Giving Birth to a Daughter

Madam Liu was helping clean up. Madam Li came over with two big roosters and greeted Madam Liu with a smile, "In-law, you're also here. These are two big roosters. Chu Yan's father asked me to bring them over. He said that he would come to see his granddaughter when the child is one month old."

Madam Liu smiled and said, "Thank you."

Madam Li said with a sigh. "it would be better if it were a boy."

Madam Liu frowned. "Girls and boys are all the same."

Madam Li smiled and said, "You are right. Anyway, Sanniang is still young. When she recovers, she can have another child."

Madam Liu felt a little uncomfortable when she heard that. Many families preferred boys over girls, and women who couldn't give birth to a boy were treated badly. Although Madam Li was only a stepmother, she was still Sanniang's mother-in-law in name.