Nearby, there were a few neighbors gathered around, all rural women, but their gazes held no sympathy, only indifference and disdain.
"What bad luck, giving birth to two daughters for Old Zhang's family, how unfortunate!"
"Old Zhang's wife isn't a good match, didn't they check the eight characters before marriage?"
"They did! Said to be a perfect match."
"Oh my, unlike my daughter-in-law, who got pregnant within two months of entering the house and gave us a chubby boy the next year."
"Oh my! Who can compare to your daughter-in-law? Her belly is truly amazing, three sons in four years, who in the village isn't envious!"
"Exactly!"
"Hahahahaha..."
Josh and the others listened for a while, then turned to catch up with the man carrying a baby who had left not far away.
The man headed up the mountain, and at the fork, he encountered an old lady also carrying a girl up the mountain.
The old lady glanced at him: "Old Zhang, you're going up the mountain too?"
