Chapter 973: Backing and Gratitude

Gu Wanqing was pondering something, but Xinyan wasn’t aware of what was on her mind.

When she entered her sister-in-law’s room, her aunt, and cousin were present.

Sun Zhenling saw her come in and said, "Cousin, come quickly, just now the little one was sticking out her tongue and circling her mouth looking for food, it was really too cute."

Wu Shengfang, who had just finished extra snacks, laughed and said, "If it were when she was just born, you definitely wouldn’t have thought she was cute."

Sun Zhenling, puzzled, asked, "Why?"

Wu Shengfang remembered the way her daughter looked when she was first born and couldn’t help but laugh: "When I first saw her, her face was so tiny, a bit red, and all wrinkled up, really not much to do with being cute."

She didn’t have the nerve to say what she said at the time.

At this moment, Su Aihong, the mother-in-law, directly broke in, saying, "When she woke up, she was immediately demanding to see the child, and when she saw the child, the first thing she said was ’This is my baby? Why is she so ugly?’

You speak of being a mom, these words I’ll definitely say to my granddaughter when she grows up."

Wu Shengfang was terribly embarrassed now, regretting she chimed in, pleading pitifully with her mother-in-law: "Mom, it’s just because it’s my first time being a mom, I have no experience, I didn’t know newborns look like that, I definitely won’t make this kind of mistake again, Mom, let’s not tell Feifei about this, alright? Or else I’ll lose face as a mom."

Su Aihong looked at her granddaughter and said, "Now you know you’re wrong, our Feifei cares about her pride too, those words really hurt our Feifei’s feelings."

Wu Shengfang whispered, "She’s so little, she won’t understand."

Su Aihong raised her head with a justified look: "That’s why I said we’ll wait until Feifei grows up and tell her."

Wu Shengfang naturally knew her mother-in-law was intentionally teasing, and jokingly muttered, "You can’t sow discord."

Su Aihong directly laughed: "Oh, yes, it’s a good idea. At that time, my eldest granddaughter will be the closest to me."

The two women joked for a while, watching the little one yawn, they prepared to leave, allowing the mother and child to rest.

Su Aihong said to Wu Shengfang, "You go ahead and rest, Mom will come over in a bit. Put Feifei in the small bed and move it to the outer room, I’ll keep an eye on her."

Wu Shengfang was very grateful for her mother-in-law’s attentiveness, and didn’t refuse, but in her heart, she resolved to properly honor her in-laws in the future.

This childbirth experience had a significant impact on her. Previously, she envied the close relationship her second sister-in-law had with her mother-in-law, speaking freely without reservations.

Perhaps it was her personality that held her back, coupled with her family’s situation not being as good as her second sister-in-law’s, making her feel somewhat insecure.

She always thought her mother-in-law treated her second sister-in-law better, but after nearly losing her life this time, she realized that her mother-in-law was equally good to all, as her sister-in-law treated her mother-in-law like her own mother, interactions are mutual.

Initially, she was worried when she found out she had a daughter, fearing her in-laws would be displeased, she felt extremely anxious.

But later, upon seeing her mother-in-law gaze at the daughter with shining eyes, she finally felt at ease.

What truly moved her came later. That day, the hospital saw a total of twelve babies born, only three were boys. She didn’t know what was up that day, but really, it was a girl-filled day.

Among the women sharing the ward with her, two others also had daughters, the words from one of their mother-in-laws were so harsh they made the new mother cry out of grievance.

The other one was better, not verbally abusive, and brought food on time, but never with a smiling face, only her own mother-in-law wished she could tie Feifei to her waist.

She was always happily calling her ’eldest granddaughter, sweetheart, little treasure’.

The mother-in-law of the woman in the adjacent ward made sarcastic comments, saying her own mother-in-law was silly, doting over a daughter as if she were a son.

Her mother-in-law’s face turned cold, retorting, "If you don’t consider your daughter-in-law and granddaughter as humans, that’s your business, I can’t control that. My family affairs are none of your business, what’s wrong with having a granddaughter?

I’ve had sons my whole life without a daughter, I hoped my daughter-in-law would give me a granddaughter to cherish. My granddaughter is precious, and if I hear you blabbering on again, don’t blame me for being rude."

Her mother-in-law’s defense truly moved her to no end, even her own mother said, "Fangzi, you’re truly lucky, marrying a good man and encountering good in-laws. Just for today’s support from your mother-in-law, if you don’t treat her well, you’d be asking for lightning strikes."

Since then, her mentality has changed. She would occasionally talk heart to heart with her mother-in-law and unconsciously act a bit spoiled in front of her.

During the three days she stayed in the hospital, not only the women in her maternity ward envied her, but even the doctors and nurses couldn’t help but feel envious.

Later, her mother-in-law discussed with her family, her own mother would help her during the confinement period, and after sorting out her work, she would take a leave to come over.

At the time, her own mother thought it was just polite words, but half a month later, her mother-in-law came over with bags full of things.

Afterward, she switched from one method to another to help her recuperate, fearing she wouldn’t eat well and Feifei wouldn’t have nutritious food.

This really made the military compound’s military wives envious.

Watching her mother-in-law tenderly tuck her in and then leave, her heart filled with warmth, just as her own mother said, if she didn’t act filial toward her mother-in-law, she’d really deserve lightning strikes.

Being fortunate enough to meet such a mother-in-law, such a family, must be the blessing of her previous life. Maybe she was truly tired, thinking all this as she fell asleep with a smile on her face.