Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 449: All the babies are sons
"Where? Where is he? Where is my oldest grandson?"

At around 12 noon, Yao Meilan, who came to Xiangmi Zhai to help after get off work as usual, heard the news that Luo Huijuan had returned with her child as soon as she entered the store, and then she immediately ran to the backyard with an excited look on her face.

Soon, she ran into the room and saw nine children lying side by side on the bed, which stunned her for a moment.

"This this."

"mom!"

When Luo Huijuan saw him, she immediately felt happy, then she smiled softly and joked, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you just yell that you wanted to see your eldest grandson? Now that you see him, why are you standing there in a daze?"

"You damn girl!"

Yao Meilan came back to her senses after hearing this, her eyes widened, and then she leaned close to Luo Huijuan's ear with some annoyance, lowered her voice and cursed: "With so many children, how can I tell who belongs to whom?"

"What does it matter?"

Luo Huijuan smiled slightly, then said with some disapproval: "They are all your grandchildren anyway!"

"you mean"

When Yao Meilan heard Luo Huijuan say this, she immediately revealed a look of surprise, then pointed at the nine children on the bed and asked in disbelief, "Are they all boys?"

"Yup!"

Seeing this, Luo Huijuan was delighted, then nodded seriously and said, "They are indeed all boys!"

"This"

Yao Meilan swallowed her saliva, her eyes widened slightly, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

She originally thought that except for Luo Huijuan who had a great chance of giving birth to a boy, the other six daughters-in-law should at least give birth to a few girls.

As a result, she never expected that her daughters-in-law would be so pregnant and all gave birth to her grandsons.

This is simply incredible.

"Come on, don't just stand there, hurry up and hug your eldest grandson!"

Seeing that Yao Meilan was stunned again, Luo Huijuan couldn't help feeling helpless. She hurried forward, picked up Dabao, and handed him to Yao Meilan.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

At this time, Dabao seemed to know that his grandmother was coming to see him. He stretched out his little hands as hard as he could and kept babbling, as if urging Yao Meilan to hold him.

That soft and cute voice successfully attracted Yao Meilan's attention and made her eyes light up.

"Oh my! My eldest grandson! Look at this little nose and this little mouth. It's just like your mother!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Huijuan couldn't help but roll her eyes.

It is said that since she gave birth to the child, almost everyone has a different feeling when seeing the child. Some say the child looks like her, some say it looks like Li Guoqiang's, and some say it looks half like her and half like Li Guoqiang's.

It got to the point where she sometimes couldn't tell who the child looked like.

Fortunately, this problem is generally not a big deal. No matter who the child looks like, as long as she knows that it is her child, it's fine.

After a while, Yao Meilan finished holding the eldest baby, then moved on to hold the second baby. By the time she finished holding the youngest baby, nearly half an hour had passed.

Afterwards, she reluctantly put Xiaobao down, reached out and pounded her waist, feeling both painful and happy.

Sometimes, having too many grandchildren is not an easy thing!

With so many grandchildren, just hugging them makes her exhausted. If she has to take care of them from morning to night, she will be exhausted, right?
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt fortunate that there were six grandchildren among them who did not require her help in taking care of them.

Otherwise, her old bones would really suffer.

"Mom, you're here!"

At this time, Li Guoqiang had just come back from the ice cellar after putting his things away. After seeing Yao Meilan, he hurriedly greeted her.

"You ah you!"

Yao Meilan looked at Li Guoqiang, her lips moved, and she couldn't help but sigh and said, "Luckily you have the ability to make money and get supplies now, otherwise, with so many children and so many mouths to feed, it would be worrying."

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang felt happy when he heard this, and then he smiled softly and said, "Mom, I'll have to trouble you to help take care of the child from now on!"

"You say it!"

When Yao Meilan heard this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Although she didn't need to help take care of the children of Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and others on the surface, they were her grandchildren after all, so she still had to help take care of them to some extent.

When she thought about how she would have to face nine crying children every day after waking up, she felt a slight headache.

"fine!"

