Raising children in an ancient county

It was dawn, and the rooster had already crowed.

Qi Shuo opened his eyes, and a white and tender hand pushed aside his underwear, rubbed it under his clothes, and touched his abdominal muscles.Turning to look at the man beside him, Qiao Shen opened his mouth slightly, sleeping soundly.Little Chang Le huddled in Qiao Shen's arms in a strange posture, with her mouth open, sleeping contentedly.

Qi Shuo gently took out Qiao Shen's hand, sat up, pulled off the pillow and surrounded Xiao Changle, letting Qiao Shen put his hand on the pillow.Seeing Qiao Shen pinch the pillow subconsciously, Qi Shuo took a breath, put on his clothes and left the room.

When Qiao Shen woke up, there was a regular sound of knocking on wood in the yard, which seemed to have been going on for a long time.Little Changle was sleeping soundly with his mouth pouting like a little pig.

Touching Xiao Changle's body, he slept soundly and warmly, but he didn't sweat. Qiao Shen felt relieved, got up and put on his clothes, and surrounded Xiao Changle tightly with pillows, leaving room for him to turn over.

The sun was high outside, and Jo washed her face deeply, and brushed her teeth with salt on a wicker stick.The porridge was already cooked in the stove, and Qiao Shen heated up the stew left over from last night and brought it out.

It is comfortable and cool to eat in the yard in summer.Entering the room, I saw that Xiao Changle was still sleeping, so he greeted Qi Shuo, and the two finished their breakfast in silence, leaving a portion for Xiao Changle to warm in the stove.

After breakfast, the weather is not too hot.Qiao thought deeply about washing the dirty clothes earlier, and when Xiao Changle woke up, the mat on the bed could be taken out to let the sun dry and sterilize.

After eating, Qi Shuo went to do woodwork again. Seeing Qiao Shen coming out with dirty clothes in his arms, and fetching water from the well again and again, he still said, "I asked Aunt Yang to wash it, and you rest and raise it." body."

Aunt Yang is a woman in this small alley who washes clothes for people in exchange for money. Manlou worked as a kitchen helper.

"Summer clothes are not heavy, so I'll do it myself. Are you going out today? Go to the shop?" Qiao knew that the original owner was extravagant, and Qi Shuo was used to it, so the family didn't save any money.After falling into the water and seeing a doctor, it took a lot to raise the lungs.Since he woke up, he has been feeding three or four meals a day. This money can't help but be spent, and if he can save it, he must save it.

"To go out, Mr. He from West Street wants to buy a recliner for my father-in-law. I will discuss with him not to go to the shop." Qi Shuo was relieved when he saw that Qiao Shen was cleaning easily.

"I'm going to sell some snacks and earn some money." Qiao Shen hesitated for a while, but still spoke, he was worried that Qi Shuo would not agree.

"Don't worry about the money, just take care of yourself. I'll open the shop right away, and I'll earn the money." Seeing Qiao Shen start taking care of his family, Qi Shuo didn't want him to be too tired, and Yuman would lose money.

"Anyway, I'm free every day, and you are too busy every day, and you don't have time to spend time with Chang Le. Children need the company of their parents, so that they can be mentally healthy.

Besides, Chang Le also likes to eat, he is so thin, I have to get him some delicious tonics. After Qiao Shen finished speaking, he thought to himself: It's all your fault. One is busy making money without home, and the other is busy spending money without home. Poor little Changle is already two years old.

"Besides, Chang Le is already two years old. If he is older, he needs to study. We have to save enough money for him. Now that I am here, uh... I mean, I wake up. I must let Chang Le learn knowledge. . ” In ancient times, there were only two ways out, either to study in the imperial examination, or to join the army and go to the battlefield.

The thin sunlight shone on Qi Shuo's face, his eyebrows were drawn into his temples, his eyes were deep and his nose bridge was straight, his eyes were drooping, and his straight eyelashes printed on his cheeks, it was a heart-stirring face.

Qi Shuo listened to Qiao Shen's eloquent way of raising children. Qiao Shen said that we should raise our son in this way, and Qi Shuo was very happy in his heart.When he and Qiao Shen got married, they didn't have any feelings in their hearts. Husband was lazy, Qi Shuo came back every day after being tired, and Husband was always dissatisfied. .

All this bored him a little.Until Qiao Shen gave birth to a son for him, looking at the newborn little Chang Le's pink and wrinkled body, he gained indescribable emotions as a father. Qiao Shen, he let go of the boredom in his heart and worked harder, thinking about earning more money to give his husband and son a better life.

In fact, if Fu Lang didn't spend money to hire people to do everything like that, they would still be very rich. Seeing that Qi Shuo was considerate of his hard work in raising the youngest son, Qiao Shen actually went too far, and even failed to take good care of the youngest son.

Qi Shuo recalled that a month ago, the youngest son was lying on the bed emaciated, crying like a kitten because of his weakness, the doctor was very angry and reprimanded their husband and wife for being wolfish, treating their own child like this.

At that time, Qi Shuo was in a lot of pain. Was he wrong because of his son's deep love for Qiao?

"Wow... woo... da... da..." Xiao Changle's crying interrupted Qiao Shen's eloquent parenting plan, and also stopped Qi Shuo's memories.

