Chapter 665: Adding a Son (2/2)

“The pulse is fluid, smooth and evasive, and feels like a pearl rolling around a jade plate…” Yu Xiaocao’s heart had a shot of happiness go through as she deliberately cultivated a mysterious manner, reciting poetic words.

Madam Liu couldn’t help but pat her as she scolded her with a smile, “Speak like a human being! Is your older sister-in-law okay ah?”

“How could she not have an issue? It’s a major event!! A major, life-changing event!!” Yu Xiaocao had a very serious expression on her face and her tone was also very grave. It scared Yu Hang so much that his face immediately paled.

“Younger Sister, you are the little divine doctor that everyone in the capital respects. Can your older sister-in-law’s illness be cured ah?” Yu Hang tightly held onto his wife’s hand as his eyes turned red.

Yu Xiaocao saw that her joke had gone too far and hurriedly cracked a giant smile on her face, “My older sister-in-law’s symptoms can’t be cured by me. She can only completely recover about eight months later, when the melon is ripe and my little nephew comes out!”

Everyone at the table was stunned silent by this statement. It was quiet for a few seconds until she received another smack on her body. Madam Liu happily scolded her, “You naughty lass, were you trying to scare us all to death by saying it was a life-changing event ah? Your older sister-in-law is pregnant, so just say she’s pregnant ah! Why do you need to scare everyone ah?”

Old Man Yu, who was seated at the head of the table, also finally reacted. He opened his mouth, which was missing a few teeth, and grinned, “Great news, our family will very soon have four generations under one roof! I didn’t expect that I, Yu Liqiu, would be able to live until I could see my great-grandson one day.”

“Grandfather, on such an auspicious day, what sort of words are you saying? Your body is so healthy that I'm sure you’ll live to the ripe old age of one hundred. Let's not talk about four generations under one room, I’m sure you can live until there are five generations under one roof!!” Yu Xiaocao giddily watched as her older brother fussed over her older sister-in-law. It must be a Yu Family tradition to pamper and love one’s wife right? Uh...if it weren’t for the fact that her grandfather had indulged Madam Zhang too much, then she wouldn’t have climbed all over him and become such a nasty-tempered old woman!

When she thought of Madam Zhang, Xiaocao naturally thought of her younger uncle, who shared half of the same bloodline as her father. She couldn’t help but ask, “Shitou, I heard Younger Uncle had also participated in the provincial exams that you took. Did he pass?”

“Ever since that event happened, Younger Uncle moved to the prefectural city and has been studying very hard. He finally managed to pass the county level exams after two years. This time, when the provincial exams were over, I met him outside of the exam room and chatted with him a bit. He said that he felt like he did well. As for whether or not he passed, I didn’t pay attention. Why did you suddenly decide to ask about him?” Little Shitou didn’t have a lot of feelings for this younger uncle of his. Furthermore, it was better to show respect from a distance with that mother of his too.

“Nothing much, it just popped into my mind to ask! After all, he is our grandfather’s son…” Last time when she went back to the prefectural city and met up with her eldest paternal aunt’s family, she heard that Madam Zhang had aged quite a bit as everyone in her household relied on her to live. She also needed to make money to send her son to school, so she didn’t have it easy. As a mother who wanted her son to stand out among his peers, Madam Zhang would be delighted to do all that she could, no matter how bitter or tiring it was, to help her son, right?

This New Years passed even more happily and joyfully after the Yu Family found out that Yu Hang’s wife had good news. Yu Xiaocao ignored her family’s protest and took the candied and canned fruit processing plant out of her dowry to give to her future nephew as a present. As for the little tyke, it had no clue that its younger aunt had just given it a giant present and was contently resting in its mother’s uterus drawing nutrients to quickly get larger.

Everyone all said that this little fellow was certain to be very well-behaved. Other than its actions on New Year’s Eve to show everyone it existed, it acted as if it wasn’t there for most of the time. Liu Huifang didn't have the slightest bit of symptoms that other pregnant women commonly had. Sometimes, even she forgot that she was pregnant and would energetically follow her mother-in-law around to help with her younger brother-in-law’s exam preparations and her younger sister-in-law’s wedding planning.

Everyone in the family wanted her to rest more but she pushed away their efforts, “Am I that fragile ah? In our village, there are many matrons who are about to give birth but are still working hard in the fields with their giant bellies!”

Madam Liu had also heard the older generation mention that if a pregnant woman moved around more, it’d be easier for her to give birth. Furthermore, she saw her daughter-in-law bustling about for a few days without any problems, so she let her be. However, she would still warn Liu Huifang from time to time to not get too tired and make sure to rest properly.

Once the first month of the year passed, Imperial Prince Jing’s Estate sent the letter of appointment and letter of ceremony to the Yu Residence on a fortuitous day. There was still more than a month’s worth of time left before the eighteenth of the third month. Zhu Junyang had started to press his family to help him with the wedding.

Imperial Prince Jing’s Estate had chosen four people who had complete luck; they were Princess Consort Duan, Duchess Rongguo, Marchioness Dingyuan, and the wife of the Director of the Board of Rites. The so-called ‘complete fortune’ was that these people still had healthy parents alive and well, a son and daughter each, a loving relationship with their spouse, and peaceful relationships within their siblings.

These four had noble statuses and, along with the matchmaker——Imperial Prince Jing’s father, the honorable emperor emeritus, came over to the Yu Family to bring the betrothal gifts and money. Imperial Prince Xu’s betrothal gift list made these four noble and high matrons, who had seen much of the world, completely speechless.