Knowing Liu's worry, Xiaocao smiled and said, "Mother, don't worry, these seaweeds can be stored for a year or so. They will be gone at some point, so store more Some are right!"
When Liu Shi heard this, she immediately felt relieved. Together with her two daughters, she cleaned the seaweed and put it on a clean straw mat to dry. Three to four hundred catties of sea vegetables are enough for the three mothers to keep busy for a long time. Fortunately, not long after, Mrs. Fang came over with two girls. Seeing that the girl was sweating from the work, Mrs. Fang couldn't sit still anymore and joined in the labor.
It's not the first time Mrs. Fang has helped. She can't see her daughter's hard work, and Xiaocao can't take time off. Ever since, Mrs. Fang has been busy with her daughter every time. How can the two personal maids watch his wife work while she is idle? Therefore, the Yu family has three more free laborers.
The washed seaweed exudes a faint fishy smell. Mrs. Fang bent over and was about to put the washed seaweed in the box on the straw mat to dry. Suddenly a fishy smell came over her face, and she couldn't help bending over and retching a few times.
"Ma'am, what's the matter with you?" Linglong, who was next to her, saw that Madam was retching suddenly, and hurriedly helped her to sit aside, poured a glass of warm water from the crock, and watched Madam drink it.
After drinking the warm water with a slightly sweet taste, Mrs. Fang suddenly felt that the oppression in her chest eased a lot. She smiled and said to Xiaocao who looked over worriedly: "I'm fine, don't be nervous like Linglong. Maybe it's because you can't smell the seaweed! Cao'er, the godmother will be fine after a while!"
Liu said with a smile: "When I first married in Dongshan Village, I couldn't smell the smell of seafood. It made me want to vomit, and her father thought I had it!"
Yu Xiaocao moved her nose to the seaweed and sniffed it. It had a faint fishy smell, similar to the seafood porridge she usually made for her godmother. In the past few months, the godmother has never tasted any kind of seafood, and she has never even seen her vomit when picking up sea fish. How could she not be used to the smell
Suddenly, when she heard Liu Shi say "Yes", her eyes lit up. The godfather and godmother who had been recuperated by her medicated diet with Lingshi water are no longer in trouble. The godmother is only in her early thirties, and the godfather is only in his forties. He has a good relationship, and it is reasonable to get pregnant. middle.
Xiaocao put down the seaweed in her hands, washed the fishy smell off her hands carefully, came to Mrs. Fang, took the godmother's hand, and put her fingers on her wrist.
Mrs. Fang saw her goddaughter taking her pulse in a decent manner, with a solemn expression on her delicate face, and said jokingly: "Hey! Our little genius doctor has started to show off her medical skills again. What did you diagnose?" ? Tell the godmother quickly!"
At this time, Fang Fangzhen came over with a basket of washed seaweed from the backyard. He watched his goddaughter check his wife's pulse, and said with a smile, "Daughter-in-law, don't believe me! Our daughter has a talent for studying medicine. Go on." Once, Dr. Sun from Tongrentang met me and praised our daughter for studying medicine. If she settles down and learns, she will definitely have no problem entering the palace as a medical girl in the future!"
The female doctor is affiliated to the Imperial Hospital, and it is for the queens and concubines in the palace to recuperate their bodies and diagnose and treat some more private diseases.
"Okay, our future little 'medical girl', can you help the godmother with a diagnosis?" Mrs. Fang felt that since she came to Dongshan Village, her health has become better and better, especially after eating the daughter-in-law. The custom-made medicinal diet is now so strong that it can kill a cow. However, he retched a few times, which made his daughter nervous.
Human emotions are mutual. Xiaocao cared so much about her, and Mrs. Fang treated her as her own daughter, no matter how much she hurt, she couldn't hurt her enough.
Although Yu Xiaocao only has half-hearted medical skills, she can still diagnose Huamai. Her brows were wide open, although it was still early, she could be sure that it was a slippery pulse. Judging from the pulse condition, the godmother was in good health, but pregnant women should pay more attention and try not to work as much as possible.
Seeing the girl's expression, Fang Fangzhen felt relieved and asked, "My girl, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's fine! If I don't make a mistake in the diagnosis, I will have more brothers or sisters in more than eight months!" Yu Xiaocao is still very confident in her diagnosis, she looked at her godfather With a smirk on his face.
Fang Fangzhen nodded with a smile, and said softly: "It's fine—what did you say? Brothers and sisters? It's not what I thought..."
Fang Fangzhen, whose reaction was half a beat slow, suddenly realized something, widened his eyes, forced himself to suppress the agitation in his heart, strode up, grabbed his goddaughter's arm, and kept asking questions.
Mrs. Fang sat there, as if she had been immobilized by someone, staring at her daughter dumbfounded, as if she wanted to see from her face whether she was joking or not.
Yu Xiaocao had never seen her godfather lose his temper like this before. Although he was in a hurry, he still controlled his strength while grabbing his daughter's hand, which didn't make her feel uncomfortable at all. Xiaocao was very moved in her heart, she wanted to tease her godfather, but at this time she restrained all her thoughts, nodded solemnly, and said: "Godfather, you heard me right! I just diagnosed Huamai, The godmother should be happy!"
