Chapter 138: It’s great to have a daughter. It’s a daughter.
Wang Hui had never been treated like this by Li Fengju in her entire life. Her blood rushed to her head, and her eyes turned red with anger. It must have been her eldest sister who instigated this! She was jealous of her parents' favoritism, and she had won their hearts away!
"Jianguo is calling you, stop making trouble. Your daughter is already a few years old, she should know what is right and wrong!" Li Fengju warned.
"I don't want you to care about me!" Wang Hui shook off her mother's hand and turned to leave.
After Wang Hui went out, she saw Du Jianguo in the main room. She threw the book in her hand directly at him and ran out.
Li Fengju was following behind Wang Hui. When she saw her throwing a book at Du Jianguo, she cursed at her from behind, "You idiot girl! You're so upset with me, why are you hitting Jianguo?"
Du Jianguo was hit and was a little confused. He didn't know why this girl was angry again, so he asked, "Mom, what's wrong with Huihui?"
Li Fengju said, "Last time, I made a pair of cotton shoes for her eldest sister. She thought they were for her and got angry. It's just a child's temper. Jianguo, don't get angry with her."
Du Jianguo picked up the fallen book, not quite believing his mother-in-law's words. Wang Hui had clearly gone out with the book, and was obviously going to ask about it, so why was she bringing up the shoes?
"Mom, there is a person in this book with the same name as my brother-in-law. It should be him, right?" Du Jianguo said.
"It's him." Li Fengju said.
Du Jianguo laughed sarcastically: "Brother-in-law is really amazing, he is really promising, he became a writer, I am afraid some people regret it."
Li Fengju was angry that Wang Hui was not calm and gave Du Jianguo something to talk about for no reason.
"Jianguo, don't talk nonsense. She definitely doesn't have that idea. Mom can assure you that it's really because she feels that I've been too nice to her elder sister recently, and she's unhappy and mad at me." Li Fengju said hurriedly.
Du Jianguo certainly didn't believe it in his heart, but he couldn't say anything to his mother-in-law. He just said he understood and took the book back to his room. He half-lay back on the bed. He had just been reading a very interesting novel, but now he couldn't read a single word.
Wang Hui regretted marrying him, and he regretted marrying her! She was lazy, greedy, competitive, had a bad temper, and didn't know how to behave. He regretted it so much! Wang Hui was not even a bit like her elder sister, and he only regretted that he was so short-sighted that he was deceived by Wang Hui's false gentleness.
Wang Hui ran out alone. When she reached the entrance of the alley, the cold wind blew, bringing her back to her senses. She remembered what her eldest sister had said to her last time: "You might regret this later." She wouldn't say that for no reason; her eldest sister must have done it on purpose! She hadn't had any contact with Zhao Yunsheng since her divorce in her previous life, and she didn't know what became of him. Perhaps he had become a famous writer in his past life. She didn't know, but her eldest sister did, which was why she agreed to the marriage exchange in this life.
How could she do this! Wang Hui thought bitterly.
Li Fengju went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Wang Yongren was making coal balls, and Huanhuan was also holding coal balls and putting them on the coal pile.
Wang Yongren looked up at Li Fengju.
"Why do you look so unhappy? Where's Huihui?"
Li Fengju said, "He ran away in anger."
"She is angry with Jianguo again. What is she doing during the New Year?" Wang Yongren said.
"With me!" Li Fengju angrily said, "Huihui has really been spoiled by us. First, she was unhappy because I made cotton shoes for her eldest sister. Then, when she saw her eldest brother-in-law's book, she wanted to go and make trouble with her eldest sister. I don't know what she wants! What does it have to do with her? She even made Jianguo suspicious of her. I really worry about her all day long."
"This girl is a little ignorant of the seriousness of the matter." Wang Yongren said.
Li Fengju glanced at Huanhuan and said nothing more. This little girl is smart. If she understands everything, she will think her mother is bad.
Wang Yongren stacked the last coal briquette, stood up, and pounded his waist. Seeing this, Huanhuan walked over, stood on tiptoe, and pounded Wang Yongren's waist twice, saying in a baby voice, "I'm pounding Grandpa's waist."
Wang Yongren laughed out loud with joy, and Li Fengju also laughed beside him. Huihui was not as sensible as Huanhuan.
"By the way, if she runs away like this, she won't go to her elder sister, right?" Wang Yongren said.
