Madam Liu advised, "Your third sister's medical skills are not inferior to those of the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital. She is also one of our family members, so it would be most appropriate to ask her to see Cui Er. I know you care about Cui Er's face, but if you really hide it from Cui Er and ask a doctor to see him, it would be even more inappropriate if he finds out later."
Liu Yaozhen looked at Yu Jiao and felt a little embarrassed. Even though she knew that Yu Jiao was a female doctor, it was still a little awkward to ask her to treat her brother-in-law, especially regarding fertility.
Yu Jiao did not try to persuade her anymore and just waited calmly for Liu Yaozhen's decision.
Liu Yaozhen held the handkerchief and thought for a long time before she said to Madam Liu, "But my daughter... I don't know how to bring this up with Mu Bai."
Madam Liu said, "This is easy. You can just tell Cui Mubai that Yu Jiao checked your pulse and said that you have been tired from managing the household affairs in the past two years, which is why it is difficult for you to get pregnant. Yu Jiao needs to take care of your body and needs to check your pulse before she can prescribe a prescription that will help you get pregnant."
Liu Yaozhen hesitated after hearing this. "If I say this, I'm afraid Mu Bai will go to my mother-in-law and ask her to hand over the housekeeping work to someone else."
Madam Liu said, "You value the power of housekeeper too much, Zhen'er. You must know that the children are the foundation of your future life. Besides, no matter how well you do the housekeeping, the mansion will be divided in the future. Cui Er has his elder brother above him, and the housekeeping work should fall on your sister-in-law. It's you who are too stubborn and insist on fighting for the power of housekeeper. Your sister-in-law is happy to be free and easy, just taking care of the children, and the expenses of the mansion will not be harsh on her."
Liu Yaozhen bit her lip. After she married into the Cui family, she thought that she must not be looked down upon. At that time, her elder sister-in-law was pregnant, so her mother-in-law handed over the housekeeping duties to her. Over the years, she has done her best to take care of all the big and small matters in the mansion and managed the household expenses very well.
Later, because she had not gotten pregnant, she was even more afraid of being looked down upon, so she held on tightly to the power of housekeeper, and was reluctant to return it to her eldest sister-in-law, just so that everyone in the Cui family could see that she had always been very capable.
She had to look after the accounts all day long. In summer, she had to make sure there was enough ice in each courtyard. In winter, she had to worry about whether there was enough charcoal. She had never used her power as the head of the household to give her own courtyard any convenience, for fear of being caught doing something wrong. Sometimes, when there was not enough charcoal in the mansion, she would distribute the charcoal in her own courtyard first, and then use it in the courtyards of her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and several sisters-in-law. This actually made herself feel wronged, and she had to work diligently and exhaustingly.
Her mother's words today woke her up. She was indeed distracted. No matter how well she did her job as a housekeeper, she would only get a few words of praise. After the house was divided in the future, the house would eventually belong to her eldest sister-in-law.
The mother-in-law is a sensible person. Although Liu Yaozhen's sister-in-law has some small calculations, her mother-in-law and father-in-law are still alive. If she takes back the power of housekeeper, she will never dare to treat herself harshly.
When Liu Yaozhen figured this out, she suddenly felt enlightened. The most urgent thing was to give birth to a daughter or two as soon as possible.
She stood up and said, "I'll go talk to my husband."
Seeing that she had figured it out, Mrs. Liu smiled and nodded.
Liu Yaozhen said to Yu Jiao, "Sister Lao San, please sit and wait for a while. I will go and invite your brother-in-law over."
Yu Jiao responded with a "OK".
Liu Yaozhen went outside. Cui Mubai was still talking to Liu Cifu in the front hall. The two elders of the Cui family were also there. After Liu Yaozhen went in, she bowed to her parents-in-law and father, and said with a smile, "Mubai has not met my third sister yet, so I thought of taking him to meet her."
After hearing this, Mrs. Cui smiled and said, "It's time to go and meet him."
Cui Mubai stood up and bowed to Liu Cifu. Liu Yu said, "We are all family. There is no need to be so polite. You can go see the third girl."
Cui Mubai and Liu Yaozhen left the front hall and walked towards the backyard. Liu Yaozhen told Cui Mubai what she had just discussed with Mrs. Liu in the room, and carefully observed his expression.
Cui Mubai had no doubts and said as Liu Yaozhen expected, "There are indeed many things to do in the backyard. I always thought you were too tired. I wanted to help you, but you always refused." He paused and said to Liu Yaozhen in a negotiating tone, "Yaozhen, why don't you let your sister-in-law do the housekeeping? You should take care of yourself. If you like being a housekeeper, we will let you take care of all the things in our courtyard. This way you won't be tired."
Liu Yaozhen was deeply moved to hear that he cared about her like this. She felt relieved from the bottom of her heart and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll tell my mother-in-law when I get home."
Cui Mubai held her hand and said as they walked, "I'll go talk to mother and ask her to be more considerate of you."
Liu Yaozhen felt warm in her heart. Cui Mubai was very good to her. Whenever there was something difficult to talk about, he would always take the initiative to help her talk to her mother-in-law, and would not make her mother-in-law dislike her.
With such a husband, Liu Yaozhen was already very content. She touched her belly with her other hand and sighed inwardly, thinking that if she could give birth to children for her husband, she would have nothing else to ask for.
The two of them soon arrived at Madam Liu's yard. Seeing Cui Mubai coming over, Madam Liu smiled and asked him to sit down, very kindly.
After Cui Mubai bowed to Madam Liu, he looked at Yu Jiao who was sitting beside him and said politely, "Hello, Third Sister."
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