Raising children in an ancient county

After the Lantern Festival, the air was no longer as hot as in summer. Qiao Shen added a coat to Xiao Changle, took it off when it was hot at noon, and continued to wear it on the way back at night.

On this day, Qiao Shen invited people from the bookstore to write a recruitment letter, and stuck it to Qiao Ji's door, and someone came that day.

"Shopkeeper Qiao, do you still need to recruit people?" A young man in a blue plain shirt asked Qiao Shen about his recruitment requirements, and waited for the answer with a somewhat apprehensive expression.

Qiao Shen looked familiar at him, but couldn't remember it, "Yes, just work hard, there are no other requirements, and the work is not heavy, just look at the shop and sweep the floor."

Little Yangliu clutched the hem of her clothes, and asked unconfidently, "Then, shopkeeper, can I do it?"

Looking really young, Qiao Shen asked his age, "How old are you?"

"Sixteen years old, I have worked as a helper in the back kitchen of a restaurant. I have been working for two years. I can endure hardship and can do everything."

Shiliu is still a student in modern times, but he has been working for two years. With a modern thinking, Qiao Shen doesn't really want to hire him. This is child labor, and he can't bear it.

"What's your name? It's a little small." This little brother seemed to be eager for this job, and Qiao Shen couldn't bear it.

"My name is Yangliu, my mother is the Yang family, and I live at the end of your alley... I am not young anymore, I am strong and I can do anything." He also helped his mother deliver the washed clothes to Qiao Shen before, It is estimated that the shopkeeper Joe forgot.

"Aunt Yang? You are Little Yangliu? Aren't you helping out at Fumanlou?" Qiao Shen remembered that this person was the younger brother of Aunt Yang's family, but Fumanlou is a big company, so how could he come to him? small shop.

"Grandma died of illness. I took a few days off and went back. The manager let my niece replace me. She found an excuse...and let me go." Regardless of the fact that Fumanlou's family has a lot of helpers, it doesn't matter. Yangliu is often the target of bullying in it.

"I'm really sorry, but your house is settled? If you need help, come to my house to find me, but don't be polite, the days will take your time, and it will be fine." Qiao Shen blamed himself and asked others Sad thing.

"I have settled down, but I owe a lot of money and lost my job as a helper. As soon as I heard that you are recruiting, I hurried to ask."

Qiao Shen pulled Yang Liu to sit down, poured him a glass of water, and said, "That's a coincidence, my work here is not heavy, but the hours are longer, and I have to close the shop from morning to night, and then I will lay hands on it."

"It's not too long, I can do it, shopkeeper Qiao." Yang Liu shook his head hurriedly, mainly because he wanted to find a job, and other shops needed men, who were strong enough to endure hardship.

"You can just call me Brother Shen, then you can come tomorrow, come to my house first tomorrow morning, and we will bring some things before we open the shop." Qiao Shen said, looking at Yangliu again.

The clothes were a bit worn out, but he was a clean and comfortable child, and the smaller ones were smaller. There was no work that required a lot of effort in the left and right shops, so Qiao Shen took Xiao Yangliu.

"You are in Fumanlou, how much do they pay you a month?"

Yang Liu looked at the kind Qiao Shen, and reported honestly: "I can get three hundred Wen a month."

Qiao thought deeply: "I'll give you 350 Wen a month. You do it first, and I'll add it to you later."

Yang Liu looked at Qiao Shen in surprise, "Thank you Qiao..., thank you Brother Shen, I will do my best."

The job of the helper in the shop was settled.

The next morning, Qiao Shen got up late and was washing his face, while Qi Shuo was cooking porridge in the kitchen, Yang Liu knocked on the door.

"It's so early? Have you had breakfast? Come in." Qiao Shen led Little Yangliu into the house. The weather was getting colder, and he didn't eat in the yard for a long time.

Little Yangliu didn't dare to go into the house, since it was the boss's house after all, "Is it early? Brother Shen, is there anything I can do? If not, I'll just wait in the yard."

"It's neither early nor late. I mean, have you slept well? I don't think you're early. There's nothing to do. Come in, have breakfast together, and then go to shop." Qiao Shen can say in a modern campus He is the little prince of communication. For some people who are naturally sensitive and inferior, he can immediately detect and adjust his words.

Xiao Yangliu hurriedly said no, he was embarrassed and didn't know what to do, he was afraid that he was just being polite, and if he agreed, it would only make people feel disgusted.

"Sit down and eat obediently. I'll hug Xiao Changle, but I can't control you so much. If you obey me, it will save me trouble." Qiao Shen said with a smile, and went to the back room to give Yang Liu some space.

