The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 270 - 266 Is it a Daughter Again?

Chapter 270: Chapter 266 Is it a Daughter Again?

Just as Ruo Xuan was thinking about casting a spell to turn her frantic mother into a strongman to carry her aunt back to the room, Zhang Chengye rushed in, panicked.

Madam Liu sighed with relief, "Brother-in-law, hurry and carry elder sister inside, she’s about to give birth."

Zhang Chengye quickly went forward and lifted his wife, who weighed over a hundred jin, into the birthing room that had been prepared in advance, carefully placing her on the bed.

Liu Wenyao anxiously said, "Husband, I’m going to give birth, the baby is coming! Quick... "

Zhang Chengye panicked.

Quick? Quick what?

He didn’t know how to deliver a baby!

Zhang Chengye helplessly said, "What to do? How do I deliver the baby? Tell me... tell me, and I’ll do it."

Madam Liu, Ruo Xuan, and the three cousins also followed inside.

This time Madam Liu was also in a panic, but after all, she had given birth to two children and roughly knew how to handle the delivery. She hastily instructed Zhang Chengye, "Brother-in-law, take the kids outside, leave this to me. You need to send someone to check if the midwife is on the way, and have someone prepare hot water."

"Thank you, younger sister! I’m leaving it to you, I’ll find the midwife as fast as I can. Wife, wait for me!" Zhang Chengye said, his hands trembling as he pulled Xuanbao along and quickly left with his three daughters.

Ruo Xuan took hold of her uncle’s hand, "Uncle, go find the midwife quickly! Don’t be afraid, I’m here, and both aunt and cousin will be fine."

"Okay, okay..." Zhang Chengye hurriedly ran out.

Now he was so flustered he could only follow orders, but Ruo Xuan’s words inexplicably gave him considerable comfort.

The three sisters were very scared.

Zhang Rui asked, "Xuanbao, what can we do?"

"Do you know how to boil hot water, cousin?"

Zhang Rui eagerly nodded, "I do, I do, I’ll go boil the water."

Zhang Lei: "I’ll go too!"

Zhang Mei: "Me too!"

The three sisters ran towards the kitchen like a streak of smoke.

Ruo Xuan stood guard outside the room.

Zhang Xiaoli was inside watching the children in their flurry of activity. She didn’t go out to help and couldn’t help but clasp her hands together, silently praying in her heart, "Heavenly Father, I’m willing to trade ten years, ten years of my mother’s life, praying that Madam Liu gives birth to twin daughters this time. Madam Liu loves daughters, she says girls are also great, like little quilted jackets that warm the heart. Heavenly Father, please send her two more daughters! May my elder brother only have daughters for life, may any sons he has not survive!"

Zhang Xiaoli truly hated Madam Liu.

Originally, she had eaten well and lived well at her parents’ house, and it had not inconvenienced her at all!

But then Madam Liu became pregnant and even said it was a son, whose horoscopes clashed with her children’s, resulting in her mother driving her and her family out.

Furthermore, had Madam Liu not had a son, she could have continued living at her parents’ house, and in the future, the family’s sundry goods shop would have been her son’s.

Now, if Madam Liu gave birth to a son, her own son would have nothing to do with the family shop!

Why should her brother’s son inherit the shop while her own couldn’t?

She too was a child born to her parents, she too bore the Zhang surname, she too tended to her mother every day, the shop should have a share for her—that would be fair.

At that moment, the sound of a child’s cry came from outside, weak and faint.

Zhang Xiaoli’s heart tightened. Was the baby born?

The cry wasn’t robust, was it a daughter?

She couldn’t help but hold her stomach as she walked out.

Ruo Xuan stood outside and glanced at her without saying a word.

She looked at the tightly shut door of the birthing room and said with a bit of schadenfreude, "Judging by the cry of this child, weak as a kitten, elder sister-in-law might have given birth to another daughter. When my son was born, his cries were so loud!"

Granny Zhang rushed in hastily; hearing this, her steps faltered, and she nearly fell!

Another daughter?

Zhang Chengye, carrying the midwife and dripping with sweat, ran in. He quickly set the woman down, "My wife is in labor inside, please go in quickly!"

The midwife steadied herself, nodded, and as she was about to enter, another weak cry from a baby came from the room.

She hurriedly pushed open the door and walked in.

The old lady Zhang, hearing the faint cries, felt as cold as she had when her granddaughters were born.

