When the eldest brother and his wife came back with Mo Yatou, the Li family fell silent again. It became a bottomless pit of money. Old man Li and Mrs. Li frowned like a mountain, wanting to say something but unable to open their mouths.
"Dad, just say whatever you want to say." The eldest brother asked.
"I, I..." Old man Li looked at the eldest brother, then at Miss Mo, but still couldn't say anything.
"Dad, I know what you want to say, but Mo girl is a piece of flesh and blood that fell from my body, I can't bear to let her go..." the eldest sister-in-law cried.
"Then just take good care of it." Old man Li said this and didn't care about it anymore.
Afterwards, Tao Xiaoxi asked her sister-in-law what her father-in-law meant by that sentence.
"Let's leave Momo behind." The sister-in-law said calmly.
Tao Xiaoxi was speechless for a moment. The Li family had had this idea from the very beginning, but they didn't expect that Mo, who was already two years old, still had such thoughts.
"Sister-in-law, what do you think?" Tao Xiaoxi asked this question a little nervously.
"I don't have any ideas. I will try my best to raise her. It depends on whether God will give us a way to survive or not, and it also depends on her own luck." After saying this, the sister-in-law left.
At that moment, looking at the indifferent expression of his sister-in-law, Tao Xiaoxi suddenly felt very unfamiliar.
Peace has returned to Mantou Village. Beibei finally goes to school. Every day she asks Damao what the homework is for the day. She always forgets the homework assigned by the teacher. Tao Xiaoxi is very worried. If this continues, she probably won't have many opportunities to be a top student, let alone a poor student.
Shang Qingyan received more and more orders, and he introduced her to several herbal medicine merchants in the north. Tao Xiaoxi's medicine was in short supply, so she began to spend more and more time in the medicine shed, not letting anyone in, making it very secretive. Among them, Sun Wangcai was the most curious, always hiding in the corner to spy on something, but was always spotted by Wangcai's dog, who barked at him non-stop.
Seeing Tao Xiaoxi making money, everyone became jealous and wanted to emulate him and grow medicinal herbs. However, they had no medicinal seedlings.
The eldest brother came to remind Tao Xiaoxi that someone would probably need to guard the medicine shed at night.
Tao Xiaoxi held her chin in her hand, feeling very annoyed. This was not going to work. There was no way to prevent it. How about letting it go and selling it to them?
Tao Xiaoxi was a little excited when she came up with this idea, but on second thought, she felt a little unwilling. The villagers of Mantou Village had always treated her badly, but she wanted to repay them with a kiss. Just based on this point, she was not very willing.
But what other solution was there? Tao Xiaoxi racked her brains but couldn't come up with one.
What made her even more headache was that it was time to help Beibei with her homework. She simply gave up thinking about it. If she did these two things at the same time, she would easily get obsessed.
Beibei probably knew that she was not good at studying, so her attitude was very good. The first thing she did after school every day was to check on her younger sister, and then she would sit on a small stool and start doing her homework. She would write from the evening until her mother prepared dinner, but she still hadn't finished. Tao Xiaoxi would let her eat and then continue working.
After dinner, Beibei rushed to wash the dishes, saying that she was a big sister now and could take care of others.
But Tao Xiaoxi knew that Beibei didn't want her to be angry, she wanted to please her and didn't want people to think that she couldn't do anything right.
Such a sensible Beibei made Tao Xiaoxi feel even more distressed. She also gradually accepted that not all children are suitable for the path of studying and becoming successful. Beibei did not have the talent for studying, so she had to find another way out for her.
Once her mindset changed, she could tutor her child with a loving and caring motherly attitude. When Tao Xiaoxi still couldn't understand after three or four times of explanation, she stopped forcing him. She gave Beibei a piece of paper and a paintbrush and said, "Draw something?"
Beibei gratefully took the paintbrush and started painting happily. Compared to doing homework, doing anything else was a pleasure.
Seeing how seriously and happily Xiaoman was painting, Tao Xiaoxi felt relieved and took Xiaoman to feed her. Recently, Xiaoman had grown rapidly, and her appetite had increased, so her milk supply was almost insufficient.
Just let her drink milk powder, an idea came to her mind, but she immediately rejected it. No, no milk powder is as nutritious as breast milk. It’s okay to go through the trouble. Xiaoman is not a full month old. Let her drink more breast milk to improve her immunity.
When she came out after feeding, she went over to look at Beibei's drawing and asked, "Is this a drawing of a chicken?"
"No, I drew a peacock, Mom." Beibei said excitedly, pointing to Tao Xiaoxi.
Tao Xiaoxi couldn't bear to discourage her any further. "That's good. You'll get better with more practice. When your Uncle Nanshan comes back, I'll let him teach you."
"Okay, Mom." Beibei said happily, thinking that his painting was really good.
Tao Xiaoxi was worried. What exactly were this child's strengths? Everyone had a special skill; it was impossible for them to be mediocre at everything. She had to find out what Beibei was good at.
Beibei hasn't found out what she is good at yet, but she has already come up with a good idea for the medicinal seedlings. That is, she will be the largest contractor and let the villagers who are willing to grow medicinal plants help her!
When this thought popped up, Tao Xiaoxi was shocked. When she told her elder brother Li Nanlin the news, he could only admire her.
"But there are also disadvantages." Li Nanlin suddenly thought.
"What's the harm?"
"This will increase our costs. Providing them with medicinal seedlings for free will be a considerable investment," the eldest brother said worriedly.
Tao Xiaoxi smiled lightly, "Don't worry, I can get as much as you want... and cultivate them." There were countless medicinal seedlings emerging from the space. Even if all the men, women, and children in the entire Mantou Village came to grow medicinal herbs, she could still provide them.
The next day, Li Nanlin announced the news at the village entrance, and someone immediately questioned him, "Is Tao Xiaoxi really willing to give us the medicinal seedlings for free?"
"The medicinal seedlings are free, but they will belong to us when they grow up," Li Nanlin explained.
"Then let's do it, isn't it just a waste of time?"
Li Nanlin added, "Of course we won't let you work for free. We'll pay you a salary, guaranteed to be much more than what you can earn from farming."
"I just want to grow it myself. Do you sell medicinal seedlings?" someone asked again.
"Sell it, but you're responsible for your own profits and losses." Tao Xiaoxi walked over and said.
When they heard that they had to be responsible for their own profits and losses, some people hesitated again, but some still didn't believe Tao Xiaoxi. They always felt that the salary was not as much as the money they could make from selling medicinal herbs, so they wanted to grow them themselves.
Tao Xiaoxi didn't force them and let them choose for themselves. She would accept either one.
At this moment, those who had disliked Tao Xiaoxi before blushed with shame, those who had pulled out Tao Xiaoxi's medicinal seedlings also blushed with shame, and those who had chewed Tao Xiaoxi's tongue behind her back blushed even more with shame. They didn't expect that a woman could have such a broad mind and tolerance, and let go of the past grudges and lead them to make money together.
"There's no end to making money. As long as everyone works diligently to grow medicinal herbs and doesn't take any shortcuts, I guarantee your lives will be ten times better than they are now."
"Okay, Xiaoxi, we believe in you!" Some people shouted slogans with excitement on the spot.
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