Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14 - 4: Zhou Family Past

After the family finished dinner, Zhang Guoqing also felt entirely exhausted, and his body couldn't sustain anymore. He informed everyone and returned to the room, lying down beside Zhou Jiao, and finally fell asleep peacefully.

Zhou Jiao was awakened by the sound of a child crying. In her sleepy confusion, she looked at the unfamiliar room, and after a while, she remembered they had traveled through time and later had a son. Glancing to her right at Zhang Guoqing lying there, she smiled.

Mother Zhang held the child and saw Zhou Jiao awake: "Jiao Jiao, don't move, just lie still. Let the child lie next to you for now, Xiao Wu should let him sleep, his head injury hasn't healed yet. He was out in the cold wind again today. I'll go get you something to eat, I'll take care of you and the child tonight. Just us two women can manage."

Zhou Jiao was quite happy to hear Mother Zhang's words, which carried a strong sense of pampering. Recalling Mother Zhang in her memories, Zhou Jiao sincerely considered her as her own mother.

The Mother Zhang doted quite a bit on her youngest son; usually, she'd have long allowed him to sleep in the main room for comfort. Zhou Jiao had just given birth to a son, and early tomorrow Zhang Guoqing would have to go to the Yue Family to report the good news, so she had no choice but to arrange for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to take care of things. Seeing all this movement didn't wake him, she quietly cursed the few rascals from Lin Village, but forgot that those guys hadn't gained any advantage either, all with bruised faces, and two even had fractures and were detained by the militia.

Zhou Jiao laughed softly, "Mother, thanks to you being here, otherwise neither of us would know how to take care of the child. Look at this little one; we don't dare hold him. Mother, look at how small he is, red like a little monkey, he looks so unattractive, will he be able to find a wife when he grows up?"

Mother Zhang pretended to smack Zhou Jiao's arm and laughed, "You child, little ones grow exposed to the wind, this boy was born over 6 jin, very substantial. He looks handsome. Don't worry, does Xiao Wu need to bring any messages when he reports the good news tomorrow?"

Zhou Jiao was momentarily stunned when Mother Zhang mentioned her mother's family, hurriedly searching through her memories.

The original identity was somewhat awkward. How do you say it, originally she grew up with her grandmother, her father died on the battlefield shortly after she was born.

Her grandmother was the only daughter of an Imperial Physician family in early Capital City, wealthy since childhood, grew up with untouched fingers, and had a marriage arranged with an equally suitable family. The counterpart was also a reputable literati family. Just after getting married, without even consummating the marriage, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded the Capital City, arresting male members of her husband's family under the pretext of sheltering the Yihe Tuan, leading to a massacre of the entire family.

Her grandmother barely managed to survive thanks to the cleverness of her personal maid; they disguised themselves and escaped through the chaos from the small kitchen in the backyard back to her maiden home. Her parents had no choice but to flee, fearing implicating others. The Capital City was in chaos, everyone was nervous, they packed their belongings and fled to the southern countryside villa with their family of three along with the housekeeper and maid, living under assumed names and relying on ancestral medicine skills and belongings to survive.

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