After Chen Qiang sent Gangzi's wife and Qiushan's mother back, he also went to the Wounded Soldiers Village to take back the toddler carpenter Ada that Tian An had asked him to make.
Ever since the stroller that Tian An gave to Gu Jinrui was favored by several ladies, strollers have become popular among wealthy families. Mrs. Gu would give Tian An an order every two or three days.
Tian An felt that she couldn't let Mrs. Gu help her with the promotion for nothing, so she offered to give her a share of the profits. Mrs. Gu was reluctant to take the money from Tian An, so she asked Gu Jinyan to take charge of the matter.
After the two discussed, they decided to price the stroller at two taels of silver, and Gu Jinyan would pay her three hundred coins for each order she introduced.
A Da paid him 500 wen as wages, and the materials cost about 400 wen. Tian An was responsible for transportation and producing new drawings from time to time, so he could get 800 wen, which was a considerable profit.
After Chen Qiang returned to the city, he put the stroller on Donglin Street and handed it to Dashan. He asked him to find someone to deliver it to his door and then prepared to return to the general's mansion.
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the door, he met the housekeeper of the Luo Mansion next door.
When the housekeeper of the Luo Mansion was hesitating whether to go directly to the General's Mansion to deliver the visiting card, or to send it to the house on the east side of the street and ask them to pass it on, he happened to see Chen Qiang coming out of the house.
Just when I was about to fall asleep, someone gave me a pillow!
He immediately stepped forward and stated his purpose.
It was just a matter of helping to deliver a visiting card, and it wasn't difficult at all, so Chen Qiang readily agreed.
As soon as he returned to the mansion, he reported to Tian An, "Miss, the people have been delivered safely. A batch of strollers were also brought back today. They will all be delivered tomorrow."
He then took out a visiting card from the Luo Mansion next door and said, "Miss, this is a visiting card from the Luo Mansion next door on East Lin Street."
Tian An took the visiting card, read it over, and frowned, "Did you tell anyone that I know medical skills?"
When Chen Qiang heard this, he saw Tian An's unhappy expression and was startled. He quickly knelt down and said, "Miss, his family is the one that borrowed the carriage to bring Gangzi and his wife here yesterday. I mentioned it when I went to thank them today."
Tian An looked at him in confusion, "Why did you suddenly kneel down?"
Chen Qiang trembled and said, "Little one, little one thought you blamed me for being too talkative."
"I didn't say you can't say it. Just know what you should say and what you shouldn't say." Tian An looked at the visiting card in his hand in thought, and didn't let Chen Qiang get up.
After a while, he looked up and said, "Why are you still kneeling? Isn't the ground hard? Hurry up and get up!"
Only then did Chen Qiang dare to stand up.
Tian An handed the post back to him and said, "I'll go to Donglin Street tomorrow afternoon and ask them to go there. If you don't have anything else to do, go ahead and do your work!"
Chen Qiang took the note and excused himself. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead after leaving the yard.
As he thought about it, he raised his hand and slapped himself in the face, "Sorry for talking too much."
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The next day, Tian An rushed to Donglin Street after class.
In the hall, the eldest lady of the Luo family had already arrived and was drinking tea quietly. Wang was also waiting beside her politely.
Hearing footsteps, I looked up and saw a young girl in an orange skirt. Her cheeks were slightly red, her eyes were smiling, and her voice was kind and gentle. "Madam Luo, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I've taken some time to get here from the mansion. Please don't mind."
Realizing that the person who came was the one they were waiting for, Mrs. Luo stood up and said, "We came too early and disturbed the young lady."
Mrs. Luo could have expected the other party to be young, but she didn't expect him to be so young. He probably hadn't even reached the age of marriage yet! She had already given up hope when she saw Tian An for the first time, but she still treated him politely. After all, they were the ones who approached him first.
After a few polite words, Tian An got straight to the point, "Madam, why are you here today..."
Mrs. Gu hesitated for a moment, and Wang behind her pulled her up as a last-ditch effort. Then she glanced at the maid serving tea in the hall and Deng Xue standing behind Tian An.
Tian An understood and turned to look at Deng Xue, "Deng Xue, the two of you go check out the new pastries in the kitchen and bring some up for Mrs. Luo to try."
After Deng Xue took her people out, Mrs. Luo didn't want Tian An to see her distrust, so she told him her purpose and thought of just going through the motions to avoid hurting the girl's face.
After hearing her purpose, Tian An frowned and said, "Madam, if you want to have a child, why don't you even prepare for pregnancy?"
"Preparing for pregnancy?" Mrs. Luo looked confused.
Tian An explained: "Preparing for pregnancy means being prepared and having a plan for pregnancy."
Mrs. Luo was even more confused. "Isn't pregnancy something that should happen naturally? Can people even prepare in advance?"
"There's a saying that goes, 'Man proposes, God disposes.' Madam, since you want to have a child, you must at least ensure an environment suitable for pregnancy!"
Seeing that she was still confused, Tian An continued, "For example, our eating habits usually include sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty. It's up to personal preference, but if you want to get pregnant, you have to be careful. Eating too spicy or too sweet food for a long time is not conducive to pregnancy."
Wang thought for a moment and said, "My lady, our wife usually prefers sweets, but she doesn't eat them all the time!"
Tian An added, "In addition to taste, there are also the properties of the food itself. Cool foods, such as mung beans, celery, watermelon, persimmon, grapefruit, crab, and various high-salt pickled foods, are not suitable for excessive consumption during pregnancy preparation."
Listening to what Tian An listed, Mrs. Luo's face turned pale. These were the things she often ate in all four seasons!
Before she could think about it, she heard Tian An say, "Of course, in addition to taste and food, there are also accessories. For example, the hairpin on the lady's head."
Wang hurriedly looked at the only hairpin on Mrs. Luo's head, which was a gold-inlaid magnolia hairpin.
Madam Luo raised her hand and fumbled to take it off, and then she heard Tian An say, "For example, the exquisite and beautiful sachet that Madam wears around her waist."
Mrs. Luo thought of something, her face turned pale, and she used almost all her strength to pull the sachet off her body.
After realizing what was happening, he didn't dare to hold it himself and threw it all onto the table beside him. His body reflexively jumped up from the chair and took a few steps back in fear, as if it were some kind of venomous snake or beast.
Seeing this, Tian An asked her to sit next to him, "Madam, please stretch out your hand so I can check your body."
Mrs. Luo almost immediately stretched out her wrist and stared at Tian An with a pair of uncontrollable eyes.
Tian An felt the pulse for a moment and said, "Although it's a little bad, fortunately the foundation has not been damaged."
Without waiting for Mrs. Luo to speak, she continued, "Madam, take good care of your body. It won't be a problem for you to get pregnant in the future. It's just..."
"Just what?" Mrs. Luo asked anxiously.
"But Madam is old after all, and her body has been injured before. If she gets pregnant in the future, it will definitely be very difficult."
Upon hearing this, Wang burst into tears of heartache. "They say good people are rewarded. My wife has done so many good deeds, why does she have to suffer so much in the end?"
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