Chapter 1057 - Chapter 1057 1057
Chapter 1057: 1057 Chapter 1057: 1057 After Song Auntie’s daughter-in-law used the secret recipe recommended by Su Yunjin and became pregnant, news spread through the village and those who wished to become pregnant came to Su Yunjin’s home to ask for her secret recipe.
The “secret recipe” that Su Yunjin had given Song Auntie’s daughter-in-law wasn’t actually a secret at all but medical knowledge she had learned in modern times that was beneficial for women trying to conceive.
She shared what she knew with Song Auntie, and after following Su Yunjin’s advice to take care of her daughter-in-law, the latter finally conceived. There were many women in the village like Song Auntie’s daughter-in-law who had been unable to have children for years. Some had been married without giving birth even once, while others had one or two children and then never conceived again.
In modern times, it is generally sufficient for a couple to have two children, and most in fact only have one. However, in ancient times it was different–there were many people but limited land, and with the limited level of knowledge people held, it was believed that having more children was better.
Everyone desired the blessing of a house full of children, so just having one or two was definitely not enough–everyone wanted more.
They all came to Su Yunjin’s home asking for the secret recipe.
Su Yunjin did not hide or hoard the knowledge, especially for women who hadn’t had any children since getting married. She was willing to share the recipe with them.
What was the harm?
But there were some who went too far, actually coming to Su Yunjin to ask for a secret recipe guaranteed to produce sons. There was one old woman whose daughter-in-law was already five or six months pregnant.
The old woman dragged the young wife to Su Yunjin’s house and as soon as she arrived, she looked at Su Yunjin with a fawning expression, complaining bitterly about her daughter-in-law’s inability to produce a son, calling her useless.
“Old Third’s wife, my daughter-in-law has had five daughters, and she just can’t bear a single boy for me. I’ve heard that you, Lady Su, are very capable, even getting Old Xu’s barren hen to lay eggs, surely you know how to ensure the birth of a son. Come, come, have a look at my daughter-in-law. See how she could give birth to a boy,” she said.
The old woman was determined to get Su Yunjin to give her daughter-in-law a recipe for bearing a son. Su Yunjin looked at the old woman with an expression that was beyond words, seeing nothing but spite on her face.
Looking at the daughter-in-law, who seemed weak and bullied, Su Yunjin thought, and these two expect to bear a son? Even if they had a son, they’d probably spoil him rotten.
When the old woman saw that Su Yunjin wasn’t speaking, she thought Su Yunjin was keeping the secret recipe to herself and sat down on the ground, bursting into tears.
She appeared heartbroken, “Old Third’s wife, my family has had only one male heir for three generations. Now my daughter-in-law can’t even bear a son. I have no choice but to come and beg you. Since you know the secret to having a boy, please tell me! I swear I won’t tell anyone else; it will die with me.”