Chapter 647: Always Keep an Extra Eye Open

In Willow Tree Village, Xia Qiu, with her large belly, returned to her natal home accompanied by Qiu Shaofeng: "Mom, how is your health?"

"How did you two get here?"

"I was worried about your health and wanted to come back and see you."

Zhao Lamei felt a bit embarrassed in front of her daughter and son-in-law; after all, her daughter was about to become a mother soon, yet she herself had become pregnant at this time, which was truly shameful.

But she really wanted to keep the child in her belly, since she wanted a son so badly.

Before, there was no hope, so she had no delusions.

She never dreamed that after so many years had passed, she had become pregnant: "You yourself are carrying a big belly, so don't worry about me; taking care of yourself is the most important thing."

As she spoke, she looked up at her son-in-law: "You must not let her do as she pleases; her body is getting heavier, and if anything goes wrong, you will regret it forever."

Qiu Shaofeng knew his mother-in-law meant well for them: "Mom, I understand. This time we didn't cross the mountains; we took an ox cart."

Zhao Lamei was somewhat skeptical: "Although the field work is nearing its end these days, there is still a lot to do; where would an ox cart come from for you to take?"

Qiu Shaofeng quickly explained: "It was the Wu family from our brigade; their little daughter gave birth, and her son-in-law drove a donkey cart early this morning to announce the good news; we hitched a ride on his cart."

"The Wu family from Ge Family Village?"

"Yes."

"What did they have?"

"I heard this time it was a son."

"If they could drive a donkey to announce the news, it must be a son; they didn't get this treatment when they had two daughters before."

Qiu Shaofeng stayed in the house for a while, then went out to help chop wood.

Zhao Lamei pulled her eldest daughter to sit down: "How is your sister-in-law doing now?"

"Her morning sickness is quite severe, and it happened to coincide with the autumn harvest, so she is suffering quite a bit."

Looking at her daughter's large belly: "Now that both of you are pregnant, how has your mother-in-law arranged things?"

"My sister-in-law has severe morning sickness and can't stand the smell of cooking oil, so neither of us has been working these days; I just stay home to help with the cooking."

Although she shouldn't stir up trouble, some words still had to be said to remind her daughter: "Always keep an extra eye open."

Xia Qiu didn't understand at first and paused for a moment: "What?"

Zhao Lamei said: "It's not that I think everyone is bad; I'm just reminding you to keep an extra eye open. After all, you are pregnant now; if you don't care for yourself, others certainly won't think of you."

Xia Qiu understood this time: "Mom, I know."

Actually, she also knew that her sister-in-law probably wasn't as severely affected by morning sickness as she claimed; it was just a convenient excuse.

She hadn't intended to take on all the cooking duties forever, but with the autumn harvest underway, she didn't want to put her mother-in-law in a difficult position, didn't want her own husband to eat poorly, and didn't want the eldest branch to laugh at them, so she had kept quiet.

The autumn harvest will end soon, and things won't stay like this forever; with her mother's experience as a warning, she certainly wouldn't silently play the role of an old ox.

Meanwhile, as soon as Fu's mother returned home after leaving the hospital, she heard her third daughter-in-law gesturing there: "As soon as I heard those words, I naturally couldn't agree; I directly told that person the workplace of the fourth one's fiancée."

"Such a big matter, you should have at least told us and discussed it together."

"Eldest sister-in-law, the fourth one is already engaged; at that time, we couldn't reach the parents-in-law, so it wouldn't be right for us, as sisters-in-law, to go over and serve someone; naturally, it was more appropriate for his fiancée to go."

"Aren't you afraid Mom and Dad will be unhappy when they return and blame us for this?"