"Are you happy? Hahaha! I'm going to be a father?! Cuiyun, we're going to have a child of our own too!!" House Town danced and danced happily like a child. He ignored the eyes of everyone in Yu's family, and carefully hugged his wife in his arms.
Mrs. Fang had never been hugged by her husband in full view before. She pushed him gently with a red face, spat at him, and said, "Not sure! Why are you crazy? Go to the town tomorrow to find Dr. Sun to confirm Say more."
Although Mrs. Fang was in a very excited mood, she married General Fang who was ten years older than herself at the age of fourteen, and she has never had anything for twenty years. Although the imperial physician found out that it was not her fault, she always felt a trace of regret in her heart. Even if a man recognized a caring goddaughter, he never filled the void in her heart.
Her man also knew the loss in her heart, disregarding the dignity of a man, he searched for medicine everywhere, and when he heard that there was a miracle doctor for infertility, he went to ask for medicine devoutly. It's a pity that God didn't take pity on the piety of their husband and wife, and her belly hasn't moved at all for twenty years. As time passed, she had lost all hope. But suddenly her goddaughter said that she probably has it! Thinking of the retching just now, Mrs. Fang felt a glimmer of hope.
The Yu family once joked that Xiaocao had been pointed out by the gods, and now she hoped that the joke was true. Perhaps, Xiaocao is really her lucky star, who can bring her a different future...
House town is like treating a piece of fragile porcelain, even the movements of hugging his wife are cautious. He grinned wide, and smiled broadly: "Daughter-in-law, you don't need to confirm, I think you should have it. In the past month, your taste has changed. You didn't like sour food before, and you seldom cook at home." Put vinegar. Recently, you are so acidic that you have to put a few drops of vinegar even in seafood soup. For the sweet and sour fish and sweet and sour pork ribs made by your daughter, you can eat half of the plate by yourself. Also, you used to always You who wake up early, you also like to sleep in lately... You must be pregnant, our baby is a sour little slob!"
Mrs. Liu congratulated her when she heard the words: "Brother Fang said so, sister-in-law, you should be pregnant! When I was pregnant with Xiaoshi, I also liked to eat sour. The green apricots on the tree are other people's It can make my teeth sour, but I eat it with relish. Sour and spicy, my sister-in-law should be a fat boy!"
Mrs. Liu is an experienced woman who has given birth to three children and four children. When she said this, Mrs. Fang felt a little uneasy. She gently covered her lower abdomen with her hands, and with a happy smile on her face, she said softly: "Both men and women are the best gifts God has given me!"
Yu Xiaocao snuggled up to her godmother, laughed like a silver bell, and said, "Godmother, let godfather take you to the town tomorrow, and ask Dr. Sun what taboos pregnant women have, and buy some more The tonic is back. You can’t wrong my little brother!”
Fang Fangzhen laughed like a fool, and echoed repeatedly: "Yes, yes! Buy more supplements!! My daughter-in-law is having a hard pregnancy, so she needs to take supplements!"
Yu Xiaocao's family is also sincerely happy for the house town couple. The couple have been married for more than 20 years, and the house is over forty years old. Finally, they can have their own flesh and blood. Is there anything more gratifying than this
With this good news, everyone felt full of motivation to work. With the concerted efforts of everyone, all the seaweeds of three to four hundred catties were washed and dried in a short while. And Mrs. Fang, who wanted to help, was "consecrated" by everyone as a key protection object. And Mrs. Fang drank warm water mixed with Lingshi water, and she didn't feel sick anymore, and she ate half a bowl of rice for dinner!
Early the next morning, Fang Zizhen took his daughter-in-law to the town. Yu Hai, his father and his daughter still drove the donkey cart to the pier.
Last night, Xiao Lian counted her gains of the day in front of her family. With the prosperity of the port, prices have gradually gone up. An ordinary bowl of coarse-grain noodles used to cost one penny per bowl, but now it has risen to two pennies. They set a price of three yuan for a bowl of white noodles, four yuan for a bowl of cold noodles, and five yuan for a bowl of jelly. A day's income is more than two taels of silver, more than two thousand cash! It can be seen how many bowls of jelly and cold noodles they sell in a day! !
Two taels of silver is really nothing to the current Yu family. However, for Xiao Lian, it was quite a lot. In the past, when selling stewed vegetables, although it cost two yuan a piece, it was only a few hundred yuan a day. One tael of silver is divided equally with the younger sister, which is more than before.
The most important thing is that all the money is her own money! When the family was not separated, she felt it was a huge sum of money to have two or three copper coins. Now that she has more than one hundred taels of silver in savings, she is still the poorest one in the family. Even the little stone who studies in the town, who gives him a little bit of this one and a little bit of that one, has more savings than her! However, her wealth will double in no time at this rate! Yu Xiaolian immediately felt full of energy! !