Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Revealing the pregnancy news during a banquet would only make Yi Zhonghai a laughingstock. It would be a joke for him to divorce his pregnant wife and marry a widow with two sons. People would only think that Yi Zhonghai had done something bad and was of low character, ruining his reputation for life.

He became a modern-day Chen Shimei, abandoning his wife who had shared his hardships to marry another.

It would be fine if he married a widow who didn't have a son, but the widow had an eldest son who was almost 20 and a younger son who was sixteen or seventeen.

Isn't this just a classic case of being sucked up? He's about to help his two sons buy houses, get married, and have children.

Although those two sons were his own flesh and blood, no one else knew that, so he could only say that he was a sucker.

He abandoned his own flesh and blood to raise someone else's widow's son.

Hearing this, the white widow, who was covered with a red veil inside the house, disregarded the wedding ceremony and lifted her veil herself to come out of the inner room.

"What did you say?"

Qin Huairu said awkwardly, "Aunt Bai, Jiang Liqin is pregnant."

"That's impossible! How could she be pregnant? Isn't she infertile?" the white widow shouted.

"I don't know either. Anyway, they made it sound very convincing, and they even said I went to the clinic for a checkup."

"No way, no way, he's lying to us, he just doesn't want me to have a good time."

The white widow simply did not believe that Jiang Liqin could be pregnant.

There are no such coincidences in the world. Yi Zhonghai has been married to him for more than 20 years, and she has never been able to conceive a child during those 20 years.

If these two people are divorced, can they get pregnant?

Isn't it just that she's angry and trying to create a smokescreen because she's embarrassed and humiliated by the fact that I'm marrying into the family today?

This is someone who wants to embarrass themselves and prevent themselves from getting married smoothly.

Any woman in this position would think that Jiang Liqin is lying and just wants to ruin her wedding and embarrass her.

"this..."

Qin Huairu was dumbfounded. She had been convinced by Aunt Jiang's behavior when they were outside that he was really pregnant.

Now that Widow Bai has said this, they actually think what Widow Bai said is true, and that Aunt Jiang just wanted to embarrass the wedding in this way.

"So what do we do now?"

Yi Zhonghai was also a little confused at this point, but he and Widow Bai had already obtained their marriage certificate in advance and had already gone through the wedding ceremony and entered the bridal chamber.

It can be said that the wedding is complete, and consummating the marriage is irrelevant for couples getting married for the second time.

I can't just believe everything I hear and divorce Bai the Widow to remarry Jiang Liqin, can I? What kind of person would I be then?

Besides, Jiang Liqin is already over 40 years old. It's easy for all sorts of accidents to happen when she gets pregnant, and it's uncertain whether the child can be born safely.

On the other hand, the white widow had given birth to two children for him, both of whom were now grown up. He was determined to continue the marriage and could not keep changing his mind.

"Let her say what she wants. Whether it's true or false, today is a joyous day for me and your Aunt Bai, and that won't change."

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

Jia Dongxu quickly pulled Qin Huairu out of the house; they couldn't stay inside any longer.

When they came out, they found that Aunt Jiang, who had been sitting and eating at the banquet, had gone back, and Old Lady Long had also disappeared.

Only Sha Zhu remained seated, looking on with amusement. He snorted and then stopped looking at him.

How could Aunt Jiang be so magnanimous as to calmly face Yi Zhonghai marrying the White Widow? She had known about the White Widow's existence for many years, including his two sons outside the marriage.

She is currently pregnant, but it may not even be Yi Zhonghai's child. It's just that she suddenly announced her pregnancy today, which embarrassed Yi Zhonghai.

Out of sight, out of mind. After letting everyone know that Jiang Liqin was pregnant, she went back with the old lady.

Although the old lady had always treated Yi Zhonghai as her own son, this time the couple divorced and he remarried to the widow Bai, which made her have a lot of opinions about Yi Zhonghai.

This widow will be able to run Yi Zhonghai's household from now on, and become his boss. She might even start to dislike this old woman and stop letting Yi Zhonghai help her.

The atmosphere at the entire banquet was awkward, lacking any of the joyous celebration one would expect from a wedding.

Everyone was whispering about how Aunt Jiang got pregnant with Yi Zhonghai's child, was then kicked out of the house by Yi Zhonghai, and found a new lover.

When Yi Zhonghai came out to offer a toast, he discovered that several of his good coworkers had left the factory, and even the apprentices his master had trained were no longer there. Now, his fellow apprentices also had a lot of complaints about him.

The wedding ceremony was lively just now, but it has turned into this mess in the blink of an eye. There is no joy at all, only murmurs about Yi Zhonghai, that heartless man.

Although the conversation wasn't loud, Yi Zhonghai could still hear some of it, but he couldn't go up and argue with them; he could only pretend he couldn't hear them.

The banquet ended hastily, and as the guests returned, the news that Yi Zhonghai's ex-wife, who had not had a child for over 20 years, was now pregnant and divorcing him quickly spread throughout the nearby streets and steel mill.

