Chapter 225 225. Time Flies
The days after having a child passed by so quickly. Looking back, little Zhou Hong can already run and jump. However, Shi Liu's wish of having a second child has never been realized. Zhou Pan has seen Shi Liu giving birth and is reluctant to let her take the risk again.
With Yin Yang Pavilion around, Shi Liu would not be in any danger at all, but Zhou Pan refused to listen to her.
Zhou Pan rubbed Shi Liu's head helplessly and said, "If you really like children, let's buy a fruit-bearing tree."
Pomegranate was so shocked that she shook her head repeatedly: "The Child-Bearing Tree is too expensive. If I really buy it, my merits will be reduced by half!"
Zhou Pan said nonchalantly, "Although the Pregnant Tree is expensive, if you read the description carefully, you will know that it is worth the price. In fact, if it were not for the inability of immortal cultivators to use it, I am afraid the price would be several times higher."
Zhou Pan was also pleased with the offspring bred by the Pregnant Tree. He wondered how the Pregnant Tree worked, absorbing the energy and blood of a couple's sexual union to produce fruit. Ten months later, the fruit ripened and fell to the ground, with a baby emerging from it. If that were all, it would be fine. The key point was that children bred by the Pregnant Tree not only rejected their parents' shortcomings but also inherited some of their talents.
Seeing Shi Liu's excitement, Zhou Pan continued, "A fruit-bearing tree can bear 10 fruits."
Pomegranate's eyes sparkled. Ten fruits meant ten children. She could have ten well-behaved and lovely babies without having to give birth herself. She was so excited just thinking about it.
Finally, Pomegranate gave in to his heart and nodded: "Then I will buy one."
Zhou Pan smiled and put his arm around Shi Liu's waist: "If the next child is not a daughter, we will have another one."
Rather than a son, he wanted a little girl who was like a pomegranate, a sweet and soft little girl, not like Zhou Hong, the naughty boy who always made him angry.
When talking about the sweet and soft little girl, Shi Liu began to drool. If she had a daughter, she would braid her hair into pigtails, put small jewelry on her, and dress her up beautifully.
Unfortunately, the couple didn't expect that their luck would be so bad. They had three sons in a row but no daughter, which was very tiring.
Looking at her three sons running around in the yard, Shi Liu groaned with a headache. If she had known that her last two sons would be such naughty boys, she would never have listened to Zhou Pan's nonsense. The pregnancy tree did save her from the hardship of pregnancy, but that didn't mean she could just sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor.
Originally, Su Sanlan was planning to return to Shitou Village, but her three grandsons trapped her. She had no choice but to let her daughters take care of everything except giving birth to the children. Of course, she was reluctant to let her daughters work so hard.
Shi Liu only officially graduated this year. She really can't afford to study for a bachelor's and master's degree for several years in a row!
"Mom, let's go back to our hometown during this holiday. Zhou Pan said that the policies from above have begun to relax, and my brother and the others can start preparing now."
As Su Sanlan served her grandson some rice, she said happily, "Finally, the policy has been implemented. If it hadn't, I'd have suspected that the market wouldn't be open anymore—"
Shi Liu hadn't expected the higher-ups to be so slow this time, but she understood: "They've been arresting spies for the past few years, and thankfully, they've basically caught them all now, and the overall situation is becoming increasingly stable."
Su Sanlan didn't quite understand these things either, so he smiled and said, "So they caught the bad guys a few years ago. Don't worry, your eldest and third brothers' skills are getting better and better. Opening a shop is definitely not a problem. But is there anyone in our village who buys?"
Shi Liu's mouth twitched when she heard this: "Mom, our production team is so small, there's no market to speak of. I want my eldest brother and the others to come to Hai City. Not only is the market more open here, but most of the people in Hai City have savings from their ancestors and are willing to spend money."
"What? No, no!"
Su Sanlan never thought of letting her eldest son and others come to Hai City. Hai City is indeed very prosperous, but the consumption level is too high. Every time she spends money, she feels heartbroken. How can it be possible if the whole family comes to rely on her daughter!
As soon as Shi Liu saw her mother's expression, she knew what she was thinking and had to explain, "Mom, listen to me. My brothers came here to help me make money. How could I possibly do a business that would lose money?"
Although she was not allowed to do business in recent years, she had never been idle and had accumulated a lot of cosmetics. As for the shops needed to open a store, with her unremitting efforts, she finally bought the entire street she had her eyes on.
When Su Sanlan heard that her daughter had bought an entire shop, she was completely stunned. Their Shi family actually had a golden child!
No matter how much everyone disliked capitalists before, who doesn't envy the capitalists' lives deep down? Su Sanlan didn't expect her daughter to be so capable. Her face flushed with excitement: "Okay, I'll bring your eldest brother and the others over when I go back this time. If they don't work hard, I'll punish them!"
Shi Liu: "Ahem, there's no need to be so excited. The shop is mine after all. As long as I can sell the goods, I'll make money." What's more, both the eldest brother's wood carving and the third brother's cooking skills are top-notch. She doesn't believe that they can't be sold.
Su Sanlan agreed immediately.
Unfortunately, when Shi Liu was about to buy a ticket to return home, he was called to the professor's office.
Professor Zhao, wearing black-framed glasses, said seriously, "Even though you plan to work on your own in the future, it's still necessary for you to get to know more people in the medicinal materials industry."
Shi Liu naturally knew the importance of these connections, but she hadn't been back home in many years, and the exhibition would last for more than half a month...
Professor Zhao saw Shi Liu's hesitation and sighed, "I heard you were planning to open a drugstore. If your products are of good quality, this exhibition might help you expand your market. If you miss out, you might not get another such good opportunity for a while."
Professor Zhao really felt it was a pity. She had always been very confident in this student's ability. After all, she had used her student's experimental products a lot in the past two years. Her skin, which had been damaged by going to the countryside, had actually recovered. She dared to guarantee that those foreigners would definitely want to use it again after using it. It was only a matter of time before the student's pharmaceutical and cosmetics business would flourish.
It’s actually not very important to go back to my hometown. My eldest brother and the others will come to Hai City anyway, and I’ll see them sooner or later.
Shi Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Professor Zhao, please leave one booth spot for me. I will definitely go there when the time comes."
Professor Zhao smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right. This is the first time our country has held such a large-scale exhibition. Even if we hold another exhibition in the future, it will have to wait at least a year."
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