Nongmen Merchant Girl

Chapter 35: Private School (1)
"Ghost girl, do you know if it's a nephew or a niece?"

"That's right, I'll figure it out, I can tell at a glance that it must be my little nephew." She lightly stroked Jin Hua's round belly, filled with emotion.

"Fourth sister, look, this is a bellyband embroidered for your nephew, and this little dress." She took out a stack of new cotton baby clothes from the cabinet and showed Xu Ru.

Xu Ru looked at the finely crafted baby clothes and saw the maternal tenderness on the eldest sister's face, and felt happy for the eldest sister in her heart.

"Hee hee, what is embroidered on this bellyband?"

"This is a lotus flower, which symbolizes auspiciousness, purity, and nobility." Jin Hua smiled and touched her apron that had not yet been embroidered.

"Well, children are the purest. My little nephew will definitely be rich and powerful in the future."

She told Jinhua about recent events at home, as well as many things to pay attention to when giving birth and confinement, and asked about how far Wen Po lived in the village, how her skills were, and so on.

"I heard these three aunts and six wives talking about me when I was doing business in the town. I heard that this is how the noble ladies in Beijing give birth. Sister, you must be careful, pay more attention to your body, after giving birth, you must be careful." Don't eat cold water, don't drink cold water..."

Xu Ru left a pack of dried dogwood for Jin Hua. "You drink this medicine for three days after giving birth. If you bleed a lot, drink more. There is also five taels of silver here, elder sister, take it for emergency." He said and took a purse from his bosom to Jinhua.

"I remember everything else you said, but I can't take this money. I also know the situation at home. You should take it back."

"Don't worry at home, you can make some money by doing business now, so it's a loan to you. When your brother-in-law comes back, you can discuss it with him. The peanut farmer in your village will help you collect it. I can pay you one penny per catty." The price will be recovered. But you can’t cheat and you can’t deceive the folks.” She plans to stock up on the peanuts, and she doesn’t know how many peanuts she will need until the next year’s harvest, so let’s just figure it out.

"Okay, I'll definitely tell him about this. Hey, my second brother is going to take the provincial examination soon. My mother-in-law has been worrying about my second brother's future tuition fees. Now you have helped our family a lot."

Tian Qingshui, the second son of the Tian family, is fifteen this year and has always been the pride of the Tian family. He is the only scholar in the village. In order for this child to have a future, the family of five revolves around him alone.

Xu Ru chatted with the eldest sister for a while, and then heard a man talking at the door.Jin Hua said that the scholar Tian Qingshui had returned.

"Why did you come back so early today? Don't you usually come back in the afternoon?" Xu Ru heard the golden flower mother-in-law asking loudly outside the room.

"What's the matter with you, why are your clothes so dirty, what's wrong with your face?" Granny Jinhua saw that the corner of Tian Qingshui's mouth was bruised, and there was a lot of dust under the navy blue robe.

Hearing this, Xu Ru and Jin Hua came out of the house, and seeing Granny Jin Hua holding the boy's hand with a worried expression, bent over and reached out to help him wipe the dust off his body.

"Mother, it's okay, it's just a fall." The young man looked up and saw Xu Ru coming out of the room, and was stunned for a moment.

"Did you fight with that kid from the Liu family again? How many times have I told you that he is powerful and powerful, so we can't afford to offend him. Just feel wronged and don't say a word. Let them say what you want to say. Hey ,look at you."

Granny Jinhua looked at her son's face with helplessness and distress.

Tian Qingshui frowned, "Mother, there are outsiders here, why are you talking about this?"

(End of this chapter)