The tractor rattled along. Luckily, none of their family got motion sickness, including Lin Xiuqing.
As she put it, the one in her belly was the least trouble of all. Being pregnant felt no different from not being pregnant. Her tastes had not changed, and she felt nothing unusual, unlike her pregnancies with the first two children, which had been such an ordeal, leaving her vomiting every day with no appetite.
It had to be a daughter.
Husband and wife were both convinced.
After more than an hour of jolting around, the tractor finally entered White Sand Village.
Ye Chenghu, who had been listless the entire way, perked up instantly at the sight of the familiar village. He craned his neck and looked around, checking for any friends he knew.
When he spotted some, he called out excitedly, "I'm back from my grandma's house! I'll come play with you in a bit!"
He really had so much to show off about. Other children's grandmothers lived right in the village, just a few steps away, while visiting his grandmother meant riding a tractor...
Just thinking about it filled him with delight. Once he got home, he could tell his friends all about how much fun his grandmother's place was.
No one knew a son better than his father. One look at his expression told Ye Yaodong exactly what the boy was so pleased about. So hiring a tractor had given him something to brag about.
That habit of showing off needed correcting.
The tractor dropped them right at their door, saving them plenty of trouble. If his second sister-in-law had not made those sour remarks, it would have been even better.
Ye Yaodong carried their things inside, going back and forth without paying her any attention. Only Lin Xiuqing exchanged a