Shi Erlang’s wife stared at her mother-in-law and thought, ’So, this is the pleasure of beating others. No wonder my mother-in-law always beat me and my sister-in-law.’
The feeling of holding the power to determine people’s lives was so good. With this thought, she shoved a rag into her mother-in-law’s mouth and kept pinching and twisting her mother-in-law’s flesh with a twisted smile.
Mother Shiuldn’t move anduld only endure the pinching. She wanted to shout, but her mouth was stuffed with a rag, so sheuld only let out muffled sounds from her throat.
While she was being tortured by her snd daughter-in-law, her husband and her three sons were searching in the mountain foothills.
Now, it was noon, and not many people came to the mountain foothills. After searching for hours, they finally found a place similar to the one on the map.
After putting the map into his pocket, Father Shi said, "It should be around this place. Start digging."
Holding their shovels, the Shi brothers nodded and started to work. While digging, they were already planning how to exchange the gold for money and how to divide it. They had no plans to pay their debts or cure their mother.
After all, the one who took the bride price was their mother, so she should be the one to pay it back. As for Shi Qiwan’smpensation, they were family. There was no need tompensate a family member over a small dispute.
With the thought of getting rich overnight, they worked diligently, and after digging in several places for two hours, Shi Sanlang’s shovel finally hit something hard in the ground.
He poked the spot several times and heard a thudding sound. Since it made a sound, it must not be a stone. He hastened his movements and dug out the box.
The box was small and locked with a rusty padlock. Seeing that the padlock was rusted, he tried to pry it open.
When he was busy opening the box, Shi Dalang saw it and said, "Father, Snd Brother, Third Brother found it!"
As soon as he said this, the three of them rushed over and saw Shi Sanlang pull off the padlock. Before heuld open the box, it was snatched away by his father.
Seeing his sons’ eager eyes, Father Shi said, "It’s your mother’s belongings, so it’s right for me, as her husband, to open it."
As sons, they still didn’t dare to go against their father openly. So, theyuld only stretch their necks to see how much gold was inside.
Unfortunately, reality is always different from their imaginations.
The moment the lid was opened, there was no gold at all. Besides a small jade pendant, there was only a yellowed letter and a piece of a baby’s dudou.
When heuld barely hold back his anxiety anymore, the curtain was pulled open, and the doctor said while taking off her medical gloves, "Comrade Lu, your wife is almost ready. We will move her to the labor room."
Hearing this, Lu Cheng asked, "Doctor, can I go inside and ampany my wife?"
The old doctor was surprised by his words. It wasn’t rare for a mother or mother-in-law to ampany a pregnant woman in the labor room, but this was the first time she had heard such a request from a husband.
After all, many older people still believed it was unlucky for a man to enter the labor room. Besides, most men prioritized having a child, while the mother’s well-being was often overlooked.
Wasn’t it a woman’s duty to give birth to her husband’s children? This was the mostmmon phrase she heard from those women’s husbands.
So, after hearing his request, the old doctor smiled and said, "Comrade Lu, the labor process can be quite unsightly, and you might not be able to endure it."
"Doctor, I have experience. When my wife gave birth to our daughter, I was there to ampany her. She is afraid of pain, and I want to be by her side," Lu Cheng said.
When their daughter was born, they had done it at home, allowing him to stay by his wife’s side. Now that they were in a hospital, he wasn’t sure if he would be allowed into the labor room, so he asked.
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