Chapter 93 93 As expected
Ever since Ji Yumo was arrested, Ji Wenwu had become silent. No one had expected him to do something like this. Ye Qiuju was pushed to the ground, and her body quickly became wet. She knew her water was about to break. She frowned and interrupted Ji Yushu, who was scolding Ji Wenwu, saying, "Brother Ji, take me to the hospital first. My stomach hurts."
Fortunately, their current residence is not far from the hospital. As soon as they entered the hospital, Ye Qiuju was pushed directly into the delivery room. They didn't know the situation inside because of the door. In addition to Ji Yushu, the old couple also brought Ji Wenwu to the hospital.
"Why did you bring him here?" Ji Yushu's face was full of displeasure. He glanced at the delivery room in front. If anything happened to the child, he would definitely not let Wenwu go.
"Okay, it's already happened. What's the point of talking about it? Didn't we still work with our bellies bulging? Falling was common, and didn't we still give birth to babies safely?" Chen Guilan couldn't help but speak out when she saw his stern face.
Ji Yushu knew that they had been holding a grudge against them because of the third brother's matter, but forget it. He was too lazy to talk to them and stared at the door of the delivery room in front of him.
Probably because this was her second child, Ye Qiuju's delivery went very quickly and smoothly. Hearing the door open, Ji Yushu looked up hurriedly, then heard the nurse's voice: "Is Ye Qiuju's family here?"
"I'm here, I'm here." Ji Yushu hurried forward.
"Congratulations, it's a daughter." The nurse said as she was about to hand the baby to him. The smile on Ji Yushu's face slowly froze. A girl? How could it be possible? They had checked and it was clearly a boy. He looked at the nurse with doubt in his eyes: "Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm not wrong. Go and take your child." Seeing him like this, the nurse had everything to understand. This was another family that favored boys over girls.
"But we checked before and it's clearly a boy. Could it be that you took the wrong baby?" Ji Yushu continued to ask without giving up.
"Ye Qiuju is the only pregnant woman in the delivery room now. How could we make a mistake? This is your daughter." The nurse didn't expect this person to be so difficult to deal with.
Ji Yushu lowered his head and took the child from the nurse's hands. A look of despair flashed across his face. Why is it another girl?
"Didn't I tell you it was a boy? I asked you to confirm twice, but you refused to listen." Chen Guilan's face turned pale. Hadn't she been patient all this time just because of the baby in Ye Qiuju's belly? And now it was a girl? How could she accept this?
Ji Yuanping didn't even see his granddaughter. He just pulled Ji Wenwu away. After walking a few steps, he asked Chen Guilan to go back with him with a cold face.
"Wait, Mom, what should we do here after you leave?" Ji Yushu stared at the baby in her arms helplessly.
"Mingyue is so old now, she can definitely take care of her mother during her confinement. When I was Mingyue's age, your elder brother was almost one year old." Chen Guilan said without paying any more attention to him and strode out of the hospital.
Ye Qiuju, still under observation in the delivery room, was also filled with doubt. She had clearly been diagnosed with a boy, so how could it be a girl? She wanted to accuse the doctors and nurses of switching her baby, but she was the only one giving birth in the delivery room. How could that be possible? And so, the observation period ended with her mumbling. Only when she was wheeled back to the ward did she see Ji Yushu and the child in his arms.
Ji Yushu placed the child beside her bed and said seriously, "I have to set up a stall during the day, so Mingyue will have to take care of you."
"Doesn't she have to go to school? Where's her mom?" Ever since the last conversation, Ye Qiuju knew that she could no longer order Ji Mingyue around. Now that he was leaving himself to Ji Mingyue, wasn't that the same as asking him to take care of himself?
"They went back." Ji Yushu said in a light tone. This was his third time as a father. He had already passed the joy of becoming a father, and it was all in vain, so he acted very cold.
"Brother Ji, I don't know why the child turned out to be a girl. Did they secretly replace it for us in the hospital?" Ye Qiuju couldn't accept this result anyway. How could the son she had been thinking about so much turn into a daughter?
