The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 141 Ecstasy

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"Qingqing, have some soup..." Zhang Shufang served Wei Qingqing a small bowl of sauerkraut soup.

"Thank you, Mom..." Wei Qingqing said, then picked up the bowl and slurped it down in one go. "It's so delicious..."

"It tastes good, it tastes good..." Zhang Shufang smiled broadly.

"Girl, eat some meat..." Xue Hua filled Wei Qingqing's bowl with about half a bowl of boiled pork slices. The bright red oil floating on the surface was tempting, but also terrifying. How spicy must it be with such a thick layer of red oil?

"Thank you, Mom..." Wei Qingqing quickly thanked her, picked up the bowl and drank. The red oil tasted like plain water in her mouth, and she drank it all up in no time. "Hiss, it's so spicy, so refreshing..." Wei Qingqing hissed and picked up the meat slices at the bottom of the bowl with her chopsticks.

Zhang Shufang was no longer happy, and Xue Hua was also a little sullen. This girl seemed to have no aversion to sour or spicy food. Was she carrying a son or a daughter?

"Auntie, Uncle is here, he's up ahead. Uncle asked me to call you..." Just as Zhang Shufang was wondering whether Wei Qingqing was carrying a boy or a girl, Zhang Yue rushed in.

"I'm not going. Tell your uncle to go, and have him arrange his own meal. He can call me after he's finished eating..." Zhang Shufang said.

"Oh..." Zhang Yue responded, and without stopping, she ran back.

Zhang Yue brought news of her younger brother's arrival, but Zhang Shufang wasn't happy at all. Xue Hua was also full of doubts and questions, wondering whether his daughter was carrying a son or a daughter...

"My goodness, they don't avoid sour and spicy food??? Could they be twins???" Aunt Liu knew how to talk, and as soon as she said that, Zhang Shufang and Xue Hua's eyes lit up.

"That's very likely... My cousin's daughter-in-law ate spicy and sour foods without any restrictions during her pregnancy, and as a result, she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. My cousin was so happy, now she has a complete family..." Zhao Fen said.

"Really?" Zhang Shufang and Xue Hua were beaming with excitement, almost in unison.

"Of course..." Zhao Fen was startled by the intense gazes of the two men and nodded hastily.

"So, you were testing me..." Wei Qingqing suddenly realized, "If you can't stand spicy and sour foods, you might be intersex..."

"Pah, pah, pah, children say the darndest things, children say the darndest things..." Zhang Shufang quickly spat on the ground.

"Spit quickly..." Xue Hua hurriedly forced her daughter to spit.

Wei Qingqing spat three times before her mother let her go. Wei Qingqing was so aggrieved that she almost cried. It was just a joke! Why was she being so serious? What kind of society is this? Why does she still care about this? If talking were enough, who would do any work? Everyone could just practice crosstalk, especially "reciting the menu." Just open your mouth and delicious food will fall from the sky.

Under the watchful eyes of her mother and mother-in-law, Wei Qingqing dared not say a word and could only wrestle with the dishes with a sense of grievance. It must be said that although the village's cooking skills could not compare with those of a hotel chef, they had their own rugged rural flavor, giving people a feeling of close contact with the generous land.

It is said that people have the most passionate feelings for the earth, because being on the earth gives people a sense of security.

Wei Qingqing was extremely fond of this taste and ate it in big, hearty bites.

"You're pregnant, so it's normal to eat a little since you have two stomachs to feed," Zhao Fen said with a smile, looking at Wei Qingqing.

"What? She's only a little over half a month pregnant. Even if she were carrying nine babies, she couldn't possibly eat that much. She's always been this big of a eater..." Sun Fangfang said with a smile.

"Nine? Do you think I'm a pig?" Wei Qingqing was furious, glaring at her best friend.

"A dragon has nine sons, and if it has nine sons, isn't that the Dragon One? Isn't that right, Mom?" Sun Fangfang was quick-witted and brought out Zhang Shufang to lead the charge at the crucial moment.

"This..." Zhang Shufang's eyes lit up. She felt that what her goddaughter said made a lot of sense. She couldn't help but secretly glance at Wei Qingqing's belly, thinking: If she really was pregnant with nine, that would be great...

Xue Hua's eyes also lit up, thinking to himself: If they really have nine children, it would be reasonable for the Wei family to take one away. Yang Ming and Qingqing are both only children. If there are many boys, giving the Wei family a son would not be an unreasonable request.

