"She's bleeding," Niu Niu suddenly emerged from behind Qian Shi, pointing expressionlessly at Qi Fu.
Qi Fu had hit her forehead on the sharp corner of the table, and blood immediately gushed out.
The intense pain struck, and she let out a shrill scream. "Ah!!! My face! My face!"
At this moment, Qi Fu hated Qian Shi to the core. She turned her head and stared at her fixedly, ready to fight to the death.
The blood on Qi Fu's forehead dripped down drop by drop.
Qian Shi was also scared. Her hands trembling, she stepped forward to help Qi Fu.
Qi Fu didn't want to see Qian Shi anymore. Filled with extreme hatred, she pushed her away.
Qian Shi took two steps backward. She heard Niu Niu point at Qi Fu again and say, "She's bleeding."
Qian Shi scolded, "I know she's bleeding! Get out of the way!"
She waved Niu Niu aside. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the blood seeping through Qi Fu's skirt.
Even though Qian Shi was usually so overbearing and shrewish, she panicked at this moment.
"When did you get pregnant?"
Qi Fu's face turned deathly pale. Her lower abdomen ached, and she didn't even know she was pregnant.
The continuous feeling of heaviness made her suffer so much that cold sweat broke out all over her body. She couldn't even speak a complete sentence.
Qian Shi wanted to help Qi Fu up, but Qi Fu was out of control at the moment and wouldn't let her get close at all.
Qian Shi was at a loss. She thought that the baby Qi Fu was carrying was from the Pang family.
If the baby couldn't be saved, Second Brother Pang would surely take his anger out on her.
Thinking of this, Qian Shi grabbed Niu Niu and instructed her, "Take good care of your mother. I have something urgent to do and have to leave first."
With that, Qian Shi fled in a hurry, not caring about Qi Fu's life or death.
Qi Fu lay weakly on the ground. Watching Qian Shi walking further and further away, she was so angry and in so much pain that her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Niu Niu stood there and looked at Qi Fu for a while. Her eyes were heavy, and no one knew what she was thinking.
When Second Brother Pang returned home, he found Qi Fu unconscious on the ground and Niu Niu crying loudly while hugging Qi Fu.
He grabbed Niu Niu up and asked, "What's going on?"
Niu Niu's eyes were swollen from crying. She stammered out what had happened when Qian Shi came. Although it wasn't very fluent, it was enough for Second Brother Pang to understand the whole thing.
So it was his mother - in - law!
That old scoundrel! The whole family was no good!
It was simply detestable!
Second Brother Pang's eyes were red. He carefully carried Qi Fu to the bed and quickly invited a doctor to save her.
Later, the doctor managed to wake Qi Fu up, but she would never be able to conceive again.
To make matters worse, there was a deep scar on Qi Fu's forehead. Even the best and most expensive medicine couldn't repair it.
That night, Second Brother Pang, filled with rage, smashed the Qi family's house to pieces. The commotion was so great that even the people in Baiyun Village knew about it.
After Qi Hao disappeared, Qi Fu had a miscarriage, and the Qi family's house was smashed, Qi Laoda and Qian Shi had nowhere to live. They didn't dare to confront Second Brother Pang, so they had to build a shack to live in.
How could a shack be a place fit for people to live in?
Before long, both Qi Laoda and Qian Shi fell ill and couldn't get out of bed. They couldn't even eat, let alone buy medicine.
When Qi Fu heard about it, she just sneered and said, "Serves them right."
Since Qi Fu couldn't have children, Niu Niu, the daughter of Second Brother Pang's ex - wife, became even more precious. Second Brother Pang doted on Niu Niu, and Niu Niu's life improved significantly.
Second Brother Pang also planned to save money carefully. In a few years, he would find a son - in - law for Niu Niu to take care of him and Qi Fu in their old age.
He was whole - heartedly saving money for Niu Niu, so he naturally couldn't buy fresh flowers and new clothes for Qi Fu every day.
Now Qi Fu had to depend on Second Brother Pang's mood, so she couldn't say much about it. She just secretly hated Qian Shi and Qi Hao to the bone and wished they would die immediately.
