Qin Lin, who was squatting in the courtyard, saw Qin Sen walk out of the room and immediately stood up.
Qin Junyao quickly reached out to stop him, "Second Uncle, don't do it."
Qin Sen took a step forward and patted Qin Junyao's shoulder, "Yaoyao, you go back first."
He held the mask in his hand and looked at his second brother with determination. He deserved to be beaten.
Qin Junyao, afraid they would fight again, hugged Xiao Si Niu and stood between them. "Both of you, come back with me. The family is busy now, and talking here will only cause trouble."
After thinking for a moment, she added, "My place is big, so you can fight more to your heart's content."
Of course, there would be more people there, so they could stop Second Uncle.
Qin Sen twitched his lips at Qin Junyao's words and picked up the mask, wanting to put it on his face.
"Hiss," Qin Sen gasped in pain.
"Um, Third Uncle," Qin Junyao raised her hand, unsure how to describe the colorful expression on Qin Sen's face. "No one can tell what you look like now, so don't wear it."
"It hurts a lot."
Qin Sen...
Xiao Si Niu was carried by Second Uncle Qin and walked at the front. Qin Junyao walked between Second Uncle and Third Uncle; she had to guard against Second Uncle.
Along the way, they met Liu Yu. Qin Junyao gave her a few instructions and then continued home.
Upon arriving at the Zhao family, Qin Junyao first found someone to apply medicine to Qin Sen and took Xiao Si Niu to her room, asking someone to watch him.
After the medicine was applied, Qin Sen, whose appearance was even less discernible, was led by Second Uncle Qin to an empty room. Qin Junyao sent four young servants to guard the door and instructed them to rush in immediately if they heard anything unusual.
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"Madam, with Old Madam Qin dividing the family like this, the village will be gossiping again," Liu Rong fed Xiao Si Niu egg yolk. The little fellow stopped crying when he had something to eat.
"Let them talk. When has our manor and my mother's family not been the subject of village gossip?"
Qin Junyao, holding her daughter, found the swaddling clothes they had made earlier. Then, from the cabinet, which was actually from her spatial storage, she took out a large basket of eggs and continued, "Alas, if my sister-in-law gives birth to a boy, my mother will be so overcome with joy and sorrow that she might fall ill."
"Liu Rong, where did I put the ginseng slices?" Qin Junyao turned around in place, unable to recall where she had put the ginseng slices before.
"They are in the low cabinet where you keep the orchids. Madam, why don't you let Hua Mian come in to prepare? You should rest," Liu Rong was feeding Xiao Si Niu and had to prevent him from crawling around, so she couldn't help her mistress prepare.
Qin Junyao found the ginseng slices in the low cabinet and got up to have someone take the items to the Qin family.
"I'm not tired," Qin Junyao sat on the kang and pinched Xiao Si Niu's chubby little face. "When the weather gets warmer, I'll take Langtou to the fields. I need to train my body now so I won't be too tired to walk later." Su Dan Novel Network.
Liu Rong stopped what she was doing and looked at her mistress incredulously. "Madam, you're going to take Miss to the fields?"
"Yes, I can't leave my precious daughter," Qin Junyao saw that little Langtou was squirming in her arms, knowing her daughter was hungry. She unbuttoned her clothes and coaxed Langtou as she walked towards the screen.
Liu Rong, lost in thought, fed egg yolk to Xiao Si Niu and said, "Madam, if you take Miss to the fields, you'll need to make a larger carriage. We'll also need to make more little coats for Miss."
"Spring here is very cold, so we need to prepare a small stove to boil water. Have someone make a wooden frame outside so that Miss, who is very active, doesn't get scalded. We'll also need plenty of padded rugs..."
Qin Junyao didn't hear much of Liu Rong's words. Holding Xiao Langtou, she was thinking about the Qin family down the mountain.
