When Su Qingyu woke up, she was shocked to see many people gathered in the room.

The twins were lying on the bedside, looking at her with pouty lips, with Xie Qiyou behind them. Her father and sister were standing around the bed with nervous faces, while Granny Zhou was also there, holding a bowl of soup, and Su Dahu was standing near the door, with an unpredictable look on his face, some worry, some other things.

“No one is watching the store?”

“Da Jiang is here, don’t worry,” said Father Su.

Su Qingliu took the soup from Grandma Zhou and fed it to her. After she finished eating, she said, “Look at you, you didn’t even know you were pregnant. The oil temperature in the kitchen is so high today, it’s hot and stuffy, and there’s a pot of oil. If anything goes wrong, what will happen? How are you going to explain to our meifu ^[1]husband of younger sister?”

What did she have to explain to him?

Pregnant? What?

“I’m pregnant?” Su Qingyu screamed in surprise.

Although she was looking forward to having a child and had taken some fertility-enhancing drugs, she was not sure. Now she was pregnant? It seemed that the success rate was quite high.

Su Qingyu unconsciously raised her hand and placed it on her belly. After touching it twice, she felt amazing. Was she pregnant already?

“Sister, will you love us less now that you have a wàishēng ^[2]son of sister?” Xiao Qingxing asked her with a pout.

“What are you talking about, kid?” Father Su pulled her with a reproachful look.

Su Qingyu pulled her back from Father Su’s hand and said softly, “How could that be? He is him and you are you. I love Yaya too, so how could I not love you? You can help me take care of him in the future and watch him grow up little by little, isn’t that great?”

“Um.”

The little thing lay on her body, wondering whether it would be good or bad to have another wàishēng. She already had a Yaya, so it seemed like it would be okay to have another one.

Su Qingyu glanced at Qing Yang and asked him to pull Qing Xing. She said, “Go play outside with the two brothers. The brothers are back from the private school. Have you learned to read with them? Have you written the big characters today? If not, go to the study room with the two brothers to study.”

“Okay. Then my brothers and I will go practice writing big characters.” Xiao Qingyang said as he pulled Qingxing and Xie Qiyou out.

“Sister Qingyu, have a good rest.”

“Okay, thank you Qiyou.”

The three children left the room and saw that Xiao Qingxing was still a little depressed, so Xie Qiyou asked her: “Why are you unhappy? Aren’t you happy that you have a wàishēng to play with you? You see, I like to come to your house to play. You have Qingyang and Yaya at home. It will be great to have another wàishēng in the future. At home, there are only me, Grandpa, and Grandpa Zhong.”

“But my sister won’t love me anymore after she has her own child.”

“No, your parents gave birth to so many children. You have two brothers and two sisters. Who does your mother not love?”

Xiao Qingxing tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook her head: “My parents love everyone.”

“That’s right, you have a new wàishēng, and your sister will love you just as much.”

Xiao Qingyang also followed suit. The little guy was now in a private school and had the serious demeanor of a little schoolboy, so he could properly persuade people.

Xiao Qingxing’s emotions came and went quickly, but she soon figured things out and happily looked forward to her little wàishēng’s arrival.

“Brother, do you think my sister is pregnant with a boy or a girl?”

Xiao Qingyang thought for a moment and said, “It would be best if it’s a boy. A boy can accompany our sister in the future, while a girl will have to marry into another family.”

Xiao Qingxing tilted her head: “Yeah, let’s have a boy then.”

Just after she finished speaking, she slapped her thigh again and said, “No! Boys will go to the battlefield in the future! It’s better to give birth to a girl and let her marry closer to home, marry in town so that my sister can see her often.”

Xiao Qingyang and Qiyou thought about it and agreed: “Well, girls are better.”

From then on, the three little ones counted the days and looked forward to the arrival of a cute baby girl.

Lu Shengcai also got the news that Su Qingyu was pregnant.

Father Su has been helping his daughter in town recently and often meets with his in-laws. He immediately informed him of such big news.

Lu Shengcai was very happy that his eldest son would have an heir!

Lu Shengcai breathed a sigh of relief.

He arrived at Su Qingyu’s shop in high spirits and ordered several meat dishes for Aunt Zhou to take home to make soup. He also told Su Qingyu that he would help with the business and asked Su Qingyu to just take good care of herself.

After saying a few words to Father Su, he left the shop. He did not go to the grocery store or home but instead invited a few friends to the tavern to drink. He wished that everyone in the town would know that his eldest son was going to have a son.

Wu Shi was unhappy that Lu Shengcai didn’t come home for dinner. She was already unhappy when she heard that Su Qingyu was pregnant. She waited for Lu Shengcai but he didn’t come back. She was so angry that she wanted to hit him.

It would be fine if her son was ranked behind Lü Bocheng. After all, Lü Bocheng was gone, so the eldest grandson would be hers, right? But who knew that Su Shi got pregnant!

Wu Shi was very angry.

Then she suddenly thought, maybe it could be a girl? It was very possible! If she gave birth to a girl, the father would be gone, who would protect them? How could a woman want to support the family?

Wu Shi suddenly let it go.

When the younger uncle of the Lu family came to deliver the food, he also learned the news and immediately told Old Lu when he got back.

The next day, before daybreak, Old Lu and his youngest son pushed a cart and rushed to the store early in the morning. They unloaded two cages of large hens, saying that they were brought for Su Qingyu to nourish her body.

Father Su hurriedly stopped him: “She just got it, how can she be so well? Let her take it home later.”

Old Lu was a little stubborn and stopped him: “Just put it here! I heard from my child that Qingyu always eats in the store, so just put it in the store and cook it for her. If her family wants to eat it, we will bring it back next time.”

Father Su was afraid that Su Qingyu’s parents-in-law would be unhappy, so he refused again and again, but he couldn’t persuade the old man.

Finally, Lu Shengcai came and was very happy to see his father. He did not say anything about leaving the two cages of hens in the store. When they were placed at home, Wu Shi even complained that the hens’ crowing in the morning disturbed her.

The two cages of chickens were left behind.

When Old Lu came, he also brought Uncle Lu’s son Lu Boxiang.

This boy was a lively one. He kept talking to Su Qingyu and was still thinking about what Su Qingyu had said about taking him to eat better pastries when he arrived in town.

Su Qingyu asked Zhou Dajiang to take him to Jixiang Shop to buy it in person.

When the boy arrived at the pastry shop, his eyes widened, and he rushed to the cakes and pastries, sniffing the smell desperately, drooling, wanting to eat everything. In the end, both hands were full, and he brought back a lot. He didn’t eat alone but invited the people in the store to eat together. He sat on the bench and ate one bite at a time, his face full of happiness.

Later, he was shocked when he saw Qingxing, a little girl, who was practicing calligraphy.

He heard that her brother was younger than him and went to a private school. He didn’t even eat the cakes, but pulled Uncle Lu’s sleeve hesitantly and said that he also wanted to study in the town.

This made Uncle Lu very embarrassed.

(end of this chapter)