Chapter 48: Dog Days

Dog days, the scorching sun is scorching and hot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info midsummer morning, the scorching sun mercilessly roasted everything on the earth. The earth was scorched and hot, and it was as if it were covered in a huge steamer, so hot that it was breathless.

As soon as I went out, I felt a heat wave hit, and the old people who walked early returned home early and couldn't see any of them.

There are often people holding fans and fanning hard, small vendors dare not shout, and few people enter and leave the door of the store. Only the tree knew that it was desperately not living on the branches, and it was irritating to scream.

The vegetables in the vegetable field hung listlessly, and the green leaves curled, as if they were hanging their heads in despair. The wind didn't know where to hide, and it was hot everywhere.

It was too hot, and Mulan couldn't sleep well at night, so she kept yawning during the day, and she was sleepy after doing needlework for a while, and she wanted to lie down for a while, but she heard someone calling her.

Lin Xiangmei didn't know where to get some grapes, so she washed the bowl and took it to the backyard to give it to Mulan to eat.

It was almost noon, the sun was shining even stronger, and the courtyard was quiet and very hot. Mulan sat in the middle of the room, putting away the needle and thread in her hand. Seeing that it was Aunt Xiang, she quickly stood up and took a chair for her to sit on.

Lin Xiangmei put the grapes on the table and let Mulan eat them. But Mulan was embarrassed, Aunt Xiang often brought things over, which made Mulan feel too embarrassed to eat Aunt Xiang's things all the time.

Lin Xiangmei saw that Mulan didn't want to eat, and understood that she must be embarrassed and didn't dare to accept it, so she smiled and said: "Don't feel embarrassed, don't you often bring us vegetables to eat, why don't we have to worry so much about each other, what does it matter who eats more or less." Besides, you are not alone now, I heard that after eating more fruits, the children born are white and tender, and the skin is very good. You have to eat more, don't be reluctant, it's good for you and your child. This is a child's clothes...... It's really good, it's better than what you bought. ”

Lin Xiangmei saw that Mulan had not picked up the clothes on the table, which were very small, and at a glance she knew that this was a child's underwear, pure cotton, simple. But the sewing is very careful, the needlework is very flat, and at a glance, you can see that Mulan's craftsmanship is good and attentive.

Mulan started to make children's clothes now, the child's due date was born in February in the spring of the next year, when the weather was still cold, Mulan wanted to prepare a few more sets of clothes, but also afraid that there would be a lot of rain in spring, and the clothes would not be easy to dry, so she had to prepare a few sets of changes.

Lin Xiangmei looked at the two children's tops and a pair of Changsheng's soles that had been made on the table, and sighed: "Mulan is really virtuous, when will Haiyang also bring her such a virtuous daughter-in-law back."

Mulan just smiled and made a gesture to make Lin Xiangmei understand that with Haiyang's conditions, she would be able to find a woman who was many times better than her.

Lin Xiangmei just sighed helplessly, Haiyang has been very busy recently, and he wants to take over the Tai'an Hotel, but the money is not enough. Originally, Haiyang was almost the same before, but when it was time to take over, someone wanted to fight with him at a higher price, and now Haiyang had to take out the money to buy the hotel, but Haiyang took out all the money from the family and borrowed from friends, and there was no more money to borrow. In the end, Haiyang and Lin Xiangmei discussed and took the current hotel to take a loan from the bank, and found a guarantee, and the bank approved a loan of 20,000 yuan to him, so that he could pay it.

However, the real hotel handover has to wait for a month later, so Haiyang is now looking for decoration everywhere, and wants to decorate the hotel a little before opening, the big decoration is not good, it takes time and money, he can't afford it, he can only change it slightly, fortunately, the Tai'an Hotel has only been open for two years, and the things inside are still very new.

Lin Xiangmei even used some of her hand ornaments as money to help Haiyang raise money, and Haiyang couldn't eat because she felt guilty. Now he is busy with the affairs of the hotel, and he will not pay attention to his own lifelong events, every time he sees Mulan, he thinks that her daughter-in-law still doesn't know where she is, and her grandson doesn't dare to think about it, alas...... You can't have both fish and bear's paws, and we'll talk about it when the hotel is sorted out.

