roccoschili Chapter 144 Exchanging Children Isn't Exchanging Eggs
Chapter 144 Exchanging Children Isn't Exchanging Eggs
Pan Hong felt utterly overwhelmed.
Why is she so fixated on this?
She said she wanted to bring her sister-in-law to Nancheng to give birth and even wanted to switch babies, which he found unreliable.
In her view, it seemed as simple as a hen laying an egg.
She thought changing a child was as simple as swapping eggs in two chicken coops.
It can't be that simple.
"Mom, can you please stop thinking about switching babies?"
"Why wouldn't you want to?" Wang said angrily. "If we don't change the child, why would I have to drag your sister-in-law here to work? The child must be changed. Such a nice house and such a large family business must be inherited by my own grandson."
"Your own granddaughter is the same."
“That’s different. Daughters are all a money pit. If we let a girl inherit the family business, who knows who will benefit in the future? Only if a son inherits it can this family business truly belong to us.”
He was tired of reasoning with his mother, and he couldn't argue with her at all.
The old woman from the countryside, who had never been to school, believed that changing children was simply a matter of replacing them.
She had no idea how difficult it was to exchange babies in a big hospital.
Oh well, whatever.
She could keep up the act for as long as she could, but when it came time to give birth, she knew she had no chance of getting a replacement, and she gave up.
“The military region is over there, and the military hospital is over there too. I heard my father-in-law say that he was going to send her to the military hospital to give birth.”
Wang pouted, "Isn't that military hospital for treating gunshot wounds? How come they're also handling childbirth?"
"Oh, it's a hospital, they treat everything. They have gynecology and obstetrics departments, they have all of those."
Wang thought it was outrageous. In her mind, the hospital he mentioned was a military hospital that specially treated men's wounds, and it even had a gynecology department?
Are they qualified to deliver babies?
"You don't need to worry about that. I'll just deliver it to you first. When Xiaoyi is about to give birth, we can arrange for your sister-in-law to go there, which will be closer. It's too far to stay here, and it'll be very inconvenient for us without a car."
Wang: "Don't you have a car?"
"Oh dear, that's not my car. If things get really urgent, I'll definitely prioritize Xiaoyi. Can I even give my sister-in-law a ride?"
Wang thought to herself, "That makes sense."
Besides, she's not stupid; she could tell her in-laws were unhappy.
It's not like she'll give birth right away; she'll have to wait another month. The thought of her having to stay here, meek and submissive, for a whole month makes me feel terrible.
It's better for them to live separately; it will be easier for them to talk.
How far is it?
"Not far, about thirty li."
"Oh, it's not far at all."
“It’s not far. We can live our own lives over there, which is better than staying here and having to put up with my mother-in-law’s attitude. You can stay here tonight, and tomorrow morning you can pack your things and I’ll drive you there.”
At dinner, Fu Xingwei reluctantly came out to entertain his daughter, but his smile looked more like a grimace.
Zhang Fangfang simply claimed that she was not feeling well and did not come out, asking someone to bring her food to her room.
The Pan family knew they were being rejected, and their smiles looked more like cries.
The next day, without Zhang Fangfang even having to rush them, they packed their things and had Pan Hong take them away without even having breakfast.
People in the countryside are used to getting up early. When they left home at 6:30, Fu Leyi's family was still asleep.
As Wang walked out of the Fu family's villa, she glanced back at the second floor and spat out the window.
She thought no one would see, but little did she know that Zhang Fangfang had actually gotten up and was watching from behind the curtains.
I happened to see her spitting.
Zhang Fangfang was so angry, "Look, Wang Shi even spat at us!"
She lowered the curtains and said angrily, "This Wang woman is such a good actress. She always acts so kind and gentle. This is the first time I've seen her like this."
Fu Xingwei was even more anxious than her. People from the same pot can't be two different kinds of people. Since Wang is such a good actress, her son Pan Hong is probably just as good.
My daughter is going to suffer.
……
Wang was cursing and swearing the whole way.
"Hmph, when she came to my house last month, I treated her to a feast, slaughtering chickens and fish, afraid that I wouldn't be hospitable enough. My son, Pan Hong, even made do in the dining room by himself, not wanting her nephew to suffer. Hey, she's so nice to me, coming all this way, yet she claims to be sick and refuses to come out. Who does she think she is?"
They even say city people are polite. Pshaw! Where's the politeness? This is politeness? They're not even as polite as the dog at the village entrance. I'm so angry! Having in-laws like this is the worst luck imaginable.
Huang Chun said, "Mother, they obviously look down on us."
"I know, Zhang Fangfang's eyes are practically on top of her head. Tsk tsk, look at the cheongsam she's wearing, the slit goes all the way up to her thigh, she might as well not wear it at all. She's so old, what an old hag."
After scolding Zhang Fangfang, he started talking about Fu Xingwei.
“Pan Hong, your father-in-law isn’t any better. I can tell he’s unhappy too, he’s just better at pretending than Zhang Fangfang.”
Pan Hong was driving and felt very annoyed listening to her nagging.
This isn't the first time the two families have met; they weren't like this before.
He admitted that it was indeed unpleasant for him to suddenly bring a family of patients to his door.
But is it really necessary to be so dismissive?
Treatment costs money, but their family isn't short of money. Why are they putting on such a sour face? They don't even give him a friendly look.
Pan Hong felt agitated, wondering if they knew something.
Something's not right. He probed Fu Leyi, and she didn't seem to know anything.
After listening to Wang's incessant cursing all the way, we finally arrived at Chenshan Town.
"This is it, everyone get out," Pan Hong said, parking the car on the side of the road.
Wang got out of the car and looked up.
The houses here are quite tall, but they don't look like they belong to the same family. Clothes are hanging on every balcony, making it look messy and far worse than his father-in-law's house.
"We're staying here?"
"Yes, Mother, take this and follow me."
“No, wait a minute.” Wang pulled him back and asked, “This is a tenement building, not a big villa.”
A big villa?
Pan Hongdu laughed, "Mom, you don't actually think they'll let us live in a big villa, do you?"
Wang pursed her lips.
"Hmph, they live in a big villa while the rest of us live in a tenement building. What kind of in-laws are they? Is this something a human being would do?"
"Mom, this isn't a tenement building, it's an apartment building."
"That's still the same."
Although she was grumbling, she followed her son upstairs.
They came out early; it's only eight o'clock.
Lin Yuyao was on her way to work when she ran into them moving house as she went downstairs.
She didn't know Pan Hong's family, but she knew Pan Hong himself.
Lin Yuyao watched in surprise as Pan Hong placed a pile of luggage at the fourth-floor entrance, then took out his key and opened the room opposite Fu Huaiyi's.
Ok?
Pan Hong naturally saw her as well.
"You are... Xiao Lin, the employee at Xiao Yi's shop?"