The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 197 - 193: Why?

Chapter 197: Chapter 193: Why?

Ruo Xuan had a reason for what she said. Look at Zhang Xiaoli’s family of four, they’ve all gained a round of weight, which shows they haven’t been short on good things to eat lately.

By contrast, her own aunt had thinned down.

Ruo Xuan suspected that Zhang Xiaoli’s family had eaten all the good food while her own aunt got none.

Hmph, it was her aunt who had worked hard to earn the Silver paying for that food. Why should they get fatter and fatter, while her aunt becomes thinner instead?

Xiaohua, who was protective of her kin, naturally wasn’t happy about it. Wouldn’t she have to trip up certain people?

Doctor Fang glanced at Zhang Xiaoli, who had grown a circle rounder in just a few days.

It was he who took her pulse the other day. It had only been a few days, and she’d gained about a dozen pounds, hadn’t she?

It was indeed a bit too much of good eating.

She had just found joy in pregnancy, and if she continued to put on weight like this, by the time she gave birth, the baby was sure to be too large.

And now that she had upset the fetal energy, she could not be active. Sleeping after eating, eating after sleeping, it was even easier for her to gain weight. He nodded gravely, "Xuanbao is right. Madam Jia has gained weight too quickly. Indeed, she needs to eat more vegetables and less meat. After all, most maternal deaths due to dystocia are because the babies are too large."

Zhang Xiaoli wanted to retort, but hearing the last sentence frightened her, and she couldn’t help murmuring quietly, "I haven’t eaten that much meat!"

Old Mother Zhang: "Eat half a chicken, a fish, a pig’s trotter, two bowls of bird’s nest every meal, and you still think you’re not eating much! Your sister-in-law was pregnant with twins and didn’t eat as much as you!"

Zhang Xiaoli felt displeased. Her mother-in-law was becoming more and more partial. When she was pregnant before, she didn’t see her mother-in-law buying bird’s nest for her!

Wasn’t it just about having a son? She already had two sons!

Now it was Liu Wenyao’s lot to struggle with eating, she was not fated to have a son, but what business was that of hers?

Doctor Fang then glanced at Liu Wenyao: "Madam Zhang is too thin, and seems to have gotten even thinner these few days. You need to eat more and better quality food. Otherwise, the child will also be too thin, especially since you are pregnant with twins. Babies born too skinny are not easy to care for. You must pay attention to your diet."

Doctor Fang had seen too many cases where multiple-birth babies didn’t survive because they were too thin at birth.

Liu Wenyao felt a bit embarrassed, "I have been eating quite well, it’s just that I’ve been feeling nauseous recently and can’t eat much."

Liu Wenyao didn’t like the mushy steamed rice; she preferred the kind of rice that was firm and springy. But everyone in the Zhang Family liked mushy rice. She could endure it before, since she was always busy in the grocery store and came back both tired and hungry. When hungry, anything tasted good.

But now, she felt the rice sticking in her throat after just a couple of bites, followed by retching and nausea, and then she couldn’t eat anything else.

Madam Liu wouldn’t let her do anything now; food was served to her face every day with fish, meat, vegetables, and soup in every meal. She felt bad to complain about the rice being too mushy and uneatable. So she would eat just a little bit, leave the rice for her husband, and only eat the vegetables and the soup.

Old Mother Zhang panicked at this news "You have morning sickness? How come I didn’t know? Haven’t you finished all your meals each day?"

Since the Zhang Family had to take turns eating because of watching the grocery store, they did not eat together. Old Mother Zhang would prepare the meals and eat with her granddaughter first before letting her son and daughter-in-law eat, while she tended to the grocery store.

Zhang Chengye then said, "Wenyao starts vomiting after a couple of bites of rice, so she can only eat vegetables and drink soup. Most of the time, I finish the meals."

What Zhang Chengye didn’t mention was that Wenyao was sparing with her portion due to her concern for their daughter. Often she’d leave half of the good meat and soup for their three daughters to eat.

Old Mother Zhang got angry when she heard this. She slapped her son, "Your wife can’t eat, and you didn’t tell me sooner, just let me eat it all up! No wonder you have been gaining weight recently! You, a grown man who can’t bear sons, why be such a glutton? You’re wasting food!"

Hearing this, Ruo Xuan spoke up, "If you can’t eat rice, try to eat more meat and vegetables, drink more soup, or see if you can eat noodles and porridge. Eat a little less each meal, but don’t go hungry."

