Mr. Chen shouted inwardly with a trembling voice: "Miss Xia, is my wife okay?"
Xia Yuanqiu looked at Mrs. Chen, who was pale and almost exhausted, and said with a smile: "Madam, she married a good husband, and his life is enviable."
A smile broke out on Mrs. Chen's weak face, sweet, satisfied, and lucky for the rest of her life: "He has always been very good."
Yuan Qiu turned to Master Chen outside the door and said, "Madam is very good, sir, don't worry."
Mr. Chen took a deep breath, saluted Xia Yuanqiu through the door and window, and said loudly: "Thank you very much, Miss Xia. I will remember your life-saving grace and never forget it."
Seeing her son acting like this, the old lady glared and said, "Why are you telling her this? Why don't you ask her if it's a boy or a girl."
Master Chen looked surprised and said in a slightly cold voice: "Mother, whether it's a boy or a girl, I'm very happy, so why should you be like this!"
Hearing this, the old lady immediately turned down her face and said angrily: "What's so good? We only have one boy, Mingjie. Our family is so small, so naturally we need to add more children. Mingjie already has a sister. This baby should be a boy."
Mr. Chen's face showed anger, but he didn't want to refute his mother in front of all the servants, so he kept a dark face and remained silent.
Seeing that her son was silent, the old lady refused to let it go, and then murmured: "If you had been willing to listen to me earlier and take in two concubines, or two girls in the house, how could our family be better? Is it so thin?"
Seeing that the old lady was getting more and more outrageous, Mr. Chen simply waved his sleeves and left, walked a few steps outside, then hurried back and shouted inside: "Madam, take a rest now. I'll see you later."
After receiving a gentle response from the people inside, Mr. Chen left the small courtyard with a smile and returned to the front office to continue handling the official duties that had been left behind today.
The old lady waited for a while, and finally when the maid walked out of the inner room with the baby in her arms, she couldn't wait to lift the baby's blanket. She didn't care that the cold autumn night would freeze the baby, she just wanted to confirm whether the baby was a boy or a girl.
"Girl? How could this happen? I prayed to God and Buddha, and every time it was signed, it should be a boy. How could this happen? How could this happen?" The old lady murmured to herself and walked away, refusing to agree anymore. Look at that baby one more time.
The maid holding the baby pouted, quickly wrapped the child and carried it back.
Seeing the gloomy look on Mrs. Chen's face, Yuan Qiu felt unhappy. This is the sorrow of ancient women. In the eyes of mother-in-law, daughter-in-law is a tool used to carry on the family line. In the eyes of husband, women are like clothes. When they get tired of wearing them, they will Changing clothes, fortunately Mrs. Chen still has a husband who loves her very much. She is happier than most women.
"Madam, don't be sad or depressed. It's not good for your health. Now you are the mother of three children. If you don't think about yourself, you should also take care of the newly born third lady."
After listening to Yuan Qiu's advice, Mrs. Chen raised her eyebrows and nodded: "Miss Xia is right. Lan'er has just been born, and she is still waiting for me as a mother to feel pain. I must take good care of this body and hold my grandson in the future." Woolen cloth."
The two talked for a while longer, mostly with Xia Yuanqiu's instructions, prescribed two prescriptions for health care, and teased the child for a while before leaving with Mrs. Chen.
The sky has darkened, and it is obviously not safe to drive back to Xipo Village at night. We can only stay temporarily and leave early tomorrow morning.
The sky is dim, and people in the city may still be sleeping, but in the countryside, the day's work has already begun.