Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 915: Pitch-black Night
It was a dark night and the road was very quiet. The only sounds in the carriage were the whispers of people talking to each other. Zhou Sishun and Li could hear them very clearly.

After listening to the youngest son finish talking about what the number two is, before the eldest son could speak, there was a sudden sound of a dog barking and someone walking outside shouting.

From the noise, we can tell that we have arrived at Qinghe Village. The carriage is about to turn back to the west side of the river from the road outside Gu Sanzhu's house at the end of the village on the east side of the river.

At this moment, including Li who wanted to speak, the four members of the family closed their mouths at the same time, and Zhou Sishun quickly lifted the car curtain.

The carriage was not moving very fast, and under the light of the lantern, it was not difficult to see that in front of several houses it passed, most of the courtyard doors were tightly closed.

Li sighed, "They went to bed so early. Even the third room of the Gu family went to bed early in the dark. The eldest daughter-in-law of the third room is almost seven months pregnant, right?"

Zhou Sishun was not very clear. Who could remember how many months his daughter and sister-in-law were pregnant? However, "It seems not. I remember that our San Ya was pregnant. It was a long time later that you said that San Zhuzi's eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant. Was it winter at that time? You said that all the granddaughters-in-law of the Gu family were pregnant?"

I don't remember clearly what Li said, but I roughly remember that she mentioned this to the child's father. As for when she said that, was it winter?
She couldn't remember it anymore, but luckily Sanzhuzi's wife also loved to show off. Before she left for the long journey, she often heard Sanzhuzi's wife talk about when she would have a grandchild.

It was also said that San Ya was almost four months ahead of her eldest daughter-in-law. If you calculate it this way, it is true that "the eldest daughter-in-law is almost seven months pregnant.

Today, I heard our Daya mention to me that Sanzhuzi's wife had asked Daya a few days ago how long Doctor Lin and Sister Chen could stay with Sanya.

Our eldest daughter also said that Sanzhuzi's wife was just thinking about something. Even if she waited until our eldest daughter finished her confinement before leaving, it would still be a long time before Wulang's wife was due to give birth."

These old ladies are so bold that they even think about this. Not to mention the two months of confinement after giving birth, even if the baby arrives in time, you can imagine how much money it will cost to hire someone to deliver the baby.

Neither the aunt nor the sister-in-law wanted to take over the one hundred taels of silver. Otherwise, the eldest sister-in-law could have stayed in the capital for a while to deliver the baby, and then reunited with the aunt and sister-in-law to return to Jiangnan together.

"No hope!" Xiao He waited and saw his father shaking his head, but he never spoke a word. He seemed to explain to his mother reluctantly.

"If we hurry ahead, Aunt Chen might come to lend a hand. Ever since you and Uncle Gu and the others left, my third brother-in-law didn't want Aunt Chen to go out.

It's Doctor Lin. She and her husband often go to Doctor Dong's house together. My third brother-in-law has already freed up a horse in case it's too slow to send someone to call Doctor Lin.

Besides, not only did my third sister’s husband make it clear in advance that my third sister should be the most important, but no one was allowed to take Doctor Lin and Aunt Chen away from my third sister before she gave birth until after the confinement period.

Even Aunt Lan said clearly that as my third sister's due date was approaching, Doctor Lin and Aunt Chen would have to check her pulse every morning and evening, so they would have no time to take care of anything outside.

During the days when you were not at home, my third sister almost closed the door to visitors. It was not just to avoid the fact that some people always wanted to come to her house to pass on messages to my third brother-in-law.

My third brother-in-law didn't want outsiders to disturb my third sister, fearing that my third sister would be too worried, so I looked at the third aunt of the Gu family that your mother mentioned, and she entered the front yard of Yuyuan and couldn't enter the west yard. And my third brother-in-law's grandmother, she could enter the west yard, but she couldn't see my third sister every time, so my third brother-in-law always said that my third sister fell asleep.

My third brother-in-law is fine. He loves my third sister very much. Don't worry. My third brother-in-law said that no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, they are his and my third sister's own flesh and blood and are all treasures.

I can see it all. My third sister gave birth to a girl this time, and my third brother-in-law is very happy about her. He keeps talking about his daughter, his daughter—"

"Puh, puh, puh!" Li interrupted hastily, clasping her hands together, "Bad things won't work, good things will! May the ancestors of the Gu family bless you, may the ancestors of the Zhou family bless you, my Sanya has built an ancestral hall for you, the one in my Sanya's belly must be a boy! May the Goddess of Childbirth bless you, this believer..."

Xiao He blinked, looked at his father, and then looked at his brother. Did he want to pray too? Listen, my mother immediately asked all the gods, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas for blessings one by one.

"Actually, bloom first—"

Xiao He was frightened. Without waiting for Da Jiang to finish, he quickly tugged at Da Jiang's clothes and said, "Brother, what do you think of the brick-making job that the third brother-in-law mentioned earlier?"

"...Ask our father." You are so smart. Dajiang pulled the bun on his brother's head with a funny look, "Did you know that our father can make bricks and tiles?"

Do you still need to remind me of this? Xiao He glared at him unconvinced, "I also know that the reason why our father burns bricks and tiles is that he doesn't want our third sister to be too tired.

A few years ago, my third sister thought that our father would listen to her and come home from the capital to take good care of her. Our father even went to do manual labor in the kiln factory in Dingzhou Prefecture without telling my third sister.

If Uncle Changgen hadn't told our father that our third sister was building a house and a workshop and there was a shortage of bricks and tiles in Yaokou Village, our father wouldn't have said anything about it.

My third sister and her husband found out about this, and so my third brother-in-law set his eyes on the master craftsman who knew how to make bricks and tiles. He took advantage of the time when my father was not at home to buy out the family and give my father the entire brick and tile workshop.

My third sister and her husband were so good at hiding things that even I was kept in the dark. If my third brother-in-law hadn't told me tonight, I wouldn't have known that they had already planned it and even settled the family of the master bricklayer who could make bricks and tiles in the village on the west side of the river.

I was wondering why Jiaxing invited us to Yuyuan tonight. I was thinking that Third Sister must have wanted you to take a good rest for a day after you got home, and then go to her to talk about what she had done while you were away.

Yes, Dad, you must not know that as for my eldest sister, my third sister and brother-in-law not only put my eldest brother-in-law into the government as a clerk, they also bought a yard and several acres of land for my eldest sister in my brother-in-law's village.

They told others that my eldest sister and her husband did not have enough money and asked my third sister to borrow it. In fact, my eldest sister felt that she was pregnant and wanted to return to her husband's house to give birth after seven months. She said it was not convenient to give birth with my third sister or her parents.

So, I guess my third sister is worried that my eldest sister will go back to her husband's family to give birth. My eldest sister's husband's family is full of troubles, so my third sister wants to subsidize my eldest sister to buy a yard. Don't say that I'm only saying this now, my third sister has done a lot of bad things.

During the days when you were not at home, my third sister was still tinkering with the granddaughter-in-law of the Gu family, that is, my cousin's daughter-in-law who is also the niece of Aunt Zhao's mother's family. The two of them set up a weaving workshop in the village, and my eldest sister is now busy with that."