Chapter 74 The origin of the farm
"Dad, do you need me to help you?"
Chen Xi did not ask the question in his heart first, but asked with concern.
"No, no, it's too dirty here. I've been taking care of it for more than two months. There are a lot of leftovers on the main house. I saw that it was a waste to throw it away, so I opened this farm here."
Shen Mingjun was not very wary of his son, but after saying this, he still reminded him seriously, "Don't tell your mother when you go back, she doesn't know about this."
Of course, Chen Xi knew that Zhou didn't know, otherwise Zhou wouldn't have to nag all day long.
Chen Xi watched Shen Mingjun clean up the yard so that he could accommodate people so that he would not have to guess chicken poop and duck feces every step, so he sat down and talked with Shen Mingjun.
"I didn't tell your mother that I felt sorry for her. She had not had a good life since she got married. Now that I have entered the city, I want her to manage the house. Most of the money I earned from the pharmacy is sent back to the countryside to your grandmother."
Shen Mingjun's face of self-blame, to put it bluntly, it was Zhou's ability that made him feel ashamed of himself.
When Zhou entered the city, he originally depended on him and supported the young and old family. Later, Zhou went to the tailor shop to help, and found a yard with Shen Xi's help. Later, he became a second shopkeeper in the pharmacy shop. Because the pharmacy shop is good business, Zhou can get a lot of money every month, but he basically sent it back to the countryside.
Shen Mingjun was eager to prove himself, so he started a side job outside.
This place is also the Wang family's property. Due to its remote location and complicated crowds, it has been abandoned. So after Shen Mingjun got off work, he went to the suburbs of the city to find some thatch and firewood, repairing the ruins, and finally sheltering from the wind and rain. Then he set up this fence and packed it out for breeding.
On weekdays, Shen Mingjun comes to take care of him in the morning and evening. If he follows Wang Yuan out, he will ask his friends who work with him to feed him. So now the chickens, ducks and two pigs are growing quite well.
After listening to Shen Mingjun's story, Chen Xi said understandingly: "Dad, what I want is not how much money you can earn, but my family should be here. But Dad, you were very busy in the Wang family, and now you have to do these things again. If you don't have time to go home, and don't tell me, what will you think?"
Shen Mingjun sighed, "It's not that I don't want to go back. Your Aunt Sun is a widow. Your mother is working with her now. If I go to and from the pharmacy often, it will be very unpleasant for others to speak. In this way, some people in the neighborhood are talking about what kind of toad I am and want to marry Hui Niang as a concubine. Even the original Lu family's pharmacy had to swallow it. Isn't this unfair to me?"
"Is it a toad who wants to eat swan meat?" Chen Xi thought about it and asked.
Shen Mingjun blushed and lowered his head: "It's better for Xiaolang, you are good at learning, that's what it means."
Chen Xi smiled bitterly. He just made the words clear, but he didn't intend to mock his father. But speaking these words made Shen Mingjun even more feel that he was incompetent and was burdened.
"So if my dad doesn't go home, he's fiddling with this outside?"
Shen Mingjun sighed, "Once, Mr. Wang said accidentally that he wanted to sell his property in Ninghua County and return to his ancestral home in Jiujiang, Jiangxi. Now I can still make some money in the Wang family. If the Wang family moves away, I will completely cut off my business and can only prepare early."
Chen Xi thought to himself, this is really a honest, honest and considerate father! Unfortunately, he didn't use his advantages right!
But when it comes to talking about it, my father is also ambitious. He doesn't want to let my mother support him after he loses work, which causes gossip among others. He simply plans to prepare for the future and starts a side job before the Wang family leaves.
However, he never thought that the farm was originally owned by the Wang family. Even if it was abandoned, the land was valuable, right? In addition, the feed for feeding poultry depends entirely on the leftovers of the Wang family and the water. The Wang family moved away. Where did he find something to fill the belly of these small things? Is it too expensive to use money to buy rice and grain to feed it?
Finally, the scale of this farm is too small, and it is very difficult to make money.
Wang Lingzhi listened to him for a while and said, "Uncle Shen, I didn't hear my father say he wanted to return to his ancestral home."
Chen Xi cursed: "What does it have to do with you? Or your father occasionally said it on a whim, but my father took it seriously."
Shen Mingjun quickly pulled Chen Xi and blamed him: "Xiaolang, how could you talk to the young master like this?"
Wang Lingzhi smiled carelessly: "Uncle, don't worry, Xiaolang and I are good brothers. He said that it's nothing, it's just dark, can we leave early?"
Chen Xi looked at the sky: "Dad, I won't tell my mother about this, but you are going back with me today. When I go back, I will give my father a staff officer. I will not tell you the money I earn from working hard to make a living. If you have a plague, you will lose all your money."
Shen Mingjun smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "You know a lot. Some chickens were indeed sick and died some time ago. I wanted to find a doctor to see it, but I heard that the beast was sick, so I didn't want to."