Qiao Shen dried his hands, hurried into the room and carried out Xiao Changle who had woken up.Little Chang Le just opened his eyes and couldn't see the adults, so he howled twice in protest, and didn't shed tears.

Qi Shuo watched Qiao Shen urinate for Xiao Changle, hugged and coaxed his son to wake up, and then began to feed him breakfast.Qi Shuo continued what he was doing, that's all, give him another chance, the son is still young, as long as Qiao Shen can make his son grow up healthily, it doesn't matter if Qi Shuo does more.

After two mouthfuls of feeding, Qiao Shen coaxed little Chang Le to grab the wooden spoon and eat by himself, then let go, sat back and continued washing clothes.Xiao Changle watched her father sitting beside him washing clothes, eating breakfast with peace of mind, her appetite improved.

"I'm going to spend some money today and buy more ingredients. I'll try to make more. Mrs. Liu took care of Changle a few days ago. I'll send some to see how the neighbors taste. If everyone likes it , I’ll try to make it and sell it.” After Qiao Shen finished speaking, he didn’t dare to look at Qi Shuo, after all, the original owner wasted money first, and if Qi Shuo disagreed, he would understand, so he just had to think of a way.

After thinking about it, Qiao Shen fought weakly again: "Besides, I think Chang Le also likes to eat. I had such a good appetite last night and this morning, I don't need to be coaxed. I can take the initiative to eat by myself."

"Look at it, just buy what you need, and just earn money." Qi Shuo calmly agreed, the taste is really good, he actually wants his son to read and write, let him try it, it doesn't matter bad thing.

After drying the clothes and bed sheets, Qiao Shen counted the money, packed the money bag and slipped out of the far door quietly.Xiao Changle was now full and satisfied, Lai was hugged in his father's arms and walked in the yard to digest.

Little did he know that he was abandoned by his father.

Qi Shuo accompanied Xiao Changle to play a game of knocking on the ground with small wooden sticks, then let his son poke around the yard by himself, sit down and do his own woodwork, and look at Xiao Changle from time to time to see that he is safe Staying under my nose, buried my head and worked hard again.

Qiao Shen went to the street, went to the butcher shop first, bought some pork belly, pork ribs, and saw some internal organs piled up in the corner.

"I want this pig into the water, how much is it together?"

The butcher looked at the husband in surprise and said, "All of them?"

Seeing Qiao Shen nodding his head in confirmation, the butcher pretended to be it and said, "It's not worth much, so take it if you want it."

It turned out that everyone bought these offal to feed the dogs, and the neighbors in the street didn't even need money to buy it.

The butcher sees who buys the most meat, and simply asks and sends it away.So Qiao Shen didn't spend any money, and got pig intestines, pig lungs, pig hearts and other offal for free.

Qiao Shen felt embarrassed now, so he simply bought some pork fat and went back to cook lard.In Dazhou, pig fat is the most expensive, because oil is expensive, so most of the people eat boiled vegetables, and don't eat much oil-intensive stir-fried vegetables.

After buying the meat, Qiao Shen went to the rice noodle shop.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was already starch at this time, so I bought starch and polished rice.Xiao Changle is malnourished and still uses polished rice to nourish his stomach.

By the way, I bought some vegetarian dishes and dried tofu for stewed tofu, as well as spices and seasonings, and then I went back home.

Xiao Changle was a little thirsty from playing, so she stuck to her father, grabbed his father's thigh, held her head up and smiled softly, opening her small mouth and screaming.

Qi Shuo put down his work, just after he wiped his hands, he quickly supported Xiao Changle's head with his eyes and hands.

It turned out that Xiao Changle's big head had been held up for a long time, and he fell down on his father's instep, almost hitting the ground with his head.

Little Chang Le was not frightened, but found it amusing, haha.As soon as Qiao Shen entered the alley, he heard his soft and tender voice, and then smiled. Qiao Shen quickly entered the courtyard, and saw two father and son sitting under the willow tree.

Qi Shuo took advantage of his son's acting like a baby to invite him to accompany him, so he simply got lazy and took a rest.At this time, she was sitting comfortably on the reclining chair beside the stone table, gently fanning Xiao Changle with a cattail fan in one hand.

Little Changle was holding a bowl and sipping cold water for nothing. Qi Shuo looked at the cuteness of the child and thought to himself, raising children is really a tiring and satisfying job.

Seeing Qiao Shen, Xiao Changle wobbled to Qiao Shen's feet with small unsteady steps while holding the bowl in his arms.

There was not much left in the bowl, but he sprinkled it clean, and he smiled innocently and held the bowl to his father.

"It's great, we Changle will bring water to daddy~" Qiao Shen handed the ingredients to Qi Shuo who came to pick them up.

He took the bowl that Xiao Changle was holding, pretended to take a sip, and then returned the bowl to Xiao Changle, then probed over and kissed Xiao Changle's forehead.

Xiao Changle giggled happily, holding the bowl, and resting her head on Qiao Shen's calf, acting like a spoiled child.Qiao Shen simply squatted down, cooperated with Xiao Changle, and caressed his thin body.

Satisfied with Xiao Changle's coquettish behavior, Qiao went deep into the kitchen and started to work.Xiao Changle obediently sat on the small bench at the door of the kitchen, while Qiao Shen was busy, guiding Xiao Changle to speak, at least calling him father and father, he had to be taught.