"If Qingqing really is pregnant with nine sons... no need for nine, if it's a pair of twins, I'll make the decision and let one of them take the surname Wei..." Zhang Shufang said.

"Hehe, thank you so much, Mother-in-law..." Xue Hua beamed, giving her daughter a smug look. "You little rascal, you have to be ambitious and at least get pregnant with twins..." Actually, Xue Hua was already incredibly excited. Not having a son was her biggest regret in life. When she gave birth to Wei Qingqing, it coincided with the one-child policy. Back then, the regulations were strict. Anyone who dared to have more children than allowed would not only be fined and detained, but would also lose their job. At that time, having a good job was not an easy thing. Xue Hua, who had just started working, had no choice but to have her tubal ligation done.

"Huh?" Wei Qingqing's face fell. "I can control this???"

"Why not? Although I haven't studied biology, I know that twins are formed when a fertilized egg splits into two. Whether you can turn one child into two will test your skills..." Xue Hua said.

"..." Wei Qingqing was speechless. What skills did I have? Wasn't this my first pregnancy? My mother's burden was really too heavy!

"Alright, alright, let's eat..." Seeing Wei Qingqing's embarrassment, Aunt Liu quickly invited everyone to eat and helped her out of the predicament.

After dinner, Zhao Fen went to the wooden house to take care of her grandson, while Aunt Liu took her daughter home. She was no idle person; she still had work to do.

Just as the table was tidied up and the tea was brewed, Zhang Yue ran over, "Auntie, Uncle has finished eating..."

"Okay, go and call him over..." Zhang Shufang said with a smile, her mood improving.

"Okay!" Zhang Yue replied, and then ran off in a flash.

Before long, Zhang Yue brought Zhang Zhenhua to the hot spring valley.

"Oh my, sister, this is truly a wonderful place! In autumn, you see all sorts of flowers..." Zhang Zhenhua exclaimed in surprise, gazing at a large pomegranate tree. "This pomegranate tree is the best, with such a huge canopy..."

Guan'er refers to the crown of a tree.

"Oh, you're here..." Xue Hua nodded politely to Zhang Zhenhua.

"You're here too?" Zhang Zhenhua recognized his sister's mother-in-law and smiled, nodding to Xue Hua.

"The girl is pregnant, how could I not come?" Xue Hua said with a smile.

"Hello, Uncle..." Wei Qingqing quickly greeted Zhang Zhenhua.

"Hello, Uncle..." Sun Fangfang naturally called Zhang Zhenhua "Uncle" as well.

"Alright, alright," Zhang Zhenhua said with a broad smile. "I came in a hurry and didn't bring you any gifts, so please don't think your uncle is stingy..."

"How could that be... I'm so happy that my uncle came to see me..." Wei Qingqing said with a smile.

"Hey, Ugly Girl, Uncle didn't say he was coming to see you, did he?" Sun Fangfang liked to tease Wei Qingqing.

"Of course my uncle came to see me..." Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes at her best friend.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Zhang Zhenhua inquired about Wei Qingqing's situation and then sat down to talk with Zhang Shufang.

"Sister, our third uncle is dying. He probably won't make it through the year..." Zhang Zhenhua looked rather downcast. His parents had already passed away, and now his only remaining elder was his third uncle.

"Is Uncle San dying? What happened?" Zhang Shufang asked anxiously.

"What else could it be? He's getting old, isn't he? Uncle San is seventy this year. Plus, he suffered persecution during the Cultural Revolution, so his health wasn't good to begin with. It's quite remarkable that he's lived to seventy," Zhang Zhenhua said.

The Zhang family was originally a scholarly family, but during the Cultural Revolution, scholarly families were not favored and were generally regarded as "stinking intellectuals." They would be subjected to criticism and struggle sessions at the drop of a hat, and those who survived that era suffered severe physical and mental damage.

The third uncle of Zhang Shufang and Zhang Zhenhua was persecuted.

Zhang Shufang burst into tears: "Our parents passed away early, and it was our third uncle who raised us. Now he is leaving us too..." As she spoke, she broke down in tears.

"Sister, time waits for no one, don't cry, we all have this time too, right?" Zhang Zhenhua quickly comforted his sister, but he also shed tears. "Huh??? Something's not right, sister, why, why do I feel like you're a little different???" Only then did Zhang Zhenhua notice his sister's unusual appearance, and he jumped up suddenly, pointing at his sister in surprise, "This is you, what you looked like thirty years ago... No wonder you looked so strange today..."

