Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

This meal made everyone's belly round.People tend to get sleepy when they are full, so Zhong Qingran led a group of younger siblings to occupy Jian's kang.The two maids slept in the inner room, and the boys slept in the outer room. Fortunately, the farm kang was not small, and it was more than enough to sleep five children.

In fact, Jian Mingyu didn't have the habit of taking a nap. In the past, he couldn't go out in hot weather, so he would rest on the kang for a while.In this season right now, the sky is just right, and he doesn't feel much sleepiness, but looking at the boys sleeping on the kang with different faces, Jian Mingyu suddenly felt that if he didn't lie down on the kang for a while, he would feel sorry for himself.Without much hesitation, he also joined them.

Thinking that the human body temperature was too warm, the two big and five little ones slept for an hour before waking up one after another.

At Zhong Qing's age, he is not too young in the countryside. In the village, we often see these little girls who have not yet grown up, working in the fields.Before the end of last year, Zhong Qing was also like this, digging wild vegetables, mowing grass, collecting firewood... busy all day long.Now, except for mowing grass and collecting firewood, there is basically no need to dig wild vegetables, which saves her a lot of time.Part of the extra time was occupied by needlework, and part of it was spent learning how to draw with Zhong Qingran.

According to Zhong Qing's habits, Zhong Qingran mainly taught her how to draw embroidery patterns and toy shapes. Although Zhong Qing didn't learn it for a long time and didn't spend much time on it, the simple patterns were already drawn well.

Whether it was before or now, Zhong Qing was a hardworking little girl. Being taken by Zhong Qingran like today, she basically didn't have to do any work. It was an extremely rare experience, which made her not quite used to it for a while.

No one in the family came to inform, so Zhong Qingran took his siblings and continued to stay at Jian's house.He saw Zhong Qing sitting at the entrance of the main room watching Zhong Qinghan and the others playing, so he walked up behind her and said, "It's rare to have a day off, why don't you go play? Look, Mingchen is one year younger than you, playing with Qinghan so well." How happy."

Zhong Qing looked back at Zhong Qingran, and with the encouragement from her third brother's eyes, she gave up the little girl's increasing gender awareness and ran straight up to join the ranks of playing mud.

"Girl Qing is already the liveliest girl in the family. Who would have thought that she would stop playing with children when she is only nine years old. She has grown up!" Zhong Qingran sighed to Jian Mingyu who was sitting behind him.

"Girls don't like to play wild outside like wild boys. I remember my cousins ​​are like that." Jian Mingyu stated the facts.

Zhong Qingran agrees with this point.That is to say, in the countryside, there is not so much attention. If you want to stay in a big family, it is estimated that even brothers and sisters must pay attention to the defense of men and women.

On this day, not only Zhong Qing had fun, but even Zhong Qingran was very relaxed, he didn't do anything, he just watched the little guys play.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Zhong Qingran thought, it would be fine for him to stay out for a night alone, but certainly not with his four younger siblings, so he might as well go home for dinner.Sure enough, when the five of them arrived home, they could still hear Mrs. Zhang's intermittent shouts.

It is common for women to give birth all day long, and Mrs. Zhang does not have much time.

Zhong Wen lingered at the door of the delivery room, feeling unspeakably nervous, clenched his fists tightly, and stared blankly at the door.Emotions are contagious, she has been like this, and the two younger sisters standing on the left and the right have turned pale.

"Sister-in-law Tong, Zhengli's family loses their physical strength too quickly. If they insist on not giving birth for so long, it will be even more difficult in the future. I think, just do as I said before, but in this way, Zhengli's daughter-in-law will suffer a lot later. It’s a bit bitter, and the danger is not small.”

"Success, I will do as you say." Mrs. Tong also understands that if she doesn't think about it, the child will be suffocated to death in Mrs. Zhang's stomach. By then, even the older ones may die, and Ms. Zhang will suffer a little. , is better than dying.As for the danger, when a woman gives birth to a child, it is like going through the gate of hell. Who can guarantee that everyone will survive?

