Regardless of whether the Xu family's affairs were accidental or man-made, the Qin family would take it over. If it was an accident, then Miss Xu's reputation did need to be protected, but if it was man-made, if Miss Xu was rejected today, there might be Miss Zhang, Miss Yang, and so on tomorrow. Therefore, Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan both accepted this matter calmly.
However, this matter was kept secret from Qin Shouye. With Qin Shouye's character, he was not capable of taking on this matter.
Therefore, the division of the family was only a way to protect Qin Shouye. If the family was divided, the people behind the scenes would see that Qin Shouye did nothing, and then those who had ulterior motives towards Qin Fang might not start with Qin Shouye. In addition to Qin Shouye, there was also Qin Shoucheng, who could not be implicated.
Speaking of Qin Shoucheng, it is already March now. He did not pass the examination for the title of Tongsheng. It was his first time to take the imperial examination. The young man was too nervous and could not even last half of the first test. It was not because of his poor health. He had been practicing martial arts every day in the past few years. His physical fitness was excellent, but his mental quality was not good.
Qin's father and mother listened to the teacher's advice and decided to let Qin Shoucheng study in his hometown, which means that they would not come here for the time being.
If they did not come here, the imperial grain factory would be handed over to Qin's uncle, and Daya's husband was promoted to assist in the management.
The weather in mid-March was still a little cold, but it was obviously much more comfortable than winter. On this day, Uncle Hong brought in a middle-aged man. This middle-aged man was an old carpenter in the woodworking workshop. Yang Haiyan often asked him to make things, so she was quite familiar with him.
The old carpenter did not come alone, and he also brought two young apprentices. The two apprentices were carrying things, and the things were covered with cloth. No one knew what they were.
"The old carpenter is here?" When Yang Haiyan heard it, she knew that the things she wanted were ready. She stood up and said, "Madam Lian, pick up Lin Yang, let's go and take a look."
Madam Lian: "Hey."
Little Qin Lin Yang was naturally not held by Madam Lian. She was old and could not hold him for long, so she asked a special maid to hold him.
Little Qin Linyang likes to go outside. It was cold some time ago, and he was locked in the house for a long time. Today, he can go out for the first time. He took off his hat and scarf, and his little head kept turning, looking around curiously. It's just that his little feet can't walk yet, otherwise he would have to run around by himself.
The old woman said, "The little master is very lively when he goes outside."
Yang Haiyan glanced at her son and said, "This child is very naughty."
Little Qin Linyang heard his mother's voice and gave her a smile. The chubby little face bulged, and Yang Haiyan wanted to kiss the tender skin more. But... just don't drool. She wiped the child's saliva with a handkerchief: "Mother has made something nice for you. From now on, you can play in the yard by yourself."
Qin Linyang blinked his eyes. Although he could only say a few words, he could vaguely understand that his mother seemed to be giving him something. Suddenly, his little mouth smiled even more happily.
Yang Haiyan laughed and scolded: "Silly."
Nanny Lian said: "Madam, don't say that. Who wasn't like this when they were young? The little master is much smarter than other children." Nanny Lian was the head of the general's mansion. She loved Qin Linyang as much as Yang Haiyan, and she doted on him the most on weekdays.
Yang Haiyan said, "Madam, no matter how you look at your own children, they are all good."
Madam Lian replied, "That's right, our little master is good." Madam Lian has also seen many children. In her opinion, the little master is really good, with a good temper, and rarely cries, unless the general deliberately makes him cry. But the general raised his head and stopped crying immediately. Speaking of which, Madam Qin thinks that their general has a problem, and always makes the little master cry from time to time.
However, in addition to being well-behaved and having a good temper, the little master is also in good health. It has been almost twelve months, and she has never seen the little master get sick, so the little master is blessed.
Arriving at the hall, the old carpenter and his two apprentices saluted Yang Haiyan: "Hello, Madam." The people of Yunxiang County have always called Yang Haiyan Madam. They don't know the difference between Madam and Madam. They are used to calling her Madam. Moreover, they don't know about Yang Haiyan's rank. Of course, Yang Haiyan doesn't care about this.
Yang Haiyan said: "Old master, there is no need to be polite. Let me see the things." The
old carpenter stood up and lifted the cloth covering it. Ancient people may not recognize what these are, but modern people know them. One is a baby car and the other is a baby stroller.
The car is for Qin Linyang to play with. He can sit inside and hold the steering wheel. Of course, someone needs to push it from the back. The stroller is for Qin Linyang to learn how to walk. He is almost twelve months old and it is time for him to walk.
Because it is for children, the old carpenter made it very carefully.
Yang Haiyan asked, "Are there only two?"
