Chen Xuan asked Mrs. Wei directly, which made her confused.
Pregnant
No!
Don't pregnant women always vomit acid? Chen Xuan didn't feel like vomiting at all, and she actually wanted to eat something sour!
Seeing that Chen Xuan didn't understand anything, Mrs. Wei sent all the older girls in the room, such as Wei Yin, out of the house. She took Chen Xuan aside and asked her some questions that women often use to help judge pregnancy. The first question was, "Has your period not come for a long time?"
Chen Xuan thought about it and said, "Oh, yes, it must have been more than two months."
Old Madam Wei was delighted. She didn't care to say Chen Xuan was careless. She inquired about when she started to like sour food. Li also said, "I remember that my second brother's wife didn't like sour food like this before?"
Chen Xuan said, "It's just recently. I always feel that the food is tasteless, and I think adding more vinegar will stimulate the appetite."
Mrs. Wei was immediately certain, "It's almost certain!" Then, she put her hands together and bowed to the north, and said, "Amitabha, ancestors bless, An Nian finally has a descendant." Then, she looked at Chen Xuan with great satisfaction. Alas, this daughter-in-law had a hard life when she was young. She grew up with such uncles and aunts, and she was also confused. Mrs. Wei said to Chen Xuan, "Go to Tongrentang to check her pulse tomorrow, so that I can rest assured. Alas, because you and An Nian don't have children, I don't know how many incense sticks I have burned and how many Buddhas I have worshipped in the past two years." This is absolutely true. Mrs. Wei often goes to the Longfu Temple Fair, and she would pray for Chen Xuan and her second son.
Seeing how happy Old Lady Wei was, Chen Xuan realized that she was not as ignorant as before after reading the book. Although Second Aunt Chen had never taught her many things, Chen Xuan knew them by reading the book. She just had never paid much attention to it. After she and Wei Nian had just become a real couple, Chen Xuan paid close attention to it, but there had been no movement, and she was very busy, so she had forgotten about it. Now that Old Lady Wei had reminded her, Chen Xuan felt that she was probably pregnant. Chen Xuan said happily, "Oh, I didn't even notice it. This is great, I'm finally pregnant. Old Lady doesn't know, but I'm really looking forward to having a child! I just don't know if it's a son. I want a son as my first child, like my eldest sister-in-law."
Old Mrs. Wei loved to hear the words "give birth to a son" and said quickly, "Yes, it's good to give birth to a son. We have a small family, so it would be better if we had more!" She generously took out plum cakes from the cake box and filled the plate, and said to Chen Xuan, "Eat as much as you can. I have plenty of plum cakes here! Take the rest with you when you go to the store later!"
Li also said, "Since my second brother's wife is so picky, it's most likely a son."
Chen Xuan was very happy, "I also told Brother Anian that the first one would be best to be a son." After eating two more plum cakes, it was getting late. The driver of the chartered car had arrived. Chen Xuan and Wei Yin had to go to the store, and Li had to go to the lace factory. Old Mrs. Wei packed the plum cakes for Chen Xuan to take with her. She was very satisfied that Chen Xuan had no intention of staying at home and working even though she was pregnant. Old Mrs. Wei handed the plum cake to Chen Xuan, "Take it and eat it. Tell me when you're done. I'll ask Anian to buy you this special sour plum cake."
Everyone went to work, and Wei Yin encouraged Chen Xuan, "Second sister-in-law, let's go to Second Brother's shop first and tell him about this happy event."
After Chen Xuan found out that she was pregnant, she was so happy that she was no longer shy. She and Wei Nian were already husband and wife, and they were both looking forward to having a child. Of course, they had to let Wei Nian know about this happy event. Chen Xuan nodded, "Okay."
The idea was proposed by Wei Yin, but after her second brother learned the good news, he left Chen Xuan in the shop and said to Wei Yin, "You take a car to the shop to take care of the business first, and I will take your second sister-in-law to Tong Ren Tang to check it out."
