The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 183 - 179 Is There A Comparison?

Chapter 183: Chapter 179 Is There A Comparison?

Ruo Xuan nodded her little head, "Mm, I always speak the truth! Everything I say is true, all three of my cousins are blessed, and blessed girls won’t enter an unfortuned household, so in the future they will be able to marry into very good families, and then you’ll see that I was right!"

To make Granny Zhang love her three cousins even more, Ruo Xuan didn’t mind speaking more highly of them.

Granny Zhang was even happier upon hearing this, although she preferred grandsons, she didn’t wish for her granddaughters to have a tough life. Any normal person would want their descendants to be blessed with fortune and honor!

"I believe you! I believe you!" Granny Zhang patted her eldest granddaughter’s head. All three of her granddaughters were blessed.

Madam Liu relaxed when she saw that Granny Zhang’s attitude towards her eldest sister and the three Zhang sisters had completely changed.

The time was getting late, and those flower seedlings must have been delivered by now, so she said, "Mother-in-law, we have other matters to attend to, so we’ll be taking our leave."

Granny Zhang hurriedly said, "Won’t you stay for lunch before leaving? Now that you’re in town, it’s better to eat lunch before you go!"

Liu Wenyao quickly said, "I’ll go make lunch right away!"

When her sister and her family rarely came by, how could she let them leave without having a meal?

Zhang Xiaoli saw his chance and said, "Big sister, I haven’t had breakfast yet, could you also bring out my breakfast and maybe reheat it a bit? I don’t like to eat lukewarm food. The breakfast usually sits in the pot for half the day and ends up only tepid."

"Sure," Liu Wenyao habitually agreed without complaining. She never minded a bit of extra work.

Besides, she usually ran the grocery store, and her husband often had to make deliveries, so except for breakfast, which she got up early to prepare, the other two meals of the day were usually taken care of by Granny Zhang.

Granny Zhang hurriedly stopped Liu Wenyao, "You’re still in the early months of pregnancy, you shouldn’t go into the kitchen anymore!"

"Sister, don’t bother, we really do have other things to take care of, we’ll be going now."

Ruo Shui also said, "Someone is waiting for us, we need to leave."

Seeing that they were indeed busy, Granny Zhang let Zhang Chengye and Madam Liu see them out.

The three Zhang sisters also hurriedly followed to see off their cousin. Zhang Lei even went inside and carried out a small white kitten, intending to give it to Ruo Xuan, "Xuanbao, this is an exotic cat, born to my neighbor’s cat. It grows up with really long fur, very beautiful, I’m giving it to you!"

Ruo Xuan quickly waved her hands, "I don’t want a cat, my family has a dog to catch mice, we don’t need a cat, cats and dogs will fight if they’re together. Cousin, don’t give me animals, I like flowers, I like plants, I don’t like animals, when I see animals I only think about whether to braise or steam them. Besides, I’ve never eaten cat meat, and I’ve never had dog meat either!"

Zhang Lei: "..."

She quietly put down the small kitten.

Zhang Rui: "How can our cousin Xuanbao not like such a pretty and cute kitten?"

Ruo Xuan: "No matter how pretty a cat is, can it be prettier than flowers? Besides, cats will smell if they don’t take baths, but flowers are fragrant! Do you think I’m prettier and cuter, or is that cat prettier and cuter?"

Three sisters: "..."

Is that even comparable?

How can Xuanbao compare herself to a cat? And what does that have to do with flowers? How can you compare flowers and cats, they’re not even the same kind!

Seeing that they didn’t respond, Ruo Xuan felt hurt, "Could it be? Cousin, do you really think the cat is cuter and prettier than me?"

No, this won’t do. She had to ask the Divine Monarch, whether cats or flowers were prettier.

It seemed that humans indeed were especially fond of cats and dogs, always holding and treasuring them in their arms, hugging and kissing them.

But not with flowers!

People who grow flowers don’t kiss them, nor do they embrace them, and they even forget to water them or give them too much water, killing the plants!

