It's just that there is an additional layer of worry in the hearts of everyone in the Ruan family.

Five days later, Ruan An successfully gave birth to a baby girl.

"An'er, this... this child is a girl..." Kong Luhua looked at the child's condition and felt inexplicably uncomfortable for a moment. But the fact was like this, how could she hide it? She had no choice but to say to Ruan An: "

An'er, Mom has also asked the Zhang family in the past few days. They said that you don't have to worry. There are still descendants from the Zhang family. When you are well, the Zhang family will go back to Lintong's hometown to ask and find a suitable one.

How about you come over and adopt your child to Xi'er, and let him recognize you as your mother? You must not take the difference between men and women to heart. From now on... you must treat this child well in the future?" Zhang Xi's family is originally from Shaanxi.

People from Lintong, whose great-grandfather moved to Jiangdu, Yangzhou, needed to go to Lintong to find their descendants.

"Mom, I know this child is very powerful when she cries. Mom, can you show it to me too?" Ruan An weakly said to Kong Luhua. It seems that when Ruan An heard that the child was a daughter, she felt really happy in her heart.

He was disappointed, but even so, Ruan An had no prejudice against the newborn child and was still full of love and affection.

"Well, you see, she looks a lot like you when you were a child." Kong Luhua also looked at the newborn baby with Ruan An.

"Yes, she is very cute. Mother, the child has no strength now. Can mother take care of this child more?" Ruan An looked at the newborn child with infinite tenderness in his words.

"That's natural. Mom will definitely take care of her when she grows up."

However, Kong Luhua also vaguely noticed that the smile that Ruan An had finally reappeared in the past few months had completely disappeared, and the light that was clearly visible in Ruan An's eyes a few days before the baby was born gradually disappeared.

Gloomy.

In the next half month, Ruan An's diet was greatly reduced, and it was difficult to get up all day long. It was not an illness and it was difficult to take the right medicine. Kong Luhua had to watch Ruan An weaken, but there was no better way. Everyone knew that Ruan An's last hope was

, even if she could cheer up and overcome the pain in her heart, this little hope gradually disappeared in the next few days.

At this time, the provincial capital of Guangzhou was still a peaceful and comfortable scene, especially the neighborhoods outside the city west of Taipingmen, which were even more prosperous than during the Qianjia period. This year, it had been ten years since Zhang Baozai died and the pirates were completely pacified.

One year, the people of Guangfu seemed to have forgotten that in the middle of the Jiaqing period, the Guangzhou Fortress was bombarded by the continuous sound of artillery fire from the coast guard. They were just immersed in their peaceful daily life as always, heading north from Taiping Street outside Taipingmen,

This is the case when you go to Shangjiufu, Changshou Temple, Qingzifang, Kanggong Temple, and all the way to Xichan Temple.

To the east of Xichan Temple, there are many medical clinics because it is a place where doctors worship. One of the medical clinics was busy with people coming in and out. Seeing the sun setting in the west, the shop owner Chen Huan greeted a few waiters.

When he was about to close the door, he exited the main hall and walked to the backyard. Seeing that the small house on the left side of the backyard was still calm and no one cared about it, Chen Huan just breathed a sigh of relief, with a weird and unnoticeable smile on his face.

Just because in that small room, there is actually a completely different world from the medical center.

Opening the door and walking only a few steps inside, a strange aroma that was very different from the ordinary fragrance of flowers hit your face. The aroma rose with the mist. Within the smoke, there were five people holding pipes and enjoying themselves.

The pleasure brought by fireworks and smoke is just different from ordinary people who appreciate incense. Except for an old man reclining on the corner of the bed, the other four people are leaning on the bed. Except for flicking their pipes, they are doing nothing.

I am willing to move my body. Moreover, only one of the four people is of moderate stature. The other three are all skinny and have sunken eyes. They don't seem to have much strength.

"Zheng Laosan, are you smoking hard?" When several smokers saw Chen Huan coming in, they didn't bother to say hello, but Chen Huan didn't mind. Then, a thin man came to the only one with a tall figure.

The moderate person asked: "You said you have been smoking for a long time. I know well that you have to go to Shibafu's place to pull the cart tomorrow. Can you still run tomorrow like this?" There used to be a stretch of land in the west of Guangzhou City.

Established earlier, the common people's settlements close to the west city wall are called First Fu to Shibafu from north to south. Shibafu is located on the west side of Thirteenth Row and the Western Merchant Building, where the busiest traffic and horses are.

, it also requires a lot of manpower to load and unload commercial goods.

"You can run. Besides, what difference does it make whether you can run or not? Brother Ang, you said that in Guangzhou, we are just doing some hard work of pulling carts and delivering goods. They are all labor-intensive jobs. If you can

How many years will it last? More than ten years at most. I still don’t know what time will come next. According to me, I smoked this cigarette. I didn’t smoke for a few days when I went back, and I felt uncomfortable. But if I don’t smoke this, I just

Do you feel uncomfortable working so hard?" As he said this, Zheng Laosan seemed to have regained a little energy. He took out a small wine bottle from his arms, mixed it with a small piece of black meatballs that had not been put into the bong, and swallowed it.