"You're the only one giving birth today, so you should rest first. I'll go home and cook and bring it to you." This was the excuse Ji Yushu made. He couldn't stay in the hospital any longer.
After Ji Yushu left, the other people in the ward looked at Ye Qiuju with sympathy. At her and Ji Yushu's age, they were obviously trying hard to have a son. Now that they had failed, their lives would probably not be easy in the future.
Ji Mingyue came home from school and heard from the neighbors next door that they had gone to the hospital to give birth. She was a little confused. Wasn't it still half a month before the due date? How could it be born so suddenly? Before she could figure it out, Ji Yushu came back and said directly, "Mingyue, hurry up and cook. I'll take the food to your mother's hospital later."
"Hasn't the baby been born yet?" Ji Mingyue was a little curious. Didn't the neighbor say that they went to the hospital in the morning?
"It's already born." Ji Yushu said unhappily.
"Ah?" Looking at his reaction, you don't need to guess to know that this is not his son. She was surprised. Is this a reversal?
"Ah, what? Go cook." Ji Yushu said and then sat there smoking. He didn't expect that after all his sacrifices, Ye Qiuju only gave birth to a daughter. If he had known this would happen, he would not have agreed to divorce Jiang Yulan. Now he felt like he had failed.
"I understand." Ji Mingyue probably knew where his anger came from. The son he had been waiting for for so long suddenly turned into a daughter. No one would be able to accept it.
After a while, Ji Yushu was covered with cigarette butts. He couldn't understand why it was so difficult for him to have a son. Since this one was not a son, he would just have another one.
Ye Qiuju waited in the hospital for a long time before Ji Mingyue showed up. Looking at the food in the lunch box, her face couldn't help but turn pale. Was this all she was given to eat during the confinement period?
Noticing her emotions, Ji Mingyue quickly comforted her: "Mom, Dad asked you to make do with a few bites. Today was a sudden incident, and I didn't go shopping in advance. I will stew the pig's trotters for you tomorrow."
This explanation was very convincing, and the expression on Ye Qiuju's face also eased a lot. Seeing this, Ji Mingyue couldn't help but sneer. She would be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and it was up to Ji Yushu to give her whatever food and drink she wanted.
*
The news that Ye Qiuju had given birth to a daughter quickly reached the Jiang family. Jiang Lili's first question after hearing the news was, "Is this considered a premature birth?"
"Of course it counts. Ji Wenwu is also useless." Jiang Yulan's eyes were full of sarcasm. The old couple's doting education created the current Ji Wenwu. She didn't know if they would regret it.
"I really didn't expect it to be a girl. They looked so confident before, I thought it was a done deal." Jiang Lili lowered her eyes and thought, could this be considered a change brought about by the butterfly wings? Here, Ye Qiuju became pregnant two months earlier than the time in the plot, so is this the reason for the current result?
"It would be pitiful for the child to be born in their family." Jiang Yulan knew Ji Yushu's obsession with his son, and she was probably already planning to have more children.
"Yes, she is really pitiful, being born in such a family." Jiang Lili sighed at this little life.
"I hope she can be treated well. This time Ye Qiuju probably won't pursue the matter of Ji Wenwu pushing her." Jiang Yulan guessed.
Jiang Lili understood what she meant. Wasn't it the Ji family's emphasis on her being able to successfully remarry Ji Yushu? If she had given birth to a son, the first thing she would have done after leaving the delivery room would have been to cause trouble for Ji Wenwu. Thinking of this, she looked at Jiang Yulan with some admiration: "Mom, you're really well-informed. You knew what happened in the past two days right after returning from a business trip."
"Have you forgotten where your Aunt Huang lives? With her around, I can't help but know where she lives." Jiang Yulan chuckled. She also heard Huang Yi say that Chen Guilan and Ji Yuanping were clamoring for Ye Qiuju and Ji Yushu to divorce. If it weren't for this troublemaker, their old Ji family would not have become what it is today.
