Chapter 2 – Difficult Labor and Rebirth (2)

Chu Qiao tried her best and called out her last cry. The expressions of the Gu family changed drastically. Gu Jianshe gritted his teeth and said loudly, “Qiao Qiao, I will take good care of our daughter, so you can go without worry!”

As soon as her eyes were dark, Chu Qiao fell into the darkness. There were all kinds of chaotic voices in her ears, but she heard a fiery voice—

“Nonsense! Why so indecisive for this matter, protect the adult!”

“Little Uncle, this is my family’s business!”

“Gu Jianshe, are you still human? It’s your wife inside, she’s giving birth to your children. You’re as good as a beast. You’ve lost all the face of the Gu family. Bring it to me to sign. You don’t want to? I will kick you to death!”

“Doctor, protect the adult, It’s already signed!”

The man’s temper was very fierce, and his voice was tense, but it made Chu Qiao’s heart feel very warm. She twitched the corner of her mouth, wanted to say thank you, but she didn’t have any strength.

Too late.

She was going to die.

But she was not willing.

If life could start all over again, she would definitely— never— have another child!

Whoever wants to give birth, can give birth!

***

Chu Qiao stared blankly at the furniture in the room until she saw the white enamel jar on the chest of drawers, with red words on it —Shanghai Sixth Hospital.

Only then did she come back to her senses and understand the current situation.

Not surprisingly, her life really started anew.

But what year is it now?

Hopefully she hasn’t married to Gu Jianshe, that cruel beast.

Chu Qiao got up abruptly and walked to the calendar. She remembered that her father, Chu Yuanzhi, had obsessive compulsive disorder. Before going to bed, he had to tear off the page of that day. As long as she looked at the calendar, she knew what time it was.

July 10, 1986.

Chu Qiao was relieved that she had just turned 21 and had not married Gu Jianshe. But the family had already planned her arranged relationship with Gu Jianshe. In her previous life, she obeyed the arrangement of her father and stepmother in everything. After she got married, she also listened to her husband’s and mother-in-law’s. If they didn’t let her have children, then she would not have children. If they didn’t let her go out to work, then she would also just be an honest housewife.

Gu Jianshe didn’t like her dressing up, so she kept her face up all day and wore gray clothes. In a few years, she became a real yellow-faced woman. After Gu Jianshe became rich, he spent a lot of time outside, and told everyone that the faded old woman in his family was dumber than wood, couldn’t help him with anything, and only knew how to ask for money.

The mother-in-law often said that she couldn’t make a fart out of three barbs1. The mother-in-law also said that if she hadn’t married her son, with such a hopeless woman like her, she couldn’t live a rich noble life.

 1三杠子打不出一个屁来
Can’t make a fart out of three barbs
Meaning : 
One is very honest and simple
Or that she is an introvert and seldom talks.