"Grandma, it's born, it's coming soon..."
Mother Zhang, who was hesitant in the living room, was startled by Zhang Mingzuo's shout before she could come up with an ideal plan. She immediately jumped up from the stool.
Father Zhang quickly helped her up and said jokingly, "Look, there's another lucky money."
Mother Zhang rolled her eyes at him, pushed him aside, and walked out quickly, shouting, "Come right over, why don't you go to the hospital first?"
Zhang Mingzuo ran into the yard, grabbed Zhang's mother, and ran out. "My mother has found a midwife at home. Grandma, hurry up. I'm scared without you."
Zhang's mother didn't even bother to say a word to her husband. She hurriedly followed her grandson out and almost slipped. After a stumble, she was carried on the back of the anxious Zhang Mingzuo and ran home.
"Grandma, she's screaming so loudly, do you think something's wrong? The last time Zhuangzhuang was born, I didn't see her in this much pain..."
Listening to her grandson's uneasy voice, what could Zhang's mother say? She patted his shoulder distressedly and said, "Don't be afraid. If something is wrong, take him to the hospital."
"Um."
When the grandfather and grandson rushed to Zhang Guofu's yard, there was no one outside the door of the west wing. Hearing the noise inside, even Huang Cuilan and the midwife went into the inner room.
Zhang's mother got off her grandson's back and hurried inside. She saw her eldest daughter was there too. The three old ladies were all crowded in the room. She frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
"Mom, not so fast, we have to wait."
Mother Zhang didn't bother to respond to her eldest daughter-in-law. She looked at the midwife and said, "Sister, how long do you think the birth will take?"
"It'll be dark anyway."
If it was according to Zhang's mother's idea, the midwife she could trust would be the old sister-in-law in the village, who was an old hand that even her own son invited to the capital.
However, she couldn't say this now. She was old now and had taught her granddaughter-in-law how to deliver babies. She herself didn't like to go out, let alone in such cold weather.
"Old man, don't stay here. Go and get busy boiling water, cooking noodles, etc." As she said that, she pulled Zhang Meili to go out together.
"mother?"
"Go and call Mai Sui to come and keep her sister-in-law company."
Zhang Mingzuo slapped his head when he heard it. How could he forget about his second sister? He immediately took over the conversation, "Grandma, I'll go. I'm fast!"
Seeing that he ran out immediately after he finished speaking, Zhang's mother did not stop him. She asked her eldest daughter to go into the inner room to accompany her granddaughter-in-law, and she went to the kitchen and asked if there was any ginseng left.
Huang Cuilan hated to see her family waste oil, but when it came to her daughters-in-law and grandson, she wasn't afraid to part with the precious ginseng slices. Whenever any of her three daughters-in-law gave birth, she would pack a few slices and keep them with her, just in case. Hearing her mother-in-law's words, she immediately pulled the ginseng slices from her pocket.
"Xiao You's wife has been pregnant for more than four months, right?"
"Well, I'm going to buy one when I run out of it this time."
"Let the children find it themselves in the future. You and the eldest son should save some money." After Zhang's mother made this suggestion, she didn't say any more on this issue.
Wild ginseng? She has some, given to her by her eldest son as a filial gift, but she won't say it out loud. The couples below all have jobs, so how could they not afford it?
Young people today have really changed. They can no longer compare to their own generation. Even though they have no shortage of milk after having children, they still want to buy milk powder. Do they really think money comes from the wind?
Look at her daughter Jiaojiao. Even though she gave birth to twins, she still fed them breast milk first. If she really couldn’t feed the children enough, she would use some milk powder to fill the gap for the children.
At this moment, Zhang's mother has completely forgotten what happened when Ping An was just born. She also thought that her daughter-in-law was good in every way except that she was too extravagant. There was no need for milk powder. Rice porridge was much better.
However, she has a very good advantage, that is, no matter how dissatisfied she is, she will only grumble a few times in private and will not take it seriously and show displeasure.
It is also because of her broad-minded nature. For example, when Gong Xiaoya gave birth to a daughter as her first child, she was a little uneasy when feeding the child with milk powder, but she didn't say a word. Doesn't that mean she was grateful and more filial?
Perhaps because the woman had already given birth to a child, just after dark, Zhang Mingzuo's wife gave birth to a son weighing more than six kilograms.
Is it a boy or a girl?
Compared to Huang Cuilan and the others' silly joy, for Zhang's mother, apart from being happy that she and her child were safe, there was really nothing to worry about. It was just that the wives of her grandchildren kept giving birth one after another...
Her surprise had been tempered.
Nowadays, if someone spreads the news that they have a hen that doesn't lay eggs, she will be curious and run to listen to the gossip with great interest.
She hadn't revealed her little trick, otherwise she would have been put in a sack and beaten. No one cares whether you are old or not!
"Hey, I have to go and announce the good news."
Mother Zhang looked at her grandson who was so happy that he was stunned. She smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes. Go to your father-in-law's house quickly."
"Grandma, has my uncle written to me yet? I have to write to them too. Hahaha, my second child is several ounces heavier than Liuyi."
Zhang's mother almost couldn't control herself and spat at her grandson. She really didn't want to say that this was her son's child. Why didn't he inherit some of her cleverness?
Why don't you say that Liuyi and Wuyi are twins? How can they be compared? Where's your brain?
However, Zhang Meili could see her mother's arrogance and smiled.
She looked at her niece-in-law who was exhausted and fell asleep, then looked outside. She had no idea where her father's dinner was. She immediately said goodbye to her sister-in-law and pulled Zhang's mother out of the yard.
"Mom, aren't you and Big Sister eating here?"
Mother Zhang waved her hand back and said, "I won't cause you any more trouble. I have to go back and tell your father the good news."
How could Zhang's father be as miserable as his eldest daughter at this moment?
Zhang Guofu learned from his second son that he had a new grandson. He was so happy that he stopped by his father's place on his way home from get off work.
Together with Zhang Laoer, whose wife was not at home, the three of them, father and son, were sitting cross-legged on the warm kang, chatting and drinking a few sips of liquor while the wind howled outside.
"Oh, I was worried that you, an old man, would have nothing to eat, but you three are doing fine."
Zhang Laoer saw his mother come in and said with a cheerful smile, "We are celebrating. Haha... who would have thought that our Zhang family would be so prosperous."
"Why didn't I see your wife today?"
"She's going to one of her old sisters' house for a wedding banquet. She should be back soon."
Mother Zhang then remembered that her daughter-in-law had mentioned this to her a few days ago. Sigh, is she really getting old? But she's been taking the ginseng pills her daughter-in-law gave her.
"Mom, you and my sister should come up and have a drink to warm yourself up."
Zhang Guofu looked at his father and said with a smile, "Dad, please give this child a name."
Father Zhang smiled but said nothing, shaking his head. It was already his great-grandson's generation; it was better for him to get involved. What did his oldest son say? The problem isn't the lack of wealth, but the inequality of it.
He now treats everyone equally and never lets his younger ones think that he is partial to them. Didn't you see that his father-in-law was accused of being extremely partial by his three grandchildren?
But how can they understand the heart of an elder? The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, and they wish all five fingers were the same length.
If his descendants hadn't already been well-fed and well-clothed, he might have asked his eldest son for help. Old man, it's not that he's confused, it's that he's soft-hearted.
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