The sibling bond meant that Zhang Zhenhua recognized his younger sister at first glance. In fact, because he was so familiar with his sister, he didn't even notice her youthful appearance right away. It wasn't until they had been chatting for a while that he noticed the difference. Now, looking back, it seems like his brother-in-law has also become younger.

"Become younger?" Zhang Shufang frowned slightly, then her mind suddenly lit up. "Yes! Give Uncle San some nutritional supplements, then..." Although it might not be able to make Uncle San return to his forties or fifties, it could add a few years to his life.

"Sis, what did you say???" Zhang Zhenhua nudged his sister, who was deep in thought.

"Oh! He didn't say anything..." Zhang Shufang came to her senses. "Zhenhua, when you leave today, let Mingming see you off. Let him visit his third maternal grandfather while he's at it..."

"Huh??? Oh... no problem..." Zhang Zhenhua was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded.

At the same time, the No. 1 Middle School in the western part of the city.

"Xiao Wei, I heard Qingqing is pregnant, is it true?" Grandpa Mei came to Wei Jianguo's office with a big bag of nutritional supplements.

"Uncle Mei, you've heard about it too?" Wei Jianguo hurriedly came up to him with a big smile. He was the only one in the office.

"Of course, time really flies. That little girl with a runny nose back then is now going to be a mother..." Grandpa Mei sighed.

"Hehe, children will grow up one day..." Wei Jianguo laughed.

"Jianguo, I bought some nutritional supplements for that girl. When you go to see her, remember to bring them to her. They all have a one-year shelf life..." Grandpa Mei said, placing the things he was carrying on Wei Jianguo's desk.

"Uncle Mei, your family isn't well-off either, this is really too much trouble. We can't accept this, please take it home and eat it with your aunt..." Wei Jianguo naturally declined.

Grandpa Mei's eyes immediately widened. "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't buy it for you, I bought it for Qingqing. I just asked you to run an errand, so don't decide for her whether to accept it or not..."

"I..." Wei Jianguo stammered.

knock knock...

Just then, there was a knock on the office door.

"Please come in..." Wei Jianguo said.

The door opened, and a middle-aged couple entered. Wei Jianguo had never seen the middle-aged man before and didn't recognize him, but he remembered the middle-aged woman—wasn't she the 'student's parent' he had seen at the hospital earlier that day?

"Jianguo, you two keep chatting, I'm leaving now. I can't leave the gate without you. Remember to deliver my things to Qingqing..." Grandpa Mei said, turning and leaving.

"Okay, no problem..." Wei Jianguo assured him repeatedly.

"I wonder what brings you two here?" Wei Jianguo asked as he returned to his seat after seeing Grandpa Mei off.

"Here's the thing, Teacher Wei, I'm Zhao Xiaolei's father, my name is Zhao Tongsuo. The fresh milk you brought to our son this morning worked really well. After drinking it, my son immediately became more energetic," the middle-aged man said, getting straight to the point. "We'd like to ask you, where can we buy that fresh milk?" Zhao Tongsuo used a respectful form of address.

"Hehe, sorry, we didn't buy that fresh milk. Our son-in-law got it. Why don't you leave me your phone number? I'll ask him where he bought it when I have time, and then I'll let you know..."

"Thank you so much, Teacher Wei..." the middle-aged couple said hurriedly.

After seeing the middle-aged couple off, Wei Jianguo checked the time and realized it was almost time for school to end, so he started packing his things to go home.

"Huh? That's not right... Yang Ming said that goat milk is good for the brain and it's supplied to the village primary school every day. If... if it were supplied to the high school too..." Wei Jianguo suddenly thought of a possibility when he saw the arrival of Zhao Tongsuo and Zhang Caixia. If goat milk were also supplied to high school students, then the high school's college entrance rate would definitely increase significantly. You know, goat milk makes people feel energetic. He had drunk it a few times and knew its magical effects. He could stay up until three or four in the morning every day without feeling sleepy, and he could still go to school to teach with full energy the next day.

Wei Jianguo took out his phone and dialed Yang Ming's number. However, Yang Ming was very busy at the moment. He tried to call several times, but the line was always busy. In the end, he had no choice but to call his wife's number.

"Hey... Old Wei, school's out?" The call connected quickly, and Xue Hua's voice came through the receiver.

