Zhou Li noticed that her eldest daughter-in-law's tone was not right. She quickly glanced at Lin Qingqing and the others and said softly, "The girl is quite pretty. We don't even have a granddaughter at home."

Although she said this, Lin Qingqing and Zhaodi could hear a hint of disappointment in her words.

Sun Qiaozhen has been married into the Zhou family for eight years and knows her mother-in-law best.

It is because I gave birth to two sons in a row that I can live like this.

She showed a sarcastic smile on her face, turned around and sat on the empty bed, as if she was not going to do anything.

Xiaomei was awakened by the sound of several people talking.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw her mother-in-law in front of her.

He immediately smiled and said, "Mom, you're here. Thank you for your hard work along the way."

The smile in Zhou Li's eyes did not reach his expression, and even his speech sounded a little stiff.

"I should have come to take care of you when you gave birth. Your sister-in-law came with me because she was worried that it would be unsafe for me to travel alone."

When Xiaomei heard that her sister-in-law had also come, she turned around to look for Sun Qiaozhen.

Looking at Sun Qiaozhen sitting on the next bed with her arms folded, there was a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.

She felt a little uncomfortable, knowing that her mother-in-law was dissatisfied with her for not giving birth to a boy.

But she still managed a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, thank you for coming here with Mom."

Sun Qiaozhen's sarcastic smile grew even wider. She said, "It's okay if I'm a little tired. Mom wasn't feeling well and took the long train to come here. I've been dreaming of having a big, fat grandson, but when I got here, I saw you gave birth to a girl. You knew I loved grandsons the first time you came home, but forget it this time. Not many people give birth to boys as their first child. I can just have two more in the future."

She smiled and waved her hand, as if she had unilaterally forgiven Xiaomei for giving birth to a girl.

Xiaomei pursed her lips, turned her head to look at the ceiling and didn't respond. It was obvious that she was a little unhappy about what Sun Qiaozhen said.

Jiang Haixia raised her eyebrows and her expression turned a little colder.

Lin Qingqing lowered her eyelids, showing no emotion.

Song Yiyuan sat on the long bench in the ward, bit his cheek, and a hint of sarcasm appeared in his eyes.

Zhaodi and Zhang Guilian looked at each other and felt that Xiaomei's in-laws were really not easy to deal with.

For a moment, the ward fell into silence.

Zhou Li glanced at the people in the ward, anger on his face, and pretended to scold Sun Qiaozhen, "Qiaozhen, whether it's a boy or a girl, they are all Zhou family children. Xiaomei just gave birth, don't put her under any psychological pressure."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiaomei and said, "Xiaomei, I apologize on behalf of your sister-in-law."

Sun Qiaozhen curled her lips indifferently and turned her head to look at the other side of the ward.

Xiaomei forced a smile and shook her head.

Lin Qingqing sat by the bed and watched the back and forth between the Zhou family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. From their pretentiousness, she could see that although Zhou Li looked kind and good-hearted, she was actually a cunning person.

She held Xiaomei's hand and said calmly, "Xiaomei, you just gave birth and your body hasn't recovered yet. The baby is asleep now. You should rest for a while. Your third cousin will bring some soup over later."

After she finished speaking, she said to Jiang Haixia, "Haixia, go home and wait for your third sister-in-law to cook the soup, then pick her up."

"Tuo."

Not long after Jiang Haixia left, Zhou Lie came back running. He bought eight buns and two bags of soy milk from the hospital cafeteria.

He saw Xiaomei was still asleep and thought she hadn't woken up yet.

She went to the bedside and looked at her daughter wrapped in the blanket with joy. Sun Qiaozhen and Zhou Lie were eating in the bed next to her. Seeing Zhou Lie's surprised look, the mockery in her eyes almost showed through.

She ate her buns and asked, "Ah Lie, you didn't even bother to name your child after the names of your elders. Your daughter's name, Zhou Baozhen, sounds the same as my name, 'Zhen'. Her nickname is Zhenzhen. Why don't you change the child's name?"