Chapter 408 Shen Tian gave birth

Zhou's mother didn't want it, and Su Tai didn't force her. She just thought about packing more shrimps and sashimi for them later.

Zhou's mother and Ye went back happily carrying the things, only to find that they had too many things.

Ye sighed, "The county magistrate's wife is really meticulous and thoughtful in her work. I have nothing to say."

Zhou's mother was delighted. "Why else would they say she was the wife of the county magistrate? Let's save these seafood for now and cook them during the Chinese New Year."

"Okay! I'll listen to you." Ye happily took the things to the yard, buried them in the snow for a while, and put them in the kitchen when they were almost frozen into a hard block.

When Zhou Ran came back in the evening, Ye and Zhou's mother told him what they had seen and heard that day.

The two women were more excited than each other.

Zhou Ran was also happy when he saw this.

After the couple returned to the house.

Zhou Ran asked in a low voice: "Mom seems to be in much better shape these past few months!"

Although he was busy, he did not forget his family. After careful observation, he found that his mother's health was getting better day by day.

Ye thought about it carefully and nodded, "My husband is right. I think my mother's illness was caused by depression. She was always thinking about this and that, worrying about herself and us, and about the two children. No one talked to her. Over time, her spirit and energy became bad. Once a person loses his spirit and energy, he will get sick, right?

In addition, she was reluctant to eat and wear before, so she couldn't take good care of herself. But it was different here. The food was provided by the village. There was meat every day, and she couldn't finish it. She was afraid of wasting it. After eating a little, she felt better and her complexion became rosy.

When I went to the workshop to work, I just sat on a chair. There were people all around, and it was very lively. Shenjia Village was wealthy, and the villagers were generous and didn't care about things. My mother loved chatting with them. There was so much food, and she looked forward to working there every day. When it was time, she would pick out the food she liked and share it with everyone. In this way, her illness would disappear."

Zhou Ran was very happy, "Madam is right, when a person is in a good mood, everything will be better! I thought that since I have saved some money this year, we can have a good meal during the New Year!"

Zhou's family was just well-off, but in order to support his education, his parents had always lived frugally, and before he could become successful, Zhou's father died of illness.

Since then, Zhou's mother has become more frugal. During the holidays, their family would only buy two pounds of pork to try some meat. On ordinary days, the only meat was eggs, and they never had any fish or meat.

"You don't have to worry about this!" Ye smiled angrily and explained, "Today, the county magistrate's wife distributed seafood to everyone, and the women in the village mentioned the New Year. Someone also asked what kind of meat we like to eat and said they would send it to us when the time comes. They think further than we do!"

Zhou Ran touched his nose embarrassedly, "Is this not a good idea?"

Ye shook her head and said sincerely: "If you feel embarrassed, you can talk to the village chief. After the village school is on vacation, our family will buy the ingredients ourselves and don't need the villagers to give them to us."

She also didn't want to keep taking advantage of the village.

"Okay, I'll talk to the village chief later, but I need to discuss this with Brother Chu in advance."

Zhou Ran already had a plan in mind.

As the twelfth lunar month approaches, the village gradually begins to feel the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

At the same time, the caravan hurried and finally arrived at the imperial capital.

As soon as Su Chuan entered the city, his sharp eyes kept scanning the shops on both sides of the street, wondering if there were other seafood trading caravans that arrived earlier than them.

After looking around and finding nothing, I had to speed up and rush to Xiji.

With such a large caravan entering the city, there were already well-informed people waiting outside Xiji Assorted Food Shop.

As soon as Su Chuan got off his horse, a group of people immediately rushed over, "Did they deliver seafood? Do you have sashimi?"

"Are there any yellow croakers?"

"My master wants to buy sea cucumbers."

"What about pearls? Do you sell pearls in your shop?"

Su Chuan shouted in a hoarse voice, "It's seafood! Everyone, please make way for us and wait until we unload the goods before coming over, okay? How about one hour?"

"That won't do! By then the opportunity will be gone!" A Jinyi steward fiercely guarded his number one position and would not give up even a bit.

Su Chuan was in a dilemma. "Didn't they say that there were other caravans delivering seafood to the imperial capital? Didn't you buy any?"

"What? They are just small items. It's okay to buy some to try on normal days, but who would eat those things during the New Year? Big Boss, my master said that he wants to buy a whole tuna this year, and a yellow croaker in a basket, as well as abalone, sea cucumber, prawns, etc. All by the basket!"

As soon as the manager said this, the people behind him rushed to say what they wanted.

Xiaoxi was standing at the very outside. She couldn't get her head out no matter how hard she jumped, nor could she get a word in. She was so anxious that she had to go back and get the gong.

With a "clang", everyone finally noticed her presence and made way for her.

Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward and said, "Hurry up and unload the things. A literate clerk has come to the shop. He will keep the accounts and I will sell them. Also, send some to the shop of Yong'an Hou, otherwise my small shop will be trampled down by everyone in a while."

Su Chuan gave her a thumbs up and said, "You are really smart!"

The people waiting to buy watched half of the seafood being dragged away, and many of them secretly followed the caravan.

The goods were sold out in less than two days.

In order to prevent customers from being angry because they couldn't buy seafood, Xiaoxi had to temporarily close the shop and posted a red notice outside the door.

Shen Dagou and a few others came to Ke Yunyun's house for a short visit.

Su Zhan was a little worried. "It's the end of the year now. If the shop is closed for one day, the loss will definitely be huge."

Xiao Xi waved her hands repeatedly, looking thankful. "The money I made in these two days alone is enough for my annual income. It's no big deal to be closed for a few days. It's just right for me to rest at home and play with Tang Tang!"

Ke Yunyun is pregnant again, but her pregnancy is not obvious yet. She has been feeling tired recently, so Xiaoxi keeps Tang Tang by her side.

The little girl is sensible and well-behaved and doesn’t make trouble. Xiaoxi loves her very much!

Ke Yunyun looked at the news of playing with Tang Tang with amusement, and said helplessly: "I asked you to find a good husband to marry and have a child yourself, but you don't want to!"

Xiaoxi shook her head decisively, "Look at other people's children, they are so cute. If it were your own, I don't know how much worry I would have to endure!"

"Absurd!" Ke Yunyun cast her eyes on Shen Dagou and said thoughtfully, "The Sixth Prince's concubine just gave birth to a grandson a few months ago. I heard that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were all very happy.

In order to pray for the little grandson, the Empress Dowager fasted for a month and donated a lot of money to the Buddhist temple.

Thanks to the concubine, my husband has been promoted again. I originally wanted to go to his house to thank him, but due to my low status and being pregnant, it was not easy for me to go. Now that you are here, it has solved my problem! I have prepared everything, please help me bring it over."

"Really! My second sister gave birth to a son?" Shen Dagou was so happy that he stood up and walked back and forth several times. He was happier than if he had a son.