Chapter 412: Could it be treason?
"Sister-in-law, has it been a long time since you had your period?" Gu Xiaoxi asked in a low voice.
Xue shook her head: "I forgot too. I've been busy lately and I didn't even remember it."
"Congratulations, sister-in-law. It's been more than two months. You are now considered an advanced mother and need to have a good rest. From tomorrow on, just leave your matters to Qiu Shuang and the others." Gu Xiaoxi said happily.
"Then, is it a boy or a girl?" Xue asked anxiously.
"The pulse is hard and strong, most likely it's a boy, but it's not yet three months old, so we can't be sure." Gu Xiaoxi told her sister-in-law truthfully.
"It would be great if it's a boy. Your elder brother has always wanted a scholar!" Xue said with anticipation.
Gu Xiaoxi comforted Mrs. Xue: "Sister-in-law, whether it's a son or a daughter, it's your fate, so don't be disgusted."
"No, no, no, even if it's a girl, we will treasure her very much. You know every family wants to have a son, and it would be even better to have both a son and a daughter." Xue understood what her sister-in-law meant.
Gu Xiaoxi believed what her sister-in-law said, and the couple were very good to Dani.
"Brother drank quite a bit of wine tonight, so you should sleep in the guest room. Let Dashun or Ershun watch over you to prevent him from accidentally kicking you." She gave these instructions before going back to rest.
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The next morning, the whole family knew that Xue was pregnant.
Gu He and Chai were both very happy. They didn't expect that the second son's happy event would come, and the eldest son's happy event would also come.
"Third brother, you are the only bachelor now." Chai looked at the third brother.
Gu Nanming smiled helplessly and said, "What can I do? You guys have been looking for someone for me, but there's no suitable one. It means it's not our destiny yet, and if it's not our destiny, you can't force it."
He wished he couldn't find the right one, as he was quite comfortable being alone.
Gu Xiaoxi saw what Third Brother was thinking and deliberately said, "Don't worry, Third Brother, we've found several matchmakers and there will always be someone suitable. After I finish arranging a marriage for Second Brother, if there's still no one suitable for you, I'll go around the city again."
Gu Nanming...
Why is the whole family staring at him?
After breakfast, Xue was arranged to do some relaxing things in the farm, with Xia Yu by her side.
Gu Xiaoxi couldn't leave for too long now, so she could only carry a basket and go up the mountain to dig herbs and hunt. She would deal with other things after her second brother's wedding was over.
"Ying San, where is your master?" She was so busy these days that she forgot to ask about this.
Ying San stepped forward and whispered, "The master said he received news that Concubine Yun sent out some remnants, and a few of them are nearby. He wants to go and see what their mission is."
oh!
Gu Xiaoxi was a little surprised by the news.
This place is almost at the border town. What are Concubine Yun’s people doing here?
Could it be treason?
However, it is normal for her to do so. After all, her power in the court is being suppressed by several princes. If there is no help from external forces, it will be too difficult to let that bastard take the throne.
"Did you tell me some details?" she asked again.
Ying San shook his head: "I didn't mention anything else, but this time Ying Yi and Ying Er both followed the master."
"It's okay as long as someone follows me. You go and do your work. I'm going up the mountain." After saying this, Gu Xiaoxi went up the mountain with the backpack on her back.
Today, she didn't bring Chen Qinian and Ma Weiwei with her because she planned to go out for three days and this time she wanted to go to the deep mountains to take a look.
They have almost dug up all the things that can be dug outside, and there won’t be much harvest if they don’t go deep into the mountains.
"Sister Xiaoxi, please take us with you. We are so bored at home." Chen Qinian wanted to follow her up the mountain.
"Yeah, it's too boring." Ma Weiwei said the same thing.
"If you're bored, just practice the skills I taught you. You two half-baked people, how dare you take a break?" Gu Xiaoxi said, glancing at Ying Si next to him.
Ying Si immediately stepped forward and said, "If you don't practice the spells that the young lady taught you today, you won't have to eat dinner tonight."
"I understand." Chen Qinian replied pitifully.
Gu Xiaoxi looked at them, shook her head helplessly, and walked out the door with the backpack on her back.
As she stepped out of the gate, she saw a carriage parked at the door and stopped.
Lai Yifeng got off the carriage, and then he and several brothers carried a lot of prey down.
"Brother, why did you bring so many things here? The brothers in the mountain still need to eat meat. They can't always eat vegetarian food." Gu Xiaoxi was embarrassed to ask for Yifeng's food.
He never comes empty-handed when he visits a house, and even if he occasionally encounters an emergency, he can always make up for the prey the next day.
"We were lucky when we went into the mountains yesterday and got a lot of kills. Don't worry, there is no shortage of meat in the mountains. We made a lot of money last time we went into the mountains and shared it with our brothers. They were all happy." Lai Yifeng said, wiping his sweat.
Gu Xiaoxi pulled Lai Yifeng aside and whispered, "Brother, you're not a child anymore. It's time for you to get married. You can't give them all the money you earned in the mountains. You have to save some."
"Why marry a wife? I feel like everything is fine now." Lai Yifeng doesn't want a woman to control him for the time being.
Gu Xiaoxi sighed helplessly: "Even if you don't marry, you still have to save money for your old age, right?
You can walk, move and hunt now, but what can you do when you are old and weak?
You must listen to me on this matter. You must save a portion next time you go into the mountains. If you can't save it, I'll save it for you, so that you don't end up spending all your money."
Lai Yifeng is indeed the kind of person who eats and spends everything and stays healthy. He scratched his head and took out fifty taels of silver from his pocket and gave it to Gu Xiaoxi.
"Is that all?" Gu Xiaoxi was dumbfounded.
The medicinal herbs I dug up from the mountains last time and also the ones I exchanged for, although not a lot, I can definitely make three thousand taels if I sell them.
Even if he wanted to share it with the monkeys on the mountain, as the boss, he couldn't have only this much left, right?
"A few days ago, two brothers got married in the mountains. As the eldest brother, I have to show some respect." Lai Yifeng forced a smile.
"Don't be embarrassed about it. You are their boss, but the money in your pocket is not as much as your subordinates have. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if this gets out? It really makes me mad." Gu Xiaoxi was almost laughing at this guy.
Lai Yifeng scratched his head and said like a child who had done something wrong: "I promise, I won't do this again next time. Sister, please don't be angry with me."
"Next time we go into the mountains, you have to give me at least five hundred taels of silver, otherwise, don't go in anymore." After saying this, Gu Xiaoxi walked away angrily with the backpack on his back.
Lai Yifeng was also a little depressed. He was scolded for delivering the prey early in the morning.
However, he also understood that Xiaoxi said these things to him because she treated him as her own. If it was an outsider, Xiaoxi would not say much.
Gu Nanming was just about to go to the store. He stood at the door and listened for a long time. When he saw Lai Yifeng being scolded by his sister, he laughed with glee.
"Brother, you are so lucky!" he said.
"Nanming, we haven't fought for a long time. How about we have a few moves? I'm free today anyway." Lai Yifeng clenched his hands and made a clucking sound.
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