Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty
Chapter 343 - 342 Good News

Chapter 343: Chapter 342 Good News

"Can this thing really turn into a living creature?" Chen Afu held Jin Bei in front of her eyes and examined it closely. Suddenly, she saw its tiny black eyes twitching left and right, which startled her. After another close look, there was no movement at all.

"I must be really going crazy from this pregnancy!" She laughed at herself.

Feeling that she had rested long enough and at the right time, she exited the space.

She sent the children back to Tang Garden to have a meal and rest, telling them to return in the late afternoon.

With Chu Hanyan holding his left hand and Dabao holding his right, Li Xuan didn’t fuss and returned to Tang Garden with them.

Now being a busy spring season, Chen Afu handed over many affairs of the dowry lands to Xue Dagui to deal with. Wangshan Village and Tang Garden were each preparing to sow watermelons in a hundred acres of land, Chen Ming and the main household each sowed in ten acres. Wang Cheng bought 20 acres of land and was also given seeds for ten acres.

The seeds this time came from the previous large sweet melons. Besides soaking them in water before seedling growth, Chen Afu didn’t treat them in the space. She wanted to see if the taste would fade.

She also handed over tasks like harvesting rapeseed, winter wheat, and rice seedling raising. After giving the instructions, she let them handle it.

In the morning of the 7th of March, Mrs. Li figured that forty-two days had passed; the doctor should be able to clearly locate the slippery pulse. She said that Madam was lacking in spirit, asking someone to invite the doctor from the county town.

Xia Yue suggested, "Doctor Lin from our village is rather skilled. Should we invite him to read her pulse?"

Mrs. Li disagreed, stating, "Madam is precious and cannot be treated lightly by a rural doctor."

Xia Yue blushed completely at this remark.

An hour later, Luo Yuan arrived with the old doctor from the county town.

Chen Afu lay in bed, her hand extended outside the net tent and a silk handkerchief spread across her wrist. It was then that Mrs. Li allowed the old doctor to step into the bedroom to read her pulse.

A moment later, the old doctor smiled and congratulated, "Congratulations, Madam, this is a slippery pulse. You are pregnant."

Despite having guessed it before, Mrs. Li and others were overjoyed.

Mrs. Li asked, "Does Madam need a few dosages of pregnancy-securing medicine?"

The old doctor laughed and said, "Madam’s constitution is very good, and so is the fetus. It is not necessary at all to take any medicine, dietary supplement would suffice." He then wrote a few dietary recipes for pregnancy.

Mrs. Li gave Xia Yue the consultation fee and rewarded the doctor with two taels of silver. After seeing the doctor off, she asked Xiao Mo to go to the front courtyard and Lu Garden to inform Marquis and his wife of the good news.

Upon hearing the news, Marquis was overjoyed. He quickly sent people to announce the news to the Capital City, Shadow Snow Nunnery, his grandson Chen Shiying, and his daughter-in-law, and even rewarded each servant in Tang Garden with a tael of silver.

On hearing the news, Mrs. Wang was overjoyed. She asked Aunt Mu to carry four hens and pick a hundred eggs, packing them in a basket, and went with Mrs. Wu to visit Chen Afu at Yanxiang Pavilion.

Chen Ming disapproved and said, "How much could a chicken and eggs be worth? I have some bird’s nest which would be better given to Afu to eat."

Mrs. Wang shook her head and said, "Afu wouldn’t care much for these suppository gifts like bird’s nest and ginseng. Our chicken and eggs taste much better than the ones you buy outside. Afu will prefer these."

Mrs. Wu also chimed in, "That’s true, I also think the chicken soup from elder sister’s house is more delicious, their eggs taste better too."

Wang Cheng added, "Regardless of whether the purchased ones are good or not, chicken and eggs are nutritious. I’ll go to the village to buy some to send to our niece, it’s our way of showing our care."

