Originally, I came out to play happily, but because of this trouble, everyone was not in the mood to play. In the end, it is autumn, although the golden autumn climate in the south is warm, but the water falls, and the river is cold after all, that is, Banniang does not want to sweep everyone's interest because of herself, and Wu Sanniang and the others are no longer in the mood to stay. Especially Qi Niang, I can't wait to go home immediately and cook a bowl of ginger soup for Banniang to pour down.

Even Lu Siniang, who has always been able to deal with Mount Tai calmly, was worried: "Let's go back, you can come out to play whenever you want, if you get sick, how can you be born?" ”

When Banniang thought about it, she insisted on it, and others were not in the mood, and everyone was at ease when she went back.

It's just that the kid is a nuisance. You have to find out where the children are going.

As soon as I asked, a mother-in-law said, "It's a beautiful girl." ”

This is also expected by everyone.

Wu Sanniang let out a long sigh.

The mother-in-law who was holding the baby was the mother-in-law of the samurai family, and looked at the young ladies and tried to ask, "...... this poor child?"

People were rescued, but these are still little girls, how do you know how to raise a child, and it is not suitable to take them back.

Banniang was also a little dumbfounded.

It is said that if you adopt an outcast, any of these families can support you. But none of them are suitable.

Banniang glanced at Qi Niang, and was about to speak, Wu Sanniang had already said: "Eighth sister, this child was rescued by you, if you are relieved, ask me to take it back, after all, she is indispensable to eat, and I will take care of it according to a proper arrangement." ”

This solves everyone's problem.

But Wu Sanniang is a girl who has not left the cabinet, and she has recently encountered such a thing, if there are more rumors, it will be too unfavorable for her.

Banniang thought about it, but still shook her head: "The third sister is kind-hearted, but this child was rescued by me with my own hands, and it is also fate, where is it easy for you to take care of it." Let's take it back, after all, we still have a little eleven sister in our family, and another one who is about the same age, and I will have a playmate in the future. ”

Wu Sanniang no longer insisted.

Miss Qin Liu, who was on the side, suddenly said: "Raise a child, we can afford it anywhere, but it is difficult to come out to play, just meet, it is really fate, the eight sisters of the Zeng family are kind-hearted, but we are not good at leaving it alone, if you want me to say, let's raise this child together, and the food and drink will be counted as my share, but I have to bother the eight sisters of the Zeng family, and spend more effort to take care of it." ”

When she said this, everyone agreed.

The group got into the carriage, different from when they came, the ladies divided into three cars, Qi Niang and Wu Sanniang took a mother-in-law to hold the baby in a car, and the others divided into two cars and went back to the city together.

For a while, it was very quiet in the car, and when I came, I was joking and chatting, but looking at the abandoned baby in my mother-in-law's arms, no one was in the mood to laugh.

Although this child looks only a little bit old, and it has not been many days since he was born, but his small face has been exquisite, and he is probably tired of crying because he was fed some water by his mother-in-law, but he fell asleep quietly.

"In this world, how can there be such ruthless parents, just because they are a daughter, they are thrown into the river, even if they can't afford to raise them, they should find a proper family to send them, right? It's also a life. Wu Sanniang had a cold face and said hatefully.

The mother-in-law looked at the baby girl in her arms and sighed, "What a sin." ”

Banniang's heart is heavy.

Many things can be treated as non-existent because they have not been seen with their own eyes. In fact, it was the previous life she lived in, the economy was so developed, and there were unimaginable places of poverty, I remember watching a TV show "Children in Doll Village" once, and I burst into tears at that time.

However, many social phenomena cannot be changed alone.

Still, is it true that nothing can be done?

has lived in this time and space for a long time, because she has been treated too well, Banniang feels that her heart is getting softer and softer.

I heard the woman continue: "The young ladies all live in good families, I don't know many things in this world, to say that this child is also a good fortune teller, at least after her parents gave birth to her, they were only released into the river, and there are many families who gave birth to female babies, and they were directly drowned or abandoned in the mountains." ”

There was silence in the carriage.

Banniang glanced at Wu Sanniang and Qi Niang, groaned for a while, and said, "Sister Wu, these baby girls are too pitiful. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? It is not easy for women in this world to be born, so most of the guys in my shop are ladies. When they start doing things, why don't they miss men? Can ......"