At this time, Luo Huijuan came up, laughed and comforted her, "Mom, your grandchildren are all very well behaved, you don't have to worry about them, you must not feel so stressed!
What's more, we are here to help you!"

After these words were spoken, Yao Meilan's expression finally looked better.

Afterwards, she didn't say anything else, and hurriedly pulled Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others to share her parenting experience.

Then, when she found out that Li Guoqiang, Luo Huijuan and others had not eaten yet, she directly drove them all out to eat, leaving her alone in the house to take care of the children.

When Luo Huijuan saw this, she suddenly felt relieved for some reason. At the same time, she finally understood why mothers would consider whether the other party had parents to support them when choosing a husband for their daughters.

This is because there is a huge difference between having someone to help and having no one to help.

Just like now, with Yao Meilan helping to take care of the children, she can finally sit down and have a comfortable meal.

Not long after, when they finished their meal, Yao Meilan called them into the house to feed the children as soon as possible, as if she was calculating the time.

Li Guoqiang also took advantage of this gap to get to know the business situation of Xiangmizhai with Xu Yuchang and others.

Since Li Guoqiang had stored enough raw materials in the ice cellar in advance, Xiangmi Zhai has started normal business since Xu Yuchang and others returned from Jinshan Fort.

Now, after more than two months of operation, the store has achieved a turnover of more than 20,000.

Although it is not as good as last summer, it is still quite impressive in comparison.

After checking the accounts, Li Guoqiang picked up a pen and casually transferred the turnover of 2 yuan to the purchase amount. Then he rode out on his tricycle and brought back a batch of supplies from Xiaotiandi.

At the same time, this also successfully allowed him to earn 20 gold coins.

By the time he finished restocking, it was already past six in the evening. By this time, Yu Li had also returned from get off work at the factory, and as soon as she entered the store, she was stunned by the news that Luo Huijuan and Shang Xiuzhen had given birth to nine sons.

Others may not know, but she is very clear about the relationship between Li Guoqiang, Shang Xiuzhen and others.

In other words, Li Guoqiang now has nine more sons, which makes him much more powerful than Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, who have the most sons in the courtyard.

It can even be said that Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui are not even worthy of carrying shoes for Li Guoqiang.

Afterwards, Yi Dengli came back to her senses and looked at Li Guoqiang with a fiery look in her eyes.

You know, she and Yan Jiecheng have been married for so many years, but they still haven’t had a child!
Moreover, as a woman, she understands too well the importance of children.

If she could have a child with Li Guoqiang, she wouldn't have to worry about having no place to go for the rest of her life.

However, she also knew that it was useless to ask Li Guoqiang about this matter, and it would be better to obtain Luo Huijuan's consent first.

Thinking of this, she hurriedly came to Luo Huijuan without saying a word and helped to take care of the child's excrement and urine to show her sincerity.

Of course, while she was busy, she did not forget to help Shang Xiuzhen and others.

When it got dark and the shops closed, she took the initiative to ask to go back to the courtyard to help Luo Huijuan and others take care of the children.

That positive attitude was so positive that not only Luo Huijuan but even Yao Meilan felt that something was not right.

Fortunately, Luo Huijuan politely declined Yu Li's request in advance, which prevented Yao Meilan from becoming suspicious.

Afterwards, after cleaning the shop, Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and Ma Hongjun went home after get off work, carrying some bacon and mountain products that Li Guoqiang had brought over.

Li Guoqiang rode a tricycle, carrying Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others, and slowly returned to the courtyard, leaving Yu Li alone to guard the shop with great envy.

Whenever there were bumps on the road, Yao Meilan would shout loudly for Li Guoqiang to be careful and not to scare her precious grandchildren.

Her doting look made Li Guoqiang, Luo Huijuan and others unconsciously worried that she might spoil the child in the future.

However, it was still a little too early to say this now, so they did not say anything. They just secretly decided that they should listen to what they should listen to and not listen to what Yao Meilan should not listen to.

After half an hour of bumpy ride, they finally returned to the courtyard safely.

Moreover, what was very coincidental was that as soon as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they ran into Yan Bugui who had just returned from fishing outside the city.

