The wife of two taels of silver

After giving Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan an extra meal of "supplementary food", Lin Haitang pretended to go to the study to find medical books. She went to the space, took out all the medical books, and gave them to Liu Wanwan.

As soon as Liu Wanwan opened it, her eyes were filled with surprise: "Thank you, sister! These books are really treasures!"

Lin Haitang smiled and said, "It's good that these books are useful. I was worried that they would not be useful."

"How can they be useless? These books are extremely valuable. That old man must be a very good doctor!" Liu Wanwan looked at the books in the basket, picked up one and held it in her arms, as if she was holding a rare treasure.

Liu Wanwan took the books to her room, dived in and never came out. Even lunch was brought in by Liu Sanyou.

Lin Haitang had nothing to do all day, so she left Gu Chen to the wet nurse and Zhao Xiangjun, and read the sweet potato starch over and over again.

Around 3 p.m., there was a knock on the door.

When Zhang Ben went to open the door, he was also very puzzled. Why were there so many people knocking on the door in the past two days? In the past, no one came for ten days or half a month.

As a result, when the door was opened, there were so many people outside, surrounding the door and pointing and talking.

There was a woman kneeling on the ground outside the door, she was pregnant, dressed in mourning clothes, and had a tearful look on her face.

Zhang Ben's thick brows furrowed, and he said in a gruff voice, "Who are you? What are you doing kneeling in front of my door?"

The woman cried especially pitifully, saying, "Brother, I want to see the mistress of the house. I am already seven months pregnant, and I hope the mistress can see me."

"Who do you think you are? How can you see my wife just like that?" Zhang Ben sneered and pretended to close the door.

"Brother, how can you be so cruel? I am pregnant with your master's child!" the woman shouted.

After hearing her words, Zhang Ben frowned and thought that this woman must be a fool.

Apart from anything else, Gu An can't do this.

"Oh my, this belly looks like it's already seven or eight months old. This lady is so cruel."

"And this man is such a coward. He keeps a mistress outside, but he doesn't have the ability to marry her home as a concubine."

"Is this woman just looking at the other person's wealth? I remember that this family just moved in not long ago and bought the house with full payment, but I have never met the man of the house."

The onlookers were discussing it.

Zhang Ben was about to speak when Lin Haitang came out.

"Madam, my dear, my husband and I are in love. I only ask you to let me in. I will serve you well." The woman saw Lin Haitang, knelt down and took two steps, holding her belly with one hand and reaching forward with the other.

It's quite melodramatic and quite a cliché.

Lin Haitang looked at the situation and wondered what kind of melodramatic plot this was. How could it be like a TV drama? She asked, "Miss, let me ask you, what's the name of your husband?"

The woman was also surprised, not knowing why Lin Haitang asked this, and said, "Sister, of course it's Xu Kang."

Lin Haitang smiled brightly, showing her eight standard teeth, and said, "Miss, my child's father's surname is Gu, Gu An. You've come to the wrong place."

A woman who was watching said, "Miss, the Xu family is on West Street, this is East Street!"

Everyone was in an uproar, pointing at the woman and talking even louder.

The kneeling woman's face turned red and white, her features twisted and distorted. Her clenched fists trembled. After a few breaths, she managed to steady herself and said pitifully, "My lady, I'm so sorry."

The woman stood up with difficulty, tugged at her mourning clothes, and began to walk towards West Street, crying with every step.

Lin Haitang was really curious. She had never encountered such a thing before. How could she find the wrong door when looking for the father of a child?

Zhang Ben was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

It's true that people in all eras are very gossipy. A group of people followed the woman to West Street, and some of them were even cracking melon seeds!

Lin Haitang ran while shouting, "Sister-in-law, Wanwan, let's go and watch the fun!"

Zhao Xiangjun came out holding Gu Chen, patting the child while asking, "What's all the fuss?"

Lin Haitang vividly recounted what had just happened. Zhao Xiangjun laughed and said, "How could such a thing happen? It's true that if you live long enough, you'll encounter everything."