The old carpenter said, "You said to make two of each. There are two left, and I will bring these two to you for your review."
Yang Haiyan touched the stroller and the baby car for a few steps and found that they were very smooth and would not rub the child's skin. But this was not enough. She said to Nanny Lian, "Bring the red set from the embroidery workshop."
Nanny Lian watched Yang Haiyan make it, so she naturally knew what it was: "Please wait."
Soon, Nanny Lian brought the set of red cloth things. Then Yang Haiyan wrapped the things on the stroller and baby car. Not to mention, the seats, steering wheels and other places were wrapped with the stuff, which made them safer.
The old carpenter said, "Madam is still thoughtful."
Yang Haiyan said, "No, you guys did a good job. You have to hurry up and finish the other two. I need them." As for what? Of course, it's to make money. The Royal Grain Processing Factory didn't make much money. The franchise fee and agency fee were all used to build roads. The gross profit of the first year was also used to build roads. Last year was the second year. Originally, it was to make money, but since it was used to build roads in the first year, the roads in Yunxiang County were not built yet, so it continued in the second year. Since the family had enough money, her monthly salary was high, and the farm was producing, Yang Haiyan did not hold on to the gross profit of the imperial grain processing factory in the second year.
For this, the emperor gave her a lot of things as a reward.
Now that she had a son, Yang Haiyan began to spend time on the child. She made two baby cars and two baby strollers, one for her son and one for the capital, intending to ask the emperor if they wanted to open a royal furniture factory together.
After packing the stroller and baby car, Yang Haiyan took her son from the mother-in-law's arms and put him in the stroller: "Baby, this is your toy, do you like it?"
Qin Linyang can't walk yet, but he likes to walk on the ground. Once on the ground, he has to pull others to walk. Yang Haiyan felt that it was too tiring to help him walk, so she thought of the stroller. Now that he is put in the stroller, he will not get tired no matter how hard he struggles. He can sit inside when he is tired. There is a cushion made of thin cotton cloth inside, and the cushion is tied to it.
In short, this stroller is very simple, just like the modern strollers on Taobao, it is a round stroller, but it is made of wood, and the wheels are also made of wood. The seat is made of leather, which is also very soft and will not hinder the baby. As
soon as Qin Linyang got into the stroller, he held the stroller with both hands and walked. No matter where he walked, he would not fall, and he did not need the help of adults, which gave him the freedom of movement. Freedom of movement is what every child who cannot walk likes the most.
Yang Haiyan squatted in front of him: "Baby, do you like it?"
Qin Linyang did not forget that this was given to him by his mother. When he heard his mother's question, he patted the stroller with his little hands happily and shouted: "Mom... Mom..."
Yang Haiyan smiled and said: "I'm glad you like it. Come, let's go to grandma's place and let her see our baby's stroller." Yang
Haiyan walked in front, walked a few steps, turned around and waved to her son: "Baby, come here."
Little Qin Linyang held the stroller and chased his mother. Don't say it, the little guy has good bones. He didn't feel tired even after walking for a while. Later, he was tired and sat down in the stroller and let the mother-in-law push it from behind. Even sitting in it, he was happy. This is probably the joy of children.
Seeing this, Nanny Lian couldn't help but say, "This thing is really good, but it's easy to imitate. Even an ordinary carpenter can learn it after just one look. If Madam wants to take it out to do business, she can only do business with a small amount of money."
Yang Haiyan said, "We don't do business with poor people, but with rich people."
Nanny Lian asked, "I don't understand what you mean."
Yang Haiyan said, "If you sell this thing in the capital, the people in the capital are rich, and they cooperate with the emperor, no one dares to imitate it."
Nanny Lian understood it as soon as she heard it, just like potato flour and sweet potato flour.
As they talked and laughed, they arrived at Liuxin Courtyard.
Qin's father and mother did not come back, and there was no change in the general's mansion. Grandpa Qin and Niu Da were together every day, cultivating various seeds, and anyway, they were busy in the fields. Grandma Qin had a great-grandson, and her life was also a little more fun.
Look, from a long distance, Grandma Qin saw Yang Haiyan bringing her great-grandson. She walked out of the yard quickly and saw her precious great-grandson sitting in a wooden toy. She was very curious: "What is this? Oh, this toy is really good."
When the person stopped, the walker stopped, and Qin Lin's friend stood up instead of sitting. Standing up was not enough, he proudly supported the walker and walked to Grandma Qin, patted the walker, and then looked at Grandma Qin proudly.
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "This is called a walker, for him to practice walking."
Grandma Qin said, "This thing is really good. With this, he can walk without help."
When Qin Linyang saw Grandma Zeng looking at him, he thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Car... Car..."