Now she and Haiyang, especially Haiyang, are under a lot of pressure, all their belongings are placed in the hotel, if the hotel is not run well, he can't be relaxed, looking at her son, who has lost a lot of weight recently, Lin Xiangmei is distressed and doesn't know how to help him, so that he can rest more or reduce pressure.

Lin Xiangmei sat for a while and then got up and went to the kitchen to get a bowl and poured all the grapes into the bowl before leaving, Mulan wanted to send her, but she didn't let her, the sun was strong outside, and it was difficult for pregnant women to come back in vain after being sunburned, and she felt hot when she came with an umbrella before and didn't walk a few steps.

After Mulan sent Aunt Xiang away, she put the bowl of grapes in cold water and waited for Changsheng to come back and eat it. In such a hot day, Changsheng has to go to work every day, and when he comes back, his clothes are basically drenched with sweat, and he has to bring an extra pair of clothes every day, for fear that the sweaty clothes will stain the furniture.

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After Changsheng wiped the sweat on his forehead again in the factory, he took a few sips of water and continued to work.

The furniture factory received an order from a local family who was going to do a happy event to make newlywed furniture, and the family was very familiar with Lao Guan, and Lao Guan introduced it. It's just that the furniture that the house wants should be antique and distinctive. It's not like European style is popular in the city now. Other people are not very familiar with Chinese flower and bird carving, and the carving is not very good, Lao Guan has not seen it well, but Changsheng took over alone, he is actually quite familiar with this piece.

In the past, many families in the countryside wanted to do happy occasions to make furniture, all of which were similar to this style, so I didn't think it was too difficult for Changsheng, but he did so much work alone, some of them were in a hurry, and the weather was too hot, Changsheng was a little on fire, and his mouth was foaming and he had to drink more water to get rid of the fire, so he was afraid of heat stroke. People like them can't afford to get sick, they have to take leave to deduct their wages when they are sick, and they have to spend money on medical treatment, and they can't afford to get sick, so they can only bless themselves with good health.

Today, I have to go back to boil some honeysuckle to go to the fire, this honeysuckle was seen in the small hill next to the furniture factory in the past, because he often went up the mountain to collect medicine, so he also knew some medicinal herbs. However, Mulan can't drink it, and pregnant women can't drink cold things, because it hurts the stomach too much for fear of hurting the child. Thinking that Mulan couldn't sleep well all night these days, and was afraid of waking him up, it was not easy to conceive a child.

Lao Guan came in and saw Changsheng's work, and he was very relieved, according to Changsheng's speed, it was delivered in time. Originally, he didn't really want to take this job, but his old friend kept pestering him, and he couldn't take it hard. The National Day is coming, and the factory is starting to get busy for a while, and he can't finish the big orders, and he doesn't want to take the small orders. Shuyuan didn't know anything about it not long after she arrived in the factory, and she had to spend time teaching her, but fortunately, the boss should be back in the next few days.

Dong Huanhua went to the south and ordered a large amount of timber, which was already sent back. He has been going elsewhere for more than half a month, and it's time to come back. Shuyuan has been busy for a while, and no one has come over for the past few days due to heat stroke, and the factory relies on Lao Guan to turn over alone, and if the boss doesn't come back, Lao Guan will be tired.

Dog days, some people don't want to go to work, so they ask for leave after a while, the factory is not enough manpower, and they have to recruit people. Changsheng thought of Gao Yuan, who was far away in Chenjiazhuang, his wife should be about to give birth now, and when they left, they heard that Li Guihua was pregnant. Gao Yuan has a big family to take care of, otherwise it would be good for him to come to work in the factory.

Working here is much better than earning work in the countryside, mainly because the policy is still strict, but some people see the opportunity, and many people quietly go to business. Although these people are said to be opportunistic and have a bad reputation, such as the boss Dong Framehua. But looking at how good the conditions of his family are, it is like some people's food and clothing are problems.