But this is the case with social rules, and how can the power of the individual compete with the values of the times?

Banniang pursed her lips and said, "One day, I want to change this, even if it can't meet my expectations, at least, I will do my best to change." ”

She already has a plan in her heart, just because it is just a sudden idea in her heart, it is not easy to say it, just wait for the future to think more maturely, and then discuss it with Wu Sanniang and them.

When Qi Niang and Banniang came back with a child, Zhu and Wu were very surprised, and when they heard that they were rescued from the river, Zhu sighed.

If you give birth to a baby girl, you can't afford to raise it or don't want to give a dowry in the future, most of them are abandoned or drowned.

"Shall we raise it at home, or will we send it to the Rongyang Hall?" Wu held the child and asked with pity, she is a daughter-in-law, and it is not good to be a mother-in-law's family.

Banniang was just about to speak, Shi Zhu was a person who raised several daughters, and she was especially soft-hearted, so she said: "The left and right are just to add stuttering, and we have a little eleven in our family, so let's raise them together." ”

Banniang and Qiniang breathed a sigh of relief. came back with a child in my arms, but I was afraid that my mother and sister-in-law would oppose it.

The old lady was in the Wei courtyard, and I heard that the two girls in the family came back early from going out to play, and they wanted to ask the reason.

The child was brought back, and he had to be raised. But Eleven Niang has been weaned, and how to feed the child has become a problem.

Banniang was reluctant in the end, so she said: "Or, invite a nurse to come?" After all, the eleventh sister also needs someone to take care of her, after all, May is a little girl, there are always inconsiderate places, and when someone takes care of her, the mother is more relaxed. ”

Hiring someone naturally costs money, and Zhu was reluctant, so he said: "It's just to take care of a child, I'll do it alone." No more spending money on hiring. ”

can add that Xiao Eleven is two children, and Banniang is reluctant to let her own mother suffer, so she insists on inviting a nurse to come. The old lady also said, "Just ask someone." Our Baniang is now a small rich man, and she can pay that salary. ”

The crowd laughed.

Qi Niang saw that the child's problem was solved, and the family did not object to raising it, and thought that Banniang had fallen into the water, so she hurriedly went to the kitchen to boil ginger soup.

Zhu and others solved the child's problem, and heard Qi Niang say that Banniang jumped into the water to save it, and when he saw Qi Niang saying that he was going to boil ginger soup, he came back to his senses and scolded Banniang.

Banniang accepted it with a smile, and promised that she would not be so impulsive to ignore things in the future, so the Zhu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked better. So he sent Banniang back to the house to cover it, saying that he would wait until he drank ginger soup and sweated, and then got up to eat.

Banniang then remembered that she hadn't eaten lunch yet.

In the afternoon, sure enough, the Wu family, the Lu family, the Qin family, and the county order family all sent things, because several families did not have such old children, and the things sent were all bought in the store. Wu Sanniang also asked the mother-in-law who sent the things to talk, saying that she had already searched for the nurse's business, and she would be able to send it over the day after tomorrow at the latest.

Because the nurse doesn't have to look for it at her own house, it saves some trouble. Wu sent people from various families, thinking that it would be better to use some old clothes for the newborn baby, so he found some clothes from last year and put them on for the child.

Banniang remembered to give the baby girl a name.

The old lady smiled: "The baby was rescued by you, but it is your fate, so you will come up with this name." ”

Banniang thought about it, and because it came from the river, she smiled and said, "Then call the river." ”

Jiang Lai, in the future, only hopes that this poor child will have a smooth and healthy life.

The old lady nodded and said, "This name is good, just call Jiang Lai." ”

touched Xiao Jianglai's face in swaddling clothes again, and said with a smile: "Xiao Alai, I only look forward to the future, you are also a blessed child." ”

Because the nurse was going to come in two days, she was afraid of arguing with the old lady in the Wei courtyard, so Wu obtained Zhu's consent, so he packed up a piggyback room behind Zhu's house in the main courtyard, and let the nurse take Xiao A to live, and it was also convenient to take care of Xiao Eleven.

