What Zhong Lingshan didn't know was that when Su Yan's children took the initiative to give their money to Su Yan, Su Yan would take the initiative to deposit their red envelopes into a piggy bank and let them use it as they pleased.
For example, if Lu Yiming wants to buy extracurricular reading materials, he has to take his own money out of the jar. If he wants to buy teaching aids, Su Yan will help him pay for it.
They took the initiative to clean the house, and Su Yan would sometimes reward them with a few cents when she was in a good mood. Su Yan would also reward Lu Yiming when he won a prize. Whether it was material or monetary, she would give appropriate rewards.
Why did Lu Yiming work so hard? He just wanted to save some money so that he could go to Hai City after finishing high school.
Zhong Lingshan walked up to Su Yan and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is so lucky. All the children are very promising. Your Yiming lives up to his name. He is outstanding and has achieved academic success."
"Thank you for the compliment, sister-in-law. Your Jiaojiao is also very obedient." Su Yan replied with a smile.
When talking about her daughter, Zhong Lingshan couldn't help but sigh. Not only did this child not look like her, but she was also not considerate at all.
Other people's daughters are warm and caring, but her daughter is a leaky cotton-padded jacket. Not only does she not want to be kissed, she also likes to talk back at every turn.
If the mother-in-law doesn't keep me by her side, it means they are not close to me. The mother-in-law must be saying bad things about me in front of her daughter. Otherwise, how could a child not be close to his or her parents?
Zhong Lingshan smiled awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, I heard that you can tell the gender of a baby by taking its pulse, right?"
Su Yan was stunned at first, but remained silent. Although she had previously interned in obstetrics and her father had taught her how to distinguish pulses, especially those of pregnant women, she rarely had the opportunity to take a pregnant woman's pulse.
Su Yan was only 80% sure about determining the gender of a baby by taking the pulse.
After all, the pulse is subtle and its structure is difficult to distinguish. It is easy to understand in the mind but difficult to discern under the fingers.
Even if you are proficient in written knowledge of pulse diagnosis, if you are not very familiar with taking the pulse, you will often fall into speculation or confusion.
As long as you practice repeatedly, feel various pulses more often, and train the feeling under your fingers, over time, it will naturally be easier to understand under your fingers.
Su Yan asked casually, "Are you pregnant?" This sentence was both a rhetorical question and a statement of affirmation.
Speaking of pregnancy, Zhong Lingshan suddenly became excited again. She nodded and said, "Yes, I'm more than two months pregnant. Sister-in-law, can you help me take my pulse to see if it's a boy or a girl?"
Su Yan shook her head and refused directly, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law. I'm not very knowledgeable and can only tell if you're pregnant. As for whether you're pregnant with a boy or a girl, I really can't tell for now. I used to work in orthopedics, not obstetrics and gynecology."
Her father did teach her how to distinguish the pulse of a boy and a girl, as well as the difference between a single and multiple pregnancy.
Although it's not 100% certain, it's 70% to 80% certain that it won't go wrong. Su Yan didn't want to help Zhong Lingshan figure out whether she was pregnant with a boy or a girl.
What if she was pregnant with a girl and secretly asked the doctor to give her an abortion? Although abortions now require proof, she could just tell the doctor that she took the wrong medicine and that the child might not be healthy.
Also, we are not 100% sure whether she is pregnant with a boy or a girl. What if her pulse is like that of a boy but she gives birth to a girl, or if her pulse is like that of a girl but she has an abortion and finds out it is a boy? Who will be responsible?
Su Yan thought that since she refused so bluntly, Zhong Lingshan would not ask her any more questions. However, she stretched out her right hand and insisted that Su Yan take her pulse to see if the baby was healthy.
It would be awkward for her to ask Lu Jin to take her pulse in front of so many people.
Su Yan had no choice but to clasp her hands on the Cun, Guan and Chi points of her right hand. Her pulse was slippery and rapid like beads rolling on a plate, which was indeed a pulse of pregnancy.
After taking the pulse of her right hand, Su Yan asked Zhong Lingshan to stretch out her left hand. She found that there was a slight difference in the pulses on both sides, the right one was stronger and the left one was weaker.
Su Yan guessed that Zhong Lingshan might be pregnant with a daughter this time. If she said it out loud, Zhong Lingshan would definitely be unhappy.
So she released her hand and said, "The child is healthy."
Of course Zhong Lingshan knew that the child was healthy. Lu Chen didn't dare touch her after he knew she was pregnant, and her body was also normal.
"Sister-in-law, can you see anything?" Zhong Lingshan looked at Su Yan with longing.
"What can you tell? The baby is healthy, and you are in good health too." Su Yan started to play dumb. As for whether she was pregnant with a boy or a girl, she couldn't tell.
"Sister-in-law, do you think I'll have a son this time? My sister-in-law is as lucky as you, she had a son in her first pregnancy. This is my second pregnancy, do you think it will be a boy or a girl?"
Su Yan didn't want to continue talking to Zhong Lingshan about having a son. This person looked so smart when he first came to the Lu family, why did he become stupid when it came to giving birth?
Since she refused like this, any smart person would suspect that the baby in her belly is a girl. Is she probably possessed?
She felt that Lu Shu was obsessed with having a son. Later, there was Chen Yuhe, and now there is Zhong Lingshan.
God, if they like sons so much, let them have more, so that when they grow up they can have a bunch of daughters-in-law to take care of them.
"Sister-in-law, it's time to eat. Let's talk about having children later!" Su Yan quickly changed the subject and walked over to tease Lu Yu's half-year-old son Lu Yihan.
Zhong Lingshan kept chasing her and ran over to ask, "Sister-in-law, tell me, is this baby a son or a daughter?"
"Fifty percent looks like a son, and fifty percent looks like a daughter."
Zhong Lingshan was a little annoyed. Doesn’t it mean that it’s either a boy or a girl?
"It's half and half. If you say so, it's as good as nothing."
Su Yan smiled and thought it was good that it was half and half. She was just afraid that there might be a third possibility, a hermaphrodite.
At noon, the Lu family set up two tables, one for adults and one for children. However, the portion of food on the children's table was not as large as that on the adults' table, and there were two bowls of food missing.
I don’t know if it’s because Lu Chen and Lu Yu came back, but there was Jinhua ham on the table. It’s a pity that my mother-in-law used ham to stir-fry carrots. It’s such a waste of good ingredients. It would be better to use it to make soup, or stir-fry winter bamboo shoots if not making soup.
I don’t know who gave the ham to the house. It’s enough to have it to eat. Why should she think so much about it?
Zhong Lingshan looked at Su Yan from time to time, and no one knew what she was thinking. Chen Yuhe only had eyes for the delicious food on the table. Her mother-in-law was really something. Normally, they had to see if there were tickets at home to eat some meat. Now that all the brothers-in-law were back, the table was full of meat dishes.
It seems that her husband did not grow up with his parents-in-law, so his parents-in-law do not love him so much.
Chen Yuhe put a large piece of braised pork trotter into Lu Jin's bowl and said, "Dad, you've worked hard. Eat more."
Everyone was looking at Chen Yuhe at the same time. Lu Jin was so lucky!
He Na saw the opportunity and picked up a piece of braised pork for Lu Yu. Not to be outdone, Zhong Lingshan also picked up a piece of braised pig's trotter for Lu Chen, "Dad, you should eat more too."
Su Yan glanced at Lu Ting with a half-smile, as if to ask, "Do you want me to help you get a piece too?"
Lu Ting smiled and picked up a piece of fish for his wife, "Yan Yan, eat more."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
