Chapter 913: No Force
Zhou Xi's condition was not complicated. After talking with the doctor, Manbao had a better idea of what to do. He boiled some medicine in the evening and gave her a set of acupuncture. After a good night's sleep, she felt much better.
Manbao's eldest nephew also started crying and asking for milk.
Xiao Qian made crucian carp and tofu soup for Zhou Xi to increase her lactation, and Guan Xin was finally able to go into the house to see his wife.
The child was placed at the head of Zhou Xi's bed. The couple kept staring at the child who had just eaten, and they loved him very much.
Needless to say, Zhou Xi had a hard-earned child. At this moment, her heart and eyes were filled with him, and she felt that all the suffering she had endured before was nothing.
Guan Xin also likes his son very much. He thinks he is handsome no matter how he looks at him. After all, the sons of his neighbors who are of the same age can run around and play.
However, no matter how much he liked Guan Xin, he didn't dare reach out to hug him. The newborn baby was too soft. He just squatted in front of the bed and watched, quietly touching his little face with his fingertips.
Manbao was complaining to Qian in a low voice, "Mom, my nephew is so ugly. I think he is uglier than five, six, and seven heads."
Qian also felt that her grandson's eyebrows and eyes were not as beautiful as her own grandson's, but she still patted Manbao and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense. Children will change. They will become more beautiful as they grow up."
Manbao muttered, "That doesn't look like Big Sister."
Qian smiled and said, "Whoever raises him will make him look like him. Just wait and see. He will slowly change in the future."
She glanced into the room, then asked Manbao in a low voice, "Is your elder sister really okay?"
"It's okay. I'll take a day off every ten days to come over and give her acupuncture, change some of her prescriptions, and then have her eat some medicinal food."
Qian heaved a sigh of relief. "One child is still too weak. It would be better to have more so that they can take care of each other in the future."
Manbao: "...Mom, my eldest sister just gave birth to a child, and you are already thinking about having a second child. Does that mean you want a third child after having the second one?"
"More would be better, but your sister is not young anymore, and having too many children is not good for her health. Three should be enough. Brothers should support each other in the future, and this family will last a long time."
Manbao scratched his head and decided not to comment on the matter, because after visiting Yizhou City and meeting all kinds of people, Manbao knew that having many brothers was not necessarily a good thing.
If there is no harmony, the more brothers there are, the more chaos there will be, and the family will fall apart faster.
On the third day, Zhou Dalang came to pick up Manbao. Qian thought that her family was harvesting beans, and after the beans were harvested, the rice could be harvested, so she asked little Qian to go back with them.
"Someone has to take care of the household. Your father-in-law has a bad temper, and without someone to control him, he doesn't know how to get angry. You go back and take charge of the household. If he gets angry, go find Manbao." Qian said, "I'm enough here. Anyway, I don't have to do anything every day. I just hold the child and make her some food. It's very easy."
Xiao Qian thought about it and agreed.
Qian hasn't taken care of anyone during confinement for many years. After all, she has many daughters-in-law in her family. When this daughter-in-law gives birth, she just needs to instruct the other daughters-in-law to help.
So I felt a little out of place at first, but after two days I got the hang of it, arranged everything properly at my son-in-law's house, and also established good relationships with the neighbors.
Guan Xin's hometown is not here. He was originally worried about Zhou Xi's confinement and was thinking about hiring someone to help. But now that he saw that his mother-in-law had arranged everything in an orderly manner and Zhou Xi was happy, he was happy to save the money and buy all the meat to stew for his wife.
While Qian was cooking red eggs, she kept muttering to Zhou Xi, "I was wondering why so many people came to your house that day. It turns out he spread the word that when the baby is born, every family will get two red eggs and two rice dumplings, and he will also hire someone to take care of you..."
"Even if he's generous, he should have done it first. Why would he start making a fuss after a month or two? If he doesn't come up with it on that day, the neighbors won't think it's his due, they'll just think he's stingy." Qian said, "Even if he did come up with it, after a month or two of gossip, people won't think he's generous anymore. Instead, they'll think he deserves it. Look at the commotion in your yard that day."
Zhou Xi said, "He's so happy that he's lost his mind. As soon as I got pregnant, he started planning marriages for the child. Now I don't know how many families he's promised the child to. Luckily it's a boy. If it was a girl, there would be trouble in the future."
Qian: "...you should talk about him too. This is not how neighbors get along."
"Yes, mother, I remember everything."
Qian then turned to ask about her health, "How have you been feeling these past two days? Manbao will be here tomorrow. If possible, stop taking the medicine. All medicines are toxic, so it's not good to take them all the time."
"I feel much better now. The lochia is almost gone. I shouldn't need to take medicine anymore."
Qian nodded.
"Mom, why is Manbao's homework so tight now? I remember she used to have two days off every ten days, but now she can only take leave once every ten days."
Qian sighed, glanced outside, and after confirming that only mother and daughter were home, she said, "Mr. Zhuang is doing this for their own good. Manbao came back and whispered to me that she and Baishan might have to go to the capital. I'm so worried."
"What are these two children doing in the capital?" The Zhou family did not tell Zhou Xi and Zhou Yin about this because she was already a married woman and such confidential matters naturally could not escape her ears. Now that she knew about it, should she tell Guan Xin?
Qian thought for a moment and said, "Let's study."
Zhou Xi smiled and said, "Manbao is getting more and more capable. She's even studying in the capital. Don't worry, mother. Manbao is very smart. Let's not talk about our village, just look around the county. Is there anyone as smart as our Manbao? And when have you ever seen her suffer any injustice?"
"I'm worried because she's never been wronged," Qian said. "Only those who know how to bend can live long. Those who don't will either live a short life or a hard one. She's had it so easy. The capital is so big. I'm afraid she'll suffer a great injustice if she goes there and can't bear it."
But the Qian family had no say in whether to go to the capital or not, and even the real owner, Manbao, had no say in the matter.
Wei Zhi had just returned to the capital after completing his inspection of Jiannan Road. The information he could gather was very limited, mostly focusing on the people's livelihood. Therefore, he basically only reported on information related to people's livelihood.
The emperor didn't think he could collect any important evidence, because he was sent down to attract the attention of the King of Yizhou. He had already obtained the things a few days ago.
So he was in a bad mood.
He had been in a low mood for several days during the court meetings. When he saw Wei Zhi, he asked, "Do you know where the King of Yizhou keeps his troops?"
"I don't know."
"Hmph, he's keeping them at his home in the valley. But I've had people count them, and the number of people doesn't match the amount of food they bought. That means besides his home in the valley, he has more troops somewhere we don't know about."
The emperor asked, "Why didn't you bring Bai Qi's descendants back with you this time?"
Wei Zhi then said, "Your Majesty, Bai Qi's mother, Old Lady Bai, begged me, saying that she only had this one grandson and she only wished that he grow up safely, not seeking fame or fortune, so..."
The emperor frowned, then shook his head after a moment and said, "Forget it. I can't force you."
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(End of this chapter)
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