Chapter 109 Son

The second day's return banquet was still very lively.

The main reason is that Lin Ting has a wide social network and many friends. When they hear that there is a happy event in his family, they will come uninvited.

Including the relatives at home, there were more than forty tables.

Fortunately, my family prepared a few more tables, otherwise it would have been a joke.

Although the protagonist of the return banquet was the new bride Lin Ping, many relatives also grabbed Lin Qiu to chat.

Topic of chat: son.

For example, the one being arrested now is the mother-in-law of the aunt from the forest farm.

The old lady was a person praised by the government at that time. She was called a heroic mother because she gave birth to ten children.

So the old lady had no other hobbies, one was to tell over and over again how she was praised for giving birth to many children, and the other was to persuade people to have children.

The old lady grabbed Lin Qiu's hand, her kind face full of kindness, "Qiuqiu, I haven't seen you for several years. Where is your husband?"

Lin Qiu struggled quietly but failed to break free. He could only smile and point at Wang Xiuren who was not far away and said, "Grandma, he's watching the child over there."

The old lady looked at Wang Xiuren's back with satisfaction and praised him, "You are lucky. Your man is willing to help take care of the children."

"We divide the work and help each other!" Lin Qiu said frankly.

What a great way to divide the work, cooperate and help each other!

Those sitting nearby were all elderly men and women. When they heard Lin Qiu's answer, they felt it was a pity that Wang Xiuren was not their son-in-law, and they looked at his back with more admiration and love.

"How old is the child?" the old lady continued to ask.

Lin Qiu looked at his daughter who was having fun not far away, with tenderness in his eyes, "Almost six years old!"

The old lady looked very interested when she heard this, "You're already this big? Don't you want to have another one?"

Lin Qiu smiled awkwardly, "The child is still young, let's talk about it when he grows up!"

"What are you waiting for? You're already so old, and you're still waiting?" The old lady slapped her thigh fiercely. "You should be like me, having two children in three years and three in five years. This way, no matter how many children you have, you can raise them all together and save a lot of trouble and effort!"

The old lady's words resonated with the older generation around her.

This one said: "The old lady is right. The age gap between children cannot be too big, otherwise they will not be close to each other."

The other said: "You should have more children while you are still young so as not to waste them!"

Some people even recounted every detail of giving birth, saying that giving birth is as simple as a hen laying an egg.

For a while, everyone around was discussing matters related to having children.

Lin Qiu wanted to take the opportunity to slip away, but was caught by the old lady. "Qiuqiu, don't leave in a hurry. I want to ask you, is your eldest son a son or a daughter?"

Before Lin Qiu could answer, the aunt next to him spoke first: "I know!"

"She gave birth to a daughter. The one over there in red with the whitest face is her!"

"You must give birth to a child as soon as possible, preferably a son!" The old lady looked anxious.

Although he knew that the old lady had no bad intentions, Lin Qiu was still a little unhappy. "Old lady, her father and I just let nature take its course. If we are pregnant, we will have the baby. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. If not, this one is enough!"

"What are you talking about?" the old lady blurted out, "One child is not enough? In our rural area, we have to have at least two children! And it's not enough to have no son in the family? Not only do we have to have children, but we have to have sons!"

"right!"

"Even if it's family planning and you have to be fined, you have to have children!"

"That's right, if you lose money you can earn it again, but you can't live without your son!"

The older generation nodded in agreement.

At this time, an old man stood up and said pretentiously: "I fully agree with what the old lady said! You are worthy of being praised by the government!"

When the old lady heard the old man's affirmation of her, she nodded modestly, with pride evident in her eyes.

The old man continued passionately: "The great leader Chairman Mao once said, 'There is strength in numbers', which means to encourage us to have more children! The old saying passed down by our ancestors also said, 'There are three unfilial acts, and the worst is to have no descendants', and what are descendants? Sons are descendants! Without sons, there are no descendants, and the roots are cut off, which is unfilial! So we should not only have more children, but also sons! We can't let our family be extinct and the roots be cut off! Otherwise, how can we face our ancestors after we die!"

Lao You's words won applause from the people around him and attracted the attention of people sitting in other places in the Hetang.

After hearing this, Lin Qiu felt very dissatisfied. She doesn't think it's necessary to have another child, nor does she think it would be better to have another son.

Although I only had one daughter in my previous life, she lived a much better life than most people with sons.

But she also knows that this is the social trend. Even after a few decades, although most people say "I like both boys and girls", deep down they still think "it's best to have a son".

Is this still the case decades later, let alone now?

So, she didn't respond, nor did she argue with the old man. She just sat aside with a calm face.

Seeing that she was not listening, the old lady stopped talking and the scene gradually became quiet.

It wasn't until Lin Qiu was called away by his family that the scene became lively again.

Some people who are interested in the matter sighed, "The Lin Ting couple are good in everything except this matter! As parents, they should talk to Lin Qiu. What kind of woman doesn't want to have a child? Besides, they didn't even leave a root for her. Isn't this too unreasonable?"

"That's right, isn't this going to end someone's family lineage? This is a bit immoral!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let their people hear you!"

"What I said was not wrong. What if he heard it? Whose daughter is the same as their eldest daughter? Not willing to carry on the family line."

Having said that, the voice still became lower.

A young person said: "Isn't family planning implemented now? The government advocates having fewer children."

Someone immediately responded, "It's not like his family can't afford the fine! They can afford to have three, let alone one. It's just that his eldest daughter refuses to have another child!"

"Yes! I don't know why you are so stubborn. Wouldn't it be better to have a son?"

"That's right! If you don't give birth to a son, there won't even be anyone to break the pot for after you die."

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Lin Qiu thought that the matter was over and he didn't take these people and their words to heart. Anyway, he would be going back to Pengcheng in a few days and they might not meet again in the future, so he let them say whatever they wanted.

As a result, when they returned to Wangjia Village the next day, Li Xiuying first asked her about the child in both open and covert ways, saying that those younger than Wang Xiuren had given birth to several babies, and that Shanshan was older and she could bring another one with her. She also said that a certain miracle doctor had a prescription that guaranteed the birth of a son, and asked Lin Qiu if she wanted it.

Before Lin Qiu could reply, she was rejected with a dark face by Wang Xiuren who was listening nearby.

Then Wu Yu came over holding Wang Bin in her arms. Looking at Wang Shan running around in the hall, she looked like an experienced person. "Second sister-in-law, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. We women must give birth to a son. A daughter will belong to someone else's family in the future, but it's our son who will take care of us in our old age and see us to the end of our lives! It was only after I gave birth to Binbin that I felt settled!"

Wu Yu's words sounded like she meant well for Lin Qiu, but she couldn't hide the boasting in her tone.

Lin Qiu deliberately ignored her words and held the teacup in silence.

Wu Yugan sat for a long time, felt it was boring, and walked away with his back twisted.

Lin Qiu originally thought that the matter should end here, but who knew that trouble arose again at home because of the children.