"No, I warned her and she doesn't dare to go." Li Fengju said.
Wang Hui really didn't dare to go. She walked around the alley, bought a few bottles of soda at the supply and marketing point at the alley entrance, and then went home.
When Wang Hui returned to the room, Du Jianguo snorted coldly, turned over, and faced inward, not wanting to look at her.
"Du Jianguo, what are you doing?" Wang Hui said angrily.
Du Jianguo ignored her. At his mother-in-law's house, he didn't argue with her. Du Jianguo deliberately flipped through the book loudly, but didn't turn around to look at Wang Hui.
Seeing Du Jianguo like this, Wang Hui was filled with rage. He still had the nerve to get angry with her? What a useless man!
Last year, Du Jianguo was not elected deputy director. This year, his father returned and wanted to make another move, but they bluntly told him he needed more experience and wouldn't be accepted now. To put it bluntly, Du Jianguo is useless! How come her older sister is doing so well as deputy director and even a model worker?
This man is not only useless in bed, but also useless at work! Wang Hui began to wonder if Du Jianguo had deceived her in his previous life. He was not as powerful as he said.
Wang Ying's house is bustling with activity at the moment. Zhao Yunfang and her family of three have returned and are taking photos enthusiastically.
Wang Ying had been married for over three years, and they already had several more photo albums. Film and developing photos had been their biggest expenses in recent years, enough to buy two televisions.
After lunch, an unexpected guest came to the door. It was Zhao Yunfei’s ex-husband Ji Yang, who came with gifts.
As soon as she saw Ji Yang, Zhao Yunfei's expression changed.
"What are you doing here?" Zhao Yunfei said unhappily.
"I came to see you and Dongbao." Ji Yang said as he was about to put the gift on the table.
"Don't put things down for no reason." Zhao Yunfei said.
Ji Yang put the things down and called Dong Bao: "Dong Bao, why don't you call daddy?"
Dongbao hid behind Chen Xiuqin and stuck his head out to look at his father. Chen Xiuqin looked at Dongbao, and Dongbao timidly called out, "Dad."
Zhao Yunfei called Ji Yang to the yard to talk. After more than ten minutes, Ji Yang left without saying goodbye.
Zhao Yunfei returned to the main hall, and Zhao Yunfang asked, "What is he doing here?"
"He said he wanted to remarry," Zhao Yunfei said, "but he's just dreaming."
"How did the matter in his family resolve? Did his brother and sister-in-law divorce?" Wang Ying asked.
"They divorced last year, and it was only after his sister-in-law's family sued Ji Qiang that the divorce was finalized. Ji Qiang was really trying to keep Tang Meiling at home to torture her and disgust his brother. Tang Meiling was severely tortured. The Tang family contacted the Women's Federation and then the police, and finally the divorce was finalized."
"Why does Ji Yang want to remarry?" Chen Xiuqin asked again.
"I haven't found a good one yet. Men are like this all the time. If I could find a good one, I would have forgotten about my elder sister long ago," said Zhao Yunfang.
The women in the house all nodded, but the men remained silent.
After this little incident, the family gathered together to play poker again. Normally, no one in the Zhao family played poker, but this year, it seemed like a lot of people were playing. They bought some cards to play with, but they didn't play with real money. Instead, they used sunflower seeds and candies as chips.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Chen Xiuqin went upstairs to bring breakfast to Wang Ying, who was walking on the balcony.
"Yingzi, your belly has shrunk a little more. I'm afraid you'll give birth in the next few days," said Chen Xiuqin.
Wang Ying herself didn't notice it. After Chen Xiuqin said that, she looked down and saw that her stomach seemed to have shrunk a little.
"That's true." Wang Ying said.
"Why don't we check into the hospital first?" Chen Xiuqin said. "We'll wait until we feel better before going. It'll be hard on the other people on the way. It's Chinese New Year now, so hospital beds aren't tight, and we have the means at home."
"Then let's do it tomorrow." Wang Ying also felt that it would be best to prepare in advance.
Everything necessary for giving birth had been prepared long ago, and the next morning, the family sent Wang Ying to the hospital.
After get off work, Li Fengju went to Zhao's house to see Wang Ying, but found her empty-handed, so she hurried to the hospital.
Wang Ying was staying in a single room. The room was bustling with activity. Zhao Yunsheng had come directly after get off work, Chen Xiuqin had brought Dongbao here after school, and Zhao Yunfei, who already worked in the hospital, was also present.