The midwife had been arranged beforehand and was quickly brought back by Qin Daniu. However, Zhang Dani, being a first-time mother with a malposition, was having a difficult labor.
By dark, the baby had still not been born.
Fortunately, under Doctor Sheng's skilled hands, Mother Qin could already get out of bed to help boil water. However, Doctor Sheng also said that Mother Qin was currently suffering from stagnation of qi in her chest and, besides using medication to relieve it, she needed to maintain a cheerful mood. If she couldn't, she would need to be kept busy.
Qin Lin and Qin Sen chatted in the room until the afternoon. They had servants bring them wine for lunch, indicating they were having a good conversation.
There was both good and bad news. The worst news was that Zhang Dani was having a difficult labor, and both mother and child were in danger.
At the critical moment, it was Grandma Qin who turned the tide. She asked Doctor Sheng to go to the delivery room to perform acupuncture on Zhang Dani, saving the mother's life.
"Mother, how can you not want the child?" Compared to this daughter-in-law, whom he was not very satisfied with, Father Qin valued his first grandchild more.
Grandma Qin was watching Qin Daniu squatting by the window with his head in his hands. Hearing her eldest son's words, she turned around without thinking and kicked Father Qin.
"Heartless wretch! Bad seeds will never bear good fruit. How could I have been so foolish to give birth to you?" Grandma Qin's continuous kicks landed on Father Qin's shins.
Father Qin retreated repeatedly, not daring to move too quickly. Moreover, Grandma Qin's kicks were painful, so he could only grit his teeth and endure.
Upon hearing the news of his sister-in-law's difficult labor and returning to the Qin family, Qin Junyao only watched from the side, not asking anyone to intervene. She only kept a close eye on Grandma Qin, fearing she might fall.
"Where did the maids who work for you come from? Who made the clothes you wear? Who provides the wine you drink every day?" Grandma Qin, not having kicked enough, grabbed Father Qin's collar and raised her fist.
"During the busy farming season, Daniu closed both of his shops to come back and help you. Your business was built by your daughter, and your family is protected by your son."
"When you first came here, you boasted about wanting to study and be a pillar of support for your daughter? Look at your studies now! Your pillar of support is not even as tall as a grave."
"You're causing trouble every day, causing trouble, and I'll let you cause trouble..."
Grandma Qin was extremely angry.
Father Qin had only one son, and in his old age, he would still have to rely on his son.
Zhang Dani was someone Qin Daniu cherished. Normally, it might be fine, but at a moment of life and death, he thought about saving the child instead of the mother?
The eldest daughter-in-law was not capable and was too kind-hearted. The eldest son got a little success and became so arrogant that he didn't know who he was.
Hosting banquets, drinking, and giving lavish gifts, he missed nothing.
If there was no one at the helm of this family, all the land and money they had would sooner or later be cheated away by someone.
She had tested and observed, and arranged marriages for Zhang Dani's sisters. All this was to find a good leader for her eldest son's family.
Now this unfilial son wanted to push the leader into the water and drown her. How could Grandma Qin not be angry?
Fortunately, Qin Daniu was worried about the situation inside the house and did not hear what Father Qin said. He only saw his grandmother dragging his father out of the courtyard by his hair. His second uncle, third uncle, and Qin Junyao's servants were by his side, so he didn't need to intervene.
He only needed to guard well by the window.
Qin Daniu waited for another two hours.
By now, Qin Junyao had returned home. Xiao Langtou's crying continued into the night, so she had to go home and wait for news. Grandma Qin and Father Qin and others were all inside the room. The spring nights in the northwest were very cold.
"Mother, lean on me for a while," Qin Xiaoyu moved closer to Mother Qin, straightening her back and looking at Mother Qin's pale face.
Mother Qin patted Qin Xiaoyu's back without speaking, her eyes still fixed on the door of the delivery room.
After being awakened by Doctor Sheng's acupuncture, she had been in a state of silence, as if thinking about something, or as if thinking about nothing at all.