"Mrs. Li, Miss Li, you guys have something to eat."
"No, just take it down." Li Yue's tone was not very good.
I used to think that this woman was very discerning, but now it seems that she was wrong. The husband was so sad, but she was in the mood to eat. What did you think?
After a while, Lian had enough venting and lay on the kang weakly murmuring:
"Sister-in-law, I'll tell you the truth. Ever since I gave birth to my child, I haven't felt like a human being. I have to serve a lot of people every day, but they just want me to eat well, take good care of myself, and then act like a sow.
, giving birth to babies one after another. For five days, Tangtang is the only one who cares about whether my body hurts."
Seeing the aggrieved expression on her mother-in-law's face, Cheng Xue shook her head in amusement.
"You, the dog bit Lu Dongbin, didn't you? You say others don't care about you, but I believe you, grandma is your wet nurse, so why don't you care? It doesn't matter whether you have children in the future, your body is your own, and you have to take good care of it. Speaking of which,
It’s all Brother Zhou Fei’s fault. If you don’t come back for such a big event like giving birth, you can’t tell the priority.”
"No, sister-in-law, it's me who didn't let my husband come back." Lian shook her head hurriedly to defend her husband, "It's rare for him to go on a study tour with Mr. Pang, and I don't want to delay him because of myself. Cantang eats fruit."
Li Yue picked up a grape, peeled it open, and fed it to her mouth. The mother-in-law looked at her with eager eyes, and she was relieved when she saw her swallowing the grape.
Lian, who hadn't eaten fruit for a long time, was still not satisfied, so Li Yue thoughtfully picked up one and fed it to her. After feeding her seven or eight pieces in a row, Lian waved her hand in embarrassment.
"Stop feeding me Tangtang, you can eat it yourself."
"It's okay, sir, take another one."
The mother-in-law sniffed excitedly, wiped her eyes, and said:
"I know that as long as Mrs. Li is here, our young mistress will be in a good mood. Thank you, madam, thank you Miss Li."
"Don't thank me, it's not a complicated matter." Cheng Xue interrupted with a smile, "I'll write down the things she can eat later so you can prepare them easily. I asked Brother Xin to deliver them last time
I haven’t made the recipe yet. Make it now and I’ll watch her eat it.”
"Okay, please sit down for a moment. I will be back soon." The old lady rushed out excitedly.
When she saw the recipe, she was eager to try it. Unfortunately, after giving birth, the young lady's temper changed drastically, and she was not as easy to talk to and discuss as before. Thinking about her complaints just now... that's all. As long as she watched her grow up,
Just let her have her way.
After the mother-in-law went out, Cheng Xue asked softly:
"When you give birth, will anyone come from your mother's family or your husband's family? What can you say if you know it's a girl?"
"I didn't say anything. They bloomed first and then bore fruit. They dared to say that I couldn't get along with them either, so I sent them back when my sister and I were having their third day. I didn't even keep my sister-in-law."
There was a bit of helplessness in her words, thinking that something unpleasant must have happened during this period. She didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't ask, lest her good mood collapse again.
Cheng Xue patted her on the shoulder, changed the subject, and chatted about home affairs. Most of them talked about things at home, and some asked when Zhou Fei planned to come back.
The provincial examination will be held in a few months, so we can’t keep going south and delay our business.
"My husband said in his last letter that he would leave in mid-May, and he hopes to arrive in Fucheng in early July. Sister-in-law, what will happen to Brother Xin this year?"
"No, it's too small." Cheng Xue shook her head gently.
Lian was thinking about the marriage she had mentioned in a hurry, and was about to explain, but unexpectedly the nanny came in with the baby in her arms. The little one had just eaten and was sleeping very well and peacefully.
Cheng Xue put all the things she had brought on the child, held it in her arms and patted it gently.
"The forehead and bridge of the nose are like her father's, and her mouth and face shape are like yours. She will definitely be a beauty when she grows up."
Mrs. Lian smiled and felt a little embarrassed when she heard this. The mother-in-law came in with plates, and each plate was delicately placed with food, which was pleasing to the eye.
Under everyone's watch, Mrs. Lian finally finished her meal, and her mother-in-law was so excited that she couldn't help but thank Cheng Xue.
"Don't thank me, she just feels uncomfortable holding it in. Just let her walk around the house in the future and not go out. For the things I brought, my mother-in-law Ding boiled water for her to drink. She boiled mugwort water for her feet. She can't take a bath.
, her face and feet need to be washed. Don’t let her lie on the kang all the time, it’s time for her body to lie down.”
"Yes, I have written it down. The pen and ink are ready. Madam, please move on."
Cheng Xue and her mother-in-law went outside to get some things. Li Yue arranged Li's shoes and helped her get off the ground.
The moment she stood on the ground, Lian felt top-heavy. She walked around with Li Yue's help to regain her feeling. After coming out of the room, she looked at Cheng Xue who was writing with her back to her outside. She couldn't help but sigh that if this was her
Just be my sister-in-law.
After Cheng Xue finished writing, she put down the pen, dried the ink, and handed it to her mother-in-law.
"Clean up the room and I'll stay with her for a few days."
"No, no, no, I can't trouble my sister-in-law. I'm in a much better mood now, and my sister-in-law doesn't need to accompany me."
"It's okay, I'm at home..."
"That's not possible." Mrs. Lian interrupted her forcefully, "If my sister-in-law's family doesn't have a workshop or a new house, then I have to beg to stay. But you have a lot of things at home, how can I be so ignorant? Sister-in-law,
Don't make me feel guilty."
Seeing this, Cheng Xue stopped insisting and taught her a set of yoga while she had nothing to do. Anyway, lunch and dinner had to be taken care of here, so that the mother could exercise and sweat, so that she wouldn't have to panic and think wildly.
After finishing the whole set, Ms. Lian was out of breath, but she was in good spirits. Her mother-in-law was still worried at first, but seeing this change in her, she was immediately elated. She silently kept it in mind and prepared to practice with her in the future.
At two o'clock in the hour, Cheng Xue and her daughter left and went back.
When Li Zhong was driving, he told him that there were two pieces of land, one with 80 acres and the other with 50 acres. They were both lands rented out by the original owner's family, but he had to sell them because he was in a hurry for money. The price of land in Fucheng was more expensive than in the village, costing six taels of silver.
One acre. The money they brought could only buy one piece of it, and there was still a lot left to cover.
"...The villain was bold enough to buy the eighty-acre piece, but he didn't grab the fifty-acre piece."
"Okay, it's good if you can buy it. Have you met the tenant?"
"I've seen it. There are two families in total. They are both honest people from their village. The mother of one of the families is sick, but the mother is taking good care of her. I went to see her."
"Okay, then take me to have a look before you go back tomorrow."
"Ma'am, are you going to treat that old woman?"
"It's rare that I know how to do it. If I can help out, I'll end up renting my family's land." Cheng Xue said with a smile.
In fact, it is a rare opportunity.
With so many eyes staring at her in the village, she could only treat people in the village and couldn't get out. Now no one cares about her, so if she gives full play to her, she can also improve her medical skills.
Looking up at the sky, the stars are dotted, and I don’t know what’s going on with Li Hui. It’s almost time to come back, one-third of this year has passed...