Li Fengju thought Wang Ying was about to give birth, but when she saw them talking and laughing, she felt relieved.
"Fengju is here. Did you go home and find nothing?" Chen Xiuqin stepped forward.
Li Fengju placed the cooked chicken soup on the bedside table and said, "It was a complete failure. Is Yingzi okay? Why did you come to the hospital?"
"It's okay." Wang Ying said, "I'll move in early, and my family can rest assured."
"How do you feel now?" Li Fengju sat down beside Wang Ying's bed.
"It's nothing, I just feel like I'm getting hungry." Wang Ying said.
"That's perfect. Here's the chicken soup." Li Fengju quickly picked up the chicken soup and fed it to Wang Ying with a spoon.
"I can do it myself." Wang Ying took the bowl and spoon from her mother. She was fine at the moment and didn't need to be fed. Her mother's excessive care made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Li Fengju sat by the bed, watching Wang Ying drink chicken soup. Wang Ying thought her mother's eyes were a little strange, and she looked very guilty, but she didn't ask.
Wang Ying was admitted to the hospital at a very good opportunity. He was admitted on the seventh day of the first lunar month and went into labor on the night of the eighth day.
When the contractions started, she was half asleep and woke up suddenly. Zhao Yunsheng was accompanying her in bed, and when she moved, Zhao Yunsheng asked, "What's wrong?"
"I had some reaction." Wang Ying said.
Zhao Yunsheng quickly jumped up and said, "I'll go call a doctor."
The doctor on duty came over to check on her, told her to pay attention to the frequency of her contractions, and then left. Zhao Yunsheng went to tell his elder sister and asked her to go home and deliver the letter.
Wang Ying had experience in her previous life and knew it was still early for the baby to be born, so she wasn't too nervous. But Zhao Yunsheng was extremely nervous, and kept asking, "Does it hurt? How do you feel?"
"It doesn't hurt..." Wang Ying said, "It's not time yet."
Zhao Yunsheng couldn't sleep anymore and stayed by Wang Ying's bed, holding her hand. Wang Ying couldn't sleep either because of the contractions.
The two stared blankly for a while, and Wang Ying smiled and said, "Why don't you tell me a story? It's been a while."
Zhao Yunsheng's mind was in a mess, but he nodded and told Wang Ying about the books he had read.
As he was speaking, Zhao Yunsheng felt his hand suddenly being tightly grasped by Wang Ying.
"What's wrong!" Zhao Yunsheng asked excitedly.
"It's okay," Wang Ying said. "The contractions are getting stronger."
"Should we call a doctor?"
"No, it's still early." Wang Ying said, "Go on."
Zhao Yunsheng spoke nonsense, forgetting what he had said before and mixing up the facts. The more Wang Ying listened, the more confused she became. When she wanted to laugh, she suddenly had a contraction. She frowned, hissed, and then clenched Zhao Yunsheng's hand.
Before Zhao Yunsheng could ask, she said, "It's okay, don't be too nervous."
How could Zhao Yunsheng not be nervous? He knew how dangerous and painful childbirth was.
In the second half of the night, the contractions became more and more severe, but Wang Ying endured them all the time and hardly cried out. She just held Zhao Yunsheng's hand tightly, making Zhao Yunsheng share the pain with her.
Around five in the morning, Wang Ying's parents and in-laws arrived. Wang Ying's contractions were already severe, and the pain was almost unbearable, but she didn't scream, only groaning subtly.
Li Fengju thought about Wang Hui's heavy bleeding during childbirth and was so nervous that her voice trembled. She wanted to sit next to Wang Ying, but Zhao Yunsheng refused to let her, and stayed by Wang Ying's side as if he couldn't hear what was happening.
Just after six o'clock, the doctor came to check the cervix. After the examination, he immediately transferred Wang Ying to the delivery bed and pushed her into the delivery room.
Zhao Yunsheng had to separate from Wang Ying and wait outside the delivery room. Zhao Yunsheng wanted to follow her in, but the hospital's rules at the time did not allow husbands to enter the delivery room, so he could only wait anxiously outside.
Chen Xiuqin, Li Fengju and Zhao Yunfei all followed in.
After entering the delivery room, the doctor praised Wang Ying, saying, "You're quite brave. Unlike some women who start screaming and shouting before anything happens, using up all their energy and having no energy to cooperate during the birth. Your fetus is in the right position and the size is right. Just be obedient and cooperate with me, and everything will go smoothly."
