Meng Yan's Transformation

After listening to Yunqing's words, Zhan Mengyan did not go to school in the afternoon. She felt incredible that she had slept for five days. At the same time, she felt very sorry for wasting so much study time.

"Oh my God, I haven't been to school for almost a week. I must have fallen behind in homework compared to my classmates..." Zhan Mengyan thought, and quickly came back to her senses and devoted herself to reviewing her lessons.

As the sun sets, Zhan Yu returns and sees Yun Qing and Zhan Ying Ying busy cooking in the outer kitchen, with the aroma filling the air.

"It's not a festival, how did you two women make such delicious food? How is Mengyan? Is she still sleeping?" Zhan Yu asked while washing his hands.

"Today is the weekend and the end of the month. Zhan Zixun will be back home for the holiday soon. Zhan Mengyan has also woken up and is going to school in the afternoon, but I didn't let her go. She is studying in the house now. Today we are celebrating Mengyan's recovery, Zixun's return home, and our hard work for adults and children for many days, so I made two more dishes." Yunqing said.

Zhan Yu gently lifted the door curtain, and through the gap, he saw Zhan Mengyan lying on the kang table, concentrating on solving exercises.

"Alas... my old girl is back again..." Zhan Yu sighed softly.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back..." The three of them looked in the direction of the voice. They saw Zhan Zixun carrying his schoolbag and pushing his bicycle into the yard.

"Speaking of the devil, here he comes." Zhan Yu said as he walked out and helped Zhan Zixun unload the packages on the back seat.

"Dad, I heard from Zhang Xincheng that my sister Mengyan is very sick and can't wake up every day. What's wrong with her? Is she better now? If she is, I will take advantage of my rest at the end of the month to give her extra lessons. She will be taking the high school entrance exam soon and she can't fall behind." Zhan Zixun asked as he tied the thin rope around the package.

"You just asked about your sister Mengyan? Zhang Xincheng comes to our house once a day to visit your sister Mengyan. He is much better than you, her biological brother. Don't mention Mengyan's high school entrance exam. It's hard to say whether she can catch up after wasting so much time. Besides, even if she really gets into high school, our family can't afford to support two high school students. You can go to high school alone. When you have a bright future, you can help your brothers and sisters." Zhan Yu said reproachfully.

When Zhan Zixun heard Zhan Yu blaming him for not caring as much as Zhang Xincheng about his sister, he said aggrievedly: "How did I know that sister Mengyan was sick? I was riding a bicycle with Zhang Xincheng today, and he told me on the way home. Besides, I almost couldn't borrow a bicycle today. I didn't borrow a bicycle last week when I wanted to come back. Zhang Xincheng's bicycle doesn't have a back seat, otherwise we could have ridden one bicycle back. He said he would ask his father to make a back seat for us tomorrow."

"This is not Zixun's fault. It was me who didn't let Zhang Xincheng tell Zixun that Mengyan was sick. I wanted Zixun to concentrate on his studies. There are many courses in high school and the workload is heavy. I also told Zhang Xincheng not to come home so often unless there are holidays, but he is not my son. He didn't listen to me and came home every day." Yunqing helped Zhan Zixun explain.

"Hehe... Hehe..." A silver bell-like laughter came from under the landlord's grape trellis.

Zhan Zixun and Zhan Yu subconsciously walked under the grape racks, only to see Zhan Zi'an picking bunches of emerald green grapes from the vines. Zhan Zi'an wiped the white frost on the grapes with a handkerchief, and the grapes looked even greener and brighter. Zhan Zi'an's wife Liu Yalan took the grapes and put them in her mouth, eating them with a "crunch, crunch" sound. She said with a sour and satisfied expression on her face, "They are so delicious. I ate these grapes before they were ripe. Will Dad and Mom be angry if they know?"

