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Dr. Feng fled from the Lin residence like he was being chased. He carried a small medicine box away in a hurry. He wasn’t as calm as when he arrived. He was about to be driven crazy by this family. He pinched his beard but was surprised to find a few hairs in his palm. My god! His goatee?? His precious goatee was falling off! Dr. Feng was so depressed.
“I was just supposed to deliver news of a pregnancy, but it was even more difficult than curing a serious illness…” Dr. Feng sighed while sitting on the ox cart. When he went to other people’s homes to diagnose a pregnancy, it would take less than half an hour to collect the consultation fee.
Today, he was so tired he was losing his goatee!
But, hehe. Even if he was tired, the gains were plentiful.
He liked to diagnose people’s pregnancy the most. As a doctor, he could gain a red envelope even if it was from a poor family. It was meaningful. Zhao Liniang not only gave him a generous consultation fee, but she also gave him a red envelope. He touched it happily. it had to be a few taels of silver. In addition to that, he also got a basket of eggs and a loud rooster. His family’s meal would improve today.
“Doctor, what did you say? Pregnant?” The old man who drove the cart looked at Dr. Feng in surprise. The doctor who was invited by the Lin family actually said there was a pregnancy. Didn’t Ger Yan say he couldn’t have children? Could it be that Zhao Liniang was… No, that was even more impossible.
The old man was curious. Pregnant. Who was pregnant? Either way, it was good news!
“It’s the little husband from the Lin family. The one called Ger Yan. He’s a beautiful Shuang’er. The people in his family really love him…”
After sending Dr. Feng off, the Lin family regained their calm. Zhao Liniang hooked her fingers and calculated. She turned around to talk to the pair of husbands. “What were you two doing? The child is almost three months old and you didn’t even know. What if Ger Qiu didn’t catch Ger Yan when he fainted and he lost the child?”
Lin Lixuan and Ger Yan both smiled embarrassedly. They remembered that they had both regarded Ger Yan as stomach pains. They thought the fetus was just fat he was gaining.
It was funny and humiliating to think about now.
“You guys can still laugh. Especially you.” Zhao Liniang saw that Lin Lixuan actually dared to smile at her. He didn’t know how to repent at all. She couldn’t help but get angry. She pointed at him and said, “Your husband is almost three months pregnant, and you didn’t even notice. What kind of husband are you?”
“And you.” Zhao Liniang changed the conversation and said to Ger Yan. “You gained weight, and you didn’t even pay attention to it.” The words made Ger Yan lower his head.
Lin Lixuan saw that his mother also criticized Ger Yan and immediately interjected. “Mother, don’t just chide us. You’re also the problem. Ger Yan and I aren’t experienced in this, so how could we know what a pregnant Shuang’er looks like? But you’ve had lots of experience, and you didn’t even know Ger Yan was pregnant. I actually thought Ger Yan was in a bad mood and didn’t have an appetite…”
“You.” Zhao Liniang slapped Lin Lixuan’s body and interrupted his words. “Isn’t it your fault for not being home during that time…”
Lin Lixuan had to run the storytelling building so he was so busy that he couldn’t see anyone in the village. There was a beautiful Shuang’er in the troupe, and the villagers saw the two of them together in the county town…
“Xiucai Lin and Ger Yan have been married for several years… and still don’t have any children. It must be because…”
“He’s probably going to marry someone else. I knew this a long time ago. Anyway, their family is rich and can afford it.”
“Wasn’t there a beautiful Shuang’er at the bookstore? Could it be…”
“That Shuang’er is really pretty. If it was him, I’d be willing to marry him…”
These words reached Ger Yan’s ears, so how could he endure it? Zhao Liniang was afraid that this child would hold it in his heart. What would happen if the pair of husbands had fought? Zhao Liniang had to take precautions. She had to let her son have a heart-to-heart with him. She never thought he was actually pregnant.
It was all Shen Youyun’s fault. After she came to the Lin residence to make trouble, she shouted everywhere that Ger Yan couldn’t have children, so he needed to marry her. Everyone in the village believed that Ger Yan couldn’t have children. Even Zhao Liniang almost accepted this fact. After driving Shen Youyun away, some people wanted to send their Shuang’er and daughters to her family, but they were all ignored by Zhao Liniang. As long as her son and Ger Yan had a good life, it didn’t matter if they had children or not. It was better than marrying in someone else and causing trouble.
Why did Zhao Liniang find another doctor to go to their house? They even sent him back to the county town on the ox cart. All of this was to just have the doctor spread the news that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, and to block the gossip.
After Ger Yan found out he was pregnant, he’d been resting at home. He wasn’t allowed to do heavy work and could only do needlework for a couple hours each day. He could only paint for a while as well. When he tried to sweep the floor, he was stopped by Zhao Liniang. When he wanted to make a pair of shoes for his unborn child, he did needlework for too long and was reprimanded by Lin Lixuan. “You’ll hurt your eyes if you sew for too long. Sit down and rest for a while.”
