Chapter 32: Must Have a Son (Page 1/2)
Huo Qingci's fourth uncle and younger uncle are both in the army. Both families have been given rooms, but there is probably not enough space for so many people in the family.
Huo Li directly said that the house would be left to Huo Qingci. The two families should have a lot of opinions about this, right?
Lin Man said a little embarrassedly: "Qingci, your grandfather said that he would leave that courtyard to you. Your fourth uncle and younger uncle's families should have objections, right?"
"Of course there are some opinions, especially from Fourth Aunt and Young Aunt. They have some opinions to some extent. My uncles are fine; they especially respect Grandpa.
Grandpa said that although the yard is big, it cannot be divided. If it is divided, it will fall apart and someone will sell his part of the house for profit.
The Huo family's ancestral home is the Huo family's inheritance and must be passed down from the eldest son to the eldest grandson, from generation to generation.
While Grandpa is still alive, everyone can come and live in the house, but when he passes away, the house will only be inherited by me."
Lin Man felt a lot of pressure. If she didn't give birth to a son, who would inherit the Huo family's ancestral home?
"Qingci, if we have daughters in the future, will you leave this house to your brother's children? Your father will choose a grandson to adopt in your name, right?"
"Don't worry, we still have several decades to grow old. If we really don't have a son, then we won't have one. The reason we adopted a child is because we're worried that there won't be any descendants to support us after we die."
Lin Man thought, if that was the case, she had to give him a son, otherwise there would be no one to offer incense to them after they died!
She is not an atheist. If there are no ghosts and reincarnation in this world, how did she travel to the end of the world and how did she come back?
Give birth to a son. In order for someone to offer incense to them in the future, she must give birth to a son in this life.
Although her son was not very obedient, she still had to give birth to a child. Two daughters would be enough. She planned to give Huo Qingci three children, no more, no less, just right.
Thinking of this, Lin Man smiled and said, "Huo Qingci, how about we have three children, one son and two daughters?"
"Okay, any baby is fine, but we'll wait until you're twenty."
Lin Man suddenly remembered something. It seemed that they did not use any contraception when they had sex. Could it be that she got pregnant at the first try?
"Qingci, it seems we haven't taken any measures? What if we get it?"
Huo Qingci was also a little conflicted. Manman was so anxious to have sex with him that day that she forgot about contraception. Now it was too late to use contraception.
"When did your period start?"
"Half a month ago."
Huo Qingci's heart skipped a beat. They had been having sex during her dangerous period. Could she really be pregnant? What should she do?
"Manman, if you had us..."
Seeing Huo Qingci hesitate, Lin Man took over his words, "If we are pregnant, we will give birth to her. After all, she is the first child, and we can't abort her. It will affect her health."
"You're only eighteen."
"My classmate's cousin got pregnant at 15 and gave birth before she was 16. There was no wedding banquet or registration. The woman only accepted a 100 yuan gift and 400 kilograms of rice from the man, and then she married him."
"Isn't your classmate's cousin from the countryside?"
"Yeah. I heard that many people in rural areas don't get married with a marriage certificate. If the man comes to the city to work and finds another woman to register with, the woman in the countryside will be in trouble."
"Don't be afraid, Manman. Our marriage is protected by law. Military marriages cannot be divorced at will."
Lin Man rolled her eyes in annoyance. The law did not protect him, and the initiative of whether to divorce or not was in his hands.
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If she asked for a divorce, there would definitely be a lot of people trying to persuade her. It would be fine if she didn't cheat, but if she did, it would constitute the crime of disrupting a military marriage.
If Huo Qingci cheated, it would only be a moral and emotional issue, and he would be punished at most.
Therefore, in a military marriage, the soldier can definitely file for divorce, but the non-military party cannot file for divorce, and it will be useless even if they do, unless the soldier agrees.
Seeing Lin Man's pout, Huo Qingci smiled and said, "Marriage is for life. We will never get divorced. Don't even think about leaving me in this life."
"Huo Qingci, what if one day you fall in love with a lesbian and force me to divorce you?"
"Since I've married you, I'll be responsible for you for the rest of my life. If a man can't control his body and his heart, then he's not worthy of being a man."
Lin Man nodded. "Well said. If you cheat on me, I will make sure you can't be a man anymore."
Huo Qingci was at the point of laughing and crying. He didn't want to tell Lin Man that he was a bit of an emotional mysophobia and had a strong possessiveness.
He couldn't accept that his partner would betray him, nor could he accept that he would have two relationships.
He never thought that Lin Man would leave her. If she really betrayed him one day, he might not forgive her, and he would be living a life worse than death, right?
"Manman, is it difficult to walk? How about I carry you on my back?"
"No, I'm not a child."
"Then I'll lead you away."
Huo Qingci just wanted to hold Lin Man in his hands and never let her go for the rest of her life.
Lin Man did not refuse again. It was getting dark anyway, so she was not afraid of being seen.
The two held hands and talked as they walked. Huo Qingci wanted to know Lin Man's past in the Lin family, and Lin Man wanted to know the personalities of the Huo family members.
Especially since they were going to visit the Xiao family later, she didn't want to be rude and give people something to talk about. Although she was young, she was not stupid.
After walking back and forth for more than twenty minutes, they finally arrived near the Xiao family's house.
Lin Man asked Huo Qingci to give the gift to the elders first, and she stood aside to watch.
Huo Qingci took out all the gifts he had prepared for the Xiao family in advance.
Each of the two uncles received two large towels, two pieces of cloth, a pound of candy and a pound of biscuits.
I gave my grandparents a basket of lychees, a basket of bayberries, two bottles of wine, two boxes of tea, and a woolen sweater for each of them.
Lin Man knew that after she got married and received red envelopes from the elders, she would have to give them clothes, shoes and other things.
She didn't know what size shoes the two old people wore, so she simply took two thick wool sweaters from the space as return gifts.
As for Huo Qingci's grandfather, she planned to knit him a thick sweater and make him a new cotton-padded jacket herself.
Lin Man understood that it hadn't been easy for Grandpa to be alone all those years, having sacrificed two sons. Now that his children were grown and had their own families, and his wife had been dead for many years, he must have felt very miserable.
He shouldered the entire Huo family on his shoulders and devoted all his energy to planning a future for his descendants.
If only there were no major movements, they could stay in Beijing and accompany him.
Grandpa asked Huo Qing to resign and go to Hainan Island, firstly to avoid this disaster, and secondly to let him go there to make merit, because Hainan Island is poor and has poor medical conditions.
Although many places in the country are poor, in Hainan Island, some people's fingers cannot stretch that far.
Most importantly, Lu Zheng, the commander-in-chief of the Hainan Island garrison, is an old comrade-in-arms of Huo Qingci’s grandfather.
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