So, Wei Yin was ruthlessly sent to run the store. Wei Nian knew that Chen Xuan was pregnant, so he didn't dare to take her in a rickshaw, and called a car to come over to avoid the wind. He took Chen Xuan to Tong Ren Tang to feel her pulse, and then went to the German hospital to ask a western doctor to help take a look. Both Chinese and Western medicine confirmed that Chen Xuan was pregnant. Moreover, she was more than two months pregnant. Wei Nian asked the doctor about some precautions during pregnancy, whether Chen Xuan needed tonic, what to eat, and so on. He asked a lot of details. He also asked Chen Xuan what she wanted to eat. Chen Xuan thought about it and said, "I just want to eat sour food."
Wei Nian asked the driver to stop on the road and bought several strings of candied haws. Suddenly, he remembered that the old doctor at Tong Ren Tang said that pregnant women should eat less hawthorn. So, Wei Nian ate several strings of candied haws by himself. Chen Xuan used to be not greedy, but this time, she drooled when she saw Wei Nian eating candied haws. She took out a few plum cakes given by the old lady before she was satisfied. Wei Nian wanted to send Chen Xuan home to recuperate, but Chen Xuan smiled and said, "You don't have to do that. Many pregnant women still work. You see, I went to the store before I didn't know. Just be a little more careful."
"Don't get too tired. Be careful in the first three months."
Chen Xuan agreed solemnly. She also wanted to have a child, so of course she would be careful.
Chen Xuan actually didn't feel tired in the store, but An Nian was a little exaggerated, sending her a big fire baked pork elbow for lunch, saying that he thought Xuanmei was pregnant with a son today, and tomorrow he started to nag about his daughter, and the day after tomorrow he bought chicken and fish home and asked Wang Damei to cook. As for hiring someone to help with the housework, Wei Nian directly told Mrs. Wei, who was still a little unhappy, muttering, "Which woman doesn't give birth to children? When your father was doing business in Beijing, I was alone in my hometown to take care of you three siblings. At that time, I didn't even have a helper, but I still lived a normal life."
Wei Nian thought, is my wife the same as you, old man? You took care of the family at that time, and the vendors would deliver food and drinks to the house. That's true. I heard from his eldest sister that when they were young, the vendors selling fried dough sticks and buns would deliver them to the house early in the morning, so Old Lady Wei didn't have to go out to buy them. However, if Wei Nian said this directly, Old Lady Wei would be furious. Fortunately, Wei Jin helped to speak up. Wei Jin persuaded her mother, "Mom, An Nian and my second brother's wife have been married for almost three years, and there has been no movement. An Nian is anxious, happy, and worried. Isn't this because he loves his child? Just find one. My second brother's wife has to go to the store and take care of the family. She also has to check on the factory from time to time. Asking someone to help cook will save your grandson from being tired, right?"
"I just despise him for being such a loser!" Old Madam Wei glanced at Wei Nian and said, "Please come in, please. Anyway, don't even think about paying for it!"
Wei Nian said repeatedly, "No, no, we can pay for it ourselves."
Wei Jin smiled and glanced at Wei Nian, and Wei Nian gave his elder sister a look of praise.
Wei Nian had discussed the strawberry issue with Wei Jin earlier. As expected, a brother knows a sister better than anyone else. Although Wei Jin did nothing at her mother's house except for the manual labor to earn money, she was extremely happy to hear about the money-making issue.
Especially the strawberry business, in Wei Jin's opinion, can make more money than crocheting lace.
Wei Jin was a little afraid that the old man would be happy or not, after all, she was a married girl. Wei Nian said directly, "Dad, I have something to say. Big sister, let me tell you first, this skill can be passed on to you. Big sister, you can pass it on to your nephews in the future, but it's the same, you can't tell anyone else in your in-laws."
"Do you think I'm stupid? I can tell them! This is the technology of our Wei family! Even if they are your nephews, I will have to see who is filial to me before I can pass it on to them! If they are not filial, forget it!"
"Brother-in-law..."
"Don't worry, he has me by his side, how can he turn his elbow outward? Will he rely on his son or nephew to support him in his old age?"
The brother and sister discussed the matter, and Wei Jin felt that her brother cared about her as the eldest sister, so he would naturally favor Wei Nian in everything. Wei Nian didn't even need her to say anything, she would speak for him.
