Chen Jing knew that Sister-in-law Chen was a bit petty.
However, he was able to earn his own money and never thought about asking his parents to help with the bride price; he didn't take it to heart.
Hearing this, she found it rather grating and frowned impatiently, saying, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I've earned some money these past two years. No matter how much the bride price is, I'll pay for it myself. My parents won't have to pay anything."
"Hehe, third brother, your sister-in-law is just worried that the expenses are too high and the family can't support it. After all, fourth brother will also be getting married in the future."
Sister-in-law Chen dared not say anything more, picked up a bucket of clothes and walked away, secretly muttering to herself, "They haven't even separated the family yet, and all the money they earn goes to the public treasury, it's just biased—"
Chen Jing, with his sharp ears, heard it clearly, and his face darkened.
Ji Xia only goes home occasionally, so he knows what kind of person his sister-in-law is. You can imagine how outrageous she usually is.
No wonder she specifically reminded me yesterday to avoid hurting our relationship; she probably already guessed her sister-in-law's reaction.
Chen Jing thought of their small workshop, which was the result of his and Ji Xia's hard work. He was absolutely unwilling to let anyone else take a share of it, whether it was Ji Zhijun or his elder brother and sister-in-law.
It seems that dividing the family is inevitable. However, his biological parents certainly don't want to divide the family. If he wants to ensure the success of the division, he still needs to rely on the Ji family.
After discussing it with his mother, Chen Jing took his knife and went into the mountains again. In the afternoon, he came down the mountain carrying two pheasants and a rabbit.
He left a pheasant at home and took the rabbit and pheasant to the Ji family's house.
Secretary Ji and Ji Zhijun had already gone to work. Ji's mother was picking vegetables in the backyard garden when she saw Chen Jing and couldn't help but smile.
"Ah Jing is back? And she's back up the mountain again?"
"Yes, I caught two for my aunt and Uncle Ji to try."
Mother Ji smiled kindly: "It's not easy to catch two prey animals, just bring them to your parents to eat."
"We've already kept some at home; these two are for my aunt."
Chen Jing glanced towards the house and asked, "Auntie, is Uncle Ji home?"
"He just went to work. Is there something you need him for?"
"I have something to ask you, Auntie. I'll go find him in the fields."
He stuffed the two prey into Ji's mother's hands and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a woman's terrified scream coming from the Ji family's courtyard.
"Ah—Mother—Mother—"
Chen Jing immediately recognized the voice as that of Zhang Hong, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ji family, and his expression changed: "Auntie, is my sister-in-law home?"
Ji's mother's expression changed as well. She threw down the vegetables in her hand, turned around, and ran into the house.
Zhang Hong is pregnant with twins and is now more than seven months along. Her belly is growing rapidly, like it's being inflated.
If she suddenly screams at this moment, will something bad happen?
The two rushed back to the Ji family courtyard and found Zhang Hong lying on the stone steps at the kitchen door. Her face was contorted in pain, pale, and she was clutching her stomach, screaming weakly.
Chen Jing also saw blood slowly seeping from the floor beneath her.
When Zhang Hong saw Ji's mother, she opened her mouth and weakly called out, "Mother—"
"Don't scream, save your energy, I'll call Aunt Li to help you deliver the baby right away."
Mother Ji also saw the blood under Zhang Hong's body. She instructed Chen Jing to find Aunt Li and call for help, while she carefully stepped forward to help Zhang Hong up.
Chen Jing glanced at the blood on the ground, threw the pheasants and rabbits into the yard, and turned to run away in a hurry.
As he ran to find Aunt Li, the midwife of the brigade, he shouted to everyone he saw along the way, telling them to go find Ji Zhijun as soon as possible.
A dozen minutes later, the midwife and Ji Zhijun arrived one after the other. But the midwife touched the belly and shook her head at Ji's mother with a serious expression: "No, breech presentation. Premature birth and difficult labor. Get her to the health center as soon as possible."
Just then, Chen Jing drove the brigade's oxcart to the scene. Upon hearing that Zhang Hong was having a difficult labor, Ji Zhijun immediately stepped forward, carefully picked her up, and placed her on the oxcart. He then drove the oxcart away with the midwife.
Chen Jing pushed his bicycle over and waited for Ji's mother to prepare some necessities for the baby and pregnant woman before he hurriedly took her to the commune.
When Ji Xia received the news, Zhang Hong had already been taken into the operating room.
Hearing that she had a difficult and premature birth, she frowned inwardly. She had already asked them to be careful all her life, and every time she returned to the brigade, they would buy her so many nutritional supplements, yet she still had a difficult birth.
She sighed. Just then, the supply and marketing cooperative was about to close, so she quickly prepared maternity and baby supplies.
She made a list of baby diapers, blankets, and other items that should have been prepared at home, but since premature babies often don't produce enough milk, she also bought a lot of things, including baby formula, bottles, bibs, towels for pregnant women, soap, washbasins, and water cups.
In addition to supplies, she also prepared malted milk powder, milk candy, brown sugar and biscuits for Zhang Hong to eat while she was hospitalized.
Liu Hongju also recommended an insulated container for serving food and soup, an aluminum lunchbox.
Chen Jing came to pick her up. When he saw how much she had prepared, his lips twitched, and he naturally took the things from her.
After washing the lunchbox and thermos, she said to Chen Jing, "Let's get some food for my older brother and sister-in-law first, and then take Mom out to eat."
Chen Jing agreed, and the two of them first went to the state-run restaurant to get a chicken soup, a chicken, and two servings of white rice. They then carried the lunchboxes, insulated containers, and two large bags of supplies to the hospital.
The two went to the hospital and went up to the third floor, where they saw two nurses carrying two babies out of the operating room. They smiled at Ji Zhijun and his mother and said, "Two boys, mother and children are safe."
Mother Ji immediately smiled and put her hands together, saying, "Thank God, it's good that you're safe and sound."
Ji Zhijun took the baby from a nurse, and looked at it with a mixture of surprise and delight. When he saw that the two children were thin and small, only a little bigger than the palm of his hand, his heart sank.
"Why are they so small? Which one is the older brother? Which one is the younger brother?"
"Twins are naturally thinner than singletons, let alone premature babies. However, although the two babies are small, no health problems have been found, so you can rest assured."
The nurse pointed to a red mole at the corner of the eye of the baby in Ji's mother's arms: "The one with the red mole is the older brother, and the one without the mole is the younger brother."
I heard that only when they are healthy do Ji's mother and son, Ji Zhijun, look a little better.
Ji Xia and Chen Jing carried dinner and two large bags of supplies over: "Mom, brother, we're here. How's sister-in-law? Was it a natural birth or a C-section?"
"The mother had a cesarean section and will be out in a little while. Both mother and baby are safe."
"Mother and child are safe? That's wonderful."
Ji Xia had just breathed a sigh of relief when she got closer and saw that the two babies were the size of kittens. She was immediately shocked: "How can they be so small? How much do they weigh?"
“The older brother weighs three jin and three liang, and the younger brother weighs three jin and one liang. They are in good health and should return to their mother’s side.”
The two nurses responded softly, let Ji Xia watch the baby for a while, and then took the baby inside.
Although Ji Xia felt the baby was too small, she breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that the baby was healthy.
When Ji Xia's mother saw what she was carrying, she asked suspiciously, "I brought everything that was prepared for the family. What did you buy? So much?"
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