"Divorce if you want!" He's mother said with a dark face, "You can't even give birth to a son and you still dare to mess with me. Go tell them that the baby will be weaned after three months and prepare for the second child. If they don't agree, don't blame me for not taking care of you during the confinement period."
He Jianjun shook his head, "I won't go. If you want to say something, go and say it yourself!" Zhou Laoyao is a second-rate guy. If he dares to say this to them, he will definitely beat him up!
He's father thought for a moment and said, "You go talk to them first. If things get awkward, Jianjun can go and smooth things over."
Mother He put the brown sugar eggs in a bowl, took it out and looked at the Zhou family father and son sitting on the steps, and said with a fake smile: "Yumei's attack was too fast, and I didn't prepare anything. When I'm done, I'll ask Jianjun to go to the street to buy it."
Father Zhou glanced at her and didn't respond.
When other families’ daughters-in-law came to their parents’ house to celebrate the birth of a baby, they would have already cooked rice and eggs and served them. He didn’t believe that the He family had no preparation at all. They just didn’t want to serve the eggs because they saw that Yumei gave birth to a girl!
Mother He came into the room carrying eggs, "Oh! He fell asleep!"
Mother Zhou nodded. "She is still very weak after giving birth. We can't let her sleep for too long. I'll call her to get up and eat."
He's mother put the bowl on the cabinet and said, "Mother-in-law, after Yumei finishes her meal and goes to bed, I have something to talk to you about."
"Okay, I have something to tell you too!" After saying that, Zhou's mother patted Zhou Yumei gently and called her to get up.
"That's great!" He's mother turned and left the room.
Mother Zhou woke Zhou Yumei up, picked up the bowl on the cabinet, and saw four eggs in it. "Come on, eat the poached eggs first before you go to sleep!"
Zhou Yumei slept for a while and felt a little better. She looked at her daughter who was sleeping soundly and asked, "Mom, Xiaoxiao doesn't want to eat?"
Mother Zhou said softly, "It's okay. The baby is not hungry right now. You eat first and feed her later."
Zhou Yumei ate two eggs and drank some egg soup. "Mom, didn't Jianjun come to see the child?"
Mother Zhou hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "Don't be sad if he doesn't come. Your mother, your husband and your brothers are here, and no one will bully you."
Zhou Yumei's eyes immediately turned red. "Their family is different from ours. They are even meaner to their daughter than my aunt's family. It must be a hard life for Xiaoyao to be born into the He family!"
Zhou's mother felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. She held her in her arms and said, "It's all my fault. I harmed you..."
Zhou Yumei cried for a while, then wiped her tears and said, "I don't blame you. You want the best for me. It's my hard life!"
Zhou's mother calmed down, looked at her and said, "Did your mother-in-law tell you that if the baby is a girl, you should wean her off the mother's milk and have a second child?"
Zhou Yumei smiled bitterly and said, "She didn't say it to my face. I heard her and my elder sister-in-law talking about it in the kitchen a few days ago."
Zhou's mother's heart sank. "She said she had something to tell me just now, and I'm sure it's not good news! Let me tell you first, if they really want you to have a second child, we will never suffer this.
I will take you and the child home to recuperate after childbirth. If He Jianjun cares about you and the child, he will naturally come to our house to see you. If not..."
When she said this, her throat seemed to be blocked and she was so distressed that she couldn't speak.
Zhou Yumei's tears fell again. "I'm afraid my sisters-in-law and my brother's wife will be unhappy, and then there will be unrest at home."
"Don't cry, your crying breaks my heart!" Zhou's mother choked up and took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears. "When I came here, Chunyan said,
If the He family dislikes the girl you gave birth to and treats you badly, they will take you home to recuperate. You also heard what the youngest said just now, so just go back with your mother peacefully!"
Zhou Yumei was so moved that tears came out again. She nodded heavily and said, "I will go back with you."
"Okay, eat another egg and drink some egg soup. Mom will go see what Mrs. He said."
"Hmm!" Zhou Yumei obediently ate the egg fed to her by her mother. The mother and daughter talked for a while. Seeing that she was a little tired, her mother let her go to bed and took the bowl out of the room.
Zhou Huaian hurried over and looked at her worriedly, "Why are you and sister crying? What happened?"
"Don't worry, we're fine!" Zhou's mother said, looking at He's mother, "Let's go to the kitchen to talk, so as not to disturb Yumei."
"That's great!" He's mother stood up and pulled He's father, and the old couple walked towards the kitchen first.
Zhou Huaian also followed Zhou's mother to the kitchen. She turned her head to look at He Jianjun who was sitting there without moving, "Youngest, listen here. If your sister wakes up, come and call me."
"Yeah!" Zhou Huaian sat back.
Zhou's mother and her husband entered the kitchen and sat down around the low table. "Mother-in-law, tell me what you have to say."
"Haha!" He's mother laughed dryly. "My dear relatives, my dear mother, you all know that Jianjun is the only child in our He family. Yumei gave birth to a girl. If we don't have another child, our He family will be extinct. We want to wait until the baby has been breastfed for three months before weaning her..."
"No!" Zhou's mother flatly refused and then said, "We don't object to you having a second child, but you have to wait until Yumei is two years old before you can have another child!"