It's not the first time for Wen Po to see such a scene, and she can't help but sigh in her heart, Mrs. Zhang is not a lucky person, look, the life of Zhong's family is better, she just eats better, but she feeds too much, causing the fetus to be too large , children can see their heads, but they can't get out, adults and children suffer.

"Sister-in-law Tong, ask the doctor to prepare. Don't worry about anything else. I'm afraid that there will be too much bleeding in a while. You have to be careful."

This time when Tong went out to deliver the message in person, Zhong Zhengxiao dug out a pack of medicinal powder from the medicine box, which was for external use, and took out another pack of medicine, and asked someone to fry it immediately.That's all he can do, and the rest can only be left to fate.

"what!"

Zhong Qingran's body trembled, the scream was too piercing, before, it was louder, but this time it was completely screaming.He didn't know what was going on in the second hospital. Judging by the momentum, he might suffer. After thinking about it, he took out the hemostatic medicine, poured some on a piece of paper, wrapped it into a small bag, put it in his cuff, and went into the upper room next door.

"Grandpa, this pack is hemostatic medicine. You can go to the second hospital to have a look. If the third aunt can use it, you might as well give it a try. If you can't use it, I'll leave it here. The hemostatic effect is good."

Mr. Zhong looked at the small pack of medicine and felt heavy in his heart: "Qingran, I know you have some medical skills and a good heart, but you'd better not interfere in this matter. It's easy to say if everything is cured. If you use your medicine If there is still an accident with the medicine, it’s not easy to deal with it. How about this, I’ll go and have a look first, if I really need it, I’ll assume that I bought it from Dr. You Fang.”

Zhong Qingran had no grievances with Mrs. Zhang, and he couldn't do anything about it, so he couldn't blame her because of Zhong Wen.However, he only knows how to dispense medicines, and diagnosis is a three-legged kung fu, so he didn't want to expose his medical skills, so Mr. Zhong's approach was just what he wanted, so he readily agreed.

When Mr. Zhong arrived, he happened to see the third father and daughter standing in front of the delivery room, each of them anxious like ants on a hot pot.

"Zhengli, what's going on inside?"

"Some things are not good, and there is no problem for the time being." Zhong Zhengyi looked anxious. Zhang's delivery was ahead of schedule, and he had just arrived home not long ago.The eldest child of the couple, Zhong Wen, is 11 years old, and the relationship between the two is pretty good. Given the current family situation of the Zhong family, it would be easy for him to marry another wife, but there are no young couples who hit it off. Unless it is really necessary, Zhong Zhengli will not take this step.

Hearing a miserable cry, several people were in no mood to speak.

"Keep working harder, the child's head will come out soon." Mrs. Wen encouraged Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang thought about how hard it was to live a good life, so she couldn't just leave three undergrown maids to beg for a living under her stepmother.

With a long cry, the crying of the baby came from the delivery room.

Wen Po looked at Zhang's blood-stained lower body, and after quickly cleaning it up, she quickly sprinkled the hemostatic powder on it.Although the effect is not good, at least the bleeding speed has slowed down.The first layer of medicine powder was obliterated by the blood, and the second layer and the third layer were hurriedly sprinkled on. Finally, the internal medicine was delivered, and the two-pronged approach finally slowed down the bleeding speed, and finally stopped it completely.

"Okay, let's clean up the delivery room and let Zheng Xiao come in to take a look. It should be all right." Granny Wen relaxed. The delivery time this time is not too long, but the danger is no less than those who are unable to give birth for a long time. Small.Looking at the swaddling baby next to Mrs. Zhang, she smiled and congratulated Mrs. Tong.I thought to myself, although this trip is tiring, the hard work will definitely pay off.

Mrs. Tong took out the red envelope that she had prepared long ago, which was full of copper coins.Wen Po held it in her hand and weighed it lightly. It was heavy, and the number looked very gratifying.

After sending Wen Po away, Tong Shi was stopped by Zhong Zhengli: "Mother, how about Orchid? Is it a son or a daughter?"

