Chuchu made tea and poured a bowl for everyone.
The tea is made from the heart of bamboo leaves, and Yingbao says it can help reduce internal heat and calm the mind.
Grandma Chu took a sip and said, "Chu Chu, you are about to give birth, and your mother is pregnant again, so it is not convenient for her to take care of you. So your great grandfather discussed with your father and let Chu Man take care of you for a while."
Chu Chu's face suddenly turned cold: "Thank you, grandma and grandpa, my husband will take care of me, so I won't bother cousin Chu Man anymore."
As soon as the words fell, several people looked unhappy.
Chu Man, in particular, had a flushed face and was about to have an outburst.
Sun Erniang quickly patted her daughter's hand and said with a smile, "Chu Chu, you have never given birth to a child, so you don't know how dangerous it is for a woman to give birth. There is no one to watch over her. If something goes wrong, there will be two deaths."
Ying Bao, who was standing by, couldn't stand listening any longer and asked, "Excuse me, ma'am, is your Chu Man a midwife?"
Chu Man couldn't hold it in any longer, she suddenly stood up and said angrily: "You are the midwife!"
Ying Bao said calmly: "Yes, I am the midwife. With me here, Sister Chuchu and her baby will be safe."
No one in the girl's family would say something like "two lives, one corpse" when their daughter is about to give birth. It is simply too unlucky.
Grandma Chu also felt something was wrong and glared at Sun Erniang fiercely, then turned to Chu Chu and said with a smile, "Your second aunt is quick-witted and doesn't know how to talk, but she has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and she is doing this for your own good."
"Thank you, grandma. I have Yingbao to take care of me. Besides, I have my godmother here. You don't have to worry."
Chuchu added: "I'm really sorry, I have to go back to my mother's house, so I won't keep you here."
As he said this, he went to get a lock and stood at the door looking at the people in the room, intending to lock the door and leave.
Chuchu blatantly drove them away, and they could no longer sit still, so they stood up and walked out of the house.
Chu Chu locked the door directly, bowed to Grandma Chu, took Yingbao and turned away.
Sun Erniang and Chu Man were so angry that they stamped their feet and said, "Look at her attitude! She is such an ungrateful person! She has just gotten married and she has already turned her back on her relatives. She even ignores us."
Grandma Chu's face was not good either. After thinking for a while, she said to Xiao Sun: "You are Chu Chu's stepmother. Your daughter is about to give birth, so you must stay to help. Man'er will go with you."
Although little Sun was not very happy, she did not dare to disobey her aunt, so she had to nod.
Just like that, Grandma Chu and Sun Erniang left, leaving Xiao Sun and Chu Man sitting at the door of Chuchu's house.
When Zhang Meng came back, he saw that the door was locked, and his stepmother Chuchu and an unfamiliar girl were sitting at the door.
"Aunt, why are you here?" Zhang Meng stepped forward to greet her.
Little Sun stood up quickly and stammered, "I...I'll take care of Chuchu during her confinement."
Zhang Meng glanced at the lock on the door and said, "It's still too early for Chuchu to give birth, so don't bother me. You should go back."
Little Sun just lowered her head and said nothing, as if she was determined to stay here.
Chu Man was wandering around as if no one was around. She picked up the golden ears drying at the door and looked at them, feeling bored.
Seeing the two of them like this, Zhang Meng finally understood why his door was locked.
He patiently said again, "Chu Chu doesn't need you to take care of her. It's getting late, so you should go back quickly."
Seeing that the two were indifferent, Zhang Meng frowned and said, "Chu Chu is busy and won't be back tonight. It's not convenient for me, a man, to entertain you."
As he spoke, he began to pick up the golden ears from the bamboo tray.
He put all the golden ears into a basket, moved them to the kitchen, locked the door, and left.
Chu Man and Xiao Sun panicked when they saw this. They stood at the door for a while and then had to go back in shame.
When passing by the school gate, Chu Man suddenly stopped and stared into the yard.
Xiao Sun followed her gaze and looked inside, and saw a scholar in a green robe, about twenty years old, talking to two little children.
"He is the scholar, right?" Chu Man asked shyly.
Little Sun said quickly: "Second Aunt is not talking about him. This man came from another place and did not marry a wife locally."
Chu Man frowned, "Who are you talking about? Is there another scholar here?"
"That...his name is Chen Changping, and he lives not far from here."
Xiao Sun and Chu Chu's father had been to Dongchen Village twice, so they knew some of the situation.
Chu Man was unhappy and asked, "Who is Chen Changping?"
Little Sun stammered a few times, not knowing what to say.
At this moment, a tall man came from a distance and walked towards the school.
Little Sun's eyes lit up, she quietly pulled Chu Man and nodded, "It's him."
Chu Man also saw it and her eyes widened instantly.
I saw that this man was also wearing a brand new green robe and a black gauze hat. He had a handsome face and extremely delicate features. Compared with the young scholar in the yard, he seemed much more mature, and his every move was very elegant and suave.
Chu Man's face turned even redder, and she suddenly began to daydream.
"Is it really him?" She was a little bit unbelieving.
Xiao Sun nodded: "Yes, it's him."
Who doesn't know this newly promoted scholar? He is a famous handsome man in the whole town.
Only a young girl like Chu Man, who is a little bit stupid, doesn't know this.
Chu Man suddenly became shy, "Then, how do we start a conversation with him?"
You can't just go up and introduce yourself rashly.
This time, Grandma Chu and Sun Erniang deliberately sent Chu Man to Chu Chu's place, just to give Chu Man the opportunity to have more contact with Chen Changping.
As the man and woman interact more, they will naturally develop feelings for each other. When the time comes, the Chen family will have no choice but to agree to the marriage.
But Chuchu refused to accept Chuman, which made people feel troubled.
Xiao Sun sighed and said to Chu Man, "Let's go back first and come back after Chu Chu gives birth."
No matter how much you want the two of them to interact more, you have to find a place to stay first. Chu Chu is unwilling to take Chu Man in, so you can only go back and find another way.
Chu Man reluctantly followed Xiao Sun back, looking back at the school yard from time to time.
The two scholars greeted each other, sat down on the stone bench in the yard, and seemed to be talking about something.
Xiao Sun and Chu Man got on a donkey cart and slowly went down the slope.
Yingbao stood on the wall of her own yard and witnessed it all. When she thought about what Chen Zhao said, she already guessed what was going on.
The Chu family is so shameless that they can even do such a thing.
They are not here to take care of Chuchu, but to catch a rich husband.
Coming down from the high wall, Chuchu asked hurriedly: "Yingbao, are they gone?"
"Gone." I guess he'll come again.
It’s better not to tell Chuchu about the latter part, so as to avoid her worrying too much.
Chu Chu breathed a sigh of relief and sighed, "I'm really scared of Grandma Chu and the others."
That old lady Chu's surname was also Sun. She was a cousin of Chu Man's mother, Ms. Sun, and was also from the same clan as her stepmother, Ms. Xiao Sun. Like the head of the Chu clan, she would do anything for the benefit of the family, even at the cost of her own reputation.
In the beginning, they coerced and bribed Chuchu and her father, making an innocent girl a stepping stone for the family, without caring at all about what would happen to Chuchu in the future.
Two or three years later, they were still using her as a stepping stone to pave the way for Chu Man.
Chu Man wanted to hook up with a man, but she had to prepare a place for him herself.
To put it nicely, this is helping others succeed; to put it bluntly, it is pimping.
Chuchu herself will soon be a mother, so how can she allow an outsider to have such a title
So no matter who comes this time, she will not compromise.