Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 103 - 98 Fostering a Child (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 103: Chapter 98 Fostering a Child (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Seeing Luo Honglan leave, Li Yuchun pulled Fang Pingying aside and whispered with a frown, "What’s the matter with you? If you want to do business and make money, why don’t you bring your own sister but bring such a big fool along, even her own mother calls her foolish."

Fang Pingying sneered silently, knowing that Li Yuchun suddenly cozying up to her meant no good, and indeed it was true.

She hadn’t forgotten that because of the quarrel between Fang Xiu and Luo Cuilan, Li Yuchun was extremely displeased with her at the time, and didn’t even talk to her when she left.

However, hearing Li Yuchun speak about Luo Honglan in such a way, Fang Pingying felt displeased and retorted, "Mom, don’t talk about Honglan like that. Where is she foolish? She can do anything and is diligent, she’s helped me a lot with the work."

"Who cares if she’s foolish or not." Li Yuchun pursed her lips, revealing her purpose, "I just want to tell you, you can make money, but also bring your own sister along."

"Can Fang Xiu do the work? She is this big and can’t even stir-fry vegetables properly, what do you think she can do?" Fang Pingying thought to herself, if it really came down to working, Fang Xiu was far more foolish than Honglan.

Li Yuchun naturally knew what her daughter was capable of, she hesitated, then said, "Although she can’t do important tasks, let her assist you with something."

"Alright, tomorrow I’ll have her help me with chopping wood and making fires. If she can do it, I won’t skimp on her share," Fang Pingying responded, knowing that since Li Yuchun had this idea, continuously refusing her would only lead to more trouble, so she simply agreed.

In reality, she knew that Fang Xiu wasn’t capable of doing such tasks. Fang Xiu wasn’t incapable, she had done such work during the communal era, but the problem was she wouldn’t want to.

"Making fires and chopping wood? She probably can’t do that." As expected, once Li Yuchun heard this, her face showed concern and she furrowed her brow, thinking that Fang Xiu couldn’t handle such physical labor.

Thinking it over, she persisted, "Isn’t there any other lighter work?"

Fang Pingying smirked and honestly said, "Mom, if you want to earn money, there is no easy work. Now Honglan and I need to do everything. We’re around the stove all day; the stove is hot enough to kill in the summer, not to mention my brick house isn’t warm in the winter, but we still have to stay there all day."

"This..." Li Yuchun hesitated for a moment and mumbled, "Your sister hasn’t suffered much before, I’m worried she can’t handle it."

Fang Pingying smiled and shook her head, saying, "Then there’s no way, if she really wants to work with me, these are the current conditions. Plus, she must be always available, she can’t be like now, visiting her mum every few days, or going out with Zhiming." ƒrēenovelkiss.com

At this, Li Yuchun couldn’t say much. Fang Pingying already agreed to let Fang Xiu work; it was her own inability to do so.

She casually nodded and said, "Well, let’s see. Next time I’ll ask her and see if she can do it."

"Alright, if she can work, she can come directly to my place." If Fang Xiu could really work, Fang Pingying wouldn’t reject her. Having one more person here means more work gets done and more money is made; it’s the same principle.

Li Yuchun nodded, and Fang Pingying planned to head home.

But taking only a few steps forward, Li Yuchun caught up, "Pingying, wait a sec."

"What is it?" Fang Pingying turned back and asked.

"I was just talking with your mother-in-law at your place. She seems to have some complaints about neither you nor Xiu’er getting pregnant." After saying this, she glanced at Fang Pingying’s belly and asked softly, "Any news yet?"

"Mom, you know Zhiming’s condition, he’s been injured all this time, and he’s now in the army while I’m also incredibly busy, we can talk next year." Fang Pingying thought for a moment, then reminded Li Yuchun, "You should push Fang Xiu a bit, having children earlier would be better for her."

Actually, today Zhou Yunmei spoke to Li Yuchun about the pregnancy matters without mentioning Fang Pingying, but only talked about Fang Xiu alone.

Moreover, according to Zhou Yunmei’s tone, it seems she suspects something might be wrong with Fang Xiu’s health.

Li Yuchun herself was also somewhat afraid; she feared that Fang Xiu’s body might be similar to hers, prone to difficulties in becoming pregnant.

Back in the day, it took her almost two years to conceive Fang Xiu after the marriage, and that was even after adopting Fang Pingying, people say it was the good luck brought by Fang Pingying.

If Fang Xiu really is like her, unable to conceive after marriage, she estimated that Zhou Yunmei might not wait for a year before causing trouble.

It has only been a few months, and she already started discussing this matter with her.

Thus, Li Yuchun came to ask Fang Pingying with a flicker of hope, hoping that there was news from Fang Pingying’s side, so Zhou Yunmei wouldn’t focus on whether Fang Xiu was pregnant.

Hearing that Fang Pingying was not pregnant, Li Yuchun sighed, "Ah, both you sisters really worry me, Xiu’er is not pregnant either, and your mother-in-law is very unhappy."

Fang Pingying just casually smiled at her, "Let her be, we haven’t been married for long."

Li Yuchun could only comfort herself in this way, nodded, and didn’t say much more, taking the red dates cake and leaving.

Looking at Li Yuchun’s departing figure, Fang Pingying hesitated for a moment; she originally wanted to remind Li Yuchun to take Fang Xiu to the hospital for a check-up, because in her previous life, Fang Xiu indeed had health issues and didn’t have children for a few years after marriage, eventually going to the provincial city for treatment for several years, only giving birth to a daughter around the age of twenty-seven.

At this time, generally rural girls marry early, mostly getting married in their early twenties and immediately having children, so twenty-seven is comparatively late.

Fang Xiu’s body originally had issues, and after giving birth to a daughter, the doctors said she couldn’t have more children.

Moreover, in her previous life, Fang Pingying only had two daughters, meaning the Luo Family had no male heirs in this generation.

People from Zhou Yunmei’s generation place great importance on male over female heirs, considering daughters as someone else’s family members and sons as their own.

And at this time, people spoke very harshly about those who couldn’t bear sons, saying those families were cut off from descendants.

She wouldn’t settle for her family having no descendants and naturally thought of solutions.

Luo Zhiyong, being in the military, could only have one child, and the two daughters they originally had were twins, so they definitely couldn’t have more unless he remarried, letting Fang Pingying take the children and possibly applying to have another child.

So Zhou Yunmei constantly meddled in the marriages of her two sons, hoping they would divorce and both Luo Zhiyong and his brother remarried to have sons for her.

In this life, for Fang Pingying, she did not care much about what to bear, as she could earn money on her own and raise her children by herself. If the Luo Family didn’t like it, she did.

If Luo Zhiyong shared the same views, even better, but if Luo Zhiyong wanted a son too, then they might as well divorce, she would raise the child herself, letting Luo Zhiyong find someone else to bear him a son.

This life, she would not be like her previous one, where she depended on Luo Zhiyong for everything, clinging to him to live her life. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)