Chapter 926: Liu Chuxue's Worry

Seeing Qiu Tai Nai in this state frightened her son, Qiu Laotou, greatly: "Mom, let them handle their own affairs; from now on, focus on recovering your health and stay with your son for a few more years."

Qiu Laotou's voice even carried a sob.

Qiu Tai Nai merely sighed: "Living longer would just make me an old corpse; seeing you with a house full of children and grandchildren, I am content."

Those who had just stepped into the courtyard but not yet entered the house naturally heard these words and departed, each with their own thoughts.

Liu Chuxue looked at her sister's belly, thinking: This Qiu Tai Nai probably won't last many days; her age has reached its limit. This isn't an illness, but rather the lamp running out of oil.

After all, there are now five generations living together.

Upon entering the room, Liu Chuxue helped her sit down: "Sister, your due date is in these few days; is everything prepared?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qiu Shaofeng walked in: "Liu Chuxue, rest assured; your sister and I have prepared everything. At the first sign of movement, we will leave. Moreover, I have already spoken with the village midwife; if we cannot make it to the hospital in time, we will ask her to come."

She delivered most of the children in the village and is extremely experienced."

Seeing the chaos in the house just now, she instinctively wanted them to move to Willow Tree Village, but there is a custom in the countryside that a married daughter cannot spend her confinement period at her maiden home, so a slight worry arose in her heart.

If Xiao Mu had not become pregnant again and the family consisted only of girls, she would have taken them away without hesitation.

However, after discovering Xiao Mu's revealed preference for sons over daughters that day, she no longer wished to get too involved or take the lead in family matters to avoid unnecessary trouble later, so she let the thought go.

She thought it would be better to wait until after the child is born and the confinement period is over before bringing it up.

Anyway, the house in Willow Tree Village is just sitting empty, which is not good; it would be better to let her sister and brother-in-law move in.

But this was merely her own wishful thinking; perhaps her sister and brother-in-law would not even be willing. After all, if they moved there, their household registration would likely have to be transferred as well, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to work.

Xia Qiu looked at Liu Chuxue: "The factory hasn't closed for the holidays, has it? How do you have time to come over?"

"Didn't I go on a business trip to Inner Mongolia a few days ago? The factory gave me three days off. I came back to the village to check on the house and happened to bring some New Year goods for you."

Qiu Shaofeng coughed lightly: "Keep your sister company for a while; I'll go check the kitchen. Stay for lunch."

Liu Chuxue then remembered she had asked Zhui Feng to carry the sack and hide it earlier: "Wait."

She stood up: "Sister, I'll step out for a moment and be right back."

She took a few steps out of the room and ran toward the courtyard gate: "Zhui Feng."

As soon as her voice sounded, Zhui Feng burst out from behind a nearby wheat stack, still carrying that sack on its back.

The little expression of looking up for praise made Liu Chuxue laugh directly; she reached out and patted its dog head: "My Zhui Feng is excellent."

Hearing his master's praise, the fellow actually spun around on the spot, and one could even see a smug look on its dog face.

At this moment, Xia Qiu, accompanied by Qiu Shaofeng, also arrived at the courtyard gate: "Liu Chuxue, how..."

Before she could finish asking, she saw the dog carrying the sack and exclaimed with delight: "Zhui Feng."

Speaking, she walked a few quick steps and reached out to pet Zhui Feng: "Has the duty at the grain station ended?"

Mentioning this made Liu Chuxue angry, but fearing her sister would become unhappy too, she did not mention what had happened before: "Almost. I am preparing to take it back to the city for the New Year."

Qiu Shaofeng, afraid his wife would catch a cold: "Let's talk inside. If someone sees Zhui Feng carrying things later, they will probably all come over to gawk."

Most importantly, he feared attracting others' jealousy again. Fortunately, the weather was too cold, and it was time to prepare lunch, so there was hardly anyone outside at the moment.