"Not yet, but school will be over soon... Old Xue, are you in Zhengjia Village?" Wei Jianguo asked.

"Yes! I'm here..." Xue Hua said.

"When did you arrive?" Wei Jianguo asked again.

"We arrived a long time ago. We just finished eating. Your son-in-law is going to treat us for three days straight. Anyone who comes can eat. He's so generous..." Xue Hua's tone was full of dissatisfaction with Yang Ming's naive generosity, but in reality, she was very proud. What did it mean that her son-in-law was so naive? It meant that her son-in-law cared a lot about his daughter and unborn grandson. They were practically the apple of his eye.

"Hehe, really?" Wei Jianguo laughed. "How's our Qingqing?"

"Hey, what can I say? My mother-in-law and I tested her out during dinner. Guess whether she prefers sour or spicy food?" Xue Hua said.

"Oh? It must be sour..." Wei Jianguo certainly hoped he could have another grandson.

"That's right, she really loves sour food. She downed a whole bowl of sauerkraut soup in one gulp..." Xue Hua said with a smile.

"Haha, I'm going to have a grandson..." Wei Jianguo laughed happily.

"But she also loves spicy food. She drank a bowl of chili oil and her complexion didn't change at all..." Xue Hua added.

"Gah..." Wei Jianguo's laughter stopped abruptly.

"Hehehe..." Xue Hua laughed. "Zhang Yang's mother said that Qingqing's pregnancy is very likely to be twins, a boy and a girl."

"Really???" Wei Jianguo felt his heart, which had only recently become younger, was already overwhelmed with joy and disorientation.

"There's another piece of great news, but I don't know if I should tell you. I'm afraid you can't handle it..." Xue Hua said.

"Of course you should tell me, I can handle it..." Wei Jianguo said.

"Alright, find a place to lean against first..." Xue Hua said.

"No problem, no problem..." Wei Jianguo quickly found a chair to sit down.

"My mother-in-law said that if we get pregnant with twins, one of them will be surnamed Wei..." Xue Hua revealed her trump card.

"..." Wei Jianguo was stunned. His eyes were wide open and saliva was dripping down the corner of his mouth.

"Old Wei, Old Wei... what's wrong with you???" Xue Hua was frantic when he heard no sound from the other side. He was worried that the person might have fainted from the shock.

Just as Xue Hua was about to hang up the phone and call his colleagues to check on Wei Jianguo, a burst of maniacal laughter came through the receiver.

The sound was mournful and plaintive, much like the moans of a female cat in heat...

"Old Wei, what's wrong with you???" Xue Hua was terrified. Tears streamed down her face like broken beads. She was so anxious that she scratched herself, but she couldn't get there in time and could only watch helplessly.

"Hahaha..." Wei Jianguo didn't say a word, he just kept laughing.

"Hey hey hey, what are you doing? Don't you know this is a school?" Director Hong rushed over when he heard Wei Jianguo's laughter. The laughter was so terrifying that it frightened many students.

"Hahahaha... Brother Hong, I'm going to have a grandson..." Wei Jianguo jumped up from his chair, picked up the chubby Director Hong, and then spun around in a fit of rage.

"Jianguo, Jianguo, put me down quickly..." Director Hong felt as if he was flying, and he was terrified. He struggled desperately.

But Wei Jianguo had eaten dragon eggs, so he was incredibly strong and powerful. Under his embrace, Director Hong was like an ant trying to shake a tree, completely unable to move.

"What's going on?" Many teachers rushed into the office, staring in disbelief at Wei Jianguo's outburst.

Many students were also secretly peeking out of the door, watching the frenzy inside the office. Their admiration for Wei Jianguo deepened even further. This Teacher Wei was really amazing; he actually managed to pick up Director Hong and spin him around. You know, last time during the physical exam, Director Hong had a clearly stated price of 190...

"Jianguo, please put me down! I have high blood pressure and heart disease..." Director Hong was almost in tears.

Wei Jianguo then put Director Hong down, but he still couldn't stop laughing.

"Hold him down..." At Director Hong's command, all the male teachers who had been watching the commotion in the office rushed forward and quickly restrained Wei Jianguo.

"What's going on?" Director Hong snatched the phone from Wei Jianguo's tightly clenched hand and held it to his ear.

Just now, when Wei Jianguo forced himself on him, he heard Xue Hua's voice coming from inside.

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