"Eat them with confidence. When grapes are ripe, they are sweet and not very sour. Don't you like sour food now? I heard from the older generation that pregnant women who like to eat sour food will most likely give birth to boys. They say sour boys and spicy girls. My eldest brother and his wife gave birth to three daughters. When my eldest sister-in-law was pregnant with a boy, she had an argument with my uncle's daughter-in-law and had a miscarriage. He was so distressed that he almost fought with his uncle's daughter-in-law. My eldest brother especially likes boys. This is his lifelong knot. I heard that my second brother's family on the Bayinbuluke grassland gave birth to two daughters, my third brother and his wife gave birth to a daughter, and my fourth brother is not married yet. If you give birth to a boy, he will be the eldest grandson of the Zhan family. My father and mother will be so happy that they can't wait to be happy. How could they be angry with you for eating a few green grapes?" Zhan Zi'an said happily.

Liu Yalan angrily put the grapes back into Zhan Zi'an's hands and said, "I won't eat these grapes anymore. You eat them instead."

Zhan Zi'an asked in confusion: "Yalan, what's wrong with you? You were eating well, why are you angry and don't want to eat? Is this pregnancy syndrome? Then let's pick some and eat them when we get home?"

Liu Yalan glared at Zhan Zi'an and said, "Don't pick any more. I would rather die than eat your sour grapes. If I eat your sour grapes, your father and mother won't be able to give birth to a grandson, and you won't be able to give birth to a son. Wouldn't it be a waste to eat these sour grapes? If the grapes are ripe, the whole family can eat them. And Zhan Zi'an, eat more sour grapes and see if you can give birth to a son. Zhan Zi'an, do you favor boys over girls and just want me to give birth to a boy?"

Zhan Zi'an laughed when he heard it and said, "Yalan, I said the wrong thing. I'm sorry. How could I favor boys over girls? As long as it's yours, I like both boys and girls. My father and mother are the same. We have more boys in our family, unlike my third uncle's family who has seven daughters and they only want boys. My father and mother are both highly educated people and they don't favor boys over girls. Don't be angry. Being angry is not good for the fetus. Come, have some more sour grapes. You've been craving for them for a long time..."

Liu Yalan stood there with her head down and ignored Zhan Zi'an.

Zhan Zixun saw that his sister-in-law Liu Yalan was angry with his brother Zi'an, and just wanted to help persuade her, but Zhan Yu quickly covered her mouth and dragged her back into the house.

Zhan Zixun pulled away Zhan Yu's hand and said, "Dad, why are you covering my mouth? Didn't you see that Fifth Sister-in-law is angry with Fifth Brother? Let's speak well of Fifth Brother Zi'an and explain that I will love Fifth Sister-in-law no matter whether she gives birth to a nephew or a niece."

"Zixun, what are you talking about when you came into the room? Where did you see your fifth brother and his wife? Why were they angry? Who told you that your fifth sister-in-law is going to give birth?" Yunqing asked.

"Just now, Zixun and I were in the yard and heard someone under our grape trellis. We looked and saw that it was Laowu and his wife. Laowu said that Yalan seemed to be pregnant and she especially wanted to eat sour food. So Laowu Zi'an picked some unripe green grapes for Yalan. Yalan can really eat sour food. It made me so jealous." Zhan Yu said.

"That's great, Yalan is pregnant, and our Zhan family is going to have a new baby! This young couple is really awesome, they got pregnant the same year they got married. Sour boys and spicy girls, Yalan likes sour food, so she will definitely give us a big fat grandson. Hehe..." Yunqing said with a smile from ear to ear.

"Yunqing, when they come later, don't say anything about sour boys and spicy girls, and don't talk about having grandchildren. Just now, Zi'an said that eating sour food can give birth to a boy, and Yalan, who was eating sour grapes and feeling comfortable, became suspicious and stopped eating sour grapes. She said that if she doesn't give birth to a boy after eating our sour grapes, it would be a waste of grapes. She thinks Zi'an is biased towards boys and is angry with him. Zixun wanted to go over and say good things for Zi'an and explain it to him, but he asked me to cover his mouth and drag him back to the house. The young couple is having a quarrel, and it's best for others not to interfere. The more you help, the more trouble will arise. They will make peace on their own in a while." Zhan Yu said happily.