"Everything is normal at the moment, but you need to be extra careful during the first three months. Your mood, diet, and daily routine are all closely related to the baby's health, so please be very careful."
While giving instructions, the doctor couldn't help but glance at Shen Wujun a few more times, his eyes filled with a rather ambiguous look. "Young man, not bad. You look young, but you're quite capable."
"..." Shen Wujun, a very straightforward man, was completely bewildered by the doctor's praise.
Daiying, who was sitting to the side waiting, objected, "It seems your eyesight isn't very good."
Before the doctor could speak, Shen Wuqiu quickly said awkwardly, "You've misunderstood, this is my younger brother."
The doctor wasn't embarrassed by his self-deprecating joke. "I was wondering why they looked like a married couple. Turns out they're siblings."
As they spoke, the doctor handed her a booklet from the side, saying, "These are some precautions for expectant mothers. Please take a look." Then, as if remembering something, he looked at Daiying and Gu Junshan, asking, "Are you Miss Shen's parents or in-laws?"
Finally hearing a word that pleased her, Daiying quickly replied, "My parents-in-law."
The doctor also gave her a book, saying, "Take good care of your wife. She's four now; most people don't have that kind of luck."
Daiying accepted it with both hands, "That's it."
Shen Wujun, however, was still somewhat unwilling to believe the fact that his older sister was pregnant with quadruplets, and asked again, "Doctor, is my sister really pregnant with quadruplets?"
"Would I lie to your sister about the red eggs we get to eat?"
Shen Wujun looked bewildered. "How can such a small belly hold four?"
"Then don't underestimate a woman's belly. Speaking of which, I have to remind you that you need to pay special attention to your diet. Don't think that just because a woman is carrying so much weight, you can eat a lot of nourishing foods. You must pay attention to a balanced diet."
Daiying quickly agreed, "We will definitely be careful."
The doctor nodded and then instructed Shen Wuqiu: "It's normal for hormone secretion to be a little unbalanced during pregnancy, making your body sensitive and causing you to have certain thoughts. So you need to be more restrained in your sexual activity."
"..."
"Experienced people suggest reading some Tang and Song dynasty poems before bed."
"..."
A note from the author:
Love you all, muah!
Extra chapter tonight
Chapter 35 Passive
The shock of the quadruplets was gradually soothed by time, and the family's life returned to peace.
Under the constant admonitions of his four elders, Shen Wuqiu had to temporarily put aside his grand ambitions of ruling his own country. Naturally, he could no longer help everyone with their tasks. At most, his elders allowed him to go out and relax in his own territory in the early morning or evening.
Fortunately, Shen's father's health gradually recovered, and he was able to handle many things without her involvement. In addition, Gu Junshan and his wife were also busy and could help out from time to time, so Shen Wuqiu was able to take care of her pregnancy with peace of mind.
It's nice to spend your days in leisure.
Before we knew it, it was already the end of May.
In the south, May and June are the months most prone to flash floods. From mid-May onwards, the weather is often cloudy and rainy.
Shen Wuqiu had been thinking about the fish in the reservoir above the dam, so he planned to harvest the fish before the heavy rains arrived, in case the floods came and the fish he had raised for almost two years were sold to someone else.
Mr. Shen agreed with this, and the family discussed it and decided to choose an auspicious day to start the fishing trip.
Although the Bashang Reservoir is said to be a reservoir for drinking water, it has never actually been used in all these years.
Before Mr. Shen contracted this reservoir, there were already several contractors. Initially, it was contracted by a Mr. Zhu from the town. Mr. Zhu was probably unlucky, and he lost a lot of money every year for several years.
For the first two years, the weather was uncooperative, with frequent torrential rains. Before the reservoir could even release its water, the polluted water would spill out and spread all over the mountains and fields. In the last two years, the weather stopped bothering him, but then, as if by magic, the surface of the water would inexplicably turn white from time to time.
