Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 352: One Family is Happy, Some are Sad
When the man heard He Yuanchao's name, a smile appeared on his face.

But when he saw Zhang Min and a large family named Zhuzi, the man thought something had happened and the smile on his face quickly disappeared.

"Why are you here at the hospital so late at night?"

As soon as He Yuanchao came in front of the man, the man asked without waiting for him to speak.

Seeing the worry in the man's eyes, He Yuanchao did not hide it and directly told him that Zhang Min was pregnant.

"Really?"

The man was pleasantly surprised after hearing what He Yuanchao said, and then he laughed and said, "Our two families are really destined to meet. Your sister Chen Ting just found out she is pregnant today."

After listening to the man's words, He Yuanchao first said a few words of congratulations, then looked around and asked with some doubt:
"Brother-in-law, why are you alone? Sister Ting didn't come with you."

Hearing this, the man showed an expression of both happiness and some distress on his face and said:
"Oh! Forget about it. Knowing that your sister Ting is pregnant, my parents are afraid that she will melt if they hold her in their mouths, and they are afraid that she will fall if they hold her in their hands, so how can they bear to let her out?"

He Yuanchao was not too surprised after hearing what the man said. After all, the couple had been married for seven or eight years and finally got pregnant, so it was understandable that the parents took it seriously.

While the two were talking, Zhang Min, Sha Zhu and He Yushui already knew who the man was and came over to greet him.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the man said to Zhang Min with emotion: "I actually have to thank your Yuan Chao for this. If he hadn't found Mr. Wei, your sister and I might never have had children in this life."

Zhang Min heard from He Yuanchao that the couple had no children after their marriage, and she even used this matter to shut her mother up some time ago.

Now hearing this suddenly, he felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He said something perfunctory and changed the subject, asking about Chen Ting's reaction after she became pregnant.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, the melancholy that had just appeared on the man's face disappeared completely, and he talked incessantly about the abnormal behavior of Chen Ting during the past few days of her pregnancy.

It was obvious that the man was genuinely happy. He was usually a taciturn person, but now he seemed to have never spoken a word. He kept repeating a sentence two or three times, fearing that others might not understand what he wanted to express.

He Yuanchao patiently listened for a while, and when the man paused, he quickly changed the subject:
"Brother-in-law, when did Sister Ting find out she was pregnant? When I called my godmother this afternoon, she didn't mention it!"

"How else can I say fate!"

The man laughed twice, pushed his glasses on his nose and said, "During dinner, your sister Ting kept feeling nauseous. She went to our school clinic for a checkup and found out that she was pregnant."

After saying this, the man paused for a moment and then quickly added: "I called my mother-in-law when I left home."

"No wonder godmother didn't mention this when she called this afternoon!"

After muttering something, He Yuanchao continued, "Why are you coming to the hospital so late instead of staying at home with Sister Ting?"

As soon as he asked this question, he saw the excitement on the man's face again, and He Yuanchao's heart skipped a beat. "Oh no!" he was excited again.

Just as He Yuanchao had thought, the man kept talking endlessly when the topic of Chen Ting was brought up. He kept repeating the same things for a long time until he got back to the main topic at the end.

"In order to have a child, your sister Ting and I have been looking for a friend in this hospital to treat our health problems a few years ago. Now we are pregnant. I thought I could just give her a call, but my mother wouldn't allow it. She forced me to come and tell her in person."

In the past few years, it was taboo for men to talk about conditioning the body to have children. Anyone who mentioned it would definitely get angry on the spot, but now he said it with great ease.

The hospital entrance was not a place to talk, so the man and He Yuanchao's family went to the parking lot and spent some time together before leaving Union Hospital on their bicycles.

Watching the man riding his bike getting farther and farther away, He Yuanchao and his companions got in their cars and rushed home.

When they were almost at the hospital entrance, He Yuanchao thought for a moment. It was so late and Zhang Min had just become pregnant, so it would be better not to go to Sha Zhu's house.

