CH 72.1

When Zhang Fangyuan returned to the village in the afternoon, he stopped by the old carpenter He's house and ordered another two hundred toothbrushes. The last batch of toothbrushes had only been delivered to the shop for a few days, but they were stockpiled in the warehouse, and now they were sold to Song Yong, so there was not much left.

Although there was sufficient stock in the warehouse to sell through the winter, just in case if there was another merchant came to the shop, so he hastened to order and stock up, so as not to miss the business because the stock was out.

"Butcher Zhang, the business is booming!"

Old carpenter He laughed when he received the order again. He just finished the previous batch of goods two days ago, and he only had time to rest for two days and the order came again. Although he didn't have time to rest, he was very happy.

Except for the few acres of land, the whole family relied on his handicraft work to eat. This year's harvest was not good. He was worried that he would have to go around to find some work during the winter slack, so that the lives of his family would be easier next year. However, he didn't know that he could fill the lack money for the family by himself, so that the whole family would have no worries.

Zhang Fangyuan said: "Small business, it's almost New Year's Eve, stock up more and feel at ease for the New Year."

"Okay, if you're in a hurry, I'll ask my apprentice to do it together."

Zhang Fangyuan didn't care who he invited for help: "As long as the quality is good and the quantity is sufficient."

After explaining the order, Zhang Fangyuan led Xiaohei and walked along the field ridge. There was a winter orange tree in the valley, the fruit was much smaller than an egg, and every winter it bore a lot of fruits. There were  bright oranges among the orange leaves, which could be seen from a long distance.

Although this little orange was beautiful, but the taste was not good, it was sour and people who ate it their teeth would sore. Every winter, no matter how good the tree bore the fruits, no one came to pick it, but two or three children who had no snacks would pick some to eat and play.

Zhang Fangyuan climbed up the tree to pick the oranges. Others wouldn’t like the sour taste, but right now his fulang liked this kind of taste.

"Did Xu He come to your house to buy eggs?"

"Our eggs are reserved for Erbao, how could we sell them to him?" "

"My family has a lot of chickens and ducks. The old hens and ducks laid a lot of eggs, and we could sell two baskets. But this one from the Zhang family is also a bit stingy. They make so much money in business, but when buying somethings, he still bothers about two or three copper coins.”

Two fulangs came from a distant field with baskets on their backs, as if they were going to cut pigweed, they walked one after the other while chatting.

"You don't know, the richer you are, the more stingy you are."

"Xu He’s fate is really good. He got pregnant not long after he got married, now he doesn’t need to manage the family business, and the butcher manages it alone. He also doesn’t need to go to the tea shed even it’s so close. He only needs to raise a baby at home. The daughter-in-law of the landlord’s family is not as good as him.”

“Hey, his man is capable. Zhang Fangyuan’s family is small, and now he has a child, so he must give anything for him.”

“By the way, did you notice that when Xu He came to your house to buy eggs today, his stomach is bigger than that of ordinary little ge’ers. The little ge’er next door to your house also pregnant, and his pregnancy is ten days older than Xu He's? Look, his stomach is not as big as Xu He’s."

"It should be a son, right?"

The other person snorted, "Having a son depends on the size of the stomach? How many people in the village with small stomachs still gave birth to sons? I think, with stomach like that, his pregnancy should be older than what he said. Now you think about what kind of person Zhang Fangyuan in the village before, maybe the two hooked up together before they got married."

"It's not a good for you to say something like this. They have been married for a long time, so it's impossible."

The other person covered his mouth and kept laughing, as if he also felt that it was outrageous: "I'm a careless person, so I will say something if I think about it, you say, otherwise, how can his stomach be so big. As long as you are honest, you don't need to care about things. "

The other fulang was hesitant to answer. Suddenly, he saw a strong black horse gnawing grass on the ridge in front of them: "Whose horse is this, it looks like..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a thud, and something like a black bear falling from the orange tree, straight to the ground.

The two of them looked at the man with a stern face, their breaths were stopped, and their souls were almost gone.

Gossiping and being caught face to face, they really scared and ashamed, the two of them pursed their lips: "Go... let's go..."

The two hurriedly grabbed their back baskets and went forward, when a cold voice suddenly sounded from behind, colliding with the oncoming winter wind: "Next time, if you talk about Zhang family's affairs casually, don't blame me for being rude."

Although they didn't reply, the two fulangs ran faster.