Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s-Chapter 1161: Right and Wrong

The newly hired two domestic helpers are both of Asian descent, they can both understand Mandarin. Now, Rong Daniang primarily devotes her energy to taking care of the three children, leaving the specific tasks to the two helpers.

Wei Jun came back that day with a rather bad complexion and sought out Luo Qiao: "Sister-in-law, I want to make a trip back to the country."

Luo Qiao stopped what she was doing: "Did something happen?"

Wei Jun wiped his face: "Yesterday in New York, I ran into an old acquaintance by chance. He told me about some things, and I think I must go back and deal with them personally."

As it turned out, Wei Jun had encountered an acquaintance in New York the day before. That person told him his ex wasn’t doing well; she seemed to have been kicked out by her in-laws two months ago, and one of the children has contracted a serious illness.

Her own family wouldn’t allow her to visit either, and now she’s living a particularly miserable life. Wei Jun almost had a breakdown on the spot after hearing this.

The story sounded quite dramatic. The ex-girlfriend Wei Jun knew was called Xia Shanmei. Her family and Wei Jun’s were neighbors, and the two of them had been involved for a long time.

Both families had tacitly accepted their relationship and planned to propose marriage and prepare for the wedding after the New Year. However, the young couple eventually consummated their relationship the day before Wei Jun’s leave ended.

Under normal circumstances, since they were getting married after the New Year, it wasn’t something intolerable. But the problem was, Xia Shanmei’s mother was greedy for money.

Only the two families knew about the affair between the Wei and Xia families. Yet, right after the New Year, an engagement intermediary visited the Xia household with a handsome dowry offer, mainly because the suitor was a permanent employee at a water supply company.

Xia Shanmei’s mother was swayed, thinking it was better to marry a man with a stable job than a soldier. She did it for her daughter’s sake. Initially, Xia Shanmei disagreed and clashed with her family.

But a month later, she realized she was pregnant. However, she couldn’t contact Wei Jun at the time. Coincidentally, when Xia Shanmei approached the Wei Family, she was harshly rebuffed by Wei Jun’s cousin because the cousin’s friend liked Wei Jun and therefore held a grudge against Xia Shanmei.

At that time, Wei Jun’s cousin was living with his family. Xia Shanmei couldn’t find Wei Jun and felt that if she moved into the Wei Family’s household, she would not have a good life, all the while her belly was growing bigger.

After much persuasion by her mother and to protect herself, Xia Shanmei agreed to marry into the Ying Family.

Xia Shanmei also had some cunning. On her wedding night, she made preparations in advance and somehow managed to deceive the people of the Ying Family.

Good news came out soon after, and she lived a happy life in her husband’s home for a while.

In actuality, the Ying Family’s circumstances were average. It was only because Ying Cai, their daughter, had married well, to the son of a city leader, that the Ying Family enjoyed good days, all thanks to her. Thus, Ying Cai wielded absolute influence in the Ying Family.

What Xia Shanmei didn’t expect was that her unborn child had already been calculated into the Ying Family’s plans. Ying Cai has been married to the Cheng Family for several years but has only given birth to daughters. Pregnant again, she was hoping for a son.

As time passed, one day Ying Cai suddenly returned to her parents’ house. Sweating profusely and without even wiping her forehead, she endured the discomfort in her belly and dragged her mother into the room to talk. Soon after, news came out that Ying Cai was going into labor.

At that moment, Xia Shanmei thought to herself, thankfully her older sister-in-law was at her parents’ house when labor started; what would have happened if it had been elsewhere?

Even in the midst of urgency, her mother-in-law handed her a bowl of sweet water. She felt somewhat grateful at that time, as her mother-in-law was still considering her during such a moment. But soon after drinking it, she too felt labor pains and thought it was a coincidence.

In the late 1970s, many households did not go to hospitals to give birth. However, after both pregnant women went into labor, Xia Shanmei’s mother-in-law did not call for a midwife to help. Instead, she directed the household members to boil water in the kitchen, and she took charge of the delivery herself.

The older sister-in-law gave birth first, followed by Xia Shanmei. However, Xia Shanmei was so exhausted from giving birth that she fell asleep. Just before passing out, she only heard the mother-in-law say it was a baby girl.

But her mother-in-law wasn’t very angry; she comforted her to recover well and spoke encouraging words like "flowers bloom before the fruits come," asking her to rest easy.

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