4 Chapter 4: Grandma's Guibao

Chen Jianye exhaled and nodded indifferently: "I heard you."

Seeing him brushing off her words, Ma Xiulian immediately glared at him in warning, "If you dare to starve my granddaughter, I'll have your father beat you up."

His father, old man Chen, always thrashed his children to the core.

Chen Jianye, feeling a shiver down his spine and becoming fully awake, solemnly assured her, "Don't worry, mom. I absolutely won't let your granddaughter starve."

Only then did Ma Xiulian somewhat reluctantly return to her room.

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Since the body is weak and doesn't recover quickly right after childbirth, Ma Xiulian only stewed millet porridge the next morning, adding two eggs to it.

But this was enough to make Li Chunhua feel pampered and surprised.

At the Chen Family, you only get to eat eggs if you give birth to a son; if it's a daughter, you only have millet porridge.

However, whether one gives birth to a son or daughter in the Chen family, the new mothers all get to rest for half a month. This was a special treatment that many daughters-in-law didn't have.

As she was sipping the porridge slowly, Ma Xiulian sat by the bed, scrutinizing her little granddaughter with great detail and growing affection.

Looking at her tiny eyebrows, tiny nose, and tiny mouth, everything about her was delicate and beautiful.

Then she looked up and saw Li Chunhua feeding the eggs to two-year-old Chen Xiaobao. She frowned at once, "Why did you give him the eggs?"

However, her voice was still kept low.

Li Chunhua stared at her, somewhat at a loss, "Should... Should I not feed Xiaobao?"

Ma Xiulian decisively nodded, "Yes, you should eat it yourself."

With insufficient nutrition, there won't be enough milk for her little granddaughter.

Chen Xiaobao, who was still extending his neck wanting the egg, said, "Mom, eat the egg, eat the egg."

Li Chunhua looked at him, her face showing a tough spot of love and torment, but she didn't dare to go against her mother-in-law's words.

Chen Xiaobao, who couldn't have the egg, pouted and was about to cry. Ma Xiulian quickly covered his mouth, "Don't cry, you will wake your little sister."

She gave her granddaughter a reluctant look, then, muttering complaints, she walked out of the room with Chen Xiaobao in her arms, "You little rascal. It's not like you don't get to eat eggs normally."

She had a soft spot for her grandson, so every other day, she would make an egg custard with two eggs for her three grandsons.

In the corner, four-year-old Chen Sanni swallowed her saliva and followed her grandmother out quietly to have breakfast.

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After more than a month of drought, there was finally a heavy rain. Every labourer in the Chen Family went out to work with a look of joy after breakfast.

But Ma Xiulian exceptionally stayed in to look after Li Chunhua, who had limited mobility.

This was clearly a treatment reserved for those who had given birth to grandsons!

After all, in those times, having one less labourer meant earning fewer work points in exchange for food.

As she watched her mother-in-law change her baby's diaper, Li Chunhua, lying in bed, was extremely moved.

She sincerely wished from the bottom of her heart that her mother-in-law's muddled days would last a bit longer.

While changing her little granddaughter's diaper, Ma Xiulian cooed softly, "My dear precious, you're such a good and beautiful girl. Can you open your eyes and look at your grandma?"

This special little granddaughter of hers was unlike other fussy babies, only making noises when she was hungry or had soiled her diaper.

Listening to the familiar caring voice, Helian Qiao, who had finally accepted that her dragon soul had fallen into another world, opened her eyes. She looked up at Ma Xiulian, whose features were harsh yet kind, with her pair of lucid and clear, gem-like eyes.

Ma Xiulian was taken aback for a moment, then shouted excitedly, "Oh, my sweetie has opened her eyes!"

Hearing this, Li Chunhua leaned over, equally surprised before saying, "Her eyes are so beautiful, just like black grapes."

She herself looked decent, and her husband, Chen Jianye, was also good-looking. This daughter of theirs seemed to have cherry-picked the best traits from the both of them, making her not only beautiful but also lovable.