At the beginning, Zhang Shuhe could reply to letters every day. But later, perhaps because he was a new official and had too many trivial matters to attend to, it took several days to reply to a letter.
This would have been considered quite good in an era when communication was not smooth, but Meng Junran's situation was special now. She was sensitive and overthinking, and she almost miscarried the baby in her belly.
Zhang's mother was even more afraid to let the man leave and kept a closer eye on him.
It is true that girls from wealthy families can be helpful to their husbands, but it is also true that they are more pretentious and difficult to please than girls from ordinary families.
Seeing that Meng Junran wrote letters to his beloved son every day, Zhang's mother was afraid that it would delay his official business, so she also wrote a letter to complain to her son in private. She also wanted to instruct the servants not to deliver letters so frequently. Unfortunately, the servants she was ordered to do were all the servants brought by the Meng family, and she was powerless.
By the time Meng Junran gave birth to her first child, she was almost half dead. During this period, Zhang Shuhe only came back once.
Even when she was giving birth and was on the verge of death in the delivery room, Zhang Shuhe didn't make it.
At this time, it is not very convenient to deliver letters, but considering the estimated date of delivery, as a husband, I should take leave and go home.
Their first child, a child who is loved by both parents, has come into this world. Shouldn't her father and mother welcome her together?
Yes, their first child was a rosy-cheeked little girl.
Mother Zhang was a little disappointed, and started discussing the preparations for the second child with her mother-in-law outside the delivery room.
After the confinement period, Zhang's mother was alone in her hometown with a child. Meng Junran went to work for Zhang Shuhe, firstly to help take care of the harem, and secondly to take the opportunity to get pregnant again, striving to give birth to a boy as soon as possible, which would be the foundation for the family to continue the family.
Meng Junran couldn't stop crying and kept asking He Lang when he could return home.
Meng Mu loved her child very much and kept persuading her that crying was not allowed during the confinement period.
He also promised that Meng's father had sent someone to pick him up. It seemed that on the way home, he had finally managed to appease Meng Junran.
She was awakened by the crying of a newborn baby. She ignored the child and kept asking, "Has Helang come home?"
Unfortunately, the maid couldn't answer this question.
Zhang Shuhe was naturally eager to return home, but his official duties meant he couldn't just leave. In order to squeeze in a vacation, he hadn't had a good night's sleep for more than half a month.
Just because he wanted to spend more time with his wife when he returned this time.
From their recent correspondence, he knew something was amiss with his wife. Ever since they'd met, she'd always been confident and rational, but since when, he didn't know, she'd slowly become irritable, like... a completely different person.
He is no longer the brother Jun whom we first met.
His eyes had been twitching violently these past two days, and he wondered if it was because his wife was about to give birth. He wanted to drop everything and go home, but the inspector sent by the court arrived at this time. Although he was not an important figure, he certainly could not be away from his post for a long time.
He could no longer be with his wife while she gave birth.
Thinking that my wife has my mother to take care of her at home and my mother-in-law to help, I think she should be able to give birth with peace of mind.
"No one was picked up at the ferry, but several letters came from the courier." The servant sent by the Meng family bowed and replied.
Meng Junran burst out with the greatest strength ever. She walked barefoot around the screen and grabbed the letters.
Zhang's mother wanted to get angry after her hand was rejected, but because her mother-in-law was there, she had to suppress it again and again.
Meng Junran didn't realize how rude she was. She casually opened the topmost letter, the newest one. It bluntly stated that Zhang Shuhe's return date was uncertain and he would have to wait until the inspector, who could directly reach the emperor, left before returning home. He told his wife to take good care of herself and even imagined what their first child would look like...
Meng Junran didn't understand what he meant at all. Her mind was now filled with the thought that Zhang Shuhe would never come back, never come back.
Snap! As the letter in her hand was torn to pieces, the string in her mind seemed to break.
She squatted on the ground holding her head and screamed loudly.
It scared the master and servants in the house and also woke up the baby who was sleeping soundly in the next room.
The whole room was in chaos for a while.
The news that the Meng girl had gone crazy also spread quietly.
Meng Junran lay in bed without eating or drinking. She couldn't even cry. She couldn't cry anymore. She felt a dull pain in her chest. She didn't know why her life had become like this.
The days I spent in the academy were the happiest time of my life. I had books to read and close friends to confide in during my free time.
How happy.
But now, there is only a mess.
Is she going to compromise with life?
She didn't compromise with her parents at that time, so is she going to give in now?
No, never.
That was the path she had chosen regardless of her parents.
She rested for a few days and felt that she had the strength to walk again. While pretending to sleep, she dismissed all the people in the house.
She took a few sets of clothes with her, changed into old men's clothes, and packed a lot of silver before climbing out the window and escaping from Zhang's house.
She went to the footbridge and rented a reliable carriage to go to the ferry. She would take today's boat and go downstream. She would be able to see Zhang Shuhe in about four days.
She wanted to ask him why they could only see each other once a year, even though there were thousands of mountains and rivers between them.
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are separated by the Milky Way, but they can meet each other every year across thousands of miles. But they are just mortals, so why can't they be born and live together?
Is it that difficult?
After Meng Junran left on the boat, his father, who had chased him to the ferry, was so angry that he cursed.
These are all the good daughters he spoiled.
You just gave birth, why are you running so far away? Don’t you know your parents at home are worried?
If I had married into the Baili family, I wouldn’t have so many worries.
Baili Xia and his wife spend their days eating, drinking and having fun, and have never had a proper job. They don't have to worry about his wife being busy with official duties and unable to be by her side when she gives birth.
Father Meng rubbed his face. He thought his son-in-law was too useless and he was a failure, unable to bring honor to his daughter. Now that his son-in-law had a government job, he thought he was too inattentive for his daughter and caused her so much suffering.
Is it really so difficult to have the best of both worlds?
Father Meng sent the coachman to the Zhang family home to report that he had taken his daughter to Jeju City to find a son-in-law, and not to worry. He specifically asked his wife to stay at the Zhang family home for the time being and work with her mother-in-law to take good care of their granddaughter.
Meng's father followed Meng Junran and took the next boat. He asked the captain for more money, hoping that the two ships could arrive at the Jeju ferry one after the other.
Zhang's mother had a thousand words to vent, but she couldn't say them to her mother-in-law who was only concerned with taking care of her granddaughter.
Thanks to the fact that the Meng family is a wealthy family, my mother's family had already prepared two wet nurses? Otherwise, the newborn baby would not even have a sip of milk.
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