"Will Dad be unhappy if I go?"
Lin Xiaobao asked cautiously, knowing that no one in this family liked his mother, and no one had even mentioned her.
"Dad will understand."
Lin Zhaoyue raised her hand and patted his head. "She used to be quite good to you."
Because Xiaobao is a boy, we treat him especially well.
Later, when the Lin family ran into trouble, she only cared about running away and completely ignored Xiaobao, which probably made the child feel very bad.
"..." Lin Xiaobao wanted to see her. It had been so long since he'd seen her. He wondered how she was doing inside.
Lin Zhaoyue knew he was a kind-hearted child. Even though she knew his mother was wrong, as a child, she could still take a look.
Lin Erwu's wedding day was set for the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, which was a bit rushed. Lin Dajun, as the eldest brother, helped him with the arrangements, which Niu Zaifang found somewhat dissatisfying.
“I’ve never seen you care this much about our relationship. The second brother has been married three times already. You, as the eldest brother, are quite responsible.”
“You said I’m his older brother, if I don’t take care of this, who will? Are you suggesting we let Zhaoyue come back and take care of it?” Lin Dajun chuckled. “The children all have their own things to do. Besides, haven’t you heard the saying that the eldest brother is like a father? With our parents gone, of course I, as the eldest brother, am responsible.”
"It's a good thing they don't want a bride price, otherwise you, as the older brother, would have to pay for it yourself."
Niu Zaifang said angrily, "Dajun, I've thought about it and I think we should adopt a son. Both of my daughters are married and don't have any children around them."
"What do you mean we don't have children? Aren't Shiyue's two children children? Aren't Mingyue's children children? What are you thinking about?" Lin Dajun disagreed with adoption. He couldn't even raise his own children properly, let alone someone else's. "What are our family's circumstances now? If we adopt a child, we'll still be responsible for that child!"
“You two are doing well in business now, I believe you can definitely make a comeback.”
Niu Zaifang said with absolute certainty.
"So, what are you planning to leave your money to after we die, once we've accumulated some wealth?"
Lin Dajun's words were quite straightforward, and Niu Zaifang was stunned for a moment. "Of course it's for our daughter."
Shiyue and Mingyue, the two daughters, are not living very well, so of course I have to help them out.
"What about the adopted child?" Lin Dajun shrugged and pressed her for an answer. "I'm asking you what to do! The adopted child won't get a single penny. He's nominally our child too, and he'll definitely resent his two older sisters. They'll definitely end up fighting."
"..." That seems to make sense.
A complex look flashed in Niu Zaifang's eyes. "Then, if we don't adopt, how about we have a child together? We'll accept it whether it's a daughter or a son!"
"Are you kidding me!"
Lin Dajun jumped up from the stool, startled.
While the Lin family was still in trouble, neither of them had ever considered having a third child.
The main concern was that the third child would also be a girl. In addition, Niu Zaifang's health was not good and she was not suitable to have another child. If she had another child, it would be fatal.
She'd barely had two days of good fortune before she started thinking about all sorts of random things again.
Lin Dajun saw that she was really out of her mind. "Impossible! If you want to die, I won't stop you. Think about it carefully. If something happens to you, our family will be finished! What will happen to our two daughters? Who will take care of our granddaughter? You should be content, don't be so ungrateful!"
Niu Zaifang certainly understood the principle of being content, but she just wanted things to be even more perfect.
Lin Erwu also had a son, but they had nothing.
"If you're worried about what happens after you die, let me tell you clearly: once a person dies, they know nothing. Do you think having a son will bring us back to life?"
Lin Dajun glared at Niu Zaifang with annoyance, "Take your time thinking about it. I still have a lot of things to do."
What else is Niu Zaifang thinking? If Lin Dajun doesn't cooperate, there's nothing she can do.
Alas, God is truly unfair. Everyone else can give birth to a son, but why can't she?
"Grandma, my little sister is crying!"
"They're here." Niu Zaifang quickly got up and went out to take care of her granddaughter. Lin Mingyue and her husband hadn't returned yet, and she needed to prepare the things to sell for breakfast tomorrow.
They returned around 8 p.m. Niu Zaifang had left them a meal separately, but Lin Mingyue didn't eat much.
She ate the leftover fried dough sticks from breakfast when she came back, and she's a bit full now.
"Mingyue, your mother wants to discuss something with you."
After a long day, Lin Mingyue felt like her whole body was falling apart. She raised her hand to rub her temples and asked, "Mom, what's wrong? Are you tired from taking care of three children? I'll take care of them myself in a couple of days when the shop isn't so busy. Can you hang in there for me for a couple more days?"
"No, I wanted to ask when you two plan to have another child?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Mingyue was stunned. "Mother, we're already so busy, and you want us to have a baby? This is just making things worse!"
"You should have children when you're young, because you might not be able to when you want to have them later."
Niu Zaifang anxiously advised her, "Mingyue, why don't you two have another son, and then he can take the surname Lin? In the future, all of our family's property will be left to the child! Our Lin family will finally have someone to rely on."
"There are plenty of people with the surname Lin in the world. You're wrong! So, our daughter isn't our biological child?"
Lin Mingyue said impatiently, "Let's talk about it later."
"No, if you have a plan now, of course the sooner you have the baby, the better. You can't delay."
"No plans."
"Mingyue, listen to me." Niu Zaifang grabbed her, trying to say something more, but Lin Mingyue interrupted, "Mother, let me tell you the truth, neither of us plans to have any more children in this life. We only have this one daughter. He loves me dearly; I almost died when I gave birth to her. We'll spend the rest of our lives raising our daughter well! If you want a son, you can have one yourself. Don't ruin my life here, okay?"
A sharp slap.
Lin Mingyue's words were disrespectful, and she was indeed angry.
The slap brought her to her senses immediately.
"I'm doing this for your own good! How can you not distinguish between right and wrong?"
Niu Zaifang's eyes were red. "If I could give birth, would I need to be here talking to you? I'm just suffering because I don't have a son. I don't want you to be like this. What's wrong with having a child? There's no such thing as a child without suffering! Look at Zhaoyue, she was able to give birth to twins. If she didn't have a son, her in-laws would definitely be pressuring her to have one. That's how it is for women."
"aunt,"
Lin Zhaoyue hadn't left yet when she overheard Jiang Jingzhou's voice before she could speak.
“Auntie, no matter whether Zhaoyue gives birth to a boy or a girl, I will not let her have any more children. Giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. Compared to the child, I care more about her.”
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