"Your daughter-in-law lost a lot of blood. It's not a big problem. She is so tired that she fell asleep now." Tong Shi was also busy all afternoon. The little grandson also showed a smile on his face, "It's a son, you finally have a child. Okay, look at your anxious appearance, go in and have a look."

As soon as the words fell, the four father and daughter disappeared in front of the door.

"Old man, why are you here?" Mrs. Tong was a little curious. She has more than a dozen grandchildren. In the past, Mr. Zhong would come to have a look at his daughters-in-law when they were giving birth, and leave after thinking about it. Why did this suddenly change today? idea.

Mr. Zhong didn't say a word, he just pointed his eyes directly, and Tong Shi understood it at a glance, so he brought up the topic.

In the delivery room, Zhong Zhengxiao was checking Zhang's pulse.

Zhong Zhengli: "Just laughing, is my wife okay?"

"The problem is not too big, but he lost too much blood and his body is a little weak. He needs to rest for a while. I will prescribe some medicine to replenish Qi and blood."

"That's good. Show it to my son."

"This baby has been stuffed in the stomach for a long time, and his body is a little weak. The baby is too young to take medicine. You raise the adults well and feed them well, and the physical weakness will gradually improve. See me when you are older. At that time, I will decide whether to take medicine according to the situation, and there should be no problem."

Mrs. Tong paid the consultation fee, and Zhong Zhengli sent him out.The Zhong family returned to its previous appearance, but with an extra baby.

Zhong Zhengli looked at the one big and one small lying on the kang, his expression softened.He stepped forward and looked at the baby. His son's face was flushed and his skin was wrinkled. Looking at his head, he was bigger than all his brothers and sisters in front of him. He didn't look weak at all.

"Father, have you decided on a name for your younger brother?" Zhong Wen looked at the little baby who came to this world with difficulty without blinking, with a look of relief on his face.This is what she has been looking forward to, and now it has finally come true.

"Your grandfather decided to call him Zhong Qingfei." Zhong Zhengli was overjoyed, and touched the child's soft face, wanting to hug him but not daring to do so.He had been looking forward to the arrival of this child for so many years, and this time he finally did not disappoint him.

The two sisters Zhong Yi and Zhong Le huddled together in front of the kang, looking curiously at their baby brother, and couldn't help stretching out their hands to tease them, but they were stopped by Zhong Wen: "My brother is still young, so I can't touch him now."

"Oh." The two little girls were a little disappointed, but they didn't make any more moves.

Looking at his wife and children in front of him, Zhong Zhengli was satisfied.

The shouting stopped, replaced by the crying of the baby, Zhong Qingran knew that the baby had been born.He got up and sat at the door, waiting quietly.

Mr. Zhong passed by, walked up to Zhong Qingran, and said in a low voice: "That thing is not useful, I put it away." Then, without waiting for Zhong Qingran to respond, he went back to the upper room.

Tong Shi was a little tired, but no matter how tired she was, she couldn't stop her curiosity: "Old man, what's going on?"

Mr. Zhong briefly explained how Zhong Qingran prepared the hemostatic medicine.

Like Mr. Zhong, Mrs. Tong was not surprised. They knew about Zhong Qingran's ability to dispense medicines.Before going to the fields and going to the mountains, when did they not bring some deworming medicine?

Not long after the joy of the birth of a new life passed, the good news of Zhong Zhengxin's favorite talent came immediately afterwards.

Now, the Zhong family is really boiling.

In Mr. Zhong’s generation, none of the three brothers has this ability in their studies. The Zhong family has not even produced a scholar for a long time. Excited.

Fortunately, the township examination was coming up next, so Zhong Zhengxin hurried back home, and after getting the recommendation, he rushed to Fucheng non-stop, otherwise, the Zhong family would probably have put on a running table by now.

When Zhong Wen heard the news, he was stunned immediately, not even noticing that the diaper in his hand fell into the basin, and muttered in his mouth: "How is this possible? What has changed?"

Up to now, Zhong Wen still firmly believes that the dream was correct, and that such a big deviation must be caused by her intervention somewhere.But, what is the reason for this?She believed that if there hadn't been some changes that she didn't know about, my uncle would still be a child when she passed away, just as the dream showed.

