The small island also needed them to transform it themselves, the first step naturally being to build houses—not only enough for themselves, but also family dormitories.
This point had everyone very proactive, after all, once they brought their wives along with the troops, they’d also have separate dorms to live in.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Xiao was already three months pregnant, and at this ti, it was impossible to keep concealing the pregnancy, so once this news ca out, the first and biggest reactions ca from Li Shengi and Dong ihua.
"Three months already, Zheng Xianghong kept it hidden very well indeed," Li Shengi said, her face flushed with anger.
Dong ihua felt extrely frustrated. Xia Xiao was pregnant while she wasn’t. Li Shengi would definitely not let her off, as expected, she turned to Dong ihua, "Is there sothing wrong with you? Why is it that you married so early, yet Sun Yuhua, Wang Aihua, Feng Ying, Xia Xiao, all of whom shared a dorm with you, married after you but they are all pregnant now, yet there’s not even a sign from you?"
"Mom, my body is fine, and my periods are regular too," Dong ihua felt incredibly wronged.
"There must be sothing wrong, let’s go, we need to see soone about this," Li Shengi said as she prepared to take Dong ihua out the door.
"Mom," Dong ihua was very angry. Sotis the bitter dicine Li Shengi forced on her was tolerable, but now she was being forced to see a doctor, despite feeling perfectly healthy.
"Co on, don’t dally," Li Shengi headed inside to grab so money, then readied to leave.
Dong ihua followed sullenly behind, being hurried constantly by Li Shengi. Even after they left the production team, Li Shengi continued to berate Dong ihua, "Look at you, how can your belly be so uncooperative? I always had high hopes for you, back in the day I said you were blessed and would have an easy ti giving birth, but now even Xia Xiao, who is less fortunate, is pregnant and you are still not. Aren’t you just slapping in the face? The whole village is probably laughing at now. You’ve dragged my face through the mud."
Dong ihua was very unhappy; it wasn’t like she had made Li Shengi talk about Xia Xiao, and yet all the bla was being shoveled onto her. Didn’t she also long to be pregnant and have a child? With He Xuexiang returning only once a year, having a child would have saved her from loneliness and constant nagging from Li Shengi.
Rembering that Xia Xiao was now pregnant and already three months along, the pressure inside Dong ihua felt like a massive stone weighing her down, leaving her breathless.
While continuing to listen to Li Shengi’s berating, Dong ihua couldn’t help but say, "Mom, it’s not certain that Xia Xiao will give birth to a son."
"Whether it’s a son or not is one thing, but she got pregnant, what about you? It’s been years and not even a hint from your belly," Li Shengi stared at Dong ihua’s belly, almost as if trying to bore a hole into it.
Dong ihua felt incredibly uncomfortable, filled with resentnt and anger, now she could only hope that Xia Xiao would have a daughter, otherwise, if it were a son, she’d never have peaceful days ahead.
When they arrived at the county hospital for a check-up, the doctor happened to be Tang Jiao. Despite being in her thirties, Li Shengi was sowhat doubtful of such a young doctor’s capabilities.
The check-up results showed that Dong ihua was completely healthy, greatly relieving her, but Li Shengi was sowhat incredulous and quickly questioned Tang Jiao,
"Doctor, if my daughter-in-law is healthy, then why hasn’t she gotten pregnant despite being married for years?"
"You have to ask your son about that, I wouldn’t know. Your daughter-in-law is perfectly healthy, sotis not getting pregnant isn’t her fault," Tang Jiao said.
"How could you say my son has problems? My son is a soldier!" Li Shengi exclaid loudly.
Tang Jiao, feeling helpless, replied, "You misunderstood, I didn’t say your son has problems. You even said your son is a soldier; it’s normal for couples who spend a lot of ti apart to have difficulty conceiving."
"But others managed it in one go, and my son was ho for ten days during the New Year..." Li Shengi countered discontentedly, her voice loud enough that everyone turned to look as if she wanted to tell them exactly how many tis He Xuexiang and Dong ihua had been together.
Dong ihua’s face turned red with anger and her eyes reddened, she couldn’t help but want to cry, feeling imnsely wronged.
Tang Jiao looked at Dong ihua with so sympathy. With such a mother-in-law, life as a daughter-in-law was truly miserable. Thinking of her own mother-in-law, Tang Jiao breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she wasn’t like the one right in front of her.
In the end, Dong ihua left the scene wiping her tears, following Li Shengi out of the hospital. At the entrance, Li Shengi even said, "What are you crying about? You still have the face to cry, making it look like I’m the bad mother-in-law."
"Mom, how could you say those things in the hospital?" This ti, Dong ihua genuinely wanted to argue with Li Shengi.
"What did I say that wasn’t true? When Gangzi ca back for ten days last ti, you were almost always together. On the first day he returned, Gangzi went to the Red Star Production Team to find us. Wuzi and I were walking ahead, and we couldn’t even see you two behind us—you must have been rolling in the grass. My son is a soldier and very robust; I could hear you two at night. After so many tis, how could you not be pregnant?" Li Shengi continued.
Then she added, "That doctor is too young, completely incompetent, not even a match for Zheng Xianghong."
At this point, Dong ihua felt like she might as well jump into the river. She followed Li Shengi ho absent-mindedly, her vision unfocused, a river of sorrow threatening to overflow inside her.
Thinking of how Zheng Xianghong treated Sun Yuhua and Xia Xiao, and then considering Li Shengi right in front of her... They were both mother-in-laws, so why was there such a huge difference? Why couldn’t Li Shengi just be a bit quieter, a bit more peaceful?
And to think such words could even be said aloud. Dong ihua recalled the looks from everyone when Li Shengi spoke, feeling so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a hole. She felt she could no longer face the hospital, let alone ever step foot in there again.
"And you, you can’t even match Sun Yuhua or Wang Aihua, let alone Xia Xiao," Li Shengi kept talking.
On the way, Dong ihua couldn’t help but yell at Li Shengi, "Why don’t you compare yourself to Zheng Xianghong then? You always compare to Sun Yuhua and Xia Xiao. Why don’t you see how Zheng Xianghong treats her daughter-in-law? How do you treat your daughter-in-law? From the mont I married into this family, there hasn’t been a day you haven’t nagged . Can you just give my ears so rest, can you just shut up?"
This was the first ti Dong ihua had raised her voice at Li Shengi, and also the first ti she had spoken to her in such a manner.
Li Shengi was stunned, never expecting Dong ihua to dare speak to her that way, she imdiately said angrily, "What did you say, you’re saying I’m not as good as Zheng Xianghong?"
Dong ihua stiffened her neck and retorted, "Exactly, you’re not as good. The whole production team can see that. Zheng Xianghong treats her daughter-in-law like her own daughter. And you? You treat your daughter-in-law like a maid, constantly bossing around or fixating on my womb, criticizing . How am I supposed to feel okay?"
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