Raising children in an ancient county

With a deep desire to get rich, Qiao Shen told Qi Shuo what he was thinking.

"The taro balls can be made at night, and I cook them with red beans in the morning. I sell them in nearby alleys. I walk twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon. I don't feel tired, and I can exercise my body."

Qi Shuo thought about the feasibility. The ingredients are available at home. It is in Shouyun Village, more than ten miles away from Dongshoulan Town. His parents are farmers. These high-yield sweet potatoes and pumpkins are too many for every rural household to eat. Feed the pigs.

Red beans can also be exchanged for barter in the village. The only things that need money to buy are starch and sugar.

"Just try it first. If you're too tired, I'll think of another way." Qiao Shen blinked and begged Qi Shuo.

Qiao Shen's pupils were black and bright, and his eyes were black and white, just like a pair of deer's eyes. Qiao Shen was as warm and moist as jade. Seeing Qiao Shen like this, Qi Shuo agreed.

"Just a little, don't be tired, Chang Le is still young, it's the troublesome grade, you can't ignore him just because of business."

"No, I'm just going to sell in the nearby alleys, not too much. Chang Le also needs to exercise. I will take him around more, so that he can walk steadily." Qiao Shen happily hugged Qi Shuo when he heard Qi Shuo's agreement. Seeing Xiao Changle obediently eating cakes, kissed him on the forehead.

Watching Xiao Chang Le pouting and biting on the rice cake with a mouthful of millet teeth, Qiao Shen was kissed cutely one after another.

At the beginning, Xiao Chang Le smiled and let his relatives hug him, but after four or five kisses, he couldn't help it, and hated that his father kept interrupting him to eat cakes.

Qi Shuo considered that Qiao Shen was usually at home and couldn't carry it with his hands or shoulders, so he simply built a small wooden wheel trailer for him.

After discussing with Qiao Shen, Qiao Shen, relying on the knowledge of modern black technology, gave a rough sketch idea, so the improved version of the cart is being produced.

The next day, Qi Shuo worked hard all day, and the cart was ready.

The trolley is actually a small trailer modeled on those modern old ladies who go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and load them.Two strong rods are supported on the two enlarged wooden wheels, and a thick board is embedded at the bottom for placing wooden barrels. There is a small space behind the wooden barrels. Put spoons, money jars and the like.

That night, Qiao Shen happily tried the small cart, put a wooden bucket filled with water, and filled the bucket with two-thirds of the water, neither spilling nor pushing it effortlessly.

On the third day, Qi Shuo took Qiao Shen back to Shouyun Village in a bullock cart to visit relatives.

The grandfather who drives the ox cart is a farmer in Shouyun Village. He comes to Dongzhen every three to five days to deliver vegetables to some restaurants for sale.

In the early years, Qi Shuo was still an apprentice carpenter. Because he lived in the town, he helped the village to negotiate the deal. Many farmers in Shouyun Village produced different vegetables, and they were all transported to the town for sale by the grandfather. To the restaurant.

Because of this relationship, grandpa also dropped by to deliver some vegetables to Qi Shuo when he came to the town, and when he got close, Qi Shuo's family would ride back to the village in grandpa's ox cart from time to time, and grandpa also earned a few more copper coins.

Along the way, Qiao took a deep look at the appearance and scenery of the ancient countryside, chatted with Grandpa from time to time, and wandered into Shouyun Village.The village is backed by a mountain, and a small river in front of the village passes through Shouyun Village and has no end in sight. Shouyun Village is a treasured place surrounded by mountains and rivers.

After paying the fare and saying goodbye to grandpa, Qi Shuo hugged Xiao Changle and led Qiao Shen home.

Qi's father wanted to facilitate the expansion, so the house was built at the end of the village. It was not convenient for Qi Shuo to play with his friends when he was a child. Fortunately, when he was older, he entered the county town as an apprentice and stopped playing.

The folk customs in the countryside are simple, and occasionally the courtyard door is wide open, and the owner sits in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, and when someone passes by, they all greet each other generously.When the villagers saw Qi Shuo returning with his husband and son, they all warmly greeted him.

Qi Shuo is someone else's child in the hearts of the villagers of Shouyun Village.When I was a child, I went to the county town to make a living. At a young age, I bought a yard and opened a shop in the county town. People in the village like to use Qi Shuo as an example in educating their children.

"Qi Er, is the business in the town okay?"

Qi Shuo held Xiao Changle in his arms, and stopped to respond: "It's okay, I can live on."

Qi Shuo responded to the villagers who came out to say hello. When others invited him, he also invited him back. Then he said goodbye to the villagers and returned to Qi's house.

In addition to Qi's father and Qi's mother, the Qi family also lives with Qi Shuo's eldest brother, Qi Yan's family. Qi Yan's eldest son is a young brother named Xiao Changxi, who is 12 years old; the youngest son is a man named Xiao Chang'an, who is also nine years old. .

Mother Qi was holding the soles of her shoes in the yard.Even though it was noon, most of the people in the countryside were still doing farm work in the fields, Father Qi and Brother Qi Shuo's family were still in the fields.

Qi's mother welcomed the youngest son's family happily, holding Xiao Changle in her arms and not letting go.