Everyone, from top to bottom, was talking about this, cursing Yi Zhonghai for being heartless and lacking any sense of responsibility, abandoning his pregnant wife to have an affair with a widow.

Then someone said that the white widow was actually He Daqing's ex-wife. The two had been married for many years, but they had been living in Baocheng, and no one knew about it.

Now everyone knows that Yi Zhonghai found the old shoe that He Daqing had thrown away.

Since getting married, Yi Zhonghai has always had a cold face, and the widow Bai has been pointed at and gossiped about in the courtyard house, never having a single day of peace.

He Yuzhu has been living a happy yet busy life these days. Although Xiangye is helping to take care of him, he is still very busy.

Xu Huizhen had just finished her postpartum confinement period when Huizhi was also nearing her due date. They switched to a different hospital instead of Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

During the delivery, He Yuzhu waited outside. He was overjoyed to see his son born safely and held him in his arms. When Huizhi came out, he said, "Let's go home!"

"Will this work? Won't people gossip?"

"What are you afraid of? Your sister misses you too. It's best to stay at home during your postpartum period. Now that your sister has finished her postpartum period, you can continue doing it."

Huizhi thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. Anyway, your older sister gave birth to your eldest son, and I'm the second one."

I've always been afraid that my sister will have another girl, and that she'll be unhappy.

Now that's good, since her sister's son is a month older than her own, she won't have any objections to her having a son with Brother Zhu.

Huizhi, who was wrapped up tightly, was able to go home on the same day she gave birth. She got out of the rickshaw and went straight into the courtyard without anyone else seeing her.

No one usually comes to He Yuzhu's courtyard except for the nanny Xiangye, so no one goesssips.

That day, He Yuzhu cooked lunch for the big boss. When he returned, the big boss's wife gave him two bottles of good wine. He Yuzhu was happy and took one bottle back to the courtyard to deliver it to He Daqing.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard people arguing inside. He Yuzhu was puzzled and thought someone was bullying his family. He quickly took a few steps, passed through the main hall, and came into the courtyard. Only then did he see that the neighbors had surrounded the door of the west wing.

At this point, one could vaguely hear Yi Zhonghai and Widow Bai arguing.

Yan Jiecheng, the eldest son of Yan Bugui's family, was closest to the back, so he walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

Q: "They've only been married a few days, how come they're already arguing?"

"Is...is it Brother Zhu?"

Although many people still call him Sha Zhu behind his back, very few dare to call him Sha Zhu to his face anymore.

Yan Jiecheng almost blurted it out, but managed to swallow the words "Silly Zhu" back down.

"What's going on? And why are they arguing?"

"Isn't it because Aunt Yi is pregnant that's causing trouble? Everyone knows that Aunt Yi is definitely carrying Uncle Yi's child. Ever since they got married, they've been arguing every other day."

Yan Jiecheng briefly recounted recent events.

Jiang Dama was pregnant, and the news broke at the wedding banquet of Yi Zhonghai and the widow Bai.

To save face, no one made a fuss, allowing Yi Zhonghai to marry the widow smoothly.

But afterwards, Yi Zhonghai approached Aunt Yi several times, wanting her to give birth to the child, and if it was a boy, to be raised by Old Yi.

If it's a girl, she can stay with Aunt Yi and be cared for in her old age.

These words infuriated Aunt Yi. So you've got a clever plan: if it's a son, you'll take him back and give him the Yi surname, but if it's a daughter, you'll ignore her.

Of course, Aunt Yi would not agree to Yi Zhonghai's request and refused outright. Then, during an argument with Widow Bai, she revealed what had happened.

Then Widow Bai and Yi Zhonghai started arguing.

Actually, their argument wasn't just about that. The main reason was that the white widow had lived alone for many years, and the two of them seemed incompatible in terms of lifestyle.

Moreover, the White Widow was a very strong-willed person; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to raise her child so well in those years.

She wouldn't be like an older woman who manages the household affairs meticulously and serves Yi Zhonghai comfortably.

Sometimes, after Yi Zhonghai came home from get off work, he would have to cook for himself and take care of Widow Bai.

Yan Jiecheng concluded, "Why would this woman marry him?"

Chapter 226 Regret

Yeah, what's the point of marrying a woman who can't take care of her family?

At this time of year, going to work is almost all manual labor, and people are already exhausted every day. If they can't get a hot meal when they get home and have to take care of their wives themselves, then they might as well not have a wife at all.

"Serves him right, Yi Zhonghai regrets it now!"

"Yes, Uncle Yi is really unlucky. He married a widow with two big burdens. His life will be tough from now on."

The two whispered among themselves, then watched them argue. Soon, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui separated them, and the second aunt pulled the widow into the house.

"Alright, everyone disperse." Yi Zhonghai knew he had made a fool of himself, so he started chasing people away right after the argument.

He Yuzhu pulled Yushui into the house, opened the leather satchel he had brought, and took out various pastries, as well as the bottle of white wine.

A while later, He Daqing came home from get off work and was very happy to see He Yuzhu. He asked, "How is the child?"