Another daughter?

Why are the heavens so blind!

Why won’t they grant her a grandson?

All she wished for was for the Zhang Family to not end its line with her son, was that so difficult?

She had spent her life doing good deeds and hadn’t done anything terrible, so why didn’t she have a grandson?

The old lady Zhang felt a sudden sourness in her heart, and tears came out all at once.

Zhang Chengye had no feelings about the baby’s gender; at this moment, his only prayer was for the adult and child inside to be safe and sound, nothing more.

Whether it’s a boy or a girl is fate, beyond human control. Heaven has its reasons, and it’s best to accept them with equanimity.

Hearing the two cries, Ruo Xuan smiled, "Congratulations to great-uncle and mother-in-law, mother and child are safe and sound."

The old lady Zhang’s eyes lit up, "Is what Xuanbao says true?"

Zhang Xiaoli smiled, "Are you sure it’s Mother and Son that are safe and sound? Not Mother and Daughter? If it were a son, your daughter would be cheering inside!"

Ruo Xuan glared at her angrily, "Sure! Very sure! Nasty thing, are you disappointed? After all, you were praying to the heavens that my aunt would give birth to daughters, even promising ten years of your mother’s lifespan for my aunt and uncle to have daughters for their lifetime, and if they had a son, he wouldn’t survive!"

Zhang Xiaoli’s eyes widened, and she instinctively looked at the old lady Zhang. She intended to deny it, but what came out was, "How did you know? I do wish they had a daughter."

After saying it, Zhang Xiaoli covered her mouth; heavens, why had she said that? She meant to say it was nonsense, that she never prayed to Heaven for such things.

The old lady Zhang and Zhang Chengye looked at Zhang Xiaoli in disbelief.

Especially the old lady Zhang; she was about to explode with anger!

She had only one son and one daughter, and she had always believed herself to be very good to her daughter.

She had given her daughter a rich dowry when she married, including land, fields, and a shop, and the yard she now lived in after moving out was bought for her by Madam Zhang. Knowing her son-in-law’s education costs were high, she even provided her with silver every month to prevent hard times!

But what was this daughter doing behind her back?

Praying to the heavens to exchange ten years of her (Madam Zhang’s) life so her son would only have daughters for his lifetime, and if a son was born, he wouldn’t survive?

This ungrateful wretch! The old lady Zhang wanted to beat her to death!

Zhang Chengye acted first, stepping forward in anger and slapping Zhang Xiaoli across the face!

Using his mother’s lifespan to curse his own son was simply too malicious!

Zhang Xiaoli’s face swelled up from the slap, and she looked incredulously at Zhang Chengye, touching her face, "Big brother, you dare hit me? I never said those things, it was that damn girl slandering me!"

She looked toward the old lady Zhang, "Mother, big brother hit me!"

The old lady Zhang, also raging with fury, took off her shoe and started hitting Zhang Xiaoli with it, "Zhang Xiaoli, get out! Get out! I don’t have a daughter like you!"

Zhang Xiaoli, clutching her stomach, dodged about, "Mother, I didn’t say those things, how could I ever do such a thing."

"Get out! Get out! Get out! Don’t ever come back!" The old lady Zhang chased after Zhang Xiaoli, hitting her.

With no choice, Zhang Xiaoli ran outside.

She would wait until her mother cooled off before coming back! Her mother loved her the most, after all.

At that moment, the door to the birthing room opened, and Madam Liu walked out smiling, "Congratulations to my brother-in-law on the joyful arrival of a precious son, mother and child are both safe."

Zhang Chengye wanted to rush in to see his wife, but Madam Liu stopped him, "Brother-in-law, wait, it’s not ready yet."

The old lady Zhang didn’t bother to chase after her daughter anymore, quickly putting her shoes back on and rushing over, "Is it a son?"

Madam Liu was very happy too; as long as her sister had a son, her life at the Zhang Family would be much easier. The old lady Zhang would surely treasure her like gold, and she nodded vigorously, "Yes, the two little nephews look so much like my brother-in-law."

The old lady Zhang, overwhelmed with joy, wept, "Heaven has eyes!"

She would sacrifice a big rooster to the ancestors tomorrow to tell the old man that there were grandsons now, and not just one but two!

At last, the Zhang family had broken the generations’ long trend of only one male heir; with two boys, their descendants would surely prosper.

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