Chapter 8 Conspiracy
The news that the Qin family broke into a large argali sheep quickly spread in Qingshan Village, attracting many people to come to see it.
This kind of thing cannot be hidden, and the Qin family did not hide it deliberately. However, under Mr. Qin's repeated warnings, everyone buried the guess in their hearts to avoid spreading it and causing unnecessary trouble.
The villagers envied the Qin family's good luck. You should know that a large argali sheep is worth a lot of money. Earlier, a hunter from the next village caught one and sold it to a restaurant in the county. He made a full five taels of silver. If he added some more
You can buy one acre of medium-sized paddy field.
I was not surprised when I learned that the Qin family would not sell it, but would keep it for milking Dafang's newly adopted daughter. After all, argali can still be sold at a good price once the child is weaned.
Someone else joked with Mr. Qin: "Is it possible that your granddaughter has some background and brought this argali to your family to repay her kindness?"
Mr. Qin laughed and laughed: "What's your background? If you really have a background, you won't end up in a poor place like me."
This is true. The Qin family is not the worst in the entire Qingshan Village. At least they can support a scholar. During the busy farming season, they can eat three meals a day, but that’s it.
If you want something meaty, you have to wait until the Chinese New Year. Normally when you want to scramble eggs, you have to worry about whether to fry two or three eggs.
It was because of the poor situation of the Qin family that Zhao Caoer complained a lot about the elder couple adopting Qin Xiaoxiao. She hinted to Lin Qiuniang many times that even if they wanted to adopt, they should adopt Zhao Xiuxiu.
In her opinion, the Qin family must raise Zhao Xiuxiu. It is better to raise her as the daughter of Dafang, so there is no need to adopt Qin Xiaoxiao. One more person will cost more rations!
After hinting too many times, Lin Qiuniang became very annoyed and retorted directly: "You have raised three Dabao brothers and sisters, and the fourth one is coming out soon. Your eldest brother and I don't think you have too many children. Why do you dislike Xiaoxiao?"
mean?"
These words almost made Zhao Cao'er so angry that she gave birth prematurely.
But no matter how angry she was, she didn't dare to say that the baby she gave birth to had the blood of the old Qin family, and that Qin Xiaoxiao was just a picked-up wild child. If Mr. Qin and Qin Shan found out about this, they would definitely punish her.
The ground cut Qinchuan for a meal.
Qin Chuan will have to kill her Zhao Cao'er later.
These are all things for later. At this moment, Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang were feeding Qin Xiaoxiao goat milk with great interest.
Thanks to Qin Xiaoxiao, Qinshan successfully squeezed the goat's milk. This argali sheep had no babies and had accumulated a lot of milk. It squeezed half a basin in the first time.
Goat milk is a good thing, but the smell is too strong. But this is not the problem for Lin Qiuniang. When she boiled the goat milk, she sprinkled a small handful of jasmine flowers, and the smell was gone.
Worried that Qin Xiaoxiao didn't like goat milk, Lin Qiuniang wet her mouth with a spoon first.
I don't know if she was hungry, but Qin Xiaoxiao didn't reject it. She moved her little tongue and licked the goat milk clean from her mouth, and giggled, as if urging her.
Qin Shan looked happy, touched her belly and said, "Finally I'm not afraid of being hungry anymore."
Lin Qiuniang also breathed a sigh of relief, and after trying a few more times, she was sure that Qin Xiaoxiao liked to drink goat's milk, so she changed the direction of the spoon and used the spoon handle to feed her: "As long as you are willing to eat it, we will definitely do it within two months."
I can make my daughter fat and white."
The reason why there is no way to feed with a spoon handle is that the mouth of a three-month-old baby is too small, and the whole spoon cannot be put into the mouth. As a result, the goat's milk easily flows out along the corners of the mouth. The spoon handle is relatively thin,
It's just enough to fit into her mouth, so you don't have to worry about her choking on too much.
The amount of goat milk contained in the spoon handle was very small, so it would take a lot of time to feed Qin Xiaoxiao.
The farm work in the fields had not been finished yet, and it was impossible for the couple to stay at home to feed their children. So after seeing Qin Xiaoxiao taking a few sips without spitting up milk, Qin Shan gave Lin Qiuniang a few words and went out with the sickle.
The rest of the Qin family, including Zhao Cao'er, had already gone to the fields first, and only Lin Qiuniang and a few children were left at home. After Qin Xiaoxiao was fed, Lin Qiuniang had to go to work in the fields and would not come back until lunch.
Lin Qiuniang didn't know how big Qin Xiaoxiao's appetite was. The total amount she fed was about seven or eight spoons, so she didn't dare to feed him any more.
Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao smacking her lips and looking like she still wanted to eat, Lin Qiuniang picked her up with a smile and patted her back gently: "It's your first time feeding goat milk, so I don't dare to give you too much.
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She couldn't drink the delicious goat's milk, so Qin Xiaoxiao didn't make any fuss, staring at Lin Qiuniang with her big black eyes. When she hiccupped, her eyes gradually narrowed, and she felt a little sleepy, but her little hand was tight
Holding Lin Qiuniang's skirt tightly.
Lin Qiuniang's heart softened, she lowered her head and kissed Qin Xiaoxiao's face that smelled like goat's milk, her brows filled with love.
Lin Qiuniang's great regret is that she has been married for many years without children. Although she has gradually accepted the reality in the past two years, if she can have a child, she will have no regrets in her life. She would not mind adopting one at all.
But Qin Shan kept silent when she mentioned this matter before, and then she stopped mentioning it. Unexpectedly, just when she thought she would never have children in her life, she actually had a daughter.
"Smile, nanny, my dear baby!" Looking at Qin Xiaoxiao's innocent sleeping face, Lin Qiuniang couldn't get enough of it. She couldn't help but rub her cheek gently with her cheek, hoping that she would grow up safely.
Big, open her small mouth and call her mother.
That must be the best sound in the world.
No matter how reluctant she was to give up, the work in the fields could not be delayed, so Lin Qiuniang had no choice but to put the milk dumplings on the bed and cover her with a thin quilt.
Walking out of the room quietly, Lin Qiuniang whispered to Dabao, who was playing with her brothers and sisters in the yard, and said: "My sister is asleep. Please help me keep an eye on my sister so that she doesn't fall off the bed. Do you understand?"
The children of the farmer's family are all taken care of by the elder. Even though Dabao is only six years old, he has been able to take care of his younger brothers and sisters since last year. Otherwise, the adults would not be able to work in the fields without worry.
Next year, when the younger ones are older and no one is watching, Dabao will have to go to the fields to do some work such as picking wheat ears and throwing away seeds.
Dabao puffed up his small chest and said seriously: "Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely take good care of my sister."
Lin Qiuniang touched his head and praised: "Good boy, next time your uncle goes to the city, ask him to buy you candies."
He is a child after all. When he heard that there were sweet candies to eat, Dabao swallowed his saliva, waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, keep it for my sister."
Lin Qiuniang smiled and praised Dabao a few more times.
Dabao is a reliable child. As soon as Lin Qiuniang left, he called his younger brothers and sisters back to the house to play, and he went to the room to see his little cousin.
Seeing his little cousin sleeping in the middle of the big bed, he was a little worried, so he simply called his brothers and sisters into the room to play, and told them not to talk loudly, so as not to wake up the little sister.
Xueya and Erbao were quite obedient, but the room was too small and there was nothing interesting about it. Not long after they stayed, they started making noises and wanted to go out. No matter how much Ren Dabao coaxed them, it was useless.
Chapter completed!