Chapter 201 Jiang Xia did it on purpose?!
Zhou Chenglei returned to the room and gave the red envelope to Jiang Xia, saying that it was given by his second brother, and also relayed Zhou Chengsen's words.
Jiang Xia took it and said, "Then I'll register it. I'll give this red envelope to my parents tomorrow. We won't accept it. We can return the favor to my second brother in the future!"
"Well, you decide." Zhou Chenglei knew she could handle it.
He held her horizontally, resting his forehead against hers, and said lazily, "It's late, let's go to bed?"
Jiang Xia was picked up and he subconsciously hugged his neck, with their foreheads touching.
The cool scent of his body after bathing surrounded her.
Jiang Xia reminded him: "Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, you have to get up early."
"Well, then go to bed early and get up early."
The man put her on the bed.
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The wind is strong tonight and the moonlight is bright, gently shining in the yard.
In the middle of the night, after the incident, Jiang Xia vaguely saw Zhou Chenglei open the window for ventilation.
The wind blew up the curtains, silver light sprinkled all over the desk, and the room was gentle.
After twelve o'clock it is Mid-Autumn Festival.
The moonlight of Mid-Autumn Festival is so gentle! Jiang Xia fell asleep thinking about this, and she didn't even notice Zhou Chenglei wiping her body.
Anyway, he always takes good care of her.
***"Goose feathers and duck feathers for matches!"
"Goose feathers and duck feathers for matches!"
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Jiang Xia opened his eyes to the sound of loud "goose feathers, duck feathers for matches".
She took out her watch and looked at the time: it was not too late, only around seven.
Zhou Chenglei didn't know when he got up.
After Jiang Xia changed his clothes and went out of the yard, he saw Zhou Chenglei, Zhou Chengxin and Zhou's father and son were killing geese, chickens and ducks, two of each. One of the chickens, geese and ducks was being killed and taken to Jiang's father and mother.
Zhou's mother ran out with a dustpan in one hand and shouted, "I have two goose feathers and two duck feathers here, exchange them for matches!"
Jiang Xia could still hear Zhou's mother's voice going away: "How many boxes of matches can I get for one goose feather?"
When Zhou Chenglei saw Jiang Xia get up, he washed his hands and stood up: "Breakfast is in the pot, I'll get it out for you."
Jiang Xia went to the shower room to brush her teeth and wash her face: "I'll get it myself in a bit, you go ahead and do your thing."
Zhou Chenglei still went to the kitchen to get her breakfast.
Breakfast was a bowl of sea cucumber and scallop porridge, a boiled egg, an ear of corn and two taro.
Li Xiuxian just got up when Jiang Xia was having breakfast. As soon as she left the room, she saw Jiang Xia sitting there eating breakfast. There was a sea cucumber in the bowl of porridge. She was the only one in the family who had this privilege. She couldn't help but say, "Fourth brother's wife is so lucky. She has sea cucumber porridge to eat every day when she wakes up."
Jiang Xia smiled: "There are plenty of these in the sea. If you want to eat them, ask your brother to go to the sea and fish them for you."
Li Xiuxian: “…”
Zhou's mother came in with a few boxes of matches. Knowing that her second daughter-in-law was jealous, she explained, "Xiao Xia is weak and can't adapt to our life by the sea. She got wet and had a fever at night. A Lei caught some sea cucumbers, but he couldn't bear to sell them, so he kept them for Xiao Xia to nourish her body. You have to eat this every day for a while before it works."
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "It's effective. I haven't had a fever recently."
Zhou's mother smiled when she heard this: "That's good. Let A-lei go down to the bottom of the sea and get more. Now that the weather is not cold and we can still go into the water, we can get more. It would be best if we can eat it for a year or so. It would also be good for us to have children."
As she spoke, Zhou's mother couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia's belly and smiled kindly.
The couple is so hardworking, they must have a child, right?
Jiang Xia: “…”
Speaking of children, Li Xiuxian felt uncomfortable and she walked away.
She felt that Zhou's mother was saying that she couldn't have a son and didn't deserve to eat sea cucumbers! Why didn't she say that eating sea cucumbers was good when she was pregnant with Yingying? If there were sea cucumbers to nourish the body before, she wouldn't have been pregnant for so long after giving birth to Yingying.
It is a pain for Li Xiuxian that she cannot have another son now.
In the village, if you only have a daughter, you will always be talked about, questioned and looked down upon.
People in this coastal area all have the idea of raising children to provide for their old age, and they tend to favor boys over girls. Even Li Xiuxian herself has this idea.
