Chapter 5 She was so lucky to have triplets

  Daiyu's funeral was personally arranged by Lin Ruhai and handled by the elderly members of the Lin family, and it was done with great solemnity, even more grand than Lin Zixian's had been.

  After all, this is the only legitimate child, even if it's a daughter, that status can't be compared to that of illegitimate children. Even in Lin Ruhai's heart, both sides are equally important and are his children.

  However, this was an ancient and deeply ingrained custom that no one would dare to break, unless they were the type who indulged in favoritism. Lin Ruhai, although doting on Chen Lanxi, gradually developed feelings for her as well, but he also respected his first wife, Jia Min.

  Moreover, if he dares to do so, there will definitely be many people who will impeach him for being immoral and corrupt, in order to bring him down. After all, there are not a few people who have their eyes on the position of Salt Transport Inspector.

  Of course, Lin Qingyu wouldn't care about such 'troublesome things'. However, this scene made her even more deeply and truly feel the awkwardness of being a concubine's daughter. So that day, she rarely didn't go to Erniang's Li Xiang Garden, not wanting Erniang to see her gloomy expression, and instead spent the whole day alone, embroidering with a mixture of melancholy and anxiety.

  Jia Min's dowry was all useless. The nanny saw that Jia Min was always drowsy and rarely woke up, but didn't dare to tell anyone.

  Of course, this does not mean that Lin Ruhai has any opinion about Jia Min!

  However, as a human being, he would subconsciously use his own habits or familiar ways to handle things. In Lin Ruhai's heart, this was still a way of taking care of his wife, after all, she was not in good health and needed careful attention. He didn't think about the intrigue and scheming that went on behind his back.

  The person who came from the Jia family was a junior of Jia Yuanchun, and it seemed that neither Jia Zheng nor Jia She had arrived. Although they had sent gifts, Lin Ruhai felt somewhat uncomfortable in her heart. She only stayed for one day before sending them off. At this time, Lin Ruhai did not have any particular opinion about the Jia family, unlike the dislike and disgust that came later.

  But he had to go up, Jia Min was still asleep, and Chen Lanxi, the second wife, couldn't be allowed to receive the relatives of the first wife.

  On the eighteenth of February, Chen Lanqi was drinking lotus seed glutinous rice porridge, her eyebrows began to wrinkle, and her expression became more and more unsuitable. Qingyan saw this and hurriedly asked: "Second Madam, is there a problem with this porridge?"

  "Not yet..." Chen Lanqi shook her head, "I think I'm going into labor... Ah... it hurts..."

  Qing Lan saw the situation and hurried forward, along with Qing Yan, to support Chen Lanqi into the delivery room. The other two maids, Qing Yun and Qing Shu, ran out in different directions. One went to find the midwife and doctor, while the other went to find Lin Ruhai and Lin Ziqian siblings.

  "It hurts...... it really hurts...... Master, save me......"

  Lin Ruhai arrived just in time to hear Chen Lanqi's mournful cry, and his foot slipped, almost falling. Fortunately, Lin Guanjia supported him with a hand, narrowly avoiding a bloody incident. However, Lin Ruhai's normally calm expression changed, turning pale in an instant, and his body was slightly trembling.

  At this moment, he suddenly realized that perhaps in his heart, the feelings for Chen Lanqi were deeper than he had imagined. Just thinking about the possibility of losing her made his heart ache uncontrollably.

  At this time, Lin Ziqian and his sister also arrived. They hastily paid their respects to Lin Ruhai, then stared at the delivery room, wanting to see what was going on inside. Unfortunately, the thick curtains blocked everything from view. Just then, they heard Erniang's cries of pain, and Lin Ziqian grasped Lin Qingyu's hand, unconsciously tightening his grip.

  Lin Qing's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she didn't even have time to cry out in pain. She gently patted her brother's hand and softly whispered in his ear, "Brother, I'm here. Second Aunt will be fine!"

  The implication is: Don't worry! For the past few months, I've been giving Erniang a cup of spring water every day, and the fetus in her belly is very healthy. Erniang's body is also very good, and she will definitely have a smooth delivery. Besides, if anything happens, isn't there still the spring water?

  Lin Ziqian was really worried and forgot about this matter. Upon hearing this, he let out a sigh of relief.

  Lin Ruhai didn't know, the siblings were fighting like mad. Seeing the bowls of blood water coming out from that end, he was even more anxious. Although his expression was a bit paler than usual, he still didn't seem flustered, but the fists clenched in his sleeves revealed everything.

  Half an hour later, the sound of a child's cry came from inside the house. It wasn't loud, but it wasn't weak either. Chen Lanxi's personal maid, Auntie Chen, quickly cleaned up the child, washed and dried the dirty things, wrapped them up and brought them out.

