The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 878 - 191: Losing Face

Chapter 878: Chapter 191: Losing Face

Feng Xiaolang already had a stomachache, and being squeezed tight by Li Hualing made him cry out even louder in pain.

Li Hualing was extremely embarrassed, thinking he was fussing over the chicken leg, her face alternating between red and pale as she scolded and hit him while holding him. "Why are you so disobedient, child? How much have you eaten already, and you still want more?"

As soon as Fang Hui saw this, she came over to pull them apart. "He’s just a few years old, what does he understand? He just sees that others have and he doesn’t, so he opens his mouth to ask, why are you hitting him?"

The people sitting outside couldn’t help but glance over.

Pei Yuan had already served the chicken leg to Jiujiu, and the two silkie chickens had been chopped into pieces. Madam Zhao, worried there wouldn’t be enough for all the children, had reserved only one chicken leg for her.

"We often eat silkie chicken at home too. Here, you can have this chicken leg!" Pei Qian said as she handed the chicken leg over.

Fang Hui heard this and became annoyed. "So you think we’ve never seen such things before?"

Pei Qian raised an eyebrow and asked Feng Xiaolang, "Do you still want it?"

Li Hualing scolded in a low voice, telling him not to cry, but he cried even harder, his little face turning purple with the effort. Seeing that scolding and hitting did no good, and fearing the onlookers were there for a spectacle, Li Hualing didn’t care about any embarrassing talk; she just took the chicken leg and tried to appease Feng Xiaolang with it.

Grandma Fang was also losing her patience and told Li Hualing to take him out and soothe him.

It was Pei Qin who noticed something amiss with Feng Xiaolang’s complexion and interrupted, "Look at his face; it’s not right. Ask if he ate something bad or what."

Even with the chicken leg, Li Hualing started to worry when she heard this. She hurriedly cradled him and coaxed, "Xiaolang! Xiaolang, where does it hurt?"

Feng Xiaolang held his stomach, screaming and crying out in pain.

Fang Hui immediately shouted, "Did he eat something unclean that’s upset his stomach?"

"Fang Xin and Jiujiu are fine, only he’s having issues. I think he’s eaten too much and overfilled himself!" said Pei Qian, with a derisive sneer.

Fang Hui’s face darkened, her expression turning incredibly sour.

"It’s probably because he ate too much and too varied that he’s in pain now. Have the physician come and take a look!" suggested Pei Yuan, promptly getting up to send someone for the doctor.

Huang Qiu was nearby and immediately went out to find someone upon hearing this.

Zhao Xiaochen quickly had someone invite the doctor over.

Seeing the doctor called over, everyone was puzzled. Wasn’t the full-month celebration supposed to be a happy occasion? Why invite a doctor to the house?

Li Hualing couldn’t worry about appearances anymore, she placed Feng Xiaolang on the kang in the house, soothing him to stop crying while urging the doctor to examine him quickly.

Upon examining the child’s stomach, the doctor said he had eaten too much. "A child’s stomach is only so big, stuffing it with double or triple the contents, how could it not burst?"

Li Hualing was simultaneously embarrassed and angry at Feng Xiaolang for not listening; now the whole Qinghe Town and Taiping Town would laugh at them!

Fang Hui’s face also betrayed her discomfort and she spoke of going home. Staying here among these people eager for a spectacle would surely lead to mockery and disdain!

Grandma Fang scolded her with a shout, "The child is in such pain, and you want to go home? What’s more important, face or the child?"

Pei Qian instructed the doctor to prescribe medicine, "He’s eaten so much it hasn’t even been digested yet! Once it starts to digest, the pain from bloating will be worse, and it might even rupture his stomach! Better to take some medicine quickly and get it treated!"

This wasn’t a disease or a disaster, just an overfull stomach; if any medicine were to be prescribed, it could only be a laxative.

Feng Xiaolang was crying out in pain, and at this point, a laxative was the only option to alleviate the immediate issue.

They had ready-made laxative, and quickly dissolving two spoonfuls, they fed it to Feng Xiaolang along with a few sips of water.

"Quick, take him to the outhouse, don’t let him soil the kang!" Pei Qian reminded impatiently.

Fang Hui shot her an angry glare.

Li Hualing, not wanting to embarrass herself further, carried Feng Xiaolang out of the house toward the outhouse.

But before they could reach the outhouse, there was a splat, and Feng Xiaolang defecated in his pants.

Seeing this, Fang Hui was reluctant to approach, standing to one side and letting Li Hualing clean up Feng Xiaolang.

Feng Xiaolang, stuffed more than an adult, had also drunk water, which caused him to swell. As the food hadn’t yet digested and was pushed down by the laxative, the waste poured out in a huge spill, splattering all over Li Hualing.

Even though he was her own son, Li Hualing was so disgusted that she vomited up her meal.

The entire outhouse was in such disarray that it was difficult to step anywhere.

The guests had only just dispersed, and nobody had left yet. They all discussed how Fang Hui and Li Hualing didn’t take good care of their child, stuffing him as if they had never seen food before, leading to an incident that now embarrassed Pei Yuan.

Madam Zhao was displeased as well. This Fang Hui, worse than her reputation suggested. Couldn’t even teach her own child properly! It didn’t matter how things were at home, but at least in public, in front of others, one would expect some sense and obedience, enough to earn a little praise for the child. Not this embarrassment!

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