"Your garden is good in every way, but it's too expensive." Tian looked at Yang Xue again, "There's another bowl on the table, go and eat it quickly."
"Why is there still mine?"
"I stewed a chicken in a pot. There's plenty left. Go and eat. There's more left in the pot after you finish. Chunxiao, would you like a bowl?"
Chunxiao waved her hand and looked at Shufeng who had a good appetite. "They say pregnant women vomit everything they eat, but you seem to eat more happily than usual. Do you feel uncomfortable?" Chunxiao was purely curious. She had never been pregnant before, so she had only heard about this.
"Everyone's pregnancy is different," Tian said with a smile. "When I was pregnant with them, it was really uncomfortable. I would vomit even if I drank water. But when it came to Yan Qi, she ate and drank very well, as if nothing had happened. It's good for her this way. She doesn't suffer."
"Auntie, it's been so long since we last met. Do you miss me?"
"You're about to become a mother, yet you're still acting like a spoiled brat. Auntie's happy. Auntie's going to be a grandmother." Chunxiao looked at her, "Are you really not feeling bad at all? You've come so far back, please don't get hurt on the way!"
"Huaitian padded the carriage with a thick quilt and lay down all the way back. He wasn't shaken and is fine." Shufeng finished her bowl of soup. "It's a pity that my brother is not here. I wanted him to take me to see my sister-in-law."
Tian was amused. "Haitang, you know her. If you want to see her, why don't you go there yourself?"
"That's different. I want my brother to take me there. I want to see what his expression is like when he's with Haitang!"
"Did he laugh at you and Huaitian before? You have a really strong desire for revenge. He went to the farm and it's just topping out now. It hasn't been planted for a long time and he's worried that people will forget how to do it, so he's gone to keep an eye on it. He won't be back for the next few days."
Yes, now is the critical moment for cotton. Chunxiao is busy with the house here every day and almost forgot about planting cotton in the farm. "I will go to the farm tomorrow to check it out. It's been a long time since I last visited."
"Aunt, I'll go with you. I haven't been there for a long time. I don't know what's become of those orange trees now."
"Forget it, my dear aunt. You're pregnant and still running around. I can't take responsibility if anything happens to you. The orange tree is growing well. It will surely bear a lot of fruit this autumn, enough for you to eat."
"Yes, you are pregnant now and you can't sit still, so just stay at home. If Xiaoxue is not enough for her to accompany you, I will let Duo'er and the others go over to accompany you. Just be grateful."
As Duoer and her sister were talking, they came over and said, "Aunt, I heard you mention my name before I even entered the yard."
"Luckily I didn't say anything bad about you. I told you to stay with your sister Shufeng, otherwise she'd always want to run away. Come, you've come just in time. There's freshly cooked chicken soup in the pot. Have a bowl each."
"Aunt, you've made us both fat," Shuduo said, waving her hands hurriedly. "We can't eat anymore. We can't get any fatter."
"How are you fat?" Chun Xiao looked at the two girls with round, watery faces. "If you're thin, you won't look good. Your aunt will want to take credit for it in front of your mother. If you lose weight, it will be hard to explain."
Today, because Shufeng came back, the family gathered together again and had dinner at Yan Dashan's place. Dashan asked her, Xiaoxue and Pengdong about the situation of the farm. They said everything was fine, just like in previous years. When they were about to leave, they received news from Shuwen. His uncle and aunt already knew about it and said that he had made arrangements and would be back in July.
Shufeng looked at Chunxiao and said, "Aunt, Huaitian wants to expand our braised meat business. He said he wants to ask for your opinion first and come back to discuss it with you later. You don't need to participate in this matter, but we will divide it into four parts. Dad, Second Uncle, you each take 20%, and we take 40%."
"We didn't participate, so what's the point of us taking part? If your second uncle wants to take 20% it's fine. This recipe belongs to your aunt, so she must take more. Let's give her 40%." Yan Dashan felt that his daughter and son-in-law were a little ignorant this time.
Shufeng saw Yan Dashan's serious look and said, "I just told my aunt in advance. Huaitian will discuss the details with my aunt and uncle when the time comes."
"Brother, you are really something. Although the recipe is mine, I don't worry about it or participate in it. Besides, I have so many cotton farms now. It would be a good thing if they can expand the braised pork. I think 20% is enough for me. There is just one thing. I agreed with Mr. Huang of Juxian Restaurant that he would do business in the south and we would do business in the north. If Huaitian wants to do it, just do it in the north."
"When will he come back?" Zhou asked?
"Probably with Second Uncle and the others. He's always running around selling goods and is quite busy. Oh, by the way, we met Brother Dongsheng last time. He opened a carriage and horse business in Pengdong, and Huaitian also has business dealings with Brother Dongsheng and the others."
"That carriage and horse business also belongs to our aunt, you didn't know that!" Shuwen laughed.
"Really?" Shufeng was surprised. "Aunt, how come you have business everywhere? Brother Dongsheng didn't tell me."
"I don't care about the affairs of the carriage and horse business. I am only responsible for collecting the money at the end of the year." Dongsheng had not come back yet. She didn't know how the shares were calculated, but the deeds for buying the shops would be clear by then, so it probably wouldn't be a confusing account.
After dinner, everyone went back to their own places.
Early the next morning, Chunxiao took Xiaohua to Luzhuang.
Now, the paddy fields outside the village were all irrigated and planted with rice. Wang Shiwen had told her that in previous years, wheat had been the main crop, and the warehouses were mostly filled with wheat, so this year, all the crops outside would be planted with rice. She agreed.
After entering the farm, all she could see were cotton fields half a person's height. The doorman took her to find Wang Shiwen, who was watching the people topping the cotton at the edge of the field, giving them reminders from time to time.
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