Raising children in an ancient county

Xiao Changle can already speak a lot of words now, and can give a rough idea of ​​some simple expressions.For the more complicated ones, Qiao Shen even guessed, but there is no obstacle in communication.

Whenever Qiao Shen was free, he taught Xiao Changle how to count. Now he could count to ten with his fingers. He counted all day long, lying in Qi Shuo's arms, holding Qi Shuo's big hand, and counting his father's fingers. head.

Qi Shuo stretched out two fingers, "Son, how much is this?"

Little Changle looked at his father's hand seriously, with a serious expression on his immature face, the adults couldn't control the corners of his mouth when he watched.

"Two." Xiao Changle said.

Qi Shuo compared another seven, "How much is this?"

This time, Xiao Changle stretched out her little claws, touched Qi Shuo's hands, and broke them one by one, counting in her mouth, "three... four... five... six... seven... seven !"

Qi Shuo smiled and grabbed Xiao Changle's plump and short little fingers, and kissed his fingertips one by one, "So smart, my son is awesome."

Qi Shuo also went on the road, and praised his son, making Xiao Chang Le beautiful.

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Qiao Shen caught Qiao Shen's attention this day. There were three men in the group, but they ordered enough for six people.

It's normal to pack too much to eat, but obviously they can't finish it, and they have to add more, Qiao Shen can't help being a little curious: "Masters, although it's winter, but you buy too much and it's easy to spoil, just It's too bad to eat."

"Not too much, not too much. It's not easy to come here. Shopkeeper Qiao, you are a good crafter. Unfortunately, it's too far away from my home."

"Where does this grandfather live?"

"Kaibao Town, even if you drive in Xishoulan Town, I would be more convenient, but unfortunately..."

"Shopkeeper Qiao's lo mei is excellent, why don't you open a restaurant in Xizhen? With this delicacy, there will be a lot of money."

It’s not that Qiao Shen didn’t think about opening a branch, it’s just that he didn’t know any locals, and he brought his family with him, so he never had time to investigate the plan, “You don’t know, it’s not that easy, I don’t go to West Town often, no Familiar with local conditions."

"Hey, you can go to Xizhen and ask casually. No one knows about Qiao Ji's braised meat. The shopkeeper Qiao underestimated it. As long as you are interested, I can analyze it for you."

Qiao Shen originally thought to himself, it would be good to listen to what he had to say, it could be regarded as a preliminary understanding.

In the end, I didn’t want to, and this thing actually happened.That man's name was Li Sanlang, and he opened a small noodle restaurant in Xizhen. Coincidentally, he connected with him, and there happened to be a shop that was vacant, and he knew the rent information of many shops nearby.

The shop that Li Sanlang told him was located in the bustling market center of West Town. The rent was higher than his own in East Town, but it was worth it.

Qiao Shen was a little moved, and planned to discuss it with Qi Shuo.

After being busy for many days, he didn't go to the carpenter's shop for a long time. In the morning, Qi Shuo cooked porridge and ate, woke up Qiao Shen, and went to the carpenter's shop by himself.Except for going back to the hospital at night, I didn't see each other much during the day.

Qiao Shen plans to deliver food at noon today, so he can't neglect his own man.

After going to the craftsman's shop, Qiao Shen was shocked.

The tea table in the lobby of the shop has been moved to a corner, and an antique wooden bed is placed against the wall on the left, even with bedding, next to it is a wardrobe, wash stand, dressing table, desk... for a moment, it feels like a woman or a small A brother's room can also be a man's room.

In the middle is a simulation of the decoration of a small hall, and the far right of the shop is the tea table for receiving guests.Qi Shuo actually turned the shop into a modern furniture store.

"Brother Shuo, is this what you've been busy with these days?" Qiao Shen asked in surprise. It had to be said that the shop was more attractive than before, and he wanted to take this set of furniture home.

"The other day you said that the model house can remind people of the life after living in it, so I had an idea." Qi Shuo is also quite proud. Being a carpenter is his hobby, and he is willing to endure hardships to do what he likes. . "I finished it the day before yesterday. It's just that you're going to West Town and the journey is hard, so I didn't bring you to see it."

"It's so good, I want to move this bed home, Brother Shuo is really amazing!"

"This bed is not good. He Mansion will send someone to move it out in the afternoon, and I will give you all the money." Mr. He has just welcomed the third bedroom through the door, and the wife of the third bedroom wants to live in the side courtyard of He Mansion. How can people live in the empty house?But the wife of the third bedroom was being favored and clamored for a quiet yard, so the housekeeper had no choice but to agree, and hurriedly sent someone to find a carpenter to order furniture.

Coincidentally, when Qi Shuo just finished the furniture store, the servants rushed to lead the master, and immediately made a decision, the bed was carried back first, and the rest were made exactly the same as in this shop, and when they were finished, they sent someone to move them.

Qiao Shen couldn't be happy after hearing this, why is her husband so smart and capable?He didn't know that he was going to be the husband of the owner of the Qi Family Furniture City soon.

The carpenter's shop has changed its plaque, and now it's called Qi's Household, and hired a carpenter to help. This carpenter can be regarded as his younger brother.

His master, Carpenter Xue, took in many apprentices, and some apprentices went back to open their own shops after completing their studies, such as Qi Shuo.Some apprentices stay to make furniture and get a share, but there are still some whose families are far away and have no conditions to open a shop.

