But Mrs. Wang refused to take it. She just pushed a box on the ground forward and asked Widow Liu to put the money in it.
"Go back!" Her voice was a little vague, "I have to kneel before the tablet of the Great Immortal all night.
"Remember, tomorrow morning, just as the sun rises, burn the talisman paper to ashes. Everyone in the family must drink it."
"Yes, yes, I remember it!" Widow Liu left Wang Po's house, holding the talisman paper like a treasure.
At this time, the Ye family had just had a sumptuous dinner.
The children's mouths still had the aroma of the braised pork elbows.
Mrs. Ye Dasao, Mrs. Ye Ersao and Mrs. Ye Sansao sat around the kang table in Old Lady Ye's room peeling persimmons.
The two big persimmon trees in front of my house are full of persimmons.
Almost all of them were taken off today.
The ripe persimmons are placed on the windowsill outside, and anyone in the family who wants to eat them can take them.
The remaining ones that were still firm to the touch filled two large basins. Now they were peeled and dried in the sun, and they could be made into dried persimmon cakes to eat slowly.
The three sisters-in-law chatted while peeling the fruits.
Looking at Qingtian who was sticking to Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Ye was filled with envy.
"If you ask me, it's still my daughter! Look at those three brats of mine, they ran away after dinner.
"If you look at Qingtian again, you will know that she has always been by my sister-in-law's side."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "Now that we've settled down, if you like girls, hurry up and have another one with the second son!"
"Oh, I won't give birth to another one!" said Mrs. Ye. "If I give birth to another son, I won't be able to handle it!"
Mrs. Ye said, "We already have three sons, so the next one will definitely be a daughter!"
Upon hearing this, Sister Ye teased her daughter deliberately, "Qingtian, if your second aunt has another baby, will it be a little brother or a little sister?"
Qingtian tilted his head and looked at Ye Ersao. After a long look, he said, "It's a little sister! Is Second Aunt going to give birth to a little sister for me? I'll take her out to play!"
Sister-in-law Ye San quickly asked, "Can you show it to Aunt San on a sunny day?"
This time, Qingtian only took one look and said, "It's my little brother!"
Third Sister-in-law Ye was laughing so hard that she could hardly sit still. She patted Second Sister-in-law Ye's arm and said, "Second Sister-in-law, did you hear that? Qingtian said you can have a daughter. Why don't you quickly ask Second Brother to work harder!"
"What nonsense are you talking about in front of the child?" Mrs. Ye shook her head and said, "If you ask me, our family is not destined to have a daughter.
"Think about it, we don't know about earlier generations, but starting from our grandfather's generation, there were two sons: our father and my uncle.
“My parents gave birth to four sons, and my uncle gave birth to two sons.
"There are five more brats in our family, and now we only have one precious daughter, Qingtian!"
No one had thought about this issue before, but when Mrs. Ye brought it up, they thought about it and realized that it was not really the case.
"I hadn't thought about it even if you didn't tell me!" Even Old Mrs. Ye couldn't help laughing.
Third Sister-in-law Ye was the most straightforward and always spoke without thinking: "How about this, let's see next year whether Fourth Sister-in-law gives birth to a girl or a boy.
"If he's still a kid, then there's really no need to think about it.
"If the fourth son's wife can give birth to a daughter, then the second sister-in-law might still have some hope."
Before Mrs. Ye San finished her words, Guo's cursing voice was heard outside the window.
"Third sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about anything now that you've given birth to two sons, but there's no need to curse people behind their backs, right?
"You all gave birth to sons, why should I be expected to give birth to daughters?
"So I stay in the house every day to take care of the baby, and this is what you say about me behind my back?
"My life is so miserable... How could I have to deal with such a family of sisters-in-law..."
Mrs. Ye San didn't expect that her joke was heard by Guo. She wanted to explain, but was blocked by Guo's rapid-fire words and her face turned pale.
"Mom, you know, I didn't mean that at all, I..." Mrs. Ye San was so aggrieved that she couldn't say anything.
"Okay, this is her first pregnancy, so she's likely to take anything to heart. Let her say whatever she wants.
"Just keep quiet. I'll go talk to her and let this matter be over."
When faced with conflicts between her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ye sometimes finds it difficult to treat them equally and can often only suppress one side and coax the other.
After all, Guo is pregnant now, so it is normal for her to feel unhappy when she suddenly hears her sister-in-law say that she hopes she will give birth to a daughter.
Mrs. Ye San felt aggrieved but had no way to seek justice, but she could only blame herself for not being able to control her words.
Old Mrs. Ye went out and went to the west wing, wanting to talk to Guo about this matter.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Guo sitting on the kang eating persimmons!
Old Madam Ye immediately said, "You are pregnant now, so just eat a few bites of persimmons to satisfy your craving, but don't eat too much."
Guo's face, which was not very good to begin with, became even gloomier.
She threw the persimmons in her hand onto the table and said unhappily, "These persimmons are free and grown on our own tree. Can't I eat a few more bites?"
"It's not that I don't want you to eat them," Old Madam Ye said helplessly, "Eating too many persimmons will make it hard to defecate. You're pregnant, so you can't eat too many.
"Now that your family members are not here, there is no one to teach you many things.
"As a mother-in-law, I have to tell you!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Guo suddenly covered her face and started crying.
"That's right, if my family were here, would you still dare to bully me like this?
"I know you don't lack grandchildren, but none of your grandchildren are the fourth brother's biological children.
"No matter how many nephews you have, they are not as good as one biological son!
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