Raising children in an ancient county

Qiao Shen scooped up a corner of the salted egg dumpling with a spoon, handed it to Mother Qi and said, "Mother, try it first and see if you like it?"

Mother Qi took the spoon, and the rice was oily but not greasy, glutinous rice mixed with mung beans, glutinous but not sticky, salted egg yolk, glutinous and salty. , better than dipped in sugar."

Qiao Shen handed the zongzi that was missing a corner to Mother Qi, "It's good as long as it's delicious."

After Qi Shuo finished eating, he had to admit in his heart that what Fu Lang said was right, he likes to eat salted egg yolk.

After dinner, before it was dark, Mother Qi and Qiao Shen sat in the yard making rice dumplings, salted egg yolk rice dumplings, and cured chicken rice dumplings, each in a big bucket, and Qiao Shen said that they would sell them in the shop tomorrow, to meet the solar terms.

Qi Shuo ran around all day, took an early shower and fell asleep.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, just after lunch time, two large buckets of rice dumplings were sold out. They cost five cents each, and they were quite big. They were mainly made by Qiao Ji’s lo-mei. Because of its reputation for its lo-mei, the neighbors rushed to grab it. To buy to try something new.

Qi Shuo led Qiao Shen, always paying attention to pedestrians to avoid bumping into Qiao Shen.Qi's mother led Xiao Changle and walked in front. On the Duanyang Festival, the streets were very lively.

There are street performers performing the tricks of jumping Zhong Kui and calling Zhong Kui, and the people onlookers just want to win in a row, throwing a copper coin to pray for the blessing of the town house.A stall was also set up at the entrance of the bookstore to sell some paintings of Zhong Kui, and the common people bought them back and hung them at the gate of the courtyard, or hung the pictures of Zhong Kui in the main room for a month, in order to drive away evil spirits and evil, and bring good fortune.

Accompanied by the excitement, the whole family went to enjoy dragon boating by the river. Because of Qiao Shen's big belly, and Qi's mother took the three-and-a-half-year-old little Chang Le by the hand, the family went to a restaurant by the river and booked a room on the second floor. Before the food was served, the family stood by the window and watched the dragon boat race.

The men rowing boats yelled: May [-]th is the Tianzhong Festival, and the bare mouth and the white tongue will be wiped out.

During the festival, the enthusiasm of the people can always be gathered together, and there are lively games, rallies and boat races, "picking auspiciousness", expressing the people's inner yearning for a better life.

Because everyone reported that the zongzi was delicious, and wanted to buy more for his family to taste, Qiao Shen sold the zongzi for a month, until other shops started to imitate the production of zongzi, and the business of zongzi slowed down, so he gradually reduced the quantity. .

As long as you buy it and taste it, you will know the filling as soon as you open it, and it is very easy to imitate. Qiao Shen didn't plan to use it for business to make a lot of money at first, so there is no big loss.

The small yard of the Qi family has been busy for a week. Mrs. Qi also came to the town from Shouyun Village. Grandma Wen came to see the situation every day. There was also a ewe that had just given birth in the backyard, and everything was ready. , Qiao Shen's stomach just doesn't move.

The child didn't want to come out, and the adults were helpless. Seeing that Qiao Shen was eating something delicious in the morning, he was in good spirits, and his stomach said nothing, so Qi Shuo went to the shop.

When I arrived at the craftsman's shop, I happened to meet the housekeeper of the merchant Mr. He's house, and hurriedly said hello: "Housekeeper He, sit down quickly, and the wood will bring you some tea."

The butler of the He Mansion bowed hurriedly, then sat down and said, "Shopkeeper Qi, you are welcome, the fourth young master is about to turn six, and the master asked me to order a scooter for you."

When Qi Shuo heard that it was a business, he accepted it, and the two discussed again. This Mr. He has a lot of money, and he also loves his son. He wants to do some gold carvings on the scooter. Because gold is heavy, Qi Shuo said that only Can be slightly inlaid for decoration.

"This shopkeeper Qi's unique skill, just look at it and make it more luxurious."

After finishing speaking, he gave the deposit, got up and left the shop, Qi Shuo sent it to the door, and saw Mrs. Qi hurried over, "Second brother, hurry up, my brother-in-law is about to give birth."

Qi Shuo and his sister-in-law hurried home.

It turned out that as soon as Qi Shuo went to the shop, Qiao Shen went back to take a nap, lay down and turned over a few times, felt his stomach sinking, and called out to his mother.

As soon as Qi's mother came in, she saw that Qiao Shen had already got out of bed, clutching her stomach, and supporting the bed. Qiao Shen felt her thighs were wet.

Qi's mother quickly helped him lie on the bed again, went to the kitchen to make a bowl of honey water, brought it in, and called Wen Po. Fortunately, Qi Shuo had already taken care of it, until Qiao Shen gave birth, Wen Po was there during the day Qi courtyard, and Mrs. Qi went to call Qi Shuo.

