Chapter 148: Folk Remedies for Conceiving
Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Folk Remedies for Conceiving
The educated youths looked at Xu Linlin with complex expressions. Her few words made it seem like they were forcing her, but in reality, everything was her own doing.
Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Heng. "You educated youths should handle this yourselves! I’m just here to inform you about it."
Xu Linlin gritted her teeth and glared at Fu Xiaoxiao’s back as she was about to leave, turning her back to her.
It’s all her fault.
This thought flashed through Xu Linlin’s mind as she saw Fu Xiaoxiao walking toward the stairs. Suddenly, she fiercely rushed at Fu Xiaoxiao.
"Fu Xiaoxiao, go to hell." Xu Linlin viciously reached out, trying to push Fu Xiaoxiao down the stairs. Beside the stairs was the village’s water ditch, which was littered with stones underneath.
"Watch out." Xiao Heng’s face changed dramatically, and he immediately stepped forward, trying to grab Xu Linlin.
Fu Xiaoxiao was always alert, and when she caught sight of Xu Linlin rushing toward her from the corner of her eye, she turned around, dodging Xu Linlin’s hand.
Xu Linlin missed, and her momentum couldn’t be stopped; she fell face-first into the water ditch ahead.
"Ah!"
Everyone rushed out and saw Xu Linlin sprawled out in the ditch, her face bloodied and shocking to behold.
"What should we do?" Looking at the already unconscious Xu Linlin, the crowd was left in a dilemma.
"What else can we do, saving her is urgent, let’s take her to the clinic first." Xiao Heng said calmly, for she couldn’t die here.
A male educated youth picked Xu Linlin up, while two female educated youths hurried back to the house to get her a change of clothes, as the ditch water was dirty.
Fu Xiaoxiao watched Xu Linlin being carried away and shook her head.
It’s truly a case of self-inflicted misfortune.
"Mr. Fu." After all the other educated youths had left, Xiao Heng looked at Fu Xiaoxiao and softly called out.
"What’s up?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Heng, signaling him to speak if he had something to say.
"Thank you for saving my grandfather, and thank you for the sweet potatoes and potatoes you brought him." Xiao Heng’s eyes glittered as he looked at Fu Xiaoxiao.
Thanks to Fu Xiaoxiao’s help, even if his grandfather got hungry in the middle of the night, he could still cook himself a sweet potato or a potato, and recently, his condition visibly improved.
"No need to thank me, do you still need medicine?" Fu Xiaoxiao waved her hand and asked.
"The medicine you gave last time is still sufficient. Grandpa asked me to ask you if there’s something he can do for you, as he wants to repay your kindness." Xiao Heng looked at Fu Xiaoxiao, his grandfather had asked him to offer himself as a reward, but Fu Xiaoxiao was already married, so he refused this way of repaying.
"No need for that, as long as he stays well." Fu Xiaoxiao shook her head, she didn’t need anything.
"You should think about it, no matter what it is, my grandpa can help you." Xiao Heng looked at Fu Xiaoxiao. "In fact, my grandpa wants to ask if you’d like to learn some knowledge from him..."
"Learn knowledge?" Fu Xiaoxiao blinked, at least two more years until the reinstatement of college entrance exams.
"Yes, if you’re willing, my grandpa is willing to teach you knowledge." Xiao Heng looked at Fu Xiaoxiao seriously. "Of course, if you’re worried about..."
After all, his grandfather was still classified as one of the "black five categories," unsure if Fu Xiaoxiao would be willing to learn from him. He wished to offer another form of repayment, but he had nothing but a mind full of knowledge.
"My grandfather’s biggest hobby is reading books, he reads extensively and is knowledgeable in many areas." Xiao Heng looked at Fu Xiaoxiao, earnestly recommending him.
"Your grandpa is really an amazing person, I’m definitely willing." Fu Xiaoxiao smiled at Xiao Heng.
"Alright, come find me in a couple of days." Xiao Heng’s lips curled into a smile, nodding at Fu Xiaoxiao.
Fu Xiaoxiao wasn’t sure how Xiao Heng’s grandfather would teach her, but she was quite interested in finding out what she could learn from the old man.
Fu Xiaoxiao returned under the big tree and saw Lu Chen obediently sitting next to Aunt Wang, where a pile of food was placed next to him.
Raising her eyebrows, what did this little guy do, why is there so much food?
"Xiao Chen, let’s go home." Fu Xiaoxiao called out.
"Mommy!" Seeing Fu Xiaoxiao return, Lu Chen immediately emerged from Aunt Wang’s embrace and dashed into her arms.
"Mommy, these aunties are so scary, they actually want my pee." Lu Chen whispered in her ear, snuggling in Fu Xiaoxiao’s embrace.
"Huh?" Fu Xiaoxiao was stunned, want what?
"Xiao Xiao, you’re just in time, these are all from the Chen Family’s daughter-in-law for your kid, she wants some of Xiao Chen’s child’s urine." Aunt Wang came over to explain on behalf of the Chen Family daughter-in-law.
"Auntie, what’s this about? I don’t understand, why do they want Xiao Chen’s urine?" Fu Xiaoxiao didn’t understand what this was all about.
"Well! Isn’t this... she’s been married for over three years without any movement in her belly, her mother-in-law is watching closely, and heard of a folk remedy, requiring a hundred samples of child’s urine to conceive a boy!" Aunt Wang shook her head, although she also thought this was unreliable, the Chen Family was obsessed about children, seeing the daughter-in-law treated like this, they couldn’t help but pity her.
"What does this have to do with her? If it’s the man’s issue, if he’s infertile, no matter how much they torment the daughter-in-law, it won’t help!" Fu Xiaoxiao twitched her lips, never heard anything so absurd.
A hundred samples of child’s urine, how many kids do they need to find? There aren’t even a hundred children in a village.
"Is this a man’s issue?" Aunt Zhang looked at Fu Xiaoxiao.
"It’s of course a man’s issue! A woman is like the land, a man plants any seed on it, and it bears that fruit. With issues like hers, it’s the man who has no seeds, so how can there be fruit?" Fu Xiaoxiao explained the simplest analogy, leaving the aunties present stunned.
"Sounds like that might be the case."
"Is it true? I always thought it was us women who had issues!"
"Hearing this explanation, it really seems like that’s the case."
The aunties around who heard Fu Xiaoxiao’s words began discussing one by one.
It was the first time they’d heard this theory, it deviated from their understanding.
"Impossible, my son can’t have issues, it must be her problem." Aunt Chen ran out, pointing at Fu Xiaoxiao unwilling to accept.
Her son must be fine, if there’s an issue, it’s definitely with the daughter-in-law.
"Is your son here?" Fu Xiaoxiao asked Aunt Chen.
"This is my son, Chen Hao. Look, such a bright young man, how can there be a problem, it must be the daughter-in-law’s issue." Aunt Chen immediately pulled her son out of the crowd and pushed him in front of Fu Xiaoxiao.
Looking at the young man in front of her, Fu Xiaoxiao could quickly detect the anomaly in his body.
That face... as pale as paper, devoid of any color, seemingly drained of vitality, casting a sickly grayish hue, as if shrouded in a faint haze.
His eyes, eyelids slightly swollen, dark circles sagging, dull and lifeless.
Even his hair looked disheveled, sparse and dry, lacking the inherent shine and resilience, like frostbitten dead grass.
There’s no way he looks like a healthy young guy? Is the mother’s protective filter that strong?
"Aunt Chen! I think it’s best if you take him to see a doctor! Judging by his appearance, his kidneys might not be well..." Fu Xiaoxiao spoke gently.