Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 35 Big Fat Boy
Gu Qingmei said impatiently: "I used to serve a bowl of water peacefully, that's why my elder brother robbed me of my money and injured me. You almost sold me to marry a yin relative."

Li Zhaodi said: "That's not the case. If you have money, you should help your brothers. If you tell it, you will have face."

"That's right." Fang Meiyao also joined in the fun and said. "Although we have separated a long time ago, we are still a family. If we dress smartly, you will have face. So, you might as well put a piece of your clothes on us as usual, and let my sister-in-law and I do the same. One person makes one suit. It is said that in a few days the emperor will go to the Royal Courtyard to escape the summer heat, so let’s dress up beautifully and stand by the roadside so that others will look good.”

Qin Bihua was doing embroidery work on the side, and couldn't help laughing when she heard her say that, "What's the use of looking good? You are married to the third sister-in-law, so you can't just let the emperor choose you to be a concubine in the palace, right?"

Fang Meiyao raised her chin arrogantly, "That's not sure, what if the emperor takes a fancy to me?"

Gu Qingmei was really too lazy to talk to the two of them, so she drew seriously and stopped talking.

Qin Bihua's expression froze suddenly, "Oh, Meizi, I...I...my stomach hurts..."

"What?" Hearing what she said, Gu Qingmei quickly put down the brush in her hand, stood up and asked. "It is not to be born?"

Qin Bihua nodded in panic, "It seems... the last time Granny Wen calculated for me is this month."

When Gu Qingmei heard the words, she immediately said, "Why are you two still sitting around stupidly? Sister-in-law, hurry up and call Mrs. Ping!"

Li Zhaodi said indifferently: "Isn't it just to have a baby? Why are you in a hurry? It's like who hasn't had a baby before, and it still hurts for a while. I thought it was shit, and the baby would come down as soon as I pulled it? It's almost noon. I have to go back and cook for the child, let Qinglei bring her home, and I will have time to invite Mrs. Wen in the afternoon."

With that said, she raised the door curtain and went out.

Gu Qingmei stared at her back, trembling with anger, almost wanted to slap her.

On the other hand, Fang Meiyao said with concern: "Sister-in-law, don't be angry, sister-in-law is like this, I'll call Wen Po, you let Qinglei take her home first, after giving birth, you can't move her place, you can't let her Give birth to your child."

As she said that, she ran out and shouted loudly: "Mother, mother, Qing Lei's wife is about to give birth."

Gu Liushi ran out from the east room, "Then go and invite Mrs. Zhou here."

Fang Meiyao went to ask Mrs. Wen, and Gu Qingmei also ran out, standing at the door and shouting loudly: "Cousin Qinglei, cousin Qinglei, come quickly."

Gu Qinglei hurried over from the yard next door, "What's the matter?"

"Your daughter-in-law is about to give birth, take her to your house quickly."

"Ah?" Gu Qinglei was taken aback and trembled, but fortunately he was still calm, so he hurried into the room and hugged his wife back.

Mrs. Gu Sun was busy spreading the ash accumulated during this period on the kang to prepare blood-sucking water.

Gu Qingmei knew that in ancient times rural people used plant ash for their children, so as not to stain the bedding and make it difficult to clean in the future, but also save a lot of money. And then again, these plant ashes are the ashes left over from the fire. Disinfection is more hygienic than straw paper.

After a while, Mrs. Zhou, who was in charge of delivering babies in the village, came.

Aunt Zhou's family has a foreign surname, and no one remembers when they came to Gujiazhuang, but there is a craft of midwifery passed down from generation to generation, and they rely on this craft to make money and supplement the family.

Gu Qingmei hastily ordered Gu Shaoya and Gu Shaotong to help boil the water, and Fang Meiyao also frantically boiled some ginger syrup for Qin Bihua to replenish her strength.

Gu Qingmei didn't like Shang Meiyao at first, thinking that she was a flirtatious Qiaoqiao all day long, not a person who lived a life, but after such an incident, she changed her opinion a little, and found that she was just good-looking and liked to take advantage of things. But the heart is not bad.

Qin Bihua struggled for seven or eight hours until her voice became hoarse, and finally gave birth to a fat boy.

Gu Qinglei was so happy that he couldn't speak anymore, he only knew to giggle with his mouth wide open.

Mrs. Gu Sun was busy cooking red eggs, prepared four eggs, one catty of sugar, two catties of noodles, and went to the grocery store to cut two catties of pork. At dawn, she sent Gu Qinglei to drive Gu Yunbai's donkey cart Announce the good news to the in-laws.

When Gu Qinglei came back, Qin Bihua's natal mother and sister-in-law also came back, bringing two old hens, a basket of eggs, brown sugar, pork legs and other things.

By the way, he also brought back the pattern that Gu Qingmei asked them to print. Gu Qingmei settled the rest of the balance, plus the deposit of 20 taels, a total of 65 taels.

Originally there were hundreds of dollars in change, but they didn't want it.

Gu Qingmei carefully checked the patterns of these patterns, and found that the printing was really good, with delicate carvings and bright colors. Although the colors were a bit rigid, the pattern of these patterns was the same, and she had nothing to choose from.

That night, she called Gu Shaoya and Gu Shaotong, and asked Gu Shaotong to paste some paper bags with white paper, pick out all the patterns, put one of each pattern, and put every hundred of them into a paper bag In the house, the three of them worked for half a night before they divided all the patterns.

A few days later, Gu Qingyang came back again, and gave Gu Qingmei the money he earned from the flower pattern he had just sold, and handed her the newly bought Bingxuexuan. The consumption is huge.

And she no longer used a brush to draw lines, instead she asked him to help find a lot of willow branches, and she burned a lot of charcoal sticks in the stove, and the speed of drawing lines with these charcoal sticks was actually much faster than using a brush.

She also asked Gu Qingyang to help her make a clip for the drawing board. Although there is no spring here, the paper can be fixed on it with threads.

Under normal circumstances, for small patterns, she would hold the clipboard and draw the line draft, and only when she was coloring would she sit at the table to draw.

Seeing that the wheat harvest was about to start, Gu Yunbai was busy doing crop work during this time, so he didn't go to the city to catch up.

Gu Qingmei collected the money that third brother gave her, and said, "Brother, take me into the city tomorrow, I want to go shopping."

"Tomorrow?" Gu Qingyang was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "Tomorrow is the third day of May. There is a market in our village, and vendors from all over the country and the city will come to set up stalls. Why are you going to the city?"

"Oh, I forgot." Gu Qingmei's head was injured these days, and she couldn't wash her hair. She had never been to the market, and she only knew that there was a market in front of her house.

"If you want to buy something, I will accompany you to the market tomorrow, and I will take you into the city when I take a rest next time."

"Let's forget about going to the market first, I'm going to set up a stall tomorrow!" Gu Qingmei thought, her business of selling flowers is finally about to open.

(End of this chapter)