Chapter 157

Xu Wen and his second uncle of course followed along on the hard seat

The remaining four women with their four children asked for six sleeper tickets

Sang Xiaoqing insisted on sleeping in the same bed as Chunsheng, Xu Che’s older brother got his own, and Dongsheng and Yuanbao got a sleeper

In fact, Xu asked for one sleeper ticket for the whole family of thirteen, but Lu Yuanzheng happened to qualify, and Xu had a lot of money in her hands

In her opinion, money is earned to improve the quality of life

Since she has the ability to do so, why not make life more comfortable for herself and her family?

Unfortunately, it was useless for the two of them to talk about it

The Xu family obviously does not think so!

If you are used to being poor, you will subconsciously try to save as much as possible

Xu was aware that some deep-rooted ideas could not be changed overnight, so he took his time

He spent a few days on the road

The snowflakes from the north to the end of spring in Pengcheng

The clothes on the body from the bloated cotton clothes, has been stripped to the fall coat and pants outside the single jacket

A few young men, firepower strong not afraid of cold, simply changed into a single coat and pants

At the end of February, the daytime temperature in Pengcheng was about 20 degrees, which was a relatively comfortable season, not too cold and not too hot

Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man this time no longer listen to the Xu family’s views, insisted on a better hotel, opened a few good rooms

Zhu Meizhen, who was distressed, kept saying that Xu Man was a loser and didn’t live a good life

Xu Wen knows that she is not malicious, is traditionally used to saving simple pain in the money

Xu Wen’s two families with Chunsheng and the second uncle have a place to stay in Pengcheng, and do not live with them in the hotel

The remaining Xu Wang family of three, Xu Wen family of three and Zhu Meizhen couple with Xu Che

Given that Xu Che is a bit old, for him and Yuanbao opened a standard room, Dongsheng also ran to join the fun

A total of four rooms were opened, one room cost fifty dollars a day, that is, two hundred dollars a day

This price for Zhu Meizhen such a thrifty housewife, is really sky-high, or unnecessary sky-high

It would be strange if she didn’t criticize Xu Wen!

Xu Qiushi and the others also felt that spending two hundred dollars for one night was not burning money

But he knew that the room had already been opened and could not be returned, and that further chatter would only make his daughter and son-in-law unhappy, and he even tugged on Zhu Meizhen, signaling her to stop chanting

On the first day, everyone did nothing and rested for most of the day

The next morning, the family went to a teahouse for morning tea and a tour of Pengcheng

By the third day, Mr and Mrs Xu Wen as well as Second Uncle were ready to open for business

Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng rented a more spacious courtyard not far from them, for Xu Qiushi Zhu Meizhen and Xu Wang’s family to temporarily settle down

It was impossible for Xu Wang and his family to rent a shop right away when they first arrived

They still had to try out which line of work they were suited for

Xu Man was fine with it, and before returning to the island, he secretly left Xu Wang a thousand dollars

Xu Wang, of course, refused to take it

“Sis, I said the same thing last year when Second Brother came You can’t use this money, or you can return it to me when you make money, but you can’t not take it Doing business is a matter of making and losing money It’s fine if you make a profit, how can you live if you lose money?”

“We brought the capital with us” Xu Wang still didn’t accept it

“I know You’ve never been in charge, how much capital can you bring? If you make a profit, everyone will be happy If you lose money, your in-laws will blame you to death And although the husband and wife are one, but ”

I’m afraid that if I really lose money, my brother-in-law will also complain

Xu Wen did not finish, Xu Wang also know, did not refute

“Sister, since I can call you here, I won’t let you go back in a mess This money is for you to hold in your hands just in case Believe me, our family will definitely have better days! All of us will be able to earn big money”

Xu Wang eventually accepted Xu Man’s kindness, and the two sisters whispered for a while

On Saturday, the Rainbow made its usual delivery

A year ago, her second uncle came home a month later than she did, and all the deliveries were made by other people

This time, after another month of saving up for New Year’s Eve, a lot of goods had accumulated, and Uncle Two’s panel truck made two full trips

It just so happens that Xu Qiushi and Xie Dechun are in, helping to give a hand to transport back

Xu asked to clear the accounts spent most of the day, organized properly with the road expedition with Dongsheng and Xu cut back to the island

Originally, Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Man also invited Xu Qiushi and Xu Wang and his wife to Rainbow Island, but they refused to go

For one thing, they thought that even the island was a sacred place, not suitable for the people to go

Secondly, they wanted to help their son and daughter with their children

Xu Wen had a good life on the island and was still a few months away from giving birth, so he didn’t have to worry for the time being

But Xu Wen and the others still had to sit on the business and were afraid that they would be too busy

Especially Xu Wang, who is new to the country, has a lot of things to do! How could a parent not care?

Xu Wang brought Yuan Bao with him, and Zhu Meizhen had to watch the two children on her own

After all, it’s not yet time for school to start

Yuanbao also wanted to go to the island, but Xu Wang didn’t let him

Xu Wen’s belly to bring three wild children, not to disturb her rest is not good!

