Li Chunhua was almost too excited and say it out loud, but before she could speak, her mind turned. Shiheng was still here. If she guessed wrong, Shiheng would not be happy.
With this in mind, Li Chunhua stopped eating her rice: “Xuezhu! Why didn"t you tell mom about your discomfort earlier! Let"s go, hurry. Stop eating for now, mom will take you to the clinic.”
“Shiheng! You don"t have to come with us. Stay at home and watch over the house. Your wife and I will be back soon. ”
He Xuezhu did not respond and was pulled to stand up and follow her. Li Chunhua accompanied her. “Be careful, don"t walk so fast when you are uncomfortable…”
“Come on, Mom"s will hold you.”
He Xuezhu had never seen such an attentive mother-in-law. She was holding her hand at a loss and did not dare to refuse. She subconsciously looked back and saw her husband standing in the courtyard, looking at them smiling, turning her head and waving at her.
“Xuezhu, just follow Mom. I"ll wait for you at home.”
It was such a smile that made her relax all over. She also smiled back unconsciously.
Watching his mother and wife go, Lin Shiheng walked around the house and looked around to see if anything was broken.
He is rarely at home. Even if he comes back, he would only for a few days. There are only two women in the family. Even if they can bear hardships, they can"t keep up with many things physically. Li Chunhua has a strong temperament and refuses to ask others for help. If it"s not urgent, she could afford to wait for her son to come back.
After wandering around, Lin Shiheng found a plastic cloth covering the rice jar and an umbrella on it.
Looking up, the roof above the rice jar was indeed leaking, covered with plastic sheets. But judging from the fact that the plastic sheets were still filled with water, you would know the sheets were almost useless.
(Ancient people use to store rice grains inside a large porcelain or ceramic pot/jar/jug/etc etc. This is very heavy, if you include the weight of the grains inside, could weigh around upwards of 15 kg.)
He lifted up his sleeve, grabbed both sides of the rice jar, and lifted the whole rice jar with rice in it.
When the smiling Li Chunhua came back, carefully caring for her daughter-in-law with the same happy smile. She saw that the rice jar in the house was lifted from the leaking corner to a place where there was no leakage. The big frying pan was brushed clean, and even the missing step outside was temporarily padded with boards.
The smile on Li Chunhua"s face immediately became more soothing. She was about to go in and call Lin Shiheng when she heard her son calling from behind: “Mom, Xuezhu, your back?”
“Shiheng? Where did you come back from?”
Lin Shiheng smiled and showed them the light bulb in his hand: “Mom, the light bulb in your room is not bright. I went to buy a new one and change it for you.”
Usually, Li Chunhua is sure to take her son"s hand and lament her son"s filial piety, but now, she smiles like she won a 10 million prize and can"t wait to announce the good news.
“Shiheng! Xuezhu is pregnant!"
Lin Shiheng"s facial expression immediately turned into surprise and joy like the excitement of a dream.
” Xuezhu! Is Xuezhu pregnant? Am I going to be a father?!!"
—— Crack!
With a crunch, he was so excited that he crushed the light bulb in his hand.
He Xuezhu was touching her stomach and looked at him with a smile. When she saw the broken bulb, she got a fright and hurriedly stepped forward to check: “Shiheng, are you okay? Did you get hurt?”
“Nothing, it"s alright!”
L Lin Shiheng clapped his hands to get the broken gla.s.s debris off and hugged his wife in excitement: “Xuezhu, you are pregnant! I"m going to be a father!"
There is no doubt about his excitement. He Xuezhu herself was immersed in the joy of being a mother. When she was infected by her husband"s happiness, the smile on her face suddenly became happier.
Unexpectedly, Shiheng was so happy. He must have been looking forward to the child for a long time.
Shiheng reached out and carefully touched his wife"s lower abdomen, and looked down at her with a smile. Li Chunhua watched the scene, only to feel that her eyes that had been crying before were a faint memory.
She said, her son is so good, G.o.d wouldn"t be so cruel to him. Even after being wounded and couldn"t have any children, G.o.d still left a single seedling in Xuezhu"s belly.
Afraid of letting her son see that something was not right, Li Chunhua wiped the corner of her eyes and coughed only when she was sure there were no tears. “Now, Shiheng, hurry up and hold your wife to sit down. She can"t be tired now. I"m going to heat the rice. Today we didn"t know and almost forgot. Tomorrow, go to your wife"s second aunt"s house and buy all the old hens left in her house. Later we"ll cook chicken soup for Xuezhu every day.”
“Mom, let me help you warm up the food.”
“Go, your wife has a baby and you don"t have much time to be with her. Mom will tell you; when you are pregnant, the baby would be healthy when the mother is in a good state of mind.”
“You don"t understand all this… Mom knows all about it. Later on, you have to listen to Mom!”
Li Chunhua pushed back her son who wanted to help and stepped into the kitchen with a face full of fighting spirit and confidence.
If she had known that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, Li Chunhua would have been happy, but she would not have taken care of her so meticulously. But it"s totally different now!
This is the only seedling of the old Lin family. Shiheng and Xuezhu have no experience. She is a grandmother and must not make any mistakes.
Li Chunhua cheerfully warmed up the food again. As soon as she opened the curtain, she saw the young couples talking happily, and her heart melted.
If she had seen her son treat her daughter-in-law so well before, she might have felt a little sour in her heart. But after experiencing the constant hiding of all the pain and sorrow, Li Chunhua now looks at the smile on her son"s face with only grat.i.tude.
Thank G.o.d for keeping Shiheng from suffering so much.