The eldest lady of the Su family, a weak and timid woman who had never given birth in her life, could actually deliver a baby.
Moreover, she could take the initiative to stand up and say that she would deliver Ye Ranqing's baby? She could also say so many words at once in front of so many people?
"Li Niang, can you really deliver a baby?"
Old Madam Su grabbed her eldest daughter-in-law's hand with a look of joy on her face.
"Um."
Du Liniang didn't dare to look up at her mother-in-law, and her voice was very low. If she wasn't afraid that her seventh brother's wife would have a difficult birth, which would cost two lives, she wouldn't dare to tell her the biggest secret.
When she was sixteen, her grandmother passed away, and her parents took her back to Beijing from her hometown. As fate would have it, she married Su Chengren, the eldest son of the Zhenguo Mansion.
The couple spent little time together and apart for a long time. First, she was weak and had difficulty conceiving. In addition, her husband was always at the frontier fighting. So she never got pregnant.
[Hey, it turns out that it’s not that the old lady can’t have children. It’s because the old man has been away fighting all year round that she can’t get pregnant? ]
Su Mibao heard Aunt Du Liniang's thoughts and accidentally ate a big melon.
Hehe, today she was so busy dodging earthworms and mudslides that she almost forgot her daily mission of eating a melon.
[Ah, it turns out that General Su is infertile? ]
Su Mibao listened to Du Liniang's confused thoughts, and the expression on his little face almost collapsed. He didn't expect that the old lady's melon was actually a chain melon.
It turned out that General Su was seriously injured in a battle. Although it did not affect the relationship between the couple, he was cut off from having children.
[Wow, my aunt is really a typical good wife! ]
Su Mibao sighed. Grandpa and grandma have been married for so many years, and everyone knows that grandma Du Liniang is a barren woman. In ancient times, if a woman does not give birth to a child, everyone will naturally blame the woman. Moreover, Du Liniang's family has never loved this daughter. They just treat her as a pawn to curry favor with the Duke of Zhenguo.
Now this chess piece can't even give birth to a child. They are afraid that one day General Su will divorce his wife. At that time, they will find out that Du Liniang is just an unloved daughter raised in the countryside. If this angers them, they will have stopped associating with Du Liniang.
Facing all this, Du Liniang never said anything to anyone, not even to her mother-in-law.
Regarding this important matter of delivering a baby, before she died, her grandmother held her hand and asked her to promise not to let anyone know about it for the rest of her life.
Du Liniang herself knew that the noble ladies in the capital's aristocratic circles looked down on her in private, even though they gave her some face because of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. If they knew that she could deliver babies, which only servants could do, they would laugh at her. She didn't care, but she was afraid that her husband's reputation would be affected because of her.
[Granny, I tell you, the old man can’t have children.]
Su Mibao immediately shared this big news with her grandmother.
It is grandpa who cannot have children, but we cannot let grandma blame aunt for her infertility.
Old Madam Su was shocked and couldn't believe the truth that the little baby voice said.
But she understood that what her good little Mi Baoer said must be true.
"Li Niang, you have suffered a lot over the years."
Old Madam Su has always been open-minded. After being stunned for a moment, she immediately understood what her eldest daughter-in-law, Du Liniang, was thinking.
Su Chengren was her eldest son and the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo. The legitimate son born to Du Liniang would naturally inherit the title of the Duke of Zhenguo. But Du Liniang had been married to the Su family for more than 20 years, and she had not given birth to a son or even a daughter.
As a mother, she had also thought about letting her eldest son take a concubine.
But although she did not have any conflicts with her eldest daughter-in-law, she did not like her very much either.
Now that Su Mibao has revealed the truth, it turns out that the eldest son was actually hurt in the war. Over the years, Li Niang has really suffered.
"Li Niang, Mi Baobao said that the eldest brother is just missing. When we get to the northern border, we will do everything we can to find him. If you like him, you can adopt him as your child."
[My grandmother's focus has suddenly shifted to asking my aunt to adopt a child. Can this child be adopted casually? I think, wait until my uncle is found. Wouldn't it be good for my aunt and uncle to be a pair of fairy lovers and have a middle-aged romance? Why raise a child? How tiring. ]
Listening to their baby Mi’s complaints.
Madam Su immediately changed the subject, "If you don't like it, Li Niang, then don't have it. From now on, you and the eldest brother should just live your life well. You don't need to worry about me, an old woman. Li Niang, you have never left the house in your life, so when the time comes, let the eldest brother accompany you around."
"mother--"
Du Liniang was speechless and tears rolled down her cheeks.
[Why are you crying? This is clearly about delivering a baby, how did it suddenly become a sentimental scene? ]
Su Mibao was so embarrassed that he was able to squeeze out a two-bedroom and a living room apartment.
Look, she just kindly reminded grandma to be nicer to auntie and not to have any prejudice against auntie because she has no children and make auntie sad.
As a result, the two of them actually became sentimental and staged a drama of deep affection between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in public.
Hi, grandma, my mother and Aunt Qi are standing next to you. As a mother-in-law, you have many daughters-in-law, so you have to be careful to treat them equally.
"Mom, my sister-in-law can deliver babies. This is a great joy. Why are you two crying?"
Su Mibao said those words just now to her grandmother alone. Song Jinhe naturally didn't know why her mother-in-law and sister-in-law suddenly behaved so strangely.
Ding Dong, Ding Dong——
The sound of a string of gold coins colliding rang in my mind.
"1000 points have been received, please check. Welcome to continue eating melons, I am the busiest on the way to eating melons, the host wants to get rich!"
[Oh my, I didn't expect my melons to be so valuable. Is it because I'm a general? ]
Listening to the prompt in his head, Sumibao's chubby face was almost deformed with laughter.
Could it be that the higher the status of a person, the more valuable his melons are?
Look, this is really a dear uncle. A melon that doesn't give birth to a child is worth 1,000 points. Tsk, isn't this just like lying down and waiting for money to fall from the sky?
Oh, I regret it! If I had opened the melon-eating app earlier, wouldn't the secrets of the emperor, Gu Tai, Prince Yan, and Concubine Xi be more valuable? I would have posted it a long time ago, and I didn't bother to look for the imperial green jade! "Okay, the eldest sister-in-law is taking care of the seventh brother's belly, so we are relieved. Let's take a shower, change clothes, and eat."
Song Jinhe quickly asked everyone to get ready.
【Come with me, today I will take you to take a bath and have a meal. 】
Sumibao's baby voice rang in everyone's ears, with an undisguised little excitement.