By late afternoon, the news had traveled to Xiangluo Village. Mrs. Chen, Hu Laowu’s daughter-in-law, and Carpenter Wu’s two daughters-in-law all brought chicken and eggs as gifts.

The young Miss Chu Hanyan, who loved to show her emotions, was delighted upon hearing that she was to have a little brother or sister. At first, she rang out with several clear laughs, then dashed towards the front courtyard. Mrs. Song quickly grabbed her, asking anxiously, "Oh my, girl, where are you rushing off to?"

"I’m going to tell brother the good news!" Chu Hanyan broke away from Mrs. Song’s grasp and continued running forward.

Inside Ze Institute, Mr. Liao was swaying his head as he read his papers.

Hanyan knew where the institute was, but she had never been inside before. Forgetting her fear, she rushed in with a flurry of steps and located the lecture hall by following the sound.

Without regard for the stunned Mr. Liao watching her, she stood at the entrance and announced loudly, "Big brother, uncle, Mom is pregnant! We’ll have a brother or sister soon!"

Upon hearing this, both Chen Dabao and Chen Alu couldn’t help but stand up.

Seeing this, Mr. Liao reprimanded sternly, "Now is class time, no matter what happens, you must not be distracted." He then scolded, "In the future, you are to be the pillars of the court. You should remain unchanging even if Mount Tai collapses before you. How can you lose focus over a little girl’s words?"

Alu and Dabao sat down again after hearing this.

Realizing that her joy had drawn a scolding for her brother and uncle, the little girl couldn’t help but burst into tears.

The chasing Mrs. Song hurriedly picked her up and carried her back to the Inner Courtyard.

Although Dabao and Alu sat back down to listen to the lecture, their minds were already elsewhere. Especially Dabao, his very soul was practically flying to his mother’s side.

Mother was finally going to have a baby, and he was finally going to have a real brother or sister. Very soon he would have another loved one besides his mother and Hanyan.

He was twice hit on the palm of his hand by the teacher till his eyes welled up with tears. But the moment he thought of his little brother or sister, the pain vanished and was replaced with a wide grin.

Alu also got his ear tugged twice and he grimaced in pain.

Once school was finally over, the two boys dashed to Haitang Hall. Now Alu also had his midday meal at Haitang Hall, went to Jin Courtyard with Dabao for a rest, then went to the Ze Institute for class, and only returned to Lu Garden in the evening.

Marquis Chu was cheerfully talking to Chen Afu, telling her to take care of her health, not to exhaust herself, so she could give birth to a healthy grandson for him.

As soon as the boys entered, they were stopped by Mrs. Li, "Oh dear, Bao, Uncle, you must not bump into Grandma."

Chen Alu promptly stood one step away from Chen Afu, grinning, "Sister, am I going to get another younger niece or nephew?"

Chen Afu smiled and nodded.

Dabao felt that Mrs. Li’s reminder was unnecessary, was this not something obvious? He remarked, "No one’s more concerned about the baby in Mother’s belly than me, I will not bump into her."

He walked over and gently touched Afu’s belly, sounding incredibly mature, "Mom needs to rest and maintain her health, she shouldn’t worry about the dowry shop and the dowry farm anymore. Also, eat more nutritious food, and just like Sasa, have twins so we will have both a brother and a sister."

Everyone laughed heartily at this.

Marquis Chu praised him with a laugh, "Dabao speaks well".

Afu was torn between laughter and tears. The old man’s hopes for a grandson were already heavy on her shoulders, and this little boy added to it by wanting twins. Interestingly, giving birth to twins seems like a fortune commanded by every transmigrated woman. They mostly have twins, or even more children, otherwise, they would be ashamed to call themselves transmigrated females.

But there are always exceptions, who knows whether she, a transmigrated woman, would give birth to a boy or a girl? Regardless of the gender, she loved them and hoped to have more, aiming for both sons and daughters. With her space and the agarwood, she would take care of her body and would not face the same risks during childbirth like other ancient women, like walking in front of Yan Wang.