Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Lin Zheng was stunned for a while, his mind was in a mess, as if he had thought of something but couldn't figure it out.Under the urging voice of Grandma Li, she ran to Dr. Liu's house.

Grandma Li supported Qiao Mo carefully: "Go back to the house and lie down, and be careful of the steps."

When Qiao Mo saw Grandma Li's posture, his scalp went numb, and he didn't even have the courage to ask about that guess.Although he had already figured it out before, but when he really reached this hurdle, he was still very confused.

Like a puppet, supported by Grandma Li, she finally lay on the bed.

As soon as Li Xue came in, she looked around uncontrollably. Although she also came to see the new house that day, the room was still empty at that time.We also ate the wedding wine when we moved into the house yesterday, but everyone also looked at the inverted seat and the side room. The door of the main room is closed, so it's hard to open it to see.After all, the main room is the bedroom of the couple, as long as there are conditions, no one is willing to knock their teeth while looking at it.

Come in today and take a look, it is really different from the country house, and even different from the wealth and honor in the story.

"Hey, Brother Qiao, what's wrong with your furniture..." After all, Li Ama is old. After looking at it a lot, she can see the biggest difference in this room at a glance.The difference is not too big, but this bed is interesting, although it looks a bit strange, but seeing Qiao Mo leaning there is quite comfortable and comfortable.

Before Qiao Mo could answer, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the yard, and then Lin Zheng came in panting slightly.

"Doctor Liu is here."

Dr. Liu followed behind a few steps, apparently in a hurry all the way, his face was flushed and he was out of breath.

Lin Zheng was also too impatient. Seeing Doctor Liu like this, he hurriedly poured water.There was a tea tray on the table in the room, and inside it was a set of white porcelain blue and white tea set, which was also newly bought. Qiao Mo also bought tea specially, and he no longer wanted to drink sugar water.

At this moment, there is only the boiled water prepared in the morning in the teapot, and it is already cold.

Qiao Mo stopped Lin Zheng from pouring cold water, and said, "Ah Zheng, let Doctor Liu rest first. I'm just unwell, and it's not an emergency. You fetch tea and make a pot of tea, so that you can entertain guests."

"Whatever tea you want to drink, plain water will do. You don't need to spend money, and you're not an outsider." Grandma Li hastily declined.

"Grandma Li just sit down. Speaking of which, you are coming to our new home for the first time, so you have to have a cup of tea anyway." Qiao Mo seemed to be the same as usual, but only he knew that his words and actions at the moment were nothing more than It's just delaying the sentencing time.

When he was young, Lin was making the tea, but Dr. Liu had already regained his strength, and he had to take his pulse first before drinking the tea.

Qiao Mo stretched out his wrist, lowered his eyes slightly, and clenched the other tightly by his side.

Dr. Liu examined it for a while, then smiled: "Congratulations, it's actually a happy pulse. Lin is so lucky to be a father."

Grandma Li Qiu and Li Xue also congratulated happily after hearing the words.

"Xi Mai..." After Lin Zheng went to invite Dr. Liu, he also had speculations in his heart, but he didn't dare to think that he would be so lucky.He was afraid that the joy would be empty, and that Qiao Mo would be under too much pressure, but he didn't know that there was really a happy event.

"This is double happiness." Grandma Li was really happy for them, she couldn't help but glance at Brother Qiu's belly, and sighed.I don't know when my luck will come.

Grandma Li is a sensible person, and will not be angry with Brother Qiu because of this.Everyone knows that Qiao Mo's lucky seal is bright red, which means good fertility, and Brother Qiu's lucky seal is pink, so the chance of pregnancy is always smaller.

Grandma Li explained the precautions for pregnant women one by one, and repeatedly told Lin Zheng to take care of her carefully in the first three months, and never make others angry, etc., and then left with Brother Qiu and Li Xue.

Lin Zheng listened carefully, tried to remember, and took the consultation fee to send Dr. Liu out.When he got outside, Lin Zhengsheng was afraid that he might have overlooked something, so he asked Dr. Liu again and again.

