Zhen Wanwan had already soothed Tianbao and fed her some milk.
Aunt Zhou, holding Tianbao's lotus root-like arm, said with a face full of envy, "Tianbao is so easy to please! She looks just like a doll in a painting!"
Dongzi's wife teased him, "You and Zhou Er should also work harder so you can have a big, healthy son next year!"
"Yes! You've been married for three or four months now! How come there's still no sign of pregnancy?"
Aunt Zhou blushed slightly and whispered shyly, "Maybe it's just not our time yet!"
"Aunt Zhou, you need to pass on more experience to your daughter-in-law!"
Aunt Zhou smiled, her eyes crinkling. "We women can't do anything about this; it all depends on how the men act!"
Then the group exchanged a few more jokes, and Zhou Xiaomei, sitting next to Aunt Zhou, felt so embarrassed that she wanted to dig her toes into the ground.
Seeing her embarrassment, Zhen Wanwan invited her to come and help take care of the baby.
Zhou Xiaomei is a gentle and kind girl, but she's too thin.
"Sister Wanwan..."
"Why do you look so pale? Are you seasick?"
Zhou Xiaomei shook her head, her cheeks slightly flushed, and explained, "No, it's just that I haven't been feeling well these past two days."
Looking at Zhou Xiaomei's gradually blossoming face, Zhen Wanwan guessed that she might have started her period.
"Yes, remember not to drink cold water or do strenuous exercise these next few days."
She whispered, "Do you have anything to put on it?"
Zhou Xiaomei lowered her head even more shyly and softly hummed in agreement.
“Mother has already given it to me.”
Zhen Wanwan suddenly remembered the piece of cloth that her sister-in-law had used, and knew that Zhou Xiaomei must also be using that kind.
Now she has taught all the girls in her family how to use sanitary napkins.
Therefore, she almost forgot that girls nowadays are still using the old things.
Thinking about how this piece of cloth would be reused repeatedly, Zhen Wanwan frowned deeply.
This is unhygienic!
Zhen Wanwan took out two packs of sanitary napkins and handed them to Zhou Xiaomei.
"Little sister, from now on when you have your period, use this pad! Don't use the old ones anymore, they're unhygienic and can easily cause gynecological diseases."
Zhou Xiaomei hurriedly refused, saying, "Sister Wanwan, you keep it for yourself. My menstrual belt can still be used!"
"This thing doesn't cost much, you can take it and use it!"
Fearing she wouldn't know how to use it, Zhen Wanwan took her to the room and carefully taught her.
They and the Zhou family fled famine together from Lijia Village and have been connected ever since.
Zhen Wanwan was happy to befriend Zhou Xiaomei, so sending her a few packs of sanitary napkins was nothing; she had plenty in her personal space!
When she returned, the Fang family had already gone home.
Sister-in-law Zhou grabbed her hand and gossiped, "You really missed a good show!"
Zhen Wanwan felt completely confused and looked at Sister-in-law Zhou with puzzlement.
"You had just left when that little brat from the Fang family peed on Madam Fang... You didn't see how black her face turned!"
Zhen Wanwan was somewhat shocked, although she didn't have the chance to witness this scene firsthand.
But just by thinking about Madam Fang's personality, it wasn't hard for her to guess.
"The child's bowel movements were perfectly normal, but she is the lady of a wealthy family, and she lost face in front of so many of us. Isn't that even more embarrassing!"
A sudden thought flashed through Zhen Wanwan's mind: Could this also be considered a business opportunity?
Isn't it said that money from children and women is the easiest to earn?
It's uncertain whether the milk powder route will work, since wealthy families are very cautious about things that go into their mouths.
Poor people are even less willing to buy, so she has to have backup options.
But diapers will definitely work. If she promotes them well, people will definitely rush to buy them!
Sanitary napkins can also be sold together!
Most importantly, she doesn't need to stock up on inventory! There are no costs involved, so she makes money no matter how much she sells.
She needed to come up with a good reason for buying the goods; otherwise, she was afraid that if she conjured something up out of thin air, she would be targeted.
However, these ideas will have to wait until we arrive in Anqing Prefecture and conduct an on-site inspection before we can finalize them.
"I wonder how much longer it will take us to reach our destination..."
Sister-in-law Zhou chimed in, "I heard from my husband that we'll be on shore in another two weeks!"
It's been about half a month since then.
The heavy rain and rescue efforts a few days ago caused a delay of a few days.
"Oh dear! We're finally almost there! I'm getting seasick from all this boating!" Dongzi's wife said, clutching her chest in discomfort.
Thinking of her sister-in-law Wang Cuihua, who also suffers from seasickness, otherwise she would have gained some weight. In the more than half a month since she boarded the ship, her face has become noticeably thinner from vomiting.
She gave Wang Cuihua motion sickness medicine, but it didn't seem to help much, so she could only tough it out!
Fortunately, none of the children in the family get seasick, otherwise they wouldn't be as relaxed and carefree as they are now.
Ever since that confusing statement, Mr. Ma felt that he could no longer fit in with the group.
No one told her she was going out for some fresh air; her son asked her about it after he came back from playing.
That's when she realized she was being isolated!
She remembered her husband's words, telling her to please the Zhen family and get along well with the other three families.
But now that no one takes her seriously, why should she try to please them?
"Waaah..." Ma felt a surge of grievance welling up in her heart, and she unconsciously choked up and cried.
Her daughter, Xiaocao, stood helplessly to the side, unsure of what to do.
"Mother! What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
At this moment, Madam Ma was filled with grievances and dissatisfaction. Seeing that no one was in the room, she forgot Wang Er's warning to her.
She recounted her frustrations with a sense of grievance.
"These Zhen family members are really bullying us! Just because they have some connections, they act so arrogantly... I bet they got those connections through some dirty tricks..."
"...The Zhou family, do they really enjoy being someone else's dogs? The whole family, young and old, practically worships the Zhen family..."
The more Ma talked, the more she felt that the Zhen family owed her, completely forgetting how much they had taken advantage of the Zhen family along the way!
Outside, Zhen Fu walked away with a gloomy expression.
He originally intended to come and find Wang Er, and then work with him for Lord Feng when he arrived. But instead, he overheard Madam Ma cursing their family.
If Wang Er hadn't been out of the house, he would have dragged Ma Shi out and thrown her off the boat to avoid suspicion!
Their good intentions were wasted!
He now has to question Wang Er's character. After all, they're not family, and if his wife is like that, he's very likely to be too.
I bet I was just faking it all the time I spent following them!
Zhenfu angrily searched everywhere for Wang Er, but couldn't find him anywhere.
Seemingly remembering something, he went to the place where Lord Feng usually stayed.
Sure enough, Wang Er was groveling and trying to curry favor with Lord Feng!
He could see those big front teeth clearly even from this distance.
This little actor is so good at acting, even he was fooled!
"Wang Er! You son of a bitch!"
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