Chapter 95: "You're still a hypocrite."
"It's not okay to bring him to work, but don't forget, the child has a grandmother back home. Neither of us has any experience, so Mom will definitely come over to take care of you and the child when the time comes."
"But Mom has a job."
Gu Zhao didn't care: "How can she have the mood to go to work when she already has a grandson? Believe it or not, if we call her now to tell her about your pregnancy, she will definitely say she will come to take care of you."
They did what they said. After leaving the hospital, they went to a phone booth and called their hometown to inform them of the good news.
"What? What did you say?"
"Xiao Tan is pregnant?" Lin Qiuyun's voice broke, showing that she was really surprised.
Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows at Ye Tan who was standing beside him: See, our mother is so happy. Ye Tan rolled his eyes at him and told him to speak properly.
"It's true, Mom. Xiao Tan and I called you right after we got our results from the hospital. The doctor said it's been over a month... Well, I've had a bit of a loss of appetite lately. Okay, Mom, don't worry, I'll definitely take good care of Xiao Tan."
Lin Qiuyun was worried, "Aren't you studying? How are you going to take care of Xiao Tan? Xiao Tan still has to study...and when the baby is born, she'll have to take care of it...Oh, how can I worry about you two like this? How about this? I'll see if I can take a long vacation and go over there to take care of Xiao Tan."
Ye Tan stood beside Gu Zhao, listening attentively. She didn't expect that Ms. Lin Qiuyun really planned to come over to take care of her immediately. She quickly snatched the phone away: "Mom, no need. I'm fine now. Why did you come all the way here when you still have work to do?"
Lin Qiuyun didn't hear what Ye Tan said at all. As soon as she heard her voice, she immediately asked with concern: "Xiao Tan, how are you feeling now? Xiao Zhao said you have a poor appetite and are suffering from the summer heat."
Ye Tan couldn't help but smile while holding the receiver. It was always warm to be cared for by others. "Mom, I'm fine. The doctor also said that it's normal to have a poor appetite. It will slowly get better when the baby is three months old. Mom, you still have work to do, so you don't have to come and take care of me. The baby is still in my belly. In fact, I don't feel anything myself. There's really no need for you to come and take care of me."
Lin Qiuyun: "But Xiaozhao is not at home most of the time. How can you do it alone? I am worried."
Ye Tan advised her: "But Mom, think about your work. It might be difficult to ask for a long vacation."
Lin Qiuyun didn't care much. "If it's hard to get a job, just quit. I'm tired of this job after decades. It's a good time to take a break and stay home to take care of the kids. You two can focus on work and study in the future."
Ye Tan really didn't expect that Lin Qiuyun would make up her mind to resign for the sake of her grandson: "Mom, can you bear to do that?" That was the iron rice bowl that most people in this era dreamed of. For people in this era, it was a lifelong job.
"Why should I be reluctant to leave? I used to just sit and kill time when I had nothing to do. Now that my family needs me, of course I have to go home. Xiao Tan, don't worry about your mother. Take good care of yourself during this period. If you need anything to eat, let Xiao Zhao get it for you. Don't be afraid to ask him to do it. I'll make arrangements here and go over as soon as possible."
Ye Tan: “But…”
"Don't say but, there are people waiting to use the phone back there. I won't say any more to you. I'll call your parents later to tell them the good news. Your mom has been looking forward to hearing from you."
After Lin Qiuyun finished speaking, she hung up the phone decisively. Ye Tan and Gu Zhao stared at each other for a long time.
"Mom wants to quit her job."
Gu Zhao nodded: "Then quit."
Ye Tan: "Don't you think it's a pity? That's a stable job, with a good monthly salary. I'm afraid Mom is acting impulsively now, and she might regret it later..."
Gu Zhao led Ye Tan along the path, slowly walking forward. He smiled and tried to comfort her, "You still don't understand Mom's personality. She's always been decisive and never regrets what she says or does. Don't worry, since she said she wants to resign, it means she's considered it."
"You don't know, Mom has been urging me to get married since I was twenty, but I've never had any plans and don't like being around girls. She was once worried that I'd never marry and end up without children to take care of me in my old age. She was also worried that after a hundred years, there wouldn't be any descendants to burn incense at my father's grave. So you can imagine how happy and excited she was to know you were pregnant."
Ye Tan was surprised when he heard this: "But mom never urged us to have children before, I thought she was not in a hurry."
Gu Zhao smiled and said, "Why is she still anxious now that she has married her daughter-in-law? Having a child is just a matter of time."
Ye Tan touched her belly and asked, "Then would Mom like a boy?" Most people who want to continue the family line want grandchildren, and she cannot accept the preference for boys over girls.
"No, Mom doesn't have those old-fashioned ideas. She likes both boys and girls."
Ye Tan pursed her lips, hoping that things would be as Gu Zhao said, otherwise she would not do it.
It was almost noon and there was a restaurant in front of them, so Gu Zhao took Ye Tan in.
"What do you want to eat?"
Ye Tan glanced at the menu and finally ordered a bowl of sour soup noodles. Gu Zhao ordered a large portion of beef noodles and also put a fried egg on Ye Tan's noodles.
Gu Zhao ate quickly, and Ye Tan drank the sour soup slowly, occasionally picking up a piece of noodle leaf to eat. She didn't seem to be very interested in eating, but Gu Zhao was very happy that she was willing to eat, and didn't dare to urge her. After she finished eating, she watched her eat slowly.
