Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 329 The Second One
Qu Shaoyang's second son was born safely, and the news quickly spread throughout Maoer Mountain and the surrounding villages.

Families that had connections with the Qu family all arranged for their female relatives to bring gifts to the Qu family to congratulate them.

For a time, the Qu family was filled with guests, and Qu Shaoyang was busy, so most of the time, only Lin Ruolan and Chen could help with the reception.

No one knew how the news reached the county town, and the county magistrate, chief clerk, registrar and others all arranged for people to come with gifts.

As for Qu Shaoyang, he had to entertain the guests with delicious food and drinks.

Before leaving, he brought return gifts to several adults, stuffed silver into the hands of the visitors, and sent them away happily.

After returning, those people said a lot of good things about Qu Shaoyang in front of the county magistrate and others.

As soon as the second child was born, Qu Shaoyang sent people to Andong and Kuandian to deliver a message according to his father-in-law's instructions.

More than half a month later, brothers Chen Yunzhe and Chen Yunhan, along with a large group of people, returned to Maoer Mountain escorting a large amount of silver.

Also returning with them was Chen Yunzhe's fiancée, Shen Lizhen.

Before getting engaged, Shen Lizhen transferred her business in Yingkou to someone else, and she followed Chen Yunzhe to Andong.

The two bought a house in Andong. Chen Yunzhe was busy with work and had to find time to study and prepare for the next year's college entrance examination, so Shen Lizhen was responsible for everything including the decoration of the new house.

Chen Yunzhe was very happy when he received the news from home that his sister had given birth to a son.

It just so happened that the balance of the payment for the timber sold to the old customer from the south, as well as the silver exchanged for the gold sand from the gold mine, were all with Chen Yunzhe.

So we might as well take this opportunity to escort them back together and settle the accounts.

Shen Lizhen had met her future parents-in-law and Qu Shaoyang, but she had never met her sister-in-law Chen Xiuyun.

She was used to working outside and didn't care much about these things. When Chen Yunzhe wanted to go back to Maoer Mountain, Shen Lizhen simply followed him.

"Is this my little nephew? Oh, this is the first time I see a baby in confinement.

This child is white and fat, with a chubby face and a strong build, he is really rare.”

When Shen Lizhen and her friends returned to Maoer Mountain, it was already July 18th.

The second child of the Qu family has been born for twenty days and is much prettier now than when he was just born.

Just like Shen Lizhen said, she is white and plump, which makes her particularly attractive.

"Come here, this is the gift your uncle and I prepared for you. I wish our little Gen a long life and good fortune."

As Shen Lizhen spoke, she took out a gold lock weighing three taels and six cents and hung it around the baby's neck.

Genyou is the nickname Qu Shaoyang gave to his second son. Like Gensuo, it is a very rustic name.

Nowadays, people believe in giving a child a humble name so that he or she will be easier to raise. If the child is too young and you give him or her an expensive name, there is a fear that the child will not be able to bear the responsibility and will easily get sick and be difficult to raise.

Originally, Qu Shaoyang wanted to name his second child Genzhu, which sounds like "Zhu".

But Liu Dongshan’s son was named Shuanzhu. If there was another name called Genzhu, it would be bad for the nephew and uncle to have the same name, so it was changed to Genyou.

"Oh, Sister Lizhen, the child is still young, why did you give him such an expensive gold lock?"

When Chen Xiuyun saw that the gold locket was quite heavy, she thought it might be worth a lot of silver, so she quickly took it off and returned it to Shen Lizhen.

"Sister, are you still being polite to me?
Your elder brother and I will get married in the winter, and by then I will be a legitimate aunt.

What? I can give my nephew a gold lock, isn't that enough?" Shen Lizhen said, holding Chen Xiuyun's hand with a smile.

Shen Lizhen had said so, so how could Chen Xiuyun say anything else? She could only thank her future aunt-in-law for her kindness on behalf of her child.

Shen Lizhen not only prepared a gift for Gen You, but also prepared one for Chen Xiuyun and Gen Suo.

From this we can see that Shen Lizhen is very good at dealing with people and is not comparable to other women. The news that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family has arrived spread quickly like wings.

The two brothers of the Chen family are good-looking and rich, and were once considered good son-in-law by many people.

In particular, before the New Year, Mrs. Li was still arranging marriages for her two sons, and not long after the New Year, the two sons of the Chen family got engaged.

Everyone was very curious and wanted to know what Chen Yunzhe's fiancée looked like.

Many people who were interested in the news went to visit Chen's family and took the opportunity to see Shen Lizhen.

At first glance, I found that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family who had not yet married into the family was so beautiful.

I used to think that Chen Xiuyun was a beauty picked out of a million, but now when I look at Shen Lizhen, I realize that there are even prettier ones.

Many people praised Shen Lizhen for her beauty, saying that the Li family was blessed, not only did they raise an outstanding daughter, but their daughter-in-law was also so pretty.

The beauty of the Chen family's eldest daughter-in-law spread like wildfire.

Fortunately, this happened in Maoer Mountain, and the Qu family was powerful and influential, so they didn't cause any trouble.

However, Qu Shaoyang also told Chen Yunzhe and Li to be more careful in the future.

Qu Shaoyang's skills are only good enough in Maoer Mountain. He may not be able to play well outside Maoer Mountain.

Not to mention Chen Yunzhe, he is just an assistant now and cannot compare with those powerful people.

"Brother, the most important thing for you now is to study and take the imperial examination next year.

Everything else is fake. If you can achieve fame and honor, that will truly bring honor to your family and help you rise to prominence.

Just leave the matters in the yamen to your subordinates and you can focus on your studies.

Let my sister-in-law prepare for her wedding with peace of mind, and don't think about business for the time being. We have enough money now, so there is no need for her to go out and show her face."

When Qu Shaoyang was sorting out the accounts with the Chen brothers, he specifically gave Chen Yunzhe some instructions.

"Okay, okay, then I'll talk to your sister-in-law later."

Originally, Chen Yunzhe really planned to open a restaurant or something like that in Anton and let Shen Lizhen manage it.

One was to give Shen Lizhen something to entertain herself, and the other was to find out some information.

But after hearing what Qu Shaoyang said, Chen Yunzhe immediately gave up the idea.

"By the way, big brother, can you help me find out how much the foreigners' gold mining machines cost?
The gold production in our gold mine is very strong. Now we can produce 150 to 160 kilograms of gold per month.

Lao Han and Lao Hu have been complaining that there are too few people. If there were more people, they could produce more gold.

I mean, it's better to get a machine than to hire more people. Please help me find out. If there is one and the price is reasonable, we can get one."

The Sandaogou River gold mine has a good output, and Lao Han and Lao Hu have also found several more veins in other places, and it is said that the gold production is also very prosperous.

But now there is a shortage of manpower and several other mineral veins cannot be mined. Anxious Old Han and Old Hu kept urging Qu Shaoyang.

Qu Shaoyang, on the other hand, has his concerns.

The gold field has become too large. Once some high-ranking official takes a fancy to it, he will snatch it away. What will Qu Shaoyang have to do with it?
Another thing is that those metalworkers are all troublemakers. With more metalworkers, the management needs to be stricter.

But what Qu Shaoyang lacks right now is someone who can take charge of things.

Therefore, he did not want to blindly expand the number of metalwork.

Instead of hiring workers, it is better to buy machines. Not only can it save manpower, but the machines will not cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)