She cut the melon again, and gave Qiao Shen the pumpkin seeds fried by herself. Seeing Xiao Changle eating a small piece of melon, Qi's mother asked cautiously, "Still can't talk? Have you asked the doctor?"

"I've seen it. The doctor said it's normal. It's okay. I'm just learning every day." Qi Shuo quickly reassured Qi's mother, fearing that Qiao Shen would be suspicious. He knew that his mother didn't mean to blame Qiao Shen, so he quickly changed the subject: "Mother, Do you have more sweet potatoes and pumpkins at home?"

Qiao Shen was nibbling on the pumpkin seeds, but he didn't think much about it. He teased Xiao Changle to call grandma, and Xiao Changle snorted twice, and continued to nibble on the melon.

Mother Qi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qiao Shen being generous, but she no longer cautiously said: "It's a lot, you go this time, pretend more."

A few people sat in the yard, watching Xiao Changle groping, stepping here and there, chatting and chatting about homework.

When the sun was getting late and people in the farmland were about to rush home, Mother Qi went back to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Qiao Shen was too embarrassed to sit still, so he hurried into the kitchen to help Qi Mu, but Qi Mu asked him to sit and rest, but he didn't have the nerve to agree.

It wasn't until Qiao Shen was cutting vegetables that Xiao Changle came in and grabbed Qiao Shen's leg, trying to hug him in a coquettish way, but then he had the cheek to listen to Qi's mother, and carried Xiao Changle out of the kitchen.

Carrying Xiao Changle to the yard, Qiao Shen pointed his index finger at Xiao Changle's head: "Just make trouble, you don't have to do anything every day, and you don't let Daddy do anything."

Xiao Changle said in a daze, "Huh?"

Here, Qi Shuo sat with his mother for a while, and Qi's mother cooked, so he went to the farmland, thinking that it would be good to help out.

Qiao Shen carried Xiao Changle around the yard, and Qi's mother planted some peppers, tomatoes and other vegetables in the corner of the yard.

Some tomatoes were already red, Xiao Changle struggled to get off the ground, grabbed the tomatoes tremblingly, grabbed a half-red tomato that was still green, and pulled it into his arms.

Qiao Shen muttered: "You really don't know what to buy. The red ones are hanging on the side, so you can pick the green ones."

He grabbed Xiao Changle's little paw and transferred it to a ripe tomato. Xiao Changle couldn't pull it off, so he simply held the tomato and stretched out his mouth.

Qiao couldn't help but rescue the tomato from Xiao Changle's mouth, took it off, led Xiao Changle into the stove, and washed the tomato with water.

Mother Qi saw that little Changle was holding a tomato and gnawed on it, and she kept talking with a smile: "Is it delicious, Changle? Grandma still left some seeds, let daddy take them back, and plant them for us Changle, okay? "

"Grandma asked you something, Chang Le. Say... grandma~, say... delicious~" Qiao Shen simply moved a stool and sat at the door with his arms around Xiao Changle.

He lowered his head and lightly rubbed Xiao Chang Le's soft hair, then said to Mother Qi: "If there are many seeds, then Niang will decorate them for me tomorrow, and I will take them back and plant them."

"Bad, there are not many seeds. If you don't feel tired, I'll make some for you and you can take them back to plant." Mother Qi replied, cutting bacon.

So Qiao Shen asked for some tomato, pepper, cabbage and other vegetable seeds.By the way, I asked about the things that need to be paid attention to when planting these vegetables. If I plan to go back, I will plant them in the backyard, next to the well, and it will be easy to water.

In the kitchen, Mother Qi was frying vegetables, and Qiao Shen protected Xiao Changle to light the fire for Mother Qi, adding some firewood when the fire was needed.

When the dishes are almost finished, everyone in the farmland has also arrived home.

For dinner, a large family set up a table in the yard and ate lively around the table. The men even drank some wine. The rice wine made by the village itself was not high in strength.

The children were almost finished eating, and the nine-year-old Chang An leaned over to Qiao Shen's side, and reached out to touch the soft little arm of little Chang Le.Qiao rubbed Chang An's head deeply, put down little Chang Le, and let Chang An lead him to play.

After dinner, the family sat in the yard and chatted.Qi Shuo talked about his plan to sell snacks in the county.

"So, when I come back this trip, I want to buy some sweet potatoes and pumpkins with my family." Qiao Shen took the words.

Father Qi agreed, "If you don't want to buy it, just sell it first."

He is a rural person who doesn't know much about business. The second son has helped the family a lot over the years, and he doesn't want expensive things. As a father, he has no reason not to support it.

After chatting with the family, Mother Qi got up and went to tidy up the kitchen while it was still dark.The sister-in-law got up to clean up the room for Qiao Shen's family to sleep at night, and Qiao Shen also went to help.

The men sat in the yard, taking advantage of the shade, looking at the happy children from time to time.

The sheets and quilts were hanging in the yard, and little Changle slipped in and out, playing hide-and-seek with his elder brother, laughing loudly.

When it got dark, the adults who had been farming for a day were also tired, and they went back to their houses to rest.

Qi Shuo fetched a basin of water, and Qiao Shen washed himself and Xiao Changle's hands and feet, hugged him and put him on the bed, and when Qi Shuo finished pouring the water and returned to the house, one big and one small had already fallen asleep.

The last oil lamp in the yard was also extinguished, and the whole village was pitch black, and everyone fell asleep.