The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 263: It’s Really Happening

Chapter 263: Chapter 263: It’s Really Happening

But the elder Huang Family departed from her usual insistence.

"No, we must go and see. Even if it’s not to stop the vomiting, we must have the doctor take her pulse to see if my great-grandson is all right."

The house was left with just these few women, with Gu Xiaoqing off embroidering her dowry, each of them preoccupied with their thoughts.

In the end, under the elder Huang’s insistence, Lei Qianqian still went to find the doctor from the neighboring village, Doctor Sun.

They chose him because he was nearby, because he charged less, and his medical skills were mediocre at best, which made him least likely to diagnose the pregnancy correctly.

Identifying a pregnancy pulse was a minor task for a doctor, something even an apprentice could do; she only needed Doctor Sun to confirm whether Lei Qianqian was pregnant.

Although visiting Gu Youyou would have been free, she did not want to take this matter to Gu Youyou. Gu Youyou was a daughter married out from the Gu Family; the fewer people who knew of this family disgrace, the less shame would be cast. The most important thing was to not give Gu Youyou cause for ridicule. She had made it very clear, if Qianqian was pregnant, it definitely would not be a child of the Gu Family.

Of course, it would be best if Lei Qianqian were merely suffering from a bout of indigestion and not pregnant at all.

It didn’t take long to reach Doctor Sun’s home. Upon seeing Lei Qianqian, his eyes went wide with interest; she had never done farm work, and her hands and skin were different from the village women’s—much whiter and tender.

"Oh, elder madame from the Gu Family, so this is your granddaughter-in-law? I’ve heard she’s from the town, and she really does look different from the village folk," he said.

His blatantly lecherous gaze roamed over Lei Qianqian, making her quite uncomfortable, and she instinctively hid behind the elder Huang.

The elder Huang was not in the mood to deal with this lecher eyeing Lei Qianqian with lust and urged him, "We’re busy at home, so quickly check whether she is pregnant or not."

With that, a string of coins was thrown onto the table.

Doctor Sun was both lecherous and greedy for money.

With a formidable old woman present, he could not do much to the young bride, so he happily pocketed the Copper Coin.

"Yes, yes, it’s harvest season, everyone is busy," Doctor Sun hurriedly assented.

"Young lady, give me your hand," he said, seizing any opportunity he could take advantage of.

An eighteen-year-old woman like that had never encountered such forward and unabashed stares, her hesitance stemming from fear.

The elder Huang said irritably, "Hurry up. With me here, what can he do? Eat you up?"

The elder Huang’s powerful voice made Lei Qianqian shiver, and she finally extended her arm.

Oh, how long he took to feel the pulse; the elder Huang’s face turned green with anger.

"Can you even identify a pregnancy pulse or not? If not, give me back my money, and I’ll go to another doctor," she said.

The examination indeed took an unusually long time, which forced Doctor Sun to eventually withdraw his hand.

"Yes, yes, elder madame from the Gu Family. If I couldn’t even detect a pregnancy pulse, it would ruin my reputation," he claimed.

"So is she pregnant or not?" the elder Huang asked impatiently.

Doctor Sun reluctantly retracted his hand, stroking his inch-long beard and shaking his head with airs, "Fluent and smooth, as if beads were rolling on a tray, congratulations to you, elder madame Gu, this young lady indeed has a pregnancy pulse!"

With a loud bang, it was as if thunder had exploded in the elder Huang’s mind.

A pregnancy pulse? Truly a pregnancy pulse?

The words of Gu Youyou echoed in her ears, along with those she had inquired from other doctors, buzzing around her like annoying flies.

Symptoms of morning sickness should only appear after forty days into pregnancy.

But she had witnessed Lei Qianqian vomiting for the first time more than ten days ago, and that was just what she had seen; in reality, it could have been even earlier.

And it had been just over a month since Dabao and Lei Qianqian had been wed.

Hearing Doctor Sun’s words, the elder Huang turned deathly pale, without a trace of joy.

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