Chapter 141 – Giving Birth to a Baby and Going to the College Town

Su Danhong gave birth relatively smoothly. She went in at about nine o’clock in the morning, and she gave birth before noon.

She gave birth to a fat baby boy weighing five pounds and eight ounces.

By this time, Mother Ji and Mother Su had received the news and were rushing over. Renren was already the first born son so it was not important to Mother Ji whether the next child was a son or a daughter. It was more important that the mother and child were safe.

But who would say there were too many sons in the family?

Thus, Mother Ji was very happy to hear that she had a fat grandson. She smiled at Mother Su and said, “Danhong’s mother, she is fortunate!”

Mother Su also felt very proud and said with a smile, “It is also because of Jianyun.”

Both in-laws were in a good mood now.

After everything was sorted out, the child was already lying beside his mom. Su Danhong’s second child was born without any problems. She was also healthy and felt spirited.

When she saw her son’s little red face sleeping beside her, she gradually calmed down. Then, the sleepiness slowly came, and she went to sleep.

She slept until past five o’clock in the afternoon and woke up hungry. However, she had her mother-in-law and her biological mother there. Naturally, she could not go hungry.

She wanted to eat something light, like a bit of plain congee, to cushion her stomach. She couldn’t eat anything else.

This time, she started breastfeeding faster, and her second son ate it quickly.

Compared to when Renren started, this boy was more powerful. He was quite active in suckling. It’s fine now since he didn’t have teeth yet, but what about in the future?

Su Danhong decided to quit breastfeeding as soon as possible!

Her second son didn’t know that his mom started taking precautions because of how he acted when he was so hungry.

The news that Su Danhong had a second child soon spread. Ji Jianyun went to pay a fine of 400 yuan.

After that, he was able to get his second son’s hukou.

They had already thought of a name for their second son. Ji Qi if it was a son, and Ji Xin if it was a daughter.

Since the second child was a boy, the baby was named Ji Qi.

Su Danhong’s second child was born in the hospital. But on the third day after he was born, he was wrapped tightly and taken home by Ji Jianyun.

Mother Ji was now busy with the strawberry garden and watermelon seedlings on the mountain, and she also had Renren and Yan’er to take care of. So, Ji Jianyun invited his mother-in-law over.

“Mother, please take care of Danhong for a while, and when her confinement is over, you can go back,” Ji Jianyun said.

Mother Su was quite free now. Eldest Su sister-in-law was taking care of all the chickens at home. Mother Su had promised that in the future, she would not take half of the money she earned from working over here as long as she took good care of the chickensand did not hide or eat any secretly.

Eldest Su sister-in-law was so happy that she immediately agreed to this. It was like someone was sending her a pillow when she was starting to feel sleepy.

So she patted her chest and promised that she would not let her down. She asked her eldest son to take a notebook and write down how many eggs the hens laid and how much they ate every day. After everything was calculated, the rest was handled by her second brother-in-law..

After hearing what she said, Mother Su gave her a rare look of approval. “If you can do it successfully, then I can be rest assured that you can take over the household. But if you don’t do it to my satisfaction, then you won’t ever be able to do it again.”

“Mother, don’t worry. I’m a mother of three children, how can I not understand what you mean? Just take good care of my sister-in-law. With you there, my brother-in-law will be grateful, which will definitely be good for you,” eldest Su sister-in-law said.

“She’s my own daughter, so of course I should take care of her. How is there anything not good about that?” Mother Su said with some annoyance.

“Yes, yes, yes, what I said was wrong,” eldest Su sister-in-law said quickly.

Like that, Mother Su went over to Lao Ji’s house and the household duties were given to eldest Su sister-in-law.

With Mother Su around, Ji Jianyun was indeed relieved.

Everyone was busy in an organized manner. Mother Ji was responsible for taking care of Yan’er and Renren, while Mother Su was taking care of Su Danhong. Ji Jianyun was doing his work without any worries.

The chicks on the mountain were hatched at the beginning of winter last year. Now they have grown into chickens. There were nearly 500 chickens. Although Su Jindang’s business in the town was good, there were only four or five chickens sold every day. Eggs sold more, and two or three baskets of eggs were needed every day.

Lao Qin’s business was also good. However, every three days, he would pick up between ten or twenty chickens each time.

Aside from the nearly 500 chickens, there was also a group of chicks being grown. After all, this was a big source of income for everyone, and was a good idea to raise more chickens. They only needed to pay attention to sanitation as long as they mainly went to the hospital to buy antibiotics and brought that back.

So today, Ji Jianyun planned on taking a cart of live chickens to the college town to sell. They spent a lot everyday with so many chickens even though they were fed rice bran, sweet potato leaves, and alfalfa.

In order to increase their chicken production, Mother Ji planted many vegetables randomly next to the chicken shed. When it was pretty much fully grown, it was cut up and thrown to the chickens. Other foods were also eaten.

So on that day, Ji Jianyun took care of all the arrangements at home. Then the next morning, Ji Jianyun took Father Ji with him, and they went to the college town transporting a whole truckload of live chickens.

Father Ji had never come to the college town to sell goods, so he didn’t know if business would be good. Before they arrived, he was still a little worried. Did they transport too much?

In the truck, each chicken cage contained four or five chickens. There were a total of 15 chicken coops, which meant almost 60 or 70 chickens.

It would be hard to sell that many.

Thus, Father Ji said, “If it’s not easy to sell, then let’s sell it for less.”

“Father, you don’t have to worry. Our chickens are good quality and can’t be sold for cheap. If you sell them at a very cheap price in the city, people would think that your goods are bad. How energetic are our chickens? How tasty is the meat?” Ji Jianyun responded with a smile.

Father Ji didn’t say anything.

When they arrived at the market, Father Ji saw how much purchasing power the old men and women in the college town had.

Especially those who were acquainted with his son.

“Young man, why are you here now? How long have we been waiting for you?” An old man said with a grin.

“That’s right, I bought mutton and eggs last year and ate them all already,” said another old man.

“Aside from the eggs and meat, there was also the honey. I finished the honey from drinking two spoonfuls a day. By the way, is there honey this time?” an old lady asked.

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The scene was very lively.

It was clear that some of these people had already bought their groceries. But when they saw Ji Jianyun coming, they immediately came over and wanted to buy more.

“Only live chickens will be sold today. Uncles, aunts, you have to trust me. If you buy them and stew them, you’ll be rejuvenated,” Ji Jianyun said with a smile.

“How can I not trust you? I have bought live chicken from here before. The meat tasted very delicious. I only bought two last year and my grandson made a fuss about wanting to eat it again. When I bought it from another store, he hated it,” An old lady said.

“The chicken must be really delicious.”

“How much is this chicken?”

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