Chapter 119
Facing Lu Xiaobai's struggle, He Qin curled his lips, grabbed Lu Xiaobai's arm and whispered, "Be good, don't make trouble."
He Qin's voice was a little hoarse. Lu Xiaobai knew what he was thinking as soon as he heard it, and immediately stopped resisting.
Because He Qin's head would change sounds whenever some bad images or images appeared in it, and he had figured it out. If he resisted now, he would definitely have a hard time.
So he pouted and let He Qin "wipe his body" for him.
Thirteen stood at the door of Zero One's room, looking at the two people lying on each of the two beds inside. Zero Three was cold and heartless, and didn't even look at him. He would definitely not give him half of the bed.
He could only look at Lingyi.
Lingyi didn't say anything, because the beds were small and it would be a bit crowded for two grown men to sleep on them, so he said, "It's too hot, you can sleep on the floor."
Sleep on the floor?
Although this is also a solution, it is not what Thirteen thought of. He looked at Lingyi's bed, turned around and walked out the door helplessly.
I happened to see He Qin and Lu Xiaobai taking a shower, so I quickly lay down beside them and tried to take a peek.
The next second, Lingyi grabbed his collar and dragged him into the room.
Finally, Thirteen succeeded in getting on Lingyi's bed, but Lingyi took the pillow and went to the awning outside.
He Qin also fulfilled his promise and dragged Lu Xiaobai back to his room, leaving him crying with red eyes and sticking out his tongue...
A few days later, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Lu Xiaobai's belly was getting bigger. He sat in the pergola and ate fried buns out of boredom.
The stone mill was completed a few days ago. They ground a lot of wheat and could eat noodles and steamed buns every day. Their living standards improved a lot.
Lu Xiaobai ate more and more, and his little face became rounder.
After he finished the last piece of fried steamed bun and drank a sip of water, he saw a person at the gate of the yard, dragging a long bundle of... corn stalks?
Lu Xiaobai stood up curiously and ran over, calling out obediently, "Uncle Village Chief, what are you doing?"
Seeing Lu Xiaobai, the village chief's eyes subconsciously fell on his belly, and he asked with a smile: "I brought you some corn. How many months have you been pregnant?"
How many months has it been?
Lu Xiaobai didn't react immediately. He was stunned for a long time before he stretched out his hand, made the number five, and said, "Almost five months."
The village chief nodded, smiled, and walked in. He dragged the corn stalks into the yard and said, "Be careful. Also, go get a basket and I'll break the corn for you."
corn?
Lu Xiaobai's eyes lit up: "I'll get it right away."
He always wanted to eat corn, but He Qin always said he had to wait a few days. He kept waiting and never got to eat it.
Now the village chief brought it to him, and he hurried into the kitchen to get the basket.
When he took it out, the village chief had already broken off several corns.
Lu Xiaobai obediently placed the basket in front of the village chief. Lingyi also came out, greeted the village chief, and then together they picked the corn off the corn stalks.
There were ten corn stalks and ten ears of corn in total. Lu Xiaobai looked at the tender yellow corn in the basket and happily asked the village chief, "Uncle Village Chief, why is your corn ready to eat? He Qin told me this morning that I had to wait a few days before I could eat corn."
The village chief laughed a few times and said, "This isn't mine. My family planted it late, just like you, so it matures later. This is from Lu Laosan's family. They planted it the earliest, so it matures earlier too. I asked you to bring some."
Lu Laosan?
Lu Xiaobai frowned. Who is this person?
Why send corn to their house?
Lu Xiaobai has been here for quite a while, but it seems he hasn't recognized all the people yet. But it's understandable, he doesn't usually go out, so it's normal that he doesn't know them.
But since everyone else had the village chief send corn to his house, he had to find out more. He asked with a guilty conscience, "Who is Lu Laosan?"
"Lu Lao San!"
Seeing that Lu Xiaobai didn't remember, the village chief frowned and said, "It's the man who asked you to bring him rice to feed his children last time. He said he wanted to thank you, but his family is too poor to express anything. He will cut some corn for you when it's ripe."
