Inside the ward, a warm yellow light was on.
Qian Shulan said to Sun Daqin, "Are you tired? Take a rest first. I will take care of the child."
Sun Daqin shook her head and said, "I'm not sleepy yet."
Qian Shulan came over to see the child without saying anything. It was a small ball, with hair tightly stuck to its head, very red and wrinkled skin, eyes already open, and squirming around.
Qian Shulan had never held such a young child before and was worried about hurting her, so she asked the nurse next to her for advice.
"Well, just like that. The place where your elbow is bent should be just enough to rest the baby's head, and the bottom should support the baby's bottom." The nurse was in a particularly good mood when she saw that the old lady seemed to like this granddaughter very much. The nurse had seen many old ladies who favored boys over girls, and people like Qian Shulan were rare.
Qian Shulan studied for a long time, and the young nurse finally taught her. Qian Shulan was so happy that she kept grinning.
Although the baby weighed only 15 pounds, Qian Shulan seemed to be holding the whole world tightly. This was her grandmother who depended on her for everything and was very sincere to her. She put her hand close to the baby's little face and couldn't help shedding tears.
When the young nurse saw Qian Shulan crying, she felt a little sad. She thought it would be great if her grandmother could be as sensible as this old lady. She blinked back the tears and said, "Auntie, you guys take care of her first. If you need anything, just call me."
Qian Shulan hurriedly thanked her. After the nurse left, Qian Shulan lowered her head again and found that the little girl was actually looking at her. She exclaimed in surprise, "Daqin, look, she is looking at me?"
She walked to the bed and showed it to Sun Daqin.
Sun Daqin said quickly, "Mom, the child can't see now."
Qian Shulan was a little dazed, smacking her lips unnaturally, "Really? Why do I feel like she is looking at me?"
Sun Daqin carefully observed her mother-in-law's expression and found that she was really happy, even ecstatic.
Although Sun Daqin knew from the beginning that her mother-in-law didn't mind her having a daughter, her love for her was beyond her expectations. She asked tentatively, "Mom, do you like her very much?"
Qian Shulan was holding the baby's hand and smacking her lips to make her laugh. But although she was looking at her, she faced her with a blank look. Qian Shulan was not annoyed, and she automatically thought that my grandma is so good and has a high sense of humor.
Hearing Sun Daqin's question, Qian Shulan frowned, turned around and looked at her straight, "You don't like it?"
Sun Daqin waved her hands quickly and said, "No, no, of course I like it." But she looked a little guilty.
Qian Shulan didn't believe this. Except for the fourth brother and his wife, everyone else in this family had been more or less influenced by the original body.
Qian Shulan was about to speak when someone knocked on the door.
It was Wang Shouren, he came in cloaked in the darkness.
"Mom, I heard from my third brother's wife that the baby was born?"
Qian Shulan then remembered that she seemed to have asked Li Chunhua to call Wang Shouren.
Wang Shouren walked to the bedside and asked, somewhat unhappily, "Is it really a daughter?"
Sun Daqin subconsciously looked at her mother-in-law and nodded.
Wang Shouren sat down on the edge of the bed somewhat disappointedly, without even looking at the child.
Qian Shulan was so angry!
Although her grandmother once told her that Wang Shouren had died before her grandmother was born, he was fine now, but it still didn't change that he was a father who favored sons over daughters.
That's right! This person is a die-hard fan of the original body, so it's not surprising that he has the same ideas as the original body.
She sat on the bed opposite. There were two beds in the room, and the other one was empty.
Qian Shulan stared at the two of them closely. "What's wrong with my daughter? She is a caring little cotton-padded jacket. Boss, Daqin, you guys shouldn't have such thoughts."
Wang Shouren, who had been working for a while, was more eloquent than before. He replied dryly, "Even if my daughter grows up, she will belong to someone else. What's the good of that?"
Qian Shulan looked at him, "I really regret giving birth to so many sons. They are all debt collectors. They need to marry wives, build houses, and take care of grandchildren. There is no peace in their lives. I work so hard in the fields, but when I come home, you sons don't even cook a meal for me. But which of your two sisters is not considerate? Not only do they ask about my well-being, but they also serve me tea and cook for me. What about you? What have you done for me?"
After hearing these words, Wang Shouren was speechless. His face flushed, "I made money."
Qian Shulan curled her lips, "I even helped you find a job, and you still have the nerve to say that you make money? The little money you earn now can't even support your own children, let alone expect you to be filial to me."
Wang Shouren felt so ashamed to be hit so hard by his own mother. He stiffened his neck and asked, "Can a daughter do it?"
Qian Shulan tugged at the clothes on her body, "Did you see this? Your sister bought this for you. How about you? Have you ever bought anything for me? It's always been me who bought things for you. When have I ever seen you feel sorry for me?"
