Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife novel Chapter 1293

In this era, many women suffered after childbirth, bearing children for their husbands yet receiving little care in return. If they gave birth to a daughter instead of a son, they were often treated harshly and denied proper time to recover.

Judging by this young woman’s condition, she had likely given birth to a daughter. Even though she was still in the hospital, no one was taking care of her, and she barely had anything to eat. _{frёewebηovel.cѳm}

How could she produce enough milk for her baby if she wasn’t properly nourished?

Mother Lu shook her head. No matter how much she sympathized with others, there was only so much she could do to help.

While the Lu family was busy at the hospital, the villagers of Xie Village were equally busy—gossiping. No one knew who started it, but by the time the sun had risen three poles high, word had already spread that Wang Muxiao was in labor.

At that moment, Liu Hua was in her yard washing clothes while her son played nearby, watching ants. One of her neighbors leaned against the fence and called out, "Liu Hua, what are you up to?"

Lifting her head, Liu Hua saw that it was the Zhu family’s daughter-in-law. They had never gotten along well, so she wondered what the woman wanted this time.

"Can’t you see? I’m washing clothes," she replied while rolling her eyes.

Seeing Liu Hua’s arrogance, the woman sneered and said, "Liu Hua ah, did you hear? Your good friend is in labor this morning."

Liu Hua remained calm. Her friend had already mentioned having contractions yesterday, and as experienced mothers, they both knew she would give birth within a day or two.

"Thanks to you, now I know," she replied indifferently.

The woman frowned at her lack of reaction and asked, "Aren’t you worried about your friend? I heard she was screaming like a pig when she was taken to the hospital. Looks like she won’t have a smooth labor this time."

Liu Hua stared at the woman and said angrily, "Fei Zhu, if you only know how to snort like a pig, you might as well shut up. No one will think you are mute if you don’t talk!"

Her words hit a sore spot. The woman’s name, Fei Zhu, sounded like "fat pig," and because of her large figure, the village children often made fun of her.

Hearing Liu Hua’s insult, Fei Zhu was enraged. She spatted and said, "Liu Hua, what are you so proud of? You don’t even know that your husband has another woman in town!"

The moment she heard her words, Liu Hua immediately flung the wet clothes in her hands back into the basin, splashing water everywhere.

She stood up, placed a hand on her hip, and pointed a finger at Fei Zhu’s nose and shouted, "Fei Zhu, you had better apologize and take back your words! How dare you slander my husband?!"

Seeing her reaction, Fei Zhu smirked and added with a glee, "What a fool! My husband saw your man giving a young woman a whole lot of meat in town. If she wasn’t his mistress, why would he be so generous?"

Liu Hua frowned at her words. Her husband had told her about a family in town that bought meat from him once a week.

The meat was given to the pig farm workers by Li Lingyun once every week. Since their family couldn’t finish all of it, they had been selling the excess on the black market.

It seemed someone had seen her husband making the transaction. She would have to inform her husband—they needed to stop selling meat for now and find another way.