Hard work after winning the lottery

Hua Shu is very efficient.

The next day, he led four dark-skinned, muscular men up the West Mountain.

These four are all seasoned veterans of Baixi Village who have spent half their lives working the land.

Without Hua Yun needing to say much, they only walked around the leveled land in Xishan twice, picked up a handful of soil and rubbed it in their palms, and they knew how to get to work.

The tractor chugs along, its plow turning over the reddish-brown soil, mixing the buried subsoil with the topsoil.

The air was filled with the unique, slightly sweet and slightly fishy smell of freshly turned soil.

Hua Yun stood on the hillside, looking at the bustling construction site in the distance and the orderly fields nearby, feeling a sense of fulfillment and peace she had never experienced before.

These peaceful yet busy days passed by quickly.

However, Hua Yun's body was undergoing some changes that she herself was unaware of.

The first thing to notice was her increasingly strong appetite, followed by an irresistible drowsiness.

In the afternoon, she simply leaned against the new rocking chair in the yard, looking at the account book. The warm sun made her eyelids feel as heavy as if they were made of lead.

When she opened her eyes again, the sun was already setting, and she was covered with a thin blanket that her grandmother had put on her at some point.

"Our Yunyun has been exhausted lately; look how long she's been sleeping."

Grandma stroked her head tenderly, her voice full of affection.

Mother Li Guifen brought over a bowl of freshly stewed red date and chicken soup, smiling broadly as she said, "You should eat more when you're tired. Look at you, your face has gotten rounder since you came back to the village, and your complexion is a hundred times better than when you were working in the city!"

Hua Yun pinched the extra soft flesh around her waist and simply smiled in response.

Yes, they must be too tired.

After all, building a sheep farm is such a large project that she has to worry about every little detail.

Eating more, sleeping more, and gaining weight is perfectly normal.

She never paid attention to these trivial changes.

Until that morning.

Li Guifen got up early to make fragrant scallion pancakes and stir-fry a plate of golden-yellow free-range eggs.

The rich aroma of oil wafted into the restaurant, and as soon as Hua Yun picked up her chopsticks, her stomach churned violently.

A strong feeling of nausea rushed to my throat.

"Well……"

She abruptly covered her mouth, her face turning deathly pale.

Under the concerned gaze of her family, she dropped her chopsticks and stumbled into the bathroom.

"Wow--"

Facing the brand-new toilet, she vomited violently, almost bringing up bile.

"Yunyun! What's wrong with you?"

Li Guifen and Grandma Hua hurriedly followed in, patting her back and handing her water.

"It's okay, Mom, Grandma, I'm fine."

Hua Yun rinsed her mouth, splashed cold water on her face, and forced a weak smile onto her pale face.

"It might be... he suffered a bit of heatstroke on the mountain yesterday."

She made up an excuse on the spot.

Although her family was worried, they didn't think much of it and just assumed she was really exhausted.

Over the next few days, Li Guifen tried her best to prepare light and appetizing meals for her, and also tried not to let her get involved in household matters.

But that nauseating feeling, like a lurking demon, always comes knocking on my door precisely at dawn.

A vague sense of unease began to creep into Hua Yun's heart.

What truly terrified her was her menstrual cycle.

It's too late.

It was two months late.

For someone whose menstrual cycle is always very regular, this is definitely a dangerous sign.

A possibility that she had deliberately suppressed in her heart and almost forgotten began to grow wildly, like a poisonous bamboo shoot sprouting from the ground.

No.

impossible.

It is absolutely impossible.

She kept telling herself this, trying to hypnotize herself in this way.

That night was nothing more than an absurd ceremony to bid farewell to the past.

How could she be so unlucky?

That night, she suffered from insomnia again.

The whole family was fast asleep, and the newly built villa was completely silent.

Only she remained, her eyes wide open, staring intently at the ceiling.

In the darkness, the senses are amplified infinitely.

She could almost hear the rapid thumping of her heart, each beat striking her fragile nerves.

Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she quietly picked up her phone from beside her pillow.

The cold screen lit up, casting a dim light on her bloodless face.

With trembling fingers, she typed each word carefully into the search box.

[Excessive sleepiness, nausea, delayed menstruation...]

The moment she pressed the search button, her heart nearly jumped out of her throat.

On the screen, countless entries and links, like countless ferocious mouths, simultaneously spat out two large, scarlet words at her—

Pregnant.

boom!

Hua Yun's mind felt like something had exploded.

The phone slipped from her limp hand with a "thud" and fell onto the soft blanket. The screen remained lit, and those two words burned her eyes like a branding iron.

That memory, which she had forcibly buried with her new life, her busy schedule, and money, instantly broke free of its shackles and swept over her in an incredibly clear and cruel way.

But she never expected this.

That crazy night left an indelible seed in her body.

fear.

An unprecedented fear, like a cold, giant net, tightly enveloped her, making it impossible for her to breathe.

What should she do?

Should I tell my family?

Do not!

She couldn't imagine what her parents and grandparents would look like when they found out about the child's existence and who the father was.

Disappointment? Angry? Or heartbroken?

She had just made this family's life better, how could she destroy it all with her own hands?

What will the rest of Baixi Village say about her?

Pregnancy before marriage.

This word was enough to crush all the dignity and pride of a rural girl.

Everything she had painstakingly built, all her plans for the future, would become a huge joke because of this unexpected child.

That heavy responsibility has now become an even heavier shackle.

Hua Yun spent the entire night in this boundless torment and fear.

She drifted off to sleep just before dawn, only to be quickly awakened by a nightmare.

She can't go on like this anymore.

Running away solves nothing.

She needs to... confirm it.

What if, just what if, she made a mistake herself?

This idea became the last straw she grasped at.

She struggled to sit up in bed, a flicker of broken resolve in her eyes.

While eating breakfast, she casually told her family, "Dad, Mom, I'm going to town later. The agricultural technology station said a new batch of grass seed samples has arrived. I'm going to take a look."

"Go ahead, drive carefully on the road."

Hua Shu, without suspecting anything, gave him a word of advice.

Hua Yun hurriedly drank a couple of mouthfuls of porridge, then grabbed her car keys and went out.

She drove her newly bought car at high speed.

But she did not go to the agricultural technology station.

The car stopped in front of the most remote pharmacy in town.

Hua Yun sat in the car, took several deep breaths, and then opened the car door.

She put on a mask, pulled down her hat brim, and walked quickly into the pharmacy like a thief.