Yang Haiyan heard it and said, "You little rascal, you always purse your lips tightly when I teach you to call people on weekdays, but today I mentioned the walker and you can call it."
Qin Linyang laughed, "Car... Car..."
Grandma Qin said, "Oh, Grandma Zeng knows, this is a car, your car, car."
Qin Linyang felt that his communication with Grandma Zeng was very successful, and then he walked around with his help. The old woman followed him and wanted to push him slowly. But the child was also a child with a temper, and he opened the old woman's hand and wanted to walk by himself.
Yang Haiyan looked at him and couldn't help but say: "Let him go, he won't want to walk when he's tired."
Grandma Qin said: "I think he's happy, he won't be tired for a while."
In fact, when a child is in good spirits, it's beyond your imagination, especially when Qin Linyang is in good spirits and in good health. He was playing alone, and Grandma Qin and Yang Haiyan were watching him.
Yang Haiyan thought for a while: "I have to make some more toys for him." With a loved one, she really wanted to give him the best and let him have a happy childhood. Although it can't be compared with modern times, she also wants his childhood to be happy. As for the enlightenment of the ancients at a few years old, Yang Haiyan didn't think so. She didn't want him to be too stressed. The most important thing for a person to live is to be happy. Of course, the premise is that he has the conditions to do whatever he wants.
After walking for a while, Qin Linyang was tired, so he sat down. After sitting for a while, he fell asleep in the stroller, which made Yang Haiyan laugh and cry.
However, Yang Haiyan did not let him sleep too long. If he slept too long during the day, he would not be able to fall asleep at night. He was only allowed to sleep for half an hour before being woken up because it was almost time for dinner.
As soon as the child woke up, he looked around, remembering his stroller.
Qin Fang came back from the barracks and saw his son playing alone in the yard. Qin Linyang also saw his father, and happily walked towards his father with the stroller. He kept saying: "Car...car..."
Qin Fang: "You already have a car at such a young age, it's amazing." He strode to his son and thought this thing was really good, "Did your mother make this for you?"
Qin Linyang: "Mom...car..."
Qin Fang said: "You can call the car, but you can't call dad, are you deliberately doing this to me?"
Qin Linyang didn't understand what he said, turned around, twisted his hips, and walked away with the stroller.
Qin Fang looked at his chubby appearance and couldn't help laughing. He walked to Yang Haiyan: "What toy is this?"
Yang Haiyan said: "I thought of this before. It's for children learning to walk. I named it, walker, what do you think?"
"You have a lot of novel things in your mind, which is good. With this thing, it will be convenient for him to learn to walk." Qin Fang also likes this walker very much. Children can not only learn to walk in it, but also play by themselves. It looks safe.
Yang Haiyan followed his words and said, "What do you think if we use this to do business?"
Qin Fang was stunned: "Do business? Just for the sake of novelty, right? A carpenter will know how to use this thing. It can make money in the front, but it probably won't make money in the back. Moreover, the demand for this is limited, and it is held up. Moreover, this child can take turns to use it. Now this child uses it, and in a few years, when other children are born, they can continue to use it, so it is not easy to do business in the long run."
Yang Haiyan: "I'm not doing long-term business, short-term is enough. Besides, look at the Beast Mountain, no one has visited it for more than 20 years, and the trees on the Beast Mountain have no place to grow, so a large number of them can be cut down. However, the whole world is the emperor's land, and everything that has no owner belongs to the emperor. So, let's do this business with the emperor, what do you think?"
Qin Fang: "...You have tasted the sweetness from the emperor, right?" After all, the emperor is a wise king.
Yang Haiyan naturally valued the emperor's wisdom, so she dared to do it. Moreover, these things have reasonable sources, such as baby cars and walkers, which were all thought up by her as a mother for her son. How reasonable it is. If the source is unreasonable, she would not have thought of it.
Qin Fang said again: "I will write to the emperor later, you should sort out the plan. Also, a lot of gunpowder has been made in the past two years, and the first batch of gunpowder will be shipped."
Yang Haiyan was curious: "Where is the gunpowder shipped to?"
Qin Fang: "Yongzhou."
When Yang Haiyan heard this, she immediately thought of the original male protagonist Han Zhen: "Are the barbarians over there going to start a war?"
Qin Fang said: "Well, the barbarians have become more and more rampant recently, and I don't know why. Logically, 20,000 barbarians have surrendered, and the remaining barbarians are not to be feared, but why are they suddenly rampant again?"
Yang Haiyan thought about it, probably to make merit for the male protagonist. "Don't worry, with the Yonghe Army here, Yongzhou will definitely be fine." In fact, what she wanted to say was that with the male protagonist here, Qiguo would not be in trouble.
