The two lay for a while before getting up, and Xiao Langtou woke up.
Xiao Langtou was genuinely easy to take care of during the day. If she was hungry or had a wet diaper, she wouldn't cry loudly, only whimper softly. She was an absolute angel.
The dinner was very rich. Qin Junyao had people invite the entire Qin family over for a gathering.
Qin's father and the others had visited briefly during the day. Now, before dinner, they were all gathered around Zhao Liangcai asking about the situation outside.
Granny Qin squeezed between her sons to find Zhao Liangcai, "Little Hammer, Langtou is going through the night crying phase. Tomorrow, take your weapon and beat it around the house, curse a bit, and see if it can help Langtou get through this night crying phase."
"Grandma, what is the night crying phase?" Qin Xiaoyu asked.
She, as always, loved to eavesdrop.
"Why are you here? Go stay with your mother," Granny Qin glared at Qin Xiaoyu, then continued to Zhao Liangcai, "Doctor Sheng has examined Langtou several times, and there's nothing wrong with her. She cries at a fixed time every day; this is going through the night crying phase."
"Yao Yao and I have both taken kitchen knives to chop, but it didn't work. I suppose it has to be you, the father, who does it."
Zhao Liangcai's expression was solemn, "Grandma, then I'll go and beat it now. Otherwise, she'll cry again tonight."
"Not tonight. You'll beat it at noon tomorrow. If one day isn't enough, beat it for a few more days."
This night crying phase is commonly known as the night-crying child. Granny Qin had previously asked Qin Junyao to write Xiao Langtou's name on a burnt piece of wood and place it by Xiao Langtou's pillow overnight, then take the wood outside the next day.
She had thought she would get rid of the night-crying child in one go, but after seven attempts, it hadn't been resolved.
Zhao Liangcai could stay until the New Year this time, so she asked him to beat it for a few more days. If it still didn't work, they would need to resort to pasting up talismans.
Granny Qin had heard a saying before that children who went through the night crying phase would surely be extraordinary. She wondered what her great-granddaughter would grow up to be like.
Looking at her now, she hadn't inherited any good qualities.
The main dish for dinner was lamb. After giving birth, Qin Junyao's taste had returned to her old preferences; she still disliked what she disliked.
For example, the coriander in front of her.
"Zhao Liangcai, move this bowl of coriander away," Qin Junyao held her lamb soup and dodged backward.
The two families rarely had the opportunity to eat together. There were no separate tables for men and women, so Qin Junyao and Zhao Liangcai sat together.
"Didn't you say in your letter that you could eat it now?" Zhao Liangcai picked up the coriander bowl and moved it to the side.
Qin Junyao sat up straight again, "It wasn't me who wanted to eat it then; it was Langtou who wanted to eat it."
"Zhao Liangcai, let me ask you, have those prominent families or wealthy households in the Northwest City fled?"
"No. Shao Yong was able to hold on in the Northwest City for so long precisely because of the support of those wealthy families."
Qin Junyao's interest piqued. She placed her lamb soup on the table and pointed at the bowl of coriander that was far from her, "Would this coriander sell well if it were transported to the Northwest City?"
"It would sell well before the New Year. Are you planning to sell it? Do we have a lot of coriander?"
Qin Junyao's eyes flickered, and she didn't answer directly, "If I send people to sell coriander, can they enter the Northwest City freely?"
She knew that although the Northwest City had been captured by Zhao Liangcai, it was now managed by King Luo's people, which was why Zhao Liangcai had time to return for his daughter's full moon banquet and the New Year.
After taking a large sip of lamb soup, Zhao Liangcai untied a waist token from his waist and handed it to Qin Junyao, "Take this and enter freely."
Qin Junyao happily took the waist token. She wanted to earn money, lots of money.
If the villagers remaining in Yushunliu Village were indeed impersonated by that group of bandits, then Yushunliu Village might have been massacred.
A village without villagers would be repossessed by the court. She wanted that village with the lake.