Chapter 17 Aunt Shen’s Stubbornness

The most important thing was that she hadn’t told anyone that she went to the county. Thinking about her grandparents, her maternal grandparents, and their faces, she immediately took off running. Suddenly: “Sister, that girl, I think she’s our Wanqing.” She said, and before her sister could answer, she shouted: “Wanqing? Wanqing?” “Little sister, you must be mistaken, Wanqing was making dinner at home today, how could she go to the county.”

The people walking in this direction were all those who had just gotten off the bus. Shen Yu’niang had just thought about this when she saw the person in front of her stop at her sister’s call and turn around to face her. Looking at the girl who was walking towards them, Shen Youniang patted her sister’s arm and teased: “Sister, you’re her own mother, you didn’t even recognize your own daughter, aren’t you afraid that Wanqing will find out and make a fuss at you later?” “How could I know that the one who said she would be making dinner at home would go to the county?”

 He Wanqing, who was on her way to the Public Security Bureau, only remembered what she had forgotten when she heard the shouts from behind. Her mother was in the county today to see a doctor with her younger sister! And she went to the county but didn’t go to see them, and they were on the same bus back, but she didn’t notice. No, no, no… these weren’t the most important things, the most important thing was that her mother had asked her if she wanted to go to the county this morning? What did she say then? Oh, she didn’t want to go, she was tired of going! Looking at the two sisters who were holding each other, she gritted her teeth.

She quickly walked to their side, holding her younger sister’s other arm: “Little aunt, your eyes are really sharp, I ran over so quickly, you saw me, but my mother still hasn’t noticed me.” She glanced at her mother, seeing that she was silent with pursed lips, she continued: “Little aunt, what did the doctor say today, are you going to have surgery?” The location of her younger sister’s stomach ache, if nothing else, was appendicitis. “I’ve already had it, otherwise why would we be back so late.” Looking at her beautiful niece, Shen You’niang was very envious. She only had three sons and no daughters, so she was particularly fond of her two nieces.

“You’ve already had it, then you didn’t stay in the hospital?” No wonder she was walking so slowly and still holding her stomach. “Mom, why didn’t you let Little Aunt stay in the hospital for two days? There’s nothing going on at home, it’s safer to stay for two days and then come back!” She remembered that in her previous life, her younger sister hadn’t had surgery today, right? No, she should have had it, but at the time, her mother was shocked by her marriage, so she didn’t tell her about her younger sister’s surgery. Then her younger sister’s health wasn’t good, and she died young a few years later, was it because of this minor surgery? Lowering her eyes to look at her pale-faced younger sister, who was still sweating, she stopped and held her hand: “Mom, don’t go, Little Aunt is sweating from exhaustion, this won’t do, the wound is easy to get infected, why don’t we go directly to the commune hospital instead of going home?” Her younger sister was so good to her, she couldn’t watch her not cherish her body and die young like that again. On the other side, Shen Yu’niang rolled her eyes at her daughter: “Do you think I want to bring her back? It’s just that your little aunt is worried about the eldest grandson at home, she insisted on coming back.”

Thinking about how her sister wanted to go home right after she came out of the operating room, Shen Yu’niang’s temper almost blew the roof off the hospital. If her sister hadn’t been pale and weak, begging her, she wouldn’t have suppressed her temper and brought her back! Thankfully, the doctor said at the time that she didn’t have to stay in the hospital, and he also gave her some anti-inflammatory water, otherwise she wouldn’t have agreed to come back. “Little aunt, you can see the child any day, your health is the most important.”

 She looked at the pale-faced Shen You’niang with disapproval. Of the five siblings, the ones with the worst tempers were her mother and the eldest uncle, and the ones with the least temper were the youngest aunt and the youngest uncle. The youngest uncle could be understood because of his physical condition, so he was always kind to everyone. But the youngest aunt was in good health, she didn’t know why she was such a pushover.

She was a pushover in her previous life because she was burdened by one hardship after another, and the rumors of being a jinx, but she wasn’t like that now! Thinking about her grandfather, who always looked at her with disappointment, she could imagine the scene when she got home. “You don’t understand, spring planting is ending now, although it’s not as busy as before, but your eldest sister-in-law is also too busy. She has to take care of the children and the meals for the whole family, if I don’t help out at home, she’ll be exhausted.”

“What about you? You had surgery, no matter what, it involved cutting, you don’t care, you just let it develop?” “Little sister, just listen to me and Wanqing, don’t go to the county hospital, but we’ll go to the commune hospital and stay for two days, wait until the wound heals a bit before going home.” Seeing her sister’s pale face, Shen Yu’niang didn’t have the time to bicker with her daughter. But no matter what the two of them said, Shen You’niang refused to go to the commune hospital, she insisted on going home. Seeing this, He Wanqing told the two of them that she would go get the bicycle and asked them to wait there before leaving.

She ran quickly to the Public Security Bureau, unlocked the bicycle and pushed it out in one go. After riding the bicycle for a few steps, she remembered her eldest cousin who worked in the commune, so she turned the handlebars and went straight to his factory. It just so happened that Shen Weiguo was also off work at the time, and he was walking home with his wife Xu Chun. He Wanqing was halfway there when she saw the couple in a car, she braked, put one foot on the pedal and one foot on the ground: “Eldest cousin, eldest sister-in-law.”

 She shouted while waving to them. The couple who were talking stopped and looked to the right, when they saw it was her, they immediately accelerated to her side and stopped: “Little sister, what are you doing here?” “Little sister, it’s so late, you’re not at home, what are you doing here, did something happen?” The couple asked one after another. “

Big brother, Little Aunt had surgery in the county, she’s not worried about home so she didn’t stay in the hospital, and she just got off the bus with my mom. I only have one bicycle, I can’t take both of them, when you go home, ask Big Uncle to drive the ox cart to pick her up! You don’t know, Little Aunt is pale and sweating, if she walks back like this, the wound will probably get infected.” Seeing her eldest cousin’s face turn black and his brows furrowed, she shrank her neck.

This eldest cousin usually doesn’t get angry, if he does, only Big Uncle and Grandpa can handle him. And maybe because he graduated from college, there was a sense of pressure about him. Thinking that she was alone now, if she faced his bad temper, she probably wouldn’t be able to handle it. Suddenly, she saw Eldest Sister-in-law Xu Chun out of the corner of her eye, yes, she was such a pig-headed fool, how could she forget Eldest Sister-in-law?

Besides, it was Little Aunt who made the mistake this time, the anger shouldn’t be directed at her. After thinking this through with some uncertainty, she pushed her bicycle to Xu Chun’s side and let her block her. Because just now, she remembered the marriage, if he knew about it, she wouldn’t have peace of mind. Although she enjoyed her cousin’s concern and missed it, she couldn’t stand being lectured all the time!