As the New Year approached, the county government also began to prepare new year's goods. Hu Rong was pregnant and couldn't do it, so Nanny Bai took care of it.
Gu Wenxuan prohibited Hu Rong from doing needlework work, because they had to call the doctor due her fetuses moving too much the last time she did embroidered work, and merely asked her to take care of her body.
Hu Rong now only needs to walk around the house to digest food after three meals, and almost spends the rest of the time lying on the bed to raise her babies.
It has been snowing for several days, the snow is white outside, and the house is warm as spring. Hu Rong put down the notebook in her hand, and she could vaguely see the snow outside through the screen window.
Strange to say, since she stopped doing embroidery, the fetal movement has been much less than before, and the two children in her belly are very good, only moving occasionally.
Now she has been more than eight months pregnant, and she is about to give birth. A delivery room has been set up in the house, and the room next door has been transformed into a child's room, where the two babies would sleep in future.
Right now, they are waiting for Hu Rong to give birth. The doctor said that she may give birth soon. Gu Wenxuan has already found a wet nurses for the children in advance. For the two children, a total of four wet nurses have been found, all of whom are women who have just given birth and lactating. There is plenty of milk. And the women who are used for birth have already come from the capital, and they are all experienced.
This day, Bai Momo entered the house after preparing the New Year's goods. She saw Hu Rong sitting on the soft bed, looking at her high and protruding abdomen with a gentle expression. She looked very healthy, and with a smile on her face, Nanny Bai immediately walked towards Hu Rong.
"Young Mistress, it's the New Year's Eve now, and the servants in the backyard will be rewarded each with a month's money, what do you think?"
"No problem."
"There is also the menu for the New Year's Eve dinner. Take a look. These meals are for the servants. There are six dishes and one soup. This is for you and the second young master. Eight meat and eight vegetables that come with two soups. Don't worry. It's just that there are many styles and not many components."
"Okay, it's been a really hard time for Mammy, not only to take care of me, but also to manage things in the backyard."
"This is what I should do. The most important thing now is your body and the children in your belly, young mistress. The doctor and the medical lady will come to check your pulse in a while."
After Bai Momo finished speaking, she put the list aside and helped Hu Rong to go to the bed.
Gu Wenxuan also came in at this time. Seeing his wife lying on the bed, he sat aside and held Hu Rong's hand to reassure her.
Hu Rong looked at Gu Wenxuan with a smile. Ever since she was pregnant, every time the doctor came for consultation, this man was there, which is great.
"The young lady is in good health, as long as she continues to walk around the room for half an hour after meals, the fetus in the womb is estimated to be out in less than half a day, and it may come out in three to five days," said the doctor. After finishing, he withdrew his hand that was feeling the pulse.
"Madam must pay special attention to her body these few days. If she feels unwell, she may be about to give birth. Someone must accompany her at all times."
"And it's best to prepare a few old ginseng," said the doctor as he stroked his beard.
Bai Momo carefully remembered that they happened to have a century-old ginseng here, and it was also brought by Gu Wenxuan's mother when Hu Rong was pregnant. At that time, because Hu Rong had severe morning sickness and couldn't eat anything, Bai Momo put it in the warehouse. Looks like it has to be taken out now.
Afterwards, the female doctor also checked the pulse as well, and the results were similar. Gu Wenxuan nodded slightly, and squeezed her little hand.
He will be thirty in a few days, and he doesn't know if the two children will be able to come out before the year. Gu Wenxuan gently stroked Hu Rong's stomach with the other hand.
At this time, Gu Wenxuan's mother had been kneeling in her family's ancestral hall in the Yongningbo mansion in the capital city. In Songyang County, even if it takes pigeon to pass the letter, it will take two days to arrive. She doesn't know if the daughter-in-law has given birth today, or if it would happen in a few days.
Hearing that her second son's wife was pregnant with twins, she was so surprised that she almost fainted when she first heard the news. After recovering, she prayed to the Bodhisattva every day to bless Hu Rong to give birth to twins safely. You must know that a woman's childbirth is a trip to hell, not to mention that Hu Rong is pregnant with twins, which is even more dangerous.
"Mother, it's already noon. It's time to eat. You have been praying for several months. You eat vegetarian food every day. The Bodhisattva and Buddha must know your sincerity. The second sister-in-law will definitely give birth safely." The eldest daughter-in-law looked at her mother-in-law and said.