The reason why Xu Che was allowed to go was because Xu Che was already eleven years old and could help out with some of the work

Once back on the island, Xu Man and Lu Yuanzheng are still busy

Lu Yuanzheng needed to hand over his work to Shi Lei, and needed to prepare for the change of defense again

Many of the fighters who left the island last year should come back this year, while some of the fighters who have never left the island before will have to be replaced

Unlike last year, fewer and fewer people want to leave the island, and more and more people want to come back

So which ones to leave and which ones to stay has become a headache for Shi Lei and Lu Yuanzheng

Xu Wen was also busy, but she still had to dry the moldy bedding and clean the house first

However, she has two small helpers, Xu Che and Dongsheng, and only needs to use her mouth to command

After cleaning up the bedding, as usual, she went to look at her own plot of land

In fact, before she left, the vegetable garden was taken care of by Song Baoying and the others

When Xu Wen usually came to her homestead, she just looked at her durian tree and milked some milk

“Ma Ma!” Dongsheng, who had taken the lead, circled around the self-reserved land and ran back, excitedly reporting to Xu Man, “Rhubarb actually gave birth to a baby It’s black and white!”

It took Xu Man three seconds to realize that rhubarb was his own cow

Dongsheng was so young that he often gave the cow a name then forgot it and re-named it, or just simply thought of a new name and gave it a new one

This time the name was less like a cow and more like a dog

Last year, the cow had given birth to a calf once, but for some unknown reason, the fetus died, and Xu Man didn’t tell Dongsheng

Xu Wen touched Dongsheng on the head, ”Dongsheng, can you give the cow a fixed name? It will not know who you call it if you’re like this”

Dongsheng let out an oh-so-sweet sound and wrinkled his little face as he began to think of a new name

While talking, Xu Wen also arrived and saw the baby calf

Compared to the cow’s mother, the calf was a very small one, as Dongsheng said it was a black and white baby cow

Xu Che and Dongsheng were both particularly fresh, and went inside to surround it, occasionally trying to reach out and touch it, causing the cow mom to look at them frequently

Xu Man was aware that the cow’s mother was pregnant, but he just didn’t expect to give birth to a baby cow during the New Year

Xu Man had once spared both cows and sheep, and knew them fairly well

Sheep were herd animals, and breeding did not require the breeder to pay special attention

Sheep can have two litters of babies a year, at least one at a time

The most Xu Man has ever seen was a sheep that gave birth to six babies

Cows have babies once a year, and in the days of the production team, when a cow is in heat, she needs to be pulled to the “breeding pen”

Mating is the local language of Weizhuang, which means to breed

You need to put the cow and the bull in a separate room together, and then separate them when they’re done

The cow is similar, last year it is in heat, or sent to Pengcheng, looking for a robust black and white cows to complete the “match fence”

This calf looks very healthy, hair color with his father

Xu Che and Dongsheng excitedly around the calf for a while, discussed the name of the mother and the baby cow

They said the little cow would be called Black and White, and the big cow would be called Yellow and White

Xu Man: “”

This name Xu Man was a bit unacceptable, thought about it and discussed with them, “Although the name black and white is okay for now, what should you call the cow mom next year when she has another black and white calf?”

This question is difficult to Xu Che and Dongsheng

“You guys think about what you’ve usually seen, what is black and white?”

“Piano keys!” Toshio raised his hand first

Hsu-Che: “Eyes”

Toshio: “A soccer ball”

Hsu-Che: “Chess pieces”

“Panda!”

“Zebra!”

The two said a bunch of things

Hsu asked to suggest, “So, do you guys want to, like, pick an appropriate one out of these to be the name of a baby cow? Or change it appropriately, since it’s a ‘little girl’ For example, Chess can be called Kiki, and Panda can be called Pan Pan”

Eyes like this definitely wouldn’t work

The name Pan Pan was finally settled on, and the two also agreed that if they had another little baby next year, it would be called Kiki The bull’s baby will be called Qiqi

The cow’s name was settled on Bend

Because her horns were curved

In the blink of an eye it was the Lantern Festival

The cooking class still took care of all the soldiers and cooked dumplings and soup dumplings separately

It wasn’t like decades later, when refrigerators were still a rarity, so there were no frozen dumplings or soup dumplings on Rainbow Island

They were all made by the sisters-in-law in partnership

Sister-in-laws from the south made the dumplings and those from the north made the dumplings

The soldiers in the cooking class helped to make the dough, cut the dumpling filling, and make the dumpling filling

Xu Wen had nothing to do, so she also came to help roll out the dumpling skins

As she wrapped the dumplings, she thought to herself, “Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing are mainly dumpling sellers

If you buy a freezer and freeze the dumplings, can’t you send them out for delivery?

However, with the temperature in Pengcheng and the existing transportation conditions, I am afraid that the frozen dumplings will melt when they are delivered to the households

And also can not order food by phone, even if Xu Wen can press the phone, but most people do not have a phone at home

Still inconvenient

How can this problem be solved?

