After hearing this, Old Lady Chen wiped away her tears. She held Chen Shi's hand and said, "Mother knows that among the three brothers, you are the smartest and most capable. Let the eldest brother and the others remember your kindness. Okay, I will let the eldest son buy the yard on Houxi Street. That woman Hu is shameless, and it is really not good to live too close to the restaurant..."
Chen Shi said, "I don't dare to hope that they will remember my kindness, I just hope that you won't make any more requests in the future. Mother, remember, this is the last time. I still have two sons, and I have to live my life too."
Chen Shi went out of the house, but saw Chen Aman standing outside the door with red eyes.
When Chen Aman saw him coming out, he snorted and turned away.
Chen Shi originally wanted to hide it from Zhang, but when his daughter found out, he dared not hide it anymore and told Zhang about it in the evening.
Zhang was so angry that she cried again.
Chen Shi said, "I have no choice. My second brother and his wife said they would wait until Ah Fu gave birth before returning to the countryside. They would not buy a house and could live in their son-in-law's house. But mother and my eldest brother and his wife will continue to live in our house. Mother and my eldest brother get along well, but do you want Mrs. Hu to live in our house every day? Give me 20 taels of silver, and they can buy a house and move out. Besides, they live far away from our home and will not come to our house every day. I told mother that this is the last time I will give them money, and she agreed..."
Zhang was so angry that she secretly told Wang about Chen Ming saving his private money to give to Chen Ye, which made Wang cry again.
Wang was not crying for money, she was crying because Chen Ming started to hide his secrets from her. Chen Ming tried to persuade her kindly, saying that this was the first and last time, and it would never happen again. He also said that he had even bought them a house, so they were too embarrassed to ask for anything else.
Afterwards, Chen Ye bought the courtyard on Houxi Street. Because he had said before that he couldn't afford it, Chen Ming didn't buy it for the time being, saying that his daughter had given him too much, and he was embarrassed to ask her for more money, so he would buy it when he had enough money in the grain shop.
Wang was angry but did not dare to tell Chen Afu about these bad things, as her daughter was at a critical moment now.
As soon as mid-September came, Chen Afu and the people around him became extremely nervous, and they even invited two midwives to live in their mansion. Wang went to the general's mansion every day, and the Chen mansion would also send maids and servants to visit once a day.
Chen Ahfu took out a small piece of green leaf agarwood and lit it a few days later. When it burned out, he took out another small piece of agarwood.
It seemed that she used some green leaf agarwood, but in fact, she used this incense to suppress the smell of green bird's nest. Jin Yanzi gave her a green bird's nest as big as an eye booger, and asked her to eat it during childbirth to improve her body's resistance.
She kept the handkerchief containing the green bird's nest in her arms so that she could take it out at any time. Giving birth was difficult in ancient times, especially for her, giving birth to twins of such large size.
Chu Lingxuan didn't dare to go out anymore and went home on time every day. He had to go to Yongcheng in the west for something, which was about Wang Cheng's uncle, so he had to ask Qin Jian to help him deal with it.
Qin Jian and Chu Lingxuan are close friends, and it was through Chu Lingxuan that he came to Dingzhou Prefecture to take up the post, so he would feel at ease only if he handed this matter over to him.
In this way, Chen Afu didn't have much time to be alone. Even going to the toilet required someone to accompany her, and she rarely had time to go into the space. Chen Afu's time during the day was easy to pass. She walked in the corridor, watched the children play, and talked with Wang and others, and the time passed. But the night was not easy. She couldn't lie flat, but only on her side. If she lay on one side for a little longer, she would feel uncomfortable, her legs would hurt, and she wanted to turn over. She couldn't turn over by herself, so she needed Chu Lingxuan's help. Chu Lingxuan helped her turn over, and then massaged her legs for a while.
She didn't sleep very well, tossing and turning about a dozen times a night. Not only did she not sleep well, but Chu Lingxuan also didn't sleep well.
Seeing Chu Lingxuan being pushed to the side of the bed by his belly, Chen Afu said, "It's not good for you to rest here. You won't have the energy to go to the government office tomorrow. Why don't you go to the side room to sleep and let the maid come in to accompany me."
Chu Lingxuan touched her big belly with heartache and said, "I just couldn't rest well, but you have to suffer so much. At first I was happy that you were pregnant with twins, but now it seems that it is better to give birth to each one at a time, so that you will feel better."
Before the pregnancy was seven months old, Chu Lingxuan was happy every time he saw Chen Afu's big belly, especially when he saw the fetal movement. He touched the bulging little bag and smiled.
As his belly grew bigger and shone brighter, the worry in his eyes grew.
Chen Ahfu sighed, "We can't decide how many children to have. If we want to have two, what can we do?" He laughed again, "But I still like twins. Even though it's a bit painful, it's great to have two more children. I like having many children, it makes the house lively."
Chu Lingxuan said, "Having more children is good, and I like them. But it hurts to see you suffer."
In the darkness, Chu Lingxuan heard Chen Afu's humming again and asked, "The little guy moved again?"
"Yeah." Chen Ahfu said softly. Now, the fetus was moving too much in her belly, which made her miserable.
Chu Lingxuan gently stroked the bulging bag. He used to get excited just by touching it, but now he wanted to flatten it.
In order to distract Chen Ahfu, Chu Lingxuan spoke to her softly, and then said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that my father wrote to me and he has already picked out names for the children. If it's a boy, I hope they learn martial arts from Guan Yu and literature from Kong Ming, so they will be named Chu Siyu and Chu Siming. If it's a girl, the girls in our Chu family will also be as beautiful as jade and pearls, so they will be named Chu Hanyu and Chu Hanzhu."
"Si" is the generational name of this generation of the Chu family, and "Han" is the name that follows Chu Hanyan.
Chen Ahfu was quite touched. Lord Chu was really a good man. Like jade and pearls, he was telling her that he also liked and treasured girls... With such a grandfather who doted on his granddaughter, she would not have too much psychological burden even if she gave birth to a girl.
Ever since Chen Ahfu became pregnant, Old Lord Chu had been talking about his great-grandsons every day, and was certain that Chen Ahfu was pregnant with two boys. When he saw the servants making brightly colored clothes for the children, he would say unhappily, "It's obviously a boy, why are they making such clothes? It's too colorful and ugly..."
The old man might not have any other intentions, but he made Chen Afu feel pressured invisibly.
During the afternoon break on the 29th, Wang went back first to look at the newly bought house. Chen Afu finally managed to send Nanny Li and Hong Fei away and finally entered the space.
When the golden swallow saw Chen Ahfu, she was so scared that she covered her small pointed beak with her wings. The little green bean's eyes widened and she chirped, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Mommy's belly has grown again. Oh my God, it's so big that it's scary."
Chen Ahfu sat on the chair and smiled, "Baby, can you tell now whether it's a brother or a sister?"
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