Qiao Mo could see Lin Zheng's joy. He was always reserved, but now he couldn't hide the smile on his face.And he himself... tentatively stroking his lower abdomen, forcefully ignoring the awkward feeling in his heart, took a deep breath, and calmed down, as if having an extra life on his body was not so difficult to accept.

Child, his and Lin Zheng's child.

After finally putting aside the grudges in his heart, Lin Zheng's caring care made him feel irritable.

Pregnancy is a big deal everywhere, especially in the first three months when the fetus is still unstable, so there are many places to pay attention to.Qiao Mo also admitted that it was always right to be careful, but the person who should pay attention to everything changed himself, and only then did he truly understand what torture is happiness.

First of all, you should avoid your mouth when you eat, you can't eat what you like, and you have to eat what you don't like.The second is that the body is always sleepy, and the mood changes greatly, as if many things are not pleasing to the eye.Furthermore, he was treated like a golden baby. Lin Zheng was not only busy with outside affairs, but also took over all the big and small things at home, and he was not allowed to touch them at all.

Forget about these, the biggest problem is that after listening to Grandma Li, Lin Zheng didn't let him go out alone at all, and if he wanted to go out, he had to be with him to rest assured.Lin Zheng was so nervous because Grandma Li told him too much, and told him that a certain daughter-in-law accidentally fell down and lost her baby outside, and how dangerous it was for cats, dogs and poultry in the village, so that Lin Zheng was so busy Sometimes he can only sit at home.

Although Lin Zheng wanted to spend more time with him, he was too busy.

The well-driller hired earlier had already arrived and was busy in the west courtyard.Qiao Mo was not allowed to go there, but only heard that the place was chosen, and the water came out after a while, which went smoothly.At the same time, Lin Zheng and the Li family brought food to the town for sale.

This year, the local harvest is generally good, and the price of wheat is very stable, at ten cents a catty.

Before selling grain, you have to pay taxes.

The tax collection had already started a few days ago, and as in previous years, Li was taking a few strong nephews of the family to collect from door to door.This dynasty's land tax is [-] jins and [-], and it is collected once in summer and autumn, and the grain is collected directly. That is to say, this time their family has to pay [-] catties of rice and [-] catties of wheat.

In addition, their family also has a watermelon field. They thought that if the watermelons were unlucky, they would be converted into money, but in the end they were still harvested melons.The melon field only received the first stubble, counting as [-] melons, forty.

Maybe it is a good deal for others to hand over melons directly. After all, the price of melons is not as high as before, but seeing so many watermelons removed from the cellar at once, it is still quite reluctant.The first crop of melon is the best, and the taste of the late crop must be worse.

Qiao Mo had calculated in his heart that if it was only the land tax, it would not be too much, but in fact there is still a small tax every year, and there are always two or three times of corvee every year.The ancients were adults at the age of 21. After they became adults, they were taxed [-] cash per year. In addition to this, they had to serve corvee.

Calculated in this way, the burden of the people is not light. It is strange to say, "Xing, the people suffer, and death, the people suffer."

That grain store is a time-honored store, and the nearby villages generally sell their grain there, which is not only convenient, but the price is also fair.

Lin Zheng knew that he loved rice, so he planned to keep all the rice and sell the wheat for a thousand catties.The leftover food is enough for the two of them for a year, and it is an old habit to keep more, as the saying goes, "There is food at home and you don't panic."

Three days later, the well in the west courtyard was dug.

Qiao Mo went to look, and the well was in the northwest corner, exactly in the vacant space between the north room and the west room.The edge of the well is built with bricks to a height of one foot, and it is usually covered with a large wooden board when there is no water to prevent debris from falling, and to prevent children from running in and accidentally falling.

"How does the water taste? Is it sweet?" Qiao Mo wanted to taste it.

Lin Zheng frowned and disagreed: "The well water is very cold, you can't drink it."

