Chapter 150 Origin of My Background 4
The man noticed the jade pendant on the baby's belly, picked it up and looked at it: "There are words on it, but I don't recognize them. I'll take it to ask the village chief."
However, he knew that this kind of jade must be valuable; he had seen similar shapes when delivering firewood to wealthy families.
Although the couple was poor, they were not stupid. They knew that it would be bad to take this thing out, so they used the paper in the swaddling clothes to draw the words on the jade tablet.
One word on a single sheet of paper.
After the man took the character to the village chief to ask about it, he returned and told his wife, "The village chief said this character has a bad meaning."
She read it to him anyway, and he read it back to his wife.
After discussing it, the two concluded that perhaps the child's biological parents had some kind of hardship. Otherwise, with such a fine jade pendant and such fine swaddling clothes, they could have easily raised the child. The problem might lie with the mother.
The lady of the house had obviously heard this gossip. She said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that we live in a wealthy family. Being a concubine isn't easy. I heard that if a concubine can't give birth to a son, the master of the house will still despise her."
But they weren't clever enough to guess how wealthy the family had thrown it away.
Therefore, the male head of the household thought for a moment and said, "Then let's do it this way. This child will take my surname and be named Ye Shang. She will be my daughter from now on."
Ye Dalang happily held his new daughter.
The woman laughed too. Although she was a little disappointed that her husband couldn't have children, she had initially thought it was her problem. Her husband didn't blame her; instead, he comforted her and accompanied her to see the doctor, only to find out that it was his problem.
Her husband had said he would divorce her and let her go.
She didn't agree, since she knew that no matter which family she married into, she would have to work in the fields and serve her in-laws.
It's better to stay. At least you won't have to take care of your in-laws. Life might be poor, but you'll be content.
The couple had been childless for many years, and when they suddenly had a child, they even discussed putting on a show, saying that the wife was already five months pregnant, since she wasn't showing much at that time.
It will be easier to continue installing it later.
It's winter now, and it's been raining non-stop. Every day when I go out, I just check if there's any standing water on the paddy field ridges.
They can't do much work.
Their location was a bit far from the next household, which made it convenient for raising a child.
Gradually, many days passed, and the rain stopped. Hongxin would come to visit often in the first few days, but seeing that the little guy was changing every day, she stopped coming.
Many villagers were surprised to see that Zhang was pregnant. Then they saw that her family had bought a sheep, saying it would help with milk production for the baby.
The mother is getting old, and I'm worried she won't have enough milk.
It was only then that everyone came to their senses. When many of the older women came to visit, they were quite taken aback by her large pregnant belly.
It wasn't until several months later, when Ye Dalang was holding a baby, that everyone realized how incredibly easy Zhang's childbirth had been.
However, seeing the couple beaming with joy, they finally believed that the baby had indeed been born.
I also heard that Zhang's delivery was difficult, leaving her physically exhausted, and that she would never be able to have children again.
Therefore, the villagers were very kind to this little girl. Although the Zhang couple usually smiled, they were actually quite fierce. No one in the village could afford to offend them, and they would definitely cause a scene.
Xiao Ye Shang grew up under the loving care of her parents. They didn't make her do any chores, and even paid for her to go to school.
She was one of the few girls in the village who could go to school.
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