When the relatives were almost gone, Wang Sheng also came to say goodbye to Li Yunlan. Li Yunlan pretended to be reluctant to part with his daughter, holding Qiu Ruyi and refusing to let go.
Qiu Ruyi also wanted to stay one night and kept asking Wang Sheng with his eyes.
"Don't worry, mother-in-law, my son-in-law will bring more Ruyi back to see you in the future." After saying this, he bowed again.
Qiu Ruyi's eyes were red, her head lowered and she didn't say much. After all, there was still no movement in her stomach after a year of marriage, which made her feel that she was a head shorter in her husband's house.
Li Yunlan had no choice but to let go and let Mrs. Liu pack ten red eggs and some noodles for them to take back.
After her daughter and son-in-law left, Li Yunlan took the red seal to the second room and gave it to Mrs. Chen in front of her mother-in-law. Of course, Mrs. Chen said a few more auspicious words, collected the money and went home with the gift prepared for her.
After Li Yunlan saw Mrs. Chen off, she told her mother-in-law that they would just stay there for the night, and she went to the kitchen to help Mrs. Liu with the work.
"Son! You have a son, so you can rely on me. If something happens at home, I will go back with your sister-in-law and nephew first."
After hearing what my mother said, Mrs. Chen was reluctant to let her go and wanted her to stay for one night. Mrs. You refused to say anything. Finally, Mrs. Chen packed the cakes given by her sister-in-law and the cakes for the bed-gong and bed-mother, and put them in my mother's house. in the basket.
Mrs. Liang took her son to the kitchen to say hello to Li Yunlan and said he was going back. Li Yunlan and Mrs. Liu came out to persuade him to stay. After being polite, Mrs. You went back with her daughter-in-law and grandson.
Chef Bao also packed up his things and was ready to leave. Li Yunlan also gave him a red envelope, and asked his two sons to return the borrowed tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks.
After a busy day, Li Yunlan was really tired and was about to go back to the house to rest when he saw Baoyu sitting under the jujube tree from the small window at the back of the house.
Li Yunlan slapped his forehead fiercely. He had been busy since morning and had forgotten about the child, so he walked out of the house and went to the backyard.
"Why is Baoyu here? Have you eaten? Did my aunt bring you red eggs?"
Baoyu pursed her lips and shouted: "Grandma...wuwuwu..." and started crying.
Li Yunlan knelt down and hugged her: "Good boy... Poor little boy, go to the kitchen with grandma, and grandma will get you some meat to eat."
"Grandma, I won't eat it. I'll leave it to my brother, so that my mother and grandma will like Baoyu." Baoyu said with sobs.
Li Yunlan knew that it was You's old lady who was so talkative. She really annoyed them all and would talk nonsense to her children all day long.
Li Yunlan picked up Baoyu and went to the second room.
At this time, Qiu Defu sat by the bed and looked at his son and said, "How about this time, will my mother give our son a decent bath?"
Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes at Qiu Defu and said, "What do you mean by doing it for my son? It's not just to put on the facade of your old enemy. Besides, the money we paid for the cleaning service was paid for by our lives."
Qiu Defu frowned: "Why are you like this? You are not my old Qiu family member, and your son is not my Qiu Defu son?"
Mrs. Chen: "What if this baby is not a son? You see, your mother still has to clean up the baby. My mother must be right. You old enemies..."
"What happened to our old enemies? Tell me what your mother said again." Li Yunlan went straight into the house without knocking on the door, holding Baoyu in her arms.
Mrs. Chen was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to say a word and looked at Qiu Defu with her eyes.
Qiu Defu immediately took Baoyu from his mother's arms: "What's wrong? Why is my Baoyu crying? Talk to daddy."
Li Yunlan glanced at Mrs. Chen's face: "Ask your wife, what did her grandma and Baoyu say?"
Qiu Defu turned around and looked at Chen: "What's going on?"
Mrs. Chen became angry in her heart. She just added someone to your enemy family and was questioned like this.
Li Yunlan picked up the original owner's path and started to get angry: "Second Grandma felt that she had given birth to a son, and she was a hero of the enemy. Our enemy is the only one who can give birth to a son. I saw you thinking about precious jade when you gave birth. I think you are a good mother." , Humph! Now that a son has been born and the daughter has become a poor child, I won’t care about it anymore.”
Qiu Defu hugged Baoyu tightly: "Daddy is dear to my heart. Daddy has been busy and neglected Baoyu these past two days. Daddy made a mistake and will never do it again."
Mrs. Chen was stupefied by her mother-in-law's words and spoke eloquently: "She is a girl who is particular about things. Who is not like this? When I gave birth to her, didn't you also have a nose that is not a nose or an eye, and you are still talking about people? , if this baby of mine wasn’t a son, how could you feed me meat and soup and hold three cleaning banquets like this?”
Li Yunlan said that it was impossible not to be angry, but that the original owner was angry. She kicked her foot and made it her own responsibility to take the blame.
"Second Grandma is very articulate. Now that Second Master is here, let me ask you, have I ever favored my uncle and second master because they are negligent? Have I favored them because they are sons? Did Grandma let Mingyue Pearl be his son just because she gave birth to a talented person?" Girl, how come you have changed now? Is it me who favors boys over girls or your old Chen family? When you gave birth to Baoyu, I acted unethically. That was because you were unfilial first. My enemy's family is not used to treating their daughters harshly. Just follow what your son did, and keep your Chen family's behavior to yourself. Don't forget that if you marry into an enemy's family, you are an enemy's family." After saying this, Li Yunlan hugged Baoyu and left the house.
Qiu Defu also said: "I love my children just as much, but not like your Chen family, where your son is a treasure and your daughter is a fool."
Mrs. Chen burst into tears angrily. Mrs. Liu heard this and hurriedly tried to persuade her: "Second brother and sister, you can't cry during this confinement. Your eyes are your own if you cry so hard. You have to cry back after finally giving birth to a baby." ”
Mrs. Chen didn't listen either and only cried about her.
Li Yunlan stood in the yard coaxing Baoyu and sighed helplessly. Mrs. Chen herself was still a woman. How could she treat them differently if they were all born to her?
Chengcai stood at the door carrying Pearl on his back. Mingyue brought candy to Baoyu and said, "Baoyu, don't cry. I'll give you my sister's candy. Let's play together. Don't cry anymore."
Li Yunlan touched Mingyue's little girl and tweeted: "I, Mingyue, are really a sensible and good boy. Baoyu sees that her sister has come to comfort you. Let's not cry anymore. Your mother just gave birth to a younger brother. She will keep guarding her because he is too young." Look at him, your mother loves us Baoyu the most, go and play with your sister."
Mingyue stepped forward and wiped Baoyu's tears with her sleeves, and then took her to the big house.
Alas~
It's really troublesome. This preference for sons over daughters has been unavoidable for thousands of years. Thinking about it, my mother was often looked down upon by her grandmother in the early years because she only gave birth to one child.
Qiu Defu soon named his youngest son after racking his brains and killing countless brain cells, and Qiu succeeded.
We are indeed brothers, one is successful and the other is successful.
When Li Yunlan was not busy, he taught a few children arithmetic and ancient poetry from the Three-Character Classic. Of course, they were all oral. He only said that he overheard and memorized the words outside the school when he was a child, and he could not recognize or write the words.
After Mrs. Chen was out of confinement, she held her son Qiu Chenggong in her arms and sat on the threshold of the second room, listening.
