Chapter 159: A Little Daughter
After hearing this, Su Yanli smiled gently and said, "I didn't expect that we have such a good relationship with the young prince."
Yes! Who would have thought that he and the Su family had a destiny a few years ago.
Zhao Lan smiled.
Su Ruojin's lips were still pouted. At that time, she had a very bad impression of Prince Jin's Mansion. Mrs. Xu took advantage of her sister's power in the Prince Jin's Mansion and monopolized many public resources. Not only did she make life difficult for small civil servants like her father, but some civil servants' wives even hanged themselves because they could not bear the burden of life.
Also, if his father was a member of a small country gentry class and had not been fortunate enough to be appreciated by Lord Fan for his extraordinary looks and talent, some of the Jinshi who passed the imperial examination in the same period as his father would still be waiting in Beijing for official assignment, and it had been twelve years since they passed the imperial examination.
From this small point, Su Ruojin got a glimpse of the corruption of the bureaucrats of the Dayin Dynasty. It was like they were slowly following the natural law of "everything will decline when it reaches its extreme".
Seeing that the young lady was still unhappy, Zhao Lan said, "How about we open an authentic Su Ji Recipe Restaurant next to his restaurant?"
(⊙ o⊙)Ah!
Not only Su Ruojin was shocked, but Su Yanli and his wife were also shocked.
"Zijin, no, no." Su Yanli quickly stood up and walked to the window, rejecting the student's kindness. "If you want to open a restaurant, Ajin can sort out the recipes for you."
Zhao Lan looked at Su Ruojin.
"What do we mean?"
Zhao Lan couldn't help smiling, "It's just me and the Su family working together."
"I only provide recipes?"
"Um."
Su Ruojin was tempted: "But my family has already taken advantage of you a lot, this is not good!"
The breakfast shop on Wenshan Street is so big that she still feels her hands are a little hot. Now they are trying to attract her to open a restaurant. Little Prince, little Prince, she is a money-grubber and is really moved!
The young lady looked conflicted and uneasy. If Su Yanli hadn't been standing in front of her, Zhao Lan might have said: Since I'm involved, I'll be involved for life. When he realized what he wanted to say, his heart started beating wildly for some reason. Is he trying to steal the teacher's daughter?
He felt that he was too dark, and suppressed the corner of his mouth, "Then you think about it again, that's what I said."
Oh! Just a spur of the moment decision.
Su Ruojin felt relieved but also a little unwilling. In fact, she really wanted to suppress Xu Pozi's restaurant and see what kind of situation they would be in if they lost the power of Prince Jin's Mansion and then lost the restaurant business. She wanted to let them also taste the bitterness of poverty.
They had almost finished chatting, and Su Yanli could not delay the students any longer, so he suggested going home.
After going downstairs, Zhao Lan, who had originally planned to stay at the Su family for the afternoon, did not send the young lady home, but instead sent a carriage to take the Su family back.
He stood at the door of the tavern, looking at the carriage going away, and suddenly felt sad. That was someone else's daughter, not his own daughter! Besides, he was only thirteen years old. Wasn't it too early to think about his daughter so early?
Shuangrui stood aside like an invisible man, quietly looking at his young master. He used to have a world-weary look on his face, uninterested in anything, but now, he smiled and looked sad at times, like a sentimental young man.
It's finally normal!
It was not until the time was almost up that Shuang Rui whispered, "Young Master, are you going to the courtyard?"
After returning home, Cheng Yingzhen was protected like a national treasure. If it were in the past, she would definitely be happy, but now her life is better and she does not feel any physical discomfort while being pregnant with this child.
She reminded her daughter, "Some time ago, when Madam Xue gave birth, she almost had a difficult birth because she ate too well and the baby was too big. Have you forgotten?"
Su Ruojin: ...Yes, she was the one who analyzed the cause of the almost difficult birth to her mother. Why did she panic when it happened to her?
The Su family's life is good. The couple loves each other, the children are around them, and Ding is around. Cheng Yingzhen's life is so comfortable. A comfortable life brings good body and mind. There is really no need to be nervous.
"Okay." Su Ruojin's heart was finally no longer tense.
The Su family was as simple and peaceful as usual.
I don’t know if Zhao Lan was very busy, but after the Dragon Boat Festival he never came to the Su family to eat and drink, nor did he mention the restaurant again.
Throughout the summer, Su Ruojin stayed at home making popsicles and ice cream, and went to the shop to check the accounts every half month, including going to Wenshan Street outside the city. During the hot summers of July and August when Su Yanli was on vacation, the family would go to Wenshan Shop to stay for a while to escape the heat, and go to the nearby mountains and forests to watch the streams, go fishing, and have picnics.
The days passed quickly in peace and fulfillment, and before they knew it, winter had arrived. Cheng Yingzhen's belly was like an inflated balloon, getting bigger day by day, and it seemed that she was about to give birth.
The weather was so damn cold, as if we were back to the October when little Silang was born. We hired Ma Po again and stayed in the same small room, but the situation was completely different.
Two maids and two old women stood around Ma to assist her. There was also a bowl of century-old ginseng on the bedside to invigorate her spirit. Madam Su had a happy look on her face. Although she was in so much pain that sweat broke out on her face, she was calm and composed.
Her smile made her face wrinkled, but it made her look even more kind, "Mrs. Su, open your fingers now, you can use more force."
Chunxiao hurriedly picked up the ginseng soup on the bedside table and fed his wife three sips. After she finished drinking, he helped her lie down, and everyone entered the delivery state.
Outside the room, Su Yanli was walking back and forth at the door with his hands clasped, looking worried and uneasy.
Su Ruojin held one of her younger brothers in each hand and stood at the door, waiting quietly.
Xiao Shilang was frightened by the quiet atmosphere. He held his sister's hand tightly with a nervous look on his face.
Lu Dani, with a big belly, stood at the kitchen door opposite and looked out. In another month, she would give birth like the lady, so she was more nervous than anyone else.
Mao Ya and Li Xiuzhu stood behind Lu Dani. They had already boiled two large pots of water and were waiting for someone to call them from the small room so they would go over and add more water.
Shu Tong was in the storage room looking at the ingredients he had prepared for the three days of the Spring Festival, as well as eggs and other gifts for those who came to visit the children at home. After making sure that there would be enough, he left the storage room with peace of mind. Seeing that his wife was nervous, he reached out and held her hand, "Don't worry."
Lu Dani said, "Madam has been working on it for quite a while."
The sound of childbirth pain came from the small room and drifted out of the yard with the cold wind.
Su Yanli was so anxious that he kept muttering, "I wonder how Ah Zhen is doing. Is she in pain? Otherwise, I'll go in and give her some support."
Su Ruojin was also worried, but she held Su Yanli back and refused to let him in. It was not because she didn't want Su Yanli to feel sorry for his wife, nor was it because she wanted to break the rules, but because she didn't want Cheng Yingzhen's father to see her giving birth.
A good life also needs to be managed, and she just wants her mother to look beautiful in her father's eyes.
Suddenly, with a "wa" sound, the baby's cry rang in everyone's ears.
Ma Pozi shouted excitedly, "It's born...it's born...both the baby and the baby are safe...both the baby and the baby are safe..."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as Mrs. Ma shouted joyfully.
Su Sanlang pried open the door and asked, "Is it a brother or a sister?"
Ma Po was very skillful. She wrapped the baby up and stood behind the door curtain, lifting it only a little. "Congratulations, Mr. Su. It's a little girl."
There will be another update in the evening, my dears!
(End of this chapter)
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