"fine."

On the other end of the phone, Du Juan's tone was filled with undisguised joy, "Mingzhu, please help us with the gift money. I'll give you the money when we get back."

"Well, it's a small matter. Sister-in-law, how are you?"

From secretly removing the IUD to becoming pregnant with her second child, Du Juan did not hide anything from her.

Counting the days, it has been almost three months now.

"Everything else is fine, but the reaction is a bit strong. Basically, I vomit whatever I eat."

Shen Mingzhu comforted her, "With such severe morning sickness, it's most likely to be a boy."

This statement was told to her by Feng Huiying from the family compound, and she didn't believe it at first.

But she did not have much reaction when she was pregnant, and the same was true for Jia Yuemei. In the end, both of them gave birth to girls.

"I hope so."

Shen Mingzhu thought for a moment and reminded: "Sister-in-law, although work is important, the safety of you and your children comes first. If it really doesn't work, you can take a break. I will send someone over. There will be plenty of time to make money in the future. There is no need to rush."

"Mingzhu, don't worry, I know what's going on."

…

Two days later, Qin Jinlian came to the city to find Shen Mingzhu because Jia Yuemei had given birth to a daughter.

"... We waited so long, but in the end, it was still a girl. You don't know how many people in the village laughed at our family, saying that you three siblings were destined to have a girl, and that earning more money was useless."

"Especially that old thing Liu Cuihua, who comes to laugh at me every day. She is so proud now, she has both a grandson and a granddaughter, and her daughter is making money from selling cold water. She walks with a haughty manner..."

After Qin Jinlian finished crying, Shen Mingzhu spoke calmly.

"Who says money is useless? Money is a good thing. With money, having a second or third child is no problem."

After Shen Mingzhu's advice, Qin Jinlian finally came to her senses.

Yes, she has two sons, and both of them gave birth to second children. She just doesn’t believe that she won’t have grandchildren.

"Mingzhu, your eldest brother and his wife listen to you the most. Please talk to them and hurry up to have the second child. Anyway, they are out of town now, so even if you are pregnant, no one in the village will know."

Shen Mingzhu did not comment, "You don't have to worry about your eldest brother and his wife, just take care of your second brother and his wife."

Qin Jinlian hesitated, "There's not much work on the farm these days. I want to go to the city to do some small business and earn more money. What do you think?"

"Are you not going to take care of your second sister-in-law during her confinement?"

Qin Jinlian curled her lips, "What's the point of taking care of a girl? It makes me upset just by looking at her."

Although Shen Mingzhu did not have a good impression of Jia Yuemei, as a woman, she did not agree with Qin Jinlian's idea of ​​favoring boys over girls.

"Whether it's a boy or a girl, they are my second brother's biological children. They are your granddaughters. As a mother-in-law, it is only natural for you to take care of your daughter-in-law during the confinement period. The hatred for the confinement period is irreconcilable. Mom, you'd better think about it carefully."

After hearing what she said, Qin Jinlian indeed hesitated.

Qin Jinlian was not an evil mother-in-law. She just didn't want to take care of Jia Yuemei. On the one hand, she was too disappointed not to have a grandson. On the other hand, she couldn't stand the ridicule of the villagers, especially Liu Cuihua, and wanted to escape.

Under Shen Mingzhu's persuasion, Qin Jinlian decided to take care of Jia Yuemei after she finished her confinement before coming back to the city.

…

Tian Wenfang came to Shen Baolan again.

This time it was not about Tian Dayong getting married, but because of the black monkey.

Heihouer was detained by the police station for three days for being a hooligan and was fined fifty yuan.

Heihou'er's family went to the Tian family for this and asked them to pay the fifty yuan, and also to bear the medical expenses for Heihou'er's injured finger and the loss of work time, a total of eighty yuan.

The Heihouer family and the Tian family were originally relatives, but now they are quarreling over the eighty yuan.

Heihouer's family believed that Heihouer helped Tian Dayong to "rob people" in the city out of brotherhood, which led to the "misfortune".

