Chapter 2260: Attending to Both Ends

Chapter 2260: Attending to Both Ends

Without the in-laws around, Lai Jinhai now worked with Lu Erbai, achieving success in his career, and their family conditions had improved. Cuihua was leading a comfortable life, and it was the perfect time for her to have another child.

However, it just wasn't happening, and even Li Shi had asked a few times. She was concerned that there might be some health issues with Cuihua and Lai Jinhai, so she secretly had Zhao Xi check both of them.

Zhao Xi assured her there were no problems; both of them were in good health. Sometimes, it was just a matter of timing.

Li Shi trusted Zhao Xi's medical skills, so her worries eased. If it wasn't meant to be, they would accept it.

However, in the past couple of months, when Cuihua accompanied Li Shi to deliver some items to Lanhua, she suddenly started feeling nauseous due to the smell of fish. To everyone's surprise, Lanhua also felt nauseous and started vomiting.

Li Shi was frightened, thinking that the fish might be poisoned. However, after getting old doctor Zhao to examine them, it turned out that both of them were pregnant. What's more, they were just a few days apart, leading even old doctor Zhao to marvel at their synchrony.

Li Shi was overjoyed and couldn't help but thank their ancestors.

Now that both of her daughters were pregnant, Li Shi found herself torn between taking care of them.

Cuihua eventually spoke up, saying, "I've already had one child, so I have some experience. If there's anything, Jinhai and Yuanyuan can help me. At the very least, my mother-in-law can come over if needed. Lanhua doesn't have a mother-in-law to help, and she's expecting her first child. There are many things she doesn't understand. Mother, you should take good care of Lanhua."

Li Shi considered this and agreed. When she saw the dumbfounded expression on Lanhua's face after learning about her pregnancy, she decided to stay at the Yu family's home.

However, even though she was taking care of Lanhua, Li Shi couldn't help but worry about Cuihua.

Especially after hearing about the miscarriage of her niece-in-law on her maternal side, who had become pregnant before reaching puberty. Li Shi often wondered if Cuihua's inability to conceive for so many years was due to becoming pregnant immediately after getting married.

Occasionally, she would visit Cuihua and notice her extreme discomfort, especially compared to Lanhua, who seemed to enjoy her meals despite being pregnant.

In such a situation, Lai Jinhai had no choice but to bring his own mother over.

Lai's mother had wanted to come to the county for a long time. Their house was small, and with so many children, it was cramped. Staying in the county might be more relaxing for her.

With Lai's mother taking care of Cuihua, at least Cuihua didn't need to worry about meals.

However, during one of Li Shi's visits to Cuihua, she noticed that Lai's mother had brought two young children from their family. She even mentioned something about them studying with their older cousin, Yuanyuan.

This was already acceptable, but the problem was that these two children were very mischievous. They ran around in the house, making Yuanyuan break into a sweat. Not only did it disrupt Yuanyuan's studies, but it also disturbed Cuihua's rest.

Li Shi was furious and confronted Lai's mother. She accused her of deliberately sending these two children to test the waters. If they succeeded in staying, anyone from Lai's family could move in later.

While this might sound unlikely, in recent years, Lai's parents had repeatedly expressed a desire to move to the county to be with Lai Jinhai.

This was the most likely explanation for Li Shi. She demanded that Lai Jinhai immediately send his mother back home.