Wang Ying endured the pain and replied with a smile, "Okay."
"Very good, very good, you can even smile." The doctor praised Wang Ying again.
Chen Xiuqin and Li Fengju breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the doctor's words. Chen Xiuqin also admired Wang Ying. Even now, when the baby was about to be born, she hadn't heard Wang Ying scream, only a few humming sounds at most.
Li Fengju, however, felt differently. Yingzi was incredibly patient. Why was she so patient, able to endure the pain, to hold back her cries? Perhaps it was because she'd endured it all before. Especially when compared to Wang Hui's childbirth, Li Fengju felt a sharp pain in her heart. She had been so obsessed with Wang Ying's ability to "recognize a mother's love by raising a child," but during her delivery, she understood her previous patience and the grievances she had endured.
Of course Wang Ying felt pain and wanted to scream, but she knew that screaming would drain her energy, so it was better for her to endure the pain and give birth to the baby in one go. Wang Ying's delivery went smoothly. With the help of the midwife, at 8:10 in the morning, Wang Ying gave birth to a daughter.
When Wang Ying heard that it was a daughter, she smiled with satisfaction and said to herself: Great, it's a daughter.
"Yingzi, how do you feel?" Li Fengju held Wang Ying's hand, her voice trembling and hoarse.
Wang Ying looked up at her mother, only to see her mother bursting into tears. Why was she crying? She wasn't her younger sister, and she wasn't bleeding heavily. She was fine, why was she crying...
"I'm so sleepy..." Wang Ying said, and fell asleep before he could even look at his daughter.
Li Fengju was so scared that she called for a doctor.
"It's okay, she just fell asleep. She stayed up all night and put in so much effort." The doctor said after examining Wang Ying.
When Wang Ying woke up, he was already in the ward.
"Yingzi, you're awake. How do you feel?" Zhao Yunsheng was guarding the bedside. Seeing Wang Ying open her eyes, he asked hurriedly.
Wang Ying paused for a moment before saying, "Where's Yueyue?"
Wang Ying's daughter is named Zhao Xinyue. It was Director Zhao who chose the name. Zhao Yunsheng had originally chosen a name, but Director Zhao and Chen Xiuqin thought it was too tricky and refused to agree. In the end, they decided to stick with Xinyue, with the nickname Yueyue. Director Zhao had also chosen a boy's name, Hongyi, but it was no longer used.
Zhao Yunsheng raised his chin and said, "Look, it's in your arms."
Wang Ying looked down and saw the little one with a red face, wrapped in a blanket and placed next to her.
"It's really small." said Wang Ying.
"It weighs exactly six pounds, not small." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.
"Like you." Wang Ying looked at his daughter's face and felt that she was nothing like him.
"My mother also said that he looks like me, and that he looks exactly like me when I was a child," said Zhao Yunsheng.
"Where are Mom and the others?" Wang Ying asked when he saw that Zhao Yunsheng was the only one in the ward.
"My dad and father-in-law went to work, and my mom and mother-in-law just went to get food." Zhao Yunsheng said, "Are you hungry? How are you feeling? I'll go call a doctor."
"I still want to sleep." Wang Ying said, and he felt his eyelids were heavy and about to droop again.
"Eat something before going to sleep..."
Before Zhao Yunsheng could finish his words, Wang Ying fell asleep again.
When Wang Ying woke up again, it was already evening, and she was really awake this time.
Li Fengju had just brought over the brown sugar porridge she had cooked. After Wang Ying ate it, he felt much more energetic.
The doctor came over to see Wang Ying and said with a smile, "Pretty good, isn't it?"
"Well, I don't feel anything anymore." Wang Ying said.
"The delivery went smoothly, but I didn't feel anything." The doctor nodded and said, "You can be discharged tomorrow."
"Stay for two more days." Zhao Yunsheng said.
Li Fengju also nodded in agreement.
Wang Ying stayed in the hospital for another two days and was discharged on the eleventh day of the first lunar month.
On the 13th day of the first lunar month, Wang Ying's family held a third-day bath for Yueyue.
Li Fengju went to Du's house to find Wang Hui the day before and told her not to talk nonsense or make trouble after arriving at her eldest sister's house.
