Chapter 494 Joy
Shunzi said he would treat Yingniang well, and when he said he would buy meat, he really did go and buy meat.
At this moment, Shunzi and Yingniang stood in front of the meat stall. Shunzi said to Yingniang with great enthusiasm, "Yingniang, would you like some pork bones? I'll make soup for you when we get home."
Seeing Yingniang nod, Shunzi quickly told the butcher that he wanted some more bones.
The butcher who ran the meat stall knew Shunzi, who worked as an accountant in the shop on this street. While chopping bones with his cleaver, the butcher said to Shunzi, "Young master, are you entertaining guests at home?"
These bones of mine are really good stuff; the marrow inside is incredibly delicious.
"Wait here, I've chopped it all up for you. When you get home, just put it in a pot and cook it; it'll be incredibly fragrant."
Shunzi, beaming with pride, boasted to the butcher, "This isn't for guests; it's for my wife."
The butcher glanced at Yingniang's protruding belly and was about to congratulate her when Shunzi shouted in a loud voice, "My wife is having twins!"
The doctor in the clinic said that one needs to eat some meat to nourish oneself.
"That's why I came to buy some meat. These pork bones look good; they'll definitely make a delicious soup when I make soup at home."
"Oh my goodness, it's twins!"
"That's great news! Here, Old Zhu, I'm giving you all these bones. Take them home and give them to your wife to nourish her so she can give you two chubby sons."
Shunzi was not one to take advantage of others, so he insisted on paying, but Butcher Zhu insisted on giving it to him, refusing to accept even a single extra copper coin.
In the end, Shunzi was no match for Zhu the butcher in strength, so he had to bow to Zhu the butcher. Yingniang, who was standing next to him, also bowed and thanked him repeatedly.
Shunzi carried a large basket of chopped pork bones. He first went to the shop where he worked and told the shopkeeper that he was going to deliver them to his wife who was pregnant with twins, and that he would come back to work the next day.
Then, Shunzi went to the street and hailed a donkey cart to take Yingniang home.
On the way, Shunzi kept glancing at Yingniang, and then glancing at Yingniang's belly again.
And he couldn't stay still, asking Yingniang if she was thirsty, hungry, or sleepy.
This made Yingniang feel a little embarrassed. Since there were outsiders present, Yingniang couldn't refuse Shunzi's face in public, so she could only glare at him.
Shunzi, who is usually quiet and reserved, turned to the others sitting on the donkey cart and said with a smile, "Please don't laugh, everyone. My wife is pregnant with twins. That's why I'm being so concerned. Haha, haha."
As soon as Shunzi said this, some of the women, men, and young wives who were already sitting on the donkey cart immediately chimed in, "Oh my, twins!"
This is fantastic news!
It's only right that it's so precious.
In my village, the last time we saw women with twins was more than ten years ago.
"Yes, it's tiring enough for a woman to carry one baby, let alone two at once, it's even more difficult."
"You know what, we've never had a woman who was pregnant with twins in our village before."
They made a lot of noise along the way. After about half an hour, Shunzi, carrying a basket of bones in his left hand and two jin of meat tied with straw rope in his right hand, returned home with Yingniang.
As soon as he reached the intersection, three or five old women and daughters-in-law gathered there and looked over. One of the old women, who was sewing shoe soles, saw what Shunzi was carrying, first clicked her tongue twice, and then asked with a disdainful look, "Shunzi, why are you buying meat?"
What? Your wife is finally pregnant, is this a reward for her?
As my wife says, you should eat more, otherwise you won't have any energy in bed at night, how can that be okay?
After saying that, the old woman burst into laughter, and the laughter went on and on.
This time, Shunzi didn't ignore the old woman whose son had been arrested and sentenced to caning for gambling, resulting in a broken leg. Instead, he smiled and said to the other people at the intersection, "Haha, Yingniang is pregnant with twins. Pregnancy is not easy for women. This meat stew will help Yingniang to nourish herself."
After saying this and greeting his friends, Shunzi and Yingniang headed home.
Shunzi didn't see the old woman behind him, whose face contorted with resentment after hearing that Yingniang was pregnant with twins, as if someone owed her money and hadn't paid it back.
Shunzi's mother took the basket and meat that Shunzi handed over. Before she could ask why he had bought so much stuff, Shunzi not only smiled, but also said with a hint of crying in his voice, "Mother, Yingniang is pregnant with twins. This meat and bones are for Yingniang to nourish her body."
The butcher chopped all the bones; Mother, you should make some soup for Yingniang.
With a "thud," the basket fell to the ground, and two or three pieces of the bones inside popped out.
"What the heck?"
What did you say?
Is Yingniang a twin?
Twins?
"Are we going to have two kids?"
Shunzi could no longer hold back. He choked up and nodded to his mother. When Shunzi's mother looked at Yingniang behind Shunzi and saw that Yingniang was also nodding, she cried out, "Oh my God! This is such a joyous occasion!"
Great news!
"Yingniang, your mother was right about you. I knew you were a good person from the start. You're a good person indeed! You're our family's lucky star!"
Yingniang looked at Shunzi, who was squatting on the ground picking up bones while crying with tears and snot streaming down his face, with some surprise. Then she saw Shunzi, who was so emotionally expressive, immediately grabbing a chicken. "Yingniang, wait for me, I'll stew a chicken for you right now. The chicken soup is just for you."
In the end, it was Yingniang who said to wait until the bones were all eaten before killing the chickens, which saved the two chickens that the family kept.
When Shunzi's father returned home in a donkey cart laden with baskets, he heard that Yingniang was pregnant with twins, and immediately grabbed some coins to head out.
"What are you doing? It's so late at night."
"Go to Zhou Silang's place and buy some firecrackers. I won't be able to sleep if I don't set them off tonight."
Finally, Shunzi's family set off dozens of firecrackers, which made everyone in the neighborhood aware that Shunzi's wife was pregnant with twins.
"Shunzi's family can finally have hope now."
"That's for sure."
"The fact that these two kids are born, regardless of whether they're boys or girls, proves we can have children. Why worry about not being able to have sons later?"
Looking at her four grandsons playing in the yard, Granny Zhou said to her husband, "I think it's better to have a young daughter. When the daughter grows up, she can take care of the younger children and then have more free time to earn more money."
Hearing the firecrackers going off next door, Granny Zhou leaned closer to Old Man Zhou and said, "You don't know, when Wang the Cripple's mother heard Shunzi say that Yingniang was pregnant with twins at the village entrance, the expression on her face was as if someone owed her tens of taels of silver."
I almost burst out laughing on the spot.
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