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Chapter 267: Big Corn Kernels
Chapter 267: Big Corn Kernels
Chapter 267: Big Corn Kernels
Mother Su came over after breakfast the next morning.
She wasn’t going to stay overnight, so she didn't bring any clothes with her. She came prepared with a new picture album for Renren and Qiqi’s favorite maltose.
The brothers were very happy and welcomed their grandma.
Qiqi was still young and didn't understand that his grandma was his mother’s mother. However, Renren knew.
He took his younger brother up the mountain to pick fresh fruits for their grandma, while Mother Su discussed things with her daughter at home.
“Are you feeling any discomfort in your body now?” Mother Su asked.
She was just asking. Her daughter was lucky. How could she be uncomfortable when she didn’t have to work? She didn’t even need to think about working in the fields. She could be lazy and have other people do the work.
Before, people worked during the pregnancy until birth. Some young couples wouldn’t know they were pregnant. They worked hard until miscarriage. After that, they would pay more attention to their pregnancies.
Pregnancy lasted almost ten months. After a few days of rest after giving birth, a woman basically had to go back to work. It was precisely because of this that the older generation was not strong.
But in the past few days, she felt like her body was much better. The medicine her daughter brought back to her once in a while was really effective.Su Danhong didn't know what her mother was thinking, so she said, “I feel comfortable and whatever I eat tastes good.”
She ate fruit twice a day, and she also ate a lot of other things. She wanted to let the girl in her belly be fat and white.
“The belly is so small. It's been this month and it's still not showing at all. It's most likely a boy again,” Mother Su said this with a hint of pride in her expression.
When she looked at her daughter, she thought about how capable she was. She gave the Ji family two grandsons, and there was another one in her belly, making it three.
That was more boys than what Jianyun's other three brothers had combined.
Mother Su was a mother, so she knew what she was talking about.
But Su Danhong was surprised when she heard this, and then said, “It's impossible. I think I have a girl in my belly. I even dreamed about it.”
“You dreamed about it?” Mother Su frowned when she heard this. She looked again, and said, “You can't be sure of dreams. It’s so small, so it must be a boy.”
Su Danhong didn't tell her mother that she had already planned it. If this was not a girl, she wouldn't want to give birth. Two sons and a daughter were just right.
If it was a son, she would still try for another child.
“So was Uncle Li introduced by you?” Su Danhong asked.
“He is Anbang's father-in-law. In the past, Anbang and Laidi were living without even having congee. Her maternal family helped them out, so I believe that he was a good person. I went over and asked Laidi to tell him to come here,” Mother Su said.
In her opinion, it was a good family if they helped out a married daughter who was living a hard life. Rather than turn a blind eye, they gave them some food.
It was known that Su Anbang's mother didn't give them anything at first. Of course, life was not easy for families back then. Yet, no matter how hard it was, she shouldn’t let her son and daughter-in-law live like that. She knew that Su Anbang’s mother was still able to eat meat!
Of course, this was what she had heard, and she never brought this up to Li Laidi. She didn’t like to talk about these things to other people.
Li Laidi didn’t mention it either, but it was obvious that Su Anbang was unhappy with his mother. Li Laidi and Su Anbang’s lives got better, but no one saw him taking a yuan home. They didn’t like going home for the New year. They were like enemies.
His mother was always partial to his eldest brother. It was difficult to give birth to Su Anbang, so his mother always regarded him as too much for her.
Mother Su only mentioned a few words to her daughter, but never mentioned it to anyone else.
Su Danhong shook her head when she heard this and said nothing.
“Don't worry, he is honest. If he wasn’t, I wouldn't dare to recommend him here,” Mother Su said.
Su Anbang was still working here. If his father-in-law was refused, how would he react? His stabilized life might be gone.
Li Laidi knew it as well.
Su Danhong didn't doubt this. Her man was a big spender. The pay was the same as other jobs in the college town. Who wouldn't be willing to work hard for him?
When Mother Su came to visit, she was given a grand welcome by the male side of the family.
Renren and Qiqi went up the mountain to pick fruits and brought them back for their grandma. Ji Jianyun went to the reservoir to catch fish and shrimps. Mother Su was very happy with the food.
She went back in the evening and was sent back by Ji Jianyun. On the way, he said to his mother-in-law, “Mother, it's rare for you to visit. Why don't you just stay for a few more days? Isn’t it a lot of trouble to visit and go back on the same day?”
“It doesn’t. When Danhong goes through confinement, I will go over and take care of her,” Mother Su said with a smile.
“Okay.” Ji Jianyun nodded.
“I think the child in Danhong’s belly is most likely a boy,” Mother Su said.
“It would be nice if I had a daughter.” Ji Jianyun wanted a daughter. He liked his sons, but didn't he already have two of them? He didn't have a daughter yet.
“Who would think that there are too many sons? And who will inherit those mountains of yours? A girl can't inherit, so she needs more sons,” Mother Su said.
“Sons and daughters are equal,” Ji Jianyun said.
Mother Su laughed. She was quite moved when she saw how much he loved her daughter. She thought about how her husband only saw Jianyun once and didn’t want to promise their daughter to Butcher Li’s family. Thus, she went to settle the marriage with the Ji family.
And now look at how good life is now.
Ji Jianyun didn't know that he almost couldn’t marry his wife because of his mother-in-law. After sending her home, he drove back and went to the grain drying ground in their village.
Father Laidi was collecting the soybeans that were dried today.
Ji Jianyun looked around and said, “This will have to dry for another two days. It's extremely hot now and the sun is strong.”
“Two days won't work, it’ll take three days,” Father Laidi said.
He came to work today. Ji Jianyun arranged for him to go harvest crops with Ji Guangzong and Cai Zhanguo after they finished watering. The three of them worked quickly and harvested a lot of soybeans today.
Father Laidi was obviously an experienced worker. Ji Guangzong and Cai Zhanguo were willing to listen to him.
Ji Jianyun nodded. Father Laidi grabbed a handful of beans and asked, “How do you grow these beans? How do you grow them so well?”
Not only were the beans good, but all the crops in the more than thirty acres of land were good, like how the corn was big and full.