The sun set in the mountains and it was dark.

The small village became quiet, and every household closed their doors. People who had worked all day took a bath and went to bed as soon as it got dark.

After taking a bath, the children went to bed. Xiangzi now went back to the room to sleep alone. An'an and Xingxing were younger, so the two children sometimes slept together, and they did not force them to sleep alone.

Tonight, Cao Xiangnan coaxed the two children to sleep and let them sleep together.

Qi Wanfeng came over after taking a bath, and when he saw the sleeping children, he bent down and kissed his little An'an, and then kissed the other child. To them, the three children in the family are their little babies.

"Let's go back to sleep too." Cao Xiangnan covered the children with quilts. The oil lamp in the room was still on. They went out, closed the door, and returned to their room.

The lights in the room were blown out, the people inside went to bed, and Qi Wanfeng let down the mosquito net.

The summer night breeze blew in from the open window, and the room was cool. The air here was fresh and clean, especially good. Even in the hottest time of summer, it would not make people feel particularly unbearable.

In this small village, he was used to waking up at the sound of the rooster crow and going to bed at sunset. Because of this person by his side, Cao Xiangnan did not find these days boring, but felt that every day was very solid.

In his previous life, after his grandmother died, he was alone for a long time without a home. He didn't even know where to go when school was on vacation, and he had to find a place to continue working to earn the tuition and living expenses for the next year. It's not that he didn't feel lonely at that time, but loneliness was meaningless in the face of hunger.

But when he came here, he had Wanfeng, the children, and a child who was about to come. Everything became different. What he had to do was to make sure that his family had enough food to eat, so that they wouldn't be hungry, and that Wanfeng and the children didn't have to live with him in a small shabby house without even a place to live. Now they have a big house to live in, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing. It's just a little harder, but he thinks it's worth it.

"Husband?" Qi Wanfeng didn't know what his husband was thinking about when he suddenly became quiet. He felt a little uneasy, so he called out.

"Well, nothing, go to sleep. I remembered something from the past." Cao Xiangnan touched the person in his arms, lowered his head and kissed his hair, then put his hands around the man and held him tightly in his arms.

"What did you think about?" Qi Wanfeng asked.

"I was thinking about how good it would be to have you in the future, and what this little guy who is about to be born will be like." Cao Xiangnan put his hand on Qi Wanfeng's belly. Since the child could move, he would greet him from time to time, move his little fists and kick his little feet. It seems that he is an active boy.

Qi Wanfeng's mouth curled up and revealed a smile, "He will be as well-behaved and sensible as An An Xiangzi and the others." The two chatted intermittently, with her back against her husband's chest, listening to his heartbeat. Her eyelids became heavier and heavier, but he did not think too much and slowly fell asleep.

Cao Xiangnan did not fall asleep until the person in his arms fell asleep and the sound of insects outside became more and more lively.

The next morning, everyone came to Toutou one after another, and Sun Ji and his father also came early. The family also makes rice noodles every day, and sends them to the town to sell. The shop in the town is now managed by Sun Yanshan. Cao Dapeng is responsible for cooking food, and there are two other jobs.

He went to see several new shops but was not satisfied with any of them. Either the location was bad or the rent was too expensive. It was not worth it and there was no need to waste the money.

If he wanted to buy a shop, it would not be suitable now. He had limited money. The money he invested was greater than the income, so he had to consider more on some issues. The matter of the shop would be put on hold for now. Cao Xiangnan wanted to wait until the opportunity was more mature next year before considering buying a shop.

The sound of the carriage left, and Cao Dapeng drove the carriage with Sun Yanshan and left first.

The sky gradually brightened. The rice noodles had been steamed and the inside of the winnowing basket had been cut. It would be sent to the town later. The fire in the stove was still burning, and the clear rice wine began to flow out of the bamboo tube and into the bucket. The kitchen was filled with the aroma of wine.

