Chapter 173 The Third Person Knows the Child's Existence

On the tenth day after giving birth, Lin Qi's body recovered as before. The first thing she did after her recovery was to go to the planting area to promote the growth of plants and catch a few more hens.

Xiao Si is still relatively weak. He is thin, eats little, and even cries weaker than other children.

Fortunately, Lin Qi inputs him with supernatural powers every day, so even though Xiao Si is a little weaker, there are no other problems at the moment.

Starting from the eleventh day, Lin Qi not only gave superpowers to the fourth child, but also to the other three children. On the first day of giving superpowers, the children slept more soundly and cried less often.

The four children were a little confused in the first few days, but after they became proficient, they were able to handle the task with ease.

"They are easy to take care of." Xu Hexiao said. He had seen many babies in swaddling clothes crying in Anliang Brigade. The adults either carried them on their backs or held them in their arms at all ends of the village, humming songs to coax them. They were exhausted.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. When the child is in the mother's womb, the mother has to work, does not get enough rest, and does not have enough nutrition, which causes the child to be weaker and born weaker, more sick, and cry more.

Unlike these four, after Qiqi's careful care, he has the energy to warm and comfort him since birth, eats well, sleeps well, and only hums a few times when he urinates or defecates.

Now that Qiqi is transferring energy to them, they are even more obedient.

It's all thanks to Qiqi.

"Don't look at me like a saint." Lin Qi said helplessly. She just gave birth to a child, but Xu Hexiao thought she saved the world.

Xu Hexiao said in an extremely serious tone, "In my opinion, you are a saint, a saint who came from heaven to save me."

She also brought him four lovely children.

However, no matter how well-behaved the children are, taking care of them in large numbers is very tiring. After all, you have to do four of everything, wash four bottles, wash four diapers, burp four children, bathe four children...it's not much better than working in the fields.

In the room, Lin Qi was lying on the bed, eyes closed, sleeping soundly. There were four vines extending down from the beams, each with a cradle tied to its tail. The cradles rocked gently, and the child inside was sleeping soundly.

In the yard, Xu Hexiao was washing clothes and diapers for the children by the well. There were several lines in the yard, and now they were full of children's clothes and diapers.

This is also why no one has come to Lin Qi's yard, otherwise they would have discovered the abnormality here long ago.

Until Lin Qi finished her confinement, no one noticed that there were four more children in Lin Qi's family.

"I'm going to participate in the autumn harvest. Is it okay for you to go alone?" Xu Hexiao was not very reassured.

Lin Qi waved her hands impatiently, "How many times have you asked me this? Go away, I have no problem being alone."

"Wait for me to come back and wash the diapers and clothes. Put the clean ones in the basket. They should be enough for a day." Xu Hexiao instructed seriously.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll wait for you to come back." Lin Qi said perfunctorily.

Xu Hexiao walked away, looking back every few steps. He was hesitating whether he should sneak back to take a look in the middle of the autumn harvest.

Seeing Xu Hexiao, Lao Yi and the other two breathed a sigh of relief.

"What have you been busy with recently? Why do you look a little haggard?" Lao Yi asked with concern.

"They are all at home." Xu Hexiao did not elaborate, trying to keep it a secret for as long as possible.

"Is Qiqi okay? You said Qiqi needed rest, so we haven't been able to visit her. From March this year to now, we haven't seen her for half a year." Lao Yi glanced at Xu Hexiao with an inquiring look, trying to see something from the other's face.

However, his student was so good at hiding his emotions that they couldn't tell anything.

"Qiqi is fine." Xu Hexiao said calmly.

that's all?

Lao Yi and the other two were somewhat helpless and could only say, "It's good that you're alright."

Lin Qi was indeed doing well at home. Wherever she went, Teng Man would go with the four cradles. She was responsible for milking the goats and changing diapers, and she directed Teng Man to do the feeding, washing diapers, and rocking the children to sleep.

At noon, she can also cook lunch for herself and Xu Hexiao.

When Xu Hexiao came home from work at noon, he saw Teng Man rocking the four children to sleep, while Lin Qi was cooking in the kitchen.

"Did the children bother you today?" Xu Hexiao asked in a low voice while washing his hands.

Lin Qi shook her head. "No, they're not making a fuss. They just need to change their diapers too frequently. Are they eating too much?"

Having never raised a child, Lin Qi didn’t know whether the four children’s current appetite was normal.

Xu Hexiao paused while washing his hands, and after a moment's silence, he said, "They occasionally spit up milk, but the frequency is not high, so it should be within the normal range."

Looking at the fair and tender children, Xu Hexiao didn't think there was any problem with feeding them.

Xu Hexiao can rest at home for an hour and a half at noon, and then he saw how Lin Qi took care of the children. She would control Vine to do anything that required taking care of the four children at the same time, such as feeding and putting them to sleep; she would only do the more delicate work, such as changing diapers and cleaning the children's buttocks, by herself.

He watched the vines scrub the diapers in the water, rinse them, wring them out, and dry them in the sun... Every step was no worse than that of humans. When four vines wrapped around the milk bottles and fed the children at the same time, Xu Hexiao was even more amazed. This was much more efficient than when he fed them alone.

I thought he was capable enough, but it seems that Qiqi is much better than him.

