Chapter 18 Liu Changping warns Aunt Jiang; Jiang Xiaoxiao sends Aunt Jiang away to look for chickens
Liu Changping sneered, "What Aunt Jiang said is quite interesting. If your family doesn't let her carry the load, will she do it? I don't care what excuses you make. Anyway, if she gets pregnant again and your family asks her to do any housework again, I will take her home immediately and will not live in your Jiang family anymore!"

Liu Changping's voice was stern and did not allow for any argument.

Jiang's mother was terrified. "How can that be possible? The baby she is carrying belongs to the Jiang family. How can she give birth to it in your Liu family?"

"Anyway, your Jiang family doesn't take it seriously, and you'll abort the baby if she gets pregnant. You don't want her baby, but I do! My Liu family can afford to raise it!" Liu Changping said loudly.

"No, you are not allowed to go to Liu's house to give birth!" Jiang's mother also raised her voice.

"So now that she's pregnant, do you still want her to work?" Liu Changping asked again, pointing at a few passers-by and saying, "The uncles, aunts and uncles passing by are all watching, Aunt Jiang, please swear an oath!"

The few people passing by were from the team in the next village. Although I couldn’t remember their names, they were semi-acquaintances because they passed by here almost every day.

When everyone saw Liu Changping talking about them, they all advised Aunt Jiang, "We are a family, why are you scheming like that?"

Aunt Jiang had to save face and said, "Okay, okay, okay, is it okay to do as you say? Xihua is pregnant with the Jiang family's baby, how could we not value it? Look at what you, the eldest brother-in-law, are saying. It's all because Xihua has bad luck. She lost every baby she got pregnant. Other families also lost babies, but who is like her who lost all six babies she got pregnant with? She has a bad luck. My Jiang family is unlucky too."

Liu Xihua saw that her mother-in-law had also given in. If she continued talking, it would only lead to an endless quarrel. She pushed Liu Changping and said, "Brother, are you tired from walking? Come in and sit for a while."

Liu Changping didn't like the Jiang family and wanted to turn around and leave, but in order to support his sister, he nodded and said, "Well, I'll sit for a while. When Daguo comes back, I'll talk to him."

Aunt Jiang's temples were throbbing. Was she trying to cause trouble for her son? "Brother Xihua, Daguo is busy today and may not be back until the evening." The implication was that Liu Changping didn't need to wait.

But at this moment, Jiang Daguo's voice said behind them, "Xihua is back? Big brother is here too? Where's Xiaoxiao?"

Aunt Jiang was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Why did her son come back at this time?
Liu Xihua turned around and said to Jiang Daguo, "Daguo, big brother wants to talk to you."

"Daguo is back just in time. I have something to talk to you about." Liu Changping nodded to Jiang Daguo and went into the Jiang family's house first.

Jiang Daguo bent down to look at Jiang Xiaolan who was lying in the cart, took the basket under the cart and followed her into the house.

"Daguo, there are herbs in that basket, don't damage it." Liu Xihua pushed Jiang Xiaoxiao forward.

"Understood." Jiang Daguo responded.

After entering the house, Jiang Daguo placed the basket on a shelf, put down the hoe, wiped his hands, and poured a bowl of cold tea for Liu Changping.

Liu Changping glanced at him, picked up the bowl and drank.

After Liu Xihua carried Jiang Xiaoxiao back to the bedroom, she came over and sat with her.

Aunt Jiang didn't dare to come into the house. She stood at the door and listened to the two people chatting.

Liu Changping glanced at her and snorted coldly.

"Brother, what's the matter?" Jiang Daguo was honest and didn't notice that Liu Changping and Aunt Jiang were giving each other cold looks.

"It's nothing. I just want to talk about how your family plans to arrange Xihua's pregnancy if she gets pregnant again in the future. I see that she keeps having miscarriages. Maybe it's because of the bad feng shui in your family? When she gets pregnant again, I want to take her to the Liu family to nurse the baby and give birth." Liu Changping said.

