Countdown to Awakening

Ding Xiaoxiao hadn't expected Zhong Shanshan to be so easy to talk to. She'd assumed she'd take as long as Xiao Guilan. But she agreed without hesitation. After all, who wouldn't like a good-natured daughter-in-law? Besides, this whole thing was their fault in the first place. Now that they'd apologized and reconciled, why not?

Originally, she should have apologized to Zhong Shanshan, but how could an elder apologize to a younger person? Zhong Shanshan and the others should have admitted their mistakes first. She just needed to say a few nice words to Xiao Guilan.

She was right to be so excited. Who could tolerate their daughter-in-law being an unclean woman? Her behavior was understandable. If they couldn't accept this, how could Zhong Shanshan be someone else's daughter-in-law? If she couldn't even tolerate this, how could she be the daughter-in-law of the Liao family?

"That's good, that's good... Look, we're like a family now... Don't you think so, in-laws?" Xiao Guilan looked at Ding Xiaoxiao and the others and said with some relief.

Didn't she want her daughter to be happy? As long as Shanshan could return to her husband's family and the marriage didn't fall through, that would be the best thing. Besides, the young man from the Liao family was also very good. They had originally been attracted to him because of his character, his honesty and filial piety. For these reasons, he was a good boy. So there was no need to make such a big fuss.

Besides, it's enough to clear up the misunderstanding. Who would bother to fuss over such a small matter? What if the couple gets divorced? That would be the end of it, wouldn't it?

"Shanshan, now that the misunderstandings have been resolved, you can go back. Be a good daughter-in-law in your husband's family and don't give them anything to say. Doing what a daughter-in-law should do is more important than anything else. When you give birth to a big fat boy, we will all be happy. Be obedient and don't let people think you are a spoiled person," Xiao Guilan advised earnestly.

"Okay, in-laws. You have said everything you need to say. It's time for us to go back, right? I am indeed at fault for what happened today. I shouldn't have been so old-fashioned. It's all my fault... I will definitely treat Shanshan well in the future and compensate her." As she spoke, Ding Xiaoxiao looked at Zhong Shanshan.

Xiao Guilan replied, "Oh, no, no, you are understandable. After all, who doesn't want their daughter-in-law to be clean? Right? But now that the truth has been revealed, I can say that our Shanshan is not that kind of person. Can you rest assured now?"

Ding Xiaoxiao nodded. "Yes, you can rest assured. Go home, Shanshan." After saying that, she looked at Liao Bin. Liao Bin smiled and also tried to persuade Zhong Shanshan.

Zhong Shanshan smiled shyly.

"Child, go back." Xiao Guilan said.

Chen family.

Chen Jiade looked at Yingdi's belly, which was already five months old but still smaller than that of a normal five-month-old, and became suspicious.

"I'm saying, is the baby in your belly my baby? Why is it so much smaller than the first two you were pregnant with? Could it be that it's not my baby?" Chen Jiade said.

The first person that came to his mind was Jiang Wen. The two of them had always been having an affair, so could she be pregnant with Jiang Wen's child?

Thinking of this, Chen Jiade felt a little at a loss.

Yingdi said speechlessly: "What are you talking about? If the baby I'm pregnant with isn't yours, whose could it be? If you don't want to acknowledge it, there's nothing I can do. What's yours is yours. How can I help you?"

Suspicious every day...

Chen Jiade was a little incredulous when he heard her tone. She dared to talk back? When would she dare to talk back? "What do you mean? I work so hard outside every day, and you still talk back to me when I come back? Are you deliberately trying to piss me off? I'm just asking a question. Why are you so nervous?"

Yingdi was speechless. He was just a bully. "That's not what I meant."

If it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant with his child, would he still have spoken so kindly to her? He didn't even consider whether the child in her belly was that important.

"I heard from my mother that you are likely to be having a boy. If it is really a boy, you'd better be careful and don't get bumped into anything, or you might hurt my son. If anything happens to my son, you're done." Chen Jiade said angrily.

Yingdi swallowed hard and nodded. As long as she gave birth to a son, she wouldn't have to endure such anger.

The first two were daughters, and she'd heard from the village elders that naming them Mengdi Zhaodi would bring sons. She hoped so. Originally, the character "Di" didn't have the "女" radical, and she prayed for it for a long time.

After giving birth to her son, she could go to the village school to teach. Her years of education would be well spent. There were only a few educated people in the village.

Zhang Mei is one of them, as are she and Jiang Wen. However, Zhang Mei cannot leave to teach at the village school due to family matters.

"You'd better put those little thoughts away. Don't think that just because you have a baby and go to school to teach, you can do something with that Jiang Wen under my nose. I tell you, it's impossible!"

Yingdi sighed and said, "No, how could that be possible? What happened between Jiang Wen and me happened a long time ago. After all, I'm married and have children, so I know how to behave."

Chen Jiade looked at Yingdi, who was sitting at the table embroidering a bellyband, and couldn't help but feel disgusted. After all these years of marriage, she still didn't know how to dress properly, which made him sick. Especially after she got pregnant, her figure had changed, and her face was covered with so many spots. It was bad enough that she got pregnant, but she couldn't even give birth to a son. What was the point of having her? She was just like a bug eating rice at home!

She was quite pretty before she got married, but after getting married, she didn't know how to dress herself up at all. All she did every day was hold the child and coax him. She couldn't do anything fancy with the child, and the child still cried.

This is nothing, she still doesn't know how to help with the housework. Ever since she got pregnant, she has been lazy and doesn't help her mother with more housework. A lazy woman who doesn't care about work.

"I say, you should learn more from Teacher Qin. She dresses so well. And look at you. What can you do? You're not as pretty as her, and you don't know how to dress up. It makes me feel sick just looking at her."

Yingdi stopped embroidering and replied, "You want me to dress up, but the money you gave me didn't leave me any money for those things. You know what our family is like. Besides, all the money is used to supplement the family expenses. What's left for me to buy? And don't those beautiful clothes cost money too? I don't have any money, and you still want me to dress up well? I have work to do tomorrow. Wouldn't your mother scold me if I dress up a little?"

Chen Jiade was immediately displeased. "Isn't all this talk just about money? What? You're talking about money for everything? Can't I dress up properly without money? You just don't want to work, and you're always looking for excuses to slack off. It doesn't make sense that if I tell you to dress up, you can't work!"

Yingdi sighed. No matter what he said, he was unreasonable.

Chen Jiade thought, keeping these two girls alive isn't a good idea. How long will it take to wait for their betrothal gifts? Even if he waits any longer, he might not even get them. His son will need tuition in the future. With so many mouths to feed at home, how can he afford it?

"If you ask me, we should just send the little girl away. It's not a good thing for her to stay at home anyway. She just eats our rice. It's better to give her away." Yingdi was shocked when Chen Jiade said this.

"What did you say? Send away? Do you know what you are saying, Chen Jiade?" Yingdi asked.

Who in the village wants a girl now? If it were a boy, someone would be willing to take him, but who would want this girl?