in2ebook Chapter 139 Liu is Pregnant
Chapter 139 Liu is Pregnant
The whole family, young and old, wolfed down the food like locusts swarming into a village. In the blink of an eye, six braised pig's trotters were reduced to a pile of bare bones.
Shen Xiaochuan held the last bone, wishing he could suck it all up, even after it had been gnawed clean.
Once Shen Changyan finished gnawing on the bones, he immediately switched to roasting sweet potatoes.
He quietly reached out, swiftly grabbed a piece, peeled off the skin, and started eating.
Everyone watched as he took it, each one moving faster than the last.
"Don't take it, it's mine."
"Hey, you ate the most of those braised pig's trotters just now. Aren't you feeling stuffed after eating so much?"
"Mind your own business! You ate quite a bit too, and there's still food left. You're an uncle, and you're fighting with a kid for food. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"How dare you, you little brat, speak to your elders like that!"
"let go!"
"I won't let go!"
"I'm the elder, what I say goes..."
The Shen family was noisy and argumentative, fighting and scrambling over some rare food, like starving ghosts who hadn't eaten for eight hundred years being reincarnated.
In Qinghe Town.
In the small house, the family of four had almost finished eating when Lin Xiaotang noticed that her mother only ate vegetables and not meat, which puzzled her.
"Mom, our lives are getting better and better. We bought a lot of meat for the New Year this year, and we also have braised pig's trotters. Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner will have both meat and vegetables. Why are you only eating vegetables?"
It must be because her mother was used to a hard life and couldn't bear to eat it.
Liu smiled gently and said, "I haven't had much of an appetite lately. I don't want to eat anything greasy. I just want to eat some vegetables to fill my stomach."
"That won't do. We have plenty to eat and drink now, and we've made so many dishes tonight. Mother can't be stingy with the food. If we don't finish it tonight, it won't be fresh by tomorrow morning. Come on, Mother, try some green pepper and pork slices."
After saying that, she stretched out her little hand, picked up a few slices of meat, and put them into the bowl in front of her mother.
Liu genuinely felt she had no appetite, not that she was reluctant to eat, but the meat in the bowl represented her daughter's care for her, so how could she bear to refuse it?
So she smiled and said, "Okay, Mother will pick out whatever she wants to eat. My dear Tang'er, you go ahead and eat."
She picked up a slice of meat and put it in her mouth. After chewing it, her stomach churned, and she couldn't help feeling nauseous.
"vomit--"
Liu rushed to the base of the courtyard wall and vomited bile.
Lin Qingchuan and his two daughters were so frightened that they quickly chased after them, anxiously checking and asking questions.
"Fengniang, are you alright? Why did you suddenly throw up? Are you feeling unwell? It's all my fault for making you work so hard from dawn till dusk with me. I must have exhausted you..."
Xiaoyu asked in a tearful voice, "Mother, what's wrong?"
Lin Xiaotang was even more worried and blamed herself. "Mother, it's all my fault. If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have persuaded you to eat meat. I thought you were just reluctant to eat it, but I didn't expect you really couldn't eat it."
After retching for a while, Liu gradually recovered and then comforted everyone with a pale face.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me. I'm afraid... I'm afraid I'm pregnant."
What?
Got it?
What happened?
Lin Qingchuan was stunned for a long time before he realized that his wife was pregnant again and he was going to be a father again.
Overwhelmed with emotion, he grabbed his wife, picked her up, and spun her around in the yard twice.
"Fengniang, this is wonderful! Our family is going to have another baby, and we're going to be parents again."
This was truly a shock that turned into a pleasant surprise!
Lin Xiaotang, who had just been blaming herself, was no less happy than her parents. She and Xiaoyu were about to have a younger brother or sister.
The family business is on track. As long as we work hard, it will grow bigger and bigger, and the family's conditions will get better and better. Even if my parents have two more children, we can afford to support them.
Xiaoyu is still young and doesn't understand what pregnancy or having a baby means. She only knows that her mother is vomiting a lot, but her mother is still very happy. Her father and sister are also worried and happy at the same time.
I really don’t understand!
Seeing her husband so happy and excited, Liu couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Honey, what if this baby is another girl?"
Lin Qingchuan grinned and said, "Whether it's a daughter or a son, as long as they're our own children, I'll love them. What's wrong with a daughter? One of our Tang'er is worth more than a whole Shen family. They have many men, but they haven't gotten rich, have they?"
Liu was finally relieved. As long as her husband didn't mind that she kept giving birth to daughters, she wasn't afraid of whether the baby in her belly was a son or a daughter.
"Yes, my daughter is doing very well too."
Liu patted her husband, signaling him to put her down. Lin Qingchuan was so happy that he forgot his wife had just vomited and was still feeling unwell.
"Hehe, Fengniang, you're not alone anymore. You just ate a little and threw up. What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
Over the years, my husband has done most of the hard and heavy housework, and his cooking skills are really just so-so.
When he cooks, she loses even more appetite.
"I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes, could you roast a few more?"
Lin Qingchuan quickly helped his wife sit in the main room before happily going to the yard to light the stove and roast sweet potatoes.
After sitting down and resting for a while, Liu's complexion gradually improved, and she called her two daughters to continue eating.
"Tang'er, Yu'er, don't worry about your parents, eat quickly, the food will get cold soon."
Lin Xiaotang poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her, saying, "Mother, have some tea first."
After a while, Lin Qingchuan ran into the main room carrying a few roasted sweet potatoes. The potatoes were so hot that he quickly put them down and pinched his ears with both hands.
Just as Liu reached out to peel and eat the roasted sweet potato, he stopped her.
"They're freshly baked and still very hot. Don't touch them, I'll peel them for you." With that, he carefully peeled off the skin, blew on it, and then handed it to his wife, and peeled one for each of his two daughters.
As Liu ate the roasted sweet potato her husband had peeled, she couldn't help but chuckle.
"I've only just started to feel the symptoms, I'm not showing yet. Look how nervous you are. What if it's just an upset stomach and you're not pregnant? What if you've been happy for nothing?"
Lin Qingchuan grinned and said, "Being happy is still being happy, and I'm willing. If it's not really a pregnancy, then we can make a plan and try harder, right?"
Liu was speechless. So this child was something she absolutely had to keep?
Didn't we agree to let things take their natural course?
A man's words are truly the most deceiving thing!
However, her husband treats her well, her two daughters are well-behaved, and their lives are becoming more and more prosperous. She also wants to have another child to make the family more lively.
After dinner, Lin Qingchuan washed the pots and pans. Only after he finished was he able to start braising the pig's trotters for tomorrow. His wife and daughter had already cleaned the raw pig's trotters that afternoon, so all that was left was to braise them. Therefore, it didn't take much of a deal for him.
However, the firewood at home is almost used up. After the New Year, he will have to go back to Guihua Village to cut more at the foot of the mountain and bring it back.
After eating the roasted sweet potato, Xiaotang felt a little full, so she led her younger sister to sit in the yard and look at the stars.
A little while later, her mother came out with several new clothes. The new clothes had just been made recently. Her and her sister's were bright red, and each of them had two red hair ties. Her mother's was apricot yellow, and her father's was royal blue.
Now that the family is making money, the fabrics we buy are much better than before, and the clothes we make are soft, beautiful, and stylish.
Xiaoyu was overjoyed and insisted on putting it on first. Liu had no choice but to help her put it on with doting eyes.
Xiao Tang couldn't help but sigh. In previous years, she always wore her parents' old clothes that had been altered to fit her size for the New Year. This year was finally different.
Not just this year, but every year after that we will become richer!