When Wei Nian and Old Master Wei discussed teaching Wei Jin this strawberry job, Old Master Wei still smoked a bag of dry tobacco, and the whole room was filled with smoke, almost choking Wei Nian, and then he agreed. Old Master Wei knocked on the pipe and said, "Logically, your eldest sister's family is not an outsider. Just for this matter, let her family alone. Let's forget about the rest of the Zhao family."
"That's what I planned to do."
Old Master Wei even called his daughter and son-in-law into the house to give them a detailed explanation. Wei Jin heard from his father that this year was the end of the year, so they would start counting from next year. For the first year, because Wei Jin wanted to learn skills, in a trading company, they were all apprentices, with food and clothing provided, but no money to share. However, his daughter and son-in-law were not outsiders, so Old Master Wei discussed with them that Chen Xuan would still be in charge of the strawberry accounts, and at the end of the year, based on the net profit, they would be given a 10% dividend.
Wei Jin and brother-in-law Zhao were extremely happy and agreed without hesitation.
Wei Jin even privately warned her husband not to tell her parents-in-law about this. Wei Jin never said anything nice, but fortunately, the couple knew each other well over the years. Moreover, ever since Wei Jin learned makeup, the relationship between the couple has become better and better. Wei Jin said, "You have never brought me a penny of wages in these years in the shop. Seeing that our Feng and Yu are growing up, do they have to rely on the old house in the future? We must save up a few children. I have already figured out the strawberry technique, and An Nian also told me that after I learn it, I can teach our Feng and Yu. They are the nephews of our Wei family. You have to have a plan in mind. No matter how close your nephews are, can they be closer than your sons?"
Brother-in-law Zhao is also over 30 years old. Although he is not as smart and capable as Wei Nian, at least he is not stupid. He responded immediately, "How can I not know this? Don't worry, just go and learn the skills from your second brother and sister-in-law over there, I'll be at home."
So, the couple discussed it and decided to say that Chen Xuan was pregnant and Wei Jin went to help, without telling his family about learning the technology.
After An, the wife introduced by the third uncle, followed Wang Dajiu to Beijing, Wei Nian and Chen Xuan completely handed over the housework to An, and Chen Xuan felt relieved. But An Nian was even more unscrupulous in buying things for the family. Every day, there must be chicken, fish, elbows and meat. Wang Damei didn't have to cook Chen Xuan's meals at noon, but asked An to cook and send them to her. An Nian was so considerate, and Xuan's sister felt warm and happy. However, Chen Xuan had always been frugal, and no matter how good the food was, she couldn't eat it like this all day long. She was a little anemic when she first went to the German hospital for a check-up, but she was fine after a month of supplementing with chicken, fish, elbows and meat. As long as she had rice and white flour every day, Chen Xuan felt that it was delicious.
Therefore, although Wei Nian did not require stewing meat every day, there had to be a meat dish for every meal, otherwise he was afraid that Chen Xuan would not get enough nutrition while being pregnant.
That is, the food here is good at Wei Nian, and even Wei Jin has started to reserve food here at Wangfucang Hutong from time to time. Not only does she reserve food for herself, but she also calls her husband and son to come and eat together from time to time. As for mutton pies and the like, Wei Jin has moved to another place, and now she doesn't eat at the old house anymore, but orders food from Wei Nian and An's wife. Wei Nian can't do anything to this elder sister, but fortunately she is not an outsider, so she can eat whatever she wants, and Wei Nian is not afraid of eating.
However, Mrs. An was very surprised, thinking that there was such an elder sister-in-law as Aunt Wei in the world. It was really thanks to the good temper of the Second Young Madam.
Chen Xuan, well, Chen Xuan has a good temper.
As long as Wei Jin was quiet, he would eat mutton pies. However, the weight he had lost while learning how to manage strawberries was quickly gained back after eating the mutton pies.
While Wei Jin was busy taking over the strawberry business, Chen Xuan was already writing a training plan for new employees.
The author has something to say: ps: Second update, good afternoon everyone, oops, I updated at four o'clock! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !