HLnovel Chapter 76 You Are Going to Become a Father
Chapter 76 You Are Going to Become a Father
Instantly, Yan Zhenzhu's eyes widened. She stared at the bowl of ginger and brown sugar water in Cao's hand and loudly questioned:
"What is this? What did you put in it?"
Yan Zhenzhu's voice became sharp and shrill with anger, shattering the quiet air in the room.
Even the villagers busy in the medicinal herb fields heard her voice and thought that she and her mother-in-law were arguing again.
Recently, everyone has gotten used to it, so they just turned around and glanced at Zhao Shengde's house before continuing with their work.
Cao's smile froze slightly as she awkwardly explained:
"Pearl, have you gotten too cold? This is just ginger tea, what else could it be? Drink it quickly!"
Cao was extremely anxious. Everything had gone smoothly the previous two days, so why was it not working out today?
All that's missing is this talisman. Once Yan Zhenzhu drinks it, the evil spirit inside her body will be eliminated, and she and Shengde will be safe.
"Since it's ginger and brown sugar water, why don't you drink it, Mother? You drink it and show me!"
Yan Zhenzhu clenched her fists, her body trembling slightly with anger.
Cao held the bowl, her heart filled with unspeakable bitterness. How could that damned Yan Zhenzhu not understand her good intentions?
This is a talisman she bought for one or two taels of silver.
“Your mother doesn’t like to drink it, so you drink it.”
Yan Zhenzhu's eyes instantly turned cold. Sure enough, her kind words to her these past few days were part of a huge conspiracy.
Yan Zhenzhu suddenly began to breathe rapidly, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
She dared not hesitate any longer and immediately ran outside after leaving the kitchen.
"!!!"
Upon seeing this, Cao immediately ordered Zhao Shengde to chase after her. Today, no matter what, they had to make Yan Zhenzhu drink this last bowl of talisman water so that their family could have peace.
"Pearl, where are you going? Come back!"
Yan Zhenzhu had only run a few steps when she heard Zhao Shengde shouting behind her.
Fearing that Zhao Shengde would catch her and force-feed her some unknown ginger and brown sugar water, she screamed in terror, "Help! Help! Zhao Shengde and his mother are trying to harm me!!!"
Yan Zhenzhu used all her strength, and her voice was so loud that the whole village could hear it.
The villagers who happened to be working by the roadside immediately dropped what they were doing and ran over when they heard the noise.
"What's wrong, Pearl? What happened?"
"You're saying that Shengde and his mother want to harm you? Is that true?"
"Wow, why are you sweating so much?"
Yan Zhenzhu's body was like an out-of-control sieve, cold sweat gushing out like a flood.
Each breath she took sounded like she was pulling a broken bellows, producing a heavy and labored sound.
Seeing so many villagers gathered around, she felt much more at ease. With everyone there, at least she wouldn't be dragged back by Zhao Shengde and forced to drink that bowl of "ginger and brown sugar water."
She pleaded, "Please, please help me invite Great-Grandpa Xiangping over here!"
She felt like she was about to die!
"Okay, I'm going right now, hang in there!"
One of the villagers immediately ran towards Zhao Xiangping's house. He saw that Yan Zhenzhu's face was as pale as paper and her lips were bloodless. It was a strange sight, as if she was about to die.
Zhao Shengde squeezed through the crowd, grabbed Yan Zhenzhu, and said, "Zhenzhu, come home with me to drink ginger tea."
Yan Zhenzhu shook her head desperately, grabbing the arm of the villager beside her and refusing to let go: "I won't go back to drink that ginger tea, I won't go back, you mother and son are trying to harm me..."
Before Yan Zhenzhu could finish speaking, she fainted, much to everyone's shock.
Because of what Yan Zhenzhu said before she fainted, no one dared to hand her over to Zhao Shengde.
Grandma Feng said, "Carry him to my house. How can he lie on the ground in the dead of winter?"
Just as everyone had settled Yan Zhenzhu in, Zhao Xiangping arrived.
