Chapter 220: Can't Wait, Not Young Anymore — Qiao Sheng Compromises

"No."

Qiao Hushui shook his head.

Qiao Sheng told him her discovery.

Qiao Hushui suddenly remembered what had happened that morning and honestly told Qiao Sheng.

Qiao Sheng's hand clenched instantly: "I was wondering why Mother acted like that — turns out Grandma said those things."

Without waiting for Qiao Hushui to speak,

Qiao Sheng suddenly leaned in and said: "Dad, Mother isn't going to find you a concubine, is she?"

"No way."

Qiao Hushui's voice rose several notches.

Lan Yue Niang, having returned with the bowls and chopsticks, walked in and said: "Husband, why did you suddenly raise your voice so loud, scaring the children eating outside?"

Qiao Hushui flung the pot: "It's all because of this girl, telling me the Mountain God Temple has a ghost…"

Qiao Sheng: "…"

She really takes after her father!

Lan Yue Niang put down the bowls and chopsticks, gave Qiao Hushui a glance, and said: "Lianhua, you believe anything — how could there be a ghost? If there were, would they still dare to live there?"

Exactly.

Or Mother is the clever one.

Qiao Sheng laughed and said.

The implication was that he wasn't smart.

This girl.

Qiao Hushui thought back to his previous actions and didn't say anything more.

At night.

After returning home and washing up.

Lan Yue Niang watched Qiao Hushui playing with their little daughter on the bed, walked over, sat down, and said: "Husband, my milk supply isn't as ample as before; why not wean Ying Hua, then buy a dairy goat, milk it, cook the milk, and feed her?"

All of her daughters were weaned at eight months.

If this daughter were also fed until eight months,

wait for her to recover her health.

How long would it take before she could conceive another child?

Qiao Hushui didn't know what she was thinking.

Qiao Hushui casually said: "If there isn't enough milk, we don't need to wean; we can feed her goat's milk during the day and you can nurse her at night — that would save us the trouble."

This isn't a solution; eventually we'll have to wean.

Lan Yue Niang still wanted to wean.

Qiao Hushui only felt that Lan Yue Niang was acting strange; the next day he secretly told Qiao Sheng what she had said.

Qiao Sheng thought for a moment and then understood what was going on.

After Lan Yue Niang bought the dairy goat back.

Qiao Sheng called her to sit at the table and started chatting: "Mother, do you want to have another child?"

"Really can't hide it from you; yes, that's exactly what Mother is thinking."

Lan Yue Niang replied to her.

Qiao Sheng immediately said: "If, I mean if, what if it's another girl? Would you keep having children and not nurse her?"

Lan Yue Niang's expression involuntarily paused.

"Lianhua, you just can't hope for Mother…"

Qiao Sheng frankly said: "I'm not against you having a son; I just think you shouldn't be too impulsive. It would be better for both you and your younger sister if you waited a few days before conceiving."

Lan Yue Niang burst into loud weeping.

She said how long she would have to nurse, also mentioned needing to recover her health, and said she didn't know how long that recovery would take.

She can't wait.

She gave birth to Qiao Sheng at fifteen; now Qiao Sheng is twenty-one, and she is no longer young.

Qiao Hushui saw his wife crying so sadly, feeling uneasy inside: "Wife, don't cry; I really don't mind not having a son — having you is enough."

"You may not mind, but your mother and they do care, Qiao Hushui; I feel awful inside…"

Lan Yue Niang cried even more sadly, making the previously un-crying Ying Hua cry as well.

For a moment.

In the restaurant, it was either her sobs or Ying Hua's cries.

Qiao Sheng couldn't stand Lan Yue Niang continuing like this, so she relented: "Okay, okay, wean her, you do it. Once you've recovered your health, I'll help you both with dietary therapy for a while, then we'll start trying for a child. But Mom and Dad, you're not young anymore — at most we can have this one more child; after that, no more births." (End of chapter)