Reborn as an educated youth, my love brain awakens

"Don't overthink it. Both your children and your children are treasures that you paid for with your life."

Liu Yumei felt touched when she heard this. The sad expression on her face melted away and she started to laugh: "My sons and daughters are all treasures to me. I look down on those people in the team who treat their sons as treasures and their daughters as weeds. I accept that the baby in my belly is a daughter. And Zhang Jianguo's son also likes daughters. It's just that my mother-in-law is too nervous."

As she spoke, she looked around, and after confirming that it was safe, she whispered in Ji Qinglan's ear, "I once secretly saw her secretly burning incense to the Buddha in her room, and I just found out that she had hidden that in her room."

Ji Qinglan opened his eyes wide in surprise; it was as if he had discovered a new continent. Secretary Zhang actually committed a crime against the law.

Incredible.

There was also caution in her voice as she asked stealthily, "Is it true?"

Liu Yumei nodded: "It's absolutely true. You don't know how scared I was when I found out."

"Then you have to be careful and don't let anyone find out." Ji Qinglan reminded them. Now is the time to be careful about these things. It would be troublesome if they were found out.

"She was very secretive and strong. This is the first time I discovered it in all these years. Alas! It's all because of me." Liu Yumei sighed. If she hadn't not taken good care of her body after her first pregnancy and thus hadn't been able to get pregnant for so many years, she wouldn't have pushed her mother-in-law to this point.

Seeing that she was sad again, Ji Qinglan could only pat her hands and comfort her: "You are fine now, you are finally pregnant, don't worry about these things, they are very careful, and Aunt Niu treats Ni'er as a baby, how could she not like your belly."

"Those things are true if you believe them, and false if you don't. Aunt Niu prays devoutly, hoping that you and your child are safe."

"Of course I know."

Ji Qinglan was afraid that she would be depressed, so she comforted her, "Children are all treasures. Now that you have recovered, are you still worried about not having a son in the future? Give birth to one this year, and another one later. That means you will have two children in three years. By then, Aunt Niu won't be able to hold them all with just her hands."

Liu Yumei was both angry and amused, and glared at her: "Do you treat me like a pig?"

"Haha." Ji Qinglan laughed. This was a subtle advice. She remembered that in her previous life, a few years later, the country had a birth policy that each family could only have one child. At that time, the control was very strict. Many pregnancies of six or seven months were forced to have abortions, and both adults and children were hurt.

In the previous life, many such things happened in the Red River Brigade.

So, Liu Yumei came at the right time.

When talking about their son, they also brought up the issue of filial piety and raising sons to provide for one's old age, and the topic then turned to the Xiang family.

Liu Yumei sneered at the Xiang family and spat at them.

"Xiang Guo and Xiang Lanlan are such bad people. Xiang Guo and Captain Xiang severed their father-son relationship, and there is no news about Xiang Lanlan at all. They are both wicked people with wicked hearts and barking dogs."

"Let's not talk about Xiang Lanlan. Xiang Guo is in the county town. He is so close to me, but he doesn't come back. Even though we have severed our relationship, if he wants to come back to pay homage, will the villagers stop him?"

Ji Qinglan was speechless. Why did they talk about the Xiang family again?

Captain Xiang died of illness in prison. Li Changlin and Secretary Zhang went to carry him back. However, on the day he returned, Xiang's family members made a fuss and did not allow him to enter the ancestral tomb. It was really speechless.

When Captain Xiang was alive, he took good care of the Xiang family. Now that he is dead, they are not allowed to enter the ancestral land. Even Xiang Guo has not come back. At that time, Xiang Guo had severed relations with his parents in order to keep his job.

It was so cleanly severed that even when my father died I didn't even come back to bury him.

Finally, Li Changlin decided to bury the body at the foot of the mountain outside the brigade.

"Why mention them? I didn't see how filial those people were when he was alive." Ji Qinglan said lightly. She was wondering how Xiang Guo kept his job.

Even Xiang Xinghua was saved by him.

He was like a clay Buddha crossing a river, yet he still managed to protect Xiang Xinghua.

Years ago, she had seen Xiang Xiangqing carrying food back from Captain Xiang's home, and Captain Xiang had arranged work for Xiang Qing's family, whom no one knew.

What leverage did Xiang Xiangqing hold that forced Captain Xiang and Xiang Guo to surrender?

"Speaking of which, he was also pitiful. He was so glorious during his lifetime and acted arrogantly in the Honghe Brigade, but after his death, there was not even anyone to pay tribute to him." Liu Yumei was filled with emotion.

What's the use of having an unfilial son? If it were her, she would rather raise a piece of barbecued pork than raise someone like the Xiang Guosan brothers. Otherwise, they would end up like the captain and his wife, with a miserable old age, no one to see them off/bury them, and just a handful of yellow earth and a pile of lonely graves.

"Godmother, I caught a fish, come quickly." Luo Hongxing shouted to Ji Qinglan while sitting on a small stool.

He held the fishing rod in one hand and waved to Ji Qinglan with the other. His sister was right next to him, but he refused to move. Facing his sister, he chose to ignore her.

Luo Hongyu snorted, thinking that the boy still holds a grudge.

Ji Qinglan walked over and picked up Luo Hongxing's fishing rod. A fish was pulled out of the water. It was a crucian carp as big as a palm.

"Wow! Xingxing is so awesome. He can fish now. Let's make fish soup tonight." Ji Qinglan praised him, took the fish off the bucket and put it in the water, then hung a worm on it. The little guy grinned, full of enthusiasm and confidence.

Luo Hongyu snorted coldly, wait and see if she can catch a big one.

Luo Hongxing had just caught a fish, and there was also a problem with Ji Xincheng's fishing rod. Watching the float on the water sinking, the little guy was so excited that he held the fishing rod tightly with both hands, half of his body pressed on it, and anxiously called for his mother.

When Ji Qinglan went back to take a look, he was already very upset. Ji Xincheng threw himself to the ground and used his round body to press down the fishing rod. If it was not far from the shore, he would have chased the fish into the Red River.

Are you here to fish or to be fished?

A crucian carp as big as a palm made Ji Xincheng roll and crawl.

Ji Qinglan tried to persuade him: "Son, why don't we stop fishing and go have some snacks and drink some sugar water?"

She really wanted to tell him that fishing was not something for a little kid like you and was not suitable for you.

Ji Xincheng sat on his small stool, holding the fishing rod tightly, looking at his mother warily, and shaking his head like a wave drum.

Well! Her sincerity was like the bait on the hook, feeding the fish for seven seconds.

Ji Qinglan stopped persuading him and sat back to continue talking to Liu Yumei. The spring was bright and sunny, a cool breeze was blowing under the shade of the trees, and fish were jumping on the sparkling water from time to time.

Unfortunately, just as Ji Qinglan sat down, Luo Hongxing started shouting again.

Ever since Luo Hongxing and Ji Xincheng caught the fish, they became obsessed with fishing and never had a single moment of rest. Ji Qinglan had to serve them in taking the fish and putting on the bait.

It was lively here, as they had caught half a bucket of fish. However, there was no movement from Luo Hongyu's side. Luo Hongxing even kept sticking his tongue out at his sister in provocation and ridicule.

Ji Xincheng followed Luo Hongxing's example and made faces at Luo Hongyu.

The two of them made Luo Hongyu so angry that she gnashed her teeth and said angrily, "You are too noisy. You scared my fish away."