Chapter 429: The Discord Between Sister-in-Laws Over Bearing a Son (4)_1
Fortunately, the fourth child was a boy, and Lin Jianling personally went to paste red paper on the door. But unexpectedly, the red paper had only been up for three days before it turned to white paper. The baby boy had died.
This really infuriated Lin Jianling, who sulked for several days, displeased with everyone he saw.
But now, it was all good. With this little brother, Lin Yuan and the rest no longer feared the idle gossip of the villagers.
Those who loved drama pretended to pass by the door on purpose, with some eagerly inquiring Lin Yuan, "Da Ya, has your mother given birth? What did she have?"
Lin Yuan looked at them with wry amusement, seeing the schadenfreude in their eyes. She flashed her brightest smile and exclaimed loudly, "My mother gave me a little brother! Aunt Wang says he’s about six jin, and he cries so loudly."
Seeing the stunned expression on the questioner’s face and the few others who were all ears, Lin Yuan finished pasting the red paper and called out, "Don’t forget to come to our house for red eggs when my brother’s full moon celebration comes around!"
Leaving behind a crowd of bewildered onlookers, Lin Yuan hummed a tune and went back to check on the little baby.
The news that Lady Liu had given birth to a boy spread throughout the entire Lin family village in less than an hour. Even Lin Yuan was astonished by her family’s influence nowadays.
Quite a few nosy people came holding red eggs to see Lady Liu, offering all kinds of auspicious phrases. As for how many of them genuinely came to visit out of kindness, Lin Yuan couldn’t say; certainly many were there to see if the boy would be another short-lived ghost.