Landlady who likes to hoard land

The woman was in severe labor pains, her brows were furrowed, and her features were all scrunched up; she had no mood to pay attention to him at all.

"It's almost 1 a.m. now. The food we ate this morning should have been digested long ago. Even a normal person should be eating lunch by now."

Besides, she's only been a new mother for a few days! How can she recover if she doesn't eat? How can she produce breast milk to feed her baby if she doesn't eat?

Wang Chengyu spoke bluntly, silently thinking to herself, "So their family can afford to eat one meal a day! If they can't even afford to eat, why are they having a second child!"

I really don't know what the new mother is thinking when a family like this has a second child.

“We just got discharged from the hospital, and the house is a mess. The heating repairman is coming soon, I have to pick up my mother-in-law from the airport, and my mom has to take care of our eldest child. We’re really too busy.”

The man explained with a smile, glanced at the new mother who was keeping her eyes closed and not speaking, and seemed about to say something more, but then noticed Wang Chengyu standing to the side, so he just moved his lips and turned to leave the bedroom.

Wang Chengyu scoffed. The subtext of the man was that he didn't want to do it. It was as if cooking a meal would take him several hours. If he really didn't have time, a simple bowl of noodles wouldn't take much time!

It's a shame he went to so much trouble to come up with so many excuses!

“Since I became pregnant with my second child, everything else has been more important than me. I have to take the last place. He wasn’t like this when I had my first child. I even suspect that he was so nice to me when I had my first child just to coax me into having the second one.”

Now that my second child is born, my reproductive value is gone. The whole family has been exposed for who they really are!

The new mother's face was sallow, her eyes were lifeless, and she stared blankly at the ceiling above her head.

"Don't think about anything right now. Taking good care of your health is the most important thing. There's plenty of time. You can settle accounts with them slowly after you finish your postpartum period!"

Wang Chengyu couldn't tell her to swallow her anger, so she could only advise her to avoid conflicts during her postpartum period.

"Mom, I'm home. Is your little brother asleep?"

A round little head peeked out from the slightly ajar bedroom door, and a cute little boy asked in a low voice.

It turned out that the new mother's mother-in-law had brought her firstborn child back.

"Sweetie, come here. Your little brother is asleep. Is it cold outside?"

The new mother beckoned her baby to her side. She lovingly touched his hand, checking its temperature.

"It's not cold, and I'm happy to play with other kids!"

With a creak, the bedroom door was pushed open completely.

A thin, dark-skinned old man, around sixty years old and dressed elegantly, pushed open the door and entered.

After seeing Wang Chengyu scrutinize her from head to toe, she nodded to her, and Wang Chengyu nodded in return.

The elderly woman bears a striking resemblance to the new mother's husband, suggesting she is the woman's mother-in-law.

The dark-skinned, thin old man walked to the woman's bedside.

"Zhang Li, Qiangzi is going to the airport to pick up Da Bao's maternal grandmother in a while. I'll go with him. It's my mother-in-law's first time visiting our home, so I have to pick her up in person."

It's inconvenient for Da Bao to come along, so let him play at home. We'll come back as soon as we pick him up.

The new mother's mother-in-law put on a fake smile, appearing to be understanding and putting on a show of being wholeheartedly concerned for the new mother.

This family is such a good actor. They don't seem to get tired of it; even Wang Chengyu is speechless.

"Mom, let Qiangzi go by himself. My mom won't mind. I just had a C-section and I'm too scared to move. I can't take care of Dabao at home either."

Someone's coming to fix the heating this afternoon, so it won't work if no one's home!

The new mother looked unhappy and rejected her mother-in-law's suggestion. Fortunately, she was relatively clear-headed and did not fall for her mother-in-law's manipulative tactics.

If she didn't just know how to cry, but also knew how to refuse, then she wouldn't be bullied so badly. Wang Chengyu thought to himself.

"Oh dear, that won't do. We can't let others say we're impolite. I must go pick up my mother-in-law myself. Since you don't want to take care of Da Bao, I'll go through the trouble of taking Da Bao with me to pick up his maternal grandmother."

The new mother's mother-in-law's pretentious act of putting on airs and pretending to care about the new mother disgusted Wang Chengyu.

“It’s not that I don’t want to take care of her, but how can I take care of her like this? I told you, my mom knows I just had a baby and that I need someone to take care of me. She won’t be angry because you didn’t pick her up from the airport.”

The new mother's face was filled with anger, and her weak voice revealed a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Oh dear, it's my mother-in-law's magnanimity that she doesn't mind, I can't do that."

It's unclear whether the new mother's mother-in-law genuinely couldn't understand her or was pretending not to. She insisted on going to pick her up from the airport.

"Mom, are you going or not? If not, I'm leaving!"

The new mother's husband stood at the bedroom door and called out impatiently.

"My mom won't arrive until 2:30 PM. Our house is half an hour from the airport, so you don't need to go so early. You can cook for me first!"

The new mother struggled to sit up, and Wang Chengyu placed a pillow behind her to make her more comfortable.

“I have some other things to take care of. Once I’m done, I’ll go to the airport to pick up Mom. Mom, you don’t need to go. I can go by myself. Get Zhang Li some food.”

The man had already put on his coat, and after saying that, he walked out.

"Hey son, I'll go with you. It's not respectful of her if you go alone. Da Bao, come on, let's go pick up Grandma."

The new mother's mother-in-law automatically ignored the part about cooking for the new mother and quickly took the baby and followed the man outside.

"If you all leave, how will the new mother eat?"

Unable to contain himself any longer, Wang Chengyu coldly asked.

"Zhang Li, there are some frozen dumplings in the freezer. I just bought them a few days ago. You can boil some water and they're ready to eat. It's very convenient; just turn on the gas stove!"

The new mother's mother-in-law seemed to realize something at that moment and turned around to shout at the new mother.

Before anyone could say anything more, she picked up her baby and followed the new mother's husband out the door as if fleeing a disaster.

"Kang Dang"

The living room door slammed shut. Only Wang Chengyu, the new mother, and the newborn baby remained in the cold, empty house.

The new mother's tears flowed again, pattering down her cheeks and landing heavily on her arms, which were placed in front of her, leaving small tear stains.

At that moment, she felt utterly hopeless, unable to understand why her closest relatives would hurt her when she was at her weakest.

The husband of the woman in labor, who was taking the elevator down, asked his mother guiltily.

"Mom, aren't we going a bit too far? Zhang Li just gave birth!"

The dark-skinned, thin woman looked at him sideways.

“I went back to work the day after I gave birth to you. Don’t forget she was a teacher at a sports school; her physical condition was much better than in our time when we lacked clothes and food.”

I think she's just faking it. She's just lazy; it's just having a child!

The woman spoke dismissively, her eyes darting around as she glanced at her grandson, who was engrossed in playing with his toys. She then leaned closer to the man and whispered...

“Son, she just got out of the hospital. We must set rules for her and not spoil her. Otherwise, we’ll suffer during her month of confinement. I don’t want to be her nanny.”

The man hesitated. "Mom, she gave birth to my child, so it's only right that I take care of her. Besides, she earns a high salary, and we rely on her to cover the household expenses. What if I anger her and she asks for a divorce?"