The village chief pointed to the corn stalks on the ground and said, "Your geese can eat these corn leaves."
"oh!"
Lu Xiaobai nodded, his mind full of the boy who helped him bring rice last time. He remembered very clearly that He Qinduo bought rice for that boy.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiaobai couldn't help but pout. Although he was unhappy, he still asked with some concern: "How is his child?"
"good."
The village chief laughed happily: "This batch of corn seeds is like a gift from God. The corn cobs are large and there are many kernels. Every one of them has one. Since the corn is edible, he broke some off and ground it with a stone mill to make porridge for the little kid. The little kid has grown so fair and tender, hahahaha..."
"Okay, fine, huh."
If the child is fine, He Qin won't worry.
Lu Xiaobai said this as he carried the basket and went back to the kitchen angrily.
The village chief saw Lu Xiaobai humming unhappily, and his smile became awkward for a moment. He asked Lingyi in confusion, "What's wrong with Xiaobai?"
Lingyi smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm just having a quarrel with my master. Thank you for the trip, Village Chief."
The village chief waved his hand slightly and said, "You're welcome. You guys eat. I'll go back first. The corn will be ripe in a few days. We can pick it by the end of the month. I have to get busy again."
The village chief left after he finished speaking. Lingyi took the corn stalks and leaves to the backyard and gave them to the chickens and Xiao Huang.
Lu Xiaobai returned to the kitchen and placed the basket in front of He Qin with a bang.
He Qin was not in a good mood today. He did not go out even when the village chief came, but he heard everything they said in the yard.
So, when Lu Xiaobai put a basket of corn in front of him, he knew that Lu Xiaobai was remembering what happened before.
Just as I was thinking about how to explain or divert Lu Xiaobai's attention, I heard Lu Xiaobai say, "You can't eat any of this."
He Qin: ???
Hearing Lu Xiaobai's words, He Qin instantly recalled the scene where Lu Feng gave food to Xiaobai but he divided it up and didn't give it to Xiaobai. Now, it was actually returned to him?
The corners of his mouth moved slightly, and after a while he said, "Yeah."
If he doesn’t want to eat it, then don’t eat it. He’s not greedy anyway. As long as Lu Xiaobai doesn’t get angry, it’s fine.
After He Qin answered, he went to pull Lu Xiaobai's hand, but Lu Xiaobai dodged and said, "I don't want you to pull me."
After saying that, he took the corn to the stove and wanted to cook it.
Ling Si outside hurried in to help: "Master Xiaobai, go and have a rest. I'll take care of these."
Lu Xiaobai nodded and was about to go back to the bedroom when he saw He Qin picking up a few walnuts and cracking them. As he did so, he asked, "Want some walnuts?"
Lu Xiaobai paused, subconsciously walked to the table and sat down, still with a sullen face, and said angrily: "Then you pinch it."
He Qin worked quickly, crushing the walnut shells one by one and placing them in front of Lu Xiaobai.
Thirteen saw this scene outside the window and turned around in surprise to ask Ling Er: "Master, what's going on?"
Although he had heard that his master had married a boy and treated him very well, he had seen his master bathing the boy with his own hands before and now cracking walnuts for him. This was indeed too surprising for him.
But Ling Er was already used to it, and said without the slightest surprise: "That's nothing, I've done worse things."
For example, washing the toilet, washing the trousers, etc...
There is nothing He Qin can't do, except what Thirteen can't think of.
But Ling Er didn't dare to say it. He was afraid that if he said these words, his master would not punish him by not letting him eat, but would take out a sword and stab him to death.
So, under Thirteen's questioning, he could only shake his head.
The corn was cooked in no time.
The corn was not cut but cooked whole. Ling Si took a chopstick and poked it into the corn core from the top, letting Lu Xiaobai eat it with the chopsticks so that it wouldn't burn his hands.
After Lu Xiaobai thanked him, he took the corn and sat next to He Qin. He sniffed happily and said, "It smells so good."
