Although this is unfair to girls, it is already a better situation than being drowned at birth or abandoned in the mountains to fend for themselves.
"I'll go tell Mom and my parents right away!"
Feng Yuanyuan was overjoyed. She got up and walked towards the door, but suddenly stopped and turned back to look at Song Lan: "Little sister, lie down in my room for a while. I'll come and call you when it's time to eat."
She left her words and disappeared outside the door.
Li Jumei was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) in Feng's parents' room, chatting with her two in-laws. When she saw Feng Yuanyuan enter the room, she couldn't help but ask, "You seem so happy, is there something to make you happy?"
Mr. and Mrs. Feng also turned their attention to Feng Yuanyuan.
"My younger sister examined my pulse and said the baby is developing very well, and that I'm having a boy!"
Feng Yuanyuan suppressed her excitement and gave a response.
It's not that she only likes boys and doesn't like girls; she just shares the traditional view that it would be better to have a son first.
If she were to have a girl, Feng Yuanyuan thought she might feel a brief sense of loss, but she wouldn't dislike her child.
However, now that her sister-in-law has confirmed that she is carrying a boy, to be honest, she is overjoyed.
If her first child is a son, it's not a big deal no matter how many children she has after that, even if they are all daughters.
Having one son is enough; at least others won't point fingers at her or say hurtful things.
“Yuanyuan, don’t think too much during your pregnancy. Although I’m a native of the countryside, I don’t have any preference for sons over daughters.”
Li Jumei sincerely said, "When you and Qingbin got married, Mom said that all I hoped for in this life was that you two could live a good life together. As for anything else, Mom doesn't ask for anything else!"
"Mom, I remember what you said!"
Feng Yuanyuan smiled and said, "I haven't thought much about my pregnancy so far. My younger sister just offered to take my pulse and said she would personally deliver my baby and welcome her little nephew into the world."
At this moment, Mr. Feng said, "Sister-in-law, Lanlan's medical skills are superb. She said that Yuanyuan is carrying a boy, and it's almost certainly true."
"In my family, boys and girls are the same!"
Li Jumei said with a smile.
Mother Feng spoke up: "Our two families should be related by marriage. Neither of us is the kind of family that favors sons over daughters."
"That's right!"
Li Jumei smiled and agreed.
The smiles on Mr. and Mrs. Feng's faces never disappeared.
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After having lunch at the Feng family's house, Feng Yuanyuan called Song Lan to her room.
The two chatted idly, laughing from time to time, until Feng Yuanyuan and Song Lan started talking about village gossip, at which point the laughter stopped for a long time.
"Those two educated youths, Yuan and He, were really lucky to have been unexpectedly run into at the Beijing train station. Otherwise, they would definitely have been in trouble!"
"Did my sister-in-law hear it from my older brother?"
"It was your older brother who mentioned it in a casual chat. Before you and Mom and Dad returned from Beijing, he took his younger brother back to the village to visit Grandpa and Grandma."
While his uncles were paying New Year's visits and chatting, he heard about the stories of Yuan and He, the educated youth.
"It was really a coincidence that day. I was on my way to the train station to pick up my parents and your brother-in-law, but I unexpectedly found Yuan Zhiqing sitting on the same train."
Remembering that my mother had mentioned two female educated youths from our village who had gone missing on the same day, one of whom was Yuan, I, being single, boarded that train to find the train police to rescue Yuan and the other girl.
"That's why the villagers say that Yuan and He were lucky to have met you; otherwise, they might have suffered some kind of misfortune!"
Feng Yuanyuan sighed.
Song Lan smiled but didn't reply.
"By the way, little sister, did you and your parents encounter any trouble at your grandparents' house?"
Feng Yuanyuan asked.
"No. My grandparents, uncles and aunts are all very good to me and my parents."
Song Lan had no intention of telling Feng Yuanyuan about the unpleasant things that happened at the Chen family. The reason she kept it a secret was simply that she didn't want to affect Feng Yuanyuan's mood during her pregnancy.
"How are your aunt and third aunt doing?"
Feng Yuanyuan's eyes were full of curiosity.
"Everything is fine. My eldest aunt is warm and straightforward, and gets along very well with my mother. My third aunt... she was very busy before and after the New Year, so my parents and I didn't have much time to sit and chat with her."
Song Lan completely disliked Zhang Hua, her third aunt, and even felt that she was far from being a good match for her third uncle, Chen Changqing.
He has an ordinary appearance.
She has a bad temper.
He likes to stir up trouble.
hypocritical!
In short, Song Lan truly didn't have a good impression of Zhang Hua.
At this moment, she suddenly felt relieved for the original owner of this body, that she hadn't become a couple with Chen Dongze.
At the same time, she felt she should thank Chen Dongze on behalf of the original owner, thanking him for breaking up with her.
Otherwise, she would probably be tormented to death by her wicked mother-in-law, Zhang Hua.
"Is Third Aunt really that busy?"
Feng Yuanyuan frowned slightly.
"Um."
Song Lan nodded.
"Doesn't your third uncle have a daughter? Who's older, you or her? Is she a good person?"
Feng Yuanyuan asked.
"Born on the same day, month, and year, I didn't ask who was older... Her name is Chen Shu, and I haven't spoken to her much."
Upon hearing this, Feng Yuanyuan frowned and said, "Little sister, I don't think you're telling the truth."
Why would my sister-in-law think that way?
Song Lan laughed and said, "I was seconded to Beijing to perform a few surgeries. Apart from meeting my third uncle's daughter once at my grandparents' house on the day I arrived, I haven't seen her since because I was busy with work."
"I see. You must be very busy."
Feng Yuanyuan changed the subject: "The hospitals in Beijing must have tried to persuade you to stay, right?"
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