Little Qin Linyang was born on April 15th, which means that the General's Mansion will hold a birthday party for him soon. So in early April, Qin's father and mother came back. They came back, but Qin Shoucheng did not. He stayed in his hometown, and was taken care of by Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin.
They knew about Qin Shouye's engagement before they came back. Because they knew it was a fake engagement, they did not meet the girl from the Xu family.
In a blink of an eye, it was April 15th.
The General's Mansion was naturally lively on the first birthday of the young master of the General's Mansion, but only the family was lively. As for the guests, it was only the family of Captain Yang, the family of Captain Lu, and the family of County Magistrate Yang.
The most lively part of a child's first birthday is the weekly grab, which is no longer popular in modern times, but it was very interesting in ancient times.
Not only is it interesting, Yang Haiyan is also looking forward to it.
So, Yang Haiyan suddenly remembered and asked Qin Fang: "Husband, what did you grab when you were doing Zhouzha?"
Speaking of his Zhouzha, Qin Fang said with some regret: "My family was poor back then, and the children of poor families in our area didn't have Zhouzha." What do children from poor families grab? Because they have been working in the fields all their lives, there is no meaning of Zhouzha. So there is no such thing as Zhouzha. If there is a poor family that does Zhouzha, then the family must have a source.
Yang Haiyan said: "Then what did you do on your first birthday?"
Qin Fang said: "It was a longevity peach with sugar inside."
"Longevity peach?" Yang Haiyan was curious.
Qin Fang said, "It's just a steamed bun made of flour, but it looks like a peach. Grandma put sugar in it, so it's sweet. I remember grandma said that I ate a whole peach that big at that time." He said, while measuring the size of the peach. "No matter who is the child in our family, they all eat peaches on their first birthday." However, he is the eldest brother, so when his younger brothers and sisters are one year old, he also has a share, and grandma will make two.
This is probably the difference between the eldest grandson.
When Qin Fang was young, he ate the whole peach by himself. When he grew up, he would share it with his younger brothers and sisters.
"General, Madam, the Zhouzhao is about to start. The old lady invites you to come over." Nanny Lian came over and said.
Yang Haiyan said, "I'm here. Husband, go and get the child." One-year-old Qin Linyang is very heavy, so let's give him to his father.
Qin Fang went back into the house and picked up his son, who was dressed in red.
Today, Qin Linyang is dressed very festively. Now that the weather is milder, children don't need to wear too many clothes. He wears red pants and red clothes. The clothes are all made of cotton. The top is a pullover and has a hat. The hat has a tiger pattern and tiger ears. At this time, Qin Linyang also put on the hat and looked like a little tiger.
When they arrived at the front hall, everyone was there, and the host and the guests looked at the door.
"Oh, whose child is this? How cute." Qin's mother said first.
Qin Linyang is used to seeing so many people, so he is not afraid. He looked around curiously, and then smiled foolishly.
Grandpa Qin said, "Put the child on the mat and let him scratch around."
There were many things on the mat, including books, abacus, small wooden sword, gold ingots, silver ingots, puppets, toy wooden horses, tiger shoes, toy cloth balls, purses, silver bracelets, and small silver locks. The
books were brought back by Qin Shoucheng at the request of Qin's mother, the small wooden sword was made by Qin Fang, the gold ingots were made by Qin's mother Fang, the silver ingots were made by Qin's grandmother Fang, the puppets were made by Qin Siya, the toy wooden horses were made by Grandpa Qin, the tiger shoes were made by Qin Daya, the toy cloth balls were made by Qin Sanya, the purses were made by Qin Erya, the abacus was prepared by Qin Shouye, the silver bracelets were prepared by Qin Sanshu and his wife, and the small silver locks were prepared by Qin Ershu and his wife.
Little Qin Linyang was put on the mat and looked up at his father.
Qin Fang said, "Go grab the things you like, and it's yours."
Grandpa Qin pointed at the wooden horse and said, "Little bastard, hurry up and grab it, this is what Grandpa made for you."
Little Qin Linyang blinked his eyes and looked around. There were familiar family members and unfamiliar guests. He found his mother in the crowd and looked at her.
Yang Haiyan walked up and said, "Baby, look at so many things. Which one do you like? If you like, go grab it. After you grab it, we'll go eat."
He didn't know what eating was, but he knew what eating was. Little Qin Linyang got up from the ground and staggered to his mother, "Mom..." and called out crisply.
Yang Haiyan: "Hey, don't come here, go grab something, and then we'll go eat."
Qin Linyang threw himself into his mother's arms, "Mom, eat...eat..." He said, still holding his mother's hand.
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