The taste was exactly as Xiaobaicai said, more fragrant than the corn in the modern world, and it tasted especially delicious. Lu Xiaobai couldn't stop eating it.
He Qin was so hungry after watching it.
However, he had previously promised not to eat it, so there was no need for Ling Si to give it to him.
There were ten corns, and seven were cooked in total. The original plan was to give one to each person, but now, Lu Xiaobai had two in his hand.
He Qin: ...
It’s too early to say that.
However, he never thought that Xiaobai would be so jealous?
The one who sent them the corn was Lu Lao San, not that guy. Is he jealous?
He Qin felt helpless and happy at the same time. He raised his hand and touched Lu Xiaobai's hair and said, "I want to eat too."
Lu Xiaobai was happy with the meal, and when he heard that He Qin also wanted to eat it, he subconsciously handed the corn to He Qin's mouth. When he saw He Qin open his mouth, he remembered that he didn't want to give it to He Qin, so he quickly took the corn back.
But He Qin was quick. Before he could move, He Qin bit the corn in his mouth.
Lu Xiaobai: ...
He Qin took a bite of the corn, then chuckled softly and said, "Eat more if you want. Corn is only good for about half a month. After that, it becomes old and you won't be able to chew it anymore."
Speaking of this, Lu Xiaobai suddenly became deflated, pouted and nodded: "Yeah."
The countryside is great, the air is good, the food is good, and the villagers are nice.
But the only bad thing is that the waiting period is too long and the period of time to eat is too short.
For example, fruits will become fully ripe not long after they are ripe, and the speed at which you eat them cannot keep up with the speed at which they ripen.
And there was no technology to pick and preserve them, so we could only share them with neighbors or eat them as much as we could, but if we ate them too much, a lot of them would go bad.
Unlike the modern world, there are many ways to preserve fruits, and many things can be eaten all year round.
But the corn is better, it is fully cooked and everyone is happy.
Think about it from another perspective, when the corn is ripe, you can eat popcorn!
Lu Xiaobai chuckled softly and handed the eaten corn to He Qin: "Here you go."
He Qin took it and took a bite, then smiled at his silly wife and said, "Thank you, little husband."
Lu Xiaobai: ...
And teased him again.
Lu Xiaobai turned his head and ignored him, took the corn and went out to eat.
He Qin curled his lips and said, "I wonder if the little thing in my belly will be as cute as Xiaobai."
Time passed quickly and their corn was ready to eat in a flash.
Lu Xiaobai could eat two corns every day, from boiled corn at the beginning to roasted corn at the end.
Put the corn into the fire together with the husk. When the husk is burned, the corn will be ready.
Many cooked corns will have a burnt layer of husk, but this does not make them unpalatable. Instead, it makes the corn taste more fragrant.
At first, Lu Xiaobai disliked the dirtiness and didn't want to eat it. In the end, he didn't want to eat any rice at all. He only wanted to eat roasted corn. Every time he ate, his little mouth became as black as if he had chewed on charcoal.
But the time for eating corn was too short, and half a month passed in a flash.
Lu Xiaobai has no corn to eat.
Every day He Qin took him to the fields to see if there was any edible corn.
Lu Xiaobai looked at the vast cornfield. The corn husks had turned light yellow and the corn was no longer biteable.
He pouted and said happily, "Why so fast? I still want to eat."
He Qin emerged from the cornfield, dusted himself off, and said, "There really is no more left. If you want more, you'll have to wait until next year."
Lu Xiaobai held her belly and helplessly lay in He Qin's arms: "Okay, let's go back."
Now Lu Xiaobai’s belly could no longer carry him, so He Qin could only hold him in his arms and use light skills to return home.
Lu Xiaobai sighed helplessly and said, "Roasted corn is really delicious, but we can only eat it next year."
It’s so sad. Lu Xiaobai finds it hard to accept this realization.
He had been waiting for several months, and in just these few days?
Lu Xiaobai was feeling sad when he saw He Yu walk out of the kitchen. He bowed to him and He Qin and said, "Your humble servant greets the Second Imperial Brother and the Second Imperial Sister-in-law."
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