Chapter 194 – The Old Madam is from a Scholarly Family (part 8)

Li Su rolled her eyes at him. "What do you know?! A woman giving birth to a child is the most dangerous thing! When Yingniang gave birth to Yuan'er and Ru'er, you weren't even at home at that time, so naturally you didn't know anything. This time, when Yingniang gives birth, you will stand by my side. Then you'll know how difficult it is for women."

Seeing that Li Yu was still disapproving, Li Su glared at him. "I hope you will be a woman in your next life so that you can also experience the pain of having a child!"

But Liu Yingniang was moved. "Mother!"

Doctor Xu was also full of praise. "Old lady is indeed a person who can raise a scholar and is very reasonable. That being the case, in the future, I will come to the mansion on the fifteenth of every month to check the pulse. There are also midwives and doctors in my medical center who specialise in childbirth. "

"That's good. I will also ask the doctor to let us know what needs to be prepared. Just prepare it. Money is not a problem. A person's safety is the most important thing," Li Su said.

Doctor Xu nodded.

After seeing Doctor Xu away, Li Su was thinking. What else needed to be prepared? When she turned her head, she saw Liu Yingniang's eyes were watering. "Mother!"

"Okay, okay, this is how it should be. You are my daughter-in-law, and you are carrying my grandson in your belly! Come on! Don't sit still. Get up and walk around. You also heard what the doctor said. If you eat less, you will suffer less when giving birth later," Li Su ordered.

Liu Yingniang nodded obediently.

Li Su glanced at Li Yu, Li Yuan, and Li Ru. "Don't be stunned. Go to class."

Li Yu went in and out a few times. Li Su supported Liu Yingniang and walked slowly in the yard. "Since you are about to give birth and Yuan'er and Ru'er are getting older, I was thinking that you move them out of your room. Yuan'er can live in the west wing while Ru'er can live in the east wing. When you give birth to the twins, there will be more people in the family. I think that we should either buy a bigger house or renovate the old house."

Liu Yingniang looked at Li Yu's back. "Mother, it's fine for you to decide this matter. Or, you can discuss it with Husband Yu. I am fine with anything."

Li Su was resentful towards Liu Yingniang for failing to meet her expectations. "You also have to be assertive, okay? I'll be gone one day. A-Yu is a man, so what does he know about these internal affairs?! Sooner or later, you will have to look after this family! Currently, A-Yu is just a scholar. If he passes the exams in the future, then you will be the wife of an official. You can't be like this at that time!"

Li Su thought about how to transform Liu Yingniang. After observing for a while, she found that in the current environment, it was basically impossible to transform Liu Yingniang into a woman with modern female thoughts. Liu Yingniang was a very traditional kind of woman who was deeply instilled with the three obediences and four virtues. She still had the feudal thought of considering her husband as her god deeply ingrained into her, and Li Su figured it would be difficult to change her mindset. Li Su could only try a less radical method to make small, subtle changes.

Liu Yingniang was a little frightened. She felt that there was nothing wrong with her now, but if her mother-in-law said it was not good, then it was definitely not good.

Li Su continued. "If A-Yu becomes an official in the future, you will be the wife of an official. Do you think being the wife of an official is so easy? Can you serve the family well as you are now? How could it be that simple?! You have to socialise and entertain, please the top, and to win over the subordinates. You have to do all of these things. Your temperament is too soft. Also, what are you going to do if A-Yu becomes an official and selects a concubine or others give him a concubine?"

"Mother is worried that I will be jealous? No! It's a good thing to have more people to serve Husband Yu and more people in the family. I will never be jealous. I would treat her like my own younger sister. Mother, don't worry!" Liu Yingniang muttered.

Li Su couldn't help but roll her eyes. She couldn't get the main point. Damn it, why was she so generous?

"Are you stupid? What is a concubine? A concubine, as the name suggests, is a standing woman. She has a humble and low status. You can sit while she stands! You eat while she watches! Your identities are destined to be opposites, and you, what, want to be like sisters? Bah! What if that concubine has ulterior motives? What if that concubine is someone else's pawn? Let me tell you, if you have this kind of thinking, you will be finished sooner or later!" Li Su didn't care about anything else. She quickly tried to dispel the innocent thoughts in Liu Yingniang's mind.

Liu Yingniang was a little dazed. Was she wrong? But that's what her mother taught her.

Li Su sighed and gave up the plan to reform Liu Yingniang. "Forget it. I'll live a few more years and watch out for you."

Liu Yingniang quickly took Li Su's arm. In order to try and please her, she said, "Mother must live a long life. I will feel more at ease with mother here."

Li Su shook her head. This daughter-in-law was helpless, but her granddaughter was still young, so she could reform her. "Let Ru'er move in and live with me."

"Okay, mother, you can decide. We will all listen to mother," Liu Yingniang said cheerfully.

Li Su glanced at her helplessly and shook her head. "Let's go. Stop talking." A little stupid was just a little stupid. It was better to be obedient. It was better than stirring up trouble at home.

Liu Yingniang put aside her thoughts and slowly walked forward while holding her stomach carefully.

During dinner, Li Su mentioned her proposal. Li Yuan was a little excited. It was great to be able to leave his mother's sight and have his own room. Li Ru was a little uneasy. She had to live with grandma? She was a little scared.

