Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 773 Revisiting old matters
Seeing that he had angered her beloved son, Xue Jinglan hit him on the arm a few times.

He wanted to take Chu Jingrong back, but when he saw Chu Xiangqian teasing his baby son, he couldn't help but stop his outstretched hand.

Staring at Chu Xiangqian who had already walked into the gate and was carrying Chu Jingrong towards the central courtyard, Xue Jinglan suddenly felt that her backbone had returned.

The resentment in my heart towards Chu Xiangqian, who had been gone for more than a month, almost two months, had also dissipated for the most part.

As for Feifei and Gangsheng, all their worries about Chu Xiangqian's return seemed to have disappeared in an instant, and they followed him closely and obediently.
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In the afternoon, Sha Zhu, Aiguo and Aimin, who came to cook as usual, were happy and specially prepared twelve dishes to welcome Chu Xiangqian.

The master, his wife, Yixiantian, and Uncle Jiang frequently drank with Chu Xiangqian who was toasting them. As they chatted, they couldn't help but mention the pregnant Qin Jingru.

It’s true that girls who grew up in the countryside are indeed much better physically than those who are spoiled.

After I became pregnant, I basically didn't have any morning sickness or nausea. I enjoyed everything I ate every day. My three sisters-in-law would ask Aiguo to bring some good things back from time to time.

I heard that she had gained weight in just less than 4 months of pregnancy.

While Chu Xiangqian was laughing, he actually began to worry that his eldest nephew or niece would have difficulty in being born because of his heavy weight.

He hurriedly warned Aiguo to control his younger siblings' food intake to avoid difficult births in the future.

Of course, in order to avoid gossip that the old monk was reluctant to give food to his brother's wife, Chu Xiangqian did this during his stay in the capital.

Every now and then, she would bring back some fresh fruits, as well as expensive but not very nutritious things like bird's nests and dried abalone, for Aiguo to take back.

By the way, there is also the contribution of Sha Zhu’s wife Yu Li, Second Aunt, Aiyuan and Ai Qiu.

Even within two days of Chu Xiangqian's return, Ai Qiu and Ai Yuan moved back to the Qianmen courtyard.
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The family finished their meal happily, and their attention quickly shifted from Chu Xiangqian to the boy Chu Jingrong.

It can be said that since Chu Jingrong was born, the master and other four elders not only smiled more often, but also put all their attention on the little guy.

Even if Chu Xiangqian doesn't go home for a year or two, they only need to know that Chu Xiangqian is safe and sound outside and they won't care what he is busy with outside.

It was past 8 o'clock in the evening, after sending Sha Zhu, Aiguo and Aimin home, Chu Jingrong, who had been refusing to go to bed, finally began to yawn. When his master's wife said that he would let the little guy sleep with her at night, Chu Xiangqian immediately nodded in agreement.

After the elders had left, Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng and Feifei couldn't help but look at Chu Xiangqian with blushing faces.

Chu Xiangqian chuckled and closed the door of the main room in the middle courtyard. Soon, the faint sound of a cat's meow was heard from the room.

After a night, Chu Xiangqian woke up at 6 o'clock as usual, feeling refreshed, and went out to practice boxing. Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng and Feifei slept until almost noon, then got up yawning.

After Zhaodi and her two sisters came in with food, Xue Jinglan and the other two asked where Chu Xiangqian had gone.

When they heard that he was leaving by car at 8 o'clock in the morning, Xue Jinglan and the other two couldn't help but curl their lips and mutter a few words, but didn't ask any more questions.

It seemed that the three sisters had indeed eaten enough last night, so they didn't care where Chu Xiangqian went out early in the morning.

Chu Xiangqian naturally did not go out to find other women. His second uncle Xue Jianguo drove over early in the morning and took him into the palace.

As expected, the topic was related to coal.

The superiors were surprised at first that Chu Xiangqian was able to get the coal order from Neon more than half a month ago, but after just a half discussion, they decided to make money first.

After all, the higher-ups also know that it is not difficult for Japan to buy coal. Even coal companies in Australia, India and Southeast Asia are eager for Japan to buy more coal.

Since there is no way to stop it, it would be most cost-effective to put the money into your own pocket.

As for Chu Xiangqian's request to take 8% of the profits from China's coal exports in the first year, his superiors agreed without much hesitation.

First of all, I always owe money, which makes me feel uncomfortable. And the annual interest rate of 12% is actually quite stressful.

If he gritted his teeth, a year later, the money owed to Chu Xiangqian could be reduced to about 30 million US dollars.

Even if we split the money in half in the second year, we can still pay off all the debts, and I can get about 4500 million US dollars in foreign exchange within two years.

