Seeing he couldn't persuade him, He Jinshu discussed with him: "Then let's make three rules."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen said, "You say."
"First..., second..., third..."
"Is that so? Okay, I understand."
After a while, Chen Chen asked, "How do you feel?"
"It's okay, that's all."
Finally, Chen Zhen lay down next to He Jinshu, wiped the sweat from his head, and said, "This time is not suitable for me."
He Jinshu turned over when he heard that, then pressed on Chen Chen, and said, "Then I'll give you a time that suits you."
It was late at night, and the bright moon outside the window shone on the newly built brick house, casting a faint glow on the unfinished courtyard.
The stars in the sky twinkled, as if composing a cheerful melody for this unknown secret.
The summer breeze blew gently across the roof, and the sound in the room continued until midnight.
After finishing, Chen Zhen wanted to get up and fetch some water to wash the two of them. Seeing this, He Jinshu said he would go and asked Chen Zhen to stay in the room.
"It's okay, Ah Shu, I'm stronger, I'll go, you rest first." Chen Chen kissed him and said.
After hearing what Chen Zhen said, He Jinshu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. However, he was indeed no match for Chen Zhen in terms of strength, so he stopped competing with him and let him go to fetch water.
Chen Chen tiptoed out of the door carrying a kerosene lamp. It was night time and he was afraid that the noise would wake up Grandma He and the others.
After fetching some water from the kitchen, Chen Chen returned to his room, and after washing up with He Jinshu, he went to bed.
After breakfast the next day, He Jinshu asked Li Mo if he could make him a few wooden boxes.
Li Mo asked in confusion: "What do you want the wooden box for?"
"I'm going to make something, and you'll know when the time comes," said He Jinshu.
Seeing this, Li Mo didn't ask any more questions. He just asked about the size of the wooden box, and then said, "Okay, I'll find someone to make a batch for you later."
Chen Chen watched the two of them finish their conversation and said to He Jinshu, "Ah Shu, should we go buy a few servants to help you with the work? It's a bit embarrassing to always ask your friends to help with the work."
It would have been fine if they had lived in the town before, but now that everyone is back, they can't let Li Mo do everything.
He Jinshu said calmly upon hearing this: "It's okay, he is not only my friend, but also my brother."
"Your brother?" Chen Chen asked in surprise, "cousin?"
"No, my parents adopted him. He grew up with me."
Chen Chen nodded upon hearing this, and then said, "Then we have to buy two more people. We can't always let Li Mo do all this work alone."
In the past, when the Shen family was large, all the big and small things at home could be shared among several people and handled quickly.
Now in the He family, grandparents are old and they certainly cannot be asked to do more work. He Jinshu needs to study and cannot do heavy work, so only Chen Chen and Li Mo are left.
The yard will be so big that cleaning it will be a problem, so we still have to hire two people.
"Then go buy a few people." He Jinshu said.
After that, he asked again: "Ah Zhen, have you ever thought about opening a workshop in the future to make the seasonings you researched?"
Chen Chen nodded and said, "Yes, but I haven't figured out how to open it yet."
There are many types of seasonings. If you want to open a workshop for them all, you have to ask the village chief to allocate land for building the workshop. You also have to consider issues such as recruiting personnel and preventing the recipes from being leaked.
Upon hearing this, He Jinshu said, "Why don't you hire more people this time? Then they can help you manage the workshop."
After hearing this, Chen Zhen thought this was fine, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go to the dental clinic tomorrow and bring back a few people."
"You don't have to go. Just let Li Mo handle it." He Jinshu said.
Seeing this, Chen Chen didn't object. It didn't matter who went to buy it. Tomorrow, Li Mo would go to the town to buy someone, and he would stay at home to look after the house.
After talking about these, He Jinshu went to the study to read, while Chen Zhen prepared to go to the kitchen to make some more fermented black bean chili sauce. The one he made before was almost finished, so he planned to make more this time, after all, his family liked it very much.
In the afternoon, Doctor Xue came to treat Grandpa He. After learning that Grandpa He had regained feeling in his legs, he asked in disbelief, "Is he really feeling it?"
After saying that, he pinched Grandpa He's leg and asked, "Do you feel anything like this?"
Grandpa He said with a smile: "My feeling is not very strong yet. You can't feel it much when you pinch it, but I can feel a slight tingling sensation inside my legs."
Upon hearing this, Doctor Xue said excitedly, "Then I will continue to treat you according to this method. If it can really cure you, it will truly be a medical miracle."
Grandpa He didn't agree with what Doctor Xue said. He just said cheerfully, "Thank you so much, Doctor Xue, for treating me."
Doctor Xue shook his head as he took out a silver needle from his medical box and said, "This is not my credit. I should thank your grandson, Mr. He, for he was the one who gave me the treatment."
Grandpa He vaguely knew who was the one who really helped heal his leg, but he still said to Doctor Xue: "Thank you very much for your medical skills, Doctor Xue. Otherwise, this might be the end of my life."
Doctor Xue did not comment on Grandpa He's praise. He did think his acupuncture skills were pretty good, so he did not discuss this issue with Grandpa He anymore.
After seeing off Dr. Xue, Grandma He took the clothes off Grandpa He's legs and asked He Jinshu to carry him to the rocking chair outside.
Because each acupuncture treatment lasts about the same time as an incense stick, and it is quite tiring to maintain the same posture for a long time, Grandpa He always lies in bed for treatment.
Originally, after Doctor Xue's treatment, Chen Zhen could take the opportunity to treat Grandpa He, but now there are people coming and going during the day, so He Jinshu asked Chen Zhen to come back to treat Grandpa He at night.
The next day after breakfast, Li Mo prepared to go to the town to buy someone, and Chen Chen gave him another 50 taels of silver.
Li Mo waved his hand and said, "No need to pay. The money you gave me for building the house still has about 60 taels of silver left. This money is enough to buy a few servants."
Seeing this, Chen Zhen took the money and said, "Brother Mo, when you buy someone, in addition to the man, also buy an aunt or a husband."
Since he was a child, Shen Zhen's mother helped him wash his clothes. He rarely washed clothes himself, let alone sewed clothes.
But there are five people in their family now, and the work of washing clothes and mending clothes cannot be left to Grandma He, so it would be better to buy an aunt and her husband to come back to help with the work.
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