At dawn, the children got up and the house began to be filled with the sound of children's laughter. Pregnant women now eat well and sleep well, and their bodies are particularly good. They can sleep until dawn. At this time every day, Qi Wanfeng also got up when she heard the sounds outside. The sheep in the sheepfold were bleating, and the rabbits were used to being fed and were not afraid of people. Xiangzi and Kangkang were feeding the sheep and rabbits with tender grass.

The chickens grew into a group of big chickens and ran out of the chicken coop. A hole was deliberately left in the corner of the wall so that the chickens could go out through the hole. After being fed in the morning, the chickens would go out for the whole day and come back at night. After being fed again, the chickens would go into the chicken coop to sleep.

The chicken coop and sheepfold had to be cleaned every day. The horses in the family were let out and not kept at home.

After Qi Wanfeng got up, the chickens, sheep and rabbits in the backyard had been fed. He touched Xiangzi's head and knew that he was a good child. The other two little ones tilted their chins up, staring at him with round eyes, waiting for him to touch them. He also smiled and reached out to touch them, saying, "They are all good children of Mom."

"Mom, Mom." An An and Xing Xing walked over, each holding one thigh.

Xiangzi stood there and watched, his eyes full of desire, but he didn't dare.

Although there were two more children in the family, he didn't need to worry about anything. Xiangzi was a very sensible child and could help them with all the housework. The husband agreed to let the children work, and Qi Wanfeng would not stop the children from helping. He was relieved that the children were so sensible.

The prepared breakfast was served on the table, and everyone sat together to have breakfast as usual.

After the garment workshop was built, a group of brothers went there to work. Li Mei and Wu Yue sent their children over and were going to work in the garment workshop. The men in their family also worked every day, and the children in the family were sent to Cao Silang to study.

If a few families had something good, they would bring it to Cao Silang. Fruits and vegetables from the fields, fresh eggs were always available. This time, only eight new employees were recruited in the village. The new employees were trained one-on-one by the old employees. Cao Xiangnan had also personally met the new employees and found no problems. The original labor contract was improved and now has more details. Everyone who entered the garment factory had to sign a contract first.

This contract guaranteed the interests of him as the boss to the greatest extent, and also protected the interests of the workers.

The children now read and learned to read in half a day, and now there is also a martial arts class. There are several people in the family who know martial arts, and whoever has time can teach. Most of the time, Liu Baishu would teach boxing after teaching reading. After a few days, the children were able to fight well.

Wang Dahu also liked to tease the children when he was free, but the children especially liked this uncle with a big beard.

Cao Xiangnan would give arithmetic lessons to the children when he was free. Even Liu Baishu and Gan Weiqi would come to listen to him. The two seemed to be particularly interested in arithmetic, and would ask him about it. He would answer all the questions he knew. While working, he also gave them a few small lessons. The two were smarter than each other.

If he hadn't learned from thousands of years of cultural accumulation, he would probably not be able to match the brains of these ancients.

The boiled rice wine was put into a jar and placed on the carriage. The cotton brought back yesterday was also to be sent to the garment workshop. The village chief Cao Gang went to the village early in the morning to take care of village affairs. Liu Baishu stayed at home. Cao Xiangnan led the rest of the people to the garment workshop. After getting on the carriage, he said to the people standing at the door, "We'll leave first."

"Be careful on the road." Qi Wanfeng sent her husband out and waved to him.

The wool and duck feathers that Cao Gang had contacted people to collect some time ago were all sent to the garment workshop. They have been processed and dried. Cao Gang has not had much time to take care of this place recently. Wang Dahu is now in charge of collecting wool and duck feathers.

Thinking of the time in his previous life when he wore a thin down jacket and didn't feel cold all winter, Cao Xiangnan felt that he had to hurry up and make a down jacket so that he wouldn't freeze like a fool in winter. In fact, goose down is the best material for making clothes, but unfortunately there are not many people raising geese here, so he found it through Fang Zhanggui. He already has a few geese to raise, and it will take some time to build a certain scale.

The group went to the clothing workshop first, and hired two men to guard the door. When they saw the carriage of the big boss coming, they let them in. Hearing the noise outside, Li Mei, the chief steward, came out. Seeing that it was their boss, he hurried to greet him. Now he no longer dared to treat him as Cao Silang in their village. Now it was their real boss.

