Pei Anan didn't want to think about it anymore. She felt a little tired and wanted to go in and have a good rest. Lu Ma in the living room started to pester her.
"Pei An'an, did you learn all this from your sister? Can't you see that the living room is full of dirty things? You didn't come back this morning, and the kitchen is full of dishes and chopsticks. Hurry up and cook for me. I'm so hungry that I don't have any energy at all."
Mother Lu snorted in a bad mood.
"Mom, I told you before I left this morning that Zhicheng and I were going to my sister's house to meet relatives. I also told you that we could order takeout."
Pei Anan was in a bad mood and she had just been pushed on the balcony, so she felt very weak.
Lu Ma's face looked even worse.
"You've eaten outside and you're leaving me, an old woman, to care about me? You're my daughter-in-law, and it's only natural for a daughter-in-law to cook for mom. I'm not even old yet, and you don't want to take care of me? Is this how you take care of mom?"
"Besides, order takeout! Don't you see how expensive takeout is? You don't know how to help Zhicheng save money all day long, but you just spend money recklessly. You keep talking about your sister all the time. I think your Pei family just wants to marry you off so that they can subsidize your sister!"
Lu Ma was not polite at all, and all she said was disgust and bad luck.
She was angry. She had been hungry all morning, but her daughter-in-law not only refused to come back early to cook, but she even blamed her?
Pei Anan's face was a little pale. She paused and said, "Mom, my hand was burned. You know, it's still wrapped in gauze, and the blister has left a scar."
"It's just a burn, it's not a big deal. Don't be so pretentious! In the past, in the countryside, women had to cut grass for the pigs. Some wives even had their hands cut in half! They still had to cook when they got home! You act like you're such a treasure!"
Lu Ma snorted coldly, thinking that she was being pretentious.
"Hurry up and go in to cook. I'm very hungry now!"
"Mom, I'm pregnant and my hand is injured. It's you who caused my hand injury while you're fine. If you're hungry, you can go cook for yourself. I've taken care of you every day for the past few years. Even when you had a fever, I knelt down to clean the floor for you. I'm going to take a day off today."
Pei Anan inexplicably didn't want to compromise anymore today.
When Lu Ma heard the word "pregnant," she frowned. "Pregnant? Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?"
Pei Anan thought that her mother-in-law might be more friendly when she heard that she was pregnant, so she told the truth.
"When I went to the hospital to check the blisters that day, the doctor did a test and said I was pregnant."
However, Lu Ma did not soften her tone at all, but instead accused her even louder.
"Did you go to the hospital for a checkup? Didn't you ask the doctor if it was a boy or a girl? What did the doctor say? Let me tell you, if you give birth to a girl for our Lu family, you will be a sinner for our Lu family. For many generations in our Lu family, the first child must be a boy. If it's a girl, you should abort it immediately."
Mother Lu quickly grabbed Pei Anan's arm.
The force was so great that Pei Anan opened her eyes wide. She suddenly felt as if she didn't recognize the old lady in front of her.
She had served her mother-in-law for so long, but now it felt like she had just met her for the first time.
Could this be the mother-in-law I knew? This was her child! And now she was so carelessly saying that if it was a girl, she would abort it?
"Mom! What are you talking about! Even if it's a girl, isn't she still the Lu family's child? Isn't your sister-in-law yours?"
The Lu family has more than one son, Lu Zhicheng. Lu Zhicheng also has a younger sister, Lu Qingxiu. However, because Lu Qingxiu is still in the countryside, Lu's mother does not live with Lu Qingxiu's family.
At this moment, when her daughter was mentioned, Lu Ma's face was obviously not happy. "How can you say that about your aunt! Qingxiu was pregnant accidentally. At that time, your father-in-law refused to use any contraceptive measures. Besides, the fine for abortion was very large, so he didn't abort it."
"It's different now! You don't have to pay a fine if you abort the child."
Lu Ma spoke as if it was a matter of course, as if she was discussing vegetables in the vegetable market, and she didn't feel at all that she had taken a piece of meat from Pei Anan.
"Mom! This isn't about the fine! This child is mine and Zhicheng's! This is my flesh and blood, and I want him no matter if he's a boy or a girl!"
Pei Anan was a little angry. Seeing that she was acting out of character, her attitude became tough.
Mother Lu curled her lips and said, "I'm doing this for your own good. What's the point of having a girl? She's useless and won't be able to inherit our Lu family. If it's a boy, he'll be our treasure. Girls won't have a say in the family. Once they get married, they'll belong to another family. So a boy is better."
Seeing Pei An'an's expression getting worse, Lu Ma said unhappily, "Did you ask, is it a boy or a girl?"
"We've already gone to the hospital. I must have told you. This hospital will cost a lot of money!"
Mother Lu snorted softly, "Having a child is also a considerable expense. Since we are going to have one, it must be a boy."
Pei Anan now found that she really had no way to continue chatting with her mother-in-law.
She was afraid that she would lose control of her temper.
"That's enough, Mom. The hospital didn't tell me, and they won't tell me. Hospitals nowadays won't tell you the sex of your baby. I'm just telling you that I'm pregnant now, and I can't do all the housework anymore."
Pei Anan said as he turned around and went back to his room.
Lu Ma was stunned. "What do you mean? What did you just say? Stop right there! Say it again!"
When Mrs. Lu heard that she couldn't do all the housework, she got furious.
"I'm pregnant now, and pregnant women can't do all the housework. Mom, you have to help me with the housework in the future. And if I'm eight or nine weeks pregnant, it will be even more difficult."
Mother Lu was furious. She had come back to the city specifically for the past two days to stay with her son just to enjoy a peaceful life. She couldn't stand seeing her daughter being so servile every day at her daughter's place.
She just wanted to find someone she could control, but she didn't expect that now she can't even control her own daughter-in-law!
"You're dreaming! Pregnant women in the fields still have to work. You're not even pregnant yet, and you're taking advantage of your pregnancy to think you can skip work? What a sin our Lu family has committed! We actually married a daughter-in-law like you who is lazy and good at eating and doing nothing!"
This time, Pei Anan didn't care how harsh Lu Ma's scolding was, she just closed the door.
With a bang.
In the living room, Lu Ma, who was originally scolding her daughter-in-law, turned green with anger! This daughter-in-law was really going against the grain today!
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