I ate half of a bowl of noodles, and most of it was soup, with the remaining half being noodles.
"I can't eat anymore." Ye Tan pushed the bowl to Gu Zhao. Gu Zhao looked at the egg with only one bite taken out of it and frowned: "How can I drink only the soup?"
Ye Tan shook his head: "I don't want to eat."
Gu Zhao picked up the egg and coaxed her: "Be good, let's eat the egg."
Ye Tan frowned, "I don't want to eat."
"Just one bite, okay?"
Seeing how Gu Zhao was trying to coax her to eat more, Ye Tan couldn't bring herself to refuse. In the end, she could only open her mouth, take a bite of the egg, and swallow it with a frown.
Gu Zhao saw the pickles on the side and remembered what his mother said about pickles overpowering the taste, so he quickly picked up a piece of bamboo shoots and fed it to Ye Tan.
Ye Tan tasted a salty, spicy, and crisp taste. His frown relaxed, and he chewed it. "What is this?"
"Shredded bamboo shoots." Gu Zhao said, "Do you like it? I'll buy some and bring it home for you to eat with your meal."
Ye Tan picked up a bamboo shoot and ate it, nodding: "Not bad, very tasty."
Seeing that she enjoyed the food, Gu Zhao smiled and took the opportunity to feed his wife the eggs mouthful by mouthful. In the end, she even ate a few more pieces of noodles and finished the small dish of pickled vegetables and bamboo shoots.
Seeing that the pickles were gone, Ye Tan shook his head: "I won't eat them anymore."
Gu Zhao looked at the small half bowl of noodles left in the bowl and ate a few bites himself. When paying the bill, he specially asked the chef to buy a small jar of pickled bamboo shoots.
Ye Tan was drinking water while waiting for Gu Zhao when he saw a woman next door wiping her tears while holding a medical checkup sheet. The man opposite had a dark face and said nothing, but the middle-aged woman next to him was sullen and scolded, "Cry, cry, cry, all you know is to cry! How dare you cry when a woman can't have children? If I were you, I would just jump into the well and drown. It's so unlucky that our family married a hen like you who can't lay eggs."
The man next to him now looked even darker, and said unhappily, "Mom, could you please stop talking? There are people here, aren't you ashamed?"
But someone had already heard it and turned around to look at her, pointing at the crying woman. A woman who couldn't give birth was the most talked about thing at that time.
The middle-aged woman slammed the table and stood up: "What's wrong? Can't I say a few words? She is a jinx, a nail that kills our family. She is here to make our family extinct, and you are still protecting her. I tell you Shuanzi, go back and divorce this unlucky woman as soon as possible, and marry someone who can give birth to children."
"Mom, I won't leave..."
"Okay, divorce." The crying woman suddenly raised her head. Ye Tan realized that although her eyes were red, there was a happy smile on the corner of her lips: "I'll divorce you when I get home. Anyone who doesn't is a fucking coward!"
The man looked anxious. "Xiaoqin, don't talk nonsense. What divorce? I will never divorce you in my lifetime."
"And then you're going to drag me through life being called a hen that can't lay eggs?" The woman sneered and threw the checklist in the faces of the mother and child opposite her. She said loudly, "Liu Shuanyin, it's you who can't have children. I, Li Yueqin, am in perfect health and have no problems at all. I've endured so many years of injustice in your family and I've had enough."
When these words were spoken, the whole room was shocked, and those who had originally looked at the woman with strange expressions all looked at the man.
"So it turns out that the one who can't have children is a boy. This is really..."
"He can't survive and yet he blames his wife. What kind of person is this?"
"...You don't want to get a divorce, right? After this, which woman would still want to be with a cowardly man?"
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Listening to the chatter of the people around him, the man's face flushed red, his teeth nearly breaking. The middle-aged woman next to him seemed to have just realized what was happening. She said in disbelief, "What? What do you mean by infertility? How could my son be infertile? What nonsense are you talking about, you jinx? I'll rip your mouth apart!"
She was about to attack the woman opposite her, but luckily she stood up quickly and walked out, saying as she walked, "I'm not talking nonsense. The hospital's examination results clearly state it. If you can't read, you can find someone who can. What exactly is written there? Liu Shuanyin, I'm getting a divorce."
The woman left without looking back, leaving the mother and son in the shop to face the pointing and scornful gazes of the crowd. One of the sharp-eyed people noticed the checklist that had fallen at their feet, picked it up and took a look: "Hey, necrospermia, isn't this just being impotent?"
When Gu Zhao came back from the back hall carrying pickles, he heard people in the hall talking about some cowardly men. His wife was listening with great interest and energy, not the listless look she had before.
Gu Zhao walked over and asked with a smile: "What are you listening to? You look so happy?"
Seeing him, Ye Tan immediately pulled him over and whispered something in his ear. Gu Zhao raised and frowned, finally understanding the whole story. He patted Ye Tan's head and asked, "Why do you like to watch the fun so much?"
Ye Tan held his arm and walked out: "You, a boring man, don't understand the feeling of eating melons."
Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows: "I'm boring?"
Ye Tan laughed: "You are so hypocritical."
"Still repressed and shy." Gu Zhao pretended to be angry and reached out to tickle her armpit. Ye Tan laughed and turned around and ran away.
Gu Zhao was protecting him from behind: "Be careful, don't run..."
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