"Hey! Uncle, you just came back from fishing! How was your catch today?"

Upon seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly greeted him and did not forget to look at the fish basket in Yan Bugui's hand.

"Whoa!"

Yan Bugui paused for a moment when he heard Li Guoqiang's voice. He then waved his hand and said modestly, "My luck wasn't very good today. I only caught a few small fish, which are enough for a bowl of fish soup at home."

“The fish soup is good!”

Li Guoqiang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he quickly followed Yan Bugui's words and said, "Uncle, I want to make a deal with you. Can you give me these small fish? My wife just gave birth to a child, and she needs fish soup to increase her milk supply!"

"Your wife gave birth to a child?"

When Yan Bugui heard what Li Guoqiang said, he was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look behind Li Guoqiang, and saw Luo Huijuan and others who had just got off the tricycle, and the children in their arms.

This scene instantly made him widen his eyes, and then he asked tremblingly: "Is she giving birth?"

"Yup!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then laughed and said, "They both gave birth, with a difference of about a month. And it seemed like they had agreed to give birth to sons. Now when someone hears about this, they will ask me what the secret of Xiangmi Zhai is to give birth to sons. It almost makes me laugh.

If Xiang Mi Zhai really had that ability, I would have used it to open a pharmacy long ago, don’t you think? "

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui nodded woodenly, looking absent-minded.

In fact, he was in no mood to listen to what Li Guoqiang said. His eyes and mind were full of the children held by Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others.

After all, as an old man who is good at calculating, even if others don't know, he can vaguely see that Li Guoqiang and Shang Xiuzhen and others have an extraordinary relationship.

If it weren't for the fact that Li Guoqiang was in his prime and had the old man's endorsement, and if it weren't for the fact that Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and others also had a marriage certificate whose authenticity was unknown, I'm afraid he would have already planned to use this matter to get some benefits from Li Guoqiang.

As a result, he didn't expect that before he could get any benefits, he had to watch Li Guoqiang suddenly have nine sons.

These are nine sons!

Back then, when he had three sons in a row, he was already able to stand up straight and speak loudly to his neighbors.

Now that Li Guoqiang has nine sons, he has to talk to him through his nostrils, right?

"Third uncle, Third uncle!"

Li Guoqiang saw Yan Bugui suddenly startled, raised his eyebrows slightly, then stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, and said loudly: "Can you give me these small fish?"

"This"

Yan Bugui came back to his senses after hearing this, looked down at the fish basket, and then opened his mouth hesitantly.

"Don't worry, I'll trade you the bacon, I won't let you suffer any loss!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang immediately guessed what Yan Bugui was thinking, and hurriedly made a promise.

"That's okay!"

When Yan Bugui heard that he was exchanging bacon for fish, he immediately nodded with a smile and agreed, "Then you can use these fish to make soup. I guarantee that your children will be full!"

After saying that, he handed the fish basket to Li Guoqiang very readily, as if he was afraid that Li Guoqiang would go back on his word.

When Li Guoqiang saw it, he didn't bother to be polite with Yan Bugui and just reached out to take the fish basket.

In fact, the reason why he wanted to exchange fish with Yan Bugui was, on the one hand, because he needed to use Yan Bugui's mouth to tell the people in the courtyard the news that Luo Huijuan, Pan Qiaoyan and others had a child; on the other hand, he also needed Yan Bugui's help in holding a full-month banquet in the courtyard.

Of course, this was just a temporary preparation he made. Whether or not to hold a full-month banquet still had to be decided by the old couple Li Dawei and Yao Meilan.

Anyway, for him, it doesn’t matter whether it is done or not. The most important thing is to take care of the old man’s mood.

Soon, he brought Luo Huijuan and others into the courtyard and returned to his home.

At this time, Yao Meilan had already informed Li Dawei of the news in advance, so before Li Guoqiang and others entered the house, they saw Li Dawei standing at the door, looking at the children in the arms of Luo Huijuan and others with excitement on his face.

Faintly, one could still see a hint of tears in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)