At that time, China only had more than 100 million US dollars in its hands, so there was no need to consider this business at all.
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After talking about the coal, Chu Xiangqian got into Tang Lianxin's car. The old man quickly started talking about the matter of transporting weapons and ammunition to Uncle Hei, which he had mentioned at the end of last year.

Chu Xiangqian would naturally not forget it, but delaying this matter would actually be beneficial to him.

Otherwise, when your superior assigns you a task, you have to complete it in ten days or half a month. This is not only too efficient, but will also scare your superiors.

There will be more tasks assigned to me in the future.

This was a disaster for Chu Xiangqian, who never liked being constrained.

He smiled and said to Tang Lianxin, "Don't worry, I have always been thinking about the weapons. Even if you don't ask this time, I still have to report to you.

In the past few months, I have obtained tens of thousands of Lee-Enfield rifles, 2 Sten submachine guns and 50 rounds of bullets for these two guns from the British.

Unfortunately, Philips was too timid and he never found any evidence that the old man was involved in this batch of weapons.

That’s why the weapons and ammunition were held back and not shipped to South Africa.”

Tang Lianxin knew that Chu Xiangqian's original plan was to drag Philip and Norton into the water.

As long as the two of them are involved in the transaction of this batch of weapons and ammunition, even if the Magnesians or the French find out something in the future, they will take Philips and Norton into consideration and will not dare to investigate further.

Even if France disregards Britain's face and insists on continuing the investigation, the British will try their best to cover up the matter.

But in fact, Chu Xiangqian thought about it again and again and decided not to involve Philip and Norton in this matter.

Anyway, we have our own warehouse in the Novice Village, so we can store the weapons and ammunition in Africa. No one knows how they were transported in, and no one knows who transported them in.

In order to protect themselves, the superiors will never tell the people below where these weapons came from.

He would not even have any contact with the people operating in Africa. This batch of weapons had something to do with him.

Chu Xiangqian also believed that the big boss who knew about this matter would rather let the plan fail than reveal his identity.

But Chu Xiangqian was still worried and delayed for a few months. Although the Second Elder had said at the beginning that he would not be implicated in this matter, it was not that Chu Xiangqian did not believe the Second Elder, but he was worried that no matter how well prepared he was, there would still be mistakes.

It was not until now that South Africa could no longer wait that he decided to go there.

Tang Lianxin said helplessly, "As long as we get the weapons and ammunition, we have already made several preparations.

Now, several months have passed and we are more prepared.

Just have your people store the weapons and ammunition somewhere in South Africa, and don't worry about anything else."

Chu Xiangqian was secretly happy, but he also knew the seriousness of the matter. If he was implicated, he would definitely be on the list of people under key surveillance by the Magnesium people in the future.

Now that Tang Lianxin has said that all the preparations have been made, things will be even simpler.

He smiled and said to Tang Lianxin, "Don't worry, I will notify you about this soon, and we will try to transport the weapons and ammunition to South Africa within half a month. I will personally inform you of the specific location when the time comes." Tang Lianxin nodded in relief, and even thought that the weapons and ammunition might already be in Africa, or even in South Africa.

Chu Xiangqian got off the bus near Qianmen and got into Zhang Haiyang's car to go home.

As soon as I entered the door, I went to find this little guy Chu Jingrong.

Looking at the little guy lying on the rocking bed, moving his hands and feet around, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but smile brightly.

I used to think that having a child would be troublesome, but now that I have a son, I feel that all the worries and hard work are worth it.

Of course, Chu Jingrong doesn't need Chu Xiangqian's hard work as a father at all. His master's wife, mother-in-law, Xue Jinglan and Tao Jie will take good care of him.

Chu Xiangqian missed his son, so he picked him up and teased him. As for whether Chu Jingrong was hungry, needed a diaper change, or cried at night, and other troubles, he could leave them to others to worry about.

So it's naturally easy for him to be a father.

Moreover, when Chu Jingrong was one month old, Chu Xiangqian took the ignorant little guy into the Novice Village and upgraded him to level 8.

Another 5 points of constitution were added to him, which made the little guy a little different from other babies.

He often sleeps through the night and rarely cries during the day, which means that the difficulty of taking care of him is reduced several times.

And because of his strong physique, he has never had a cold or a fever, let alone minor ailments like sneezing.

However, because of his good health, the little guy eats more than other children of the same age.

At the beginning, Xue Jinglan could not feed Chu Jingrong by herself. Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian was not short of money and had a wet nurse who came over at noon every day.

Chu Jingrong was fed once before meals, and again one or two hours after lunch.