Wen Po was a little dumbfounded. It was the first time she saw such a smooth delivery. Qi Mu's water hadn't boiled yet. Qiao Shen had already given birth to the baby here. It was equivalent to living in this yard for a few days with delicious food and drink. Bai took a large sum of money.

Qiao Shen was also a little dumbfounded. Is it so easy to have a baby?He just felt a stomachache...

As soon as Qi Shuo entered the yard, Xiao Changle rushed over and said, "Grandma said that Daddy is going to have a younger sister! Don't let me see it!"

Qi Shuo picked up Xiao Changle and walked towards the main room. Qi's mother just came out of the room, took Xiao Changle, and said to Qi Shuo: "We Changle has a younger sister, and our Qi family finally has a daughter." .”

Qi's mother gave birth to two sons by herself, but she couldn't conceive any more. There are at least three in the village, and the Qi's family only has two. She wanted a daughter, but she couldn't have one. Qiao Shen gave him a granddaughter.

When Qi Shuo heard it, he was really a younger sister, and he was quite pleasantly surprised. Hello daughter, what Qiao Shen said was caring.

It's just that he still couldn't believe it, "Have you already given birth?" He didn't stop walking, and he gave birth in such a short time?

Then he heard his daughter crying, threw his son to his mother, opened the door and went in to see Qiao Shen, Qiao Shen was lying on the bed, he didn't look like he had been tortured by childbirth at all, he sat over and stroked Qiao Shen's face Cheek, "Joe, you've worked hard, does it hurt?"

Qiao Shen only feels some discomfort now, but there is no pain at all. He replied innocently: "It doesn't hurt, but I was a little nervous at first..."

After hearing this, Qi Shuo leaned down with a smile, hugged Qiao Shen, and kissed his fair and plump forehead. Qiao Shen obediently let him hug him, and then said, "Where is my sister? I haven't seen it yet? Have you seen it? Isn't it pretty?"

Mrs. Qi handed over the cleaned baby, and said with a smile, "Be good, I cried a few times during the spanking, and I stopped crying when I didn't spank."

The little baby has soft black hair, shallow eyebrows, closed eyes with long eye slits, presumably like Qiao Shen, with thin eyelids and big eyes, and a small mouth that pouts and moves from time to time.

Qiao Shen looked at her daughter's pink and tender face, and her heart melted into a ball, "When she was in the stomach, she felt so good, she was not annoying at all."

Qi Shuo took his daughter and hugged her, and let Qiao Shen see more clearly.

Qiao Shen felt soft in his heart. His daughter's hair was as black and lush as her father's, but it would be better not to be as hard as her father's hair. Thinking, he stretched out his hand and stroked it lightly, like the hair of a cat cub. , soft.

"Hair looks like you, Chang Le's wish has come true." After Qiao Shen finished speaking, he asked again, "Where is Chang Le?"

Only then did Qi Shuo say: "Mother is taking it, do you still want to watch it? I'll ask my sister-in-law to carry it for Chang Le to see?"

Qiao Shen nodded, and when Aunt Qi went out, Qi Shuo sat on the bedside and hugged him, holding honey water for Qiao Shen to drink, "What do you want to eat? I'll prepare it."

Qiao Shen shook his head in Qi Shuo's arms, "I don't have anything to eat. I didn't feel anything when I was pregnant with her. She is too cute and quiet. She was born without any guilt. How can she be so sensible... "

Qi Shuo listened to his happy thoughts, and the joy in his heart was aroused, "She is the baby you gave me, the one I love..."

Qiao Shen tilted his head to see Qi Shuo's expression. Qi Shuo had always been reticent and rarely said sweet words. Qiao pursed his lips deeply and kissed his chin, expressing his love to her husband without hesitation, "I love you too, Qi Shuo."

Xiao Changle stomped her feet excitedly, looking at her younger sister in grandma's arms. The younger sister's small body was tightly wrapped, her exposed little paws were clenched into small fists, and she closed her eyes and hit her little mouth.

He wanted to hug her, but Qi's mother stopped her and said, "Don't hug her yet, you are still young, you should carefully drop my sister, you should touch her hand."

Little Chang Le used his warm little palm to wrap the master's sister's pink fist. The baby's warm body temperature and touch made Little Chang Le's mouth open, and then he bent down and kissed his sister lightly. Take a sip of his little face.

So Xiao Changle became the first person in the whole family to kiss his younger sister. He pestered Mother Qi to see her younger sister, and Qi Shuo also spoiled him. Mrs. Qi warmed up goat milk to feed her younger sister, and he watched from the sidelines. Not greasy.

The first girl in the Qi family, Qi Shuo and Qiao Shen wanted to name it carefully, so now everyone followed Xiao Changle to call her younger sister, so the second daughter's nickname was decided, younger sister.

