CHAPTER 386: CHAPTER 386 IDEA

Chapter 386 Ideas

Afterward, Zhang Minghua asked about Yang Peimin’s neighbors.

Yang Peimin shared what she knew about them.

She couldn’t help but ask, "Mom, do you want to know about the Qu fellow?"

Zhang Minghua was so shocked she almost jumped, "Are they doing this openly now?"

Yang Peimin nodded, "There’s a man surnamed Qu who always comes to borrow things from us. Sometimes it’s sugar, sometimes soy sauce. He often comes over when Yingzi is home and gets things through her. We were wondering the other day why he only borrows from us, even though he knows other families too. We found it strange and told Yingzi to keep her distance. Mom, did you notice something wrong today?"

After hearing this, Zhang Minghua slapped her thigh, exasperated, "I knew it, I just knew it was like this!"

"What happened?" Yang Peimin was curious if the neighbor had said something specific.

"That Mrs. Qu, carrying her ideas, was trying to matchmake with our family. She has no sense of propriety! Who does that? You only met once and she already acts all familiar, waltzing into people’s homes without a proper introduction, wanting to discuss your sister. Her eagerness is just too unsightly. Your sister isn’t some exotic fragrance—there must be an ulterior motive. It must be like that detestable Yu Aiguo before, scheming something."

Yang Peimin nodded in agreement. That Aunt Qu doesn’t look easy-going at all. Does she really think we are fools?

Zhang Minghua immediately called Yang Peiying over and instructed her, "Stay away from that Qu person, and if I catch you talking to them, I’ll break your legs!"

Yang Peimin: "..." Isn’t that a bit too harsh?

Yang Peiying quickly nodded, "I understand, Mom. Just now, Aunt Qu tried to hold my hand and talk to me, but I dodged and told her I was washing Lele’s diapers. She withdrew her hand and praised me for being a good girl. I didn’t talk to her. I still haven’t finished washing Lele’s diapers."

Yang Peimin: "..."

Zhang Minghua’s expression finally softened, and she nodded, letting her go back to finish the laundry.

Yang Peimin comforted Zhang Minghua, "Mom, we are all at home. Whatever they are planning won’t work as long as you don’t agree, just thinking about it doesn’t accomplish anything."

Zhang Minghua nodded and sighed, "I just worry about that naive girl being deceived. She’s so straightforward and easily tricked."

Yang Peimin: "..."

Yang Peimin had been confined for over a month. School was about to start, and classmates were gradually returning early. They had heard from Guo Caixia that she had given birth and came over in groups to visit her.

Now she could get out of bed and sit for a while. Zhang Minghua saw her recovery was going well. Her current routine was like her son’s; she slept when he did and ate frequent, smaller meals. Without work or worries and eating and sleeping well, her cheeks were rosy—a sight for sore eyes.

The visitors were roommates.

Led by Guo Caixia, who had visited twice before, she was the only one who knew the way.

Before they reached Yang Pei’s home, curious ones like Tan Yan began to inquire about the situation of Pei Min’s house, "Is this house rented or is it their own?"

Guo Caixia knew the answer, so she nodded, "It’s rented."

Tan Yan drew out her words, "Oh, so it’s rented."

Cheng Aihua said, "Living here for a year and a few months, of course, it’s rented. It’s not like we’re living here for a lifetime."

Most of them nodded in agreement.

"Is Pei Min’s baby cute?" Feng Erxi asked, "Who is taking care of her at her home now? Is the younger sister-in-law and her sister still there?"

Guo Caixia shook her head, "I haven’t been to visit yet. I went home a few days ago. I met her younger sister-in-law a few days ago, and she told me. I thought I shouldn’t come empty-handed, and since you were also coming, we might as well come together. Counting the days, her confinement should be ending soon, and school is starting in a few days. We arrived just in time. Her child was born right on schedule."

Feng Erxi very much agreed with this point, "Exactly, unlike Sanni’s situation."

Mentioned by name, Ge Sanni felt somewhat annoyed. She had given birth in May, during which she didn’t choose to go back to her hometown to prepare for childbirth because she was worried about keeping up with her coursework and didn’t dare to leave. One morning in mid-May, she started bleeding during class and was taken to the hospital, where she gave birth to a daughter weighing four pounds and six ounces that same evening.

At that time, her family couldn’t make it to take care of her, so several classmates from the dormitory took turns checking on her, out of camaraderie. However, everyone was anxious about their coursework, and time was limited, so comprehensive care wasn’t possible. They only came during meal times to get her food, or to help her go to the bathroom. For anything else, like wiping her body or washing her face, she had to request it herself, and Feng Erxi would help her.

In the same maternity ward, which mother wasn’t accompanied by her husband and mother-in-law? Only she had to plead with her classmates and depend on their goodwill to get a hot meal; you can imagine how frustrated she felt inside.

On the third day, her mother-in-law and elder sister-in-law finally arrived, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, her mother-in-law’s expression wasn’t very pleasant, looking as though she either disapproved of her having given birth to a daughter or disapproved of the expenses incurred for giving birth in the hospital. Anyway, her mother-in-law had a long face, looking as if someone owed her millions, which was really off-putting.

She would have rather her mother-in-law not come at all.

Her elder sister-in-law didn’t sulk, but she clicked her tongue incessantly, non-stop complaining all day long about her causing trouble, studying well yet insisting on getting pregnant, getting pregnant then melodramatically bleeding and going to the hospital, constantly asking her brother for money to eat well, and now having a child but still opting for hospital birth, which added another big expense. And it was not like she gave birth to a golden nugget, just a girl, and yet she expected her mother and sister-in-law to drop everything and come to serve her, for what purpose, she wondered.

Ge Sanni was almost too angry to speak.

This was probably her mother-in-law’s thinking, only expressed through her sister-in-law’s mouth.

Later, when her classmates came over, they were still indifferent, showing no appreciation for her going to see them. She ended up apologizing to each classmate, which made her face feel less hot, not knowing what her classmates thought of her afterward.

She only stayed in the hospital for four days before being discharged. Her elder sister-in-law mentioned that staying in the hospital was expensive, and since she was fine, there was no need to waste money. She was sent back to the dormitory and asked her roommates to look after her a bit, leaving her ten yuan for herself, then took her daughter, who was only four days old, back home. From then on, her mother-in-law would help raise the child.

To this day, the child had never tasted her own mother’s milk.