After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 133 Despair

The next day, Li Mingyue went to the shop to manage the business as usual.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Li Zhuzi standing there.

"Sister Mingyue, I'm here to help." Zhu Zi said with a fawning expression.

Li Mingyue frowned and said coldly, "No need, this shop doesn't welcome you."

Zhu Zi looked embarrassed, but still refused to leave. "Sister Mingyue, it was Second Aunt who sent me!"

“My mother, impossible! I already told her yesterday that this shop will never use yours! Li Zhuzi, you're shameless. There are so many shops in Jiqing Prefecture, why do you insist on sticking to our family?”

Li Zhuzi's face flushed with rage. "Damn Li Mingyue! Once this shop is mine, I'll kick your whole family out!"

That's right, Li Zhuzi's intention was to take over the shop for himself.

While Mingyue was pregnant, his grandparents instilled a lot of ideas about brothers helping each other in his second uncle. Now it seems that this method is good, and his second aunt has even asked him to come and help out at the shop.

"Sister Mingyue, why don't you go back and ask your second aunt?" Li Zhuzi said, suppressing his emotions and with a very kind attitude.

"Ask away!" Li Mingyue turned and ran home, not forgetting to tell the others not to let Li Zhuzi into the shop.

"Mother, didn't we agree that we'd leave a portion of the shop for my younger brother? Why did you send Li Zhuzi to the shop again?" Li Mingyue couldn't help but get angry as soon as she got home. Everything was fine last night, so why did things change today?

Mingyue's mother was having dinner with Li Lao Er when she heard the question. She slammed her bowl down on the table and said, "Mingyue, are you dissatisfied with your mother? I told your father yesterday that it's better to have someone from our own side in the shop. Your brother Zhuzi is the right age and has seen a lot."

"Yes, I'm dissatisfied! One of our own? What kind of 'one of our own' is he? It's ridiculous that I need someone from my own shop! He's all talk and no action, but don't even laugh, he doesn't know as many characters as I do!"

Li Mingyue wasn't just saying this out of anger. Ever since she joined the group and hitched a ride with the noble people fleeing famine, she had been secretly learning to read. At first, she learned from Doctor Hu, and later, when she arrived in Jiqing Prefecture, she found herself a female tutor. Not only her younger sister, but everyone in her family was learning to read. It was impossible for Li Zhuzi to know as many characters as she did.

"You, anyway, your brother Zhuzi has already made a decision about going to the shop, you have to agree whether you like it or not!" Mingyue Niang couldn't refute it, so she insisted that there was no room for discussion.

"The shop is mine. I said he can't go, so he can't go!" Li Mingyue suppressed her anger, not wanting to argue with her mother any further.

"You! You're going to make me so angry! Ah, husband, my stomach hurts so much! I think I'm going into labor!" Mingyue Niang wanted to argue with her daughter, but suddenly her stomach started hurting.

Li Mingyue was caught off guard and immediately went out to find a doctor.

Fortunately, she had informed the doctor in advance, and as soon as Li Mingyue entered the clinic, the doctor picked up his medicine box and left with her.

The two rushed home, where the midwife had already gone inside, and the doctor also hurriedly went in to check on them.

Li Mingyue stood outside the door, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

Although she resented her mother's harsh approach, she was also worried about her mother's safety.

A short while later, the doctor came out, shook his head, and said, "The pregnancy has been disrupted, and the woman has already begun labor. However, you should be prepared; as I warned you, the fetus is a bit too large."

"Doctor, please, you must save my mother!" Li Mingyue gasped, regretting that she had let her mother take the ginseng. Otherwise, with the pregnancy-preserving pills, her mother wouldn't be in danger.

Inside the house, her mother was still screaming in pain, and Li Lao Er couldn't help but beg the doctor, "Doctor, you must help me save my wife and son!"

The howling inside the house grew louder and louder, but gradually the sound subsided.

"Oh no, sir! Madam is exhausted. The baby is too big and can't come out!" the midwife said anxiously as she opened the door.

The doctor rushed in again, and Li Mingyue couldn't help but go in as well. "Young lady, you! Sigh!" The midwife simply let her have her way.

The doctor hurriedly woke Mingyue Niang up, "Mother, Mother, you can't sleep! Your little brother is still in your belly!"

"Yes, son, my son!" Mingyue's mother exclaimed, and began to exert herself again after this reminder.

But she was running out of strength, and Li Mingyue started to panic.

"Doctor, please, I beg you, please think of something! My mother can't die!"

The doctor felt her pulse and hesitated before saying, "There is a prescription, but the medicine is quite strong and requires ginseng. Also, your mother may not be able to have children again."

“Open it now, we have ginseng.” Li Mingyue agreed without hesitation.

Soon, the prescription was written, and when Li Mingyue brought the medicine to her mother's lips, she drank it with difficulty.

A moment later, Mingyue Niang seemed to regain her strength and began to exert herself again.

With a loud cry, the child was finally born.

Mingyue smiled weakly, and Li Mingyue's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

Li Lao Er held his newborn son, his face beaming with joy.

Li Mingyue mustered her strength, tipped the midwife, and saw the doctor off.

"Your mother has exhausted a lot of her energy during this childbirth, and she will not be able to conceive again. She needs to take good care of her health, otherwise it will affect her lifespan."

Li Mingyue nodded repeatedly. After seeing the doctor off, she had just walked to her mother's room.

"My dear husband, I've finally given you a son! Look at him, so chubby and healthy!"

"Yes, we finally have a son! Mingyue and the others will have someone to rely on now!"

"And Mingyue too! It's all her fault for making me angry. Otherwise, our son wouldn't have come out so early. And how could a grown woman like her go into the delivery room? I'll have to teach her a lesson from now on. Luckily, I didn't let her use that ginseng to switch medicine, otherwise what would I have done this time? What would have happened to our son? I think girls are still not good enough. We'll still have to rely on our son in the future!"

Li Mingyue stood outside the door, her face already streaked with tears, perhaps from when her mother was blaming and angry with her.

Li Mingyue wiped away her tears, pushed open the door, and said, "Mom, what would you like to eat? I'll make you some chicken soup!"

"Good, my daughter has really grown up!"

And so, Li Mingyue couldn't even take care of the business at her shop, focusing instead on taking care of her mother during her postpartum period, since this delivery had been extremely dangerous.

When she finally had a moment to return to the shop, she found that Li Zhuzi was still there.

"Why is he still here?" Li Mingyue asked her sister expressionlessly.

"It was Mother who told me to bring Brother Zhuzi to the shop, and Father brought him in," Chunya said uneasily.

"Brother Zhu?"

When did even her younger sister start getting close to that family?

Li Mingyue tried to force a smile, but found that she couldn't manage a smile at all; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she felt utterly despondent.