Chapter 75: Supporting My Mother's Family
"Mom and Dad, open the door. It's me, Jinsheng." Yang Jinsheng knocked on the Jiang family's gate as if he knew the place well. Well, the countryside is still big and it looks spacious.
At this moment, Chen Cui'e was sorting out the things she was going to take to see her youngest daughter, but she seemed to hear the voice of her youngest son-in-law. She looked at her eldest daughter-in-law and asked, "Hehua, did you hear anyone shouting?"
Wu Hehua was just watching her mother-in-law counting eggs, and she didn't hear any sound. She shook her head subconsciously. At this time, Sun Ju heard something. After hesitating for a moment, she walked into the yard, opened the door and saw that it was her brother-in-law.
So he turned around and shouted inside: "Mom, Jinsheng is here."
Chen Cui'e put down the eggs in her hand and walked out, saying with a smile, "Jinsheng, why are you here so early? Oh, you haven't had breakfast yet, sit down for a while, and I'll cook you a bowl of thin noodles."
Yang Jinsheng quickly waved his hand to refuse, "Mom, I've eaten, don't bother. I thought that although my third brother would tell you that Xiaobai was born, I still think it's better to come in person. Mom, look, this is the pork belly I just bought this morning, as well as twenty red eggs and a bag of fruit candy. You, you're a grandmother again."
Chen Cui'e looked at the things her son-in-law pointed out to her, and her eyes narrowed with joy. She was not after these things, but just wanted to show that her youngest daughter's in-laws valued her!
"Okay, okay, thank you for the money, my in-laws. Look how beautiful the meat is, and how beautifully the red egg is dyed. It's so festive!" Chen Cui'e touched the red egg and said with a smile.
"That's right. When my two sisters-in-law gave birth to their children, my mother didn't give them red eggs or anything like that. Only my Xiaobai got this treatment." Yang Jinsheng also looked proud.
"That's right. I heard from the third brother that Xiaobai gave birth to a big fat boy. Your mother must be happy." Wu Hehua also laughed. The sister-in-law was very proud this time. She gave birth to a big fat boy when her two sisters-in-law in the husband's family failed to give birth to sons. Her family status in the future will be stable. Unlike their family, giving birth to too many sons would be worthless. Thinking of this, Wu Hehua felt a little sorry that she didn't meet a husband's family like Jiang Xinbai.
Sun Ju also smiled and said, "Jinsheng, you came at the right time. Mom wanted to go to your house to see Xiaobai today, and you took her with you. Look, Mom also prepared a lot of eggs for Xiaobai to take care of after she has given birth."
"What a coincidence! Mom, there are actually enough eggs at home. She prepared them early." Yang Jinsheng saw his mother taking a basin of eggs from the room. There were at least fifty eggs, enough to last for a while.
Chen Cui'e went back to the house and continued counting the eggs. "Your mother prepared these eggs for you. These eggs are from my heart. They are different. Here, I'll take fifty of them. Together with the eggs your mother prepared, they will be enough for Xiaobai to eat during her confinement. There are also two dried octopuses that your eldest sister sent me last year. Take one of them. Oh, there is also a big rooster at home, so I'll take that with me."
"Mom, you don't have to bring the chicken. You can keep it and eat it!" Yang Jinsheng touched his head, wondering why he felt like he was here to purchase supplies.
Chen Cui'e ignored Yang Jinsheng's refusal and said, "I'm not giving it to you to eat. Women need to nourish their bodies after giving birth. Also, the baby is too big this time, Xiaobai must have been hurt. You can have the second one later."
Yang Jinsheng instantly understood what his mother-in-law was saying. He raised his hand and promised, "Of course, I will make sure Xiaobai gets well."
After cleaning up, Chen Cui'e nodded with satisfaction, "Hehua Xiaoju, cut the pork belly in half and marinate it, and put the rest in the well to freeze. I will come back to braise the pork in the evening." Then she looked at Yang Jinsheng, "Jinsheng, let's go if there is nothing else!"
"Mom, aren't you going to wake up the third child?" Sun Ju asked, pointing at Jiang Baocheng's room.
"Why call him? It's not right for Jinsheng to take me with him." After saying that, Chen Cui'e walked out empty-handed. Yang Jinsheng followed behind her with his hands full of things.
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Jiang Xinlan stood in the corridor, holding her waist and looking down, muttering, "Hey, what kind of broken rules are these? Why can't we meet? I really want to see Xiaobai!"
Xia Ju smiled after hearing this, "Xinlan, you and your sister are not conjoined, you only haven't seen each other for a few days, there's no need to miss each other so much! Besides, this is the old rule, it's best for pregnant women and new mothers not to meet each other, it's not good for both of them, you, just bear with it!"
Jiang Xinlan was about to say something when she suddenly smelled a scent of medicine. She frowned and asked, "Sister-in-law, is Second Sister-in-law sick?"
Xia Ju shook her head. "It's fine. She saw that you got pregnant after taking the medicine for a while, so she also took the medicine, thinking of having another child!"
There are only two grandchildren in the Zhao family now. Xia Ju gave birth to a son, and the second son's wife Ding Li gave birth to a daughter. Compared with the Yang family, there are fewer grandchildren.
"Ah," Jiang Xinlan was surprised and explained, "But I was regulating my menstruation, it has nothing to do with that. I noticed that my second sister-in-law's menstruation is very regular."
"Who knows? Let her drink it. It won't hurt her anyway." Xia Ju waved her hand.
Jiang Xinlan was curious, "Sister-in-law, Zhiyuan is eight years old now, why don't you and brother think of having another child?"
Xia Ju glanced at her and replied, "Of course I didn't think about it. It's not coming yet! We just let nature take its course. If it happens, we'll have it. If it doesn't happen, that's fine. One is enough anyway."
"Sister-in-law, you have a unique idea. Nowadays, people say that having more children means more blessings. I think we should have at least two children. One is too lonely." Jiang Xinlan grew up with brothers and sisters, and she thinks that having many brothers and sisters is a very happy thing.
"That's right, so your brother and I are also working hard!"
"What efforts?" The suspicious Ding Li poked her head out of the house and asked.
"Second sister-in-law, we were talking about when eldest sister-in-law will have another child. She said she would try hard." Jiang Xinlan explained quickly.
"Oh, is that what you are talking about?" Ding Li was somewhat suspicious whether the two of them were saying bad things about her behind her back.
Xia Ju couldn't bear with her, so she said directly: "You are just too suspicious, what can we say to you? If you want to take medicine, just take it! It's not shameful to want to have a son, who can say anything to you!"
"Sister-in-law~" Jiang Xianlan hurriedly stopped her. Why is the sister-in-law speaking so directly? Look at the second sister-in-law's face, it's all red. She must be angry.
Ding Li was indeed angry. She was originally a proud person. Before she had a son, she felt inferior to her eldest sister-in-law. Now that her third sister-in-law was about to give birth, she was panicking! She was afraid that if she also gave birth to a son, then she would be the only one among the three daughters-in-law of the Zhao family to give birth to a daughter. How would people look at her?
Especially since Jiang Xinbai downstairs had just given birth to a big fat boy, she was even more anxious. She felt that since her sister could give birth to a son, Jiang Xinlan, as the elder sister, must also be pregnant with a son. So after stopping the medicine for a while, she started taking it again, determined to take it until she got pregnant.
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