The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 184 - 180 What’s going on?

Chapter 184: Chapter 180 What’s going on?

Old Lady Zhang carried the breakfast out and saw her two grandsons fighting over the fruit. She immediately shouted, "Stop it!"

She hurried over, set down the breakfast, and then took all the fruit back, returning it to the basket, "These fruits are rare, there isn’t much fruit left this season. Don’t eat them, save them for your aunt to eat. Grandma will buy more for you later."

She had been worrying about the scarcity of fruits when there were none available to nourish her unborn grandsons.

She hadn’t expected the Ruo Family to bring such fine fruits at this time.

These apples and honey peaches were fruits only found in the north.

Having the fruits snatched from their mouths, Jia Zhiwen and Jia Shijie immediately burst into loud tears.

"I want to eat the apple! Grandma is bad, snatching my apple! Give me back my apple!"

"The honey peach is mine, give me back my honey peach, I had it first!"

Zhang Xiaoli’s face turned dark. "Mother, it’s just a few pieces of fruit. If your grandsons want to eat them, can’t you bear to give them up?"

Old Lady Zhang tucked the fruit securely into the basket, "It’s not that I can’t bear to, but these fruits are rare. Your sister-in-law is pregnant with twins now, so we have to save them for her."

Seeing the box of bird’s nest in Zhang Xiaoli’s hands, Old Lady Zhang’s eyes brightened; it really was like someone offering a pillow when one wanted to sleep, "This is blood bird’s nest. I was just planning to find someone to buy a kilogram or two for your sister-in-law to eat. They say this stuff is good for the fetus, it makes them intelligent. After eating it, my grandsons will definitely become Imperial Scholars."

Hearing this, she snatched the box of bird’s nest right away, closed it and put it away safely.

Just then, Liu Wenyao, after finishing her visit to Ruo Xuan’s family, returned. Old Lady Zhang promptly handed her the basket of fruit and the bird’s nest. "Your sister sent these for nourishing your pregnancy. Take good care of them. The bird’s nest is good for the fetus; you should stew and eat some every day. It’s alright to eat more of these fruits since they can’t be stored. Don’t spare yourself and give them to the children instead; nurturing your health is what’s important! The children can have plenty of fruits when summer comes."

Old Lady Zhang then turned to her three granddaughters and said, "Don’t eat these fruits. These fruits are hard to come by at the moment, so we’ll save them for your mother to eat. When autumn arrives, Grandma will buy more for you to eat. Your aunt also brought you pastries and candies which you can eat."

After saying this, she divided the candies and pastries on the table evenly.

Jia Zhiwen and his brother cried even louder, "Grandma is bad, the candy and pastries are ours!"

"No sharing, the candy is mine! Don’t give it to cousin! Cousin is a waste of money!"

The three sisters were pleasantly surprised. Their grandmother had always favored their two male cousins, yet now she was dividing things equally?

Old Lady Zhang was annoyed by her grandsons’ noise and spoke irritably, "Don’t talk nonsense. This is what your cousin’s aunt sent for her. If I don’t divide it, none of you will get any."

"But it used to be all ours! Grandma, you always said our cousin was a waste of money and didn’t deserve good things."

"The past is the past. Now your cousin is carrying two brothers, our Zhang Family will have descendants. Your uncle and his wife are blessed with both sons and daughters. Your cousin and her three kids are also blessed and no longer considered a waste of money. In the future, you better not speak like that," Old Lady Zhang felt no remorse whatsoever.

Such were her thoughts.

If a daughter-in-law couldn’t bear a son, the Zhang Family would have no one to inherit, and all their wealth would end up in someone else’s house. Three granddaughters were considered a waste of money; a family without sons was like pushing riches out the door to outsiders.

But now things were different. Since the daughter-in-law was pregnant with twin grandsons, the Zhang Family would have heirs, and the three granddaughters could be well-cultivated to marry into good families, thus becoming a support to their own grandsons and the Zhang Family.

That is why alliances are formed and good relations between two families come about.

That was why she was willing to marry her daughter to Jia Shijie, a poor scholar from the mountains—because he was promising in his studies. If he could become an Imperial Scholar and secure a small official position, the local bullies knowing that there was an official in the family would not dare to oppress them.

Zhang Xiaoli was thoroughly disheartened this time. What did her mother mean?

