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"Speculating?" Zhuang Aiguo took a breath and said, "You can't do this, Xiaochu. It's okay to have a hard life, but don't let it get you down..."
Chu Qi: "It's okay, I have a way, I won't be discovered."
She had been to the city several times and bought a lot of things there. She also secretly inquired and observed whether there was a black market, and she actually found out about it.
And the location was close enough for her to sell her things and catch the afternoon oxcart back home.
Zhuang Aiguo tried to persuade Chu Qi earnestly for another half an hour, but seeing that he could not persuade her, he had to ask his daughter to do it.
Zhuang Xiaolan is now four months pregnant. She has taken leave and is taking a nap at home.
As soon as she woke up, Zhuang Aiguo told her about this.
When Zhuang Xiaolan heard this, all the drowsiness she felt after waking up from a nap disappeared.
He quickly went with his old father to persuade Chu Qi, and then Chu Qi fed him half an egg: "You are pregnant, how can you not eat more? The current efforts of digging for food in the fields are not enough to replenish your nutrition."
"Wife, I want to give you a better life."
Zhuang Xiaolan held the egg in her mouth and said with emotion: "Husband..."
Chu Qi stuffed the other half of the egg into her father-in-law's mouth and said, "Father-in-law, your health isn't very good either. Haven't you been coughing and unable to sleep at night recently? You need to eat more good food."
Zhuang Aiguo refused to take it: "You can eat it. I don't need it."
Chu Qi winked at his wife, who understood and forced the egg into Zhuang Aiguo's mouth.
Now that the food is in your mouth, you can’t take it out and let others eat it.
Zhuang Aiguo frowned and ate the egg. It was indeed a precious thing, and it smelled delicious...
"Father-in-law, please stop trying to persuade me. I must do this." Chu Qi poured a glass of water for Zhuang Aiguo and Zhuang Xiaolan respectively.
Warm water flows into the bamboo cup, bringing with it a fresh fragrance.
The father and daughter drank the water, looked at each other, and could no longer persuade each other.
"Hey, you have your own ideas, and this old man can't persuade you." Zhuang Aiguo took his pipe and squatted on the doorstep, puffing on it.
His brows were deeply furrowed, deeply worried about Chu Qi's uncertain future.
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The wild boar was killed and its blood flowed into the ground. The family had a good meal of wild boar meat in the evening.
Other meats are cut into pieces and smoked.
When it’s done, wrap it in a plastic bag to prevent the smell from leaking out.
Next, you can take the smoked meat and sell it slowly.
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Chu Qi made a lot of money by selling pork, at least thirty yuan.
Chu Qi didn't do anything too out of the ordinary. She occasionally went to the city to buy some meat and eggs, and made bone soup once a week.
Zhuang Xiaolan's health has improved after being nourished.
Although Chu Qi's financial resources were extravagant for the villagers, it was understandable since Chu Qi's parents were willing to spend money on her.
When her water broke at nine months, Zhuang Xiaolan gave birth to her baby at home.
In this day and age, rural people don’t have the means to go to the city and give birth in a hospital.
Fortunately, there was a midwife in the village.
After a lot of hard work, Zhuang Xiaolan finally gave birth to the baby. She was exhausted and soon fell into a deep sleep with the quilt as her pillow.
The midwife took the child, washed him, wrapped him in a cotton-padded jacket, and brought him to show the child's father.
The time for giving birth is early winter when the weather has turned cold.
The little guy's skin was red and wrinkled. He had just cried for a while and now he was sleeping quietly in his cotton-padded jacket.
Chu Qi took a look and commented: "The eyebrows look like mine, not bad."
Zhuang Aiguo also looked at it eagerly, and retorted: "Nonsense, how can a newborn baby have eyebrows?"
"Well," Chu Qi said absentmindedly, "I'll go see the child's mother."
In the afternoon, Zhuang Xiaolan woke up, opened her eyes, and subconsciously touched her belly. When she felt the air above her belly, she realized that she had given birth to a child.
Chu Qi lifted the door curtain and came in, then quickly put it down to prevent the wind from coming in.
Holding a bowl of soup in her hand, her pretty face was filled with a gentle smile:
"You're awake. Come have some soup to warm your stomach."
"Where are the children?"
Zhuang Xiaolan took a sip of the pork bone soup and felt a sharp pain in her birth canal, so she had no appetite to eat.
"The child is right next to you."
Seeing that his wife stopped drinking, Chu Qi put down the bowl, walked to the other side of the bed, picked up the child in the crib, and put him next to his wife.
The crib is an old item. It has been used for Zhuang Aiguo to sleep since his generation.
Now it was Zhuang Xiaolan's child's turn, and the crib was already very old. But it was still as sturdy as ever, except that the bed board was black, there were no major problems.
"What should we name the child?"
Zhuang Xiaolan looked at the baby in the cotton-padded jacket with a kind expression and put her arms around her to prevent her from falling.
"Wanxiu means beautiful and intelligent. What do you think?" Chu Qi lifted the loose hair on his wife's cheek and tucked it behind her ear.
"Chu Wanxiu... sounds nice." Zhuang Xiaolan smiled.
Chu Qi lowered her head and kissed Zhuang Xiaolan, "You have a good rest, I will make dinner for you."
"good."
Zhuang Xiaolan looked at the child tenderly, "Wanxiu... this is the name your father gave you. Do you like it?"
The child closed her eyes, and her mother occasionally touched her cotton-padded jacket.
Finally, she was woken up.
The child was born not long ago, and his eyes could not open yet. He just pursed his mouth and cried loudly, his voice was loud and piercing.
Zhuang Xiaolan panicked, like a child who had done something wrong, and quickly whispered in a panic, "Be good, baby, don't cry, mommy is here..."
Chu Qi came over after hearing the noise, picked up the child and rocked him gently for a while. Seeing that the child was still crying, a light bulb suddenly lit up in her head: "Is the child hungry?"
"ah?"
Zhuang Xiaolan quickly unzipped her clothes and said, "Come here, I'll feed her."
The baby stopped crying after getting the milk and started drinking it with a smacking sound.
In this situation, Zhuang Xiaolan couldn't help but look at her husband, both of them were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
On the other side, Zhuang Aiguo was watching the fire in the kitchen and stewing chicken soup.
Chu Qi's meat coupons came in handy. She bought some chicken yesterday and froze it under ice at home.
This damn weather is like a natural freezer.
After the chicken soup was cooked, half was given to Zhuang Xiaolan, and the other half was shared by Chu Qi and Zhuang Aiguo.
It was not until the child was three months old that Zhuang Xiaolan went back to work in the fields to earn work points.
After all, speculating is a risky business. After Zhuang Xiaolan gave birth to a child, Chu Qi stopped doing this.
The family works diligently and conscientiously, and lives a prosperous life.
As soon as the child could walk and talk, Chu Qi deliberately taught the child to read and write. When there were no books, she wrote on the ground to teach the child.
The child was influenced by his surroundings from a young age. By the end of that era, when the educated youth were able to return to the city, the seven-year-old Chu Wanxiu could even speak English.
The tide of returning to the city has begun, major universities have also opened up enrollment, and the national college entrance examination has begun!
Chu Qi did not choose to inherit his father's job, but chose to take the college entrance examination.
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