Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

When Qin Huairu opened her eyes again, she was already in the ordinary ward. She subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, and except for some pain and discomfort, it had become flat.

"Child, where is my child!" Qin Huairu screamed hysterically.

A medical staff member heard the noise and rushed over. "Don't get excited. You just had surgery. Be careful not to rupture the wound."

"How is my child? Where is my child?" Qin Huairu asked.

"You fell into a coma when you first arrived at the hospital, so we sent you straight to the operating room. You were born prematurely and had heavy bleeding. The baby was too young and not fully developed yet. Even if you gave birth, you wouldn't be able to keep it alive."

Qin Huairu was struck by lightning after hearing this, staring blankly at the ceiling. Qin Huairu lost two children in one day, and this kind of blow is not something that anyone can bear.

"Do you have any family? Do you have a job? Can you pay for the treatment?"

However, the nurse never received a response, and Qin Huairu just stared at the ceiling blankly.

Middle courtyard, Jia's house.

"Sister, I'm hungry." Huaihua said to her sister.

"I'm hungry too. I'll go cook."

"I'll light the fire."

After a busy period, the two sisters finally cooked some cornmeal porridge and cut some pickles, and then ate it.

As soon as it got dark, Xiaodang closed the door. An oil lamp was lit in the room, and the two sisters huddled in the corner under a quilt.

"Sister, I feel a little itchy. I think the strange disease has recurred."

"Take off your clothes and lie down, I'll apply some ointment on you." Xiaodang got up and went to find the ointment.

Huaihua quickly took off her clothes and lay on the kang, scratching her back with her hand.

Xiaodang came back quickly with the ointment, opened the lid and started applying it to his sister.

Xiao Dang looked at his sister's pimpled back and asked, "Huaihua, do you think we will be like grandma?"

"No way, didn't the doctor say that our condition is relatively mild? As long as we get intravenous drips and apply ointments on time, we can suppress this strange disease." Huaihua said seriously.

"Well, you're right. We need to take good care of ourselves and we'll get better."

Xiaodang had already noticed that Huaihua's condition was obviously getting worse. After all, she was a few years older than Huaihua and knew more. She knew that the two sisters were beyond saving and were just slowly waiting to die. She only lied to her out of love for her sister. Her brother also died today, and they were left with only their mother and each other to depend on.

Five days later, Qin Huairu's spirits improved a little, and she dragged her heavy body to pay the fees and took the relevant documents to process her discharge. Although she was now cleaning toilets at the steel mill, she was still a formal employee of the steel mill, and her medical expenses could be reimbursed, so she didn't have to spend much money herself.

Qin Huairu finally reached the steel rolling mill, handed in the hospitalization documents, and then went to ask for leave from the head of their medical team.

"Section Chief Sun, I would like to ask for a few days' leave."

"Ask for leave? Qin Huairu, where have you been these days? Do you know that you have been absent from work for several days, and you still want to ask for leave!" Section Chief Sun said angrily.

"I was sick and stayed in the hospital for a few days. I was just discharged today."

"You said you were hospitalized, do you have any evidence? Even if you were sick and hospitalized, you should have sent someone to the factory to tell us. How could you just skip work like that?"

"Leader, you know our family's situation. We really have no one left. The nurses helped me get meals during my hospitalization. I have just submitted the receipts for reimbursement. Please give me a few more days off so I can rest." Qin Huairu pleaded.

Section Chief Sun felt a little sorry for Qin Huairu when he saw her pale complexion and half of her face that was disfigured. But when he heard her say that she was going to get reimbursed, he was sure that she was really in the hospital.

"Okay, three days, at most. You must come back to work in three days!"

"Thank you, thank you, leader."

"Okay, go home and rest quickly, and come back to work as soon as you are well. But the salary that should be deducted will still be deducted."

Qin Huairu dragged her heavy body back to the courtyard. She had lost the mask she was wearing long ago. People kept pointing at her along the way.

"Is this the cheating Qin Huairu?"

"Yes, I was arrested and paraded through the streets, and my wife poured hot water on my face. That's why I became like this."

"Let me tell you, from what I heard, Qin Huairu has had affairs with many men, and she even got herself pregnant!"

"What? Isn't her husband dead? This is too embarrassing!"

"Hey, her belly doesn't look like she's pregnant, does it?"

"I guess she knew she had done something shameful, so she secretly had the abortion, right?"

"I wonder if her dead man would be mad to death again if he knew about it."

"Hey, what's this? I have even more explosive news. Qin Huairu's biological parents no longer recognize her and have severed all ties with her. The last time she went back to her parents' home, she was kicked out."

Humph, just cut off the relationship. If I had a daughter like this, I would be too ashamed to live on!"

"She deserves it! Such an immoral slut has the nerve to live!"

"Go, go, she's looking over here."

Then several people quickened their pace and passed Qin Huairu, who stared at them with hatred for a while before continuing to walk home.

Qin Huairu finally returned to the courtyard. After knocking on her door, she felt she had no strength left and had to lean against the door.

She felt better when she came out of the hospital today, but she became weaker and weaker as she walked. If she hadn't been worried about her two children at home, she wouldn't have forced herself to be discharged from the hospital.

Huaihua heard a knock on the door and looked out the window, and saw Qin Huairu leaning against the door at a glance.

"Mom, you're back! I'll open the door for you."

As soon as Huaihua finished speaking, Xiaodang jumped off the kang impatiently. God knows how the two sisters survived these days. There was not much food at home, and Xiaodang was not sure about the amount of food when cooking. The two sisters ate well for the first three days, but there was not enough food in the next two days, so they could only drink some porridge every day.

"mom!"

As soon as Xiaodang opened the door, he heard a thud and Qin Huairu fell in.

"Huaihua, come here quickly, let's help mom onto the kang."

The two sisters supported Qin Huairu from both sides. After Qin Huairu had regained some strength, they helped her lie down on the kang.

"Mom!" Xiaodang burst into tears when she saw Qin Huairu's pale face and flat belly. She knew that the baby in her mother's belly was gone.

Xiaodang's crying infected Qin Huairu and Huaihua. For a moment, the three of them, mother and daughter, hugged each other and cried, as if they were venting the injustice of fate.