After all, it was a master-student relationship, so Carpenter Xue arranged this little apprentice Yang Mutou for Qi Shuo.It just so happened that Qi Shuo changed the business model, without the steps of face-to-face customization, and he didn't need to receive customers in the shop all the time, so he simply accepted his younger brother and helped to look after the store. He just remembered to tell Qi Shuo what the customers bought.

Because of this comprehensive renovation, Qi's Home Furnishing surpassed Qiao Ji's Lo-Mei sales in an instant.

If the big family has a lot of money, if they don’t want to wait, they will move out after paying the money. If they are willing to wait, they will pay less money and move out when it is ready.

There are too many people buying, but Qi Shuo is not tired, because it saves time. People look at it by themselves. Need Qi Shuo to listen to the long request.

From now on, after Qiao Shen finished counting Qiao Ji's money every night, he took Xiao Chang Le to count the money in Qi's family's house. Seeing that the family was getting richer and richer, Qiao Shen was always smiling every day in his dreams.

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After explaining a few words to Yang Liu and his younger brother who were watching the shop, Qi Shuo hired a carriage, and the family of three went to Xizhen to watch the shop.

Qiao Shen sat in the carriage and stretched his legs. The narrow space made Qiao Shen panic.

Qiao looked deeply at the thick and soft cushions, Xiao Changle was sleeping soundly, stretched out his hand to help him stretch out the quilt, opened the curtain and sat beside Qi Shuo, "How far is it?"

"Soon, after passing this forest, you will see the wall gate of West Town, are you tired?" Qi Shuo stretched out his arms to hug Qiao Shen, and squeezed Qiao Shen's shoulders with his big hands.

Qiao Shen grabbed Qi Shuo's cold hand and put it in his arms, "It's so cold, you go in and warm up. I'll watch the road, don't you need to hit it?" Seeing that Qi Shuo was just holding the rein, as if Not much whipping either.

"It's not cold, it's just cold to the touch. Let's rest when we get there. Go in quickly, don't freeze." Qi Shuo knew that Qiao was afraid of the cold.

"I can't even stretch my legs inside, so I'll sit outside with you." With such cold hands, Qiao put Qi Shuo's hand into his padded jacket with deep distress.

"In the past, I went to West Town with my master. It was summer, and we had no money to hire a car, so we walked on foot. I remember that the sun was so hot that day, I fainted, and my master sat on the side of the road with his arms around me. Then When I was young, I just swore in my heart that I would never go this way again.”

A little boy appeared in Qiao Shen's mind, with chapped lips and pale face, and he fainted by the side of the road with his eyes closed, feeling distressed: "What happened next?"

"Master fed me some water, and I woke up when the sun went down, and continued on my way in the dark." It was also unlucky not to go to the village or back to the store, and there was no carriage passing by to lend a helping hand all afternoon.

Qi Shuo continued: "Later, when I learned the craft, the master asked me to take over the work. He only charged me [-]%, and let me take the rest to marry a wife."

"Master is so kind to you. Let's go back to buy some things this time and visit his old man." Qiao thought deeply that he must thank his old man.

"Later, my family urged me to marry you, and I was busy working in the shop, thinking that I was old, so I agreed." Qi Shuo continued to recall.

Qiao Shen inherited the memory of the original owner. He knew that the original owner and Qi Shuo had been engaged since childhood, and that the original parents died of illness.

It's just that Qi Shuo never mentioned this matter in the past. Qiao Shen suppressed his surprise and listened quietly to Qi Shuo's memories.

"Who knew that after getting married, life would be so difficult. I feel that the money I earn is not enough to spend. Every night when I go home, Chang Le is either crying or falling asleep dirty with tears." During those days, Qi Shuo Every day is like a year, but he is a man with the ability to bear. His father has always taught him that a man who vents his anger on his family is better off entering the palace as an eunuch.

"The day Chang Le was seriously ill, my heart was like a knife, he was still so young." The son's pale face and weak breath still occasionally appear in Qi Shuo's nightmares.

"After you fell into the water that day, the doctor said to look at the good fortune and listen to God's will. At that moment, I was a little relieved..."

"Until, you came..." After Qi Shuo finished speaking, he turned his head to meet Qiao Shen's gaze, and those eyes looked at him in shock.

Qi Shuo looked at himself and emphasized the word 'you', Qiao Shen understood, Qi Shuo found out...

"Are you... afraid?" Qiao stared deeply at Qi Shuo's face, for fear of missing a little bit of his expression, and also afraid of seeing his frightened or disgusted expression.

"What are you afraid of? Afraid that you will be cautious after waking up? Afraid of your gentle smiling face after waking up? Or afraid that you will make Changle fat and healthy after waking up?" How can you be afraid?He loves it so much, he wants to thank God loudly for his gift.

"Later, I fell in love with a man. Every day my love increased, but every day I was also afraid...he..." Qi Shuo took a deep breath, and then slowly and carefully finished the rest of the sentence : "Will he...will stay by my side forever?"

Tears ran down Qiao Shen's cheeks and dripped on the back of Qi Shuo's hands. In the cold winter, the tears were so hot.

"Yes." Qiao Shen didn't know why he was crying, and his heart was full of warmth, "Yes, he will always stay by your side, he was already homeless, you gave him a Family, he wants to raise Chang Le with you, marry Chang Le a wife, and have a grandson."

Qi Shuo turned sideways, hugged Qiao Shen, rubbed his chin against Qiao Shen who was buried in his arms, and stroked his back with a big hand.

Joe was sobbing deeply, Mom, did you see that?The son is now alive and healthy, and has a family who loves him. Mom, don't be sorry, the son feels very happy.