Chapter 31
The Androgynous Child
The woman paused and continued, ” After the Du family broke off the engagement with Jiang Xi, they took the woman home and said that the marriage will be held after she gave birth to a son. That woman was stupid. She got pregnant before she got married and even moved into the man’s house. She would be criticized for this. The Du family meant that if the woman gave birth to a boy, she would be allowed to enter the family. If she gave birth to a girl… Tsk tsk, I guess she would not be able to enter the Du family. After that, Old Madam Du heard from somewhere that there was a kind of medicine that could turn the baby in a woman’s stomach into a boy. She forced the woman to take the medicine for six months and told everyone she met that she was going to have a grandson. In the end… What a sin!” The woman even shivered as she spoke. As soon as she heard this, Yang Fen began to urge her, “And then? You can continue, I’m dying to know!”
“Then… Then the woman gave birth to a monster! This newly born child had both a girl’s genitals and a boy’s penis! There was also a large blood-red mark on her face, and her whole body was blue and purple. She was on her last breath and couldn’t cry. The midwife was almost scared to death. She had delivered babies her entire life and had never seen anything like this… Later, Old Madam Du went to the village entrance to look for the divine diviner, but he ran away and couldn’t be found!” The woman finally revealed the most important information, and the group of people from the Jiang family was dumbfounded.
“Neither male nor female? This was really a sin! What could the child do in the future? Old Madam Du must have been deceived, and that’s why she harmed the unborn child.” Yang Fen’s heart turned cold after hearing this. She felt a little sorry for the newborn child.
“This is a sin! The Du family has received their retribution. It’s a good thing my sister, Jiang Xi, didn’t marry into the Du family. Otherwise, she would have suffered a great loss.” Jiang Shan pursed his lips, feeling a little disdainful of the Du family’s way of handling things.
“That’s not all. Now that the Du family saw that the woman had given birth to a monster that was neither a man nor a woman, they didn’t let her in at all. I heard that when the child was born, Old Madam Du was so frightened that she screamed and immediately wanted to throw the child into the well to drown. They were really cruel!” The woman’s spittle flew everywhere as she spoke, her tone carrying a bit of indignation. “I heard that the woman went to the medical hall yesterday. Wasn’t Doctor Cao from the medical hall a retired imperial physician? His medical skills were very good. He gave the woman a good scolding the moment he saw the child, saying that the child was a boy! It was the medicine that she took later that caused the child to have problems! After the woman heard it, she immediately burst into tears in the clinic. Then, she took the child to the Du family to seek justice! Tsk, tsk. This Du family is really harmful. That woman got pregnant before marriage and her reputation is ruined. What can she do now? What’s going to happen to the child in the future?”
“The Du family really harmed that woman. What’s going to happen to that woman and her child? I haven’t forgotten that when Old Du broke off the engagement with Jiang Xi, that woman came over to show off her pregnant belly. Jiang Xi was so angry that she hung herself the next day. My sister, Jiang Xi, was lucky to survive. So, why should I pity that woman? Did Old Madam Du force her to drink the medicine or did she force her to drink it by pinching her mouth? Old Madam Du was indeed at fault, but that woman had made an even bigger mistake! Getting pregnant before marriage, having sex with a man, and even shamelessly living in the Du family, trying to use the gender of the fetus to marry into the Du family and gain a foothold in the Du family. This woman’s intentions were not good! She deserves this outcome!” Jiang Shan’s eyes were wide open as he analyzed the situation. However, when he mentioned Jiang Xi’s hanging, his heart ached so much that his voice was choked with sobs.
Jiang Xi could not help but glance at Jiang Shan. Why did she not realize before that her third brother, Jiang Shan, was actually a hidden sister complex? However, what Jiang Shan said made sense. Yang Fen and the others were rendered speechless by Jiang Shan’s words.
The woman laughed and said to Yang Fen, “Your family’s Jiang Shan’s words are quite honest.” Then, she stood up and said, ” “Look at me, I can’t stop talking once I start. My husband is going home for dinner soon, I have to go home and cook for him.” With that, she left like the wind. After she finished gossiping, she felt more comfortable and even had the strength to work.