After the children went into the room, Granny Liu asked in a low voice, "I heard they made your sister-in-law's belly rupture. Is that really okay?"
"Mom, it's not as scary as you make it out to be. The doctor is very skilled. When I came back, Xiaorong was already able to walk a few steps. Luckily, a C-section was arranged, otherwise it would have been dangerous."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, you don't know, Xiao Rong's due date has been over a week past, and these two are really carefree. They're just staying at home waiting for the baby to come on its own. If I hadn't had some free time today and remembered this, they would still be waiting at home."
The doctors said if we had arrived even half a day later, the baby's condition would have been very different. Imagine what would happen if something went wrong right before delivery!
Zhang Xuemei had heard many stories of pregnant women losing their babies in the late stages of pregnancy in her previous life. Most of these cases were due to women not paying attention to fetal movements or not going to the hospital for checkups after their due date.
So when Panpan was pregnant, she kept urging her to go to the hospital for a check-up, afraid that something unexpected might happen.
"Oh dear, could something unexpected happen if it's too late? Back then, we didn't care about all that. We just gave birth when our stomachs hurt, and we never heard of anything going wrong."
Granny Liu had six children, but she couldn't remember the due date for each one. She just calculated the approximate time. Even if the child was late in coming out, she wouldn't worry. She just thought it would be good to let the child stay in her belly for a few more days.
Zhang Xuemei glanced at her mother-in-law and said helplessly, "My mother thinks the same way as you, so she advised Le Rong not to go to the hospital. Luckily nothing bad happened, otherwise, wouldn't she be blamed?"
"That's right. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine. But if something does go wrong, you'll be blamed! Hey, now that you mention it, I remember a young woman in our village who was in the same situation. She was almost due but there was still no sign of labor. Her family didn't pay much attention to it. Later, we heard that the baby was born but she couldn't go through with it. Do you think that's the same situation as your sister-in-law?"
As Granny Liu spoke, she recalled something she had heard a few years ago. At that time, everyone said that the young woman had eaten something wrong, which caused the baby to stop breathing right after birth.
"How would I know? Anyway, you can't see the baby in your belly, so it's always good to be extra careful."
Things like cloudy amniotic fluid can usually be detected by listening to the fetal heartbeat, but some babies are born with their umbilical cords twisted into a pretzel shape, which is impossible to detect.
When Le Rong's parents, who were far away in another province, heard that Le Rong had given birth to another big, healthy boy, they smiled happily, thinking that now that they had a son, their daughter could finally gain a foothold in her husband's family.
But Sister-in-law Le wasn't so happy. Touching her slightly protruding belly, she said to her husband with dissatisfaction, "I don't know what Mom and Dad are so happy about. The baby isn't even surnamed Le. The one in my belly is the true root of your Le family. I haven't seen them treat me any better. They're really getting senile."
"Just wait and see. Once you give birth to your son, let's see if they can resist coming to see their grandson."
Brother Le always felt that his parents were just putting on a brave face, and that once their grandson arrived, they would break down and all their money would be his.
As for Le Rong, she'll learn sooner or later that she'll suffer without her brothers backing her up. Don't think she's so great just because she gave birth to a son. Just wait and see.
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Time flies, and soon it was 2005. Zhang Xuemei and her wholesale business entered a stage of rapid development.
That day, Zhang Xueshan brought a laptop to Zhang Xuemei's house and excitedly showed them his newly opened online store.
"Third sister, brother-in-law, look! This is my newly opened online store. I just sold two items yesterday and made ten yuan!" Zhang Xueshan's proud expression made it seem like he had earned 100,000 yuan. However, in his heart, he was probably even happier than if he had earned 100,000 yuan.
"An online store?" Zhang Xuemei curiously leaned closer to the computer to take a closer look, then picked up the mouse and clicked a couple of times randomly. This rudimentary page is supposed to be an online store?
"Yes, it's a newly popular shopping platform called Taobao. Once you register a shop and list your products, people will recommend them to you. If someone likes your items, they will place an order, and then you just need to ship the items out."
Zhang Xueshan got excited when he talked about this. He felt that this might actually be a business opportunity, and if he could seize it, he could become rich very soon.
"So all this secretive stuff has been about all this time?"
Zhang Xuemei had heard from Le Rong that Xue Shan had gone to the computer mall and bought a second-hand laptop for three thousand yuan, which made her very upset.
"Yes, Third Sister, I think this is an opportunity. We can sell things just by looking at the computer. It's so easy!"
"But……"
"What Xueshan said makes a lot of sense, but Xueshan, your shop sells too few things, lacks packaging, and the shop design is too simple."
Xu Minghan interrupted his wife, knowing that a famous shopping platform was about to emerge, and he naturally couldn't miss it.
Sure enough, Zhang Xueshan became interested when he heard Xu Minghan say that. He pushed the computer in front of his brother-in-law and asked with a smile, "Brother-in-law, tell me, I see that everyone's shops are like this."
"So you don't have any advantage compared to others! Since you want to do this online business, you need to bring out your biggest advantage and stand out from the crowd of merchants. You understand what I mean?"
"Yes, brother-in-law, you're right, but how do we do it? I don't know what you're talking about either."
Zhang Xueshan was quite self-aware. He only decided to give Taobao a try after overhearing someone mention it. Anyway, the jeans he listed were from the store. If someone wanted them, he would just ship them out by express delivery and then pay his brother-in-law at the wholesale price. The difference in price would naturally be his.
“If you don’t know how, someone else will. I’ve looked into this before, and I’m planning to open one soon. Look, I’ve already bought the computers.”
Xu Minghan pulled his brother-in-law toward the room, where a desktop computer was placed on the desk, and a laptop was placed next to it.
"Brother-in-law, you're so generous! You bought two computers in one go. It must have cost you a lot of money!"
"You have to put in the effort before you can make money. I was thinking of putting the jeans in the store on the shelves. They're all my own stock anyway, so I figured it would be like having multiple sales channels."
The wholesale business is highly competitive now. Although he has many regular customers and is considered to be doing well in the men's trousers business, who can complain about having more money? Since he has this opportunity to take off, he can't miss it.
"Oh no, brother-in-law, you're going to sell jeans on Taobao? What am I supposed to do?" Zhang Xueshan panicked. Could his brother-in-law really be so unfair? Was his get-rich-quick dream about to be shattered before it even began?
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