Thinking about how the old couple had taken the initiative to move Ye Qiuju into the yard near the iron factory, now they can be said to have gotten what they wanted.
"That's right. By the way, Mom, what did Manager Zhang, the Musical Parrot, say this time? Are you planning to go to Manager Liu of Rongcheng in person this time?" Jiang Lili asked.
"Manager Zhang has always had good vision and placed the order directly. Manager Liu is also a straightforward person, but we can't avoid going to Rongcheng just because others are straightforward. It's just right to bring the mascot that has been printed. Maybe we can get another order." This was the itinerary that Jiang Yulan had thought of on the way back. She would make some adjustments today and tomorrow and leave for Rongcheng on the train tomorrow night.
"The customer does need maintenance, so you can go without worry. You don't have to worry about me. Summer vacation will be in less than a month." Jiang Lili began to look forward to her summer trip to Beijing.
"That's right. Time flies when people are busy. Let's rest early." Jiang Yulan was really tired. Even though she bought a sleeper berth, she was still tired from the long journey. She just wanted to lie down in bed and have a good rest.
"Okay." After Jiang Lili returned to her room, she went directly to the desk and opened her locked diary. She was afraid that she would slowly forget the plot over time, so she wrote down all the plots she could remember in this notebook. But now the plot has begun to collapse in all aspects, from Song Zhenzhen who has never appeared in the plot, to Ji Yumo who went to jail, these are inconsistent with the plot. Now the son who was regarded as a lucky star by Ji Yushu and Ye Qiuju has not been born. They did not get what they wanted. I don't know if this can be regarded as the protagonist's halo beginning to weaken.
Jiang Lili quickly closed her notebook. Ji Yushu and Ye Qiuju's plot had completely deviated from its original trajectory. Ji Mingyue's situation was also slowly deviating from the plot, but her strategy system probably remained intact. Regardless of their situation, she had successfully changed Jiang Yulan's future, and Jiang Lili felt quite satisfied. Before falling asleep, she thought, "Next time, I should accompany her to the checkup."
That night, Jiang Lili slept soundly, but Ji Mingyue was in a miserable state. After Ye Qiuju was discharged from the hospital with her little daughter, there was no one to take care of her during the confinement period. Ji Yushu even asked Ji Mingyue to sleep next to them at night, and help Ye Qiuju take care of the child.
Newborn babies are generally divided into two types. One is the angel baby who eats and sleeps, and the other is the high-demand baby who hums all the time. Unfortunately, Ji Xingyue is the latter. Ji Xingyue is the name Ji Yushu gave to his youngest daughter. Because she is a daughter, the names he had carefully prepared before were not used at all, so he just picked a name at random.
Because Ji Xingyue was too noisy at night, Ji Yushu had moved to the next room. Ji Mingyue had never known that a baby who was not even a month old could be so noisy. She looked at Ye Qiuju irritably and said, "Can't you just comfort her and stop her from crying?"
"She will stop crying naturally when she is tired of crying." Ye Qiuju said without any expression.
"You," Ji Mingyue didn't want to care at first, but when she saw the baby's face was red from crying, she couldn't help but pick her up and comfort her. After a while, she handed the child to Ye Qiuju's arms: "Feed her some milk. Even if you want a son, there's no need to starve her to death, right?"
"How come it's a girl? I clearly checked it at that time, and they said it looked like a boy from the look of my belly. How did it turn out like this?" Even after being discharged from the hospital, Ye Qiuju still couldn't figure it out, so she ignored the needs of the newborn.
"Isn't it normal that the examination is sometimes inaccurate? Now that the baby is born, you can't just stuff her back into your stomach. Just take good care of her." Ji Mingyue yawned as she spoke. She hadn't had a good night's sleep since she was discharged from the hospital.
Ye Qiuju didn't say anything. When she was pushed to the ground by Ji Wenwu, she was still thinking that she would settle the score with Ji Wenwu after she gave birth to the child and came back from the hospital. By then, he would no longer be the only child in the Ji family, and the two old guys should not be so partial to him anymore. But she didn't expect that her wish would be dashed.