There is a new child in the family, and Xiao Eleven sees a little person about the same age as himself for the first time, and he is very curious, so he gathers around Xiao Ah Lai all day long, although he is not very good at talking, he is also chattering and happy. It's Xiao Shi Niang, who is also like a new interesting playmate, spinning on the side. On the contrary, there are fewer times when there are adults to make trouble. Even Xiao Jiu and Gong'er will come over and take a look. There was a lot of fun and excitement in the home.

At the end of September, sure enough, Lin Zhaoqing from Quanzhou sent a letter to Banniang, saying that his fleet was going to sea and going to Shandong to ship goods a year ago, and asked Banniang if he was willing to pick some furniture for him to open up the market in Shandong.

Banniang disagreed, and replied as quickly as possible.

It was only a few days later, and Lin Zhaoqing sent someone to pull the goods.

It's still the forest steward from last time.

Banniang gave Liu Erlang a warm reception, and instructed Liu Erlang to give all aspects of the knowledge about furniture to Steward Lin for a time, so that people can do business in the future.

Because a lot of finished products have been prepared since the beginning of the summer, the forest steward only stayed for two days, picked out the furniture, packed it, and transported it to the wharf, paid the payment, and returned to Quanzhou.

This time, Banniang got more than 4,000 yuan in payment, she is very confident, after Lin Zhaoqing's caravan returns, in the spring of the new year, it will inevitably be purchased twice, and the amount of purchase will definitely be larger than this time.

He recruited Uncle Liu and Uncle Qiao to discuss the expansion of the workshop to recruit people.

Because the workshop was built in the east of the city, and there was also some wasteland around the workshop, Uncle Liu suggested that Banniang simply buy some and build a workshop, so that the woodcraft workshop and the lacquer workshop were separated. The workers who have been recruited have also built a place to live, which can also improve work efficiency.

Banniang already had this plan, so she nodded in agreement, and set the number of people to be recruited, so she went home and asked her eldest brother Zeng Ziye to come forward to buy land.

Because it is not a residential area, it is also very remote, the land price is not high, and one acre of land is only thirty yuan, Banniang thought that in the future, if the business of the carpentry shop is good, the factory must be expanded, so she simply bought all the fifty acres of land nearby.

Zeng Ziye felt that he couldn't help his sister's business, as the elder brother of the family, he had always been ashamed, but now that he had to build a factory, he felt that there was a place to help Banniang, so he discussed with Banniang that he would build a house.

Banniang didn't want to delay the eldest brother's time and affect his future scientific research, but she could understand her brother's thoughts very well, and knew that if she refused, the eldest brother would be sad, so she responded with a smile.

Zeng Ziye was relieved to see that Banniang did not refuse. It's just that although I am busy, I still find time to read books in the morning and evening, make articles, and supervise the studies of several children.

Banniang drew the floor plan of the factory, and handed it over to Zeng Ziye to work, and never asked again. All the thoughts were used in the operation of the two shops.

And the business of the carpentry shop is also getting better and better. Although there are not orders every day, there are indeed a lot of orders received in January. In addition, she is kind and careful, and considers customers in everything, and has won praise from customers. After a long time, some customers introduced customers.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.

The business of the carpentry shop has faded, and there is no complete set of orders every day, but there are more people who buy the jewelry in the store and go back to decorate the New Year's Festival. And the New Year's festival is the time when business in the restaurant is the most prosperous.

Although Chang'an is in charge, Ah Lan will also report on the things in the restaurant every day. But Banniang's focus has been on the woodware shop for half a year, and she naturally cares a lot less about the restaurant, so she wants to take this opportunity to reform the place where the restaurant should be reformed.

For the business of cooking a restaurant, the renewal of dishes is the guarantee that the business can continue to flourish. In addition, the service is on the top, because of the long time, the guys may not be slack, Banniang thought that she didn't need to sit in the woodware shop these days, and put the restaurant in order.

So I rushed to the restaurant every day, and didn't do anything else, first observed the service of the guys for two days, and felt that there was no big problem, and it was obvious that Lu Changan was very competent, but after she went back to Quanzhou from the previous year, she felt that if she wanted Sheraton to go to the next level, she had to strive for more excellence. listed the places that were not in place one by one, and asked Lu Changan to improve them, and then he went into the kitchen with all his thoughts, and in his spare time, he discussed new dishes with several chefs in the kitchen.