Wang Hui was filled with anger and resentment, but she dared not disobey her mother. She already had a bad relationship with her in-laws, and if she offended her parents, she would be left with nothing.
Early in the morning on the 13th, Du Jianguo got up and dressed neatly.
Wang Hui said sarcastically, "She's having her third bath, why are you all dressed up?"
Du Jianguo glanced at her and said, "Then if I go out in a sloppy manner, will you feel proud?"
Wang Hui snorted and thought to herself, a man who has been looked down upon by her elder sister in both of her lives, even if he dressed up as a peacock, her elder sister would not even look at him.
Thinking of this, Wang Hui felt a pang in her heart. Her elder sister had despised him in two lifetimes, yet she had treated him like a treasure and snatched him away for two lifetimes. What was she really trying to achieve? In her previous life, she hadn't married Du Jianguo. After he divorced her elder sister, he had been refusing to marry her, even at the cost of his life. Then, inexplicably, she was reborn. In this life, she had finally snatched Du Jianguo away, but who exactly had she snatched away?
On the way to Wang Ying's house, Wang Hui didn't say a word. When she arrived, she received a warning look from Li Fengju. Wang Hui rolled her eyes, but still followed Li Fengju obediently.
Wang Hui dressed Huanhuan up very nicely today. As soon as Huanhuan arrived, she started playing with Mingjie and Dongbao.
Li Fengju took Wang Hui upstairs to see Wang Ying and the baby. On the stairs, she warned her, "Don't mess around with your elder sister. If you dare say anything bad, I'll punish you when I get home."
"I know!" Wang Hui said unhappily. She was extremely angry. She had been her mother's sweetheart for two lifetimes, and suddenly she was going to be punished. She was so angry no matter how she thought about it, but she didn't have the courage to make trouble with Li Fengju, so she could only obey.
After reaching upstairs, Li Fengju knocked on the door first, then said, "Yingzi, it's Mom and Huihui."
"Come in, Mom." Wang Ying responded.
Wang Hui snorted, feeling that her elder sister's call of "Mom" was more affectionate than before. Mom was indeed coaxed by her elder sister! Her elder sister was already so powerful, capable, married a good man, and her husband was a writer. Why was she still competing with her for Mom?
Li Fengju pushed the door open and saw Wang Ying sitting on the bed with a woolen hat on her head. She looked in good spirits and didn't look like she had just given birth.
"Is Yueyue asleep?" Li Fengju asked.
"He just finished his milk and fell asleep." said Wang Ying.
"How is the milk supply these two days? Is it enough?" Li Fengju asked.
"That's enough." Wang Ying said.
Wang Hui walked to the bedside and looked at Yueyue. She wanted to say that Huanhuan was not as pretty as hers, but she held the words back, fearing that her mother would punish her. She only said, "Yueyue doesn't look like her elder sister."
"Looks like your brother-in-law." Li Fengju said, "He will definitely be handsome when he grows up."
Wang Hui muttered to herself, "Our Huanhuan has always been cute!" After seeing the baby, Wang Hui looked around the room. It was completely different from when she was here in her previous life.
"What a long table..." Wang Hui said.
"Your brother-in-law and I both have to work, and the table is too small for us to sit on," said Wang Ying.
Wang Hui looked at their desk. There were a few books on one side, a few brown paper folders on the other. In the middle of the desk sat a framed photo of the two of them, with their water cups and pen holders beside it. Looking up, she also saw the framed newspaper. Looking at Wang Ying in the newspaper, Wang Hui suddenly felt a sense of emptiness within her, an indescribable feeling.
Wang Hui stood under the photo frame for a long time, then went downstairs without saying a word.
Wang Ying and Li Fengju were talking, but neither of them paid any attention to her.
When Wang Hui arrived downstairs, she saw a group of people entering the courtyard. She didn't recognize them. As she listened to them, she realized they were her eldest sister's subordinates. They actually knew Zhao Yunsheng.
"Congratulations, Comrade Zhao. Where is our director?" Xu Lili said with a smile.
"Which director are you? Director Zhao or Director Wang?" Zhao Yunsheng joked with them.
"Our director can only be Director Wang, and Director Zhao is everyone's director." Xu Lili said with a smile.
When she said this, everyone laughed and agreed.
Tian Yulan said, "Let's go up and see the director and the baby."
"Come on, I'll take you upstairs." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.
Wang Hui watched them chatting and laughing as they went upstairs, and she felt even more upset...
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