At the ironworks, Chen Guilan had long been dissatisfied with Ye Qiuju, and later she held a grudge against her again because Song Zhenzhen refused to issue a letter of apology. At the time, she had thought that she would deal with her after Song Zhenzhen gave birth to the child, but now that she had given birth to a daughter, she was in a dilemma. Frowning, she looked at the person next to her: "What do you think, now that they have a daughter, will the second brother and she continue to have children?"
"Give birth to a child, of course. It's not good for the second child to be without a son." Ji Yuanping said as he took another deep puff of the leaf cigarette.
"I specifically reminded them to go for a check-up twice, but they just ignored my words. Now, our son is gone." Chen Guilan was furious. If they still planned to give birth, it meant that she would have to continue to accept Ye Qiuju's existence.
"It's too late to say anything now. You go over there tomorrow and tell the second child and the others to prepare for the next birth. Wenwu hasn't been to school for a long time. I have to go to school tomorrow." Ji Yuanping reminded.
"I don't know what sin the second brother has committed that he met her." So many things have happened in almost a year. No matter how hard Chen Guilan tries to be stubborn, she has to admit that it is not easy for Ji Yushu to find someone who is willing to have children for him, so the best way is to continue to have children with Ye Qiuju. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh. What a big deal!
To add insult to injury, someone asked them cheerfully, "Old Chen, I heard your second daughter-in-law gave birth. What did she give birth to?"
Chen Guilan's face looked a little unhappy, but she still replied, "Yes, it's a girl."
"Girls are good, girls are capable. Your granddaughter is ranked first in the city this time. This is the citywide ranking. I also heard that her mother is now the deputy factory director." Although the person who spoke had a look of envy on his face, his eyes were full of sarcasm, mocking their family for mistaking fish eyes for pearls.
"You said Lili got the first place in the city?" Chen Guilan was a little surprised. Because Ji Wenwu didn't go to school, they hadn't paid attention to anything related to school for a long time.
"That's right. Her name is posted on every school's honor roll. This is the glory of your Ji family. Oh, that's not right. The child's last name is Jiang now. I have a bad memory."
The last sentence turned the old couple's originally gentle expressions into ice-cold ones. Yes, this glory originally belonged to their Ji family, but now it belonged to the Jiang family.
The people watching the show around held back the smiles on their lips and looked towards the person who spoke. What she had just said was simply heartbreaking. There was a reason why the Ji family went from being envied by everyone to being laughed at by everyone in the past year.
The old couple walked into the house with gloomy faces. The people watching outside no longer hid their laughter. Someone even asked the person who had just spoken, "Aunt Lin, is the daughter-in-law of Old Ji really the deputy director?"
"How can this be false? My wife works in that factory. I guess Ji Laoer must be regretting it so much that he lost such a capable wife and smart daughter." Aunt Lin, who was speaking, was Huang Yi's mother-in-law. She knew more about the Ji family's troubles than others, so she didn't understand what Chen Guilan and her husband did. Who doesn't want a capable wife? But they just pushed her out.
Even with the door closed, they could still hear the noises outside. The old couple felt a mixture of emotions. After a long while, Chen Guilan couldn't help but ask, "Old man, did Jiang Yulan really become the deputy director?"
One of the reasons why she agreed to Ji Yushu's divorce was that Jiang Jianyi was no longer the factory director and could not promote the second son. It would be better for him to divorce and have a son with Ye Qiuju. Unexpectedly, before a year had passed, that woman Jiang Yulan had become the deputy factory director?
"How should I know? If you want to know, can't you just ask yourself?" Ji Yuanping said in a bad mood. All he could think about was Jiang Lili's name posted on all the school honor rolls. If it weren't for the second son's divorce, this would have been a great honor for their Ji family. The old couple now felt nothing but regret. Chen Guilan had already considered getting them to remarry, and now the thought was even stronger. But when he thought about going to Yao Yao to persuade her to remarry the third son, she pushed him away and even yelled for everyone around to watch. If it were Jiang Yulan, she would probably do something even more extreme. Not to mention that she was now the deputy factory director. Would he ever see her again?