On the second day after the autumn harvest, Xu Hexiao took two sows from the planting area to the brigade, each weighing three or four hundred kilograms.

Lin Qi brought the sow out of the mountain, and Xu Hexiao was responsible for delivering it to the canteen.

After delivering the two sows, Xu Hexiao stayed at home and did not go to work.

Lin Qi raised her eyebrows. "You handed in the pigs so early in the morning. You don't have to go to work during the day. Is that okay?"

"I told the captain that I had been guarding in the mountains for a night in order to hunt, and I would rest during the day and continue to guard in the mountains tonight. The captain told me to come back and have a good rest without saying a word." Xu Hexiao said.

Lin Qi: “….”

There are many older sows in the planting area, so Xu Hexiao can almost avoid the entire autumn harvest.

The cafeteria had meat today, and the team members were pleasantly surprised. "Is Lin Qi okay?"

"It's not Lin Qi, it's Xu Hexiao." said the chef in the cafeteria.

When they heard that it was Xu Hexiao who got the meat, everyone was stunned at first, then looked at each other, and no one spoke.

After a while, it was Jian Yitong who spoke first, "The meat is quite delicious. It's amazing that one person could get two wild boars."

"Isn't that amazing? I don't understand how he did it." Someone continued.

"If nothing else, his physique is unmatched by ordinary people."

"His face is also very handsome, like a general."

"Except for his identity, everything else is good."

"Last winter, he was the one who received those who came to see Lin Qi. Now he is quite famous in all the teams."

“.......”

On this day, Lin Qi went to the planting area and caught two doe.

"If goat milk is drinkable, deer milk should be fine too. Why not give it a try?" Lin Qi said.

"It should work." Xu Hexiao also thought it was worth a try. "But if the child wants to drink leopard milk, do you also plan to catch two leopards?"

"What's wrong with that?" Lin Qi asked back, her face serious. "I don't have breast milk, so I feel bad for the children. I will try my best to choose the best milk for them."

Xu Hexiao shook his head. "You haven't let the children down. It's all thanks to you that they have grown up so well."

The children grew white and plump, and even the weakest child, the fourth child, gradually caught up in weight and height. In the entire Anliang Brigade, and even in the town, it was rare to see such white and plump children.

Not to mention that their four children were all very clean, changing clothes several times a day, with no rashes or prickly heat on their bodies, and it was obvious that they were being taken care of extremely well.

"You don't feed them yourself, but you input energy into them every day, which is more precious than breast milk." Xu Hexiao said seriously.

Lin Qi thought so too, and the guilt in her heart immediately dissipated. "You milk the doe, and I'll comfort her. If the kids like it, we'll give them deer milk."

It turns out that the children really like drinking deer milk.

The four people's preferences were surprisingly consistent. After having deer milk, they no longer drank goat milk.

"It would be great if we could catch two dairy cows and raise them so that we can let them try the milk." Lin Qi said.

"Isn't milk powder just milk? If the children don't drink it, you can drink it." Xu Hexiao said.

"Let's drink it together. You bought seven or eight cans, and I can't finish them by myself." Lin Qi didn't really like drinking milk powder, but Xu Hexiao thought she needed some supplements and kept persuading her to drink it.

Xu Hexiao saw the reluctance in her eyes, and finally said helplessly, "Okay, let's drink together."

After the autumn harvest, it was October and the children were more than two months old.

At this time, the children have grown a little bit bigger, with smooth skin and black and round eyes, like the most beautiful obsidian.

"The children are grown up now, and I want to take them to the planting area someday," said Lin Qi.

"Okay, I'm not busy recently. I'll go with you to take them to the planting area and let them get to know this world." Xu Hexiao said.

The two began planning the children's first trip, and when they were chatting enthusiastically, there was a knock on the door.

At this time, there was a familiar knock on the door. Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi asked in unison, "Brother Tan?"

"I'll go open the door." Xu Hexiao went to open the door, and when he saw that the person outside was indeed Brother Tan, he had a complicated expression.

"Not welcome?" Brother Tan found that Xu Hexiao didn't want to invite him in.

Xu Hexiao sighed, "You can come in. No matter what you see later, stay calm."

"What scary things did you hide at home?" Brother Tan poked his head inside.

Xu Hexiao did not answer, but led the people inside, to the living room. In the living room, Lin Qi had removed the vines and was feeding the children manually.

As soon as Brother Tan stepped into the living room, he froze where he was.

Ten minutes later.

Brother Tan looked at the four little guys curiously, "Are these all yours? You didn't steal them, did you?"

Xu Hexiao's face darkened, "Speak properly."

"You're angry now? That shouldn't be stolen. But it's true. No one else can give birth to such a beautiful child except you." Brother Tan wanted to rub the child's fair and tender face, but he put his hand back halfway and said, "Uncle hasn't washed his hands yet, so I won't touch you. Uncle came in a hurry this time, I'll bring you gifts next time."

"It's just right that you're here. Help me get a batch of cotton and cloth. I want to make cotton-padded clothes for them." Xu Hexiao said.

"Sure, no problem." Brother Tan agreed straightforwardly, and took the opportunity to state the purpose of his visit, "You guys can help me too, the higher-ups need the goods, can you supply them now?"

"Sure. Come tomorrow."