Chapter 57 - 057 Can’t Afford to Gamble, Change to a Steady Old Lady
Chapter 57: Chapter 057: Can’t Afford to Gamble, Change to a Steady Old Lady
Chapter 57 -057: Can’t Afford to Gamble, Change to a Steady Old Lady
Bai Ruozhu’s body had become heavy, making many movements quite strenuous, such as looking up.
Celebration Eggs was sitting in a tree, and she had to raise her head to see him.
But when she did, she first saw his dirty bare feet, blackened with mud, with splotches of dirt also on his calves, even some yellow stains.
Bai Ruozhu suddenly felt nauseous, almost vomiting.
She stifled her discomfort and said, “What’s up?
Come down and talk, it’s not safe up there, and it’s hard for me to look up at you.”
Celebration Eggs made a disdaining noise at Bai Ruozhu’s suggestion that he wasn’t safe, then slipped down from the tree, startling Lin Ping standing beside.
She was afraid he might fall and hurt himself, but Celebration Eggs just wore a self-satisfied expression, as if to say: you people always fuss too much.
“Today my grandmother invited Granny Ji to our house for dinner.
You know she has some connection with our family, right?” Celebration Eggs started speaking, his voice was rough just like him.
“Oh, I see,” Bai Ruozhu said indifferently.
Lin Ping quickly glanced at her daughter, then focused intently on Celebration Eggs to see what he wanted to say.
“I was eavesdropping through the window,” Celebration Eggs said with a smug look, “I heard my grandmother saying you upset her and caused the villagers to scold her, and asked Granny Ji to teach you a lesson.”
Lin Ping was anxious upon hearing this and asked, “Did Granny Ji agree?”
“Granny Ji said as long as it doesn’t endanger a life, a little punishment is fine,” replied Celebration Eggs.
Bai Ruozhu frowned, did Granny Ji really say that?
“Why are you telling me this?
Aren’t you worried that your grandmother will be angry with you when she finds out?” Bai Ruozhu asked Celebration Eggs.
Celebration Eggs pouted, “I’m not afraid of her.
You saved me once.
Consider this a reminder, so I’ll no longer owe you.”
After he spoke, he ran off barefoot.
Lin Ping watched Celebration Eggs’ receding figure and complained, “Where did this kid’s shoes go?
He’s so mischievous.”
Bai Ruozhu watched Celebration Eggs’ back and said nostalgically, “People say that human nature is inherently good.
If Celebration Eggs could come to remind me, it seems he just got some bad habits from his grandmother, but essentially, he is good.”
“Indeed, it was worth it that you saved him last time,” Lin Ping also became nostalgic.
But due to Celebration Eggs’s words, they both didn’t feel like continuing their walk.
Lin Ping took Bai Ruozhu’s arm and they turned around to go back home.
When they arrived home, Lin Ping recounted the encounter with Celebration Eggs to Bai Yihong and Bai Zehao.
Both were shocked, and Bai Yihong slapped the table, saying, “I’ll go find Zhu Shucha right now and talk to him!”
Bai Ruozhu stopped her father, saying, “Dad, forget it.
We have no evidence if we make a fuss.
Celebration Eggs is just a kid, his words don’t hold any weight.
If it really comes to it, he might not dare bring his grandmother’s affairs into public.”
Bai Yihong deflated upon hearing this, they had no evidence, how could they reason with them?
“So what do we do?
What if something happens to Ruozhu during her childbirth due to Granny Ji?” Lin Ping’s forehead wrinkled heavily.
“Then let’s go with another midwife, we can’t afford to gamble!” Bai Yihong’s words were decisive.
Bai Ruozhu also felt that they should change midwives.
She simply couldn’t afford to gamble with the-safelefe of her unborn child, she couldn’t take a joke with her baby’s safety.
Thinking of this, she touched her protruding belly, feeling the baby’s mischievous movements, which brought an unspeakable warmth.
This child was not only a joke by God, but also a gift.
The feeling of blood connection made her willing to do anything for the child, even if it cost her own life.
“Father is right, let’s find someone else,” Bai Ruozhu said.
Lin Ping couldn’t sit still anymore, “Then we must find a new midwife as soon as possible.
As for Granny Ji, I have to personally announce the decision to her, otherwise, she can make trouble for us.”
“Then mother will need to trouble herself with another trip,” Bai Ruozhu was worried.
Lin Ping going over to dismiss Granny Ji might upset her, and cold words are likely.
“It’s not a big deal, it’s mother’s fault too, for not checking the relationship between Granny Ji and Granny Zhu in advance.” Lin Ping sighed, at least they found out early.
If the childbirth went wrong because of her, leaving any lifelong problem, she would never forgive herself.
Bai Ruozhu held her mother’s hand and said, “How can this be mother’s fault?
Who would have thought that Granny Zhu would be so ungrateful?”
The next day, Lin Ping took some items to Liuye Village, to Granny Ji’s house.
When Lin Ping returned, her face indeed didn’t look too good.
However, when she saw her daughter, she quickly put a brave face on and said, “I’ve politely declined Granny Ji, she said she understands.”
Bai Ruozhu, being so intelligent, knew that her mother was just trying not to worry her.
Shaking her head she said, “Mother, she is so proud.
She must have scolded you, didn’t she?”
Lin Ping awkwardly laughed and said, “Can’t fool you.” She sighed, “She criticized our Bai family for being inconsistent despite educating people.
I got angry and told her about her and Granny Zhu’s disagreements.
But it angered her more.
She said she would never stoop so low, claiming that we underestimate her.”
Bai Ruozhu bit her lip and said, “Mother, don’t mind her, let’s move on.”
Lin Ping nodded, then started to find a new midwife.
The same afternoon, Bai Ruozhu had just woken up from a nap when the door was knocked on.
Bai Zehao went to answer it and found an unhappy young man standing at the door.
Bai Ruozhu was feeding pigs in the yard.
She turned her head and saw that the man at the gate was the same young man from Granny Ji’s house that she’d seen once before.
The young man didn’t bother with Bai Zehao, but went straight in and put a basket of things in front of Bai Ruozhu, angrily saying, “My grandmother wanted me to return your stuff.
She said, she would never joke with lives.
You disrespected her by believing a kid’s words over hers.
It’s insulting to her.
And don’t bother finding a midwife in the nearby villages.”
Bai Ruozhu was taken aback for a moment, then realized that the basket contained everything her family given to Granny Ji.
But soon she also realized that he was threatening her.
If Granny Ji spread word that would cause the nearby villages’ midwives to not deliver her baby, what would she do?
Could she go to Granny Ji’s house again and beg her on knees?
“I can’t joke with my child’s life.
Even if it really upsets the Ji family, I hope they can think from the perspective of a mother.
It’s not worth it for our two families to quarrel over such unreasonable Granny Zhu!” Bai Ruozhu really wanted to curse at them, but she took a deep breath and held back.
If Granny Ji really didn’t agree with Granny Zhu, things would just get irreparable.