Zhong Wen couldn't figure it out, where is there such a big change?When she came back to her senses, she was still scrubbing the diaper in her hand in a daze. The joy of her brother's birth had diminished a bit.

It doesn't matter, she must escape that catastrophe, and it's useless for anyone to stop her.

Zhong Qingran was also very happy, but after all, there is a layer of separation, and people's hearts are changeable. Who knows what will happen in the future?Even the amulets blessed with lucky beads can only detect the present, and no one can predict the future.

What made Zhong Qingran more concerned was the new site of Qinghefang.He and Mr. Zhong went to see that shop, it was several times bigger than the original one, and the price was also very considerable. For such a shop, almost all of Qinghefang's earnings for half a year were spent in it.

When he bought it, Mr. Zhong was very hesitant. It was several hundred taels of silver, and he didn't dare to sell it lightly if he had no courage.

Zhong Qingran thought it would be troublesome to change shops all the time, and it would not be good for running a signboard.No matter which business you are in, a fixed location is very important. If you change your address frequently, you will lose a lot of customers every time you change it. If you can't form habitual consumption, it will be Qinghefang's loss.

The new site of Qinghefang has two floors, and it has a large backyard. In the future, the Zhong family will have a place to stay when they enter the city, which will be much more convenient.

The decoration style of the new shop continues the previous one, but the material has been improved to make it more comfortable to look at.

The first floor is mainly made of rattan toys, pen holders and other scholarly items are also placed downstairs, while the second floor is full of embroidery.This time, Mr. Zhong spent a lot of money and hired several embroiderers to embroider exquisite items. Most of the people hired by the village sew cloth toys that do not require embroidery skills.

The shop is much larger, which means that a new group of people has to be recruited. This time, there are many relatives.

Zhong Qingran didn't have any opinion on this, but he couldn't help but think that modern family businesses always have various disadvantages. If there are too many relatives, don't make it difficult to manage.This kind of thing is very troublesome to deal with, and relatives don't have to do it if they are careless.However, this is what he thought about. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, whoever was well-off, if they didn't take care of their relatives and friends, they would be despised and rejected, and they might have to scold them.The world is like this, if the Zhong family still wants to stay in Hewan Village, it is better not to do so.

Zhong Qingran's guess was right, the new group of people hired was much more difficult to manage than the previous group.Mr. Zhong has been in charge of the business for more than half a year, and he is no longer as shameless as he used to be. For the sake of relatives and friends, one can be second, and no one can do it again. Repatriate people with mercy.

The quota is still given to that family. If two people in a row are not suitable, then I'm sorry, I gave them two chances, and I don't know how to cherish them, so don't blame them for leaving the opportunities to other relatives and friends.

So far, there has been no second case.This is not surprising at all. Whoever comes to work is to make money. After receiving a lesson once, seeing that Mr. Zhong can do it, he learns to be good the second time. At most, he complains in front of Zhong's family, but nothing else Dare to do it again.If they really want to be kicked out of the workshop, they will lose themselves.There is an income of about [-] Wen a day at least, which is not available everywhere, who is willing to give up?

After recruiting the second batch of staff, Zhong's house fell into tension again.It is imperative to build a large workshop, but unfortunately, all the money on hand is now used to buy the shop floor of Qinghefang, and it will take some time before it can be done.

Mr. Zhong didn't move the original Qinghefang, and planned to move all of them to the new shop after the lease period expired.Now it means that the Zhong family owns two shops.

So much investment, the return is equally high.After the opening of the new shop, the business is obviously better than before.Not only that, due to lack of manpower, it was impossible to receive orders from other places. Now, the workshop has expanded a lot, so you can try it.

On this point, Zhong Qingran is extremely in favor of it. There is only one point, that is, the liquidated damages for the order cannot exceed the tolerance of the Zhong family.Who knows if some opponent wanted to defeat Qinghefang and set up a trick for them to take advantage of?

