"Xiaobai." Dongdong heard his cousin say this and shouted after him, but the pug Xiaobai didn't like him. He was very unconvinced and stretched out his hand to touch Xiaobai.

But Xiaobai always remembered Mengmeng's order. When he saw someone else wanting to touch him, he raised his head and barked "woof", which startled Dongdong.

"Wow!"

The child Cheng Tiandong was so frightened that he burst into tears on the spot.

Cheng Xiaolin, who was cutting ginger slices, heard her nephew crying loudly. She didn't know what happened, so she asked: "Shujie, what's wrong?"

"Dongdong wanted to touch Xiaobai just now, and Xiaobai screamed, which scared him." Cao Shujie looked at his daughter and felt a headache.

This girl is really annoying.

When Li Xiaojuan'er heard what was going on, she didn't think much about it. Not long after she came over to comfort him, Dongdong stopped crying.

Xiaobai wanted to pet the pug again, but Xiaobai was very smart this time. In addition, Cao Shujie stared at it, so Xiaobai didn't dare to call or scare anyone. He let Cheng Tiandong touch him a few times, looking like a good baby.

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Mengmeng was quite proud to see that Xiaobai was very popular.

After Cheng Xiaolin boiled the brown sugar and ginger water, she asked Cao Shujie to bring two small bowls, give each of her daughter and nephew a bowl, and coaxed them to drink.

Mengmeng stuck out her tongue while drinking, and kept shouting: "Mom, it's so spicy, so spicy."

"Bah, bah, bah!" She seemed to want to spit out the spicy taste, but it was no use.

After a while, sweat broke out on her forehead.

Cao Shujie took his daughter's thermos cup and asked her to drink some water to wash it down. At the same time, he took out some pieces of paper to wipe the sweat on her forehead.

Cheng Tiandong saw his cousin drinking the whole bowl of brown sugar and ginger water from the side. He also drank two sips, and no one tried to persuade him to drink the rest.

When Cao Shujie and his father-in-law Cheng Rengui came back, Cheng Xiaolin was serving food on the table. When she saw him coming in, she shouted happily: "Dad, you are back."

"Linlin, Shujie, when did you arrive?" When Cheng Rengui saw his son-in-law, daughter and granddaughter, he wiped away his sad expression and became happy.

"Dad, we arrived at around 9 o'clock. My mother asked you to ask for the bill. How do you want it? Did you give it to me?" Cheng Xiaolin asked him.

It's not that I'm counting on him for the money, it's just curiosity.

Hearing his daughter's question, Cheng Rengui sighed: "It's okay to give it to you for three months. It's better than nothing at all."

"Ah, isn't it owed half a year? Why do you pay so little?" Cheng Xiaolin was very angry. She said, "The Chinese New Year will be in more than two months, and you only give me three months' salary."

Cheng Rengui was used to it. He said: "This is good. At least we can settle the payment a little in advance. In previous years, we would only get the first half of the payment at the end of the year."

Cao Shujie didn't feel surprised when he heard his father-in-law say this.

Li Xiaojuan felt helpless when she heard her husband said that she only received three months' salary, but there was nothing she could do.

Cheng Xiaolin complained to her husband Cao Shujie: "Shujie, why do you think these people are like this? They have money, why don't they pay the bill?"

Cao Shujie said with a half-smile, "Honey, you really haven't understood that the contractor may not be rich."

As soon as he finished speaking, his father-in-law Cheng Rengui also nodded and said: "Li Guangqing is still determined to get the money from the project, otherwise he will have to wait until the end of the year."

"Dad, are you out of work because of this matter?" Cao Shujie asked.

Cheng Rengui nodded: "Yes, we took the lead and were unhappy with each other, but we can't do it without making trouble. Something happened at Cheng Dagua's family and he needed money. Li Guangqing kept paying in advance. He didn't have much money in hand, so he could only find projects.

Go up and ask for money."

Cheng Xiaolin suddenly realized that there were so many things going on in the middle.

Li Xiaojuan felt irritated when she heard that. She said, "It's almost dinner time. Let's eat quickly."

After she spoke, everyone else stopped mentioning the matter and gathered around the table to eat.

After lunch, Cheng Xiaolin went to make some brown sugar and ginger water for her daughter and nephew to drink.

Cao Shujie accompanied his father-in-law to drink tea and chat. When talking about what happened at noon, Cao Shujie asked his father-in-law: "Dad, will you still go to the construction site in the future?"

"I'm thinking about this too, but if I don't do this, I can't do anything else." Cheng Rengui was helpless. He didn't have any excellent skills.

Cao Shujie thought for a while and said to his father-in-law: "Dad, how about I give you an idea."

"What?" Cheng Rengui asked him.

Then I heard Cao Shujie say: "You raise cattle."

