Chapter 207 Sharing the Pressure of Fertility
Song Yuntang hurriedly shook his head.
"No, mother, I'm not sick."
"Not sick?"
Jiang stared at her for a while and then realized what was going on, and immediately she smiled.
Look at her reaction.
Could it be that the two of them finally had their wedding night last night?
No wonder Qingye hasn’t gotten up yet.
In this way, wouldn't it be possible for her to have a fat grandson and a fat granddaughter?
Thinking of this, she hurriedly brought a stool to Song Yuntang.
"Tang'er, sit down and wash, it's not that tiring."
Song Yuntang looked at the stool behind him in confusion.
"Mom, I just got up."
How can I be tired after just getting up?
Jiang smiled and helped her sit on the chair. "It doesn't matter if you just got up. It's not easy to get tired if you sit down to wash."
Inside the house, Xu Qingye listened to the noise outside and put his big hand on his forehead helplessly.
…
The family quickly packed up and went to their uncle's house.
Hu'er had also gotten up. He was climbing and playing on a crooked tree outside with a few other kids of similar age. They had rubbed the bark of the tree clean, leaving it shiny and oily.
Jiang didn't forget to remind him when she passed by.
"Tiger, be careful when you play, don't slip."
Hu'er quickly responded, "I understand, aunt."
Because my eldest cousin Xu Chengji killed a wild boar, several families living nearby came to watch the fun. There were many people standing in and outside the yard, and there was a lot of chattering among them.
"My sister-in-law and Qingye and his wife are here. Please come in and sit down." Zhang hurriedly moved out a bench and asked her eldest daughter-in-law He to pour tea for the three of them.
Jiang didn't sit down, but gave the stool to Xu Qingye and Song Yuntang.
At the moment, several men were haircutting a wild boar, and she looked in the direction of the wild boar.
“This pig is quite big.”
"Isn't it?" Zhang said with a smile, "After dinner, I'll cut a few pounds of meat for you and your parents to taste. We'll keep some for ourselves, and your eldest brother and Chengji plan to push the rest to the town on a cart to sell. It's a bad year, so I don't know if we can get a good price."
Jiang was not sure either, but still said, "Don't worry, it will definitely work."
"Tu Shi will drive the mule cart to pick me up and take me to town later. If my uncle and cousin don't mind, we can bring the wild boar meat over as well." Song Yuntang said from behind.
It is normal for this aunt to think about her own family and have a reciprocal relationship.
After hearing this, Zhang smiled even more.
"Of course I don't mind. It saves both father and son a lot of effort."
The breakfast was very sumptuous. Zhang boiled dozens of brown rice cakes and made a pot of bone soup with a lot of meat in it. Everyone drank the bone soup and ate the brown rice cakes, which were delicious.
Hu'er was eating the pancake soaked in bone soup, his mouth full of oil and his face full of intoxication. Hu and Xu Yuande were so fascinated by it that they kept their mouths shut since the meal was served.
"Oh, look at this monkey, his mouth is full of oil." Hu said, and wiped the oil off his face with a clean towel, then smiled at He and Xu Chengji, "But then again, Hu'er is already five years old, and there's no sign of the second child, Chengji and Zhen'er?"
He felt a little embarrassed and stepped on the instep of Xu Chengji.
Xu Chengji reacted, quickly swallowed the biscuit in his mouth and said, "Grandma, it depends on fate when it comes to children. Maybe the second child is not ready to come to our house yet."
He on the side nodded quickly.
"That's right."
Mrs. Hu smiled and said, "Then you two should hurry up and have more children while you are still young. In the future, your family will be lively and it will be a pleasure to watch."
"That's right, grandma." Xu Chengji said, looking at Xu Qingye and Song Yuntang who were silent on the side. "Qingye and his sister-in-law are married now. Grandma can urge them a little more. After all, Qingye is only two years younger than me. My child is five years old, and he is still nowhere to be found."
Currently, the only grandchildren who are married are him and Xu Qingye.
But the pressure of childbirth for the whole family cannot be placed on him and his wife. As a member of the Xu family, Xu Qingye should naturally share the burden with his cousin.
After Xu Chengji finished speaking, he winked at Xu Qingye.
Seeing this, Xu Qingye coughed twice.
"Grandma, you know I've just recovered from a serious illness. Don't worry. Once I'm well, I can raise the baby I give birth to. Isn't that right?"
Hu thought about it.
"What Qingye said makes sense. Although grandma wants to hold her great-grandson, she also hopes that he can be healthy and safe."
Xu Qingye looked at Xu Chengji solemnly, "So, my cousin and his wife have to pay more attention to this matter. My cousin must satisfy grandma's wish."
Seeing that Xu Qingye had thrown the blame on him again, Xu Chengji gnashed his teeth in his heart, but still smiled and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, grandma, we will work hard."
He, who was standing by, heard this and kicked him several times.
Why did this guy agree to this?
Although she wanted to, she couldn't get pregnant just because she wanted to.
Mrs. Hu was very pleased to see that her grandson was so sensible, "That's it, eat more, sleep more, grandma is waiting to hold her great-grandson."
Except for the grandchildren, all the elders in the Xu family burst into laughter.
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Not long after the meal, Aunt Su, who lived next door, came with Tu Shi, who was pulling a mule cart.
"Sister Jiang, this man said he was your daughter-in-law's servant, and he came to take her to town. He heard that Cheng Ji from Yongfu's family had killed a wild boar, so I guessed you were all here, so I brought him here."
The word "slave" is a relatively unfamiliar word in farmers' homes.
After all, life at home was difficult enough, not to mention buying and raising slaves, which was a huge expense.
The reason why Tu Shi said this was so that others would talk less and be less suspicious of Song Yuntang. Although the girl always told them not to regard themselves as slaves, most of the time, this identity was indeed much more convenient.
Tu Shi saw Song Yuntang and bowed to her respectfully.
"Girl, you are here."
Although there was curiosity in Aunt Su's eyes, she didn't want to ask anything considering that everyone was there. After all, the two families lived next door to each other, so she would just ask Jiang when she had time and she would know.
Thinking of this, she said something to a few people and went home.
"Young man, have you eaten?" Xu Yuande asked as he stood up.
Tu Shi nodded hurriedly, "I came here after having breakfast early in the morning."
Song Yuntang looked at Xu Yongfu and Xu Chengji, "Uncle, cousin, please load the wild boar onto the mule cart. We can go to town together."
"OK."
Xu Yongfu and Xu Chengji talked and walked towards the wild boar.
Seeing this, Tu Shi hurried forward.
"Let me do it."
As he spoke, he picked up the wild boar and threw it onto the mule cart in front of everyone's astonishment.
He smiled and clapped his hands.
"Girl, we can go now."
Song Yuntang smiled, stood up, said something to everyone, and climbed onto the mule cart.
Seeing this, Xu Yongfu and Xu Chengji hurriedly followed. Xu Qingye was the last to get on the car.
After the mule cart left, the yard became lively again.
"Second brother's wife, was that man just now really Tang girl's servant?" Xu Yuande asked.
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