Jiang Ruyi was indeed due to give birth. She had a hard time during her pregnancy. Without her husband's family's financial support, her mother stopped sending her money and tickets. Only occasionally would Gu Changzheng's mother secretly send her a pitiful amount of things, which made the two people, who were used to spending money lavishly, suffer greatly.

Pregnant women are prone to mood swings, and Gu Changzheng is not a particularly considerate or attentive person. Both of them are quite self-centered, and they have argued quite a bit over the past six months, but they always make up within a few days.

Gritting her teeth, Jiang Ruyi endured until she was close to giving birth. She relied on self-hypnosis, thinking, "I will definitely give birth to a son. Then I will be the division commander's daughter-in-law. Those who looked down on me, hurt me, and insulted me will be taught a lesson."

Having witnessed too many rural women having accidents while giving birth at home, Jiang Ruyi cherished her life and refused to give birth at home no matter what. Gu Changzheng was also afraid that something might happen to this child, which was related to whether he could return to the city to live a life of luxury in the future, so he shamelessly borrowed twenty yuan from the people at the educated youth compound and sent Jiang Ruyi to the hospital before she was about to give birth.

After three days in the hospital, Jiang Ruyi was finally about to give birth.

Just before entering the delivery room, Jiang Ruyi didn't forget to tell Gu Changzheng, "You wait here. As soon as I give birth to my son, I'll send a telegram to your parents, understand?"

After a year of suffering, Gu Changzheng wanted to return to the city more than anyone else: "Don't worry, just make sure it's a son."

"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll have a son. Just wait and see." Jiang Ruyi didn't know where she got such confidence from.

The doctors and nurses nearby heard their conversation clearly. They looked at each other speechlessly. Even they, as doctors, couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl. This pregnant woman had such great confidence. Did she have some kind of fortune-telling ability?

Entering the delivery room, how could Jiang Ruyi not be afraid? But she really didn't want to live like this anymore. For the sake of her future life, she insisted that this child had to be a son. If not, she would keep having children until she had a son.

Because she had high expectations for the child in her womb, Jiang Ruyi did not neglect herself throughout her pregnancy. Even when she was short of money, she would often write letters home to Gu Changzheng, crying and complaining about her poverty for the future. Her family would send money or goods two or three times out of ten.

And so, she successfully ate her way to a very large belly. When the doctor touched Jiang Ruyi's belly, he said to her, "Your baby is a bit big. You're bound to suffer a lot when you give birth."

Jiang Ruyi didn't care; on the contrary, she was quite satisfied: "It's okay. As long as he's a healthy son, I'm willing to suffer."

The doctor was speechless at her thoughts. After several hours in the delivery room, as the contractions became more and more frequent, Jiang Ruyi was quite strong-willed. She didn't cry or scream despite the pain, but just endured it stubbornly: "Endure, Jiang Ruyi, whether you can turn over depends on this."

Her actions made the midwives and doctors in the delivery room quite uncomfortable. Finally, after more than seven hours in the delivery room, the doctor checked Jiang Ruyi's cervix and said, "Mother, your cervix is ​​fully dilated. You can give birth now. Just do as I say, and the baby will be born soon."

Jiang Ruyi was in so much pain that she was almost disoriented. She was only holding on by her last breath. She gritted her teeth and followed the doctor's instructions to breathe in and out, but the baby was too big, and Jiang Ruyi was having a very difficult time giving birth.

"The baby's head is too big, we need to perform an episiotomy. Otherwise, if the baby doesn't come out for a long time, there is a risk of lung infection."

Jiang Ruyi didn't even know what an episiotomy was; all she knew was that she was in so much pain: "Hurry up, my baby can't be hurt, cut it, I'm almost out of strength."

The doctor sighed, applied some anesthetic, and began the episiotomy. Jiang Ruyi let out a painful groan, but gritted her teeth and endured it, following the doctor's instructions to push.

Another ten minutes or so passed when the doctor suddenly yelled, "Okay, stop pushing! The head is out. Wait for the next contraction before you push. You're going to tear like this, and you'll regret it."

Jiang Ruyi only knew that she was in so much pain and bloating. When the doctor told her to push again, she gritted her teeth and gave birth to the baby that was still in her belly.

"Okay, okay, stop using it. Why won't you listen? Look at how torn it is, it's so bad it's hard to even sew up."

Ignoring the doctor's complaints, Jiang Ruyi asked, "What did I give birth to? A boy or a girl?"

The nurse rolled her eyes: "Congratulations, it's a boy. We'll clean him up and bring him to you in a bit."

Jiang Ruyi only heard the word "boy" and couldn't hear anything else: "Hahaha, I knew it, I knew it, it must be a son. Go tell my husband and have him send a telegram home."

After saying all that, Jiang Ruyi was so exhausted that she had no strength left. Her eyes blinked and then she closed them, unable to hold on any longer.

The nurse next to her was startled and quickly ran over to check her breathing and heartbeat: "Oh my god, I was so scared, I thought she had fainted."

"Alright, quickly take the baby out and show him to the family. This woman is really determined. The baby weighs eight pounds and two ounces. Our hospital hasn't had a baby this heavy in the past few years."

"That's right. Look what they've done to her down there. How long will it take for her to recover? It's going to get hot soon, and the healing process will be quite a ordeal for her."

When the nurse showed Gu Changzheng his son, who weighed over eight pounds, Gu Changzheng immediately burst into laughter: "Hahaha, I have a son! I can go back right away! Hahaha, I'm going to send a telegram!"

After saying that, he abandoned the child and ran away, leaving the nurse calling after him in disbelief, but he ignored her.

After receiving the telegram from their youngest son, the Gu family in Yanjing realized, just as Gu Changzheng had thought, that both his father and mother valued their grandson very much.

The eldest son is good in every way—capable and intelligent—and his wife comes from a good family and is well-mannered. The only regret is that after five years of marriage, they have only given birth to two daughters.

So when the youngest son sent a telegram saying that his wife had given birth to a son, weighing eight pounds and two ounces, and was fair and chubby, the scales in the hearts of Gu's parents unconsciously tilted towards their grandson.

Gu's mother still felt sorry for her youngest son; otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly helped him even after her husband told her not to send him any more money or tickets.

“Old Gu, shouldn’t we bring the second son and his parents back? No matter what, can they take care of a child like that? It would be too much of a hardship for our precious grandson, a big, healthy boy weighing over eight pounds.”

Father Gu also wavered a little. He still valued his eldest son very much. However, the fact that his eldest son still didn't have a son was indeed a problem. His younger son had been tempering himself in the countryside for several years and should have grown up by now. It wasn't impossible to transfer them back, but he needed to think carefully about how to do it.

Just then, the eldest son and his wife walked in with smiles on their faces: "Dad, Mom, I have good news for you. Huimin is pregnant, and she's already two and a half months along."