Chen Xi thought to himself that there are few doctors who treat people these days, let alone veterinarians.
Even if there were veterinarians in this era, they were only prepared for large animals such as horses, cattle and mules. There were many chickens and ducks, and they reproduced quickly. It was impossible to think that a few people died in ordinary families. How could they spend money to come and see them? Sooner or later, they would starve to death when doing this business.
Chen Xi did not explain, and he insisted that Shen Mingjun go home.
Shen Mingjun was actually very happy to see his son. In the past, he was only guarded by him, but now Chen Xi knows that someone is sharing the burden with him, and the pressure is reduced a lot.
When Shen Mingjun used the water he sent in the morning to make do with rotten vegetable leaves, fed the pigs, and then cleaned the chicken and duck feces in the yard, and finally finished what happened today. However, he insisted on sending Wang Lingzhi home first, and it was not until dark that the father and son appeared at the doorstep.
Zhou was a little anxious when he returned home but didn't see Chen Xi. He was looking for it at the pharmacy and at home. But when he saw the father and son coming back at the same time, he picked up the broom and went forward to beat Chen Xi: "Stupid brat, where have you died?"
Chen Xi hurriedly hid behind Shen Mingjun: "I went to the Wang family to visit my father, and then got up with my father."
Zhou looked at Shen Mingjun with questioning eyes.
Shen Mingjun is not very good at lying on weekdays. At this time, the father and son stood on the same front and could only nod: "Yes, that's right, it's that. I asked him to wait for me to get off work. He can't blame him for this."
Seeing her husband come back, Zhou lost the heart to investigate whether Chen Xi had been to the Wang family. When she got home, Zhou happily prepared the food. Chen Xi ate a little slower and she urged her.
"Silly baby, eat quickly, eat well after eating, sleep well after eating, go to bed early and get up early, and you can grow taller."
Chen Xi held the bowl and looked up at Zhou's eyes. From the bright smile on Zhou's face, you can see the impact of Shen Mingjun's return on her. She is busy in the pharmacy on weekdays, and she hopes that her husband will accompany her at night. Even if she is not a bedtime party, it is best to have a couple chat at night, so there is a discussion on what's good.
Chen Xi brought Shen Mingjun back to comfort Zhou's loneliness. At this time, he didn't want to make a light bulb. He slapped a few bites of rice, then put down his chopsticks and signaled that he would be full.
After a simple washing with Lin Dai, he had to go back to his room to sleep. This is not as summer, and it costs money to boil water with firewood and you cannot take a bath every day.
When he arrived in the room, Lin Dai looked at the main room with some confusion, with his head tilted, and asked strangely: "Why do my mother look like she usually doesn't look like she usually does?"
"Because my dad is back, she's happy when she's here." Chen Xi spread the quilt and got into it first.
The rules that have been formed are that whoever goes to the bed first will sleep in. Lin Dai will compete with him almost every day. Today, Lin Dai is a little absent-minded and will be taken first by him.
Lin Dai was still a little confused: "Why is my father happy when he comes back?"
This problem is difficult to explain. Although girls are sensible early, it is limited to the arrival of Tiangui at the age of twelve or thirteen. Lin Dai is now just a ten-year-old loli, but she is still reading and writing with Chen Xi. Her wisdom is great, and her curiosity is flourishing.
Chen Xi said angrily: "Don't you miss your mother in your heart? Are you happy to see your mother?"
Lin Dai thought about it, nodded first, then looked a little annoyed on her face, grabbed the pillow and threw it on Shen Xi: "Get up, I'll sleep in my bed today."
Chen Xi didn't reason with her. This was a "war" between the two of them on the bed. Whoever was inside would be the winner. Anyway, it was a child who was making trouble.
Lin Dai likes to fight, so Chen Xi naturally won’t deliberately beg him to tell stories after fighting. Even after fighting, Lin Dai won’t always ask him to tell stories. Even after fighting, Lin Dai will sleep more fragrantly at night, and even calls her parents much less frequently.
When Lin Dai fell asleep angrily, Chen Xi lay there thinking about things.
It was a good thing that Shen Mingjun was working on a side job outside, but Zhou would definitely not agree to this matter.
The obvious problem is that Zhou needs her husband to accompany her, and those livestock cannot be kept at home, otherwise neighbors and neighbors will have opinions.
"It's not a solution to continue like this."
Chen Xi muttered a little worried. He was wondering if he could find a business to let Shen Mingjun be a shopkeeper or something. Even if he couldn't be rich, he was still a successful man.
It's easy to think about, but it's difficult to practice.
There are many chances of Zhou's ability to gain a foothold in Huiniang Pharmacy. If Huiniang's husband had not died, he would have come out to manage the family business, if someone had not fought for his family, he would have come to help, if there was a plague, it was this series of accidental events that gave Huiniang a kind of support for the Shen family.
Thinking of other shops buying shares, even if you have money, let alone speaking vernacularly.
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