"I haven't eaten yet. I'll eat after you're full."
Er Laizi carried the empty basin back to the main room. His parents had gone out, probably to the stall selling meat. When he opened the pot, he saw that the rice and vegetables inside were all tightly packed and were still hot when they were taken out. Er Laizi quickly finished the rice, washed the bowl, and went back to the room to accompany Dafang.
Erlaizi took the baby from Dafang's hands tremblingly. Miraculously, the baby didn't cry. Erlaizi couldn't stop smiling and whispered to Dafang, "Rest well and eat more in the next few months. I'll be back to take care of you and your daughter after I finish my work. Tell me if you want to eat anything. I heard that you can't wash your hair during this period, so you have to endure it."
It was just a simple sentence, but Dafang felt very warm in her heart, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that she did not marry the wrong person.
When Dafang was about to marry Erlaizi, her friends and relatives were all pessimistic about it. They all thought that Erlaizi was lazy and unmotivated, and that men would change after marriage, and that life would definitely be difficult for them in the future.
But Dafang thought Erlaizi was good-looking and liked him, and her father agreed, so she got married.
When I was a child, I often heard my aunts and uncles chatting about family matters. I often heard that their husbands gave up on their children after giving birth. They didn’t care whether they ate or not, or whether they fed the children. They had to take care of everything by themselves. What’s more, some of them had to go to the fields to work three days after giving birth. Compared with them, I was so happy.
Dafang took another nap and woke up in the afternoon. She saw Erlaizi still holding the baby in the same position. Erlaizi didn't dare to move because he was afraid that the baby would cry if he moved.
Only after his mother came back did Erlaizi go out to the back mountain to build a chicken coop and go to work in the fields.
That day, Er Laizi went to the county to deliver goods as usual. Seeing that Jiang Tuantuan was not at home, he guessed that she must be in the store. He put down the things and rushed to Jiangyue Pavilion.
Jiang Tuantuan was just watching the shop alone out of boredom, and was a little surprised to see Erlaizi coming.
"Boss, I'm a father now!"
"Hey, congratulations. When was the baby born? How are the mother and child?"
"It was born seven days ago. Both mother and child are doing well. I came here just in time. I wanted to buy some pearl cream for Dafang. She always complains that she became ugly after giving birth."
Jiang Tuantuan excitedly took something out of the cabinet and said, "No need to buy it, consider it a gift from me."
Er Laizi held the pearl cream and said, "Boss, you are so kind."
In the days that followed, every time Er Laizi thought back, he felt that the best decision he had ever made was when he said at the village chief's house that he was willing to work for the Jiang family for free, which changed his life.
Hua He has been in the capital for nearly ten days. Because the capital is so big, Hua He dare not go too far, for fear that she will not be able to find the way back to the inn. She looked around nearby, but there was no suitable job to do. She was faced with a dilemma.
Although Jiang Tuantuan said at the time that if there was any problem, they could go to Li Jingchen, Hua He was unwilling to trouble him.
At noon, Hua He was hungry and the food in the inn was expensive, so she thought of going to the street to buy something to eat. But fate is such a wonderful thing. She happened to meet Su Qingming while buying meat patties.
Su Qingming was a little surprised. He knew that the county magistrate's daughter had run away from her marriage. He didn't expect to meet the person who had run away from her marriage here.
"It's fate that I met Miss Huahe."
Hua He didn't expect to meet Su Qingming here, so the two of them went to a nearby noodle restaurant to have a meal together.
During the meal, Su Qingming finally understood the whole story and couldn't help but exclaim, "Miss Hua He is really brave!"
"Don't you think I'm being disloyal?"
Su Qingming shook his head. "There's nothing wrong with pursuing your own happiness, and Miss Hua He is very courageous for pursuing it. But you came to the capital alone, so have you decided what to do?"
Hua He put down her chopsticks and sighed, "I've been in the capital for ten days, and I haven't found anything to do yet. Many places only want men. I can write and do accounting, but they reject me because I'm a woman."
She said, "I have been studying with my brother since I was young, learning the Four Books and Five Classics. Now I find that even if I really know them, I won't be recognized."
Su Qingming: "I came to the capital to study and prepare to take the selection examination for the Imperial Hospital next spring. It just so happens that my family also has a clinic in the capital, and the owner of the clinic is in need of an assistant to help him organize the daily account books. The key is to be able to calculate the dates. Would you consider it? If you are, I can recommend someone to you."
Hua He was of course absolutely willing to do so.
This clinic is also called Tongji Clinic and was opened by Su Qingming's second uncle.
Arriving at the clinic, he said, "Second uncle, I would like to recommend someone for you. What do you think?"
Second uncle saw Su Qingming smiling.
"This is my friend Zhao Huahe. She grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics. Although she doesn't know much about medicine, she has no problem learning to read and do math."
The second uncle thought about it and actually wanted a man's one, but since it was recommended by his nephew, he accepted it.
Now Hua He finally had a job and a place to live. There was a small room specially reserved for her in the backyard of the clinic. She received four taels of silver every month. Although it was not much, Hua He was already very satisfied.
I specially invited Su Qingming to dinner to express my gratitude.
After settling down in the capital, Hua He wrote a letter to Jiang Tuantuan, saying that everything was fine with her, that she had met Su Qingming and found a job, and that she didn't need to worry about her.
After reading the letter, Jiang Tuantuan was happy that she had found a new life.
Two days later, another letter was received from Li Jingchen. In addition to greetings, the whole letter was about his hope that Jiang Tuantuan could bring his family to Beijing for a reunion.
But if he went to the capital, what would he do with the chickens at the foot of the mountain and the persimmons on the mountain? What would he do with the current shop and who would take care of it? These problems had to be solved first. Jiang Tuantuan also wanted to go to the capital and see a bigger place.
Jiang Tuantuan was a little tired of the food at home and wanted to change the taste, so she asked Rouer to go out for dinner together. During the meal, Jiang Tuantuan told her about his current troubles.
Rou'er was startled. "I think I heard my dad say a while ago that our family will move to the capital by autumn. He seemed to say that the business there is bigger, and Fujiang County is still a bit limited."
She said, "My father said that this place is close to the capital. We can get there in one day by galloping a horse, or in three days by carriage. Hua He also wrote to me, saying that she is in the capital. Let's go together, and we can be reunited then."
Jiang Tuantuan thought about it and decided that it was not impossible, but there were too many things to do. Who would be left behind to look after the twenty acres of land and the shop outside the city? The chickens and persimmons at the foot of the mountain could continue to be taken care of by Erlaizi, but it was inconvenient to transport them back and forth.
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