Grandma Feng asked worriedly, "Brother Xiangping, is Pearl alright?"
After saying that, she glared at Zhao Shengde in the room. If that damned Zhao Shengde really conspired with that heartless Cao to harm Yan Zhenzhu, she would definitely ask the village chief to send the mother and son to Duting to be brought to justice!
After taking Yan Zhenzhu's pulse, Zhao Xiangping was shocked and his eyes widened. He then withdrew his hand and took Yan Zhenzhu's pulse again.
Zhao Shengde didn't know why Yan Zhenzhu had fainted. He stood aside with a worried look on his face, wondering how much the medical treatment would cost.
"Grandpa Xiangping, what happened to Pearl?" Zhao Shengde asked.
Zhao Xiangping withdrew his hand, turned to him and said, "Shengde, you're going to be a father. Go back and take good care of Zhenzhu. She's only been pregnant for less than a month, so you need to be careful."
We must not let anyone collapse on the street again; we might not be so lucky next time.
I'll prescribe some medicine to help with the pregnancy. Go to my house later and get it to brew for Zhenzhu.
"Is Pearl pregnant?"
Zhao Shengde was overjoyed, and a smile immediately appeared on his face as he readily agreed.
When others heard that Yan Zhenzhu was pregnant, they were all happy for the couple.
Zhao Shengde and Yan Zhenzhu have been married for over four years, but they still have no children.
A month ago, when Yan Zhenzhu jumped into the river, she said that the reason they didn't have children wasn't because she couldn't have them, but because Zhao Shengde couldn't.
However, I still often smelled the herbal medicine Cao was brewing during this month, so she was brewing a fertility-inducing and pregnancy-aiding herbal medicine for Zhao Shengde.
The way everyone looked at Zhao Shengde changed. Although Zhao Shengde noticed it, he didn't take it to heart.
Now he's going to be a father; the child he's been waiting for for four years is finally here.
When he picked Yan Zhenzhu up from the bed, he didn't notice that Yan Zhenzhu's belly had suddenly bulged a little.
As soon as Zhao Shengde arrived home, Cao was anxiously standing in the yard with a bowl of ginger and brown sugar water in her hand. When she saw Yan Zhenzhu, she tried to pour the ginger and brown sugar water into her mouth.
"Why did Pearl faint?" Cao paused, holding the bowl.
Zhao Shengde said with a smile, "Mother, Great-Grandpa Xiangping said that Pearl is pregnant!"
"Really?" Cao was very excited, but she still remembered the ginger and brown sugar water in her hand. "Come on, while Pearl is unconscious, quickly give her this bowl of talisman water to drink. This way, the evil spirit on her body will be removed, and our family will be at peace."
Zhao Shengde cooperated by prying open Yan Zhenzhu's mouth and pouring a bowl of ginger and brown sugar water into her mouth.
In an instant, Zhao Shengde felt that Yan Zhenzhu's belly seemed to suddenly grow larger, which was still visible even through her thick cotton-padded coat.
Zhao Shengde cried out to Cao Shi in alarm, "Mother, look at Pearl's belly! It's so big! Great-Grandpa Xiangping said she's only been pregnant for less than a month!"
Cao carefully poured the last drop of ginger sugar water into Yan Zhenzhu's mouth, then followed Zhao Shengde's gaze to Yan Zhenzhu's belly, and sure enough, she saw Yan Zhenzhu's swollen belly.
Her eyes widened: "Is this a month-old belly?"
However, in her view, Yan Zhenzhu's belly grew bigger and bigger.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of water on the ground, and a horrifying thought arose in her mind: "Is Pearl about to give birth?"
what?
Zhao Shengde's eyes were filled with fear. He swallowed hard. Didn't Grandpa Xiangping say that Yan Zhenzhu was only one month pregnant?
Just then, he felt something wet under Yan Zhenzhu's buttocks. He was about to put her down to check if she had urinated.
Suddenly, a child with a bluish-gray complexion crawled out from under Yan Zhenzhu!