Chapter 415: Is the Old Grandma Putting on a Play?

Old Madam Jiang finished speaking and began to sit on the floor and wail; one moment she wailed about her own bitter fate, the next she wailed about her son's bitter fate, and then she wailed about how, once she died, she would have no way to answer to the ancestors of the Jiang Family, and so on.

This spectacle was incredibly novel for the siblings Jiang Sinian and Jiang Siyu to watch; Jiang Siyu secretly leaned into her mother's ear and asked, "Mom, is the old grandma putting on a play?"

"Shh," Si Rong covered her little mouth, "Juzi, go play in the courtyard with your brother."

Jiang Siyu shrank back behind her; she wouldn't go, there was nothing fun in the courtyard, she wanted to stay and watch the old grandma perform her play.

Juzi loved watching plays the most!

Today, she would first listen to the old grandma perform a crying play at home, and then wait until Monday to watch the play of Xiao Pang eating poop at school.

It was simply perfect!

It was a pity that Old Madam Jiang's thunder was loud but her rain was small; Jiang Siyu stood diagonally opposite her and watched for quite a while, but she never saw her actually cry out any tears.

"Shut up!" Hu Qian roared.

Once Old Madam Jiang saw that no one was standing on her side, she choked and sobbed, then stopped her crying.

"If you can't be quiet, go back to your room!" Hu Qian said again; although she didn't name names, everyone knew she was talking to Old Madam Jiang.

"I, I won't wail anymore." Old Madam Jiang climbed up from the floor herself and honestly found a stool to sit on.

Si Rong:...

Why bother? Every time she had to make a scene, only to be forcefully suppressed by Hu Qian in a few words.

Choosing to suffer the indignity between being spineless and being mistreated.

Hu Qian walked slowly to her daughter, then pulled her into a hug, her voice slowly choking up, "It's good that you're back!"

These past few years, she had only received a phone call from her daughter around the New Year, and it had worried her to death.

Jiang Qi's suitcase dropped to the floor, and she hugged Hu Qian and cried bitterly for a while.

"You're at this stage of your pregnancy now, you mustn't cry," Hu Qian wiped her daughter's tears, "Are you hungry? Wu Shen, let's make braised pig trotters with soybeans today? Qiqi loves that."

"Alright! I'll go buy the pig trotters right now!"

Although Old Madam Jiang's eyes were rolled almost to the heavens, she ultimately didn't dare to say anything more.

After eating a reunion meal, Jiang Qi opened her suitcase and began handing out gifts to everyone.

"This is for my two little nephews and niece,"

The entire suitcase was full of gifts for the whole family, even for the two sisters-in-law, Si Rong and Xu Yan; the only person who didn't get one was Old Madam Jiang.

Old Madam Jiang was so angry she wanted to jump up and scold this unfilial person who had no respect for elders in her eyes, but in the end, she was worried Hu Qian would kick her out, so she didn't say anything.

After they finished eating, Jiang Cheng finally rushed back from the military.

Looking at his sister's current situation, although his brows were tightly locked, he ultimately said the same thing as his mother, "It's good that you're back."

"How is your work now?"

Jiang Cheng told his sister about his promotion to Regimental Commander, his tone carrying a rare touch of pride.

It was just like when he was a child and caught a pheasant so the family could finally have a full meal; Sister, look, am I impressive?

Si Rong felt moved in her heart; this was likely the rare youthful spirit Jiang Cheng had shown since awakening his Rebirth memories.

"Mom, I'm sleepy," Jiang Siyu's head kept nodding off on Si Rong's lap.

Si Rong pulled her into her arms and wrapped her in her coat, "Sleep when we get home later, don't catch a cold."

She glanced at Jiang Cheng, "Shall we head home first?"

"Alright." Jiang Cheng stood up and told his parents.

Jiang Qi suddenly said, "I'll go to your place too!"

She really didn't want to stay where Old Madam Jiang was.

"Alright, Sister, it just so happens you can go see the new Family Quarters we were assigned!"

Si Rong wasn't surprised at all; Jiang Qi's personality was straightforward, likely inherited from Hu Qian.

So she didn't find her annoying.

Hu Qian was a bit worried she would cause trouble for her daughter-in-law, but she couldn't say it explicitly; she really hadn't grown up yet.

How could a child with such a temperament be a mother in the future?

"If there's anything, Rongrong, just have someone come tell me."

"Mom, don't worry."

Si Rong tried hard to ignore the side-eye from Old Madam Jiang behind the crowd.

On the way back, she asked Jiang Qi when her due date was, and Jiang Qi said it was in three days.

Si Rong:...

"Sister, shall we move into the hospital early to wait for the birth?"

After all, she was staying at her house; a pregnant woman about to give birth couldn't afford any mistakes.

"No need," Jiang Qi looked out the window, not knowing what she was thinking, "You don't need to take special care of me. When labor starts, I can just go to the hospital by myself; you all should just do what you need to do."

"Sister, we are family, saying that makes it distant," Si Rong insisted, "I'm not busy during this time, I can accompany you to the hospital; after all, I've given birth before and have some experience."

Jiang Qi looked at her with some gratitude, "Si Rong, thank you. Are you two planning to have more?"

In the back seat, even though Jiang Siyu was very sleepy, she pricked up her ears.

She also wanted to know if Mom was still going to have other little children.

Every time someone asked her mom this question, Jiang Siyu felt a sour ache in her heart.

"No more, we have these two little treasures and that's enough," Si Rong said.

Besides, Jiang Cheng had already had a vasectomy; if they had another, he would have to run to the hospital and take another knife.

"That's good. It's enough for us women to experience childbirth once; don't treat yourself like a birth machine, like those ignorant village women, giving birth one after another."

Jiang Qi seemed to have found some common ground with her, and it opened up the conversation.

"In foreign countries, there's no preference for boys over girls; they respect their children, and their concepts of childbirth are far ahead of ours."

"By the way, does giving birth hurt?"

Before Si Rong could speak, Jiang Cheng spoke up for once, "It hurts, Rongrong suffered a lot when giving birth."

Si Rong:...

"He suffered even more than I did; he even fainted."

Jiang Qi was shocked, "Is it that scary?"

"No, I'm just joking with you," Si Rong tried her best to soothe her, "He was just worrying blindly; I didn't suffer too much."

"As long as the fetal position is correct and you exercise more, a natural birth isn't difficult."

"That's good." After arriving at their home, Jiang Qi gave each of the two little ones a red envelope.

"Sister, we can't take this; you've already bought them gifts," Si Rong saw that the red envelopes were quite thick and hurriedly reached out to stop her.

Jiang Qi pretended to be unhappy, "If you don't let the children accept them, then I won't stay at your house."

Seeing that she was sincere about wanting to give the children red envelopes, Si Rong finally let the two children accept them.

"Sister, you are really too polite, so we will accept them. Just tell me or Wang Ma if there is anything you want to eat. Also, we must go to the hospital tomorrow to confirm the due date."

She felt that Jiang Qi was carefree and believed too much in those foreign childbirth philosophies.

In her past life, when they were old and chatting together, they seemed to have mentioned postpartum illnesses.

Because Jiang Qi learned from foreign women not to observe the postpartum confinement period after giving birth, she ended up with a body full of ailments.