This is how Xue Jinglan was able to feed little Chu Jingrong for the rest of the day.

However, three months later, the wet nurse's child was already one year old and was eating complementary food more often. Seeing that the wet nurse intended to stay longer in the Chu family, Xue Jinglan couldn't help but have some ideas in her mind.

After lunch, the master and his wife went to take a nap, and Tao Jie and the wet nurse also took Chu Jingrong back to the house to take a nap.

Chu Xiangqian accompanied his three daughters-in-law who slept until 11 o'clock, drinking tea and enjoying the cool air under the grape vines. While they were chatting, Xue Jinglan bit her lip and moved her chair to sit next to Chu Xiangqian's rocking chair.

She whispered in his ear, "Xiang Qian, have you noticed that my treasures are not as beautiful as before?"

Chu Xiangqian was stunned and didn't understand what his wife was saying for a moment.

It was not until Xue Jinglan saw her man's confused face that she pouted and lowered her head to whisper an explanation in his ear.

Only then did he react.

Breastfeeding is naturally the best choice, but it does not necessarily require the mother to do it.

What Xue Jinglan was worried about was that her granary would be deformed.

Since the wet nurse's child basically ate complementary food during the day, Xue Jinglan came up with the idea of ​​taking care of Xue Jingrong at night while the wet nurse fed the child during the day.

A doctor had explained this to Chu Xiangqian when he was at Union Medical College Hospital.

The doctor also had good intentions. Seeing that Chu Xiangqian had donated money to the hospital twice before and after Xue Jinglan's birth, he naturally explained to Chu Xiangqian everything he needed to pay attention to.

Moreover, the doctor was concerned that Chu Xiangqian, a first-time father, would be dissatisfied with his wife's lack of resources and that the couple would become unhappy because of Chu Xiangqian's generosity.

Only then did I tell him even this kind of thing.

But what Chu Xiangqian didn't know was that these hidden boudoirs were actually very common in wealthy families in the old society. Otherwise, why would the wife still hire a wet nurse to take care of her children when she obviously had no health problems?

Chu Xiangqian thought about when he climbed the mountain last night, and he did feel that his wife's granary seemed bigger, but not as tall as before.

Think about it again, the wet nurse has been in my home for two months and she feeds Xue Jingrong very well.

Xue Jianguo, her uncle, had already investigated her family thoroughly and was considered a trustworthy person.

So he smiled naturally and said, "I remember that Xiao Rong'er's granddaughter's brother should have turned one last month, right?"

After hearing this, Xue Jinglan smiled brightly and thought to herself that her man was very smart.

I just gave a hint and knew what I wanted to say.

Seeing this, Chu Xiangqian also confirmed what his daughter-in-law meant.

He smiled and said, "Tell Xiao Rong'er's nanny later that she should be invited to have lunch and dinner at home before returning home.

We also send her 30 kilograms of flour, 30 kilograms of millet, 10 kilograms of dried fish, and 10 kilograms of meat coupons every month as a thank you gift."

In that era, this amount of food and meat would be enough to hire two or three wet nurses, let alone one.

Moreover, the wet nurse also had lunch and dinner at her own home, and the food she brought back was enough for the family to live a better life.

But Chu Xiangqian has no lack of this thing. Giving generous gifts and showing favors is nothing more than winning people's hearts.

Although Xiao Rong'er's foster brother is one year old and can eat complementary food, Dan Chuxiang still feels a little guilty.

Then he said to Xue Jinglan, "Give 5 more cans of milk powder, some fresh fruits, and rice and grain paste every month to Xiaorong'er and his brother as complementary food."

Xue Jinglan naturally nodded without hesitation. If she wanted the wet nurse to feed her precious son wholeheartedly, she must have no worries.

Moreover, these things were no problem at all for their family. They could even ask Zhaodi and her two sisters to grind the rice porridge and help the wet nurse to take it back.

As for why they didn’t give money but only gave physical objects, it was naturally to avoid trouble.

And people who have just survived a famine actually prefer physical food.

In this case, if you give money but don't have a ticket, people won't be able to buy what they want.

When Xiao Rong is five or six months old, that is, after one or two months, he can actually eat some complementary food.

Xue Jinglan no longer felt worried and was in a very good mood, but Chu Xiangqian felt a little guilty.

Needless to say, the reason why a daughter-in-law would have such thoughts is because she has too many women and she is worried that she will lose favor in the future if her figure becomes distorted.

Of course, this is also directly related to the fact that my family is rich.

Otherwise, as a mother, Xue Jinglan would definitely not want her precious son to be without milk.

(End of this chapter)