When they heard the price of five hundred yuan, everyone shut their mouths. Not to mention five hundred yuan, they couldn't even raise a hundred yuan.
But even so, they still had some resentment towards Cheng Qiao. Chai Jianmin glanced at Han Chunmei coldly, with a look of naked mockery in his eyes.
Han Chunmei felt depressed. She really didn't want Cheng Qiao's job. On the one hand, she had no money, and on the other hand, she was not cut out to be a teacher.
Zhang Yuefang felt a little sad, but no matter how hard she tried, the money she had never exceeded 100 yuan. The most unhappy one was Xiaofang. Although she couldn't get 500 yuan together for the time being, she could owe it first and pay it back slowly.
Fortunately, Xiaofang is a scheming person and did not express this idea aloud, otherwise, she would definitely be scolded to death by others.
Cheng Qiao didn't care what those people thought. She focused on taking care of the child, reading medical books, and asking Ye Jun when she didn't understand. The two of them often took the child to the mountains to find herbs.
Li Le was jealous and wanted to go to the mountains with Cheng Qiao, but Cheng Qiao had given her a goal: she must be in the fifth grade by September next year.
When Li Huan was free, he would follow Cheng Qiao up the mountain. Not only did he have to set traps, but he also had to chop wood. October soon came, and that was the busy farming season.
When little Cheng Li was three months old, the busy farming season began. Except for Cheng Qiao, everyone else in the family went to the fields. After Cheng Qiao fed little Cheng Li, she put him on the big bed in the space and then went out to work.
So even though Cheng Qiao doesn't work in the fields, she has a lot of work to do at home. In addition to cleaning the two houses, washing clothes and cooking, she also has to feed two chickens. In her free time, she also has to take little Cheng Li out for a walk.
After breakfast, Cheng Qiao washed the dishes, fed the chickens, did the laundry, cleaned the room, and then went to the kitchen to cook lunch. Cheng Qiao, who was alone at home, always cheated. Today she would steam some frozen dumplings, and tomorrow she would steam some sorghum buns.
Two days later, I took out a frozen chicken and made a chicken stewed with mushrooms, or took out two pounds of meat and made a steamed pork with rice flour. The rice was mostly rice, mixed with a small part of sorghum rice to make a mixed grain rice.
Due to the high labor intensity during the busy farming season, other villagers have become darker and thinner. In contrast, Li's mother and Li Le, who had a day off because of the busy farming season, have become darker but not thinner.
It was another sunny day, but the weather had become noticeably colder. Cheng Qiao found a few pieces of defective cloth that Qiu Min had gotten, and went to the field carrying a backpack and holding little Cheng Li.
The village women were envious of Cheng Qiao, who became even more beautiful after giving birth. This naive girl not only had fair skin and beautiful looks, but her figure remained in shape too. Moreover, the child she gave birth to was not only good-looking, but also had the surname Cheng.
But Cheng Qiao was the village chief's wife after all, so no matter how jealous everyone was, they would still greet her warmly when they saw her. Cheng Qiao was also generous and would occasionally give a piece of fruit candy to any child under ten years old who was sweet-mouthed.
As a result, the villagers' impression of Cheng Qiao became a little better. It turned out that the naive girl was still naive, but maybe she had become more restrained after getting married.
Cheng Qiao certainly knew what the villagers were thinking, but in Xiangyang Village, a piece of candy could help her do a lot of things, such as news about the educated youth point, the whereabouts of Xu Laidie, and the gossip of Chen Weimin and others. These were all things she needed to know.
"What a coincidence! Why are you here again? I told you I would go home early to cook, and you still have to take care of my lovely grandson."
Mother Li was happy to see Cheng Qiao coming over with little Cheng Li in her arms. She quickly washed her hands in the ditch and then took little Cheng Li in. Cheng Qiao quickly put down the backpack and took out lunch for Li Le and the others to eat first.
"Mom, you and Li Le have dinner first. I'm going to Han Chunmei's place and ask her to help Cheng Li make some winter clothes."
"This mother can do it, you don't have to trouble her."
Cheng Qiao smiled. Han Chunmei was little Cheng Li's godmother. She always saved money from her own food rations and bought milk powder for little Cheng Li. She must repay this kindness.
After saying this, Mother Li realized that she had been stingy again. Han Chunmei was very good to her grandson, so it was reasonable for Cheng Qiao to want to take care of her.
"Then go quickly and take little Cheng Li with you. Chunmei will be happy to see little Cheng Li."
Cheng Qiao smiled, picked up the backpack, carried little Cheng Li in her arms and turned to leave.
"Sister Chunmei, come up."
When Han Chunmei saw Cheng Qiao holding little Cheng Li, she smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits. She quickly washed her hands in the ditch and came up to hold little Cheng Li.
"Sister Chunmei, take this backpack back."
"What is this? I don't want it."
"Here are cotton cloth and cotton. Please make two cotton coats for Chengli and three pairs of cotton pants. You can also make a cotton coat for yourself. I see that your cotton coat has turned into charcoal."
Han Chunmei's nose felt sore. She had been living like this for so many years. Her family in the city had completely forgotten about her. Not to mention money, they hadn't even sent her a single thread.
So she deliberately forgot about the family in the city. After all, she now had a godson, Xiao Chengli, so she would have a family in the future.
"There's a piece of bacon and some cakes in the backpack. Don't let yourself suffer when you're hungry at night."
Cheng Qiao whispered in her ear, then carried little Cheng Li back and walked towards Li's mother. Xu Laidie was in a field not far away. Looking at Cheng Qiao, who was getting whiter and more beautiful, he almost bit his gums with hatred.
She looked at Cheng Qiao with hatred, while Chai Jianmin looked at Xu Laidie with hatred. When Xu Laidie saw Cheng Qiao walking away, he started to get busy again.
She heard a baby crying. It turned out that her son had urinated. The weather was getting colder and the child would get sick easily if the diaper was not changed in time.
Xu Laidi quickly put down his farm tools and changed his son's diaper first. Premature babies are weak. Not only are their bodies small, but their crying is also intermittent.
Xu Laidi took out a tightly wrapped bottle of milk, which contained milk mixed with powdered milk. Feeling that the temperature was just right, he fed it directly to the child.
The child was probably hungry, and he started to drink the milk, but very slowly. Although Xu Laidie was anxious, he patiently fed the child.
After drinking the milk, the child closed his eyes and fell asleep soon. Xu Laidi put him in a big basket, covered him with a small quilt, took out the cold and hard dry food, and began to chew it slowly.
The villagers ate the food they brought in groups of three or four and said a few words to each other. Half an hour later, everyone returned to the busy farming work.
Xu Laidi looked at his son who was already sleeping soundly in the basket, picked up the farm tools with confidence, and went to work in the fields. For the sake of his son, Xu Laidi also had to work hard and earn more work points.
“Wow…Wow…”
Suddenly, Xu Laidi heard his son crying heart-wrenchingly. This crying was nothing like the usual crying due to hunger or peeing. He quickly put down the sickle and ran towards where his son was sleeping.