*
After the last time Ji Yushuo waited for her outside the factory, Jiang Yulan would rush out on her bike every day, not giving anyone a chance to talk.
Cheng Yuntian went to Beijing to prepare for the new factory. Although she holds the position of deputy factory director, she does the work of a factory director. In addition to the music-talking doll, she also brought three newly-made mascots to the factory today. Looking at the sunflower held in the kitten's hand, she thought it was very cute. She touched the plush and it felt very comfortable. The plush toys now come in two sizes, one is 20 cm high and the other is 5 cm in size. It is used as a pendant. This one is more exquisitely made. She has a feeling that this one will become a hit.
The plush toy market has endured because it has a fixed audience. Now, incorporating these auspicious meanings will only attract a wider audience, such as students taking the middle school entrance exam and the college entrance exam. She glanced down at the pre-printed samples, which were almost all filled with blessings for the college entrance exam. Fearing they were running out of time, they had simply given up on the middle school entrance exam. Perhaps some universal blessings could be used? This thought flashed through Jiang Yulan's mind.
After Jiang Yulan went on a business trip to Rongcheng, Jiang Lili began living at Jiang Aiguo's house, still sharing a room with Jiang Qitong. The little girl looked at Jiang Lili lying next to her and suddenly said, "Lili, come on, Auntie is so busy now? Is being a factory director so busy? Then you should stop being a factory director in the future."
"Okay, I won't be the factory manager anymore. Go to sleep," Jiang Lili answered with her eyes closed, mentally calculating how much time remained until the final exams. With the last two weeks, Cheng Yuntian should have gotten all the paperwork and documents for the new factory in Beijing sorted out. And once the production line in the workshop started, which one would be the most suitable? Jiang Lili's current idea was to make tear-off books. Bigger cities tended to prioritize education, so tear-off books, as educational toys, were a good starting point.
"Sister Lili, when will my aunt come back?" No one had slept with her for a long time, so Jiang Qitong seemed a little excited.
Jiang Lili ignored her and just pretended to be asleep. After all, the chatterbox would become more and more excited the more she talked, so pretending to be asleep was the best way to deal with her.
The next day at school, the classroom was filled with a review atmosphere. We had already learned all the textbook knowledge two weeks prior, and now we were all reviewing in preparation for the final exam. Then, our homeroom teacher, Jian Hongmei, came in with a stack of forms. She looked at everyone seriously and said, "At the last parents' meeting, I emphasized the importance of subject selection. Now, fill out the forms, discuss it with your families tonight, and hand it in tomorrow morning."
The form was passed from the first row to the last row. Everyone had a serious look on their faces. After the subject division, they would be re-assigned to classes. Even if everyone chose the same subject, it did not mean that everyone would continue to be in the same class. Jiang Lili had made the decision long ago, so she filled out the form quickly. Most people were like her, and only a few were a little hesitant and planned to discuss it with their parents when they got home in the evening.
After all the forms were handed to Jian Hongmei, she looked at Ji Mingyue's choice and shook her head. She knew Ji Mingyue wouldn't listen. She sighed. Never mind. She'd said everything she needed to say. She still insisted on choosing science. What else could she say? The next step was to reassign the classes. Every head teacher began to show off their skills and participate in the battle to recruit students. Anyway, no matter who they recruited, Jiang Lili had to be in her class.
As for Lu Jiaze, she probably couldn't keep it. The classes were reshuffled this time, and it was impossible for the top two to be in her class. Thinking of this, Jian Hongmei shook her head with some regret.
At the beginning of July, before the final exams, they received the list of new classes for the second year of high school. Jiang Lili was still in her original class. Most of the students in Class 7 chose science, so there were many familiar faces on the list. She glanced at the list of science classes next to her and saw Ji Mingyue's name and Lu Jiaze appeared in the same class. She thought, as expected.
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