Liu Wanwan came out a little late, but she also heard what Lin Haitang had just said. She pulled Lin Haitang and Zhao Xiangjun and said, "Hurry up and go. I have never seen anything like this before."

"Ah! Ah!"

It was Gu Chen. He stretched out his two short, fleshy arms and leaned towards Lin Haitang.

Lin Haitang took Gu Chen over and said, "Do you want to go with your mother too? But you are too young, it would not be good for you to hear that."

Zhao Xiangjun said, "What can a child understand?"

Lin Haitang shook her head seriously and said, "Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. Children can understand everything, so when they are young, don't let them hear or see anything bad, otherwise they will imitate it themselves, which is very bad for their growth."

Zhao Xiangjun nodded thoughtfully.

Lin Haitang called the wet nurse over, and Gu Chen gave her the job, while he took Zhao Xiangjun and Liu Wanwan to watch gossip.

Arriving at the Xu family's door, Lin Haitang saw Xu Kang, who was of average appearance, tall and thin. His wife was standing next to him, pulling his ear and yelling loudly.

"Well, Xu Kang, you dare to keep a mistress behind my back. Don't forget, you are married into our family!"

Xu Kang's wife is very, very fat, weighing about two or three hundred pounds. When she stomps her feet, the ground shakes three times. Maybe because of her fatness, her eyes are very small, just a slit, but her skin is very white, and you can tell at a glance that she has been spoiled since she was a child.

The woman was still kneeling on the ground crying, covering her face with her sleeves, and occasionally peeking at the farce of Xu Kang and his wife.

Xu Kang yelled, "Wife, wife, I was wrong, I was wrong! I really didn't expect her to be pregnant. I haven't contacted her for half a year! I just gave her some money, I didn't know she could get pregnant!"

"Xu Kang, I'm telling you! I'm going to divorce you! Go and be with your mistress!" The fat woman kicked Xu Kang and yelled, "I have a big family and a lot of wealth, I can raise my child by myself, and there will be plenty of men rushing to marry me in the future, so get out of here!"

Lin Haitang clapped her hands and whispered, "Holy crap! A heroine!"

When Xu Kang heard the fat woman say this, he quickly knelt down and said, "Wife, wife, you can't do this. I don't even know if the baby in this woman's belly is mine. You can't divorce me!"

The kneeling woman cried, "Xu Lang, I was a virgin when I was with you. I got pregnant before we were married, and my father was so angry that he died. Xu Lang, you can't do this to me."

The crying made everyone who heard it sad and everyone who saw it shed tears. People around pointed at Xu Kang and cursed him.

The woman knelt at the fat woman's feet and said, "Sister, I don't ask for anything else but to be a concubine. Please let me come in and serve Xu Lang and you. The child in my belly is really Xu Lang's. When the child is born, I am willing to drop a blood drop to recognize my kinship!"

The fat woman snorted coldly, turned into the yard, and slammed the door.

No matter how the man knocked on the door, it never opened. After a long time, a servant came out and gave Xu Kang a letter of divorce.

Lin Haitang and the other two were still talking about this on the way back. Lin Haitang kept sighing: "I didn't expect that there would be such a woman in the Kang Dynasty. She is really amazing!"

Zhao Xiangjun said, "I don't think the pregnant woman is a good person. I'm afraid she is trying to deceive Xu Kang."

Liu Wanwan also nodded and said, "It looks like it to me, but that man is not a good guy either, he deserves it!"

Lin Haitang thought again of the woman who went to the wrong door and said, "This person is really something. Didn't she ask before? How could she go to the wrong door for something like this?"

Lin Haitang secretly wondered, what if that woman hadn't come to the wrong door? What if the child was Gu An's? What should she do?

Lin Haitang quickly shook her head again, interrupting her nonsensical thoughts.

Gu An in the military camp suddenly sneezed twice. He frowned, as if he always felt like someone was scolding him.