Therefore, the government specially invited experts to check the water quality. The water quality was completely fine. As for why Mr. Zhu's fish inexplicably flipped over, the experts could not give a reasonable explanation.
Based on these strange phenomena, the large reservoirs that were once highly sought after by many people are no longer so coveted.
Mr. Zhu had originally contracted the reservoir for ten years, but because he suffered huge losses, he returned it to the town before the contract expired and went on to raise pigs.
I heard that this Mr. Zhu later made a fortune raising pigs, but that's another story.
After Boss Zhu returned the reservoir, the town leased it out several times at a low price, but the contractors didn't get any benefits.
To be honest, it was a bit of a mystery how the dam reservoir ended up in Shen's father's hands.
Five years ago, Mr. Shen contracted the abandoned farmland in the village at a low price and organized it for rice-oil rotation. This impressed the leaders who came down to inspect the village, and they naturally attributed the credit to the leadership teams in the town and village.
Mr. Shen didn't care about these achievements or not; he simply loved farming and wanted to make money from the land. The village and town leadership liked down-to-earth and honest farmers like him.
So at the end of that year, through the village secretary's arrangement, Mr. Shen had a meal with these people.
After a few rounds of drinks, Secretary Wu, his face flushed, said to him, "Old Shen, you've contracted so much land and forestry, but I feel like something's missing. Why don't you take charge of that big reservoir in town too?"
When Mr. Shen was in good health, he did enjoy a drink or two, but his alcohol tolerance was really not that great. He would get tricked by everyone into drinking one glass after another, and after a few glasses, he would be so drunk that he would feel dizzy and disoriented.
Secretary Wu's words drifted into my ears one by one, and I didn't understand what the other person was saying at all. In my dazed state, I was persuaded by the people around me to agree, and somehow I just gave in.
The next day, as soon as he sobered up, the village officials arrived with the contract and official seal, waiting for him to sign it.
So, in just one meal, Mr. Shen ate the equivalent of a 1,500-acre reservoir.
Although the dam reservoir is about 60 kilometers away from Jingrong Village, Mr. Shen had heard about its destructive power. In the first two years after he took over the contract, he didn't dare to invest too much, gritting his teeth and thinking that it was just to give face to the leaders of the village and town.
He let them roam freely, and in the third year, the dam gave him an unexpected surprise: the fish in the dam were plump and delicious, and everyone praised the fish raised in the dam for their unique meat quality.
Therefore, at the end of that year, Mr. Shen gritted his teeth and invested nearly 100,000 yuan in fish fry alone.
The batch of fish fry that were released has not been properly harvested to this day.
The dam reservoir is far from the village. Although Mr. Shen didn't visit it often, he always entrusted it to his cousin Shen Xianghua's eldest son, Shen Zipeng. He hadn't heard his nephew mention any problems with the reservoir. He figured that this salvage operation would definitely recoup the costs of over 100,000 yuan, regardless of anything else.
Therefore, when it comes to fishing in the reservoir above the dam, Mr. Shen is very confident: "The fish that Pengzi brought over at the end of the year are growing well. I have roughly estimated that this fishing will recoup the cash you invested in the bayberry and tangerine trees some time ago. You don't need to worry about the next batch of fish fry."
Shen Wuqiu wasn't as optimistic as he thought. She had previously visited the Bashang Reservoir, and the people fishing there told her about the current state of the reservoir.
This is why she has been so determined to carry out such a large-scale fishing operation on the dam reservoir.
However, before confirming the true situation of the reservoir, she decided not to tell Shen's father.
The reservoir covers a large area, and such large-scale fishing activities inevitably involve some killing. Although Mr. Shen did not believe in these superstitious beliefs, he still asked the village shaman to come to his house for a divination before fishing.
The village fortune teller was known as Lady Wang. As for her real name, everyone had forgotten it, and she probably forgot it herself. Since she started telling fortunes at the age of twenty-three, everyone had called her Lady Wang.