After hearing this, He's mother's face darkened. "Mother-in-law, listen to me, our town is different from your mountain. For a family like mine with only one son, the brigade doesn't care much about the baby we just gave birth to.
If I get pregnant with my second child in two years, I won’t have a chance because the team is watching me every day. Even if I get pregnant, I’ll be taken away for abortion.”
Mother Zhou said in a suppressed tone, "Don't worry, mother-in-law. When the baby is two years old and Yumei is well again, we will find a place for Yumei to hide to give birth to the second child!"
Seeing that Zhou's mother was determined not to agree, He's mother said angrily, "Mother-in-law, you are meddling too much. Your daughter Yumei is a member of the He family after marrying into the He family. It is her duty to continue the He family's family line. It is not your turn to interfere in our He family affairs."
Mother Zhou was so angry that she stood up and said, "You better understand this. My daughter Yumei married into your He family, not sold to them. I was blind to marry my daughter to a family like you!"
He's mother sneered, "You think you are a rich lady? You are just a bumpkin from the mountains. It's a blessing for your ancestors to marry into the town."
She couldn't find a good family when she was a girl, and now she's married for the second time and has a baby. I don't believe you really dare to take her back!
"Your He family is just an ordinary family, and there is no son waiting to inherit the throne!" Zhou's mother regretted it so much that her intestines turned green. "You are also a woman. Didn't you give birth to your second child two years later? Why do you want my daughter to give birth to children one after another?"
Mother He was stunned for a moment by her words, and retorted, "I promised Jianjun to marry your Yumei because I saw your sons giving birth one after another. Otherwise, why would I marry that Shankaka girl from your family!"
"Bah~" Zhou's mother spat in her face and pointed at her nose, "I knew your family was like this. My daughter Yumei couldn't get married and stayed at home as an old maid rather than marry into your He family!"
"Bah~" He's mother refused to give in. "I don't even want a woman who can't even give birth to a son! If you have the guts, take your daughter back to her parents' home and raise her yourself!"
"Bang~" Father Zhou slammed his palm on the table in anger, "Guilan, go and wrap up Yumei, let's go home!"
Seeing this, He's father hurriedly stood up and held him back, "My dear relatives, please understand us. The situation is different now, so you should also think about us!"
Father Zhou pointed at him with an angry look on his face, "We are all raising children. You want others to understand you, why don't you understand others?"
Mother Zhou continued, "My daughter Yumei just gave birth to a baby, and you despise her for giving birth to a daughter. You are reluctant to even cook an egg for her.
They want her to be weaned in a few months and give birth to your second child. You clearly want to kill her! Your He family is rich and powerful, and my Yumei can't afford to serve you. Whoever is willing can come."
Mother He pulled Father He who wanted to speak, "Old man, why are you stopping them?" She looked at the old couple of the Zhou family with contempt, "Let me make it clear to you first, it's easy to leave, but it won't be so easy to come back in the future!"
"Your family would rather send a sedan chair with eight bearers than come to your house!" Mother Zhou said, pulling Father Zhou and going straight out of the kitchen. "Huaian, move the things back to the tractor. We will take your sister home."
"Got it!" Zhou Huaian handed her the snow cap and said, "Give this to my sister."
"Yes!" Mother Zhou took Father Zhou towards the main hall.
Zhou Huaian looked coldly at He Jianjun who was sitting there with his head down and not saying a word, "You bastard, worse than pigs and dogs!"
He Jianjun looked up at him, his lips moved a few times, then lowered his head again.
Mother Zhou entered the room and saw Zhou Yumei staring blankly at the ceiling of the tent. She stepped forward and said softly, "We'll take you back."
"Let's go home!" Zhou's father also said.
Zhou Yumei looked at her and then at Zhou's father who was worried, and nodded, "Okay!" She had been waiting with her eyes open until now, but He Jianjun hadn't come in to see her and the child. There was nothing good about keeping a memory of such a person...
Mother Zhou instructed Father Zhou to pack up, "Take Yumei's clothes and the baby's clothes back first."
Under the gloomy gazes of the three members of the He family, Zhou Huaian carried the basket of vegetables out of the yard, came back and stretched out his hand to He Jianjun, "Give me the remaining brown sugar and eggs!"
Seeing He Jianjun's stunned look, he sneered, "I'd rather take the things from my house back to give to my Wangcai and Laifu than give them things that are worse than animals!"
Mrs. He was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "Give it back to him. What's so special about a bag of broken brown sugar and two rotten eggs?"
"Mom~" He Jianjun shouted, then squatted down with his hands on his head. He couldn't understand why other families had sons one after another, but why was it so difficult for the He family?
"If you don't take it, I'll go get it!" Mother He rushed to the kitchen angrily and took out the brown sugar eggs from the cupboard, "Take it and get out!"
"Even if eight people carried a sedan chair to invite me, I wouldn't come!" Zhou Huaian put down the bag and walked out. "Brown sugar eggs are of course not surprising! What is surprising is that my daughter-in-law just gave birth to a baby, and she didn't even eat a poached egg, but she started forcing me to have a second child!"
The neighbor next door looked at him curiously as he carried the baby carrier to the tractor, "Xiao Zhou, did your sister give birth?"
Zhou Huaian nodded, "It's born!" (End of this chapter)
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