  Lin Ruhai and Lin Ziqian, Lin Qingyu all squeezed over, An Dajie's face was full of joy, she bowed: "Congratulations to the old master, it's a little brother!" She put the child into Lin Ruhai's arms, "The second wife has another one in her belly, I'll go in first."

  Seeing Lin Ruhai nodding, he turned around and entered the room.

  At this moment, the attention of the three people was all on the small package in Lin Ruhai's arms.

  Lin Ruhai looked at the little bun for a while, then put the child into Lin Ziqian's arms and took two steps closer to continue waiting. His heart was filled with worry, knowing that women giving birth were all wandering around the gates of hell, and this was still two...

  Lin Ziqian wasn't too worried, but upon hearing Erniang's cries and looking at the baozi in her arms, she secretly thought to herself: I must teach Xiao Baozhi to be obedient from a young age, especially to listen to Erniang's words. Be filial to Erniang.

  Lin Qingyu's eyes were shining with excitement, and as soon as she thought about having two identical buns, she was overjoyed. Her starry eyes gazed at the house, and the little person in her heart shouted loudly: "Second daughter is mighty, the first one is a son, it's really too powerful! Come on! Try to make the next one a son too!" Lin Qingyu occasionally had to remind herself that she valued boys over girls.

  At this time, Lin Qingyu saw the little bundle, thin and small, with wrinkled skin like a monkey, and not very loud crying. Taking advantage of Lin Ruhai's inattention, she dripped a drop of spring water into the little guy's mouth. As soon as the spring water entered his throat, he immediately stopped crying. His eyes could also open now, Lin Qingyu knew that babies couldn't see, but it didn't hinder her excitement.

  "Wow......" This kid came out quickly, in just a moment, and then An TaiTai carried the child out, but her face didn't look very good.

  Lin Qingyu saw that her father was a bit unsteady on his feet, so she quickly stepped forward to take the child from him. Moreover, Lin Qingyu had practiced martial arts and had increased her strength significantly, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to hold the child steadily.

  But then An Dehai said: "Congratulations, sir, it's another boy."

  "But what's wrong with Second Mistress?"

  "No!" Aunt An replied, her face still looking a bit unpleasant.

  Lin Ruhai saw no bad news, the child was born safely, and he had just let out a sigh of relief when An's next words made him lift his heart to his throat.

  "Second mistress has another one in her belly, forgive me for being rude, I'll go in first."

  Lin Ruhai stood there stiffly like a statue, almost petrified. Lin Ziqian's mouth was agape in incredulity! Lin Qingyu curled her lip, what a lack of knowledge, wasn't it just triplets? Did she think triplets were as common as cabbage?! Ah? She immediately fed the little bun some spring water and burst out laughing with joy. How great! One pregnancy, three babies, only one suffering, what a bargain!

  As a result, the last one was born faster, and it only took a few minutes. Lin Ruhai heard the sound and looked towards the door.

  Lin Qingyu handed over the buns in her arms to Father and rushed to hug the child in An Dang's arms.

  Lin Ziqian hastily stepped forward and asked: "Is it a boy or a girl? How is my second wife doing? Is she all right?"

  Lin Ruhai's face turned black, and he thought to himself: It seems that the homework is too easy, next time I'll add some more. Actually, it was because he felt that his son had stolen his thunder, wasn't it?

  The old lady, seeing that it was the young master of the house who had been pampered since childhood asking, hurriedly smiled and said: "Young Master, don't worry, Second Madam is fine, just a bit weak and now sleeping. She didn't hurt herself at all, Young Master can rest assured!"

  Lin Qingyu took advantage of everyone's attention on An Baobao to feed the child in her arms spring water, and only then did she put down her heart for the triplets, no longer worrying that they would not survive in this medically backward ancient times.

  At this time, the doctor arrived and first examined Chen Lanxi in the delivery room, then examined the triplets. Chen Lanxi and An Dajie judged the same, except for losing a lot of blood, there was no injury to her body, she just needed to have a good rest during her confinement.

  After childbirth, do not eat raw, cold, spicy or pungent foods, do not drink alcohol, increase nutrition, mainly eat light and nutritious protein-rich foods such as fish, meat, eggs, bean products, etc. and fresh vegetables rich in vitamins.

  And for triplets, the doctor specifically instructed some preparatory matters: The first thing to instruct was the hygiene of caregivers and nannies.

  Secondly, it is essential to start breastfeeding early and pay attention to nutrition. Because twins are born with various aspects inferior to singletons, the first few months after birth are their catch-up period, requiring more nutrients than normal infants to catch up with them. Timely addition of complementary foods is necessary; otherwise, malnutrition may occur.

  Finally pay attention to warmth and hygiene, roughly like this.

  Lin Ruhai hadn't reacted yet, Lin Qingyu immediately asked his father to exempt Si San and Man Yue from washing. Of course, the reason was that he was afraid of disturbing his younger brother. Naturally, Lin Ruhai also feared that something unexpected would happen to the three Baozi, so he agreed.