Nowadays, if you talk about craftsmanship, maybe even the craftsmanship of the little master in the kitchen is better than her, so Banniang does not do it, just makes suggestions, and then asks the masters to start thinking.

Banniang also thinks this suggestion is very good.

It's just that she is not professional, and the chefs in the kitchen are not proficient in this.

And all the people arose with embarrassment.

Banniang smiled and said: "Don't worry about the masters, don't we still have money?" With a lot of money, you can always find such talents. Master Wang, the kitchen is in charge of you, this matter will be handed over to you, you have to be free, go to the pharmacies everywhere, see if you can find a doctor who is good at medicinal food, we pay a lot of money to hire, do not ask them to do things, as long as you usually give you some guidance. But things have to be done urgently, and I hope that in the New Year, there will be new medicinal food on the table. However, I also have a few recipes there, because this has always been the old lady of our family is not in good health, I have studied it for a while, and I will give you the recipe when I turn around, and you will follow this in the kitchen first, make some of it, and see how the response is. ”

Master Wang felt that this was the best way to do it. He took the military order.

Things are going well, as long as you can afford the money, you can always recruit talent. Within a few days, Master Wang was able to lead everyone in the kitchen to prepare a table of medicinal food.

Banniang also breathed a sigh of relief.

In a blink of an eye, it was Laba Day.

Banniang had breakfast, and then she wanted to go to the shop, and I heard that the factory was almost built, so she planned to go to the shop, and then go to the new workshop with Zeng Ziye to have a look. Who knew that after changing her clothes and about to go out, she saw Qi Niang running to the main courtyard in a panic, crying: "Daddy, go and take a look, grandmother seems to be a little bad." ”

The whole family was bluffed.

Qi Niang is not a babbling character, even if she is so flustered, it can be seen that it is really bad.

didn't have time to ask, Zeng didn't doubt it, got up, and went straight to Wei Yuan.

Zhu's, Zeng Ziye, Wu's, Banniang and Xiaojiu's children also followed with a worried face.

When I arrived at the old lady's house, I saw the old lady lying on her back on the bed, and May on the side was staring blankly, and Xiao Shi Niang was crying on the side.

Banniang hurriedly picked up Xiao Shi Niang and handed it to May: "Quick, take Shi Niang to my house, you can't quarrel here." He drove Xiao Jiu and a few people out of the house, and he ran forward, and he didn't allow Zeng Budo and others to move the old lady, but said: "Dad, quickly call the eldest brother to ask for a doctor, and grandmother had better not move now." ”

When Zeng Ziye heard this, he hurriedly went out of the house and asked Xu Shisan to set up a carriage and go straight to the medical hall.

Banniang then asked what happened to the old lady of Qi Niang before and why there was an accident.

Qi Niang cried: "It's nothing, but yesterday my grandmother said that I was a little dizzy, and my chest was a little stuffy, because I didn't sleep very well, I thought it was not a good rest, I wanted to say it, but my grandmother didn't let it, saying that it was a small problem, and there was nothing wrong with people, I was afraid to say it, you were worried, I saw that my grandmother was in good spirits, so I didn't mention ......it."

Banniang said angrily: "Seventh sister, didn't I tell you earlier? If your grandmother's body feels dizzy and chest pain, she must ask for a doctor, why are you just a deaf ear? ”

As he spoke, he was busy pinching the old lady's middle school. Although I don't know if it's useful, but the old lady can't move at this time, she knows it, thinking that maybe pinching people can make the old lady breathe. At this moment, she is only hoping for the worst-case scenario such as cerebral blood gain or myocardial infarction.

Qi Niang didn't dare to refute, only secretly weeping on one side.

Banniang saw that everyone was gathered in front of the bed, knowing that ventilation was the most important thing at this time, and let everyone disperse, not around the bed where the old lady was lying, and asked Wu to open two windows for ventilation.

After doing this, he can only guard, Rao has no doubt that he has seen some storms in his life, and he is also in a hurry at the moment.

The waiting time seemed very long, and finally, Zeng Ziye ran in in a hurry, followed by the old man who was often invited by Zeng Jiachang to diagnose the old lady's pulse.