Because Wang Niangniang could accurately predict almost everything that others asked her about, except for those she was unwilling to answer, everyone said that she was the reincarnation of the Queen Mother of the West.
As Lady Wang's fame grew, her house was always bustling with visitors, except for the first and fifteenth of each month when she would stay at her altar.
Logically speaking, Lady Wang rarely left home to tell fortunes when she was young, and now that she is 86 years old, she should be even less able to do so.
Unexpectedly, when Father Shen made the invitation, Lady Wang agreed.
Although Lady Wang is eighty-six years old, she looks at most like a woman in her fifties with prematurely gray hair. Her white hair is tied back with a wooden hairpin, her posture is still upright, and her complexion is full and energetic. She really looks like a fairy.
But as he entered through the large iron gate of the Shen family, Lady Wang said to him, "I came not because of you, but because of your daughter."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Shen was quite surprised. "Empress Wang knows my Qiuqiu?"
Lady Wang simply lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Shen Wuqiu had never believed in such superstitious things, but since her father insisted, she went along with it to wish for good luck.
Lady Wang didn't have many rituals when calculating auspicious days. She would light three incense sticks, burn some paper money, and then do a quick calculation with her fingers, and that was it.
After the paper money was burned, Lady Wang wrote the auspicious day on a piece of red paper, then folded the red paper and placed it on the rice in the old-fashioned tea tray in the countryside.
That concludes the process.
As soon as she stood up, Su Yunzhi handed her the red envelope containing the money, which was a customary practice among everyone.
This time, Lady Wang refused, her sharp eyes fixed on Shen Wuqiu. She stared at her for several seconds before suddenly smiling, "Consider this my gift to Miss Wuqiu."
Shen Wuqiu was taken aback upon hearing this. "You know me?"
Lady Wang smiled and nodded, "It seems Miss Wuqiu has forgotten."
Shen Wuqiu stared at her carefully for a few more moments, but still couldn't remember. She apologized, "I don't seem to have any recollection of it."
Lady Wang didn't seem to care. She walked up to her, glanced at the white cat squatting beside her, and asked, "Is this your cat?"
For some reason, Shen Wuqiu felt inexplicably nervous. "Hmm."
Lady Wang reached out and stroked the white cat's head. "She's so beautiful, she's a perfect match for Miss Wuqiu."
Shen Wuqiu was initially quite surprised that the flustered Gu Lingyu would let this stranger touch her head, but after hearing the following sentence, she was even more surprised, "You... what do you mean by that?"
Lady Wang withdrew her hand, but smiled without saying a word.
Shen Wuqiu suspected that the old woman in front of him might also be some kind of furry creature.
Lady Wang grabbed her hand directly, saying, "Miss Wuqiu, some destinies are preordained. Accepting them with joy may not be a bad thing."
"..." Shen Wuqiu felt goosebumps rising on her skin.
Fortunately, Lady Wang quickly let go of her hand, then bid farewell to everyone and went back alone.
As the saying goes, "one stone stirs up a thousand waves," and with just a few words from Wang Niangniang, Chen Wuqiu was no longer calm. She wanted to ask her formidable mother-in-law, but coincidentally, the couple was just leaving for a couple of days.
I wanted to get something out of a cat, but we couldn't communicate.
So, that night, Shen Wuqiu couldn't sleep, tossing and turning over Wang Niangniang's words.
After much thought, she decided to ask a certain cat for help.
Of course, it's impossible for her to take the initiative to kiss a cat.
After hesitating for a long time, Shen Wuqiu secretly lowered the lock on the window.
It's okay to be kissed passively, even if you don't initiate it.
Chapter 36 Grandfather
I never expected that a certain cat would be so clueless about romance.
Shen Wuqiu went back to bed and pretended to be asleep for a long time. Not only did she not get a kiss, but she didn't even try to pry open the window.
Could it be that I made too little noise when I unlocked the window, and that idiot didn't even realize the window was unlocked?