Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 400

When the county magistrate presented the plaque, he said that there would be a reward for the water melon planting.

The reward came at the beginning of October.

When Zhao Ganwei learned that several officials had come to the village entrance, he thought that the county magistrate had sent someone to look for him. But when he went out and saw that the clothes they were wearing were the same as those worn by the county magistrate last time, his heart began to pound.

The villagers knelt on the ground, with Zhao Ganwei kneeling at the front, bending over and listening to what the official said.

After a long while, the official handed the thing to him - five hundred taels of silver and one hundred acres of good farmland.

"I thank the county magistrate!"

Zhao Ganwei was helped up, his face showing uncontrollable excitement. He looked back and signaled Tie Niu to give a red envelope to the official. It was not easy for them to come all the way here, so at least they should show some appreciation.

"Sir, come to my house and have some tea and rest, would you please?"

"No need for that. We have to go back and report as soon as possible and won't stay here long." The leading officer took the red envelope that Tie Niu stuffed over to him calmly and squeezed it with his hands. At least there were a few taels of silver in it. This trip was worth it!

After receiving the red envelope, the smile on his face became more sincere. "Then we brothers will leave. Village Chief Zhao doesn't have to see us off."

The officials rode away on horseback. As soon as they left and hid in the bushes, people from other villages who had heard the news came out, including several familiar village chiefs.

"Old Zhao, your Xinghua Village is really getting more and more prosperous!"

"That's right! I think the young men in your village are pretty good. My wife's family has a pretty niece. How about we get our two villages to form a family ties?"

Zhao Ganwei grinned foolishly, presenting the plaque and today could be said to be the highlight of his life.

Faced with so many compliments, he was so happy that he didn't know what to do and just responded to whatever others said.

The other people in Xinghua Village were also very happy. These one hundred acres of fertile land were a reward to the entire village, and there were also five hundred taels to be divided!

The next day, Zhao Ganwei asked everyone to come to the ancestral hall to prepare to divide the silver and land.

Zhong Ruyi asked the man beside her, "How much money do you think we can share?"

"Five hundred taels may seem like a lot, but there are more than sixty households in our village. Each household should get around six or seven taels, right?" Chen Dongzhi estimated that it would be more valuable to divide the land. After all, silver would be gone once it was spent, but the land would always be there.

Sure enough, since Chen Dongzhi and his friend were traveling alone, they only got fifteen taels, but it was better than nothing.

Everyone had different opinions on how to divide the land.

In the end, Zhao Ganwei made the final decision: one acre per household, and the rest belonged to the public. If anyone wanted to grow crops, they could rent the land! You could grow crops however you wanted!

Zhong Ruyi and his companion took fifteen taels of silver and two acres of land and went back home. Not long after they got home, Li Guihua came and knocked on the door.

"What's the matter?"

As soon as the door opened, Li Guihua blurted out, "Your third sister-in-law is about to give birth! Mother and the others have gone there, you should go and take a look too!"

Zhong Ruyi responded quickly, put the things away and pulled Chen Dongzhi over.

As soon as he reached the door, he bumped into the midwife and almost fell down.

"Oh! Daughter of the Zhong family, if you have time, go and help your aunt boil some more hot water. Your sister-in-law will need it later!" After the midwife said this, she washed her hands and hurried into the delivery room.

Zhong Ruyi didn't notice that Chen Dongzhi's face looked strange behind him, and he just pulled people to the kitchen. They couldn't help with childbirth, so they had to rely on the third sister-in-law herself, but they could still boil water.

Finally, when Huang Ying's painful groans were heard from inside the house, she noticed that the man had not said a word since entering the yard. "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Chen Dongzhi's face was pale, there was some sweat on his forehead, his teeth were clenched, and he stood behind her silently.

"...Nothing." He forced a smile and squatted down to push the firewood into the stove.

It would be strange if Zhong Ruyi didn't notice such an obvious expression.

She looked at the delivery room and then at the man who was obviously scared but still holding on. She asked tentatively, "Were you scared by my third sister-in-law giving birth? Have you been scared before?" Otherwise, why would you have such a big reaction?

The man squatting on the ground looked up at her pitifully. He was obviously tall and strong, but now he was squatting at her feet with a wronged look on his face, and the way he looked up at her was really hard to bear.

Zhong Ruyi quickly squatted down and held his head with her hands. "Why don't you go back first? Giving birth is a very painful process for women. If you feel uncomfortable, go back and stay there. I will come back to find you later."

It is so painful for everyone who watches, and it will be even more painful for the person giving birth. This is the unavoidable pain of childbirth, unless one does not give birth.

Chen Dongzhi leaned in her arms without saying a word until the midwife outside called for scissors! Get the scissors ready!

He suddenly shuddered again, wanting to go back, but he was also worried about what would happen if they accidentally had a child one day? Should he stay and see?

Her eyes jumped from the flames burning in the stove to his lower body. Zhong Ruyi didn't know what he was thinking. The most important thing now was her third sister-in-law lying inside.

"You go back first. I'll come back to you when I'm done here." Zhong Ruyi patted him, motioning him to go away so that she could sit in front of the stove and light a fire.

But in the end Chen Dongzhi did not leave and stayed, but he stayed in the kitchen the whole time and was unwilling to go out.

Zhong Ruyi didn't care about him. She told him to go back if he was scared or stay here first, and then she hurried out.

Old Third Zhong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and the Huang couple next to him were not much better.

Less than an hour had passed since Huang Ying was carried to the delivery room. Even the first baby was not born that quickly.

Hot water was sent in basin by basin, and what came out in exchange was blood-stained cloth and blood water. Zhong Laosan felt his legs go weak when he saw this, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Finally, from noon to dark, in addition to Huang Ying's painful groans and the sounds of others urging her to push harder, the cry of a newborn baby was heard in the delivery room.

"Born, born!"

"Mother and son are safe!"

The weak-legged Zhong Laosan ignored the midwife's attempts to stop him and staggered into the delivery room, where his cries were soon heard.

He didn't even have time to take a look at the child before he saw Huang Ying lying on the bed. Her lips and face were as white as a piece of paper, and her hands and feet were yellow. She was lying on the bed silently. Thinking that she was gone, Zhong Lao San cried breathlessly, and was slapped in the face by Zhong's mother, who was in a dilemma, "Why are you crying? Go outside and cry if you want to. Don't disturb your wife's rest here!"

In the delivery room, Li Guihua explained to him, "Don't worry, brother-in-law. My sister-in-law is just too tired and fell asleep. You should go out first. We haven't cleaned up here yet."

Zhong Laosan was driven out with tears on his face, and the midwife put a swaddling cloth in his arms.

The newborn baby had a wrinkled face, and it was unclear whether it was because of crying or because it was red when he was born. In any case, the baby was ugly at first sight.

Thinking about how his wife struggled to give birth to such an ugly child, Zhong Laosan became even sadder.

Zhong Ruyi came over and took a look at the child. He had thick hair, his little fists were clenched, and his pink gums were exposed when he cried. He looked a little cute and a little ugly.