Could it be that flowers are less than cats?

"Of course not, cousin Xuanbao is cuter than a cat, prettier too!"

"And what about flowers?"

"Flowers? Flowers aren’t as cute as cats—no, no, no—flowers are prettier than cats, cuter too; next time I’ll give cousin flowers..." Seeing Xuanbao glaring, and looking rather fierce, Zhang Lei hurriedly corrected herself.

...

The childish babble gradually faded as Ruo Xuan’s family of three left. Only then did the old Madame Zhang say to her daughter, "Don’t have your sister-in-law do chores anymore. She’s in the early days of her pregnancy and shouldn’t overexert herself."

Zhang Xiaoli felt unhappy when she saw her mother act like this. Liu Wenling’s child wasn’t even born yet, and she was already showing favoritism, to the point that she wasn’t even annoyed by the three money-losing boys anymore.

What would happen to the status of her two sons in the Zhang Family after Liu Wenyao indeed gave birth to a pair of twin sons?

Impatiently, she said, "I got it! Mom, heat up breakfast for me. I’ll go wake up the kids."

After speaking, she turned and went back inside the house.

Old Madame Zhang couldn’t help but say, "How lazy can you be? Who will tend to you and Shijie when the two of you move out to live on your own?"

Despite her words, Old Madame Zhang still made her way to the kitchen.

She planned to heat up breakfast for her daughter, and then slaughter a chicken to stew a nourishing soup for Madam Liu.

The child she was carrying was a set of twins; one person was eating for the nourishment of three, so the diet couldn’t be scrimped on.

Twin children are generally born thinner and smaller; such frail children are hard to raise. Old Madame Zhang felt both joy and concern as she pondered how to provide prenatal care for Madam Liu.

She mustn’t allow the fetus to grow too large, fearing a difficult birth, nor too small, making it hard to keep them alive.

She needed to ask the daughter-in-law of the neighboring street shop owner how exactly she managed her pregnancy, safely delivering a pair of chubby twins, the envy of several streets.

When she heard her boasting, her mother-in-law made chicken soup once every two days, ensured that fish, meat, and eggs were present at every meal, and made pigeon soup three or four times a month. There were also fruits, and apparently, she ate a lot of apples.

But apples were from the north, not grown in Shaxi County, precious and hard to come by; not because they were expensive – she could afford them for her grandsons – but because they were hard to buy ...

Furthermore, she heard that ladies of wealthy families would eat bird’s nest when they were blessed with pregnancy, saying that those bearing twins who consumed bird’s nest gave birth to intelligent and fair-skinned children ...

Bird’s nest was expensive, but buying one or two jin was manageable.

As Old Madame Zhang thought about how to help Madam Liu stabilize the pregnancy, she busied herself in the kitchen.

Zhang Xiaoli’s face fell once she returned to her room. After she woke her two sons up and helped them dress, she took them out to have breakfast.

The stone table in the courtyard was laid with gifts brought by Ruo Xuan’s family. The brothers, Jia Zhiwen and Jia Shijie, ran over to rummage through them as soon as they saw the gifts.

Then, seeing fruits in the basket, both brothers immediately grabbed one each, dividing the apples, pomegranates, and peaches among themselves.

"This big one is mine; you’ve already taken a big one just now."

"This one is mine; you’ve taken two already!"

...

The two brothers nearly came to blows over a basket of fruits.

Zhang Xiaoli, meanwhile, was perusing the other gift boxes.

Ruo Xuan also brought some candies, pastries, and dried meat for her three female cousins to enjoy.

These were given to her by Divine Monarch Xuanyuan’s grandmother, and she had specifically set aside a share for her three female cousins.

In other words, these were delicacies from the palace, exquisitely made!

"Stop fighting; there are candies and pastries here too," she said.

The two brothers then scrambled for the candies and pastries.

Zhang Xiaoli opened an exquisitely packaged brocade box and discovered neatly arranged rows of blood swallows’ nests, her eyes lighting up!

The Ruo Family was indeed becoming wealthier and wealthier!

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