While Xu Wen pondered, the other sisters-in-law were chatting while they were busy

There was actually nothing to chat about on the island Everyone had lived here for a long time and together for such a long time that there was basically nothing new to talk about

But many of the sisters-in-law, like Xu Man, had just gone home for the New Year, so naturally, they had new topics to talk about when they arrived

The sisters-in-law who had stayed behind on the island also shared interesting stories from their New Year’s Eve

“Speaking of which” Wang Lingling gave Xu Wen a grateful glance, “I really have to thank sister-in-law for asking If it weren’t for you, I couldn’t have gotten to where I am today”

Both of them were in the dumpling wrapping group and could see each other when they looked up

Xu Man lost his smile, “Sister-in-law, you’re exaggerating! I thought this phrase was usually given to a life-saver or a mentor”

Both of which Xu Man was not tainted with

Wang Lingling thought seriously, “Then I think you’re both my savior and my mentor”

Around the time she saw Xu Man’s disapproval, she was a bit anxious, “I’m not saying this to flatter or please you, it’s true! We’re poor and backward there, and female children are the least valuable”

It seemed that people in general gave birth to girls just to raise them to marry in exchange for bride price money to give to the boys in the family as a bride price to get a wife

Wang Lingling was the same, growing up in such a bad situation and then marrying into a similarly minded family, she had always been timid and humble

As a daughter-in-law, she was not as good as when she was a girl at home

Her parents are still biased, unlike her mother-in-law, who is so cruel

The saying that a daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law applies to Wang Lingling and her family, where the mother-in-law is still in charge

New daughters-in-law have to be given rules when they enter the house

Wang Lingling has not been less angry with her mother-in-law, her man is always away from home, no one to help her speak, but suffered a lot, and from time to time will be beaten and punished

Especially since she had never been able to have a son, she was often scolded

After coming to the island, she followed Xu Man and Wang Ying’s literacy classes and learned a lot of words and simple math

She also followed Xu Man’s business, and with the military allowance, she was able to earn an average of thirty dollars a month

In addition, Xu Man’s subtle influence showed her that women could really hold up half the sky

Her mindset, experience, and culture have all changed a lot since before she came to Rainbow Island

When she went home with her man, her family was impressed, and both her mother’s and mother-in-law’s families praised her

Her mother-in-law counted her down and she rebelled

The first time she resisted, her mother-in-law did not adapt and wanted to hit her, by her own man to protect her, she was even more determined

After one or two times, the son and daughter-in-law are a heart, the mother-in-law will be abashed

Before coming to the mother-in-law are polite to her

Wang Lingling usually talk very little, most of the time to give a feeling of inferiority and cowardice, always hunchback chest She seldom looks people in the eye when she talks to them

This time back, really confident a lot, surprisingly can say so many words

Everyone also talked about their own experiences, basically praising Xu Wen

Especially those sisters-in-law who misunderstood Xu Man last year, they even apologized one after another

Xu Wen’s anger was over, so naturally, he wasn’t too angry with them

Wang Lingling came over to Xu Man’s side and said in a low voice, “Sister-in-law, I’m pregnant too!”

Xu Wen gave a surprised ah, and then congratulated her, “Congratulations”

After all, Wang Lingling had come to the island in the first place just to have a child, and as a result, she had been delayed

As early as last year, Wang Lingling and her classmate Wang had gone to the hospital for a checkup at Xu Man’s suggestion The doctor said that both of them are fine, but Wang Lingling may be too much mental stress to get pregnant

I’ve been thinking about it, and I’ve been trying to conceive a son, so how can the pressure not be too great?

The fact that she is pregnant shows that Wang Lingling has really broken through!

Xu Wen was genuinely happy for her

After the Lantern Festival, it was time for the school year to begin again

Dongsheng went to kindergarten and Xu Che went to elementary school on the island

The female students that Xu Man recruited, those who should come back also came back, and those who didn’t want to come back also didn’t come back

Less than half of the twenty or so students who came back a year ago have returned

Part of them felt that it was too hard on the island, and part of them felt that they had already learned how to study on their own, so they didn’t need to go to the island, and they could study at home as well

Xu Man respected their choices, anyway, half a year, can with single soldiers sparks also become a pair

However, Xu Man still can’t stay idle

The second batch of female students came to the island This time, thirty-two female students came

Xu Man’s stomach was getting bigger and bigger, so she rarely did anything

Most of the time, she taught the students, and then brought Dongsheng and Xu Che to have fun

Catching the sea, catching fish and shrimp, collecting shells, and studying food

The warriors were still enthusiastic about helping the new girls adapt to island life

In their spare time, they quarried rocks and cut down trees to build houses for the girls

Only Lu Yuanzheng and Shi Lei were busy

When the defense list was finalized, another batch of soldiers left and another batch of soldiers came, and so on

After the change, they will train again

And this time, the training task is even tighter, because we also need to select the top comprehensive ability warriors to participate in the international competition

For this, Lu Yuanzheng was particularly worried

With Lu Yuanzheng’s ability, of course he was one of those who went abroad to participate in the competition, or the one who was responsible for leading the team

He was afraid that if he really went abroad or closed training, he would miss Xu Man giving birth

Even if he caught up, he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to wait for the baby