A lucky little peasant girl is reborn and brings prosperity to her entire family.

"Gansui, peach kernel, Glauber's salt..." Doctor Ding roared, "Didn't that person know these are tonics prescribed for pregnant women! How can pregnant women take these! They're all things that purge qi, dispel blood stasis, and promote menstruation. How can pregnant women use these! Are they afraid the pregnant woman won't miscarry?!"

Qi Lian's face turned as white as paper, and she blurted out, "This, how is this possible? This is the secret medicine the sorceress gave me to turn a woman into a man..."

Dr. Ding's expression changed again.

As a doctor who practices proper pulse diagnosis, Dr. Ding deeply despises witch doctors.

Many patients, blindly believing in so-called shamans, have delayed their treatment, leading to serious consequences!

He took a deep breath, then another.

Dr. Ding decided he needed to pause for a moment. He first looked at Song Yanyan and asked, "Your sister-in-law didn't take this medicine, did she?"

Song Yanyan shook her head: "My sister-in-law just brought it back. I was thinking that there are so many taboos regarding medication for pregnant women, so it would be better to ask you first."

Doctor Ding gave him an approving look and nodded affirmatively: "Luckily you're a reliable person. If your sister-in-law had taken this medicine..." Doctor Ding sneered, still considering Qi Lian's current somewhat erratic and anxious pulse, and did not directly state the consequences.

But to Qi Lian, this was even more frightening.

Her legs went weak!

Song Yanyan caught Qi Lian, who murmured in a trembling voice, "It's impossible, that sorceress is very powerful...and many people have given birth to boys after taking this medicine..."

Dr. Ding hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but scoff, "The chance of having a boy or a girl is 50/50. As long as some people manage to survive and give birth to a boy, word will spread, and those who want a boy will naturally treat it as a miracle cure."

Qi Lian was speechless; her legs were weak, and almost all of her weight was hanging on Song Yanyan.

Dr. Ding repeatedly and sternly emphasized, "You absolutely must not take this medicine. Do you understand?"

Qi Lian's face turned pale, and her whole body trembled slightly.

She still can't accept that the secret medicine she obtained by spending all the copper coins she had was actually a deadly drug.

Song Yanyan first helped Qi Lian back home, then quickly poured her sister-in-law a cup of hot water and added some brown sugar that Tian Denghua had bought specifically for Qi Lian.

Tian Denghua also returned and saw Song Yanyan busy running around, while Qi Lian sat there listlessly, looking like a ghost.

Tian Denghua was puzzled and worried about Qi Lian's condition, so she quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

She looked around. "Did the boss bully you?"

As she spoke, Tian Denghua angrily rolled up her sleeves, "That stubborn man! I've told him so many times that you're pregnant, it's not easy for you, and that he should give in to you in everything. He's just ignoring what I say!"

"Where's the boss?! Where the hell is the boss?! Get over here!"

Seeing her mother-in-law's protectiveness towards her, and realizing how useless she was—not only unable to give the Song family a grandson, but also almost taking the medicine that would cause her to miscarry…

Qi Lian was so ashamed that she cried.

Tian Denghua was terrified: "What...what happened?"

Song Yanyan was boiling water in the kitchen to make hot water for the hot water bottle. She had just brought the hot water bottle in when she saw her sister-in-law lying on the table, crying bitterly. Tian Denghua was standing to the side, completely at a loss.

Song Yanyan guessed it, and she quickly stuffed the hot water bottle into Qi Lian's arms: "Sister-in-law, don't cry. Think about the baby in your belly."

As soon as the child was mentioned, Qi Lian listened intently. She tried to stop crying, choking back sobs as she replied, "Okay..."

Tian Denghua was even more confused: "No, eldest daughter-in-law, are you alright?"

Qi Lian sobbed, "Mother, I'm alright, I was so stupid. I went to the sorceress to buy medicine, and I almost... almost..."

She couldn't continue; she was sobbing quite hard.

Seeing that Qi Lian seemed to be keeping it from Tian Denghua any longer, Song Yanyan said directly, "Mother, my sister-in-law has been bewitched by Sun Laosi's wife. She feels that if she doesn't give birth to a son, she'll be letting you and our family down. Sun Laosi's wife is also secretly giving her the fertility elixir from the Nanshan sorceress... My sister-in-law was so anxious that she went and bought a dose. I sensed something was wrong, so I took her to Doctor Ding to have the medicine tested. There are several kinds of medicine in it that pregnant women absolutely cannot use. It's very dangerous."

Tian Denghua was instantly enraged: "There's such a thing?! I just went to Sun Laosi's wife's house and made a scene, warning them not to meddle in other people's business. It seems I was too hasty! I'm going to smash their house right now, they actually tried to harm my daughter-in-law!"

Qi Lian was unaware of the affair between Sun Lao Si's wife and Xiang Yu Ting. Upon hearing this, she momentarily forgot to cry and was stunned.

She was a kind person and didn't want to think the worst of others, so she spoke up for Sun Lao Si's wife: "Mother, Sun Lao Si's wife probably didn't mean it... she's just a gossip..."

“Sister-in-law! Sun Laosi’s wife isn’t just a gossip, she’s doing it on purpose!” Song Yanyan recounted the conversation she saw Xiang Yuting have with Sun Laosi in the courtyard when they went to his house.

Qi Lian froze, her whole body trembling slightly.

She felt cold all over, except for the hot water bottle she was holding in her arms, which was still radiating warmth.

Song Yanyan stepped forward and hugged Qi Lian: "Sister-in-law, I'm telling you this not to make you angry. I just want to tell you that you can never be too careful."

Qi Lian's teeth were chattering: "Why, why did she want to hurt me..."

Song Yanyan whispered, "Xiang Yuting probably hasn't given up on my brother yet. That's why they said those things on purpose, hoping to throw you off balance and make you desperately seek out that quack doctor in Nanshan to buy that damn secret medicine to turn you from a girl into a boy, and then harm the baby in your belly... Sister-in-law, for the sake of the baby in your belly, you have to pull yourself together and not let them succeed!"

Qi Lian slowly stopped trembling, her eyes blazing with fury.

"Yes, I absolutely cannot let those two bitches get away with it!" Qi Lian gritted her teeth in anger when she thought about how she had been tricked by the two of them!

She hated herself for being stupid, and hated those two bitches even more. She was living a perfectly good life, and they had to come and ruin it for her!

"I can't swallow this!" Tian Denghua's expression was somewhat ferocious in the dim light. "I originally thought that Sun Laosi's wife was already vicious enough for colluding with Xiang Yuting to deliberately make the eldest daughter-in-law worry! I never expected that what's even more vicious is yet to come. They actually led the eldest daughter-in-law to buy that old witch's poison! I'm so angry, so angry!"

Tian Denghua grew angrier and angrier the more she thought about it!

"Yan Yan, stay home and keep an eye on your sister-in-law!" Tian Denghua said, suppressing her anger, before striding out the door.

Qi Lian was terrified.

Fortunately, just as Tian Denghua was about to leave, the three brothers Song Risheng, Song Yueping, and Song Xingming, who were working in the fields, returned. Tian Denghua briefly explained the situation, and Song Risheng was so angry that he was practically fuming.

Tian Denghua's face was contorted with rage as she raised her arm and shouted:

"Let's go! You three brothers grab your weapons, let's smash up Old Man Sun's house!"