The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 182 - 178: Xuanbao Knows How to Speak

Chapter 182: Chapter 178: Xuanbao Knows How to Speak

Jia Shijie nudged Zhang Xiaoli beside him, "Did you hear that?"

Zhang Xiaoli had just cursed something when she turned over and fell asleep.

Woken up by Jia Shijie once again, she grew impatient, "What now? Can’t you let someone sleep!"

Zhang Xiaoli always slept well. Living at her parents’ house, she didn’t need to attend to her in-laws, didn’t have to cook any of the three meals herself, nor did she need to do any household chores. Thus, she routinely slept until noon before getting up for lunch.

"You can still sleep? Your sister-in-law is with child, aren’t you going to offer your congratulations? The Zhang Family has descendants now, twin sons no less. Your mother must be thrilled!" Jia Shijie relayed the news he had just heard, with a tone filled with sarcasm.

Zhang Xiaoli was completely awake now and exclaimed in surprise, "Madam Liu, that barren old hen is pregnant? That ’Child-Giving Guanyin’ painting is actually that effective?"

Just hanging it for over a month made Madam Liu pregnant?

Zhang Xiaoli’s eyes darted about, wondering how much money she could make by selling that ’Child-Giving Guanyin’ painting. No, selling it wasn’t as profitable as renting it out.

Renting it out, collecting a hundred and some silver as rent each month, wouldn’t that be delightful?

Jia Shijie was infuriated by her, "Madam Liu is with child, and you seem rather pleased?"

Zhang Xiaoli looked at him perplexedly, "Madam Liu is with child, my elder brother is having sons, the Zhang family lineage is ensured. Why wouldn’t I be happy?"

Jia Shijie sneered, "Right, your elder brother is having sons now, the grocery store has its inheritor. You don’t need to worry. In the future, just stop repeatedly saying in front of your son that the grocery store will be his."

Zhang Xiaoli: "..."

Right!

If Madam Liu is pregnant and it’s a son, then the Zhang family will have a son to inherit the family business, and the grocery store will have nothing to do with her anymore.

Suddenly, Zhang Xiaoli couldn’t feel happy.

"Being with child doesn’t necessarily mean it will be a son," Zhang Xiaoli thought more and more that it was likely, "The Liu Family is essentially without descendants, and Liu Wenyao’s mother could only bear daughters, so is Liu Wenyao! This baby must be a daughter."

Jia Shijie scoffed, "Your worshipped Little Xuanbao said she dreamed that Madam Liu is carrying twin boys, two little cousins!"

Zhang Xiaoli: "..."

This time it wasn’t just that she couldn’t feel happy, she was also a bit worried.

"If I had known that ’Child-Giving Guanyin’ painting was so miraculous, I would have swapped it secretly. I’ve already said I would adopt our younger son to my elder brother; he wouldn’t be without descendants! Why would they still have children? What do I do now? If my sister-in-law truly gives birth to two sons, our son will definitely have no share in the grocery store!"

A tiny grocery store, split between two sons, was already too little to divide. Her mother wouldn’t possibly give her two sons a share anymore.

Moreover, dividing the grocery store into four parts would make it worthless!

The grocery store could only earn twenty to thirty silvers a month on average, maybe forty to fifty in a good month. Only at year’s end would it get busier, but even then, earning two hundred silvers was the absolute limit.

Such a meager amount of silver divided among four brothers, each person getting only a few silvers a month, what use would that serve?

Having glanced at her, Jia Shijie said nonchalantly, "She’s already pregnant, what can be done? Like you said, let’s hope it’s a daughter. Plus, your sister-in-law isn’t getting any younger. Didn’t they say her body was damaged giving birth to Mei? It’s uncertain whether she can safely deliver this time. Let’s wait until the baby is born to discuss! Some things are destined. You are a daughter married out; it’s normal for the grocery store not to have a share for you."

Zhang Xiaoli bristled with anger upon hearing those words, "I am also a Zhang, and I serve my mother with filial piety every day. How could the grocery store not include my share?"

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoli started to resent Madam Liu. What was she up to, suddenly being pregnant with twins? Was it to split her inheritance?

She had already said she would adopt her youngest son to her elder brother as his child. The Zhang Family wouldn’t be without descendants!

