The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!

Chapter 1034: A Girl Doesn’t Deserve It

The midwife had already cut the umbilical cord and was washing the baby in a basin.After washing, she quickly wrapped the baby up and placed her by He Hua’s pillow.

Then she started tidying up He Hua’s placenta and the soaked bedding.

Yun Jiao and Yang Ying both came out.

Seeing Ah Tie outside, the two of them smiled and said, "Congratulations," then went downstairs.

Since the child’s own mother wasn’t even happy, their congratulations were a bit forced.

It was Ah Tie’s first time being a father, and he was very excited. When the midwife finished tidying up and came out, he went in and gave her a red envelope with one tael of silver.

The midwife beamed with joy. Usually, only when a well-off family gave birth to a son could she get one tael.

For a girl, many times it was just a hundred or two copper coins for her trouble.

This man, though, was generous.

Taking the money, the midwife patiently told He Hua some things she needed to pay attention to, then left.

He Hua looked at Ah Tie anxiously as he came in.

The first thing Ah Tie said to He Hua was, "You’ve worked hard."

Then he grinned and picked up the child. "Your father has been longing for you for so long. Your father loves daughters best; a daughter is her father’s treasure. From now on, your nickname will be Bao Er."

Seeing that Ah Tie’s joy didn’t look fake, a great weight was lifted from He Hua’s heart.

She had been very afraid she’d be blamed by Ah Tie for not giving birth to a son.

She remembered that whenever her mother gave birth to a younger sister, her mother would cry. Her mother had given birth to four girls in a row before finally having a son.

She was the second child, and she remembered very clearly how, when the third and fourth girls were born, her mother cried her heart out. Her father, upon hearing it was a girl, stormed off in a huff without even stepping through the door, let alone taking a look at the baby.

Her grandmother would scold her mother every day for being useless, for failing to produce a single son.

Only after her younger brother was born did her father finally smile, holding his son and refusing to let go.

Hearing that Ah Tie had named the child Bao Er, He Hua still couldn’t help saying, "She’s just a girl, not worthy of a name like that."

Ah Tie turned to look at her and said seriously, "My girl is a treasure in my heart."

"If you can have more, then we’ll have more. If you can’t, I’ll find a husband to marry into the family for Bao Er in the future."

"I don’t care whether I have a son or not."

Holding Bao Er, he rarely spoke of his childhood. "I was a son too, but so what? After my stepmother came in, the days I lived were worse than the dog next door."

"If I hadn’t met Doctor Gu, I’d either be begging for food in the countryside now, or I’d have died long ago."

"Whether a child is precious or not doesn’t depend on being male or female. If the parents cherish the child, then the child is naturally precious."

He gently rocked Bao Er a few times. "When our Bao Er grows up, she’s going to study and learn her characters."

He Hua’s eyes went wide. "What’s the use of a girl learning to read?"

Ah Tie’s brows knitted slightly. "What ’girl’—she’s Bao Er!"

"How is studying useless? If Doctor Gu hadn’t studied, could she treat people? Could she have been granted the title of National Lady by His Majesty?"

"If Bao Er is smart in the future, she’ll study medicine. If she’s a bit dull, then she’ll learn to make medicine with me. No matter what, she has to know her characters."

He Hua didn’t say anything more. Even if she still didn’t agree with her husband in her heart, she didn’t dare contradict him.

Ah Tie said, "I’ll find someone to hire a woman to come take care of you during your month of confinement."

He Hua said, "No, no, there’s no need to waste that money. I don’t even have to cook; I just need to feed the baby. It’s not tiring."

"My mother always went back to work in the fields three days after giving birth."

Ah Tie said earnestly, "No matter what, you still have to do your month properly."

"You feed the baby, and I’ll go look for a yellow-toothed helper."