"Wow, I feel like they've grown up again!"
Han Mengze climbed onto the bed with his short legs. Seeing that he was having too much trouble climbing, Han Luoxue kindly helped him.
"Sister, next year I'll be able to climb up easily! Master said I'll grow taller next year!"
Hearing this, Han Luoxue chuckled: "Then you'd better eat well, because you need to eat more to grow taller!"
Han Mengze nodded vigorously and continued looking at the two little ones on the bed: "Poor Mengmeng, she's still not strong enough!"
Mengmeng was small when she was in her mother's womb, so how could she grow up so fast?
"It's alright, you'll be fine after a while. Mengze, you don't know, you were even smaller than Mengmeng when you were little!"
Yunniang spoke with a smile, feeling even more content looking at her robust and healthy son.
Back in the village, although she never looked down on her daughter, she was always being called a barren hen that couldn't lay eggs and couldn't give birth to a son, which bothered her a little.
Now that she has both a son and a daughter, what more could she ask for?
Was I that small when I was little?
Han Mengze looked up in confusion. Han Luoxue recalled the first time she met Mengze. He was so small back then that she wasn't even sure if her little brother would ever grow up.
"Yes, thankfully your sister found you something to eat!"
Speaking of food, Han Luoxue thought of Aunt Hu from back then.
It's fortunate that she had milk, otherwise, I really don't know how Mengze, who was so small, would have survived!
Fortunately, Meng Ze is now quite good-looking.
"Xue'er, Mengze just mentioned what she ate back then. I think it was really good stuff. Do you think you could get some more for the two of them?"
Han Luoxue's lips twitched violently. Tiger milk? Is that something an ordinary person can get? Besides, tigers don't give birth to cubs every few days.
If tigers gave birth to cubs so easily, tigers in later generations would not have become a key protected animal in China.
"There shouldn't be any tigers around here. I'll go up the mountain to take a look when I get back, but I don't think I'll find anything suitable."
"I was overthinking it. I've heard before that it's actually very difficult for tigers to get pregnant; they only give birth two or three times in their entire lives."
Yunniang frowned and gave a bitter smile: "But I feel that tiger milk is a good thing. If it weren't for that... Mengze wouldn't have grown so strong!"
"Really? Sister, I haven't seen them in so long!"
Han Mengze felt a surge of excitement at the thought of the little tiger.
"When we get back to Le'an Town, I'll take you to see them!"
In fact, whether in ancient or modern times, tiger reproduction has never been easy. Otherwise, tigers would have become an overpopulation species long ago.
"Alright, they're both very good-looking. Look how strong their little hands are!"
Putting aside those unrealistic ideas, Yunniang felt that the two little ones had really good stamina.
After playing for a while, the two little ones were getting sleepy, and their eyes kept closing.
She didn't need anyone to coax her; she fell asleep in no time.
Han Mengze lay down beside him, muttering, "I want to sleep with my little nephew!"
Han Luoxue pulled over a small blanket and carefully covered Han Mengze with it: "Then you can sleep here for a while too!"
Soon, Han Mengze's soft snoring came from the bed, and the two little ones also fell asleep. Han Luoxue and Yunniang then left the inner room and came to the outer hall.
"Mom, once we've found someone to look after them, your shop should be almost finished with the renovations."
"Xue'er, I don't want the shop for now!"
Although Yunniang had just agreed, she still wanted to take care of the two little ones herself.
“This doesn’t conflict with the plan. Once the shop opens, we’ll find a reliable manager. You just need to plan and coordinate; you don’t need to be in the shop every day.”
Yunniang thought about it and realized that made sense. Owning an embroidery shop was her lifelong dream.
"Alright, you handle it!"
...
The Chi family has been having a very bad time lately. They've run their shop for most of their lives and it used to be so successful, but who would have thought it would end up like this?
Chi Ling'er absconded with the Chi family's money, so Chi Hongcai sold the shop.
Old Madam Chi was bedridden with illness, and at first, she was able to support herself with the money she had obtained by pawning her jewelry. But illness requires money, and soon the money was gone.
"Cough cough cough..."
Madam Chi coughed violently, and Old Master Chi watched from the side, heartbroken.
It's unbelievable that after being shrewd for most of their lives, they were ultimately betrayed by two children.
"Father, Mother, we haven't eaten for days. Give me some money so I can buy something for your grandson to eat!"
Chi Hongcai shouted loudly before even entering the house.
Although Sixiu Pavilion is an old shop, all the embroidery in the shop has been taken away by Chi Ling'er, and all the embroiderers have also run away.
At that time, it was practically just an empty shell; such a shop was worth very little money.
Chi Hongcai sold the shop, but his family's expenses were still high.
He had seven or eight wives and concubines, plus mistresses outside the marriage, and six or seven children. Chi Hongcai was never good at managing money from a young age, and he spent it extravagantly.
The money he got from selling the shop wouldn't have lasted long anyway.
What's more, he also had two mistresses. One of them, upon hearing that the Chi family was finished, tried every means to swindle most of Chi Hongcai's money.
In less than a month, Chi Hongcai's family couldn't even afford to eat.
His two mistresses had long since run away, and his wives and concubines at home treated him with utter contempt.
His wife was doing alright, but three concubines had run away. The real problem was that while they were gone, the children weren't with them. Chi Hongcai hadn't eaten for three days, and his children were crying incessantly from hunger. Having no other choice, he had to come to Old Madam Chi.
"You unfilial son! You still know how to come!"
When he saw Chi Hongcai dragging his weak and listless steps in, Old Master Chi was furious.
He grabbed Old Madam Chi's cane and, with his back to Chi Hongcai, began to beat him mercilessly.
Although Chi Hongcai was so hungry he was dizzy, he wasn't one to be beaten. He nimbly dodged the blow and looked at his angry father: "All you do is hit me! Don't you even think about who we can blame for our family's current state?"
"If your good daughter hadn't run off with the family's money, would I have had to sell the shop?"
"Our family's shabby shop was sold out quickly, nobody wanted it, and it didn't make much money!"
"It's all your fault! If you had handed the shop over to me in the first place, we wouldn't be in this mess!"
Chi Hongcai's words nearly made Old Master Chi vomit blood. His hand holding the cane trembled, and his eyes were bloodshot: "You unfilial son, how could you say such a thing!"
"What kind of run-down shop is that? That's the shop we've run our whole lives!"
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