A lucky little peasant girl is reborn and brings prosperity to her entire family.

Song Yanyan couldn't help but exclaim "Ah!"

"Sister-in-law, is that all? You scared me to death! I thought something terrible had happened." Song Yanyan patted her chest. "How could Mother be disappointed just because you're carrying a girl?"

Song Yanyan gave a very convincing example: "Look, I am also a daughter born of my mother, and she loves me so much."

Qi Lian whispered, "I said that too, but they said that daughters and granddaughters are different. You are the youngest daughter, and this is my first child, so Mother definitely wants a grandson."

Song Yanyan was dumbfounded.

She thought for a moment and suggested, "Why don't we ask Mother?"

Qi Lian, however, grabbed Song Yanyan in a panic: "No, don't ask Mother. Mother is a good person, she definitely won't say anything." She subconsciously touched her stomach.

Song Yanyan patiently persuaded Qi Lian for a while longer.

Qi Lian felt increasingly that her sister-in-law was too good to her, and she was so moved that her eyes welled up with tears.

Seeing that her sister-in-law's eyes were red, Song Yanyan didn't dare to say too much.

She knew that pregnant women tend to overthink things, and that talking too much would be pointless.

"Sister-in-law, you should get some rest first," Song Yanyan said softly. "You're probably too tired from coming back from the mountains. Your emotions are too volatile, which isn't good for the baby in your belly."

Qi Lian listened to the advice, closed her eyes, and lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Song Yanyan covered her with the quilt before going out and adding some firewood to the stove to heat the kang (a heated brick bed), making it warm and cozy.

Song Yanyan sat by the stove, the firelight flickering and reflecting on her face.

Song Yanyan seemed to be deep in thought.

It was still early, so Song Yanyan went back inside to change her clothes and put several pumpkin seeds that her mother had roasted into her sachet before going out.

Song Yanyan first went to the home of Ding Ersao, who was on good terms with her sister-in-law.

Ding Ersao was washing diapers for her daughter Xiao Qingdou in the yard when she saw Song Yanyan coming over. She wiped the sweat from her brow and greeted her, "Yanyan, you're here? Is there something you need? Wait a moment, I just finished washing the diapers. I'll wash my hands before I talk to you."

Song Yanyan smiled and greeted her, "Hello, Second Sister-in-law," and then helped Second Sister-in-law Ding hang the diapers she had just washed to dry in the yard.

Ding Ersao liked Song Yanyan more and more as she looked at her. She washed her hands and invited Song Yanyan into the house with a smile.

Ding Ersao's one-year-old son, Xiao Qingdou, was sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed). Song Yanyan grabbed a handful of roasted pumpkin seeds and handed them to him, lowering her voice as she asked, "Second Sister-in-law, I wanted to ask if anything unusual happened when you and my sister-in-law went to the temple to burn incense?"

Ding Ersao took the roasted pumpkin seeds, cracked them open, thought carefully for a moment, and shook her head: "Nothing unusual? There isn't anything unusual."

Song Yanyan sighed: "Second sister-in-law, please think about it again? I noticed that my sister-in-law seemed a bit off when she came home. If I were to press her for details, I was afraid she would overthink things during her pregnancy."

Ding Ersao first praised Song Yanyan with emotion: "Alian is so lucky to have a sister-in-law like you."

She then racked her brains, and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah!" She remembered something and slapped her thigh: "Is it that woman from Sun Lao Si's family? She said to your sister-in-law that her belly was round and that it was obviously a girl, and she shook her head regretfully."

Ding Ersao spat, "Alian is only a few months pregnant, and she can already tell her belly is round? Besides, what's wrong with having a daughter? What's wrong with a daughter!"

Song Yanyan nodded: "That's right, look at Second Sister-in-law's little green bean, it's so pretty and cute, and so lively, so lovable. I even want to take a sack and steal the little green bean to our house."

When Sister-in-law Ding heard Song Yanyan praise her daughter Xiao Qingdou, she felt even more fond of Song Yanyan. She pretended to be disgusted and said, "Why do you need to steal it? This little devil, just say the word and I'll send it to your house right away."

Song Yanyan just laughed and said, "If I really stole it, my second sister-in-law would be crying and begging me to take it back in less than a day."

After chatting and laughing for a while, Sister-in-law Ding remembered something else: "Speaking of which, when Sun Laosi's wife was about to go down the mountain, she whispered something to your sister-in-law again. I went back to get a good luck charm for Xiao Qingdou, but I didn't hear what she said. I guess it wasn't anything nice."

Song Yanyan nodded.

It seems the blame will fall on Sun Laosi's wife.

I reckon that Sun Lao Si's wife and her sister-in-law were saying something like, "It's not good to have a girl," which made her sister-in-law very worried, afraid that having a daughter would disappoint her in-laws.

"Why would she say all this nonsense to my sister-in-law for no reason?" Song Yanyan complained.

Sister-in-law Ding also clicked her tongue: "Who knows? Your family is doing better and better right now. Maybe some people just can't stand seeing others do well and have to make things difficult for them."

The two chatted for a while while cracking pumpkin seeds, and then Little Green Bean woke up after a good nap. Song Yanyan played with Little Green Bean for a while longer before leaving Ding Ersao's house.

While Song Yanyan was still pondering the matter of Sun Laosi's wife, she saw a somewhat familiar figure avoiding people and quickly heading in a certain direction.

It is Xiang Yuting.

Xiang Yuting came to her house and caused trouble before the Lunar New Year, but luckily she kicked him out at the time.

It was probably because Song Yanyan was keeping an eye on Sun Laosi's wife that she noticed the direction Xiang Yuting was heading was exactly the direction of Sun Laosi's house.

Song Yanyan's heart began to pound.

Is it a coincidence, or...?

Song Yanyan tiptoed after her.

Xiang Yuting did indeed go to Sun Laosi's house.

Sun Laosi's wife opened the courtyard gate and welcomed Xiang Yuting inside.

Like a thief, Song Yanyan hid outside Sun Laosi's fence, eavesdropping.

As the two walked into the house, they chatted briefly in the yard.

"Sister, have you told Qi Lian yet?"

“I told her! I also said that since it took her so long to get pregnant, her mother-in-law and husband must both want a grandson, and I guarantee that Qi Lian won’t be able to sleep at night…”

With a creak, Sun Laosi's wife opened the door and went into the house with Xiang Yuting.

Song Yanyan could only hear these two sentences; she couldn't hear anything after that.

But these two sentences are enough to prove that Sun Laosi's wife and Xiang Yuting harbored malicious intentions and wanted to deliberately harm her sister-in-law!

Song Yanyan was so angry her hair almost stood on end!

Is he even human?!

Her sister-in-law was pregnant, and they actually used that to harm her!

Song Yanyan immediately went to complain to Tian Denghua.

Upon hearing this, Tian Denghua was furious. She instructed Song Yanyan, "Spend more time with your sister-in-law when you have time. I'll handle this."

Tian Denghua sneered, "I think they've gone mad, they've set their sights on my daughter-in-law! ...No wonder Xiang Yuting's mother came over yesterday to try and get close to me. What, are they planning to gang up on my daughter-in-law and my grandchildren?!"

Tian Denghua stormed out.

Song Yanyan went into the house to keep Qi Lian company, only to find that Qi Lian had left the house at some point.

Song Yanyan was startled and hurriedly went out to look for him.

I hope nothing bad happens!