and leered at her. "Cuihua, I don't just care about money. I also care about you. I want to get into your heart!"
"Let go! Get out of here!" Liu Cuihua pulled her hand back forcefully and pushed Baldy Zhang out of the door.
Just as she pushed him out, the Wang brothers, Wang Haihu and Wang Hailong, staggered back. When they saw Baldy Zhang, their faces immediately darkened.
Wang Haihu roared in a gruff voice, "Baldy Zhang, what are you doing at our house? Get out!"
Since Wang Haichao was sentenced to five years in prison, the two brothers had been having ideas.
They thought the family property shouldn't go to outsiders! They had discussed how to get Liu Cuihua under their control.
Who would have thought that before they could act, when they got up to pee in the middle of the night, they saw Liu Cuihua coming out of Baldy Zhang's room.
It was obvious what was going on, but Liu Cuihua flatly denied it, saying that she had just gone to discuss something with Baldy Zhang.
This Baldy Zhang was so bold that he even dared to come to their house today.
"Baldy Zhang, stay away from our house in the future!" Wang Hailong said as he stepped forward and pushed Baldy Zhang.
"What are you two doing?" Liu Cuihua glared at the two brothers and shouted. "I have something important to discuss with him!"
Saying that, she stomped into the kitchen, grabbed two steamed buns, and stuffed them into Baldy Zhang's arms. "Hurry up and stop dawdling!"
Baldy Zhang gave the Wang brothers a smug look and then turned to leave.
Seeing that Liu Cuihua had given him the buns, the two brothers got even angrier and stepped forward to grab them.
Baldy Zhang tried to dodge but couldn't. He was firmly grabbed by the arms by the two men, and they fought over the buns.
Liu Cuihua stamped her feet in anger and shouted urgently, "Stop making a scene! He's here to borrow the buns!"
"No borrowing!" Wang Haihu stuck out his neck and said stubbornly.
Liu Cuihua quickly lowered her voice and moved closer to the two of them. "I'm sending him to find out where Zhou Zhijun and Li Chuntao are hiding to avenge you brothers.
Do you want those two bastards to keep having a good time outside?"
Hearing this, the two of them let go and let Baldy Zhang leave.
Baldy Zhang let out a cold snort, looked back, and said, "You two fools, we're on the same side!" Then he ran off.
As soon as Baldy Zhang left, Liu Cuihua packed a few boiled eggs in a cloth bag and hurried out of the house.
Wang Haihu and Wang Hailong watched her back and both swallowed hard.
Wang Hailong moved closer to Wang Haihu and whispered, "That shameless Liu Cuihua. It's only been a few days since the eldest brother left, and she can't hold it in anymore.
Let's teach her a lesson tonight. We can't let that bald bastard take advantage of her anymore!"
Wang Haihu grunted in agreement. "Okay. Let her have a taste of our power tonight!"
By the time Liu Cuihua reached the commune health center, it was mid - morning.
There were only a few wards in the commune health center, so it wasn't difficult for her to find Wang Orchid.
Li Dazhuang was not there. Old Madam Shen was sitting by the bedside, her eyes red, staring blankly at Wang Orchid, who was pale - faced on the sickbed, and saying nothing.
"Oh, my dear Orchid! What's happened to you!" Liu Cuihua wailed in a fake voice as she rushed to the bedside, but there wasn't a single tear in her eyes.
Old Madam Shen saw her fake act and coldly said, "Orchid's mother, stop howling. Orchid is in a bad mood right now."
Liu Cuihua immediately stopped howling, glared at Old Madam Shen, and raised her voice. "None of you in the Li family are good people. You're all heartless!
My Orchid gave birth to a son and a daughter for you, but you treated her like an animal and forced her to have more children!
Now, the baby is gone, and she can't have children anymore. Isn't this a sin?
And that Li Chuntao, she has a thicker skin than the city wall. She seduced a man and got pregnant with a bastard child. Now she's hiding outside to give birth secretly and has ruined my Orchid like this!"
Her mouth was like a running tap, pouring out a long string of words in a hurry, with spittle flying everywhere.
Then she threw herself on the sickbed, grabbed Wang Orchid's hand, and continued to wail while pounding on the bedside. "My poor daughter! Why were you so stupid?
You were led around by the nose by them and even ignored your own family! Now you're lying here suffering. My heart aches so much..."
Wang Orchid closed her eyes and was unmoved by Liu Cuihua's wailing, but deep in her heart, there was a welling up of hatred for Li Chuntao.
I, Wang Orchid, lost my baby, and I'll never be able to have children again. You, Li Chuntao, won't have an easy time giving birth to your bastard either!
"Liu Cuihua, Orchid needs to rest. Get out of here now!" Old Madam Shen was also annoyed and no longer bothered to be polite.
"You old hag, what are you being so mean for? My daughter was ruined by you. I haven't even settled the score with you yet!
It's all your fault. You forced her to hide outside to have a child secretly. Now the baby is gone, and her body is ruined. How is she going to live in the future?"
Old Madam Shen knew that arguing with her would be endless. She turned around and wanted to go find a doctor, but Liu Cuihua grabbed her arm.
"You old hag, my Orchid was married into your family through a bride - exchange. You have to find Li Chuntao for me!
Otherwise, I'll take Orchid back to her natal home and she'll never come back!"
Just as they were arguing fiercely, Li Dazhuang came back.
Before he even reached the ward door, he heard Liu Cuihua's shrill scolding, and his anger flared up instantly.
"What are you doing? Let go!" Li Dazhuang rushed over in a few steps, pulled Liu Cuilan away forcefully, and stood in front of Granny Shen.
"My grandma is such an old woman, and you dare to scold her. How outrageous!"
"I did scold her. So what? It's your Li family that's being outrageous!
My daughter has given birth to children and taken care of the household for your family. But what have you done? You didn't even care when Li Chuntao ran away, and instead, it caused my daughter to have a miscarriage.
If she has any after - effects, you'll have to take care of her for the rest of her life!"
"Get out! All of you, get out!"
Suddenly, Wang Lanhua sat up abruptly from the bed. Her face was as white as paper. She used all her strength to point at the people in the room and roared.
