After seeing off Shen Wanhua and Mr. Shen, Shen Xiangzhi had sweat on his forehead when he came back.
Thinking of the same advice given by several elderly people, he smiled helplessly.
While sorting out the things they brought, he asked An Hongdou, "Do you want to go upstairs and rest first? I'll cook the bird's nest that dad brought for you?"
An Hongdou nodded and stood up. "You go cook. The children will be back soon. I'll sort these things out."
It’s nothing to do, just put the things in the cabinet.
Shen Xiangzhi put down the things, and did not forget to say: “If you are tired, just put it here, I will do it later.”
An Hongdou didn't stop, just take her time.
When Dabao and the others came back and saw An Hongdou sitting on the sofa, they opened their arms and shouted and jumped into her arms.
Shen Xiangzhi just brought out the last dish and was shocked when he saw this scene.
"Hurry up and get down. No one is allowed to jump on my mother from now on. Do you hear me?" Shen Xiangzhi's face looked very serious, which frightened Dabao so much that he shivered and quickly got down and stood aside.
"Well, the children don't know yet, why are you scaring him?" An Hongdou pulled Dabao to explain, "Be good, Dabao, Daddy is not scolding you, it's just that Mommy is pregnant with a little sister, so we have to be more careful in the future and not be so reckless, otherwise we will scare the little sister away..."
Dabao's eyes lit up instantly, "Little sister? Really?"
"Where is the little sister? Is she in mommy's belly?" Erbao also came over and wanted to touch An Hongdou's belly, but seemed a little afraid to do it.
An Hongdou took his hand and placed it on her belly, "Yes, my little sister is still in my belly. Do you like your little sister to come to our house?"
"I like it, I like it. When my sister comes, I will buy her a popsicle!" Erbao nodded wildly.
Sanbao looked at him disapprovingly, "Childish, my sister doesn't like to eat popsicles, I think you should keep them for yourself."
"You are childish..." Erbao made a face at him and ran away.
"Okay, everyone come and eat quickly. After dinner, go do your homework. You can play again after you have completed your tasks." After Shen Xiangzhi gave the order, no one dared to disobey. They all ran to wash their hands and then sat at the dining table waiting for dinner to be served.
After An Changyue entered high school, her studies became more intense and she came home late, so Chen Xiangzhi left food in the pot for her.
After dinner, he went to make a phone call.
It was purely their own idea to let Mrs. An come over, and they didn't know whether the old lady was willing or not.
Shen Xiangzhi called someone he knew and asked him to help deliver a letter to Qingshan Village.
The next day at noon, they received a call from Brother An.
Mrs. An is old, and it is inconvenient for her to go back and forth to the town, and she needs someone to push her in a cart, so she didn't come.
Brother An mainly wanted to confirm whether she planned to come back to pick up Old Lady An. If so, they could discuss a time and the family could be prepared.
After saying these things, Brother An was silent for a while.
But he didn't say he wanted to hang up. An Hongdou wondered if he had something to say.
But she didn't ask. After a while, Brother An hesitated and said, "Hongdou..."
After another silence, he said, "Can you help my eldest and second brothers find a job in the city? We are not afraid of hardship or fatigue. As long as we can make some money to support our children, that's all."
They all knew that when Ergouzi called to ask for people, it must have been Hongdou who mediated, but they didn't believe it at the time.
Now that I see the third and fourth sons are making money, I am not jealous. I just see the benefits of working outside. When I think about the little money I earn from working in the fields all year round, which is barely enough to eat and drink, I am still not willing to accept it.
The third and fourth brothers never told us how much they earned outside, but during the Chinese New Year, they came back with big and small bags, and sent 30 yuan home every month. These were public knowledge in the village and everyone knew about them.
Lin Cuihua and Li Xiaomi also knew about this and were quite angry about it, so they asked Hongdou to help them find a job.
Brother An originally didn't have the face to do so, but now he is just asking. If it doesn't work, then forget it. They can then farm at home in peace.
"Brother, do you believe me?" It's not that he didn't make arrangements for them, but they didn't believe him, so they missed the opportunity.
However, her brothers rarely made requests to her, so now that he had asked her, she would definitely not refuse right away.
Brother An blushed, "Little sister, look at what you said. You are my biological sister. If I don't trust you, who else can I trust?"
Although they didn't come when Ergouzi asked them to come, it wasn't An Hongdou who asked them to come.
An Hongdou didn't dwell on this matter, but asked him, "I heard that many other places have already been allocated land. Have you heard from Second Uncle when our place will be allocated land?"
"After this year's autumn harvest, this matter has already spread. It is said that no matter whether you are a man or a woman, as long as there is someone in the family, you can get a share of the land." Brother An was also very excited to have his own land, although he didn't understand why An Hongdou asked this.
An Hongdou thought that summer vacation was almost here and it wasn't long before the autumn harvest.
"You only get a fixed salary when you come out to work, and you don't actually make much money. We have a lot of forests there, so why don't you talk to your second brother about it? When the land is divided, talk to your second uncle about contracting the extra forests for breeding and planting. People's lives will get better and better in the future, and the demand for meat will only increase. If you are willing to invest some money, it will definitely not be a bad deal." An Hongdou said.
"Raise... raise? Can your second brother and I do it?" When he asked this question, he had already thought about it in his mind.
He felt that it would not work.
Born in the countryside, he has been exposed to it since childhood, so he still understands some knowledge.
Whether it is raising chickens or pigs, they need a lot of food. It takes half a year for a chicken to lay eggs, and a year for a pig to be ready to go out. Raising them is not as easy as you think, not to mention that if you raise too many chickens, they are prone to plague, and it is not difficult for the chickens to die and the eggs to be broken.
Since An Hongdou gave him this idea, she must have thought about it in advance. She said, "Brother, there is a kind of imported large white pig in the south. It is different from the black pigs we have. It eats feed and grows very fast. It can be out of the pen in three or four months. I think you and second brother can consider it. If you plan to do it, I can find a way to help you get a batch of breeding pigs. If you really don't plan to do it, it doesn't matter. You can just find a job in the city. Otherwise, the south is developing rapidly now, and you and second brother can make money by doing some small business."
Brother An sighed and said, "Little sister, I will go back and discuss this with your second brother."
"Okay." An Hongdou didn't force it.
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