Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 80 - 46 Critical Condition_1

Lian Manman was startled, and the basket in her hand fell to the ground, scattering peanuts all over. She could not bother with that now; she hurried to the end of the field and grabbed the sisters Chun Ni and Chun Yan.

"What exactly happened, how is my mother, she was just fine when she went home from the field."

"Your mother has lost a lot of blood, Old Lady Wang from the west end of the village took a look, and said your mother might not make it, and your brother might not be saved either," said Chun Ni.

Lian Manman felt her head buzz.

"Was it my family who asked you two to come and send the message?" Lian Manman heard her own voice asking.

"No, it was my mother who told us to pass the message to you," Chun Ni said.

The sound of Chun Ni’s voice wasn’t low, and since the field was open with nothing to obstruct it, people working nearby could hear it. The Lian Family all stopped their work, and Lian Shouxin turned pale. He dropped the peanut plants in his hands, forgetting to even greet Old Master Lian, and strode toward home. After a few steps, Lian Shouxin started to run.

"Come on, let’s hurry home." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Lian Manman, Lian Zhizhi, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi also ran toward the house behind him.

They ran breathlessly into the village, back to their home, where the courtyard was eerily quiet. Lian Manman’s heart eased a little, reasoning that it shouldn’t be this quiet if something truly bad had happened.

As they entered the courtyard, the children started to call out, "Mother, Mother."

"Their mother, what’s wrong with their mother?" Lian Shouxin also called out.

The door to the West Wing Room opened in response, and a man around fifty years old dressed in indigo clothing stepped out. It was Doctor Li from the village, followed by Lady Zhou, Lady Chiang, and another woman—who was Chunzhu’s wife, the mother of Chun Ni and Chun Yan, living next door to the Lian Family.

"Mr. Li," Lian Shouxin hurried over, "how is their mother, how is she?"

Doctor Li gently shook his head, "... she had a fright ... bleeding ... I’m helpless, you’ll have to find someone more capable," he said, bypassing Lian Shouxin as he walked out.

As the only doctor in the village, this almost amounted to a death sentence for Lady Zhang.

"Mother, what happened, in the field, their mother was still fine, how could..." Lian Shouxin grabbed Lady Zhou’s hand and asked.

Lady Zhou shook off Lian Shouxin’s hand as if scalded.

"Uncle, you better go in and see Auntie," Lady Chiang said.

Lian Manman and the others had already rushed into the room. Lady Zhang was lying on the bed, her face pale and beads of sweat on her forehead. She was covered with a thin summer quilt.

"Mother, what’s wrong with you?" The children gathered around Lady Zhang.

Lady Zhang had her eyes closed but slowly opened them when she heard her children calling out for her.

"Mother, Mother is fine," Lady Zhang said through clenched teeth, her voice trembling, and a fresh cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Dealing with a fright, bleeding, Lady Zhang was pregnant? Lian Manman was shocked, her gaze involuntarily moving to Lady Zhang’s belly. Looking closely, Lady Zhang’s belly seemed slightly swollen, but because she always wore loosely fitted clothing and never showed any signs in her behavior or work, even the family members had never spoken of it or treated Lady Zhang with any special care reserved for a pregnant woman. Living under the same roof, Lian Manman somehow hadn’t known that Lady Zhang was pregnant.

Only then did Lian Manman recall, the last time they had brought meat buns home and offered them to Lady Zhang. She refused to eat, and Lian Zhizhi seemed to have hinted at something, but she hadn’t said it explicitly. Had she been too careless, Lian Manman asked herself. Yes, although she called Lady Zhang "mother" out loud, because of the "selling of the daughter" incident, she had a subtle rejection and disapproval of Lady Zhang in her heart.

"What happened, how could she have suffered a fright out of nowhere?" Lian Shouxin cried as he held Lady Zhang’s hand and asked.

Lady Zhang kept her lips tightly sealed and didn’t speak.

Then the door clattered, and Lady Zhou hurried in from outside.

"Mother, what happened? She’s four months pregnant, I told you about it earlier," Lian Shouxin asked Lady Zhou again.

Lady Zhou came over and took Lady Zhang’s other hand.

"You child, how could you be so careless, look what happened with this fall. You’ve had several births already, how come this time... Don’t worry, no matter what, I remember all the kindness you have shown me and Xiuxiu. These children are all my own grandchildren, I will help you take good care of them."

With her teeth biting her lips, creating two deep marks on her pale lips, Lady Zhang gasped for breath. Lian Manman saw the straw mat underneath Lady Zhang was soaked with blood, and it was spreading.