This look of disdain made Wang Shouren feel like a thorn in his throat. He had always thought that he was filial. He had always been very capable and diligent, but now his mother said that he was not as good as his sister.
Wang Shouren was so heartbroken that he was so angry at his mother that he stood up from the bed, turned around and walked out of the room.
Sun Daqin looked thoughtful for a long while before she said, "Mom, what you just said seems to make sense."
Qian Shulan nodded, "Of course! Your family already has three boys. Marriage, house purchase, and schooling all cost money. You and your wife will have to work hard for them all your life. If you marry an unfilial daughter-in-law, she might even kidnap the son you raised with great effort. How can she be as caring as a daughter? In the future, a daughter will also get married, have children, and go through the gates of hell. She will understand your difficulties and feel sorry for you! Although she can't always be with you, she can make you laugh when you are tired. Do you think daughters are better than sons?"
After hearing what she said, Sun Daqin suddenly felt that her previous thoughts were all wrong. Her daughter is really good.
She sat up straight, tilted her neck, and wanted to see the child with interest, "Mom, let me see my daughter."
Qian Shulan curled her lips, her grandmother must have both motherly and fatherly love. So she came over to let him see, "Look how dark her eyes are. And she has an oval face. She will be pretty when she grows up. From what I see, her eyes and nose look like yours! Her eyebrows and mouth look like the boss'."
"Really?"
"How can my eyes be fake! We must take good care of her and let her marry into a good family like her aunt."
Sun Daqin touched her daughter's little hand and smiled from ear to ear, "Yeah!"
Early the next morning, Qian Shulan went to the kitchen and asked someone to help her make bone soup.
When she made fish soup for Sun Daqin before, half of it was fish raised by the team, and the other half was bought from No. 153. It tasted very delicious.
This time she used pork bones No. 153 to make the stew, which made it taste even better.
As soon as Qian Shulan walked into the room with the cooked bone soup, she saw that there was someone inside.
They are Fang Yonglin (formerly known as Hong Shunyou) and Wang Danna.
"Why are you here? Aren't you going to work?"
Wang Danna smiled and said, "I heard from my eldest brother that the baby was born, and he was worried that my eldest sister-in-law wouldn't have enough milk, so he brought milk powder over."
Qian Shulan put the aluminum lunch box on the bedside table and asked Sun Daqin to drink from it.
She said to Wang Danna, "Your sister-in-law has enough to eat this time, so leave this milk powder to your fourth brother's family."
Wang Danna nodded and came over to look at the child.
The baby was sleeping peacefully in the crib.
Qian Shulan smiled and said, "This child is very easy to take care of. He sleeps when he's full and eats when he's full. He hardly cries!"
Wang Danna smiled and touched the child's hand, but immediately pulled it back, fearing that she would wake her up.
Fang Yonglin also came over to look. All three of them looked at the baby sleeping with smiles on their faces.
Wang Danna sniffed, "Mom, what kind of soup did you make for my sister-in-law? Why does it smell so good?"
Qian Shulan's hand holding the crib tightened slightly, and then she said casually, "It's just bone soup, do you want to drink a bowl too?"
Wang Danna shook her head, "No, no! I just think it smells delicious."
After taking a sip of the soup, Sun Daqin replied, "This is the chef's craftsmanship, it must be delicious."
All right! This is what Qian Shulan said to deceive Sun Daqin.
Wang Danna was a little skeptical? Really? Is the chef's cooking so delicious
After staying in the hospital for three days, Sun Daqin brought back bone soup for Youqian Shulan, and her milk supply was always sufficient, so the little one didn't need to eat milk powder at all.
After being discharged from the hospital, Qian Shulan took care of the child during the day except at night when the child was breastfed by Sun Daqin.
Li Chunhua helped with the laundry.
When they returned home, Wang Shouyi came back from the county town and also learned about the child's birth.
It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as feeling completely disheartened.
He was in a daze, like a wandering soul. He went back to his room and fell asleep without even eating.
When he woke up the next day, he actually started to care about the academic performance of his two children and asked if Zhuzi was well behaved.
This made everyone look at him sideways, thinking that he was possessed by something.
Being stared at by everyone, Wang Shouyi touched his head uncomfortably and said, "I don't want to not even have a son in my next life."
Didn't his mother say that if he didn't treat his children well, he would have no son in his next life
Qian Shulan's mouth twitched. She didn't expect that Wang Shouyi actually believed the reason she made up.
But she was happy to see that he finally stopped causing trouble for the evil girl.
Qian Shulan didn't know where she had seen this sentence. If you put a lot of energy into something, you will involuntarily value it over time.
Qian Shulan decided to use this method to punish Wang Shouren.
When Wang Shouren came home from get off work, he would take care of all the children.
Of course, the child is still young, so I just wash diapers and put her to sleep.
In order to prevent Wang Shouren from being perfunctory with her, Qian Shulan stood by and stared at him. Although Wang Shouren favored boys over girls, the child was his after all, so he would not hate him.
