In her previous life, her eldest brother died early, her second sister went blind due to illness, her third brother became autistic, and she herself lived a life of poverty and hardship, scavenging...
It was the first time for Zhou Yan to see such a folk activity. He chattered excitedly to his father who was holding him. Zhou Niao kissed his cheek from time to time.
The top floor is nine stories high, the tallest building in the town. One can see the whole process without much effort, because Zhou Xiang gave telescopes to the elderly and children. Three years ago, she bought a batch of telescopes just for use in occasions like this.
Professor Chu never gets enough of watching this every year. He knows that these new tricks are stimulated by his students. Not only are they the students’ previous behavior, but they also ask the security guards to stir up trouble inside.
The circus business is getting worse and worse. In the past, they could occupy a piece of land, set up a big yurt and sell tickets to perform. Now, the cultural level accepted by the people is different. If they want to preserve this traditional culture, they must have a market.
Those who have learned these skills since childhood, suddenly have no market. How will they live the rest of their lives?
Zhou thought that such stimulation could at least support several opera troupes and maintain traditional cultural activities.
The dragon and lion dance team members took a break and changed, and they showed happy smiles even though they were tired.
Looking at the troupe members who were only wearing vests and shorts and constantly wiping their sweat, Zhou wanted to take out his cell phone and call Lu Jin.
Soon Lu Jin reached the rooftop of the shopping mall, took the four stacks of money from his sister-in-law, and went to find the four business owners. He gave each of them a stack of money.
"This is a reward from Miss Zhou to the team members. It has nothing to do with you. If we find out that you are embezzling or exploiting the team members, your troupe should be disbanded."
The four troupe owners excitedly accepted the money and said, "Don't worry! Miss Zhou is taking care of our troupe. We know that the members are basically all our relatives. They only train during the slack season, so it doesn't interfere with their family affairs. We dare not do anything reckless."
Lu Jin was just giving a casual warning. He had found these four opera troupes, all legitimate opera troupes from villagers near the acrobatics village.
"That's good to know. The town will get better and better in the future. If you can hold on well, we will continue to use your troupe."
"Don't worry! We've all been practicing since we were young, so it's absolutely authentic. We'll even figure out some new moves when we have time."
"Okay, Miss Zhou has seen everyone's hard work, so isn't there a reward?"
"Thank you, Miss Zhou."
After giving the instructions, Lu Jin left, and the four team leaders grinned as they calculated how much each team member should get.
The troupe members who returned from the hard work, sweat still dripping, each holding two hundred-yuan bills, patted their chests excitedly.
"Boss, if we do this, we'll feel good too. Don't worry, we'll rehearse as soon as we have free time, and we'll definitely outperform the ones from the next village."
"That's right, boss. Let's have Little Trumpet play rock-paper-scissors next year. He's lucky and always wins."
The class owner also smiled and said, "This year, our income will definitely be higher than those three classes."
The other three classes rolled their eyes at this side. This year they were also training the children in the village to guess the game of rock-paper-scissors.
Yes, in order to prevent cheating, every year the route is chosen by children around five years old playing rock-paper-scissors.
The lively and exciting Lantern Festival has passed, and the Chinese New Year is over. Everyone has returned to their respective jobs.
Jiang Weihua went back to do research, and Zhou Hua reluctantly said goodbye to his wife, hoping to come back on May 1st so that he could almost catch the due date.
Zhou wanted to take some dried fish and old hens and go to Huai County to see the confinement nanny.
In fact, she is no longer considered a confinement nanny. It has been two months. The Mao family does not plan to hold a hundred-day celebration for their grandson. They have to wait until at least one year old.
Zhou wanted to take the opportunity to pull his eldest brother to congratulate his teacher on the birth of his eldest grandson.
We took five adults and five children in a seven-seater car and went to a jewelry store to buy silver bracelets first. We had to give them a generous gift when they met.
When Sanbao saw these bracelets, he thought of his own bracelets. He pointed at the styles and told his brother Yan'er what the bracelets looked like when they were children.
Zhou Yan envied his younger brothers and sisters because their grandparents gave them silver bracelets.
Zhou wanted to buy it for his nephew, but Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "I'm six years old. I don't need it."
"Then make it up to Yan'er too. If your grandparents don't buy it for you, your aunt will buy it for you!"
"Mom, we want one too."
"Auntie, I want one too."
The other four were vying for his favor, and Zhou Xiang waved his hand, "Buy, buy a longevity lock for each of you. Longevity locks don't care about age, anyone can wear one."
The children cheered and chose their favorite styles, which were naturally tied with red ropes.
Seeing that they were somewhat envious of Lü Jing and Lü Ying, Zhou Xiang asked, "Would you two like to have one too?"
Lu Jing and Lu Ying waved their hands repeatedly, "No, no, we'll be in the way."
"Okay then! Ask your spouse to buy it for you. It's not appropriate for me to buy it."
I chose a silver bracelet, anklet and life lock for Mao's grandson, and also bought a few large gold bracelets of nice designs. Zhou Nian must like gold jewelry.
Zhou Niao also bought a set of silver jewelry for herself, "I'll give you a separate set."
For more than two months, Zhao Jingya has been both hard-working and happy. Her greatest pleasure every day is to compete with her lover for the chance to hold her grandson after finishing her work.
The little guy was well-fed, with a chubby face and black eyes looking around everywhere. His grandmother loved him so much that no matter how tired he was, he disappeared. His grandfather would hold him in his arms all day long when he had nothing to do, and he didn't even go to the studio often.
Zhou Xiang and Zhao Jingya were delighted to see them coming. "Come on, come on, come in quickly, Sanbao Yuanyuan Yaner, come inside quickly, it's warm inside."
The five children were not afraid of strangers. After politely calling Grandma Zhao and Grandpa Mao, they went to see their little brother.
Ling Ran followed his brother-in-law to Teacher Mao's studio. He couldn't join in the women's conversation, so he decided to appreciate the boring paintings.
Zhou Xiang and Lv Jing and Lv Ying went to see Mao Xiaolu. Mao Xiaolu was plump and plump because of her mother's nourishment. Every time she wanted to eat less, her mother would talk her out of it on the grounds that the child needed nutrition. When she saw Zhou Xiang coming, she felt like she had found a savior.
"Zhou Xiang, should I go back to work?"
Zhou Xiang looked at Mrs. Zhao, who was watching him eagerly, and shook his head, saying, "It's still cold. You should take good care of the baby. You won't be back to work until at least May or June."
Huh? Mao Xiaolu collapsed on the bed, feeling hopeless. "I'm just a milk-making machine. I get scolded if I don't obey. Can't I just drink milk powder?"
Zhou Xiang kicked her drooping feet and said, "I tell you, breast milk for the first six months contains immunoglobulins. You should feed your child until he is at least six months old, then let him gradually accept formula and then gradually stop breastfeeding.
Otherwise, the master's wife would be too busy to handle it. She would have to make the milk powder and let it cool down, and she wouldn't know how much the baby needs in one meal. It's so good to have a wet nurse like you. You can just bring the baby in and feed him without having to worry about the temperature."
Mao Xiaolu sat up and said, "You are right, absolutely right. I am just a wet nurse. After feeding the child, I am not even qualified to hold the child."
Zhou Xiang chuckled, "That's fine too! When your term is up, you won't be reluctant to leave your children behind, so you can just walk away!"
Mao Xiaolu sighed, "Okay! I'll listen to you. I'll endure it for another three months. Once six months are up, I'll quit."
Zhou Xiang nodded. "Okay, then you can return to work in July! That's when things will start to get busy."