After a few days, the threshold of Qi Courtyard was about to be trampled to death. All the acquainted relatives and friends, as well as business partners in Xizhen who had heard the news, all prepared gifts to congratulate Shopkeeper Qi for his daughter.

The younger sister is blessed, she was born when the family was already rich, and the shop in Xizhen was about to open just after the full moon.

The younger sister is just like when she was in Qiao Shen's stomach. She doesn't make any noise or move. Qiao Shen is also worried, why is this child so lazy, but the younger sister is easy to feed, can eat and sleep, and is fed now. Grandma can't stay in father's arms anymore.

The younger sister who is just full moon, has pink and white skin, a bulging little face, narrow and long eyes with black and bright eyes, which have not yet opened, and her nose is a bit like her father's, with a little protruding hill root visible on the side. The pink and tender mouth is pouting.

Two soft and tender little hands clenched into fists, shaking her head, her bright black eyes seemed to be looking around, her little mouth yelled, until Qiao Shen stretched out his hand to hug her, she stopped. .

Qiao Shen held her daughter's little buttocks, and gently burped her with her palm. The younger sister's whole little soft meat dumpling lay loosely in his father's arms, with her little head resting on Qiao Shen's shoulders, shaking occasionally, softly The lanugo rubbed against Qiao Shen's neck from time to time.

After taking a few shots, my sister hiccupped comfortably.The younger sister was coquettish, just laying on her father's arms with peace of mind. Once her father hugged her and swayed her limbs, moaning and chirping just because she didn't want to. My father's body was as hard as iron, and he didn't want to hiccup on his father's shoulder.

But at night, she likes to lie on her father's bare chest muscles, and his father is like a big heater.Once Qiao Shen wiped her body, asked Qi Shuo to hold her, and went to get some small clothes for her to wear. Qi Shuo was shirtless, hugging his daughter and laying on his chest muscles. She was not happy when Qiao Shen hugged her. Hum chirp.

Qiao Shen couldn't help laughing, isn't it his own?The whole family likes the touch against the skin.

At this moment, after the younger sister hiccupped, Qiao Shen carried her around the main room for a few times, and gradually the younger sister fell asleep. Qi Shuo pushed the pram over, and Qiao Shen bent down and gently put the younger sister down. In the soft crib, I stayed there for a while after putting it down, seeing that my sister had really fallen asleep with her two weak and boneless arms paralyzed, her fists half clenched, so she sat back on the table to eat.

Qi Shuo filled Qiao Shen with a bowl of chicken soup. Qiao Shen frowned and begged softly, "I can't drink it, Brother Shuo."

Chicken soup, pig's feet soup, pork ribs soup, fish soup, Qi's mother saw the cash stored at home, and changed her pattern all day long to nourish Qiao deeply, wishing she could eat three meals a day.It has been a month since Qiao Shen gave birth, her body is still round, but it is very white and tender, Qi Shuo feels delicate and smooth when holding her at night.

Naturally, Qi Shuo could also understand it. After all, he also drank three meals a day, but nutrition was still important, so he coaxed: "Just take a few sips, and I'll drink the rest."

Said it was a few sips, and finally drank half a bowl, seeing that Fu Lang started to frown, Qi Shuo finished it in one gulp.Putting down the bowl, he started to discuss business with Qiao Shen, "I'm going to Xizhen tomorrow, don't tire yourself out at home, take a few sips from your mother's hot pot, don't waste your mother's heart, be good."

The shop in Xizhen has been fully completed, and Fumanlou took advantage of the convenience and was the first to open.Because his daughter was just born, Qi Shuo didn't care about opening the business, and when his daughter was full moon, he made a plan. Tomorrow, he hired the Escort Bureau to deliver the goods, and he had to go to pick them up. It would take about ten days to clean up the arrangement until the opening. His younger sister was young. Can't leave Qiao Shen.

The two discussed that Qiao Shen would go to Xizhen on the day before the opening and stay for one night. After the opening the next day, he would come back to accompany his daughter.While eating the meal, Qiao Shen listened to Qi Shuo's arrangements and explanations, nodding repeatedly.

Little Chang Le went shopping with her grandma and went home. After being washed by her grandma, she rushed into the main room immediately, without even looking at her father and dad, she found a cradle in the house.

When he was near the cradle, he began to approach gently. The whole little guy tiptoed close to his sister, which made Joe speechless and funny.The sister's small mouth is slightly open, and her small nose is opening and closing. Xiao Chang is happy to see her sister falling asleep in a relaxed state.He couldn't help stretching out a short little finger to rub against his sister's little fist,

Suddenly, the younger sister let out two serial farts in a 'puff puff' manner, and the frightened little Chang Le quickly withdrew her hand. The younger sister was also frightened. She frowned lightly and her small mouth opened There was a humming sound, and finally he opened his mouth and began to cry, "Ah... ah... wow..."