  Lin Qingyu also told Chen Lanxi about the various benefits of breast milk, saying that it was what her master had said. So, Chen Lanxi firmly believed in secretly feeding the child breast milk while hiding it from Lin Ruhai. Additionally, providing spring water from time to time made the three children grow up healthy and safe.

  More than half a month later, their faces opened one after another, all of them were tender and lovely.

  Main Room

  "Nanny, what name did Master give the child?" asked Nanny Zhao as she came to. Although she was very disappointed that it wasn't a son and even felt some resentment towards the child, after all, it was her own flesh and blood. Thinking about how she had been hoping for a son for over ten years, only to end up with a daughter instead, she couldn't help but feel dislike, even loathing.

  On her wrinkled face, a smile was piled up, looking like a withered chrysanthemum. "My name is Lin Daiyu. I have the elegance of powder and the nobility of jade."

  "Daiyu... Lin Daiyu...... Yu'er......" Jia Min called out a few times, the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "It's actually a good name. By the way, did that wretched woman give birth yet?"

  "It's born!" The midwife said after a moment of silence.

  "What is this thing?" Alright! An angry and jealous daughter is unreasonable.

  "This... she..." The old woman hesitated, unsure of how to say it in a way that would minimize the harm. After all, the young lady's body...

  "Mother, you..."

  Just as she was about to say a couple of words, a maid in a sky-blue dress came in from outside with a bowl of ginseng chicken soup. Jia Min's eyes were red, and she pointed at the maid, saying: "Lianbai, you tell me, what exactly did that wicked woman give birth to?"

  "Slave..." As soon as Lianbai heard this question, the tray in her hand fell to the ground, and she immediately knelt down, lowering her head and not daring to answer. Her body was slightly trembling. The mistress's body, as a senior maid, knew it all too well. If she said it out loud, the mistress would be furious, and even if she were beaten to death, it wouldn't be excessive.

  Jia Min saw the situation, where was there anything unclear? There must be one more brother. She closed her eyes, and a surge of energy slowly rose from her abdomen to the five internal organs. "Didn't they say twins? Where's the other one?"

  "Madam, it's not two, but three! And they're all boys!" Lianbai said stiffly, not that she hadn't thought of lying, but the madam was the mistress of the house, and this kind of thing couldn't be hidden.

  The main house was quiet, Jia Min felt like she was in the midst of a cold winter's night, her whole body stiff with cold, and no matter how hard she tried to hold it in, the air in her belly couldn't be suppressed. She rushed into Nai Nai's arms, wailing: "I'm so unwilling, so unwilling! Why did that cheap woman have such good luck, having three sons in a row? And I've been praying for years, and drank over ten years of medicinal soup, finally having one, but it's just a waste of money. I don't accept it! I don't accept it! Heaven, why are you so unfair to me, Jia Min? Nai Nai... Ah..."

  "Madam, please take care of yourself! It's not worth getting angry for that cheap person!" Naiya saw her own milk daughter so heartbroken and desperate, she hated Chen Lanxi so much that she wanted to cut her into a thousand pieces. "You still have Dai sister, you still have Master, you absolutely cannot get angry and hurt yourself, or else it would be beneficial to others."

  "But I'm so resentful...!" The voice was shrill, each word dripping with blood, eyes filled with madness. "I sought but couldn't get, yet that cheap woman gave birth to three sons so easily!!" Her face twisted, her venomous eyes gleaming with a cold light. "What I couldn't get, no matter how hard I try, will be destroyed... Cheap woman... Cheap woman..."

  "Madam, you..." The nanny looked at her own daughter in such distress and wanted to advise her, but couldn't bring herself to say anything. "Sigh, never mind! Nanny understands your heart, but this matter needs careful consideration and slow planning!"

  "Yes, I..." Jia Min had just woken up, and her body was already weak. As a result, she got angry to the point of exhaustion, and after venting out her emotions, she fainted from fatigue.

  "Madam... madam..." The nanny cried out in surprise, and the maid went to fetch a doctor to brew medicine, amidst a flurry of activity.

  Actually, I don't particularly dislike Jia Min, after all, she is just a passerby who has never appeared in the original work.

  It's not written this way in order to badmouth her.

  However, as a woman, it's definitely not good to have another woman for her husband. So, Jia Min's situation and thoughts are not excessive. If I were in her shoes, I might do something even more extreme than she did.

  Perhaps, when she first married Lin Ruhai, she was also so virtuous and kind. But over the years, she had not borne children, while her husband had a young and beautiful concubine, how could she not be jealous, not go mad?

  In fact, all of this was caused by the environment of ancient times. Moreover, which one of those women who were in charge of the household did not have blood on their hands, had not committed evil deeds, and had not framed others?

  It's just that this article is about Lin Qingyu's story, as Lin Qingyu's mother, she can't help but be involved, so Jia Min can only appear as a passerby and leave after receiving her box lunch.