However, the Tian family thought that Black Monkey brought it upon himself because he was a hooligan.

But the Tian family was still unwilling to pay. They failed to marry a daughter-in-law and became a laughing stock in the village. Now they have to pay money even more. It is simply a loss of both the wife and the army.

The Tian family called Tian Wenfang back to her parents' home and gave her a good scolding.

After all, it was Tian Wenfang who came up with the idea of ​​going into the city to "rob people".

The Tian family asked Tian Wenfang to pay the money.

Tian Wenfang was also unwilling to pay the money, so she turned around and went to Shen Baolan.

"Baolan, this was all your idea. It was you who said you would help my eldest brother and Shen Hongmei to be a matchmaker. Now Hei Houer wants my family to pay forty yuan. You have to pay for it."

Shen Baolan was of course unwilling, "Why should I pay? It's your Tian family who wants to marry a daughter-in-law, not me, so don't look for me."

"If you don't want to pay, then you can take Yuanbao back and raise him yourself. I won't help you raise him."

In the past, Shen Baolan might have been threatened by Tian Wenfang.

Nowadays, her cold water stall business is getting better and better, and Ma Sufen treats her like a Bodhisattva and offers her delicious food and drinks.

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Even if she took her son Yuanbao back to the Zhou family, Ma Sufen would help her take care of the baby, so she had nothing to be afraid of.

"If you don't want to take the baby, forget it. Just return the baby to me tomorrow."

"Why do you want me to send it back to you? You can pick up your own child yourself."

"I don't have time to pick it up. If you don't want to send it back, just continue to help me raise it."

"It's up to you whether you want to accept the child or not. I will drop your child off at the entrance of the village when I get back. Don't blame me if someone kidnaps the child."

"Tian Wenfang, how dare you! If anything happens to my Yuanbao, you will have to pay with your son's life!"

"Shen Baolan, you are so cruel. Don't expect me to help you take care of your baby in the future."

"Tsk, who cares? I have plenty of people to help me take care of the baby."

After all, Tian Wenfang was no match for Shen Baolan, so the next day she asked Shen Hao to send Yuanbao back to Zhou's house.

Although the little grandson likes to cry and make trouble, with the halo of Shen Baolan's ability to make money, this little problem is nothing, and Ma Sufen is willing to take care of the little grandson.

…

After taking care of Jia Yuemei during her confinement, Qin Jinlian went into the city to continue selling grilled sausages and fried stinky tofu.

But Shen Mingzhu didn't let her sell it.

It’s hot in the summer and food can easily go bad if not properly stored. In addition, grilled sausages and fried stinky tofu are not popular in this season.

So, Qin Jinlian also set up a cold water stall, and coincidentally, she set up a stall on the same street as Shen Baolan.

The variety of products at Qin Jinlian’s cold water stall is much richer than that of Shen Baolan’s.

There are not only ice jelly, cold shrimp, and cold cakes, but also homemade yogurt popsicles and sugar water.

The flavors of the snacks and cold water were all prepared by Shen Mingzhu herself.

Other cold waters only have color and sweetness, but the cold water mixed by Shen Mingzhu uses white sugar. Different colors have different fruit aromas and taste better than soda.

It is packaged in a plastic bag and chilled in ice water. You can drink it with a straw and take it away. It is much more convenient than Shen Baolan's method of drinking it all in one go at the stall.

Qin Jinlian's business at the stall is booming every day and she makes a lot of money.

In contrast, Shen Baolan's cold water stall business is getting slower and slower.

Cold water and soda are okay, the former is low-cost and the latter can be preserved, but popsicles cannot survive overnight and will melt if they are not sold out on the same day.

The cold water was not selling well and the loss of popsicles was too great. At the end of the day, not only did I not make any money, I even lost money.

…

At noon, when it was almost time to get off work, Shen Mingzhu received a call that Qin Jinlian and Shen Baolan had a fight and were both taken to the police station. (End of this chapter)