Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

“There’s no need, Second Sister, I’m dirty…”

As she spoke, she could no longer continue and covered her face, sobbing.

“Second Sister…”

Liu Sisi could no longer hold back either, reaching out to embrace Liu Zhi’er, and the two sisters burst into tears together.

Not until YingEr knocked on the door from outside, “Mom, Sister Min’er and Sister Qiao are here.”

Oh! They were here for the lesson, and she had completely forgotten in her busyness! She hurriedly got up and wiped away her tears.

Liu Zhi’er also quickly wiped her tears, and because YingEr made such a fuss, Da Mao woke up and immediately wrapped his arms around Liu Zhi’er’s neck.

“My students are here for class. You take Da Mao and go eat first. From now on, treat this place as your own home and feel free to do whatever you want and eat whatever you want. Go on, don’t keep them waiting too long.”

Liu Sisi casually said this and quickly tidied herself up before leaving the room and heading to the hall.

As expected, the two students were already waiting there. Liu Sisi cleared her throat softly, then walked to the front and said, “Ahem! It’s my fault for being late today. This is a very bad habit. Today, let’s have a lesson on a story about punctuality…”

It wasn’t until the class was over, and the students’ families came to pick them up, that Liu Sisi dragged her tired body to the kitchen.

She hadn’t even eaten yet!

“Sisi, are you done with class? Hurry up and eat. I’ve kept your food warm on the stove.”

As soon as Di Yelei saw Liu Sisi appear, he hurriedly called out to her and took out the cooked dishes from the pot, “Sisi, you’re too tired like this. You should rest up properly. Don’t wear yourself down, that would be bad.”

Liu Sisi sat down in the chair, “It’s alright! Everything is difficult at the beginning, once things are resolved, everything will be fine.”

While speaking, she picked up her bamboo chopsticks and started eating.

Di Yelei considerately added food to her plate, “Although you say that, being a female tutor earns you hardly any silver and makes you exhausted. It’s better to take a break and recuperate. We’ve been married for several months now, and there’s still no movement in your stomach. I am worried.”

“Pfft! Cough, cough…”

Liu Sisi accidentally sprayed a mouthful of rice and dishes all over Di Yelei.

It also made her cough terribly!

Thinking about it, realizing she and Di Yelei had been married for more than nine months, time indeed flew by so fast!

Once she calmed down, she immediately responded laughingly and tearfully, “When we first got married, you said that since you, Di Yelei, already have children, it doesn’t matter if I don’t get pregnant. It’s been less than a year since you said that, so don’t go back on your word!”

A bitter feeling lingered in Di Yelei’s heart. If he had known what was going to happen today, he certainly wouldn’t have said those words back then!

“Sisi, I want a girl who looks like you, or a boy who looks like me. Just having Xuan’er and YingEr as our two children is too lonely and desolate,” said Di Yelei with a pleading look on his face.

“How can that be? Didn’t Da Mao join us? This way, Xuan’er and YingEr have an additional younger brother.” Liu Sisi didn’t find it awkward at all.

“That’s not the same!”

Di Yelei couldn’t find the words to explain further, and turned away dejectedly. How could he tell her that what he wanted was a child conceived by the two of them together?

Liu Sisi’s eating movement paused momentarily. In fact, how could she not understand his meaning?

However, this body was too young, and giving birth at such a young age was not good. She had been taking contraceptive medicine every month these days, fearing that she would get pregnant by accident, which would be troublesome.

Hearing his slightly melancholic tone at the moment, she couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty.

“Look, Ah-Huang misses Ah-Hua again.”

Liu Sisi looked up and followed Di Yelei’s gaze, indeed seeing Ah-Huang lying in the temporary nest prepared for it, its eyes full of sadness as it faced the outside.

“Yes! Ah-Hua left, taking its cheerfulness away.”

Liu Sisi slowly put down her bowl and chopsticks, losing her appetite to continue eating: “Ah-Hua just left like that, jumping around happily when it went out, but I didn’t expect… Sigh! Life is really impermanent. That’s why we should live our lives, eat, wear, and use things timely, to prevent future regrets.”

“Yes! You’ve said it so well!”

Di Yelei said with a shy face, slowly leaning in: “Even a dog knows loneliness and sadness, let alone us? There are only siblings Xuan’er and Ying’er, which is really too few. There’s no better time than now, so let’s have another brother for Xuan’er tonight, shall we?”

“No… I haven’t cleaned up the table yet.”

Liu Sisi hurriedly pushed his face and struggled to push him away: “Stop it! I haven’t even washed the bowls and chopsticks yet! Hurry up… um… no, I haven’t cleaned the room yet! Um…”

She mumbled, but he blocked her words in her throat.

“No! I want to! Sisi, be good, my dear Sisi, just agree with me… ”

As he spoke, he reached out his fan-like big hand, constantly fanning the flames on her body: “Sisi, just thinking about having an extra little turnip head at this time next year, my heart is so excited… ”

However, suddenly, Ah-Huang raised its head from its doghouse and aimed at the tightly closed room door, barking madly.

“Woof! Woof! Woof!”

Di Yelei frowns, this damned Ah-Huang, barking at such a critical moment, seems like this braised dog meat is about to jump out of the bowl!

“Woof Woof! Woof Woof…”

Not only was Ah-Huang barking, but it also began to forcefully pull at the door, trying to get out.

“Stop it, stop it! Look at Ah-Huang barking so fiercely, something must have happened outside, you better go out and see!”

Liu Sisi stubbornly refused him, holding on to her collar tightly, with no intention of compromising.

“Dammit! This dog is so annoying!”

Di Yelei muttered, looking at Liu Sisi’s slender neck, and getting up resignedly, walking towards the room door, angrily cursing: “Barking, barking, barking, are you trying to scare the soul out of a person? What are you barking at? Get out of the way!”

As he spoke, he opened the door that Ah-Huang had been barking at, and a gust of cold wind blew in immediately, causing Di Yelei to instinctively look outside, but he didn’t see anything.

However, Ah-Huang dashed out of the house like an arrow, barking madly at a corner of the courtyard wall.

Di Yelei was angry! As he stepped forward, he cursed angrily, “Is this dog possessed or something? Barking for no reason over here, just wait and see if I won’t…”

As he turned around the corner of the house, he was suddenly startled!

Right across from the kitchen, on the edge of the firewood room, there hung a figure in the air from a large tree limb, swinging unsteadily in the cold wind…

He couldn’t hold back the horror in his heart and shouted with all his might: “Sisi!”