Zhulan returned to the main room only after the others had gone far away. There was a lot of snow on her body. She changed her clothes and washed her hands. After everything was ready, she brought the cooked chicken soup to see Zhao.
Zhulan estimated the time. It was getting dark. Zhao's delivery went smoothly for about two hours. Zhao didn't rest but just lay down to watch the baby. "Second brother, feed the chicken soup to your wife so that she can rest first."
Zhou Laoer took the bowl and said, "Mom, you've been tired all afternoon. I'm here. Go back and rest first!"
Zhulan was not physically tired, but mentally tired. She had been pulling the strings all the time. She sat aside and looked at the sleeping child, waving her hands, "Wait until your wife finishes drinking the chicken soup."
There was always a smile on Zhao's face. She felt completely relieved after giving birth to a son. Her daughter would have more people to rely on in the future now that she had a brother. If she had a brother, her mother would not have been sold. Those who were targeting her would be more cautious. After all, it was too difficult for women to survive.
Zhulan waited for Zhao to drink the soup and said to the second son who loved his son very much, "Look after your wife. Yushuang lives with her aunt. There is also a name for the child waiting for your father to come back."
Zhou Laoer was stunned for a moment, "Just follow the flow of clouds and rain."
Zhulan, "Isn't it the same as Changzhi? And the rain is not appropriate, so you should wait for your father to come back and get it!"
Zhou Laoer didn't hesitate, "Mom, go and have some rest. I'll take care of you tonight."
In Zhulan's memory, it was the second son who took care of Zhao's first child. It must be said that the second son was a rare husband who loved his wife. Zhulan did not show off, "Okay, I'll leave it to you."
Zhulan returned to the main room and then remembered that Li said she made sausages that tasted better than Wang Ru's. She sat up and put on her shoes and went to the main room, "Li."
Li was trembling with fear, thinking that her mother had come to settle the score. "Mom, I was wrong. I will not be so startled in the future."
Zhu Lan snorted, "Don't just talk and don't do anything. Fortunately, Zhao's due date is within these few days, otherwise it would be dangerous. If something really happens to Zhao and the child, I'll see if Chang Yihe doesn't fight you to the death. Tomorrow you will buy a hen and four pig's trotters with your own money and come back to apologize to your brother and sister-in-law in person."
Li wanted to ask why, aren't Zhao and the child fine? But when she met her mother-in-law's eyes, she shut up and said, "Mom, I know."
Her heart ached with every word she said, because it was her money that was spent!
Zhulan then said, "Let me try the sausage."
Li didn't dare to eat any of the sausages secretly. She would put them away after tasting them. "In the kitchen."
These days, Li bought sausages from Wang Ru's house and had already made Wang Ru's recipe. However, the profit of sausages is high, unlike kimchi, which is not complicated and involves small profits. If there is no big profit, no one will pursue it. The sausage recipe is different, and the profits involved are huge.
Selling the original recipe is something that the Li family cannot do without background. If their interests are affected, they may frame you for stealing the recipe and even kill you. Sausages made with the original recipe can only be made and eaten at home. The Li family put all their energy into researching a new recipe and ignored the hustle and bustle in the village, concentrating on making sausages.
Zhulan broke off a piece and her eyes lit up. It was indeed better than the sausages sold by Wang Ru. It had a mellower flavor and a better texture. "Not bad."
Li was beaming with joy, the new formula meant money.
Zhulan was in a complicated mood. Wang Ru was afraid of Li. For the sake of future development, Wang Ru might be ruthless. It was better for their family to keep a low profile before they had the ability. Li's ability was a crime. She was too feared. If it was leaked, Li would either die or lose her freedom. However, Li also needed encouragement. "You did a good job. Let's talk about it when your father comes back."
Li knew that she was not smart except for cooking, but she thought she should reward herself, "Mom, we have some sausages stored at home, can you take out some of the sausages we made earlier and eat them?"
Zhulan was happy to have a new grandson. "Okay, cut two plates of sausages tonight, use the leftover pancakes from lunch, and make some corn porridge."
Li, "Okay, mother."
Zhulan came out of the kitchen and the snowflakes gradually stopped. She was relieved that there was no snowstorm.
Li was no longer at home making sausages. She started to travel around the village and brought back gossip about Wang Ru's family. Wang Ru had made sausages with a new flavor.
Zhulan counted the flavors. It was less than a month, and Wang Ru had almost mastered the modern flavors. This was no longer a life-saving grace. The businessman's pursuit of profit was demonstrated vividly. Mr. Shi was exploiting Wang Ru. As for whether Wang Ru knew it or not, she felt that Wang Ru knew it clearly, but unfortunately there was nothing she could do!
At the Wang family, after Wang Ru sent Shi Qing away, the steward turned around with a dark face. Shi Qing was indeed a little villain and was very cruel. She also scolded Shi Qing for being an ungrateful person. As she counted the silver money that was getting less and less, she even wanted to tear Shi Qing apart.
Wang Ru was lucky, and she regretted it. If she had known that Shi Qing was so evil, she would have sold the prescription directly instead of taking a stake and getting 20% of the profits. She naively thought that Shi Qing would not cheat her after saving her life.
She had forgotten the plot of the novel, but she had some impression of some characters. The Shi family was an imperial merchant family with a strong financial background and extensive network of connections. Shi Qing was a concubine's son, but he was also the only son and had taken over part of the family property.
How could she only get fifty taels of silver a month for her sausage recipe? Shi Qing simply treated her as an ignorant country girl. Considering that she had been given six recipes in total, it would be no problem to sell the house directly for several hundred taels of silver.
Now she was worried that if she couldn't come up with a new recipe, Shi Qing might kick her out, and all the money they would share in the future would be gone.