Since he became pregnant, there has been no obvious change except for an increase in appetite. He should eat and drink when he should, and the word morning sickness has nothing to do with him. Therefore, even though others advised him to rest, he couldn't rest and remained still. Come here every day to make snacks with Li Dashan.
Li Dashan stood by the stove, holding a bowl in one hand and a colander in the other to fish out things from the pot.
Mutton rolls, small crispy pork, dried tofu, and a few cabbage leaves covered in red oil.
After the bowl was full, he walked to the stove and started adding ingredients to the bowl.
Zheng Qianqian loved sesame paste, so he put three tablespoons of sesame paste into the bowl and some vinegar.
"Qianqian, here." He handed the bowl to Zheng Qianqian who was sitting next to Li Chuntao.
Zheng Qianqian took the bowl, but still faced Li Chuntao with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the hairpin you are wearing on your head is very unique."
There is a wooden hairpin on Li Chuntao's head, and there are three plum blossoms made of red silk cloth on the hairpin. The plum blossoms are so delicate that they look real from a distance.
Li Chuntao's skin color was a bit dark before because she had been doing farm work all year round, but in the past two years while working at Li Qiao's house, her skin had healed a lot, so she looked pretty good wearing this red plum blossom hairpin.
After hearing what Zheng Qianqian said, Li Chuntao nodded generously: "Zhang Tian gave it to me a few days ago. He said that plum blossoms go well with snowy days. It snowed heavily today, so I put it on."
"He made this with his own hands. Although it is not valuable, it is also his heart."
Li Qiao was standing next to another stove, scooping pork meatballs into a pottery pot. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and looked at Li Chuntao.
Just now he saw the hairpin on Li Chuntao's head, but he didn't expect it to be given by Zhang Tiansheng.
"Chuntao, a man has no money, so all he can give you is this little thought. Otherwise, what else can he do to keep you? Don't be moved casually."
Although Zhang Tiansheng was chosen by him.
However, be wary of all men.
"I know." Li Chuntao smiled immediately after hearing this: "I'm not moved. I just thought it looked good, so I put it on."
Isn't it just making a wooden hairpin? She can cut it out with a stick.
However, the three little plum blossoms were quite delicate, which was a bit beyond her expectation.
"It's okay if you're not touched, but you've already taken his hairpin, what are you doing?" Li Qiao asked as he went to the stove to add some ingredients for himself.
"I think it's okay. I don't hate him. He is frank and not hypocritical."
Many scholars have strong self-esteem and try every means to hide their predicament, lest others know about it.
But Zhang Tiansheng is not like this. Being poor is just being poor, and being busy making money is just being busy making money. Every time he comes to see her, he will explain his daily life in the past few days very clearly.
When giving the hairpin, he made it clear that he couldn't afford a silver hairpin because he had no money, but because he knew how to sew and thread, he bought some silk cloth and made plum blossom hairpins.
Of course, Zhang Tiansheng did not mean to cry for poverty, he simply stated what he was doing every day and what he could give.
This feeling is quite strange for Li Chuntao.
It can't be said to be exciting, but it is interesting, adding a lot of freshness to her somewhat monotonous days day after day.
After Li Qiao heard what Li Chuntao said, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Yes, it seemed that the development was going smoothly.
"Don't spend money on him yet, get in touch slowly and don't be in a hurry." He warned.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Tao Zhu spoke: "I think as long as Chuntao is willing, then it can be spent. It's not that she can't afford it. The most important thing is that Chuntao is happy."
Tao Zhu didn't quite agree with Li Qiao's words.
Moreover, they obviously chose Zhang Tiansheng first. Now that Zhang Tiansheng is sincere, Li Chuntao should also be sincere.
"Yes, Chuntao can afford it anyway." Li Qiao said and laughed: "Chuntao, listen to your brother Zhu, you can do whatever you want based on your own feeling."
"Um!"
Li Chuntao nodded heavily.
"Sister-in-law, I think what my uncle and Uncle Zhu said are reasonable. Just watch and listen."
Zheng Qianqian said as he put the mutton into his mouth.
Li Chuntao looked at his stuffed little face, smiled and nodded: "Okay."
A group of people were eating when Baiyou came.
Baiyou is here to buy dim sum and duck products.
Although he was wrapped tightly, he looked sleepy. Tao Zhu couldn't help but ask him, but it turned out that he had just gotten up.
On such a snowy day, of course I would stay in bed with Li Dazhong.
He had servants waiting on him, and he originally planned to have lunch on the kang, but Li Dazhong's two children came again, clamoring for some of Li Qiao's snacks and duck products, and insisted on letting him buy them, so he coming.
After hearing this, Tao Zhu felt mixed, but she could only go and pack him snacks and duck goods.
After loading it, he took the basket and left.
Tao Zhu saw that he was walking unsteadily, as if he would fall if the wind blew, so he grabbed his sleeve and said, "You can stay and have dinner before going back?"
"No, the two kids are waiting to eat." Baiyou shook the basket in his hand and shook his head with a smile.
"...Why isn't Brother Dazhong here?" Looking at his tired face, Tao Zhu frowned.
"He has to comfort the two babies."
Baiyou smiled and was not angry.
As a stepfather, facing the two children, he must first show his attitude. He must first be benevolent and righteous. If the two children never accept him, then so be it.
