Chapter 416 Midwife
The old housekeeper explained the situation, not asking the midwife to help deliver the baby, but asking about an incident that happened more than thirty years ago.
"More than thirty years ago? I don't remember!"
The midwife was about to close the door after saying this. She felt guilty. She remembered that she had accepted someone else's money at that time, and then she accepted that person's money again. She should not tell this secret.
"Sister-in-law, wait a minute!"
The old housekeeper winked and asked the guards to stop the midwife.
"You, what are you going to do? The old lady told me that I don't remember!"
The midwife's panicked expression made the old woman's presbyopic eyes clearly see the side of this old man. These two strong men were scary!
She felt guilty again. After receiving the money, she had promised the other party not to tell anyone else this secret, so she kept this secret for more than thirty years.
I thought I would keep this secret in the dust, after all, no one has checked it for more than 30 years.
The old housekeeper gave the guards a look, and the two guards, who looked like strong men, held an arm of the old man each, pushed open the door, and took the old man into the house inside.
The old butler is at the back, closing the door by the way.
"You, what are you doing? You are breaking into a private house. If you report it to the police, you will go to jail!"
The guard ignored the old man's call. The alley was a bit quiet. When the old man called, someone poked his head out and saw that there was no one outside. The direction from which the sound came was the midwife's home.
These people recalled the situation a few years ago when the midwife's son was beaten to death and the midwife was injured in the leg.
Who dares to save?
Isn’t that seeking death?
The neighbors have not interacted with the family who took care of him in recent years, and asked their children not to play with his grandson.
Now I am wondering if his grandson is also gambling, and someone is coming to collect debts!
The gangster is so cruel, how dare they save him!
"Sister-in-law, you are so unreasonable. Did you get beaten because you were trying to keep the secret?"
"No, it wasn't because of this that I was beaten!"
"Oh, it turns out there is something else?"
"No, really not!" The midwife guessed that she might have slipped her words, and covered her mouth with the guard's released hand.
"Old sister-in-law, please tell the truth obediently, and we won't report it to the official. If you don't tell the truth, I will accuse you of exchanging children!"
"You, you, you..., the exchange of children has nothing to do with me, I'm just taking care of my life!"
The midwife is guilty of fear. No one can check and keep the secret. If the other party really wants to report it to the official arbitrarily, she may really want to eat a pot, but she doesn't report the knowledge, or she accepts other people's money and colludes!
"Hmph, if you don't tell the truth, you're going to jail!"
The old housekeeper was full of threats, the midwife was trembling all over, her lips were trembling, her mouth moved for a long time without being able to say a word, her eyes were full of panic!
Midwives are also afraid of death. The worst fear is that they will be beaten to death in prison, or be exiled if they are found guilty.
"Sister-in-law, you don't think about yourself or your family. You don't want your family to be guilty as well, right?"
After delivering the baby, the old housekeeper threatened: "What does this have to do with my grandson? My grandson was not born yet."
"Oh, how old is your grandson?"
"My brother is now in his twenties, he was not born yet!"
"Don't you have any other family members? Isn't your grandson a bachelor because he hasn't married yet? He will be punished for doing bad things!"
The old housekeeper will use some psychological warfare to force the old man to tell the truth.
"No, no, no, it has nothing to do with me, and I didn't do it!"
The midwife didn't know if she was a little superstitious, but she felt a little confident after listening to the old housekeeper's words, and always insisted that it had nothing to do with her.
"As long as you tell me what happened back then, I will let you go. If you hide anything, you will go to jail!"
The midwife bit her lip and still didn't say anything. What happened back then happened so long ago, and she still threatened her in the past few years. In recent years, when the other party got rich, she threatened her again and again.
The old housekeeper was very anxious, but he knew that the other party must have been warned.
Otherwise, this old woman would not be so frightened, even if she was threatened with going to jail, she would not be willing to tell what happened back then.
He considered whether to ask in another way.
"Sister-in-law, did the female guest who stayed at the inn over there give birth to a boy or a girl? Did the other woman give birth to a boy or a girl?"
"A boy doll and a girl doll!"
The midwife thought that by answering this way, the other party should be able to understand.
After hearing this, the old housekeeper really understood. He had asked the question before and after. If what the other party said matched him, then the aunt had given birth to a boy, not the young lady she had brought back.
So someone has replaced the aunt's child, and the identities of this person and the other woman need to be further confirmed.
"If someone asks you in the future, don't tell me you know?"
"Uh-huh"
The midwife nodded fiercely and watched as the man who threatened her and the two strong men left the house. She closed the door in fear.
If she asks who knocks on the door in the future, if it is not her grandson, she will not open the door. Strangers are too scary!
The old housekeeper took the guards and went to find a gentleman who could draw. Then he went to the inn to find the father-in-law of the shopkeeper and draw the appearance of the female guest 30 years ago.
Not long after the midwife closed the door, there was another "dong-dong-dong" knock on his door.
The midwife didn't dare to go out and open the door, but she didn't expect the other party to jump in from the fence. What came in was a man wearing a hood and covering his face.
"You...who are you?"
"The people who want to kill you!"
"Don't kill me, it has nothing to do with me!"
The midwife was so frightened that she sat down on the ground.
When the old housekeeper was investigating, he didn't know that someone was following him.
More than one force waited until he left the inn, looked for the midwife, and then invited a gentleman back to the inn to find the shopkeeper's father-in-law. The shopkeeper's father-in-law painted a portrait in his description.
When the old housekeeper got the portrait, someone came to the inn to check, including the midwife, who frightened the innkeeper, father-in-law and the midwife to death!
Shockingly, they told everything they knew. Fortunately, they were not injured. These people were just seeking information and had no intention of killing anyone. They panicked again and again.
It's better that the shopkeeper didn't do anything wrong. The midwife was so frightened that she fell ill. When her grandson came back, she found that her grandma was ill.
I went to treat my grandma on my back, but unfortunately I didn’t have enough money, and the doctor said it was a serious illness that couldn’t be cured?
In the end, grandma developed Alzheimer's disease and became paralyzed from the lower body.
The grandson never understands how her grandma could suddenly become ill when she was fine when she left home in the morning.
They were not friendly with the neighbors, and they did not tell the midwife's grandson that guests came to their door during this period.
The old housekeeper didn't know that someone was following him when he was investigating the case.
He looked at the portrait drawn by his husband. This man looked a bit like a young master, just like a master, which made him confused again.
(End of chapter)
Chapter completed!