Volume 1: Peasant's Joy 025 Emotions, Anger

  Li Hong's eyes were red, she bit her lip and forced a smile, "Second brother, what are you talking about? My brothers have always been very good to me."

  "It's really good." Qian rolled her eyes, wanting to say something else, but her calf was kicked hard by Li, who said coldly, "If the second daughter-in-law is full, go outside and flip over the firewood that has just been dried today, and put the dry firewood on the stove."

  "Mother, I'm not full yet." Qian Shi wailed and was somewhat resentful. The three daughters-in-law were good for nothing, why did they always make her do the work? She glanced at Fu Qiulian who had put down her chopsticks with a sidelong glance, and Qian Shi hastily said, "Mother, San's wife has finished eating."

  "Second sister-in-law, mother just asked you to go, are you disagreeing with what mother said and think she's being unfair, making you do chores?"

  "It's not like I'm biased, you and your sister-in-law are both here, but you still make me do the work—" Qian Shi said one sentence, feeling the darkening face beside her, as well as Li Shi's sharp gaze from a distance, suddenly became flustered, stuffed a corn pancake into her mouth, puffed out her cheeks, and left with a vague "I'll go turn over the hay" before running out.

  Fu Qiu Lian glanced at everyone, smiled and stood up. "It seems that the master didn't eat much earlier, I should go take a look as his wife. Mother, Father, Elder Brother, Elder Sister-in-law, Second Brother, you all eat slowly."

  "Lazy wife." Behind her, Lian Tian'er pouted and wanted to say something else. Li looked at her and Lian Tian'er pouted again, lowering her head to struggle with the food in front of her.

  Fú Qiū Lián returned to the house, but didn't see Lián Qīng. She didn't think much of it, as it was already early April, a time when people often feel lethargic in the spring. Perhaps it was because she had a little one growing inside her belly, or maybe it was something else, but lately, she always felt tired. Having just eaten lunch, as soon as she saw the kang, she couldn't help but let out a yawn! Several more followed, and Fú Qiū Lián found herself unable to hold on any longer, so she leaned against the kang.

  In a daze, she heard some noise coming from inside the house.

  Her eyes seemed to be open but not quite, she hummed and opened her eyes, using her elbow to prop herself up from the bed, turning her body to sit up, a muffled cry by her ear, followed by a thud.

  She thought it was Lian Qing, and smiled, "Bookworm, what are you doing? It's like a bandit entering the house." No one responded to her words, and all she could hear was the sound of footsteps fading away. She felt something was off, so she quickly turned around and climbed down from the bed. At the door, a flash of light red clothing appeared, and Fu Qiulian furrowed her brow. Looking down at the ground, flames suddenly shot up three feet high - a thief had entered the house!

  A lot of pine nuts and melon seeds were scattered on the ground.

  It was brought by Old Master Fu last time he came to visit her, knowing that she loved to eat these snacks, and he had taken several packs of pastries, melon seeds, and pine nuts. When she was free, she would crack open a couple to pass the time.

  Is someone after her now?

  She was panting heavily, her chest heaving with rage, and her vision was blurring. As a doctor, she knew that this was a sign of unstable emotions in pregnant women, causing their blood to surge and leading to sudden anger attacks that could be detrimental to the fetus if severe.

  She slowly closed her eyes, sat on the edge of the bed and took a deep breath, thinking nothing, with one hand gently patting her lower abdomen. It took a long time to calm down her emotions, but she still didn't dare to be careless, so she sat for a while before carefully standing up, taking another deep breath, walking two steps, feeling that everything was fine before putting her mind at ease. She didn't even bother to look at the things on the ground, and walked directly to the other end of the bed, where there was a bamboo basket, which was where Fuchun Lian usually put things. With just one glance, she let out a sigh.

  Things have been moved by people.

  She checked and found that she was really angry this time. The pastries brought by her brother were taken away half, the remaining half package of melon seeds was gone, but what made her most angry was that the several feet of good cotton cloth that she had asked Fuda to bring from the town were gone.

  That's what she planned to make little clothes for the baby in her belly.

  Fu Qiu Lian's stomach hurts.

  This time it really hurts.

  It was faint, a wave of pain. She was somewhat afraid and somewhat at a loss for what to do, although she was a doctor, but not an obstetrician, and those methods of preserving the fetus from her past life were completely useless here.

  The only thing she could do was sit there, controlling her emotions, trying to relax herself, gently patting her belly and talking repeatedly to the baby inside...

  When Lian Qing walked in, he initially thought she was leaning on the bed sleeping, but after taking another look, he felt something was off and his heart tightened. "Why do you look so pale?"

  Fu Qiu Lian waved her hand, "You go and get me a bowl of hot brown sugar water first. Remember it's hot. My stomach is not feeling well." This time, Fu Qiu Lian didn't need to urge Lian Qing, who quickly went to get it because Fu Qiu Lian's voice was filled with unease!

  Bring over a large bowl of red sugar water and hand it to Fu Qiulian. Lian Qing frowned, "I was fine when I went out just now, how did you become so pale in such a short time? Did you quarrel with your cousin or Xiao Tian?"

  "Don't mention that name to me." She would feel nauseous even hearing the name Lian Tian'er - although she hadn't seen clearly just now, but that corner of shallow red clothing, only one person in this house wore it. If not her, then was it someone from outside?

  "Are you okay, Tian'er she..."

  "I told you not to mention that name again. Don't you understand human language?" Fú Qiūlián felt her head spinning, and she could no longer hold back the anger in her heart. She grabbed the pillow in front of her and threw it at Lián Qīng, "Are you going to say again that she's still young? Ah, how old is she, still young? Why don't you ask what your precious little sister has done, take a good look for yourself."

  Feng Qiu Lian suddenly let out a loud cry and threw the bamboo basket onto the ground.

  Inside, some needles and threads she usually carried with her rolled all over the floor, two pieces of cake slipped out of the bag, rolled a couple of times, and stopped at Lian Qing's feet.

  The room fell silent, and Qing's face also turned dark. "What do you mean by this? Do you still have any dignity as a wife? Which family's wife behaves like a shrew like you? You're truly shameless."

  He didn't say a word, and when he heard this, Fu Qiulian's emotions, which had just been vented, suddenly surged up again. She glared at him coldly and sneered, "Yes, I am indeed lacking in refinement, I am like a shrew, but at least I'm better than some people who do despicable things, taking advantage of the master's absence to steal and pilfer!"

  "Who are you talking about, Fú? Tell me clearly." Lián Qīng had always been a gentleman since he was young, reading the classics and holding himself to high standards. Where did he hear such language from Fú Qiūlián? He was so angry that his whole body was shaking, pointing at Fú Qiūlián, the veins on the back of his hand bulging and twisting like an earthworm. "If you don't tell me clearly, we'll go to your father-in-law's place today to settle this."

  Digression

  Something came up, will update twice tomorrow instead. Please give me some energy...