He didn't love Li Dazhong to the extent of loving Wujiwu.
To be honest, he really wasn't angry at this time. The one who was angry should be Li Dazhong.
In this weather, he and Li Dazhong stayed on the kang, not just staying in bed. When the two children came to knock on the door, Li Dazhong hugged him and kissed him angrily.
So, now Li Dazhong is holding back his anger.
When he first got married to Li Dazhong, Li Dazhong was worried that he was a delicate young man from an official family, so he only did it once a day.
Later, when winter came, he didn't know what was going on with Li Dazhong, but he started to peek at him. At night, he no longer cared about his frailty, so he realized that Li Dazhong had been holding back.
After realizing the joy of being a husband, he will not let Li Dazhong endure it. After this period of time, he and Li Dazhong are now in harmony in this aspect, and they are very happy every day.
Li Dazhong's happiness was interrupted just now, and he must be feeling angry.
That's why he is not in a hurry. What is anxious now is Li Dazhong.
Baiyou really didn't have any anger. Tao Zhu saw him smiling happily and was speechless and could only let him go home.
Alas, it’s not easy to be a step-father.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look down at his belly, looking a little confused.
Before Li Qiao passed the imperial examination, he did not want to get pregnant at all.
But the current situation is that he can't get pregnant...
A little troubled.
However, this worry was really only a little bit. When he sat next to Li Qiao and continued eating hot pot, he had already put this worry behind him.
He was busy and had no time to worry.
It took him three days to recruit fifty more people. Once these fifty people entered the workshop, the duck goods workshop's shipment volume increased sharply, and it could make a thousand ducks every day.
Give half to Wangyue Tower and half to Fang Shitong.
His duck products have long been famous in Fucheng, so after Fang Shitong brought these duck products to Fucheng, they were sold out in minutes, faster than Wangyue Tower.
As a result, Tao Zhu couldn't help but want to recruit people again. The market in Fucheng was huge.
But before he could recruit people, the villagers came to him first.
The duck shop consumes so many ducks every day, but the growth of ducks takes time. If this consumption continues, the male ducks raised by everyone will not be able to supply the workshop.
As for the female duck, everyone is reluctant to sell it for the time being. Duck eggs are also a source of income.
Insufficient supply is indeed a problem.
Tao Zhu could only stop thinking about expanding enrollment, but one of the reasons why he started a duck shop was to solve the root cause of the problem of too many duck eggs. At present, the villagers are reluctant to sell female ducks...
Forget it, next year we can ask the folks in Shiliba Village to raise more male ducks and less chickens.
After Laba Festival, time moves forward day by day, and the flavor of the New Year becomes stronger day by day.
On the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, Li Qiao donated 5,000 kilograms of flour and 28 pigs to the sweet potato factory in the county, so that the workers could taste the meat on the day of the stove sacrifice.
Li Qiao's action received praise and thanks from countless people.
On the day of the sacrifice to the stove, Tao Zhu also gave new year gifts to the workers in the duck shop. Each of them received two taels of silver, six kilograms of snacks, and a chicken.
This annual gift is definitely generous.
The wages of workers in the duck goods workshop were fifty cents a day, and now Tao Zhu was directly paid twenty taels of silver, which was equivalent to more than a month's extra wages.
In addition to dim sum and chicken, Tao Zhu is also the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva like Li Qiao, right?
Outsiders may not know it, but everyone in the duck shop knows that Tao Zhu ran the duck shop by himself. Li Qiao only gave advice and support, and the others did not participate.
Therefore, now that Tao Zhu is receiving such a generous annual gift, they are more grateful to Tao Zhu.
They couldn't help praying for Tao Zhu in their hearts. Tao Zhu should give birth to a son as soon as possible. Although Li Qiao was hurting Tao Zhu now, but after having a son, he would have real support.
Of course, they didn't mean that Li Qiao would change his mind in the future, but having children was something all husbands had to do. Tao Zhu and Li Qiao had been married for so long but still hadn't given birth to a child. They were anxious.
Tao Zhu didn't know that the workers in the duck shop were worried about him. After offering sacrifices to the stove, he started preparing new year's goods like the villagers.
Steam what should be steamed, fry what should be fried, and boil what should be boiled. Just like last year, people from other villages came over to give New Year gifts after killing the pigs.
Knowing that Li Qiao likes to eat parts with less meat and more bones, everyone gave him pig trotters, ribs, pig heads, etc.
With so much meat, his family would definitely not be able to eat it all, so his family began to stew pork trotters and ribs every day. Anyone from the Li family, the Zheng family, the Zhuang family, or the Zhao Mancang family who wants to eat can come and eat.
Li Shu felt that today's life was like a dream. The yard smelled of meat every day, and people close to her ate it freely. It was bustling every day. With such a good life, she felt dizzy every day.
I have never been so happy in my dreams.
Li Shu felt this way, and so did everyone in Sanliu Village, because on the afternoon of New Year's Eve, after the sweet potato workshop stopped working, Zhuang Fengshou called everyone to the entrance of the village to announce something:
Li Qiao wants to teach everyone how to make bacon for free, and the money earned from selling the bacon does not need to be shared with him.
Another profitable business!
This is indeed like a dream.