Old Mother Zhang felt she had a point, "What Xuanbao says makes sense. I’ll cook more vegetables in the future, boil noodles and simmer porridge, to see if you can stomach them. Wenyao, you have to tell me what you can and can’t eat, whatever you want to eat you can tell me! Don’t go hungry! And don’t feel embarrassed, you’re eating now for three. We can’t have you going hungry and hurting my two grandsons."

When Liu Wenyao was pregnant with her three granddaughters before, she never had morning sickness, so the old lady of the Zhang Family believed even more strongly that her daughter-in-law must be carrying a grandson this time.

Liu Wenyao nodded, "I understand."

Doctor Fang had finished writing the prescription, "The prescription is ready. There’s one formula that’s more expensive, and another that’s cheaper, both can serve to preserve the fetus, it’s just that with the cheaper formula, you have to take it for a few more days. You can also mix the two together. Who will go get the medicine?"

Jia Shijie said without a second thought, "Of course we’ll use the best prescription. All medicine has its side effects; who knows if the cheaper ingredients might affect the fetus."

After all, the Zhang Family was wealthy, and it wasn’t his silver at stake.

"I’ll go!" Ruo Chuan stretched out his hand, hoping to do a good deed through and through by also escorting Doctor Fang back, and it would be an opportunity to have a word with his fifth brother.

Xuanbao grabbed it first and handed it to Jia Shijie, "Why should the youngest uncle have to do this? This is my aunt’s fetus-preserving medicine; of course, it should be the aunt’s husband who personally takes care of it. Just now, the youngest uncle mentioned how the eldest uncle didn’t go to invite the doctor himself and wasn’t attentive!"

Jia Shijie: "..."

How could this little girl hold such a grudge? Is she really only four years old? A four-year-old child so articulate.

Upon hearing this, Ruo Chuan quickly changed his tune, "Then, Brother Jia, you should go! After all, it’s about getting medicine, not something else. Doing it yourself is more reassuring. I’m quite careless and might make a mistake. I’ll drive the carriage to take Doctor Fang back to his clinic and can also drop you off to get the medicine!"

The old lady nodded, "Thank you, Achuan! Then Shijie, you must hurry to get the medicine!"

If he went to get the medicine, wouldn’t he have to pay for it?

He couldn’t possibly ask his mother-in-law to give him the money, could he?

Jia Shijie instantly regretted having said those words before!

"But Xiaoli is still on the ground, I need to help her inside. Maybe my first uncle could go get the medicine for me? We don’t want to keep Doctor Fang waiting too long."

Xuanbao shook her little head, "That won’t do at all. My aunt can’t be without my uncle. Your own wife and child, it’s more reassuring if you go yourself."

Doctor Fang said, "It’s fine, I can wait for Young Master Jia to settle Madam Jia before I leave."

Mrs. Zhang said, "Then hurry up, Chengye you and Shijie help Xiaoli into the room, and then Shijie can go to get the medicine."

Jia Shijie had no choice but to help Zhang Xiaoli back into the room with Mrs. Zhang before going to get the medicine.

He wondered how much cheaper the fetus-preserving medicine might be.

Seizing the moment, Mrs. Zhang asked Doctor Fang, "Doctor Fang, my daughter-in-law has morning sickness; do you have a solution? Not eating for so long, she is lacking strength."

Doctor Fang replied, "Morning sickness varies from person to person, every pregnant woman has different conditions of morning sickness. Some people vomit everything they eat and can only drink water. It’s already a good sign that your daughter-in-law only vomits certain foods. Maybe try eating more sour foods to see if it helps alleviate the symptoms."

"What about foods that are good for the fetus, like those that could make the child more intelligent or more beautiful?"

Doctor Fang answered, "Walnuts, fish, peanuts... they’re all beneficial for the intellect and can be eaten more, as well as cow milk, sheep milk, bird’s nest, and fish maw which have skin-nourishing effects, and can also be eaten in moderation every day."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang immediately said, "Then I must go find some cows and sheep that have recently given birth."

Zhang Xiaoli, unable to restrain herself, clenched her teeth!

To think, during such a rare joyous occasion, she could only eat more vegetables. When she was pregnant with her son, the Zhang Family’s grocery store hadn’t been as prosperous as it was now, and she hadn’t had the chance to enjoy such delicacies.

Why should Madam Liu have cow milk, bird’s nest, chicken soup, and all kinds of meat whenever she wanted?

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