“Second Older Sister, Second Older Sister!” Little Shitou’s clear, bright, and gentle voice can be heard from the courtyard. In a brief moment, the hanging screen to the door was pushed open, and a handsome young boy walked in, “Did the little nephew bother you today?”

Following the twelfth month, the fetus in Xiaocao’s stomach started to move for the first time. At that time, Xiaocao was leaning against the kang bed in her maternal family’s house as she watched her mother knit small pieces of clothing for the child in her womb. Xiaocao acknowledged that she has no talent for needlework and, up until now, the embroidered pouches she made still had crooked threading. Madam Liu complained that she was lazy and didn’t try to learn earnestly; however, she immediately started to sew hats, shoes, and socks for her unborn grandson.  

Yu Xiaocao was pleasantly surprised when she felt the fetus move, and immediately shared the good news with her mother. Her brother was there at that time, and he happily and earnestly ‘taught’ his nephew to be more obedient, be more considerate of his mother, and not to cause too much of a fuss. After that, whenever he saw Xiaocao, his first question to her was to ask whether his little nephew had caused her any trouble. 

Although her little brother always addresses her child as...