Chapter 463 The Child Takes Liu Niang’s Surname
The expression on Song Weiwei's face changed from surprise to confusion and then back to surprise. She really couldn't accept what happened today. She looked at Liu Juan in shock, looking her up and down before she retracted her shocked look.
Liu Juan and Madam Zhang were sitting there with serious looks in their eyes. Song Weiwei was speechless for a moment. Looking at Madam Zhang, Xu Miaomiao stepped forward and said, "Madam, why are you here today? It's not the time that Prime Minister Xu agreed to go over yet. How come you got here first and came over so quickly?"
Xu Miaomiao looked at the people in front of her and asked, "Mrs. Zhang," she pulled Liu Juan's hand, sighed, and said with a look of grievance, "Why do I, as a mother, have to choose a time to come and see my son? Besides, Liu Juan just got pregnant, and the pregnancy is not stable. She misses her husband, so what's wrong with coming to see him?"
"The baby in your belly misses its daddy, you can't not let him come to see it, right?"
Xu Miaomiao was speechless for a moment, but Madam Zhang was not polite at all. She glanced at the servant at the door and took the initiative to say, "Didn't you see someone coming? Why don't you hurry up and add two more bowls and chopsticks? The servants in your mansion are really stupid. They don't know the rules."
When Xiao Si heard this, he immediately looked at Xu Miaomiao with an evil look, as if waiting for Xu Miaomiao's instructions. Xu Miaomiao nodded at Xiao Si, and Xiao Si walked over obediently. After a while, several stools were brought up.
Mrs. Zhang unceremoniously pulled Liu Juan to sit there, moved her chopsticks, looked at them and said, "In the future, we are neighbors anyway, so why bother to cook two meals? I think we can just eat together. This way, the baby in Liu Juan's belly can see his biological father and recognize him. You uncles and aunts should also be more magnanimous."
Hearing Madam Zhang's impolite words, Xu Miaomiao did not take it seriously. Right now, Gu Yuanniang's health was the most important, so they had to endure these things as much as they could. Upon hearing this, Gu Yuanniang did not say anything, but the baby in her belly kicked her twice.
Xu Qingshan, who was standing by, immediately noticed her abnormality, took Gu Yuanniang's hand, and asked with some concern: "Sixth Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Yuan's mother shook her head, patted Xu Qingshan's hand, smiled and said it was nothing: "It was just the child kicking me."
Seeing this loving scene between the couple, Liu Juan was even more unhappy. She pretended to have stomach discomfort and vomited twice. Madam Zhang beside her also felt distressed. She immediately stroked Liu Juan's back and glared at Xu Qingshan before saying, "Qingshan, both of them are your children. You can't just take care of one and ignore the other. It's not certain whether this one is a son. You will be so distressed when the baby is born, but in the end you will give birth to a girl."
As Madam Zhang said this, she touched Liu Juan's belly and said, "I think Liu Juan's belly is round, it looks like a big fat boy. Gu Yuan's mother is not in good health, so I'm afraid it will be a girl."
Hearing what Madam Zhang said, Gu Yuanniang frowned slightly. Xu Qingshan comforted her, patted Gu Yuanniang's hand, put her on his shoulder, and said, "Whether it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's born by Liu Niang, I like it."
"What? The child Liu Juan gave birth to is also yours? You can't be so partial to one over the other." Madam Zhang, who was standing by, heard this and immediately spoke in dissatisfaction.
Xu Qingshan didn't take it seriously. He lowered his head and smiled, and didn't say anything. Gu Yuanniang didn't continue to argue with her. For her, it didn't matter whether it was a boy or a girl. Now that she already had Ling'er, she would be more happy if she had a girl. Their family didn't have a throne worth tens of millions to inherit, so why should they care so much about whether it was a boy or a girl? Gu Yuanniang thought about this secretly, and naturally she agreed with Xu Qingshan. The two looked happy, and Xu Miaomiao didn't say anything.
No matter how much Madam Zhang wanted Liu Juan to get between Xu Qingshan and Gu Yuan's mother, as long as Xu Qingshan and Gu Yuan were truly in love with each other, there would never be such a day, Xu Miaomiao thought secretly.
Song Weiwei, who was standing by, curled her lips in dissatisfaction when she heard this. She hated people who favored boys over girls the most. When she heard Madam Zhang say this, she immediately retorted. She looked at Madam Zhang and said, "Madam, what you said is not right. If everyone in the world is like you, hoping only for boys, then who will reproduce? Besides, other parents don't care whether they have boys or girls, so why do you care so much? You just need to take care of the baby in Madam Liu's belly. No matter what, we will take care of the baby in Madam Liu's belly. You don't have to bother with it. Madam, you have taken so much trouble."
Song Weiwei immediately retorted, saying that they had been giving in step by step these days, all for the sake of Gu Yuanniang's health, but Song Weiwei was never a person who would just accept things passively. As long as things didn't go her way, she would stand up and uphold justice. Hearing what Song Weiwei said, everyone laughed and didn't say anything else.
Mrs. Zhang was still dissatisfied. She took a bite of the braised pork in front of her and put it in Liu Juan's bowl. She said, "You are so sharp-tongued, girl. I say one thing and you have a hundred things to say. Wait for me here. No matter whether Gu Yuan's mother gave birth to a boy, she is my Xu family's daughter-in-law after all, and the baby in her belly is also my Xu family's child. How can you have the right to speak here?"
As soon as Madam Zhang finished speaking, Xu Qingshan immediately spoke up, "Madam, mother, what you said is not right. I thought about it and decided that after Liu Niang's child is born, she will take her surname."
"What did you say?" Mrs. Zhang became a little angry when she heard this. She slammed the table and stared at Xu Qingshan angrily.
Xu Qingshan seemed to be so angry that he didn't expect Aunt Zhang to leave, but he still sat up straight, his body firm in what he had just said: "I said, when this child is born, I want him to have Liu Niang's surname."
"Do you know what you are saying? Our Xu family is already sparsely populated, and now you want to watch us, leaving the Xu family without an heir?"
"Mother, you were the one who said Liu Niang couldn't have children, so you sent Liu Juan here. Now, Liu Juan's child is the Xu family's child that you've been dreaming of. Liu Niang's child belongs only to me and Gu Yuanniang. What's his last name? Don't we as parents have the final say?"
When Xu Miaomiao heard what Xu Qingshan said, she couldn't help but applaud him.
(End of this chapter)
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