"If she has her own child, will she still take care of Lili and Binbin for me?" Binbin is her second child, who was sent back home just after being a month old.
“You don’t need to worry about that. If you’re worried that she’ll be distracted and won’t be able to take good care of Lili and Binbin, then let her and Yan Zheng have children a few years later. After Binbin is in elementary school, let the two of them have children.”
Sister-in-law Yan seemed to be reluctantly agreeing, "This is alright."
Jiang Yue lay blankly on the bed, her mind a jumbled mess. She had married Yan Zheng, which meant she would have to raise Lili and Binbin for him. She didn't want to become someone else's 'stepmother' and raise children as soon as she got married, unable to even have her own children. Perhaps after she sent Binbin to elementary school, she would be kicked out of the house.
Jiang Yue lay in bed for a long time until she finally calmed down before getting up.
In the evening, Wen Xi saw Jiang Yue enter the door looking like she was about to cry, and she was extremely worried. "Xiao Yue, weren't you going to Yan Zheng's house for dinner? What happened? What's wrong?"
"Xiaoxi." Jiang Yue threw herself into Wenxi's arms and burst into tears.
Wen Xi patted Jiang Yue's back with concern, "What's wrong? Did Yan Zheng bully you? I'll ask Brother Qin to teach Yan Zheng a lesson for you."
Jiang Yue cried for a while, then sobbed and said, "Yan Zheng's older brother and sister-in-law came back with their second son. They left the child at home and wanted me to raise him until he started elementary school. They were also worried that I would be distracted and that it would be bad for the child. They said that after I, Yan Zheng, get married, they won't let me and Yan Zheng have our own children."
“It’s really terrifying. If they never come back, I’ll have to raise their children for the rest of my life, send them to junior high and high school, and if they can go to university, I’ll have to support them through university. Will I also have to buy them houses and prepare dowries for their weddings? If they don’t come back when they’re old, will I have to help take care of their grandchildren? Will I never have any time for myself in this life?”
Wen Xi sighed heavily upon hearing this, "I didn't expect Sister-in-law Yan Zheng to be so calculating. But if you marry Yan Zheng, can't you move out and live on your own?"
“Yan Zheng’s older brother and sister-in-law work outside and don’t have time to come back, so Yan Zheng is responsible for his parents’ retirement. They live wherever Yan Zheng lives. It’s inseparable. Just thinking about how I’m married and have to take care of two elderly people and two children at such a young age terrifies me. Am I destined to be someone’s slave?”
"Then ask Yan Zheng, if his older brother and sister-in-law don't raise their own children and let others raise them, will they pay them? Do they expect others to raise their children for free without contributing any effort or money?" Wen Xi said, frowning.
Jiang Yue shook her head. "No need to ask anymore. Yan Zheng's older brother and sister-in-law have never sent any money back. Yan Lili has always been raised by Uncle Yan and Aunt Yan. If I have to support them from now on, I'll have to pay for it myself."
Wen Xi stood there, speechless. Yan Zheng's older brother and sister-in-law were there, and there was nothing that needed to be spent. Yet, they wanted Yan Zheng's parents to pay for raising the child, and now they wanted Yan Zheng and Jiang Yue to pay as well. This was a bit too much.
It's really quite calculating of them to neither contribute money nor effort to their own children.
Wen Xi patted Jiang Yue on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Yue, you should have a good talk with Yan Zheng and see what he really means. If he also agrees to raise your nephew and niece and is willing to pay for it, then you should think it over carefully. Whatever decision you make, I will respect your choice."
If Yan Zheng agrees to raise his elder brother and sister-in-law's children without them having to pay for it, then this person should not marry him. Because if she marries him, she will become the foster mother of her nephew and niece. If she does anything wrong, she will be scolded severely and people will mistakenly think that she is not good to her nephew and niece.
Most importantly, you can't hit or scold other people's children, you can't educate them. If you raise a child badly, everyone will criticize her. If the child is outstanding, everyone will say that the parents have good genes. Anyway, all the good things are the biological parents' fault, and all the bad things are the adoptive parents' fault. And Yan Zheng is her uncle, so naturally Jiang Yue has to shoulder all the blame.
Jiang Yue nodded. She did like Yan Zheng, but if Yan Zheng's older brother and sister-in-law were to scheme against her like this, she would not marry Yan Zheng. To risk her entire life was truly terrifying.
Before getting married, you must keep your eyes open, understand the atmosphere of the other party's family, and also understand the family members. Yan Zheng, the eldest sister-in-law, is too calculating. If you marry into the Yan family, you may live in her calculations for the rest of your life. The money you earn in your whole life may become her children's money. So you really need to think it over carefully.
To be a good woman, you have to suffer.
However, this was Jiang Yue's own business, and Wen Xi couldn't make a decision for her; she could only let Jiang Yue think it through herself.
Yan Zheng's elder brother and sister-in-law brought their one-month-old son back home. After only a few days at home, they left their son behind, citing being busy with work.
Jiang Yue didn't go to the Yan family because she knew that if she went, Yan's mother would definitely teach her how to take care of children.
That day, while everyone was busy in the watermelon field, a woman from the village suddenly ran over and shouted, "Gu Huai'an, Gu Huai'an, your wife is having stomach pains, she's probably about to give birth, you should go home quickly!"
Wen Xi said to Gu Huai'an, "Gu Huai'an, you should go back quickly. Giving birth is a life-or-death experience, it's very dangerous, you must not be careless."
Then Wen Xi said to Lu Mingxiu, "Lu Mingxiu, go find the old man with the oxcart and have him hitch up the oxcart so that Xu Mengying and Gu Huai'an can go to the hospital."
"Okay, I'll go now." Lu Mingxiu put down what he was holding and ran off.
Xu Mengying became pregnant before her marriage, so the due date is this month, but people who don't know the truth might think that Xu Mengying gave birth a month prematurely.
When everyone saw the oxcart leave from the watermelon field, they knew that Gu Huai'an had taken Xu Mengying to the hospital, and they were relieved. If Gu Huai'an didn't even have this much sense of responsibility, then Wen Xi would doubt her own judgment. Why did she invite Gu Huai'an to grow watermelons together in the first place?
Fortunately, Gu Huai'an is not such a heartless person.
The next day at noon, Gu Huai'an and Xu Mengying were discharged from the hospital. Xu Mengying gave birth to a daughter, and it was the old man who drove the oxcart who went to the hospital to pick her up.
Since they had just returned, the new mother and baby needed to rest, so no one disturbed them. However, before giving birth, Xu Mengying had found the grandmother who had taken care of Liang Zhaodi's child to come and help take care of her during the day. Otherwise, it would be just her and Gu Huai'an, who didn't know anything about postpartum care.
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