Jiang Daguo was stunned. "Brother, how can this be possible? Xihua is my wife, how can she go to the Liu family?"

Aunt Jiang was anxious, and she also walked into the house and said, "Xihua's elder brother, didn't we just agree that we would not let her carry the load, and told her to take good care of the pregnancy and not go to Liu's house? Why are you talking about going to Liu's house again? Why don't you keep your word?" Liu Changping chuckled, "Aunt Jiang, so you are determined to treat Xihua well?"

"As long as she is pregnant and stays in the Jiang family, we will certainly treat her well," said Aunt Jiang.

"Yes, yes, yes, brother, don't worry. If she gets pregnant again, don't let her do anything, including sweeping the floor, cooking, and washing clothes, let alone carrying loads. The doctor said that she has habitual miscarriages and will have a miscarriage if we're not careful. You don't need to remind me, and I dare not let her work so hard anymore." Jiang Daguo said hurriedly.

"You can't even sweep the floor? What kind of job is sweeping the floor?" Aunt Jiang said dissatisfiedly.

"Mom, this is what the doctor told her to do. The doctor said it's best to stay in bed and rest more. How can you ask her to sweep the floor? She has to bend over to sweep the floor. How can her stomach bear it?" Jiang Daguo shook his head and said.

"It turns out the doctor has also given instructions, so let's just listen to him," said Liu Changping.

Things have come to this point. Although Aunt Jiang blamed Liu Xihua for being too pretentious, she didn't dare to say anything else.

She was afraid that if she continued to talk, it would offend Liu Changping. If she took Liu Xihua to the Liu family, would her Jiang family no longer want descendants?

Seeing that the attitude of the Jiang mother and son had softened, Liu Changping sat for a while and then stood up to leave.

Jiang Daguo wanted to keep him for dinner, but Liu Changping didn't like Aunt Jiang, so he said he had something to do at home and went back.

Aunt Jiang didn't dare to say anything to Liu Xihua, but she was still sarcastic, "You were gone for so long, what herbs did you dig?"

"Ganoderma lucidum and some motherwort." said Liu Xihua.

"Ganoderma lucidum?" Aunt Jiang exclaimed, "Where is it? Where is it?"

"The basket my eldest brother just brought contains, oh, half a basket of potatoes and two cabbages, which were given to me by my eldest brother." Liu Xihua said.

"Brother is so nice. Every time Xihua comes home, he always gives her something." Jiang Daguo said with a smile.

Aunt Jiang curled her lips. What's so good about that? He scolded her in front of passers-by, and she still applauded?
She took off the straw hat covering the basket and saw the three Ganoderma lucidum. Aunt Jiang was pleasantly surprised. "I heard that the price of Ganoderma lucidum is high recently. Daguo, you should take it to the pharmacy in town to exchange it now."

"Ask where I can buy milk powder and bring back two cans of milk powder for Xiaoxiao," said Liu Xihua.

"Can't you wean him off the milk? A month of feeding him milk powder is enough, right? If he keeps on eating more, our family will go bankrupt." Aunt Jiang grumbled in dissatisfaction.

Jiang Xiaoxiao listened to Aunt Jiang's words and snorted in her heart: You want to stop her from breastfeeding again? That's too much, she's only one month old! She still lacks a lot of nutrition!

She found this Ganoderma lucidum, which was an unexpected gain, and she didn't spend any of the Jiang family's money.

[Grandma, the big black cat at Grandma Gui’s house always wants to take away the chicks you bought. Go count the chicks to see if there are any missing.]

Aunt Jiang blinked. Huh? Her chicks!
The chicks she bought just the day before yesterday can't be taken away by the damn black cat of Mrs. Gui's house.

Aunt Jiang turned around and searched on the ground, found the broken clay bowl used to feed the chickens, and ran out to look for the chickens while muttering "Peck, peck, peck, peck".

Jiang Daguo and Liu Xihua looked at each other. Why did mom suddenly stop talking about them?
"Daguo, you should go to town quickly and borrow a bicycle so you can go there and come back early." Liu Xihua said.

(End of this chapter)