"She will definitely give birth safely," Mrs. Gu looked at her eldest daughter-in-law and said, but with her tightly clenched right hand, one could tell the tension in her heart.
In the county government office, Gu Wenxuan went to the study in the front yard after seeing Hu Rong.
Just now someone was beating drums at the door to complain, saying that their son was about to be beaten to death, Gu Wenxuan immediately let people in, this was the first homicide case in these few months, since someone dared to commit murder in broad daylight.
This person is none other than Widow Wang. It is said that her son's health is seems to be getting better every day. Widow Wang is naturally very happy, but no one thought that the Hu family's eldest son, who was at home these days because of his bad mood about the matter, would get drunk by himself, and rush out in anger.
He just happened to bump into the son of Widow Wang on the road behind the mountain. He was wearing thick clothes and came out to collect firewood. The two met on a narrow road. The drunk eldest brother vaguely saw this boy standing in front of him. Thinking of Mrs. Hu's nagging at home, he immediately felt that the Wang family was shameless and wanted to blackmail their family. As a result, their family has no money now, so he immediately pushed the Wang family's boy. He didn't even think about it.
But who would have thought that this scene was seen by others again. The boy from the Wang family was already weak, but he suddenly fell down in the field and almost passed out. At that time, Widow Wang was embroidering with the wife of the village chief's, and thought that her son was resting at home. The people who saw this scene yelled out that the Hu family's son wanted to kill, and then ran away.
Later, everyone in the village knew that eldest son of the Hu family wanted to kill the boy of the Wang family to vent his anger. The widow Wang immediately took her son and went to the county town. It's okay to heal your body slowly, but who knows if the eldest Hu brother will came again, so she came to this county immediately, planned to sue the Hu family to the county master.
She had to send eldest son of the Hu family to prison, or her son's life might be lost at any time.
As usual, third brother and his wife were at the tea shed, waiting for Hu Rong to come out from the county government office. When they heard the sound of drumming, the two looked over with the mentality of watching the excitement, but they saw their Hu family's deadly rival, Widow Wang, beating the drums yelling about a murder.
The couple were stupefied at first, then they came to their senses and hurried over. Unfortunately, the county government office opened at this time, and Widow Wang entered.
"Husband, the eldest brother killed someone, and the victim is that sick child of the Wang family." Third wife trembled when she said this.
Third brother didn't feel any better, the two of them came to their senses and hurried back.
"My lord, you have to make the decision for me. The eldest son of the Hu family in Shangyang Village is bullying too much. He is going to kill my son." Widow Wang said with snot and tears.
Gu Wenxuan knew that Hu's family in Shangyang Village was Hu Rong's natal family, which meant that the eldest brother of the Hu family was going to kill someone.
"If it weren't for my son's fate, and his luck that someone saw him this time, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it would've been too late." Widow Wang kowtowed to Gu Wenxuan as soon as she said this, begging him to make a decision.
But not to mention that Hu Rong's relationship with Hu's family is not good, even if it is good, he can't ignore Widow Wang. Gu Wenxuan immediately asked his men to go to Shangyang Village to capture the eldest son and come to the county government for questioning.
Widow Wang's crying voice became a little softer.
Third brother and his wife hurried back and finally arrived at the village. Along the way, the two of them were often pointed at by others. The third brother and his wife scolded the eldest brother in their hearts.
But thinking of Hu Rong's identity, third brother and his wife are not so pessimistic, they still hold their heads up high, they will not stay here when they get benefits from Hu Rong, and this matter will not have a big impact on them at that time.
But if the rest of the Hu family knew about Hu Rong's happy life now, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to reap the benefits so easily.
In the old house of the Hu family, several brothers and wives of the Hu family came over. Looking at the dejected eldest brother, they all looked at him with contempt.
The eldest brother's nose was bruised and his face was swollen, this was the beating he received from Mr. Hu.
The eldest brother's wife kept crying, but she was also cleaned up by Mrs. Hu.
Mr. Hu and Mrs. Hu regretted so much why they wanted to live with the eldest brother's family in the first place, but it was too late to say anything now, Widow Wang had already reported to the government, and their eldest son might have to go to jail.