Chapter 136 Out to Sea

"My sisters-in-law are too polite. That thing is not some expensive food." Lin Xia didn't expect that someone would come to thank her for this.

"It's not just that. We saw Hongmei making dried mangoes and so we learned from her. We have to thank you for this." Zhou Hong said readily.

I've never dealt with her before, and I didn't expect Lin Xia to be so easy to talk to. I heard that Captain Lu's wife was delicate, lazy, and smart-mouthed, and not easy to mess with. And they didn't live together, so I didn't think about making friends with her. Now it seems that some people must have spread rumors.

Seeing that the gifts were red beans, coarse grains and some fruits, which were not very expensive, Lin Xia stopped refusing. If she refused too much, she would inevitably be misunderstood as being disgusted.

Several people sat down and chatted together. There was nothing else at home to entertain them, so Lin Xia took out the dried mangoes. Zhou Hong and Li Chunyan hadn't made them yet. When they saw what the dried mangoes looked like in the children's mouths, they suddenly became curious.

It smells like mango, and the orange-yellow color is very eye-catching. They have all eaten it fresh, but never the dried one. After trying a bite, it tastes sour and sweet. Only then did they understand why the children at home always miss it.

It tastes sour and sweet, and they all like it very much.

Seeing that they also liked it, Lin Xia smiled and said, "Not only mangoes can be made, but pineapples can also be made. The method is the same. Soaking it in salt can remove the sour taste."

When the two heard this, they thought they would try it when they got back. When Yang Hongmei heard this, she said regretfully, "You don't know, the price of mangoes has increased by one cent."

Not many people buy fruit, and the price has been very stable. When she went to buy it today, the staff told her that the price had increased. She also said that she didn't know why mangoes were suddenly selling so well. Now that she knew that pineapples could also be made, she regretted buying it at a higher price.

When the other three heard this, they burst into laughter.

"An An is so well-behaved. My own child plays so much during holidays that he never thinks about reading." When Yang Hongmei saw him sitting aside and writing something with a pen, she thought of her own two naughty children.

"Your children Dajun and Xiaojun are so lively. Being healthy is better than anything else." Not knowing whether she was pregnant or not, Lin Xia just felt that it would be best if the children were healthy, lively and happy.

A sensible child is cute, just like a lively and naughty child. It’s just a matter of personality and will be affected by the environment. Health is the most precious thing.

Yang Hongmei agreed when she heard that, and Zhou Hong nodded in agreement. Although the child at home is naughty and very disdainful when she dislikes him, he is also very well-behaved when he is cute.

"What are you drawing?" Zhao Xianglan saw An An writing and drawing, so she went over to take a look curiously and discovered the picture that Lin Xia was drawing on the side.

She thought it was a painting of a shoe insole or something, but it looked strange and familiar.

"It's a diaper."

The drawing shows an improved diaper, but at that time there was no sticking technology. Traditional diapers were just long strips that had to be tied up with ropes, so she added two fixed straps on the side, which were easier to operate than ropes.

"You have it?" Zhao Xianglan looked at Lin Xia with surprise when she heard it.

Lin Xia smiled slightly, "Yeah, it was just checked out and it's been almost two months."

"It's too early for her, don't tell anyone yet." Yang Hongmei warned seriously. According to the custom in their place, it is best to keep it a secret before the baby is three months old.

When Zhao Xianglan heard this, she covered her mouth reflexively. Then she remembered that the people in the room had already heard it, so she smiled embarrassedly.

"It's okay for you to know." There is no basis in modern times for saying things that cannot be said before the full month, and Lin Xia doesn't care that much about it. What's more important is the physical condition of the pregnant woman.

She didn't care, but the other three took it very seriously, looking at her as if she were a fragile doll.

Yang Hongmei and others looked at the picture drawn by Lin Xia, and they all felt that this method was indeed much more convenient. Yang Hongmei couldn't help but sigh in her heart that Lin Xia was really skillful.

Knowing that she was pregnant, several people started chatting about the things that happened during the pregnancy. Except for Lin Xia, everyone present had given birth to at least two children. This was truly the experience of the predecessors. Lin Xia listened obediently, taking the essence and discarding the dross.

After sitting for about an hour, the sisters-in-law were busy going home to look for the children. Lin Xia was busy for a while and then started to prepare dinner. In the evening, she made a braised fish, a dish of salted shrimp, a vegetable and a seaweed, shrimp and egg soup.

After dinner, when the sun was not so strong, Lin Xia went to water the seedlings. The seedlings would look a little listless after being exposed to the strong sun at noon, and she was worried that they would be sunburned to death. Later, she found that after watering them in the evening, they would be full of energy again the next morning, which made her feel much more relieved.

Just say that there is no office worker in later generations who has not longed for a leisurely farming life. She has fallen in love with the feeling of this kind of vegetable. Although the flower seedlings by the wall were planted at the wrong time, fortunately the climate conditions on the island are good, and they grow better than the vegetable seedlings. The lychee seedlings may be by the wall, with something blocking the sun, and they are also growing vigorously.

Life went on like this, plain but enjoyable. Two things happened that made Lin Xia happy and a little sad.

The sad thing is that Lu Yuxiu has gone out to sea for an uncertain time. In the past half month on the island, she has become accustomed to him coming back every night. She almost forgot that soldiers have to bear certain responsibilities. After a few days, she gradually got used to it. After all, she knew it would be like this when she married him.

The good thing is that she hasn’t had any morning sickness, and I don’t know if it’s because the time has not come yet.

Her belly has begun to bulge, and it is not very visible even though she is wearing loose clothes, but she can tell when she sees it herself. The little one often runs over carefully to touch her, and whispers to her, and even if she says that the baby can't hear her, the little one doesn't mind.

It had been more than a month since Lu Yuxiu went out. The weather was not very good when he woke up in the morning. It was gloomy and there had been strong winds since last night. The radio had announced in advance yesterday that a typhoon was coming.

Lin Xia didn't dare to take the risk, so she went to the vegetable market with Yang Hongmei yesterday to buy some vegetables. Fish and meat can't be kept for long, but vegetables can still be kept for two or three days. Fortunately, she usually stocked up a lot of dried goods. Dried mushrooms, vermicelli, noodles, and eggs are all available at home.

Lin Xia packed up the things in the yard, took down the clothesline, tied the flower seedlings with branches, covered the vegetable seedlings with oil paint cloth, and asked Brother Wu next door to move stones to press them down. She also put away everything that could be put away in the yard.

She stayed at home with her children, closed the doors and windows, and waited for the storm to subside.

The little one had never experienced a typhoon before and was a little scared, but she still bravely and carefully lay down beside her belly, comforting the baby in a baby voice: "Don't be afraid, sister, I will protect you."

The cute look made Lin Xia's heart soften.