Chapter 20: The Child You Bear Will Definitely Be a Boy

“What!” Zheng Ye’s mother, upon hearing this, clutched her chest and gasped twice before rolling her eyes and fainting.

“Quick, carry my parents to the bed! And bring the doctor here!” Zheng Ye was now thoroughly panicked. The fish pond at their home was his source of arrogance! The entire pond of fish had died! The loss was immense!

“Uh… alright.”

The villagers, seeing the mess in the courtyard, were uncertain of what had happened and were reluctant to go inside. However, the villager was soft-hearted; otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered to warn the Zheng family. The family had been domineering in the village, and many had seen the fish in their pond die, but no one had come to inform them.

The villager first carried Zheng Ye’s father, assuming that Zheng Ye would carry his mother inside. However, Zheng Ye just waited at the door, not intending to help.

Now, the well-meaning villager had some complaints. What kind of person was he? He knew he shouldn’t have been so kind…

He muttered to himself, not daring to offend Zheng Ye, the little bully. Reluctantly, he carried the mother inside as well…

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The events at the Zheng family were far from Datang Village and Ertang Village, and for now, the news hadn’t reached them.

Lu Zhao and Su Yunqi, together with the electrician, had finished wiring the electricity. Now their home could finally use electric lights, fans, and such.

“Thank you, Uncle, you’ve worked hard!”

Before leaving, Su Yunqi happily waved at the uncle, seeing him off.

It was at this moment that Chen Cuilan arrived. She was holding a small basket, inside of which were roasted taro.

“Yunqi, you’ve worked hard too. Here, eat some roasted taro. Your mother just baked it, it’s still warm. The taro was grown by your father; it’s big and sweet. It has a soft, powdery texture. It tastes good when roasted, and even better if made into sweet soup with some sugar. Later, I’ll have Lu Zhao come by and bring some over.”

She affectionately took Su Yunqi’s hand and personally picked up a piece of taro to feed it to Su Yunqi. Su Yunqi, not minding at all, opened her mouth and took a bite of the taro from Chen Cuilan’s hand.

As soon as she took a bite, her bright, watery eyes lit up. She chewed a bit and mumbled in delight. “Mother, this is so delicious!”

“If it’s good, eat more. It’s all for you, don’t let Lu Zhao have any. He’s so big, he won’t grow any taller anyway, so it would just be a waste if he eats it!” Chen Cuilan said with conviction, even in front of Lu Zhao, as she tried to stuff all the food into Su Yunqi’s mouth, almost as though Su Yunqi was her own daughter.

“Ahem.” Suddenly, Su Yunqi coughed twice.

“Mother, slow down, the taro is hard to swallow. Her throat is small, don’t make her choke. I’m not fighting her for it. What’s the point of fighting over a piece of taro? I’ll let her have the meat.” Lu Zhao, speechless, turned and went back to the kitchen to pour some warm water.

He fed Su Yunqi a sip, and with the water, Su Yunqi finally managed to swallow the taro that had gotten stuck in her throat.

She patted her chest with lingering apprehension. She had indeed almost choked, but she hadn’t dared to mention it. Fortunately, Lu Zhao had noticed.

“Mother’s never raised a little girl, so she didn’t know to be gentle.” Chen Cuilan said affectionately as she stroked Su Yunqi’s soft long hair. Every time she saw Su Yunqi’s pretty little face, she couldn’t help but sigh. She wished she had a caring little daughter.

She was only in her sixties, and she truly wanted to try for another child, but her husband said she was going crazy and refused to cooperate. Sigh.

“It’s okay, Mother really likes little daughters, doesn’t she?” Su Yunqi asked softly, shaking her head, then curiously added.

“Yes, but our family can’t even get a little daughter. I’ve had eight sons, but not a single daughter. We don’t even have a granddaughter now; we have nine grandsons already.”

At this point, Chen Cuilan really sighed deeply. There were 27 people in her whole family, and apart from her and the eight wives, the remaining 18 were all male. Others envied her family’s many boys, but she still envied others for having a sweet little girl.

“Wow!”

Thinking carefully, it seemed to be true. When they went to visit others, they hadn’t seen any little girls—only boys.

“After you two have children, I think you’ll probably have a son too. Little girls and our family just don’t have any fate with each other.” Chen Cuilan predicted in advance.

The topic of children came up so quickly that Su Yunqi, feeling a little shy, lowered her eyes.

“Mother, I don’t think I’ll be pregnant that soon.” she said.

“No, I think it’ll be soon.” Lu Zhao teased seriously.

He glanced at Su Yunqi with his dark eyes, a smile in his gaze, and in front of his mother, he was subtly flirting with Su Yunqi.

Why did he think Su Yunqi would be pregnant soon? It was because he worked hard every night!

“Lu Zhao!”

As expected, Su Yunqi’s face immediately turned bright red. Embarrassed and angry, she stamped her foot and glared at Lu Zhao.

How could he be so bold in front of the elders?

Chen Cuilan, watching her carefree youngest son and hearing such vulgar words, felt like her ears were burning from the embarrassment. “Get serious, you rascal. I didn’t just come here to bring you taro; I have something to discuss with you. You’ve started a family, but you were always out running around. Doing those little businesses isn’t a good idea. You can’t always leave Yunqi at home alone. Your father and I have talked about it. We haven’t given you any land yet, but the two acres of land your father and I have will go to you. You’ll take care of it from now on.”

When the land was divided, Lu Zhao was still young, and there wasn’t much land in the family. They gave it to the sons who had already gotten married. The old couple had kept two acres for themselves to grow food so they wouldn’t need to rely on the sons for support.

But now, she was planning to give those two acres to Lu Zhao. Otherwise, his brothers would all have land, and he wouldn’t. It would seem like they were favoring one son over another, which was something they couldn’t justify.

“No need. Didn’t I tell you already? I’m not farming. What can you make farming? It’s hardly worth it.” Lu Zhao refused his mother’s arrangement.

“You little brat! Your father and I raised all of you brothers by farming. Don’t be so arrogant! If you don’t want to farm, what do you want to do? Your education isn’t even that high. I told you to study, but you didn’t bother. Otherwise, you could’ve gone and found a job at a company by now!” Chen Cuilan scolded him in dissatisfaction.

Lu Zhao hadn’t planned to bring it up with his mother so soon, but since the topic had already come up, he decided to come clean.

“I plan to open a shop, a dry goods store. I’ll handle my own business, you don’t need to worry about it. From now on, just wait for me to let you enjoy life.” Lu Zhao said frankly.

Chen Cuilan spoke earnestly. “A shop? That requires a lot of money, don’t you have any? What if you lose money? You’re married now, and you have Yunqi to take care of. You can’t be reckless like before. And don’t think that just because you made a bit of money before, you’re something special. Business money comes quickly, but it goes quickly too. It’s still better for us to farm, it’s steady and reliable. That’s the way to live.” She didn’t agree with Lu Zhao’s reckless plan. They had worked hard to save some money, and now that he had married, why not just settle down and do things the proper way?

Seeing that her husband and mother-in-law were about to argue, Su Yunqi quickly stepped in to mediate. “Mother, Father, please don’t fight.” Su Yunqi said gently.