Chapter 157: Madam Wu’s Miscarriage
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Heng Silang didn’t understand what had happened to Madam Wu all of a sudden.
He first went back to his room to change his clothes, then went to see his parents. The children played outside the room but were very careful not to make too much noise.
Madam Wu kept crying in the kitchen.
Her face and hand hurt, and her heart was in pain. When she was burning the fire, her hand was burned, and it hurt so much that she couldn’t stop gasping. “Mother, why are you crying?”
When Madam Wu heard the voice, she hurriedly wiped away her tears.
“It’s the smoke. Why are you here?” Madam Wu stood up and asked her daughter.
“Grandfather and Grandmother are awake. Father asked me to bring a basin of hot water over.”
“Alright.”
Old Woman Heng and Old Man Heng woke up and cursed Heng Yi and Han Qiao.
Her words were vicious and unpleasant to hear, making people feel disgusted.
Madam Wu stood at the door, watching Heng Silang silently standing at their side.
Old Man Heng was also silent.
She suddenly strode into the room and threw the basin onto the ground. “You’re still scolding them? Wasn’t everything that happened today caused by you? Heng Yi was so nice to his family. He never took a single cent of the money he earned from hunting every day. All of it went into your pockets yet you were still not satisfied. You kept torturing and squeezing him. Now that he has his own home, he doesn’t care about you anymore. You still don’t know how to repent and continue to curse him.”
“You two are really greedy, vicious, and despicable people!”
The people in the room were stunned by Madam Wu’s words.
Old Woman Heng got up and wanted to hit Madam Wu.
Madam Wu shouted angrily, “If you dare to lay a finger on me today, my brothers from my family will break Heng Silang’s legs tomorrow.”
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Old Woman Heng was stunned on the spot.
“You can do whatever you want. Go to Heng Yi’s house if you don’t like him.”
“Look at how vicious, unreasonable, and greedy you are. Even I feel disgusted just by looking at you, let alone how unimportant people see you.”
“Madam Wu!” Heng Silang shouted angrily.
Madam Wu looked at Heng Silang, “You useless coward, I’ve had enough of you. I don’t need to live anymore.”
She turned around and went back into the house. The children immediately called out for their mother and followed her.
Just as she returned to the room, Madam Wu felt some pain in her stomach. At first, it was faint, but it gradually became more and more painful.
“Mother, Mother?”
In the room next door, Old Woman Heng was still cursing Madam Wu for being unruly and Heng Silang for being useless and unable to control his wife.
Old Woman Heng berated his son for letting Madam Wu had said all those cruel things to his parents, and that he should have given her a few slaps.
“Mother, shut up!” Heng Silang was also annoyed.
Hearing his children’s cries coming from next door, he quickly stepped out of the house to take a look.
He immediately spotted Madam Wu sitting on the ground paralyzed, her lower body covered in blood.
“Wu-!” Heng Silang exclaimed.
Even if he didn’t have any knowledge, he knew that Wu was afraid of a miscarriage.
He went forward to support Madam Wu, but Madam Wu hit him.
“Don’t be agitated. I’ll go get a doctor.”
However, it was useless even if the doctor came at this point.
Their child was still gone.
Heng Silang sat on the side, feeling numb. He took out some money and asked his eldest son to bring his younger siblings to buy buns.
“Father, we can’t buy them now.”
Heng Silang could only go to the kitchen himself, but he didn’t know how to make anything.
Then, he went next door and asked his neighbor’s wife to come over and help cook a meal.
The wife next door swallowed her saliva, “Your mother won’t scold me, will she? Why don’t we forget about it?”
The fact was, she still didn’t want to help.
Especially because Old Woman Heng’s words were unpleasant to her ears.
Heng Silang and Madam Wu were kind people. Occasionally, they would send some unsold vegetables to their neighbors, so they formed some kind of friendship.
“Sister-in-law, don’t worry. My mother won’t say anything to you.”
“Alright, alright. For your wife’s sake.”
“Thankyou, Sister-In-Law.”
This time, Old Woman Heng did not curse. Because of Madam Wu’s miscarriage, Heng Silang’s gaze made her a little scared.
Old Man Heng was also silent.
They had come to Puyi County overnight and almost lost half their lives. The old couple were a little afraid.
In the blink of an eye, it was the 29th of December, and tomorrow was the 30th of the Lunar New Year. Han Qiao was pregnant, but it still wasn’t obvious.
Heng Yi was busy practicing boxing and sword arts with Bai Cha.
Some people were born to learn martial arts.
For example, Heng Yi.
He learned boxing very quickly, and he also mastered swordsmanship soon after.
He had a talent when it came to learning a set of sword techniques.
While other people were busy celebrating the New Year, he was busy practicing martial arts and improving his skills. He was busy reading, writing, and accompanying his wife.
The kids at the manor were all taught by Bai Cha, and Heng Yi basically couldn’t care less about them.
With Bai Cha as his sparring partner, Heng Yi’s martial arts skills improved at an incredible speed.
The walls were so high that nobody would hear if any one of them fell to the ground.
Bai Cha sighed. His master was not born well and had not been properly nurtured since he was young. If he had been born into a rich and noble family, he would have been an extraordinary and fierce general.
Han Qiao was in the house checking the monthly salary and rewards for the servants tomorrow.
The children’s New Year’s money, the red envelopes.
She had to give more to those who called her mother, and she had to give more to the other children.
She had never thought that she would be fair and give the children some hope and sweetness. She wanted to let them know that this residence was not just for servants. This was also the home for them to settle down in.
Grandpa, Grandma, and Heng Yi would receive some New Year’s money as well.
Han Qiao already knew who to choose as the head maid.
It will be announced tomorrow.
The paper-cut decorations©, Fu characters 0, couplets©, and firecrackers had all been prepared. They were just waiting for New Year’s Eve.
On the eve of the Lunar New Year, the sun rose and shone on the earth, engulfing the world with a warm atmosphere.
In the hall of Heng Manor, the grandparents sat in the main seat, Han Qiao and Heng Yi sat on their side, and the children stood around the table.
Han Qiao first gave everyone in the residence monthly silver and money and said words of encouragement.
“This year is the first time we’ve known each other. It’s also the first year we’ve gotten to know each other. Regardless of whether it’s good or bad, we’ll turn over a new leaf today. Tomorrow, on the first day of the new year, it’ll be a new beginning. Let’s work hard together and may we be blessed abundantly. As long as we work hard, we’ll be able to earn a lot of money. 1 wish this for all of you, and us as well.”
“I’ve already decided on the candidates for the head maidservant. 1 chose Shulan and Duan Yue.”
“The chief butler in the residence will be Bai Cha, the front yard will be Butler Hu and the kitchen will be managed by Aunt Zhao.”
“There are many things that will be handled by Duan Yue and Shulan.”
Han Qiao’s words seemed light, but they also greatly reduced Butler Hu’s power.
Butler Hu’s family of three stood at the side. Han Qiao didn’t know what they were feeling.
She didn’t have the time or energy to study their expressions or care about them. She walked her own path, and the blisters at the bottom of her feet were also made by herself.
The children’s New Year’s money would have to wait until after dinner.
“Now let’s stick the paper-cut decorations, couplets, and lanterns up,” Han Qiao said with a smile.
She couldn’t do that now, so she could only stand aside and listen to Heng Yi’s commands.
However, she and Heng Yi didn’t expect the Heng family to visit them on the eve of the New Year.