Once she had grandsons, were the grandsons no longer considered grandchildren?

Now the grandsons were not even born yet, but all the good things were already reserved for what was just a chunk of flesh. Once they were born, would there be a place for her and her sons in the Zhang Family?

She considered in vain how her in-laws’ parents never took care of her, and that she had returned to her mother’s house to take care of her mother, attending to her daily.

Unable to watch anymore, she scolded her still-crying sons with a dark face, "Cry, Cry, Cry; that’s all you know how to do! Go back to the room and eat your breakfast! Otherwise, you won’t get any candy or pastries, and they’ll all go to your cousin!"

Hearing that they might lose the candy and pastries, the two brothers immediately took their share and headed to their room.

Zhang Xiaoli also picked up the tray with breakfast and entered the room with a dark face.

Zhang Pozi was unaware that her daughter was feeling unbalanced. Worried that the fruit basket was too heavy, she directly helped Liu Wenyao carry the fruit and bird’s nest back to her room.

Liu Wenyao was supposed to help out at the grocery store, but she was stopped, "The pregnancy is still in its early days, don’t overexert yourself. The first three months are the most important. Wait until the fetus is stable before doing more. After all, the store won’t be busy after the New Year. Rest easy at home and nurture your pregnancy, get more sleep when you can. I’ll go make you some chicken soup!"

Liu Wenyao once again felt the care Zhang Pozi had shown her during her first two pregnancies.

She knew that her mother-in-law just wanted a grandson too badly, fearful of the Zhang Family having no male heirs.

But who can guarantee with full confidence whether it will be a boy or a girl?

She touched her abdomen; regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, she would enjoy her mother-in-law’s care for now. After all, she would take care of her in the future as well.

By the way, she could use these few months to save up more for her three daughters’ dowries, just in case the child turned out to be another girl...

These past few years really had been unfair to her three daughters.

Having already given birth to three daughters, Liu Wenyao really didn’t have much confidence in having a son.

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Ruo Xuan arrived outside the city, where the people Xuanyuan Que had arranged had already delivered the flower and herb seedlings.

Even Master Han had brought Xuanyuan Que’s students to hurry over.

The moment Ruo Xuan emerged from the carriage, Xuanyuan Que’s gaze shifted towards her.

Having just sneezed twice, he was certain that this flower was thinking of himself, worried that she had encountered some trouble.

Seeing Ruo Xuan’s smiling face like a blooming flower, Xuanyuan Que retracted his gaze.

Ruo Xuan obediently approached Master Han and bowed in greeting.

Master Han said with a smile, "No need for such formalities. Hurry and tell everyone how you plan to plant these flower and herb seedlings; everyone has been waiting here for half a day."

Yan Jiaojiao and Zhang Jie couldn’t wait to say, "Xuanbao, tell us how to plant these roses. We want to grow roses. Can these roses be used to make floral tea?"

"Yes, planting roses is really simple. Cutting and planting will get them to thrive!" Ruo Xuan demonstrated by inserting a diagonally cut rose stem into the loose soil and then watered it a little, "There we go."

"It’s that simple?"

"Yes, it’s really that simple." Roses simply needed a selection of healthy, mature but not too old stems for cutting, and with adequate soil moisture and aeration, they would grow well.

"Then let’s give it a try." The two eagerly picked up a rose stem and inserted it into the soil.

After asking a few questions, Master Han took a rose stem to study and record his findings.

Ruo Xuan then ran off to teach the villagers, who had been invited over in advance, how to plant flowers and herbs.

After teaching everyone, she went over to Xuanyuan Que, grabbed the sleeve of his robe, and asked, "Brother Xuanyuan, do you think cats are cute and beautiful?"

Xuanyuan Que was spreading Xuancao Flower seeds when he heard her, thinking she wanted a cat. As it happened, two cats had been sent over from Capital City the previous night, so he nodded, "Mm, they’re cute. I have two of them, very beautiful. If you want one, I can give you one."

He would keep one for his grandmother, and if she didn’t want it, he would give both to her.

Ruo Xuan: "..."

Divine Lord Xuanyuan actually kept two cats?

"It turns out humans really do like cats more!" Ruo Xuan dropped this remark and turned to walk away.

Xuanyuan Que watched her forlorn little figure and her stunningly beautiful little face in a daze.

What’s going on?

Wasn’t it her preference?