Chapter 1614: Chapter 1614: Gossip and Idle Chatter
After being disturbed by his mother, Mo Hengjian couldn’t fall back asleep and was plotting in his mind how to have a day to rise.
After a while, not knowing what bad idea he had, he quietly got out of bed, sneaked into Madam Ruan’s room, rummaged through drawers and cabinets, found a few pieces of jewelry and so new clothes, then stealthily left the house.
Madam Ruan was in Mo Xiuzhi’s room, looking at her daughter’s belly growing bigger day by day, and she was having a headache over it! She didn’t notice her son’s strange behavior at all.
“Daughter, didn’t Young Master Mo promise to marry you? We’ve been back for half a month, why is there no movent from the Village Chief’s House? How about I go there tonight to sound things out?”
The day after they returned, Mo Xiuzhi confronted Mo Shaoxing. At that ti, Mo Shaoxing had assured her he would marry her, asking Xiuzhi to give him so ti to talk with his parents.
Mo Xiuzhi understood very well.
After all, in the current era, getting pregnant before marriage was extrely scandalous, and in so places, it was very strictly dealt with. If the local elder found out, they’d drown you in a pig basket. Although Mo Family Village was relatively poor and backward, and more lenient in this regard, gossip, as the saying goes, can sotis be like a knife, killing you without a trace.
Madam Ruan also understood this principle. Helplessly, when they returned from the Capital, Mo Xiuzhi’s belly was already rounding, missing the best ti for marriage, so future gossip couldn’t be avoided.
However, if the man was from the Village Chief’s House, she believed people would be more cautious and dare not gossip.
Mo Xiuzhi was also anxious. She wanted to find Mo Shaoxing to ask for clarity, but her belly was growing bigger, and she was afraid of being seen by others. She didn’t dare even to step out of the room’s doorway. If she went out and Old Lady Mo saw her, she would insinuate, insulting her for not knowing sha, for sleeping with a wild man, bringing back a bastard, and still eating their Mo family’s food.
Mo Xiuzhi couldn’t stand such insults, so she simply stayed in her room and didn’t even co out to the doorway, with Madam Ruan bringing her three als a day.
“That’s right! He clearly said he’d co to propose marriage after discussing it with the village head, but for so reason, he hasn’t co yet. Maybe he’s too busy.”
Mo Xiuzhi was over four months pregnant now, and her belly was noticeably prominent.
The more Madam Ruan looked, the more troubled she was, without any of the joy she had when they were in the Capital.
At that ti, she thought her daughter could climb the high branch of General Situ. Upon knowing her daughter was pregnant, Madam Ruan was naturally delighted, thinking this relationship was secured. Who could have expected an unforeseen storm, exposed by a doctor brought by the Old Madam?
The pregnancy’s tiline didn’t match with General Situ, and so their whole family was driven out of the General’s Mansion, plunging into a life of hardship and suffering.
They had originally expected to rely on this daughter for a prosperous future, but who knew it would end up in this embarrassing state.
“No matter how busy he is, marriage matters need to be resolved. He can wait, but the child in your belly can’t. You stubborn girl, daring to be with a man before marriage, are you trying to anger your mother to death?” Saying this, Madam Ruan tapped Mo Xiuzhi’s head.
“Ouch! Mother, stop scolding , I’m almost dying of regret.”
Mo Xiuzhi was filled with regret, regretting her relationship with Mo Shaoxing. If not for the child, she might already be a concubine in the General’s Mansion.
Mo Xiuzhi always brooded over this matter, believing it was this child in her belly that ruined her future. At this point, no amount of resentnt was of any use, and she could only resign herself to marrying Mo Shaoxing.
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