One day, Li Mai asked Nan Nan what she liked. She had learned some characters and needlework at home before. If she didn't like those, she could learn to play the piano or paint. It was fine. The little girl should have some hobbies so that she could live a more comfortable life in the future.
Nan Nan said she wanted to learn embroidery. She said that when her grandmother was alive, she wanted her to learn embroidery so that she would have some skills in the future and be looked up to by her husband's family after she got married.
Since she wanted to learn, Li Mai and Zhou Xing discussed it and sent her to their family's embroidery workshop to learn embroidery and management from Xiu Hua.
Xiuhua is now a junior manager in the embroidery workshop, overseeing a group of embroiderers. When she heard that Limai was going to introduce her to an apprentice, Xiuhua happily accepted. Now, she is engaged, a junior manager, and has an apprentice. She feels that she has made the right choice in life by coming to work at Hongshiliu.
Dongdong has now started his early education at the town's bookstore. The little guy is doing quite well and has received praise from the teacher twice.
Zhou Quan bought three rooms in the two-courtyard house in Zhennan. The houses belonged to three brothers. Now that they have bought land outside the town and built a large mansion, they don't have much money left. So they plan to sell this small courtyard house and build a few more shops on the street to do their own business.
Of the three courtyards, Zhou Quan let Zhou Heng choose one. It was being tidied up by his parents, who had hired people to do so for his wedding.
With nothing to do at home in the winter, his parents and sister temporarily moved in to celebrate his wedding.
Li Mai then asked Chen Yu to take his apprentice over to help decorate the three courtyards, which made the small courtyards look much more comfortable.
Zhou Quan left the other two courtyards for now, and would give them to Li Dong after he was engaged.
The other room was for the stewards to use when they were getting married.
Zhou Quan handled all of these matters, and Li Dong and the others were unaware of them. Neither Li Mai nor Zhou Quan told anyone. In any case, it was certainly not a bad thing to prepare in advance.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the eighth day of the tenth month arrived—the auspicious day of Zhou Heng's wedding.
With the shopkeeper getting married, the shop naturally closed for a day, and everyone went to help out at Zhou Heng's house, making the small courtyard very lively.
Pei Jing and Yue Xiu were busy running around taking care of things. They were also ashamed, because Zhou Heng was about to get married, and their wives were still nowhere to be found!
When Zhou Heng got married, many of his brothers from the village came, as well as many people from Zhou Heng's own family. Beds and bedding were also set up in the two courtyards next to Zhou Quan's house, so that people could stay there temporarily.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan didn't go early. Zhou Heng had told them that there were many people working at the house, so they could just come over for lunch.
When they saw the bride being brought back, Yanbao and Yubao were overjoyed. They followed Zhou Heng, who was carrying his bride, clapping their hands and shouting, "We're getting a bride! We're getting a bride!" which made the onlookers laugh heartily.
These two children, dressed in matching red jackets and hats, look just like the lucky dolls from those New Year paintings—they are clearly blessed children.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan just watched the two kids go crazy.
During their lunch, Xu Yue suddenly looked a little off. Since she was sitting next to Li Mai, Li Mai noticed first and asked her in a low voice what was wrong. Xu Yue said that the smell of the food made her feel nauseous.
Li Mai didn't think Xu Yue would complain about the food being too oily; Xu Yue wasn't that kind of person. Thinking of a possibility, she quietly reached out to take her pulse.
Great news, you're pregnant!
Xu Yue was stunned. Yingbao wasn't even a year old yet, and she was pregnant again?
Since it was someone else's happy occasion, Li Mai and Xu Yue kept quiet.
When I got home in the afternoon, Li Mai announced the good news. The whole family was overjoyed and said that it was a good thing. The two children were only a year apart, so they could be raised as twins and grow up together.
After his initial joy, Zhou Lin became worried about Xu Yue's health and privately inquired with Li Mai whether this would be bad for Xu Yue's health.
Li Mai reassured him that she would take care of Xu Yue's health and ensure that nothing happened to her.
Zhou Lin was relieved.
These past few days have been filled with joyous occasions for the Zhou family.
The next day, Lu Qian and Zhou Tao returned early in the morning, beaming with joy, saying they had come to announce the good news: Zhou Tao had been diagnosed with pregnancy that morning.
This made the family even happier; it was truly a double blessing!
Even better, Zhou Tao didn't experience any pregnancy symptoms; she could eat whatever she wanted without feeling nauseous.
Then, Zhou Lin and Lu Qian looked at Zhou Quan, who was preparing breakfast for his son and daughter, and subconsciously glanced at Li Mai.
Zhou Quan glanced at them with a puzzled look, then focused on preparing breakfast for her two children.
The two people looked at each other and fell silent.
Forget it, people either don't have children at all, or they have two at the same time. I can't compete with that!
In recent days, good news has arrived: the vegetables in the greenhouse have grown an inch taller.
Although the growth was somewhat slow due to the cold weather, it still managed to grow and broaden their horizons.
After seeing this, Lu Qian carefully consulted Li Mai and Zhou Quan about some details, and then began to arrange to turn the land he had bought in the west of his town into a manor. He decided to name it Peach Blossom Manor, where flowers, vegetables, and peach trees would be planted. This manor was built for Tao'er.
She can grow vegetables if she wants to sell them, and flowers if she wants to sell them. In the spring, she can also let Tao'er bring her family to admire the peach blossoms. This is her own peach grove, just as she pleases.
Having come up with an idea, he discussed with Zhou Tao what kind of farm she wanted. Zhou Tao shared some of her thoughts, and then Lu Qian went to find Li Mai, wanting Li Mai to help them design the farm.
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