"Aji brought back a batch of cotton from Nanyang. We delivered the cotton and came to take a look." Cao Xiangnan got off the car and said to Li Mei who was walking over.

Li Mei greeted everyone. At this time, Wu Yue also came out. Everyone moved the cotton to the warehouse and put it away. Cao Xiangnan turned around and explained some things about the garment workshop to Li Mei and Wu Yue, "You two come to my house in the evening. I have something to tell you."

"Okay." The two people answered in unison.

He led everyone into the production room to see that everyone had a workbench inside, and everyone worked together to make clothes.

The garment factory implemented a clear reward system in order to maximize everyone's enthusiasm. To a certain extent, the garment factory was the emergence of the most primitive capitalism, which exploited the workers' labor to the greatest extent. Cao Xiangnan did not hide his intention to be a capitalist at all, and worked hard to make these people produce products for him to the greatest extent.

After Cao Xiangnan showed everyone around the garment factory, they went to the town.

Wang Dahu and his friends did not use their good horses to pull carts, as that would be too ostentatious. They bought another ordinary horse to pull goods.

The newly produced rice wine was sent to Yipinzhai. As soon as the lid was opened, the smell of wine wafted out. Manager Liu knew that this was good stuff. He immediately asked someone to bring a bowl, filled half a bowl and took a sip.

"Brother, how is it?" Cao Xiangnan laughed, and that smile was as cunning as it could be. At this moment, it was like seeing copper plates raining down from the sky, an endless flow of money. Seeing that Manager Liu finished the bowl and wanted more, he quickly reminded him, "Hey, brother, don't drink too much. This wine has a strong aftereffect. Don't blame me if you get drunk later."

"Well, not bad, very good." Manager Liu's old face turned red as soon as he drank.

After tasting the wine, Manager Liu agreed, and the next step was to negotiate the price of the wine with Manager Liu.

This rice wine is different from grape wine, and Cao Xiangnan plans to sell it at a fair price. Adding the profit he wants to make to the original cost, the price is not expensive, but it is much more expensive than ordinary wine, but the price can be negotiated with Manager Liu, and the two of them reached an agreement on it.

However, the cost of transporting the wine to Nanyang will be paid by Yipinzhai itself, and the cost of transporting the wine there will increase, so it will be more expensive in Nanyang. Cao Xiangnan plans to open a winery in Nanyang, which will save a lot of costs, but this matter still needs to be discussed with Manager Fang.

It is impossible to open a winery in Nanyang without some backstage support. Fang Ziye can open Yipinzhai to all places in Fengchao, this man must have a backstage support. He is not taking advantage of Fang Ziye. To put it bluntly, it is just a mutual benefit. If he does not have what Fang Ziye wants, Cao Xiangnan believes that the other party will not even look at him.

After coming out of Yipinzhai, "Let's go to another place." Cao Xiangnan also took everyone to Luo's Medical Clinic.

It has been a while since I came to see Doctor Luo. He brought a jar of wine to Doctor Luo. In addition to giving Doctor Luo a sip when he is free, this wine can also be used for disinfection and heat relief for children. He mentioned these to Doctor Luo.

After staying with Dr. Luo for a while, he also took the opportunity to ask about some things that Wan Feng needed to pay attention to now. Fortunately, Dr. Luo had some wine and was in a good mood, so he talked to him a lot. Later, Dr. Luo had to be busy, and he didn't have much time, so he left. The old and the young agreed to have a drink together when they were free.

On the way back, he bought a lot of things from the town. Now the two warehouses at home are empty, so there is no need to worry about having no place to put things. Once they are empty, they will be filled up quickly. Now all the food is made in his house. Even the pots and jars can fill up a warehouse. Fortunately, he was smart at that time and knew to build a few more houses as warehouses.

It took another half a day to get back to Caojia Village from the town.

I got a big order from Yipinzhai. Liu ordered a lot of rice wine. I have to make the rice wine in the next two days. When Sun Ji goes to Nanyang the day after tomorrow, we can take everything away.