Qi Jiao only learned about what had happened in Biwu Village later. When she returned to Baiyun Village again, she found that Xuan Niang was no longer there.
The workshop was also spotless, with no trace left.
Tang Guiniang explained to her, "That day, A Xia came back from the city and said something to Xuan Niang. When Xuan Niang came back, her face was extremely pale, as if she had seen the King of Hell. She packed her bags and left in a hurry that night.
A few days ago, the women from the same village as Qi Shi were still gossiping, saying that Xuan Niang was still young. Although she was a young widow, why was she willing to be a concubine for the over - fifty - year - old Lord Deng? It must be because Lord Deng gave her too much..."
Tang Guiniang told it to Jiao Niang as a joke. On the one hand, she secretly observed Jiao Niang's expression. Seeing that Jiao Niang wasn't angry, she felt a little relieved.
It was good that Xuan Niang had left. No matter whom she married, as long as she didn't bother her precious Jiao Niang.
She didn't know that after Jiao Niang left that day, Tang Guiniang couldn't eat or sleep well, for fear of disappointing Jiao Niang.
Such a good daughter - in - law was hard to find even with a lantern!
Fortunately, A Xia knew what to do.
No matter what means he used privately, it was good to get rid of Xuan Niang.
Qi Jiao sent Tang Guiniang back to her room with a smile. When there was no one around, she confronted Pei Xia.
Pei Xia's eyes were smiling. He hugged Jiao Niang and kissed her several times, even rubbing off the light powder on her face...
He told her everything in detail. "Qi Hao only knew how to suck the blood of the women in the family. Sending him to be a male prostitute was too good for him. As for Qi Fu and Qian Shi, they deserved their punishment."
Qi Jiao was shocked for a while when she learned that Pei Xia used to be a gangster. After a moment, she pulled him and asked, "Then how did you get rid of Xuan Niang?"
Pei Xia said, "I asked someone to find out that Doctor Yuan left Xuan Niang a considerable amount of property. Besides the money in the bank, there was also a two - courtyard house on the outskirts of the city. I revealed this to Qi Shi and the Pang family. As expected, they got anxious and urged Xuan Niang to move their whole family to the house on the outskirts...
After that, I came back and added fuel to the fire. I told Xuan Niang that if she didn't leave on her own, the Yuan family would know about this within half a day. When it came to money, Xuan Niang wasn't stupid. She immediately found a matchmaker and got herself married."
Qi Jiao stared straight at him. "An old man taking a young concubine. Xuan Niang just became a concubine for an old man like this. Don't you have any other thoughts at all?"
Seeing that Jiao Niang still didn't believe him, Pei Xia was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out. He stamped his foot hard, then hugged Jiao Niang and kissed her fiercely.
After that, he rested his chin on Jiao Niang's neck and gasped, "Don't say such stupid things again. I can't bear it a second time."
He was not afraid of anything.
Not afraid of getting old, not afraid of death, but only afraid that Jiao Niang would ignore him.
Pei Xia showed his love with actions. Qi Jiao hugged his lean waist. She felt a little shy but was extremely happy.
She closed her eyes and kissed Pei Xia's forehead.
The man had done well and passed the test.
She had ignored him during this period. How should she make it up to him?
She planned to cook something delicious for Pei Xia.
There were many cherry trees on Xiaofeng Mountain. Now it was the fruiting season. Each cherry was as red and plump as a gem, crystal - clear.
Since there were too many cherries and they had thin skins, they were not easy to preserve.
The villagers couldn't eat them all, and many of them rotted on the branches.
Today, Pei Jin was out of school. She invited a few playmates over. Qi Jiao led them to pick cherries together.
The young girls flitted through the forest like fairies, plucking the freshest cherries from the treetops. Soon, their baskets were filled.
Qi Jiao and Pei Jin washed the cherries in the gurgling mountain spring.
After they got home, they scooped out a large bowl of cherries to eat.
The rest were used to make cherry bili.
Bili was a popular snack in the Tang Dynasty, a well - known pastry.
Everything could be made into bili, such as mutton bili, crab - roe bili, and so on.
Among them, cherry bili was a delicious food that was popular among both the common people and the gentry.