At first she thought it was troublesome to take care of a child, but after being brainwashed by her mother and daughter-in-law, she actually thought her daughter was very cute.
On the second day after the baby's full moon banquet, Qian Shulan finally decided to split the family after careful consideration.
Although there are no conflicts among these families now, the rule that a big tree has many branches is a rule that has been passed down since ancient times.
If she insisted on not dividing the family, others would say that she attached great importance to power.
Of course, these are not the most important things. The reason why she had the idea of splitting up the family was because of Zhengkang’s matter.
Zhengkang was so ignorant before, always causing trouble for the family. But since he started working, he has become more energetic.
This made her realize a truth: if she wanted these extreme people to correct themselves, she must first let them experience how difficult life is.
Only when they become the masters of their own family can they understand how difficult it is to make money, how difficult it is to manage a family, and how difficult it is to handle human relationships and accidents.
Since she wanted them to experience the hardships of life, Qian Shulan didn't intend to let them live too comfortably, so as to allocate the money to them, Qian Shulan planned to first find a reasonable place for the money.
When she announced the news of the separation at the dinner table, everyone was stunned.
Being able to be the master of one's own household is the goal of every daughter-in-law, which can be seen from the curve of their lips.
I didn't say it in the past, but it was because my mother-in-law was fair and managed the household well. But no matter how good she was, it couldn't be as good as being the master of the household myself.
Qian Shulan took in everyone's looks. She coughed and flipped through the family account book. "Our family has a total of 3,857 yuan. There are 12 children in the family. In order to prevent you as parents from being unfair, I will set a rule now. Each child will get 200 yuan for marriage. When the children get married, come to me to collect it. Do you have any objection?"
Everyone looked at each other and had no opinion.
Qian Shulan then started talking about the second point, "After the separation, I won't live with you. So leave 400 yuan for building a house. I don't need to build a big house if I live alone. This money should be enough. From now on, each room will give me two kilograms of food rations per month, and ten yuan a year. Is that okay?"
Everyone was dumbfounded. Wang Shouren was so anxious that he said, "Mom, won't you live with me?"
Qian Shulan rubbed her brows and said, "There are too many troubles in your room. I want some peace and quiet."
Wang Shouren moved his lips, looking a little sad.
Others also expressed their desire for Qian Shulan to live with them. Although she didn't know what they really thought, Qian Shulan was still very happy.
She glanced at the faces of several people and said, "I want to relax for a while. When I can't move anymore, I will definitely go door to door. Don't think I'm a burden when the time comes, okay?"
Qian Shulan decided to make a transformation plan for each of them while they were experiencing the difficulties of life. Naturally, she would have to live in their homes while implementing the plan.
Everyone shook their heads, "No, mother. It is our duty to be filial to our elders."
She nodded and continued, "You can all live in our house for the time being. If you want to build your own house, come to me and get 400 yuan. You can add the remaining part yourself. The housing plots are all the same size and are right next to our house. You can do whatever you want. As for the two houses in the county, one can only be used to collect rent. It is in the name of the fourth son. His child is too young, so it is left as school expenses for the child. The other belongs to the third son. Third son, your salary is high, so there is no 400 yuan to be collected here. There are 257 yuan left, which will be divided equally among the three of you, 85.66 yuan per room. Do you have any objections?"
Everyone thought about it carefully and agreed that it was okay. Mom's division was fair.
Seeing that they all nodded in agreement, Qian Shulan said to Wang Shouren and his brothers, "Go and invite your eldest uncle, your second uncle, and your third uncle to come over and be witnesses and sign a written agreement."
"After the division, I will set a few rules. Each of you will use the kitchen for one hour at mealtime, and you can buy your own oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. Leave the existing ones to me. If you feel that time is tight, you can build a stove yourself."
Zhou Xuemei had built a simple kitchen next to the house because she needed to feed water to her child.
"As for food and private plots, we will just divide them according to what the team distributes. You can choose between fine grains or coarse grains later, and the exchange ratio will also be based on the team's."
After the canteen was disbanded, the team re-divided the private plots for each family. Although the policy was to contract output to each household, Qian Shulan remembered that it was changed very quickly. So Wang Shouquan didn't announce the policy of contracting output to each household yet, to save trouble.
Qian Weihan, Wang Liwei, Wang Liyong, and Wang Shouquan also came along.
After briefly explaining the contents of the division, the four of them said it was fair, and Wang Shouquan signed a written division document.
After signing their names, everyone started discussing building the house.
Qian Shulan was the first one to be built, and she now had to make them independent.
With no money and so many mouths to feed, you can imagine how hard life is. Qian Shulan doesn't want to hear them complain about having no money to eat every day.
So we have to move out.
The author has something to say: The heroine's mission is to pamper her grandmother and then transform her into a top-notch girl. This will make things easier. I hope you won't find it strange, haha...