It wasn’t that Zhao Liniang and Lin Lixuan were making a fuss, but there was a child in Ger Yan’s belly. Ever since his fathers knew about its existence, it kept bouncing around in his Daddy’s stomach every day. It made Ger Yan restless every day. He didn’t want to eat anything for a while. Then he only wanted to eat fish. Then he felt that fish was disgusting and wanted to eat tofu for a while…
Ger Yan was tossed around so much he got skinner. Other parts of him were visibly skinny, but his belly was swollen like a balloon.
With a big watermelon belly, Lin Lixuan sometimes got dizzy. He was worried about Ger Yan’s big belly. With a belly so big, would he really be able to push the child out? “How would we get rid of the child? Don’t give birth.” It was said that giving birth was like teasing death’s door. If something went wrong when Ger Yan gave birth, what would he do?
Lin Lixuan would rather be childless than lose Ger Yan.
“Lin-dage, don’t say that kind of thing anymore. I’m fine. The child is fine. Didn’t you hear the doctor… I’m very healthy!” Ger Yan, the person concerned, didn’t understand why Lin-dage was so scared about having a child. Pregnancy and childbirth was a normal thing. Not everyone had a difficult birth. Some people had no problem giving birth.
“What if…”
“What if, what if. Why are you so worried? Can’t you say something positive in front of the pregnant man?” Zhao Liniang walked over and slapped Lin Lixuan, who’d become more and more nervous as the fetus grew. She walked to Ger Yan’s side and handed him a bowl of chicken soup. She watched Ger Yan drink the soup with a smile and told him, “Next time Xuan’Er says such things, just kick him out of the room. Ignore him.”
“Don’t blame him for saying these stupid things. When I gave birth to him, his father was also very anxious while waiting outside and almost even fainted. When Xuan’Er was finally born, he rushed in to be by my side and didn’t even look at the child…” Zhao Liniang reminisced and couldn’t help but half-squint and laugh happily.
Ger Yan was not allowed to go to the county town anymore, but he was only allowed to walk to the end of the courtyard everyday. Fortunately, their yard was big enough to not make him feel suffocated.
When she was pregnant with a child, she walked more to make childbirth easier. Lin Lixuan helped him walk in the yard at home. Ger Yan had to walk for at least half an hour a day. In their yard, not only was there Zhao Liniang’s vegetables, Lin Lixuan also added grape tellises. Afraid that Ger Yan would be bored and lonely, Lin Lixuan bought a lot of flower seeds from the county town and planted lotus flowers in the small pond that was dug behind the house. The small pond wasn’t big. It was only a quarter of a mu. It was originally a small piddle, then Lin Lixuan asked someone to make it into a pond. He raised fish to fry, and they could also be used as fertilizer. Now it was filled with lotus seeds. The lotus leaves grew above the pond, making it look very nice.
All kinds of flowers and plants were planted in the corner of the well. There were orchids, camellias, longevity flowers, chrysanthemums, peonies, and begonias. There were a few small green bamboos behind them.
These flowers were planted by Lin Lixuan himself. Ger Yan watched him plant them from the side. He sat in a chair to rest when he was tired of standing. Lin Lixuan accompanied Ger Yan for a walk and planted a few plants with a small shovel every once in a while. Over time, there were more flowers and plants in the the Lin family’s courtyard. Butterflies could be frequently seen flying in the yard.
The flowers and plants gradually grew. The yard became purple and red. It distracted from Zhao Liniang’s vegetable field. Zhao Liniang looked at all the flowers and sighed. “Our yard is about to become a garden.” In the past, their family was poor and planting some vegetables and green onions in their front yard was a pleasure. Where did they have the time to take care of plants that couldn’t be eaten?
“Mother, don’t you think growing flowers is very interesting? Looking at them really improves my mood.”
“It is very nice to look at.”
Lin Lixuan covered his mouth and smiled. “If we have Ger Yan look at the flowers more, then our child will be even prettier when they’re born.”
“You and Ger Yan are both handsome. Your child will definitely be the same.”
Ger Yan decided to learn tailoring with Ger Qiu. He didn’t go for a day, since he had to recuperate at home because he was pregnant. God was playing tricks. Fortunately, Ger Qiu came to the Lin residence from time to time to accompany him. Lin Lixuan also supported Ger Qiu coming over to accompany Ger Yan. They hired a few short-term workers for Lin’s Restaurant, so he wasn’t as busy. He had a lot of time to spare. It wasn’t hard getting to and from their house.
Ger Qiu had already learned embroidery with Auntie Li. Ger Yan couldn’t go to the county town, so Ger Qiu came to teach him after learning by himself. Ger Yan happened to be bored while taking care of his body, so when he had time, he would make clothes and shoes for their future baby.
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