Otoharu

Chapter 11 The Blessed Bodhisattva
Mrs. Jiang told Li Yan all her plans, with a guilty expression on her face, "I made a decision without discussing it with you in advance, I'm sorry."

"It's nothing to be sorry about, it's not a big deal, but our family can't afford to raise one more child, so it's just a good time to be with Mei Meier." Li Yan has an open-minded personality and loves his wife very much, so naturally he doesn't care. I would blame my wife for such a trivial matter.

"The mother-in-law's side..." Mrs. Jiang had already guessed her husband's reaction, and only Mrs. Li was worried about her.

"I'll talk with you, don't worry." Li Yan said without Jiang's opening.

Mrs. Jiang nodded, and said: "If mother scolds me later, you must not speak for me. What happened today is because I did something wrong. If mother blames me, I will bear it."

"Mother always speaks without intention, so don't take it too seriously." Li Yan comforted his wife in advance, fearing that his wife would feel wronged.

"I know, I've been married to your family for so many years, don't I know my mother's temperament?" Jiang replied with a smile.

After the husband and wife finished talking privately, they took their two children to Mrs. Li to pay their respects.

Mrs. Li had been waiting for them for a long time, and when she saw them coming, she immediately fixed her eyes on Jiang Shanqing who was beside Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang greeted Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Li spoke before she sat down.

"Why is there an extra child here, a relative from your natal family?"

"Mother, this is a child of a distant relative of mine. His parents passed away a long time ago. I thought he was pitiful, so I wanted to take him over to be with Mei Meier as a companion." Jiang replied respectfully.

"Mother Mei'er, I'm not talking about you. You can't be careless with your kindness. You are not in charge of the family and don't know how expensive it is. Although our family is fairly well-to-do, we spend a lot of money on weekdays, and your husband-in-law is still studying. If you still have to take the imperial examination in the future, you don’t know how much money you will need to spend. If you bring back a child so casually, how can we have enough money to support him.” Mrs. Li had already prepared her speech and directly challenged her.

"Mom, isn't it just a matter of having more people and more pairs of chopsticks? Our family can't even afford to support a child." Li Yan couldn't help but said from the side.

"What do you know as a man!" Mrs. Li scolded in a low voice, "Is this a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks? You don't need money for food and clothing. With such a young child, even making clothes costs a lot of money every year." , and it’s not enough to just support them, since you have raised someone, you have to be responsible to them, in the future, whether it’s studying or learning crafts, you must let your children have the ability to support themselves.”

Although Mrs. Li is a bit stingy, she still has vision. She doesn't want to keep Jiang Shanqing not only because he is Jiang Yanzhi's illegitimate son, but also because she feels that her family's conditions are not suitable for raising such a child.

Li Yan wanted to say something more, but Mrs. Jiang spoke first, "Mother is right, and I know that it costs a lot of money to raise a child. I will tell you about this matter later, and I promise you now that raising a child This kid’s silver doesn’t need a copper coin from our family.”

Mrs. Li was a little surprised when she heard the words, and guessed in her heart, could it be that the uncle of the in-laws has already prepared all the property for the child, but the Jiang family is not that rich, they are a little worse than hers, and they can really come up with it. So much money to support this child.

Mrs. Li immediately made up her mind again.It doesn't take her family to pay money, but she can get the favor of a master for nothing. This business is not bad, and it is not certain that Jiang Yanzhi can go up in the future. His son is raised by himself, and he sees it for his son's sake , can't treat her Li family badly.

"Let me think about it again." Although Mrs. Li was inclined to keep Jiang Shanqing in her heart, she still didn't make a statement on the surface. In her heart, she was very dissatisfied that Mrs. Jiang took the child back without discussing it with her.

Seeing Mrs. Li's attitude, Mrs. Jiang knew that she was most likely, so she looked at Jiang Shanqing beside her, and said, "Go and kowtow to grandma."

Jiang Shanqing's facial expression was unnatural for a moment, but he didn't hesitate, walked up to Mrs. Li obediently, and kowtowed to her firmly.

Seeing Jiang Shanqing's cute appearance of Yuxue, Mrs. Li couldn't bear to feel disgusted in her heart, but she couldn't help but feel melancholy. The other family hasn't married yet, and the son is so old, and her own son has been married for so long , there is no sign of the grandson, so who can ask for an argument.

Thinking of the mother-in-law who had just begged back two days ago, Mrs. Li decided to go to offer a few more sticks of incense later, begging the blessings of the Bodhisattva, and send a son and grandson to their Li family as soon as possible.

Mrs. Li endured the heartache and asked Granny Lin to get a few silver coins. It was considered as a meeting gift for Jiang Shanqing. After all, he was knocked on the head.

After finishing the business, Mrs. Li asked Mrs. Lin to bring out breakfast. The whole family sat around and had breakfast together, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Mrs. Li has a strong taste and likes to eat salted fish and cured meat. These two dishes are indispensable on the breakfast table.

Jiang's taste is lighter, and he usually only eats some radish and pickles.It's nothing on weekdays, as long as she doesn't eat those dishes, but today, when she smelled the fishy smell of salted fish, her stomach churns, and a stream of sour water rushed out of her throat.

Jiang quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief, trying not to spit it into the bowl.After taking several deep breaths, he managed to suppress the nausea in his stomach.

"Yingying, what's wrong with you? What's wrong?" Li Yan immediately became anxious, and quickly stretched out his hand to caress Jiang's back, asking with concern.

Jiang Shi didn't want to speak at the moment, afraid that she would spit it out again, so she just shook her head slightly.

Seeing Jiang's appearance, Mrs. Li's eyes lit up immediately, and she hurriedly asked: "Mother Mei'er, when was the last time you had your period?"

Ever since Jiang gave birth to Li Mei'er, her menstruation has not been very accurate, sometimes only once every two months, and several times she thought she was pregnant, but later the menstruation still came, and later, she would not Then I was concerned about menstruation, and when I was asked by Mrs. Li, I recalled it and said: "It's been a month and a half..."

When Mrs. Li heard this, she slapped her thigh happily, "That's right, I'm definitely pregnant! Oh, Bodhisattva bless you, this delivery of your mother is really effective. I just invited you back, and there is good news. It’s not in vain for me to offer six meals a day.”

Li Meier was speechless as she listened, thinking that the mother-in-law must be annoyed by her grandmother, so she hurriedly let her mother conceive, so she would be pure and pure.

(End of this chapter)