There have been more than one incidents in Pingyang County where the order was not completed and the store was lost. Zhong Qingran didn't want the Zhong family to follow in their footsteps.If he had made the rules to death early, he would be fooled, and he would have nothing to say. He deserved the fall of the Zhong family.

Mr. Zhong now attaches great importance to Zhong Qingran's opinions, and he naturally accepts such suggestions that he thinks are very reasonable.Everyone knows that risks and benefits coexist, but some people are blinded by money and only see the high returns of success, but not the risks hidden behind it.

The Zhong family still only has a shop in Pingyang County, and Mr. Zhong won't be tired from running back and forth. When the shop opens to other counties, Mr. Zhong won't be allowed to do so.Zhong Qingran smiled, it's still early, but, to plan ahead, it's better to train one of his own people to be the new shopkeeper as soon as possible.

After Mr. Zhong heard this, he immediately implemented the plan when part of the money was returned.He directly bought a family. The teenage and half-grown boy was sent to Qinghefang to learn slowly from shopkeeper Han. His parents were arranged in the workshop, so there was no need to waste manpower at all.

Qinghefang's business is booming, even if someone is jealous, it can't shake its position. They dare not provoke the Zhong family's backing who is strong.

These days, Zhong Qingran was stumped by the shrimp pond.He wouldn't sell the red crayfish to Hongtai Restaurant, but his third uncle was still working for the restaurant, so it was a bit difficult.

Until now, Zhong Qingran still couldn't figure out what his third uncle was thinking, and why he had to focus on hanging in Hongtai Restaurant.

After much deliberation, Mr. Zhong went to Pingyang County, called out his third son, and tried to persuade him one last time: "Third son, Hongtai Restaurant must not have a share of the red crayfish at home. What do you think?"

Zhong Zhengli didn't insist this time, and obediently followed Mr. Zhong back to Zhong's house.

Without Zhong Zhengli poking at Hongtai Restaurant, Mr. Zhong took Zhong Qingran and Zhong Qingzhu to catch some red crayfish and prepared to sell them in various restaurants in Pingyang County.

The red crayfish produced in the shrimp pond of Hewan Village are big, bright red in color, and taste better than wild ones. Zhong Qingran is full of confidence in this.Unexpectedly, the first one did not agree.Without further ado, Zhong Qingran went straight to the next restaurant, but he didn't believe that every restaurant was so disrespectful.

Fortunately, the negotiation with the second family went smoothly. At this time, Zhong Qingran was just a decoration and let Mr. Zhong do whatever he wanted.

After leaving the gate of Ruifeng Restaurant, Zhong Qingran approached Zhong Qingzhu and asked, "How do you feel?"

"I've learned a lot. I've been in restaurants in Pingyang County, but it's the first time I've talked to the shopkeeper about business. There are so many things to pay attention to. If you don't have the skills, it's easy to be caught." Zhong Qingzhu felt a little bit covered.Uncle San didn't understand these things himself, so how could he teach him?He couldn't get in touch with his uncle, and after following Zhong Qingran, he learned his skills, and he didn't know what to say.Mr. Zhong only took Zhong Qingran to discuss business because of Zhong Qingran's face, otherwise, who would be so kind to teach him?

"Now you can rest assured. In the future, Ruifeng Restaurant will come to pick up the goods, and the shipping fee will be saved. Don't spend it all on food once you have money." Zhong Qingran sized Zhong Qingzhu up and said hesitantly, " Why do I feel that you are fat again?"

"What kind of eyes do you have? I'm just thinking about it. It's useless to worry about it. What to do or what to do. Instead of worrying about this and that all day long, it's better to let yourself live happily. If you don't feel burdened in your heart, it will grow back again." ?" Zhong Qingzhu also felt a little regretful, it was just right a while ago, but now he looks a little fatter.

"Don't think too much, there's nothing wrong with being fat. Others have no chance to get fat. It seems that eating less is not bad, and I'm much thinner than before."

"I don't know what's going on with Qing Shu. I haven't heard from him until now. Something must have happened to this guy." Thinking of this, Zhong Qingzhu no longer smiled, but turned worried.