The four of them sat down and drank the porridge slowly, accompanied by some homemade kimchi.Xiao Changle looked at the extra willows curiously, walked over and put her little hand on his thigh, trying to get a closer look.

"Chang Le, don't scare Brother Yangliu, come over and have a good meal." Qiao Shen called out to Xiao Chang Le while peeling eggs for him.

"Brother? Giggle? Giggle...hahaha...hug~" Xiao Changle thought of the sound of some kind of poultry and laughed amusedly.

He looks Yuxue and is cute, and he often hangs around Qiao's Braised Meat, diners love to tease him, and under Qiao Shen's nose, he is also at ease being hugged and not making trouble.

Qiao Shen never resisted outsiders' kind actions towards his son, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with letting the baby grow up in an environment full of love. Of course, he also often taught the child to be careful of bad people and identify those with ulterior motives.

Yang Liu paused, a little at a loss.

"Well, it's brother, then let him hug you."

Yang Liu glanced at Qiao Shen, saw that he was smiling and didn't seem to mind, so she reached out and hugged Xiao Changle on her lap.

"My brother hugged me too, so why don't you eat obediently? Daddy peeled off your favorite egg yolk for you."

Little Chang Le sat on Yang Liu's lap, Yang Liu didn't dare to move, for fear of offending the little master.Fortunately, Xiao Changle was refreshed for a while, then climbed down and sat back.

After the meal, Qiao Shen pushed the cart with two barrels of lo-mei, led Xiao Changle, and Yang Liu also carried a barrel, and went to open the shop together.

There are more people in the store, and Qiao Shen is much more relaxed. If there is something to do, tell Yang Liu to watch the shop, and he can go to other things. Sometimes Xiao Changle can’t stay in the shop and wants to run out, so he can Take the kids out for a walk.

Yang Liu doesn't talk much, and has a typical low self-esteem and flattering personality. There is no man in his family. He was bullied and looked down upon since he was a child. Desperately trying to please people who he feels are slightly kind to him.

"Yangliu, take a break. You just wiped it this morning. It's clean, you honest boy." Qiao Shen couldn't stop him, seeing that he didn't stop for a moment. As soon as the dishes were put away, he went to the backyard to clean them up, and wiped the table. Countless times.

"It's okay, I won't wipe it after I finish wiping it, just take it easy."

Qiao Shen simply didn't stop him, there was always a process of gradual change.At the beginning, if you told him to do nothing, he felt uncomfortable instead.

Today, there was still a lot of cured chicken pot rice left, but the lo mei was all sold out. It was still bright in the evening, so Qiao Shen simply closed the shop.

"Yangliu, I made a lot of this meal this afternoon, and it's still fresh. If you don't mind it, you can take it home for dinner." When he went to deliver the food, he couldn't eat anymore.

"This... from the shopkeeper, I don't need to..." Actually, Yang Liu wanted to eat it very much. At noon, Qiao Shen made him a bowl. It was so delicious.

These are for sale, and they are all polished rice, and ordinary people don't have millet rice, so he doesn't dare to expect extravagance.

"Hurry up and pretend to take it back, how many times have I told you, just call Brother Shen." Qiao Shen was busy counting the money, "Don't let Brother Shen say the same thing three times, Brother Shen will only be angry if you are disobedient .”

At the age of 16, in modern times, he is still a high school student, but Yang Liu began to share the family's difficulties early on. Qiao Shen felt that this child was pitiful, so he couldn't help taking care of him.

Only then did Yang Liu rush to pack it, and Qiao Shen handed him the food box, "Let's take it home together, and bring it back tomorrow morning."

The food box was filled with two large bowls of cured chicken pot rice. Following Qiao Shen's instructions, Yang Liu finished his day's work. Yang Liu suppressed the joy in his heart and hurried home.

It was getting colder.

Today Qiao Shen came together, and the yard was covered with a thin layer of snow like reed flowers.It snowed quietly, and last night he hugged Xiao Changle and curled up in Qi Shuo's arms, but he didn't feel how cold it was.

After Xiao Changle woke up, he ran to the yard to look for Xueba. He was tightly wrapped by Qiao Shen in a small red cloth jacket, and he looked like a little fairy boy in a New Year painting.

Pedestrians in the town also put on big padded jackets one after another. Chuxue was only the first cold, and I don't know how cold it will be in the future.

At night, Xiao Changle coughed, and Qiao Shen's heart tightened.Ancient medicine was underdeveloped, and most of the causes of premature death in children were cold and fever.

