After the Chinese New Year, when the children all went to school, in order to avoid trouble, Su Yan would lock the door during the day when she was alone at home and go into the space to plant flowers, fruits and vegetables.

She was busy until after eleven o'clock and then came out to cook. Of course, she would sometimes ride their broken bicycle to the supply and marketing cooperative and the vegetable market, and sometimes she would go up the mountain to pick up some firewood, dig some wild vegetables, or go downstairs to fetch water to wash clothes.

If she stayed at home all day, it would definitely arouse suspicion. Those people saw that their door was often locked and no one responded when they knocked, so they naturally couldn't stand at their door all the time.

But when it's time for dinner, the triplets will go home from school, and they will still rush over even if there is only an hour of TV at noon.

Su Yan had long been accustomed to it. At the beginning of the meal, she would exchange a few polite words with those people, and then she would simply bring the food to the table and the family would sit down to eat. If they wanted to watch TV, she would let them watch.

It was impossible for those people to really stay at their house for dinner. They would stand in Su Yan's living room with their bowls of food, or stand by the door watching TV.

On May Day, Lu Fengnian also spent 430 yuan to buy a 12-inch black and white TV. So when Su Yan's house didn't turn on the TV, those who loved watching TV would go to Lu's house to watch TV and chat with Chen Yuhe and Hua Min.

Chen Yuhe had her IUD removed after the first month of the Lunar New Year and has been conditioning her body to prepare for pregnancy.

That day, Chen Yuhe took the initiative to chat with Su Yan, "Sister-in-law, did you know? Xiaoyu's wife is pregnant again."

"Oh? How did you know?"

"He called back and said that He Na is just three months pregnant. Zhong Lingshan is due to give birth to her second child at the end of August, and He Na's second child is expected to be born in mid-November. This is going to be interesting. They both want to ask the mother-in-law to come over and help them take care of the children."

"What did grandma say?"

"My mother-in-law said that Zhong Lingshan is pregnant, so I'll take care of her first in July, and then take care of He Na after she finishes her confinement. He Na's son is still young, so why is she pregnant again?"

"What did the father-in-law say?"

"My father-in-law naturally disagreed, but since they had called ahead and begged me, it was hard to refuse. Fortunately, I'm not pregnant now, otherwise they would have really snatched me away together.

I've been taking conditioning medication for a few months and started not using birth control this month. I'm trying to get pregnant in the second half of the year and have another big, fat boy in the first half of next year."

Su Yan couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so obsessed with having a son?"

Chen Yuhe looked at Su Yan with a look that looked like a monster. "Sister-in-law, who doesn't like to have sons these days? If you didn't like sons, why did you give birth to three?"

Su Yan was speechless. If she really wanted to have more sons, she would buy some baking soda tablets and rinse at home before having sex, eat more alkaline foods, or take fertility pills...

"If I wanted to have more sons, I would have continued having children after Yiming without taking a break in the intervening years. I think boys and girls are the same, as long as they are healthy."

Su Yan thought it would be best to have only two children, a boy and a girl would be perfect, but since she already has three sons and one daughter, she might as well raise them well.

Chen Yuhe said earnestly: "Sons and daughters are definitely different. When you are old, your sons and daughters-in-law will definitely be by your side. Daughters are married and have their own families. If they marry nearby, they can visit each other often. If they marry far away, it would be good enough if they can go back to their parents' home once a year.

When I die one day, if I have a son, he will smash the pot and my grandson will wear mourning clothes. If I don’t have a son, I can only let my son-in-law marry into the family, and outsiders will just laugh at me.”

Su Yan asked in return: "Isn't my daughter my own blood?"

Chen Yuhe rolled her eyes. She felt that her sister-in-law had wrong ideas and a problem with her brain, and would definitely teach the child bad things.

"Sister-in-law, you don't have a fever, do you? Your daughter's child won't have the surname Lu. You know about ancestor worship, right? Have you ever heard of a married daughter returning to her parents' home to worship her ancestors?"

No! The only people who burn paper money on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month are my own sons and grandsons.”

Seeing Su Yan's cold face, Chen Yuhe said with a forced smile: "Don't mind it, sister-in-law, I was just joking. Actually, I don't look down on daughters. I just think that if I have a son, he can handle any problems in the family."

Su Yan chuckled, "I understand."

Chen Yuhe added, "Do you think mother-in-law likes He Na more or Zhong Lingshan more?"

Su Yan herself couldn't understand who her mother-in-law liked. If you asked her which son she had sacrificed the most for, it would definitely be Lu Jin, who came later.

"I think my mother-in-law definitely likes you more. Doesn't she always say that you are more capable than Zhong Lingshan?"

Chen Yuhe smiled knowingly, "Haha, really? Maybe because we spend more time living with our parents, she understands us better.

However, I still think that mother-in-law treats you very well. If there is any important matter at home, she will definitely come to discuss it with you first. As for He Na, she has only been married for two years, and we don’t have much time to spend together. It’s mostly just politeness.”

Su Yan discovered that people of this generation were brainwashed, and the preference for boys over girls was passed down from generation to generation. If you refute her, she will say that you have a problem with your brain.

She didn't argue with the fool, nor did she talk to Chen Yu about whether to have a boy or a girl. It was none of her business. Anyway, her reproductive mission had been completed.

The next 10 to 20 years were mainly spent on entrepreneurship. Once she had made enough money and her children were married, she would let go and enjoy her life.

Chen Yuhe competed with He Na and Zhong Lingshan for her mother-in-law to be their nanny, but she would not care or interfere.

She also understood that Chen Yuhe came to chat with her specifically to see her attitude and see if she would be angry.

Things have come to this, so why should she be angry? She can go to whichever son's house her mother-in-law likes to visit, and she has no objection at all.

She doesn't care who her mother-in-law helps take care of the children. Her children are all grown up anyway, and she doesn't feel sorry for her mother-in-law. This is all her own choice.

Chen Yuhe wanted to talk to her simply to tell her that her mother-in-law was partial to her two younger sons and preferred them so much that she had to leave home for half a year for them.

Moreover, Chen Yuhe was not sure whether her mother-in-law would continue to stay in one of Zhong Lingshan and He Na's homes after helping them take care of the children.

"Sister-in-law, if my parents go to Xiaoyu and Xiaochen's house for the New Year this year, will you be angry?"

Here it comes, here it comes, she knew what Chen Yuhe was worried about. Wasn't she afraid that her parents would go to their other sons' homes to celebrate the New Year, leaving their family at home?

"Why should I be angry? Xiaoyu's wife and Xiaochen's wife are both expecting their second child this year. Isn't it normal for my mother-in-law to stay at their house for the New Year to help them? I heard that their two homes are only more than 20 miles apart."

If the parents-in-law come to their two houses to celebrate the New Year, they don’t have to rush over to pay them New Year’s greetings. Today they can go to the Siheyuan to celebrate the New Year and bring the TV over with them.

Chen Yuhe doesn't think so. If her parents-in-law go to Xiaoyu and Xiaochen's house to celebrate the New Year and leave them alone at home, they will have to prepare New Year's goods and meals by themselves.

She would have to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner and do all the housework by herself. Wouldn't that tire her to death? If she got pregnant in the second half of the year, how would she be able to finish all the work?

She felt at least half relieved when her mother-in-law was at home. The reason she came to see her sister-in-law today was that she wanted her sister-in-law to persuade her mother-in-law not to go out.