Chen Lishu is now a few months old and has no symptoms of pregnancy yet. If she really wants to say whether she wants to eat sour, sweet or spicy food, there is no such thing. But seeing her mother's look on her face hoping that she can come in handy, Chen Lishu thought for a while and said: "Yes."
Mom, please make me some hot sauce and take it with me when I return to the provincial capital."
Wu Chunmei immediately responded happily: "Okay, Mom will do it when she gets back."
There was nothing that the mother and daughter could not say. They took Chen Lishu into the house and gave them a lot of instructions before Wu Chunmei and Chen Mantun left.
Chen Lishu ate a plate of dumplings by herself in the evening. Even if the dumplings were not big, there would still be twenty or thirty.
Gu Xingdong was afraid that she would accumulate food if she didn't exercise after eating, so he took her and Ruirui out for a walk.
Chen Lishu finally couldn't hold it back and asked a silly question that all women would ask after pregnancy: "Xingdong, do you like a boy or a girl?"
Gu Xingdong tilted his head: "What do you like?"
Chen Lishu was dissatisfied: "I asked you, why do you ask me back?"
Gu Xingdong said seriously: "Didn't I answer it a long time ago?"
Chen Lishu looked confused: "When?"
"As long as it's an egg born by you, I like it."
Chen Lishu glared at him: "Fuck you."
Gu Xingdong lowered his head and looked at Ruirui beside him: "Son, do you prefer a younger brother or a younger sister?"
Ruirui rolled her eyes, looked up at Chen Lishu and said with a smile, "I like whatever my mother gives birth to."
Chen Lishu immediately shook her head helplessly: "You two are really naughty."
Gu Xingdong was unhappy: "You still have to be told the truth these days? Well, I'm talking about my daughter, and you ask me why I don't like my son. Do I favor daughters over boys? I'm going to talk about sons, but you're going to say that feudal ideology favors sons over daughters.
I think you just want to find trouble and quarrel in disguise."
Gu Xingdong said, patting Ruirui on the shoulder: "Son, is what dad said right?"
Ruirui nodded: "Yes."
"Okay, you two will start singing together now."
Gu Xingdong touched her belly: "Don't worry, he will be my son, Gu Xingdong."
Chen Lishu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "Vulgar."
Gu Xingdong didn't take it seriously. It got dark early in the winter and no one in the village came out to hang out at this time. He held his son in his left hand and Chen Lishu's hand in his right hand, put it into his pocket, and began to walk slowly home.
Ever since Chen Lishu found out she was pregnant, her appetite has increased instead of decreasing. Every meal is almost one and a half to two bowls, and her mouth has become greedy. It didn't matter whether she ate meat or not before, but now she has to eat meat almost every time.
I feel like I have gained a lot of weight in a few days.
However, Chen Lishu is not fat to begin with. If she is fatter, it would not be noticeable. She is just very popular and her face is rosy and shiny.
A few days after New Year's Eve, Liu Yuemin and Gu Xingmin's restaurant will be ready to open.
"I went to ask Liu Renfa's wife in our village yesterday and she was very happy to do it for thirty yuan a month."
Liu Renfa's wife was a banquet noodle maker in the village, and her skills were praised by people from all over the country. Liu Yuemin felt that she could only make a few dishes, and no one could make flowers.
Master Tang earns eighty yuan a month, and he comes late and leaves early, which delays a lot of business in the store.
Gu Xingmin: "Then Master Tang's end is not needed?"
Liu Yuemin nodded: "It just so happens that the doors are reopening during the Chinese New Year. If we don't call him then, he will know what's going on." During the holiday a year ago, Liu Yuemin didn't say much. At that time, she had already made up her mind not to use it.
, so anyone who is not a fool can basically know what is going on.
Gu Xingmin also felt that the salary was a bit high. Now that Liu Yuemin had found the right person, he had no objection.
She just got a little closer to Liu Yuemin and started to discuss: "Daughter-in-law, you see we have been exhausted all day long, why not hire another handyman in the village so that you can be more relaxed, right?"
Liu Yuemin rolled her eyes at him: "You think I don't know your little thoughts, and I will make you lazy when I do some work. You can lie down and not sit down."
Even so, by quitting Master Tang, he could save fifty yuan a month. Liu Yuemin soon hired an aunt from the village as a helper, promising to pay fifteen yuan a month.
The store opened soon. Since it was not yet the first month of the year, the business picture was much worse than before, but overall it was pretty good. The couple felt that this decision was really wise.
The clothing store and underwear store also opened. Within a few days, Lin Qi hired two more clerks, named Liu Ping and Li Wei, both of whom graduated from junior high school.
Zhang Li took them with her for a few days, one of them stayed in the underwear store, and the other stayed in the clothing store with Xie Dani.
Lin Qi began to familiarize Zhang Li with his work process.
Chen Lishu and Gu Xingdong took the time to go to the mountain. This year, another 10,000 fruit saplings were planted on the mountain. The pig pen was built. The seven or eight pigs inside have grown to more than 100 kilograms. It is estimated that they will be ready for slaughter in two or three months.
, it will also be a huge amount of income by then.
The dozens of chickens we raise will be able to lay eggs in spring.
All the thousands of dollars earned last year were invested in the mountains. Hu Si and Lin Dazhong had already bought the seeds of dandelion, evening primrose and isatis root. They opened more than 20 acres of land last year. Fortunately, Chen Mandun and Gu Shoufu helped.
Keep an eye on it, if you really can't do it, you will hire more than ten or twenty helpers, so that the mountain can expand in an orderly manner.
After listening to Hu Si and Lin Dazhong reporting on the specific situation, Chen Lishu looked at the accounts again. The two of them were not very literate, but they were quite clear in several books. Chen Lishu was overall satisfied.
Chen Lishu understands that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. As long as it is within the range that she feels is tolerable, she can choose to turn a blind eye. After all, she wants the horse to run without giving it grass. No one is willing to give it.
You contribute actively.
Then she arranged her work tasks for the next year.
If we continue to plant 10,000 fruit saplings, and the number of pigs will double from the current seven or eight, it will be difficult for two people to be busy by then. Chen Lishu thought about it, and then she can ask Gu Shoufu to help find two more permanent workers.
come over.
After everything was arranged, Chen Lishu and Gu Xingdong walked down the mountain.
As soon as the fifteenth day passed, Chen Lishu and Gu Xingdong were ready to take Ruirui back to the provincial capital. Also leaving with them were Gu Xingye and other members of the construction team.
The weather is getting warmer and warmer. Although it is still below freezing outside, it basically does not affect the construction. Now hurry up and build the original warehouse. It should be completed in about half a month and twenty days. At that time, we will arrive at the construction site and start work.
When starting batch construction, there will be no delay.
This year, their construction team has recruited four more people, bringing the total to nearly 20 people. The scale is gradually expanding, and with the equipment that Chen Lishu bought last year, it will definitely not be a problem to undertake small jobs independently.