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "Mother, it's just right. I also want to move to the study." Liu Yingniang was now pretty pregnant and she often woke up at night, so he couldn't sleep well either.

"Don't even think about it! I'll use your study room. In a few years, we'll change it and let Ru'er live there. The family is big and she should have her own boudoir." Li Su dismissed it without thinking. "Say, if you move to the study and Yingniang sleeps alone, what if something went wrong at night? Yingniang is already working hard when she is pregnant. She is pregnant with twins, which makes it even harder. You don't even think about who Yingniang is working hard for!"

Liu Yingniang opened her mouth to speak, but Li Su glared back at her, "I know you feel bad for your husband! But I am disciplining my son. You are not allowed to interrupt!"

Liu Yingniang had no choice but to shut up.

Li Su continued. "When I was pregnant with your eldest brother, your father was like this. He thought that I woke up too much at night, which disturbed his sleep. So he went to sleep in a side room. At that time, the house could not afford a maid. I got up at night and fell down. Your eldest brother was born prematurely. He was weak from birth and died before his first birthday! It was only then that your father regretted it. Later, when I was pregnant with your eldest sister, your father did not hide anymore. Your eldest sister was born healthy, but your grandmother saw that your eldest sister was a girl, so she scolded me during the confinement period and did not give me good food. There was not enough milk, and your eldest sister was often hungry. When she was three years old, she died from a cold. When I think of the past, I feel sad…"

Li Yu listened expressionlessly. It seemed that his mother's nagging had intensified. He regretted saying such a thing.

"Mother, it was my fault. I will take good care of Yingniang. Don't be sad and don't mention the past. It hurts you." Li Yu quickly admitted his mistake.

Li Su accepted it when she saw it. "Okay, it's good that you know. What my daughter-in-law is carrying is your seed, so you should support her!"

Li Yu repeatedly said yes.

Liu Yingniang knew that she frequently woke up at night and ended up disturbing her husband so he couldn't rest well. She felt guilty and didn't even dare to drink more chicken soup. Li Su was also afraid that she would eat too much and would not be able to give birth in the future, so she did not force her.

Li Yu knew that Yingniang loved chicken soup when she was pregnant and that she drank it almost every meal. Now, he naturally understood why she didn't drink it, and felt a little touched. He took some fish meat, picked out the bones, and put it into Liu Yingniang's bowl. "Eat some fish." Because he was not very skilled, the fish meat was not only a little cold, but also looked a little unsightly.

But Liu Yingniang's eyes were red with emotion. She was afraid that her crying would spoil everyone's interest, so she hurriedly lowered her head and ate the bowl of fish. She then raised her head and said, "Thank you Husband Yu. The fish is delicious."

Li Yuan was the eldest son who was favored by his parents. He was bold and raised his bowl when he heard the words. "Daddy, I want to eat fish too."

Li Yu was a little embarrassed by Liu Yingniang's reaction, but he was actually very happy. He glanced at Li Yuan and said, "Elders first, then the young ones. I'll get it for your grandma first, and then you." Then He carefully picked a bowl of fish for Li Su.

In fact, Li Yu was a relatively filial person. He was very good to the original owner, and did his best to support her, but he had never personally picked fish like this for Li Su.

Li Su looked at the bowl of fish in front of her, and felt a little complicated. She also knew that when disciplining children, you couldn't just suppress them. It was better to give encouragement at the right time. She raised her head and glanced at Li Yu. "This bowl of fish is better than anything in the world to me."

Li Yu didn't expect Li Su to say this, so he was stunned.

Li Yuan looked at Grandma, then at dad, and asked, "Is it better than having an official life?"

Li Su smiled. "Naturally!"

Li Yuan cheered. "Dad, I want it too!" How delicious was the fish that daddy picked? Why did grandma and mum have this expression? He wanted to try it too!

Li Yu was touched. He seemed to understand something and gave his son a gentle look. He lowered his head and continued to pick fish.

Li Ru sat next to him and looked at him enviously, but didn't say a word.

Although Li Yu did not pay as much attention to his daughter as he did to his son, she was his own flesh and blood, so how could he let her down? He also chose a bowl of fish for his daughter.

Over there, Liu Yingniang carefully selected a bowl of fish for herself. Her skills were much better than Li Yu's. "Husband Yu, you should eat it too."

Then, she looked at Li Su in a pleasing manner. "Mother, I'll pick it out for you right away."

Li Su was both angry and amused. "Hey, I'll do it myself. I'm not that old yet."

Liu Yingniang smiled, embarrassed.

"I'm not the kind of mother-in-law who can't see her son and daughter-in-law's relationship. I wish you two will continue to be so good. The love of husband and wife, the father's kindness, and the son's filial piety are the foundation for prosperity of the family." Li Su said these words like a mother-in-law. In fact, many mother-in-laws in China were like this, whether in ancient or modern times. When a mother-in-law regarded her son as hers, once the son married his wife and had a good relationship with his wife, the mother would be jealous. The mother would try her best to make trouble between her son and daughter-in-law.

The original owner was also such a mother-in-law.

Fortunately, Li Su was not. She wouldn't let herself be such a mother-in-law. She loved children a lot and really wanted to have children of her own. But she understood that a child was an independent living entity, not someone's property. Nobody could arbitrarily restrain and control other people's lives in the name of love!