"It's okay, just have a sip." It's the scorching heat now, if you stay in the house without moving, the doors and windows are open, and you don't feel hot when there is an occasional breeze.But when I came out, I felt different immediately. Drops of sweat poured out, and the light gauze clothes I was wearing were all wet. The sun was about to set now.

Seeing that his hot face was slightly flushed, Lin Zheng also knew that he wanted to eat cold food to relieve the fever, so he filled a wooden bucket prepared by the well with half a bucket of water and brought it up.

"Drink less, you are not as good as before, beware of stomach pain." Lin Zheng was worried that he would feel uncomfortable, but he was not willing to forcefully stop him.

Seeing the clear water, Qiao Mo felt the coolness on his skin before he stretched out his hand, so he didn't dare to drink it.

"Forget it, I don't want to drink anymore, it depends on your nervousness." Qiao Mo glared at him pretending to be angry, and then laughed himself first: "I will use the water in this well to cook tonight, and I will try it with the village. Does the water in the head make any difference?"

"Well. Go back to the house. The sun has just set and the ground is very hot." Lin Zheng was relieved when he saw that he had dismissed the idea, and persuaded him to go back.

Qiao Mo didn't know what was going on in his mind. He walked towards the east courtyard and asked, "The well has been dug. Where's the cellar?"

"Every family has been selling grain for the past two days, and someone will come over the day after tomorrow, and the green bricks have been ordered." Lin Zheng paused, his gaze swept over his lower abdomen, and hesitantly said: "Ah Mo, you are in some inconvenience now. , let’s not open the shops in the city yet.”

"...I still want to go." Qiao Mo hesitated for a moment before reconfirming his mind: "I can't sit still at home all by myself, not to mention that I'm just pregnant, and it's not impossible to move. As long as I'm not tired, move a little bit." On the contrary, it’s good for your health. When the shop opened, I didn’t keep it. I hired someone, and I just prepared the things at home and sent them.”

What's more, he had already made up his mind to open a weaving workshop and teach the villagers how to weave.The village had already got the news, if he didn't move for a long time, many things might happen again.

"By the way, you and Li Zheng have mentioned the matter of buying the mountain?"

"Well, I mentioned it. Uncle De came to collect taxes that day, so I said so."

Lin Zheng didn't want to open a shop because he was afraid that he would be tired, but he also knew that he liked those things.It's not so much about making money, it's more about his interest, and after he talked about it, he no longer stopped him.It's just that when the time comes to see these, don't let him get tired, and do more things by himself, so he can rest more naturally.

"Uncle Youde said that the bamboo grove is very big. I can't tell how much there is without measuring it, but the price should not be high. After all, there is no precious wood in the mountain, but it is just full of bamboos. Uncle Youde also said that the price is not high. Compared with the mountaintops in other places, such a big place is estimated to be several hundred taels larger." Lin Zheng frowned as he said.

Qiao Mo also heard it, and made a rough calculation in his heart:

I sold two prescriptions for a total of 700 taels, and 46 taels for jewelry.Later, I sold peanut candy dipped in sugar. I have supplied the goods to the teahouse for six months, and increased the quantity since the fourth month, and I also earned 110 taels.Including the first stubble of watermelon sold for 100 taels, and the grain sold for 70 taels, the total was [-] taels.

The main expenses of the family are 90 taels for buying land, 20 taels for buying a shop, 400 taels for building a house, and 200 taels for furniture decoration, which is roughly more than [-] taels.Throwing away these, and counting the daily consumption, there are [-] taels left.

"It doesn't matter, it should be enough. Although I will be nervous after buying a mountain of money, it doesn't matter, it will be fine once the shop opens." Suddenly counting the savings to be emptied, I was shocked at first, and then I was full of motivation.

Poverty is the best motivation to make money.

He had to quickly figure out the statistics and experiments on the things to be sold, and he also had to give priority to making the decorations to be used in the shop.

Lin Zheng saw that his eyes suddenly lit up, and his expression seemed to be different, so he couldn't help but smile along with him.