Inside the shack, Qin was rummaging through a basket, preparing to wash and chop a few sweet potatoes to cook a pot of sweet potato and corn porridge.

While picking things up, he kept looking around and muttering, "That damned Lianhua has run away again. She's always out shirking her duties when it's time to cook. I'll give her a good talking to when Genqing comes back. She's always running around like a beggar."

As she said this, she forgot that she had just been circling outside the Tian family's shack when Tian Tao glared at her and brought her back.

As she lit the stove and put the sweet potato chunks and water into the pot, she heard people talking outside.

It was Lianhua's voice: "There's smoke coming from the kitchen, Mother must be cooking."

Qin rushed out with a fire poker, yelling, "You lazy bum, you actually know how to come back! Why didn't you wait until I finished cooking to invite you..."

The cursing stopped abruptly.

Jiang Zhi glared at her and said coldly, "Genqing's mother, you're something else. You even bring a stick when you're entertaining guests."

Seeing that it was Jiang Zhi with her son and daughter-in-law, Qin Shi immediately lowered her eyes, put the fire poker behind her back and casually tossed it into the kitchen, stammering, "Sister-in-law Jiang is here! I don't have any poker, just for poking the fire."

Jiang Zhi ignored her and, as she walked into the kitchen, spoke to Lianhua and Xu Genqing: "Pregnant women shouldn't get angry easily, and they should be careful with heavy work. Since there are few people in your family, you need to take care of Lianhua's diet!"

Xu Genqing listened obediently, nodding repeatedly in agreement.

As Jiang Zhi spoke, she casually lifted the lid of the pot, which was not yet steaming. Inside were only a few sweet potatoes, cut into pieces with the ends removed, and not a single grain of rice.

But there was a small bowl of cornmeal next to the stove, ready to be used to cook porridge.

This used to be a typical farmhouse meal, but not anymore.

Jiang Zhi casually said, "Genqing's mother, Lianhua is pregnant now, so eating only sweet potato porridge won't be enough. Add a handful of rice and give Lianhua some leftover rice from the pot!"

Qin stood frozen at the doorway, her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets as she stared at Lianhua. After a moment of stunned silence, she shouted, "You're pregnant?"

Lianhua was a little afraid of her, so she nodded while hiding behind Xu Genqing: "I've got it!"

"Impossible! When did you have a child? Is it Genqing's?" Madam Qin couldn't believe her ears and reached out to pull Lianhua.

Xu Genqing stopped her: "Mother, are you so happy you've gone crazy! The child in Lianhua's belly is of course mine, it's the one you've been talking about every day."

Qin suddenly laughed: "Good, good, I'm just so happy I'm confused. I finally have a grandson. Lianhua, come here! Let me see him."

As she spoke, she pushed Xu Genqing away, grabbed Lianhua's hand again, and smiled so broadly that her eyes disappeared from her teeth.

Seeing that she was happy, Lianhua could no longer hide and let Qin Shi pull her to the bedroom.

Xu Genqing scratched his head, grinning foolishly, and followed. Only the extinguished stove and the lonely Jiang Zhi remained in the kitchen…

This situation was unexpected.

They promised to protect you, but it seems that's no longer necessary!

Although she had made a wasted trip, Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief: this seemed wrong, but it was actually right.

Qin Shi had previously resented Lianhua for not being pregnant and hoped to have a grandson soon. Now that she heard there was a child, she should naturally be happy. How could she possibly ask any other questions?

If you get pregnant with your own child, then you get pregnant; if it's time to give birth, then you give birth.

It was only because Lianhua and Xu Genqing were stunned by Qin's past behavior that they revealed their private matters. Fortunately, they were used to it.

Jiang Zhi glanced at the family of three inside who were talking in hushed tones, then looked at the cold stove and empty pot.

Never mind, I won't disturb the family who are immersed in joy.