She really wanted to have another son, but the family planning policy was much stricter now. Both she and her husband worked in the company and could only have one child. Even if she was willing to give up her job as a teacher and have a child, Zhou Chengsen would not agree.
Zhou's mother didn't say much. She was looking forward to having a grandchild, but she also knew that she couldn't rush it. Her youngest son and daughter-in-law had tried very hard, and even such a sturdy bed was shaking when they slept. What else could she do? She couldn't put more pressure on them. It would be harder to get pregnant if they were under pressure.
The three families also had lunch together today. Zhou Chenglei made the fire, Jiang Xia cooked, and the others helped.
There were only the couple in the kitchen. Jiang Xia thought of Zhou Zhou's question and said, "Zhou Chenglei, how about we adopt Zhou Zhou?"
Zhou Chenglei looked up at her.
The firelight from the stove flickered, making his facial features more distinct, and a hint of surprise appeared on his usually cool and handsome face.
"What happened?" he asked in a low voice.
Zhou Chenglei was just surprised, not opposed.
He believed that Jiang Xia would not adopt his third brother's child for no reason, but if he did, it would mean that his third brother would have no descendants in his parents' eyes.
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This matter won't be passed by his parents.
Jiang Xia told him about Zhou Zhou being bullied by classmates at school, and then she said, "It's just a nominal adoption, with a title in the household registration book. Zhou Zhou is still the third brother's child, and still calls us uncle and aunt. I think the child is grown up, and she will have to fill in the parent column for a lot of information when she goes to school. Having no father or mother will make her feel inferior. We adopted her, and we are her confidence."
Zhou Chenglei: "My parents probably won't agree."
Jiang Xia: "So you go and convince them!"
Zhou Chenglei: “…”
It's not that easy to convince.
***The three families had lunch together, which was very sumptuous. The table was full of chicken, goose, duck, and seafood, making the atmosphere lively and lively.
The children were busy playing and quickly finished their meal and ran out, while the adults were still eating.
While the child was away and the adults were present, Zhou Chenglei told them that he wanted to adopt Zhou Zhou under his own name.
Jiang Xia added, "Zhou Zhou is still the third brother's child. She should still call me and A Lei aunt and uncle. She is just our adopted daughter in the household registration book."
The whole family was dumbfounded when they heard this.
Even Zhou's father looked at Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei in surprise.
Tian Caihua was the most confused: "Why? You adopted Zhou Zhou, so if Xiaoxia gave birth to a daughter as the first child, you can't have a second child, right?"
Zhou's mother immediately thought that Jiangxia's household registration was still in the city, and the youngest son's household registration had not been transferred back. They could only have one child now! If they adopted Zhou Zhou, would they not be able to have their own children? Although the household registration could be transferred back to the village, the first child was a daughter, so they could have a second child.
But now family planning is becoming stricter every year, who knows what the situation will be like next year.
Zhou's mother couldn't understand the meaning of this matter at all! After all, whether they adopted Zhou Zhou or not, they would raise him. Instead, establishing the relationship in the household registration book was cutting off their own retreat.
Zhou's mother said, "This is not necessary. Why should the child be raised under your name? I don't think it's necessary. You don't even have a child yet, why would you adopt one?"
Father Zhou also couldn't understand the meaning of Wangcai and his wife's action, so he asked, "Alei, why do you have this plan? If you adopt the child, won't your third brother's family lineage be cut off?"
Zhou Chenglei: "I thought of adopting him because I wanted to leave an offspring for my third brother. Otherwise, if Zhou Zhou's mother comes to take Zhou Zhou away, we have no reason to stop her."
Father Zhou was stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he was thinking about this possibility.
Tian Caihua pursed her lips and said, "She has been remarried for many years. If she wanted to take Zhou Zhou away, she would have done so long ago! You think too much!"
Li Xiuxian: "It's possible. Last time I took Yingying to the health center for a checkup, I saw her seeing a gynecologist and heard her ask the doctor why she hadn't gotten pregnant for so long even though all the tests were normal."
When Zhou's mother heard this, she thought about how her third daughter-in-law had remarried for so many years and still hadn't given birth to a child. She was getting older and older, and it was possible that she really couldn't give birth to a child. It was not certain whether she could take Zhou Zhou away in the future.
Zhou's mother: "But you and your wife can't adopt the child. You don't even have your own children!"
Zhou's mother looked at Zhou Chengsen and Li Xiuxian and said, "Asen, how about Zhou Zhou's household registration be transferred to your account?"
Li Xiuxian's face changed.
She never thought that this would happen to her!
If she had known this, she would have kept her mouth shut! No!
Li Xiuxian looked at Jiang Xia. She did it on purpose!