After the meal, little Changle was fed a bowl of ginger soup by his father, and fell asleep while lying down. Qiao was deeply worried and did not sleep well.

Joe woke up in a daze. He had just fallen asleep for a while, and he was preoccupied with things and couldn't sleep deeply.

He touched Xiao Changle carefully from head to toe, he sat up quickly, why did he feel that Xiao Changle's feet were cold?

"Brother Shuo, are Xiao Changle's feet a little cold? Feel them..." Qiao deeply pushed Qi Shuo who was sleeping outside.

Qi Shuo woke up and touched it with his big hand, but he didn't feel cold. He knew that Qiao Shen had been restless all night because of Chang Le's cough since he was a child.

"Do you want to take her to the doctor, or invite a doctor to come over?" Qiao Shen was a little nervous.

"No, it's not cold to the touch, I'll hold it, you can rest assured to sleep." Qi Shuo hugged Xiao Changle's feet in his arms, and Xiao Changle's white and tender feet stepped on his father's abdominal muscles, unconsciously He kicked his legs lightly.

When he woke up the next day, Xiao Changle was alive and kicking, and Qiao Shen felt relieved.But since then, Xiao Changle has acquired a quirk.

Every night when sleeping, the little feet have to be next to other people's flesh. Sometimes when Qi Shuo is woken up, he sees little Changle with his back turned to him, kicking his legs unconsciously, and using his feet to lift off his clothes. Until his feet were pressed against his stomach, he even let out a comfortable sigh in his sleep.

Qi Shuo couldn't help but want to laugh, the older one likes to touch his abdominal muscles with his hands, and the younger one likes to touch his abdominal muscles with his feet, they really are father and son.

But every time, as long as Xiao Changle is next to him, he can sleep peacefully, and the couple also follow him.

Winter is getting colder day by day. It is the first time for Qiao Shen to spend the winter without heating. The cold is really unbearable.Fortunately, Qi Shuo's arms are warm, but he can't grow himself on Qi Shuo's body like a conjoined twin.

So he wanted to rebuild the yard and make a kang to prepare for the coming year. Winter has come this year, so it is not easy to start construction.

Qiao Shen is drawing interior design drawings again. He wants to rebuild the yard, and he plans to add some modern and convenient decorations that he can do.

In addition to Kang, he also wanted to build a shower room in the yard, and a room for Xiao Changle, and he would move in to sleep when he was older. He would draw any idea with charcoal on it, but the draft was not finished. less sheets.

As a carpenter, Qi Shuo was very interested in these things. From time to time, he leaned beside Qiao Shen and asked Qiao Shen about his design ideas. Qi Shuo listened to what Qiao Shen said, and it gave Qi Shuo a lot of ideas.

"Model house? What kind of house?" Qi Shuo asked curiously when he heard Qiao Shen say these three words.

"It means that the furniture is complete and well-arranged, so guests can see it clearly at a glance, and as soon as they walk in, they can feel the life after living in it." Qiao Shen couldn't explain it for a while, and said, "I drew this picture just to Let me show you a model house, the word model house is not the point.”

"Is there such a room? What if you don't like it after entering it?"

"They are all arranged according to the design. If someone doesn't like it, then wait for someone who likes it. Anyway, it is arranged there and it will not be damaged."

After the conversation that day, Qiao Shen discovered that Qi Shuo was also drawing some pictures from time to time, but Qiao Shen didn't care, anyway, straw paper is not expensive, let's draw.

Qiao Shen and Yang Liu said hello, and then took the food box and led Xiao Changle to deliver food to Qi Shuo.Qiao Shen found that Qi Shuo's workload was getting heavier and heavier recently, and if he didn't go to watch in person, Qi Shuo simply didn't eat lunch.

"Did you take on an interior decoration job? Did you make a bed? A big list?" Qiao Shen looked at the backyard of the carpenter's shop full of furniture, and asked Qi Shuo curiously.

After getting along for half a year, Qiao Shen's words may sound strange to others, but Qi Shuo has long understood. Qiao Shen said that this is a modern dialect. Qi Shuo swallowed his food and said, "Well, I plan to rearrange the shop. .”

"Well, look at it." Qiao Shen also doesn't understand carpentry work, so he can't help, but he will support Qi Shuo spiritually.

Qiao Shen could tell that Qi Shuo really liked making these things, ranging from small handmade toys to wooden furniture.

In the following period of time, Qi Shuo was also busy making wooden furniture at home, and Qiao Shen also understood him, took his son with him, and began to enlighten him.