Jiang Zhi was getting ready to go home to see what delicious food her daughter-in-law, Qiaoyun, had prepared for the day.

Just when she thought everything was going perfectly, she suddenly heard Qin's loud voice: "When did you get pregnant? How come I didn't know? Tell me."

Xu Genqing's voice also rose: "What do you mean by 'which day'? It's the day she got pregnant. Why are you asking? Just know that Lianhua got pregnant."

Jiang Zhi had already taken two steps before retreating.

Inside, Qin was slapping her thigh and asking, "I know which one of you you are each time, but when did you get pregnant? The timing is wrong!"

Eavesdropping on the young couple being affectionate in the corner!

There are actually mothers-in-law like this? This is something a normal person would do... Jiang Zhi's eyebrows shot up instantly, and she wanted nothing more than to slap Qin Shi.

Hearing his mother ask these questions, Xu Genqing was both ashamed and angry: "Don't ask so many questions, aren't you annoying with all your meddling!"

Qin Shi, however, objected: "I am your mother. I raised you from childhood to adulthood. What do I not know about you?"

Now I can't even ask when she got pregnant?

Ever since Lotus came into the house, you've been giving me the cold shoulder the moment I open my mouth. Has someone been stirring up trouble for you to look down on me?

As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on Lotus.

"Mother, I didn't!"

Lianhua covered her face and ran out, but Jiang Zhi stopped her: "Lianhua, why are you running? If you have something to say, you should say it to my face!"

Lianhua then remembered that Aunt Jiang was still there, and quickly wiped away her tears.

She felt wronged, because whenever her mother-in-law and Xu Genqing argued, she was always the reason for their discord.

My mother-in-law will scold me whenever she gets the chance after she's been mistreated.

Qin chased after them, saying, "You didn't. It's you who's causing trouble. You're pregnant with a child, and it's hard to say when."

Jiang Zhi glared at her coldly: "Qin Shi, I'm telling you, you're just bored and have nothing better to do than to be scolded."

"The child is in my daughter-in-law's belly. When she conceives and when she gives birth are things only she and her husband know; there's no need to tell anyone else."

At this moment, Qin felt that as a mother, it was perfectly reasonable for her to care about her son. Not afraid of the village chief who might hit her, she retorted, "I'm just asking when she got pregnant. She's been hiding it from me, so what's wrong with saying that?"

Xu Genqing was also annoyed and said angrily, "What does it have to do with you when I conceived my child? I just don't want to tell you."

If a man who lacks the art of conversation becomes a diplomat, a world war will break out in three minutes.

Seeing that her son favored Lianhua, Qin immediately turned hostile and angrily shouted, "You've been married for so long and haven't gotten pregnant yet. I'm asked every day when I'm going to have a grandson, and I'm laughed at."

Now that I'm pregnant, I need to find out exactly when I conceived, so I can shut those people up.

"If you're not going to tell anyone, is there something you're hiding?"

Seeing that she was indeed planning to spread the word, Jiang Zhi was glad that Lianhua and Xu Genqing were the first to tell her, and even revealed the private truth, so that there was no dragging things out and causing trouble.

It's really unreliable of Qin Shi to be such a mother; not only does she eavesdrop on the young couple's private conversations, but she also has to reveal these private matters to others.

If she really spreads these lies, Lianhua and her husband, along with their children, will forever become the subject of ridicule.

I understand Qin's reasoning, but I don't want to understand people like that. Jiang Zhi knows that reasoning with them is useless; only a big stick will work.

"Shut up, get in here!"

Jiang Zhi grabbed Qin Shi by the collar and dragged her into the shack. She lowered her voice and said, "You shameless old monster, you're a widow but you won't allow your son and daughter-in-law to be intimate."

Every parent wants their child to be happy.

Who is as shameless as you, eavesdropping in bed and forcing your children to be afraid to have children?

Now your son and daughter-in-law have secretly gotten pregnant behind your back, and you still want to tell everyone? What are you up to?