The Fox Spirit Bestowed a Child but Sent It to the Wrong Womb

To have a grandson, my mother forced my sister-in-law to consult a fox spirit, and they went together to a deserted temple on a lonely mountain. Ten months later, a baby was indeed born into our family, but it wasn't my sister-in-law who gave birth, but my mother. Ever since my brother reached marriageable age, my mother seemed to have automatically taken on a mission: to continue the family line. After urging my brother to get married, she was now anxiously pressuring my sister-in-law to have a child. My sister-in-law's belly remained flat for six months, and my mother was frantic. She tried everything—traditional Chinese medicine, praying to Buddha, making vows—she tried every possible remedy. When I came home from school, I overheard my mother and sister-in-law talking in the kitchen. "Back then, to marry you, our family even borrowed..."