"Like this?" Yang Jinxiu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Well, I should check it out anyway. If thereâs no problem, I want to see what that old lady will say, hmph."
Seeing her huffing and puffing, Yang Chuxia couldnât help but smile.
"Iâll write you a letter. When you head back, just hand it over to Manager Mu, and heâll understand once he reads it."
Fortunately, there was paper and a pen right on the table, so there was no need to look elsewhere.
"Jinxiu, Iâve heard that having children isnât always a womanâs issue. Men can also have problems. When you visit Muâs Clinic, youâd better take your husband with you for a check-up as well."
"Is that so?" Upon hearing that men might also have problems, Yang Jinxiuâs eyes lit up, but her expression quickly darkened again. "Forget it. If I suggest he comes along, that old lady would probably make a scene. Sheâll definitely think Iâm blaming her son for not having children. Then, when my little aunt-in-law goes back to her motherâs house once, with the three women echoing each other, itâll never end."
Yang Chuxia then offered her advice, "Are you being silly? When you go to the county town, your husband will have to accompany you, right? Just have the doctor take a look at him while youâre there. If thereâs no problem, then no one will be the wiser. And if there really is an issue, once the doctor speaks up and you take the prescribed medicine back, who would dare to say anything about you?"
"That makes sense. Iâll do that when I go back," Jinxiu mused over what Yang Chuxia had said, then responded accordingly.
After discussing the important matters, Jinxiu chatted at the third branch of the family for a while before bidding farewell and returning to her motherâs home. After a quick tidy up, she didnât even eat lunch at home and hurried back to her own place.
Once at home, she discussed the situation with her mother-in-law. Although her mother-in-lawâs face didnât look too good, she didnât say much. Even the first branch of the family didnât have much to say; after all, not just anyone could afford the services of a doctor from Divine Doctor Muâs clinic. Just getting their attention was an enormous face-saving favor; even her mother-in-law had nothing negative to say against such prestige.
So, the next day, Jinxiu and her husband rushed off to the county town. Once in town, Manager Mu, upon reading the letter, didnât say a second word and pointed them to a doctor at the clinic right away for Jinxiuâs check-up.
The result was unexpected. Jinxiu was fine; the problem was actually with her husband. The doctor prescribed some medicine for him to take home and to come back for a follow-up in half a month.
Realizing he had a problem, Jinxiuâs husband was stunned and listless all the way home. Upon returning to the Li Family, the mother-in-lawâs face turned green upon learning her own son was the one with issues. It was exasperating whether they believed it or not since these words came from a doctor under the Divine Doctor Mu. Accepting the diagnosis was infuriating.
No matter what the Li family thought, Jinxiu felt relieved. Thatâll teach that old lady to talk about me all the time.
When the news reached Yang Chuxia, she was sweating; she hadnât expected things to turn out to be so coincidental.
"Your Auntie Caixia is fuming at home, saying that Jinxiu has suffered unjustly."
This news was brought over by Auntie Caixia herself during her visit to Ms. Wang.
"Auntie Caixia is just shooting her mouth off after the fact. Whatâs the use of being angry now? She never should have agreed to this marriage with the Li Family in the first place. Now, if Jinxiuâs husband can be cured, thatâs all well and good, they might have a child in a few years. But if he canât be cured and they remain childless, who can Jinxiu rely on in the future... you donât mean to imply they should divorce, do you?"
"A divorce is out of the question. Not to mention anything else, her grandmother would never allow her to stay in the house," Ms. Wang shook her head and said, "If she really canât have children, then just adopt."
Tsk, in these times, everyone likes to resort to adoption when they canât have children. Yang Chuxia didnât think much of adoption; the childâs biological parents would still be alive. Did they really expect the child to be dutiful towards them? Thatâs ridiculous.