However, Xiaoli knew all too well how perilous childbirth was for women, and bearing twins was even riskier than a single child. Her husband was right, it was uncertain whether they could be born at all.

With this thought, Zhang Xiaoli felt somewhat relieved, but she still couldn’t sleep, so she got up to wash and went out.

"So it’s Xuanbao and the child’s aunt who have come, no wonder it’s so lively. I thought I heard my sister-in-law has good news just now in the room, is that true?"

It was getting late, and Madam Liu was about to leave with Ruo Xuan when Zhang Xiaoli came out. Madam Liu greeted her with a smile and then said, "Doctor Fang has just diagnosed my sister with a pregnancy pulse."

Zhang Xiaoli joyfully took Liu Wenyao’s hand, "That’s truly wonderful! The Zhang Family will have an heir, elder sister-in-law, you must give my elder brother a son this time!"

As if, she thought. It would be better if she couldn’t bear them. Only her son should inherit the Zhang Family’s grocery store. Zhang Xiaoli mentally added that bit to herself.

Ruo Xuan saw that Zhang Xiaoli’s smile seemed forced, so she pinched and used a mind-reading technique, not expecting to catch Zhang Xiaoli’s inner thoughts.

Ruo Xuan’s little face stiffened for a moment. She glanced at Zhang Xiaoli. How could someone be so wicked?

It was bad enough to covet small advantages, but to curse her own twin cousins and eye the Zhang Family’s grocery store as well?

After all, the grocery store had grown to its current scale after nearly a decade of hard work by her aunt since marrying into the family, and her uncle-in-law. Why should it pass to her son?

Ruo Xuan directly hurled an "Immortal Technique" of malicious intent that harms both others and oneself at her!

If she dared to harm the fetus in her aunt’s womb, dared to desire her aunt’s grocery store, or coveted what didn’t belong to her and did things that were against the heavenly principles, Heavenly Dao would ensure she reaped what she sowed, harming others and ultimately herself!

Liu Wenyao merely smiled, "Whether it’s a boy or a girl, it’s all determined by heaven. Whatever blessing the heavens give to my husband and me is what it will be. It’s uncertain."

At that moment, old Mrs. Zhang, having just worshiped the Guanyin that blesses children, heard this and hurriedly said, "What do you mean uncertain? It must be sons! Twin sons!"

Zhang Chengye, who had just seen off Doctor Fang, felt displeased when he heard his younger sister and mother’s words. What did they mean by must have sons? Wasn’t this putting pressure on Wenyao? He stepped forward and embraced his wife, "That’s right. Whether it’s boys or girls, it’s all my blessing! I love them all! Whether Wenyao has a son or a daughter, it’s my child. Without me, Wenyao couldn’t have children, so perhaps it’s not just up to the woman to determine. Maybe it’s up to the man. Perhaps I’m destined to only have daughters."

That time, Zhang Xiaoli truly smiled, "That’s also true. Daughters are more affectionate. Whatever brother likes is good."

Then I shall wish you continue to have daughters!

I hope every child you bear is a daughter, no matter how many more you have!

Old Mrs. Zhang glared at her son, "What nonsense are you spouting early in the morning! If you can’t speak properly, then don’t talk at all! Tsk tsk tsk... It must be a son!"

Having been a human for a few months, Ruo Xuan, this little flower, had come to know what kind of words people like old Mrs. Zhang liked to hear. She hoped old Mrs. Zhang would be kinder to her three older cousins and the cousin yet to be born, so she said, "Don’t worry, it will be a son. Both my aunt and my uncle-in-law are blessed with both sons and daughters, wealthy and fortunate. Mother-in-law, aunt, and uncle, you can look forward to enjoying your grandchildren’s blessings. Whether it’s the three older cousins or the cousin yet to be born, they’re all blessed people. Mother-in-law, uncle, aunt, just wait to enjoy your prosperity in the future."

Old Mrs. Zhang was pleased upon hearing this, "Oh, Xuanbao sure knows how to speak. Auspicious words indeed! Auspicious words indeed!"

She looked at her three granddaughters, growing up more beautiful than the last, and thought that each might marry better than the last!

With that, she felt her three granddaughters to be increasingly pleasing to the eye.

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