Wenxi and his two companions went to the cowshed to find the old man who drove the oxcart. They told him that Liang Zhaodi was about to give birth and asked him to quickly hitch up the oxcart and take Liang Zhaodi to the hospital.
It only takes a little over an hour to get to town. Using an oxcart would save some time and allow us to get to the town hospital sooner. Besides, childbirth isn't something that happens quickly, so there's plenty of time.
When the oxcart driver arrived at Liang Zhaodi's house, Liang Zhaodi had already taken the necessary items. After all, it wasn't her first time having a child, so she already knew what she needed. Moreover, this second child was the heir of the Xia family, so Liang Zhaodi valued it even more.
How glorious she will be when her two children are recognized by their respective families in the future!
The daughter was left at home to be looked after by her grandmother. The deputy captain's wife and the accountant's wife went to the hospital with her. After all, Liang Zhaodi had no parents or family here. If they didn't take care of her, it would have a bad impact on the team if something happened.
After Wenxi and the other two helped call the oxcart driver, they went straight home. Even though they weren't full, they didn't go back to Gu Huai'an's house for another meal.
The food today wasn't cooked by the three of them, so it naturally didn't taste very good. Let's just go home and eat our own food!
Wenxi rinsed the rice and put it in the pot. She cut a section of the old pumpkin, peeled it, cut it into pieces, and then put it in the pot with the pumpkin. The pumpkin rice was sweet, soft, and sticky, and it was very delicious.
As for the dishes, there were salted pig ears, winter melon stewed with cured pork ribs, and stir-fried cabbage with mushrooms. Since there was winter melon soup, no other soup was made.
The three sisters enjoyed another comfortable meal, without inviting those who hadn't eaten enough to join them.
Unless there's a specific reason, Wenxi doesn't hold gatherings. After all, everyone has their own thoughts, and no one knows what the other person is really thinking.
Liang Zhaodi went to the town hospital at noon when everyone was having a banquet, and she was discharged in a hurry the next day at noon because she had given birth to a son as she had wished. She was so excited and wanted to come back as soon as possible to tell everyone the good news.
No one knew that the child was Xia Minglei's, but Lu Xiaoyun had an accident, and she still insisted on giving birth to this posthumous child. Everyone has to praise her as a good woman!
All she needs to do next is raise these two children well, treat them exceptionally well, and let them know that their mother is the best person in the world. That way, when they are recognized by their ancestors in the future, they will not abandon their mother.
Otherwise, once the child is recognized as part of the family line, they might become blinded by wealth and forget the sacrifices their mother made as a mother.
It's a bit difficult for her to raise two children on her own, and she's still so young; she'll need a man to take care of her in the future, so she needs to find a good husband for herself.
Widows can remarry, and divorced women can remarry. She's so young and rich, why can't she remarry?
No one can interfere with her getting married.
Since Xu Mengying finished her postpartum confinement, she has often taken her baby out, letting everyone see how hard she works to take care of the child, so no one has brought up the issue of her not working.
However, many people in the village favored boys over girls. As soon as they saw Xu Mengying's daughter, they realized that she had a better starting point than other girls in the village and that her life was also better.
So some people started whispering sour things, saying that Liang Zhaodi's son was prettier than Xu Mengying's daughter, and that Xu Mengying's figure showed she was destined to have no sons and would only have a string of daughters in the future...
After being criticized so many times, Xu Mengying stopped taking her child out. Not long after giving birth, she put having a second child on the agenda, insisting on having a son. She even asked Gu Huai'an to quickly ask his family to transfer them back home, as she didn't want to stay in the countryside any longer.
However, the higher the position, the less one can rely on connections, because a bunch of people are waiting to find fault with you!
So no matter how much Xu Mengying made a fuss, Gu Huai'an would never tell his family about returning to the city. His family wanted him to come home more than anyone else, and they would definitely help him find a way to do so if the opportunity arose.
Since there were no arrangements at home, it meant it wasn't possible yet, and he just had to wait.
Moreover, he is now working in the watermelon field, only working a few hours a day, which is much easier than farming in the fields before. He doesn't rely on work points to support himself, so such an easy job is naturally the most suitable for him.
A few days after Liang Zhaodi returned from the hospital, people living near her home came to visit her and her child, and the wives of the village officials also came to visit.
Even if you don't bring anything, you still have to go and see if there's anything you can help with, because it's a matter of courtesy. How can you just ignore it?
However, after seeing the child, everyone had only one thought in mind: why does this child look like Xia Minglei instead of his biological father, Lu Xiaoyun?
The face shape is exactly the same. Everyone who sees the child's face can immediately think of Xia Minglei's face, which shows how similar they are.
Although everyone found it strange, they didn't delve into it. After all, Xia Minglei had a beautiful city wife like Tian Xiaoke before, and Liang Zhaodi's husband Lu Xiaoyun was still alive. It was unlikely that the two of them could have any story while they each had other partners.
Could Lu Xiaoyun possibly agree to his brother and his wife betraying him?
It can only be said that some people's thinking is quite simple. It really is the case that Lu Xiaoyun doesn't like Liang Zhaodi, doesn't care about Liang Zhaodi, and doesn't pay attention to anything Liang Zhaodi does. Moreover, it's a good thing that he dragged Xia Minglei into this mess, because when Xia Minglei becomes successful in the future, he will definitely have to drag him along.
They never expected what would happen next, which would cost them their lives and leave them with no chance to prosper.
Liang Zhaodi was very satisfied that the child looked a lot like Xia Minglei, because this way Xia's parents could immediately tell that the child was Xia Minglei's. Liang Zhaodi didn't care what others speculated about; it didn't matter. She just wanted the child to be recognized by his ancestors in the future so that she could enjoy wealth and honor with them!
The accountant's wife was a grandmother-aged woman. She sat next to Liang Zhaodi and looked at her. "Zhaodi, it's been a year since Lu Xiaoyun's incident. You've been pregnant all year and it's been tough for you. Now that so much time has passed, if you were to find someone else, everyone would understand. If you could find someone who could take care of you and the baby, have you thought about finding someone else?"
Liang Zhaodi looked troubled. "I'm raising two children alone, I have no money, and I can't work to earn work points. Who would want to be with me? Where am I supposed to find someone else?"
Although she hadn't used the two thousand yuan Xia Minglei had given her, and had been using the money she'd found in Lu Xiaoyun's clothes, she intended to save that two thousand yuan to raise and educate her child, and eventually send the child to the Lu and Xia families.
If her child is completely helpless and no different from the other children in the village, how could the Lu and Xia families possibly be willing to adopt such a child?
Therefore, her two children must be outstanding.
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