Thinking of this, He Yuanchao did not hesitate. He handed the cart to Sha Zhu at the hospital gate and rode his bicycle to take Zhang Min home.

Sha Zhu and He Yushui watched He Yuanchao and his wife walk away, then one rode a tricycle and the other rode a bicycle, chatting about their children, and laughing as they headed home.

When the two of them arrived home, Yu Li, who was in the house, heard the noise, and hurriedly put down the children's shoes she was making, got up and walked out of the house.

"Where are my second uncle and second aunt?"

Yu Li looked around and didn't see He Yuanchao and Zhang Min, so she asked in confusion. He Yushui heard this and wanted to tease Yu Li. She winked at Sha Zhu who was about to speak and said, "Second Uncle and Second Aunt are still in the hospital!"

Yu Li was startled, and hurriedly took two steps forward and asked anxiously: "What's going on? Is Second Aunt suffering from a serious illness?"

"Ah."

After parking his bicycle, He Yushui pretended to look sad and said, "The doctor said that Second Aunt's illness will take seven or eight months to recover! And there is a possibility of recurrence in the future."

After hearing what He Yushui said, Yu Li's face turned very ugly. She suppressed her panic and asked, "Did the doctor say what the disease is?"

Sha Zhu, who was standing by, was originally enjoying the fun, but when he saw that his wife looked a little strange, he was afraid that something bad might happen, so he quickly interrupted and said:
"Don't listen to Yu Shui's nonsense. Second Aunt is pregnant and has been pregnant for almost two months."

Yu Li was stunned at first, but after she reacted, she immediately reached out and twisted He Yushui's arm.

"I told you to fool me..."

"Haha...sister-in-law, be gentle...be gentle...it hurts..."

"You deserve it. You scared me."

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The aunt and sister-in-law laughed so loudly that everyone living in the central courtyard could hear them clearly.

Seeing that the Sha Zhu brother and sister who sent Zhang Min to the hospital came back so soon, Jia Zhang wanted to go out and ask if she had contracted an external illness as she said.

Just as he stood up, Jia Dongxu, who was having his feet washed by Qin Huairu, glared at him and said angrily, "Where are you going? You're still talking about your feudal superstitions. You won't feel at ease until you put me in the security department, right?"

After being yelled at by her son, Jia Zhang sat back on the bed, "I just want to go and see what disease Shazhu's second aunt has."

"Why, she's sick and you're paying for her treatment?"

"How can I have money?"

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While the Jia family's mother and son were having trouble, Aunt Yi had already walked out of the house and came in front of the three people from Sha Zhu's family.

"Zhu Zi, how is your second aunt? Is she okay?"

Seeing Aunt Yi's face full of concern, Sha Zhu smiled and said, "It's okay. My second aunt said the same thing as Aunt Li. She is pregnant."

Hearing this answer, Aunt Yi felt a little bitter. She forced a smile, said a few words of congratulations, and turned back.

I have been looking forward to having a child for half my life, but now I am fifty and still have no child. God is so unfair.

When Aunt Yi entered the room, Yi Zhonghai had not finished his drink. On the table, besides a small plate of pickles and a plate of scrambled eggs, there was also a semiconductor radio playing the news.

Seeing Aunt Yi coming back, Yi Zhonghai put down the wine cup in his hand and said, "How is Aunt Zhuzi, is she okay?"

"It's okay, I'm pregnant."

After saying that, Aunt Yi didn't care about Yi Zhonghai's reaction and went into the inner room.

Knowing the answer, Yi Zhonghai looked up in the direction of Sha Zhu's house. After smoking a cigarette, he suddenly picked up the wine glass on the table and drank the wine in it.

Yi Zhonghai was feeling unhappy, and Yan Bugui, who lived in the same courtyard with him, was also worried at the moment.

The matter of finding a job for Yan Jiecheng seemed to be on track, but who could have imagined that Zhang Ming's incident would happen in the middle.

(End of this chapter)