He went down and said with a smile: "It's cool. This Western elixir is so cool when paired with our bottle of good wine."

"Third brother, is this your way of drinking okay?" asked another smoker on the side.

"There is also a problem. One day last month, the sixth man in my family who was pulling the cart with me was scolded by the boss of the thirteenth industry. He felt uncomfortable and drank most of the wine. What happened the next day?

It’s gone! So I also discovered that this golden elixir is just wine. You can only use this little amount. It’s endless fun. If you use too much, it won’t work. I’m afraid of death. But what if I die?

?Lao Liu is just a little clumsy, what are those businessmen? I see Lao Liu taking a few steps slower all day long, as if he has earned a few taels less. You just say something back and say that our wages are all

What's wrong with them scolding you? His grandma's, I heard that those businessmen got such a big family business in vain because their father was a businessman? In this way, there are still many bankrupt ones.

What! A group of prodigal sons, do you really think of yourself as a human being?" Zheng Laosan smoked, remembering that many merchants were heartless and unjust, and even the young men under the merchants, there were many people who bullied others, and he didn't notice how many times he cursed them.

sentence.

"Boss Chen, don't you come for a bite?" Another person who was enjoying the meal asked Chen Huan.

"That's no need. You smoke well. In a little while, when the sun is about to set, our medical center will be closed. If you want to come back to smoke in the future, just hurry up." Chen Huan naturally understood,

What will happen if you smoke?

"Boss Chen, you are being unreasonable." The person who didn't expect to speak at this time was actually the old man lying on the side. When Chen Huan looked at the old man, he was also a little surprised. Zheng Laosan, Wu Er and four others

They were all ordinary civilians, and had to wear coarse clothes with a few patches. But this old man was wearing a silk robe. He looked like an elderly businessman who traveled all over the world. He was not an ordinary opium-smoking smuggler. The old man looked at it.

Looking at Chen Huan, he also complained to him: "Boss, you said these meatballs here are just like this one. You asked me for two cents of silver. I smoked for an hour, and the two or five cents of silver were gone. As you do

Ask the price, even if my family has a fortune as big as gold, I can't afford to spend money like water? Boss Chen, you have also earned a lot of medicine money, right? They are all rich people, why do you look down on these poor brothers?

If not? Otherwise, my family will not be considered to be rich, but we will only have a few thousand yuan. How about this, how about we two take one?"

"Ouch, old man, what are you talking about?" Chen Huan quickly defended: "How much money do you think my small drug store can make? When I bought this batch of goods, this one pill cost one

The money is four to five cents. I'll sell you two cents each. Isn't this all hard-earned money? Besides, your accent sounds like you are from Huguang. There are many rules in Guangzhou. You may not know that this business...

Now the officials in Guangzhou don't allow it, and my place was inspected once a few days ago. It's a small business, how can I compare with you?"

"A pill is sold to you for four to five cents for a penny?" The old man was a little surprised when he heard Chen Huan's words, and said, "Who is the person selling your medicine? Why did he set such a high price?

Did he also tell you that he got his goods from other places, that's why he charged such a high price? Hey, old man, I've been traveling all over the world for decades, and it's not uncommon for bastards to raise prices, so shameless.

This is the first one!”

"Old man, you are really good at predicting things!" Chen Huan heard the old man talk about the price increase, and it was indeed true. He also saw that the old man was dressed luxuriously, using a high-quality pipe he brought with him, and there was a jade pin on his finger.

Flicking his fingers, he couldn't help but have some thoughts in his mind. If he could cooperate with this old man who seemed to be quite wealthy among businessmen, wouldn't he be able to make another fortune? He quickly greeted the old man and said, "Old man, you are a senior. In fact,

The villain will only make some hard-earned money in this half of his life. Making big money depends on the old man's wishes. Old man, if you have any way to make a fortune, you can also teach me a few tricks. I guarantee that you will be here in the future.

How about I give you the purchase price for the cigarettes?"

"Hey, boy, that's interesting." The old man heard Chen Huan's words and took the initiative to chat with him: "Actually, I think this foreign cigarette matter is also difficult to deal with. The people who sold you cigarettes may say

It must be the truth. In this case, we might as well go one step further and tell me where their cigarettes came in in the first place? Let’s directly say hello to the person who first purchased the goods. Then the cigarettes you collect are not

Can we settle the account based on the initial purchase price?”

"Old man, you are... this is a test for me, isn't it?" Chen Huan hurriedly smiled and said: "It can be said that the first purchaser is the upper family, and the one who sells to the small foreign cigarettes... is the lower family, right?
Chapter completed!