"It doesn't take much, just raise four or five at a time." Cao Shujie said.

He said: "If you are like me, you raise 50 cows at one time. When the new year comes, I will buy another batch of calves."

"Dad, if you want to raise calves, I will help you contact them. The price is not expensive," Cao Shujie said.

Hearing what his son-in-law said, Cheng Rengui was really moved. He hesitated and asked, "Can it be done?"

"Dad, can I lie to you again? Generally speaking, raising cattle is relatively easy. You just need to feed them regularly every day. There is no other work." Cao Shujie told his father-in-law about his experience in raising cattle during this period.

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After Cao Shujie finished speaking, Cheng Rengui became even more excited and said, "I'll discuss it with your mother."

"Dad, this is a big deal, you should discuss it carefully." Cao Shujie said: "If you raise cattle at home, you should raise less cows at the beginning to gain experience. Later, if you think it is ok, raise more cows. Anyway, after a long time, it will definitely be better than yours.

It’s better to work outside.”

Cheng Rengui also understood this truth. He nodded with a thoughtful expression on his face.

When he saw his wife Li Xiaojuan, Cheng Rengui told his wife about raising cattle.

After listening, Li Xiaojuan did not express her position directly, mainly because she felt that her husband was an honest person and had never done this job before. She always felt that he was not the material and she might as well work honestly to earn some money and feel more at ease.

But Cheng Xiaolin saw that her mother had no clear attitude, so she also said: "Mom, raising cattle is good."

"Anyway, we don't have much trouble raising those 50 animals at home," Cheng Xiaolin said.

Until Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin left, Li Xiaojuan did not make it clear whether she would support them or not.

"My parents are too hesitant to do things, looking forward and backward. This is not okay." Cheng Xiaolin said in the car.

When Cao Shujie heard what she said, he smiled and said, "Wife, you can't say that. How old are our parents?"

"I'll be 50 years old after the Chinese New Year." Cheng Xiaolin opened her mouth and said, she remembered it clearly.

Cao Shujie looked forward and smiled: "Yes, at this age, do you expect it to be difficult for them to accept starting their own business all of a sudden?"

"But that's raising cattle!" Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie asked her: "Honey, tell me, if our father starts raising cattle, will he rely on these cattle to generate income in the future?"

Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "Yes."

"That's okay. This is the foundation for their survival in the future. They should think about it carefully before they are responsible for themselves and there is nothing wrong with it," Cao Shujie said.

Cheng Xiaolin also realized that she was thinking too simply.

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On the way back, it was getting darker and darker, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road. Cao Shujie lowered the speed again and again to avoid accidents.

Although I was delayed a little on the way, I still got home smoothly.

When Wang Yuelan saw them coming back, she was surprised: "Shujie, Linlin, I thought you were going to stay, why are you back again?"

"Mom, there is a lot of work at home, I can't stand it anymore," Cheng Xiaolin said.

She originally wanted to stay, but when she thought about there being so much work in the orchard, she felt uneasy.

In addition, her nephew had a cold and had a severe cough. To be honest, Cheng Xiaolin was afraid that her daughter would be infected.

But she didn't say these words to her mother-in-law, and Cao Shujie didn't think about it either.

Wang Yuelan also mentioned one thing. She said: "Shujie, the man who installed the radiator in town came here. After measuring the dimensions of the house, he left. He said he would come and install it in about three days."

"Why so slow?" Cao Shujie wondered.

Wang Yuelan rolled her eyes at her son and said, "It's cold now and there are many people installing radiators. This is already fast."

Cao Shujie was right at first glance. If he thought about it carefully, he could accept it in three days.

Before going to bed that night, Cheng Xiaolin made another bowl of brown sugar ginger water for her daughter and asked her to drink it. When she saw that her daughter had not coughed, Cheng Xiaolin was only half relieved.

But the good luck seemed to have come to an end. At around 12 o'clock in the evening, a sound of "cough, cough, cough" sounded, which was particularly clear in the middle of the night.

Cheng Xiaolin was woken up by her daughter's cough while she was sleeping.

She saw that Mengmeng kept coughing, and when she coughed hard, her back arched up, she knew that Mengmeng was not spared.

"Shujie, Shujie..."

Cheng Xiaolin pushed her husband awake.

"What's wrong?" Cao Shujie asked in a daze, and then heard his daughter coughing.

He understood immediately and said, "Don't worry, I'll go find some medicine for Mengmeng. You can give her a drink of water first and press it down."

"Yes!" Cheng Xiaolin nodded. She reached out and groped for her daughter's thermos kettle next to the pillow.

"Snapped!"

Then there was a burst of dazzling light, but Cao Shujie fumbled for the switch on the wall and turned on the lights in the room.
To be continued...