Chapter 76
He Qin knew what Lu Xiaobai meant, but every time he saw him looking aggrieved, he couldn't help but want to tease him, so he suppressed his smile and asked, "I'm not suitable, then who do you think is more suitable?"
"Um?"
Seeing He Qin twisting his words again, Lu Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then stood up and came out of his arms, pointing at him and stammering while holding back tears: "You, you..."
He Qin grabbed his outstretched finger and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Xiaobai kept saying "you" for a long time without saying anything. In the end, he just angrily shook off He Qin's hand and said with a pout, "You're going too far. You bully me as soon as you get here. I won't talk to you anymore!"
After Lu Xiaobai finished speaking, he limped towards Lingyi in the distance.
Lingyi and the others were sowing seeds. Lu Xiaobai looked at the black, mouse-like particles falling on the ground, frowned in disdain, and asked, "Brother Lingyi, what are you sowing?"
Lingyi looked at Lu Xiaobai's expression, then looked at the seeds in his hand, and said helplessly: "These are cotton seeds. The master said to plant some cotton and make you new clothes at the end of the year."
cotton?
Lu Xiaobai was stunned for a moment. Life in the modern world was so wonderful that he almost forgot that clothes were once made of cotton!
Lu Xiaobai wrung his hands, thought for a moment, and then asked, "But, but I just saw you sow corn seeds, and now you're sowing cotton seeds. Are you planning to plant them all here? Wouldn't this place be a bit small?"
As Lu Xiaobai spoke, he imagined what the future would look like when these seeds were crowded all over the ground.
Hearing this, Lingyi smiled and lowered his head, without saying anything, as if he was thinking about how to respond.
Ling Si also laughed, and said somewhat helplessly, "We're not just going to let them grow here until they're old. We're going to let them sprout here, grow above the soil, and then dig them out one by one and transplant them to other suitable places."
"Planting one seedling at a time?"
Lu Xiaobai was extremely surprised. Pointing at the seeds scattered all over the ground, he asked, "Planting them one by one? You're not kidding me, are you? With so many seeds, if we plant them one by one, how long will it take to finish them all?"
How is this possible? There are at least thousands of these seeds, if not tens of thousands. It would be too difficult to grow them one seedling at a time!
Lingyi nodded seriously: "Lingsi is right, it is indeed like that. The same goes for rice. They are all planted one seedling at a time."
After hearing this, Lu Xiaobai took a step back as if he had been shocked, and happened to bump into He Qin who was walking towards him. Lu Xiaobai quickly turned around and buried his head in He Qin's arms, breathing softly.
He Qin saw that Lu Xiaobai was not in a good mood, so he touched his back subconsciously and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Xiaobai shook his head, tears streaming down his face. He cried, "I used to only know that farmers work hard, that the food we eat is earned by the sweat of the farmers, and that we must save and not waste..."
"But I never knew farming was so hard. These seeds were planted one by one by hand, bending over..."
He had only seen the rice fields in photos, which were neat and uniform, with a lush green color, swaying in the wind, and as beautiful as the waves of the sea, which was soothing.
He only knew that the golden sea of rapeseed flowers was like a fairyland that made people want to live in it.
But he never knew that these were the farmers who bent over and pressed the seedlings into the soil one by one. It was not until the seedlings grew up that he saw the scene.
Even though the modern world is mechanized, it is only possible in plains. In many places, machinery cannot be used at all due to the terrain.
He Qin listened to Lu Xiaobai's words, patted his head, and said with some heartache: "I didn't understand it before, but it doesn't matter. We understand it now, don't we?"
"Um."
Lu Xiaobai nodded. He would never waste food again. This was too hard.
He wiped his tears and snot on He Qin's clothes and tried to escape from his arms, but after struggling for a few times, he couldn't get free. He could only sniff, turn his head away from his chest, and ask, "So, did the yield of these cotton seeds also decrease?"
He Qin didn't notice that Lu Xiaobai had left snot on his chest. He hugged him tightly and nodded, "Yes, but fortunately, the clothes can be worn for a long time."
After hearing this, Lu Xiaobai subconsciously checked his planting coins in his mind, and found that he still had 320 planting coins.
There are so many kinds of seeds in the world, and Lu Xiaobai couldn't find any cotton. He could only ask Xiaobaicai in his mind: "Are there any cotton seeds?"
Xiao Baicai quickly pulled out the cotton seeds: "Yes, they are here. Twenty gold coins per pound, not expensive."
Lu Xiaobai thought about it and bought five kilograms, leaving more than two hundred gold coins in case of other needs.
He Qin was enjoying holding the well-behaved Lu Xiaobai in his arms, when suddenly something hit his chest and Lu Xiaobai was pushed away, and a sack appeared in his hand.
The wife in his arms suddenly disappeared. He Qin looked at Lu Xiaobai with an ugly expression and asked, "What is this?"
Lu Xiaobai opened his eyes innocently, pointed at Lingyi's feet and said, "Yes, it's cotton seeds. I can't give you more now, so I can only give you this much."
He didn’t know if there would be enough new clothes to make by the end of the year. If there were, he wanted to wear new clothes with He Qin.
He Qin sighed helplessly and handed the seeds to Lingyi, who hurriedly sowed the seeds again.
He Qin walked over, touched Lu Xiaobai's head and said, "Forget it if you can't take it out. As long as the food problem is solved, someone will find a way to deal with the rest. And remember what I said, you can't take the seeds out from these places. What if someone sees you?"
"Um."
Lu Xiaobai nodded guiltily, turned his head and glanced at Lingsan in the field. The other party was raking the field silently, and He Qin also looked over in the direction he followed his gaze.
Seeing He Qin's gaze shifted, Lu Xiaobai quickly ran to his recliner, sat down, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
He Qin sighed helplessly. Worried that Lu Xiaobai was hungry, he planned to go to the river to catch some fish and make soup for him.
As soon as He Qin went out, Lu Xiaobai heard Xiao Baicai sigh in his mind.
Xiao Baicai rarely spoke, and this time she sighed, which aroused Lu Xiaobai's curiosity. He asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Baicai: [I've asked the seniors, and they all agree that you're the worst host with the biggest heart.]
Lu Xiaobai: “??? Why?”
Lu Xiaobai became unhappy instantly. Why was he the worst and most ruthless host?
Xiao Baicai said helplessly: "You don't care about farming at all. You never ask about their planting and harvesting seasons, their yields, their living environment, or anything else."
Lu Xiaobai: ...
"I really don't know about this, but is this a mandatory requirement for the host?"
Xiaobaicai: [No.]
"No? No, that's all. I don't care. Just keep quiet if you have nothing to say. I'll ask you if I have something else to know."
I didn't tell him, but I still said that he was the worst and had the biggest heart. Why?
Lu Xiaobai curled his lips and rejected Xiaobaicai's desire to learn more about science.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to understand the countryside, he just used to think that farming life was beautiful, simple and happy.
But after he really integrated into it, he realized how difficult this seemingly simple life was.
Soon Lingyi and his friends finished planting, and it was noon. Lingsi packed up and started cooking, while the others washed their hands by the well.
Lu Xiaobai had already fallen asleep on the recliner.
Although it was cold, he was covered with a blanket and there was a brazier burning on the ground, so he didn't catch a cold.
He Qin handed the caught fish to Ling Si, turned around and carried the person on the chair back to the room.
Lingyi and his friends have been very busy these days. After planting the seeds, they began to turn the soil and weed in preparation for future planting.
Time passed quickly. Half a month later, the corn seedlings, cotton seedlings, and pumpkin seedlings had all grown up.
Lu Xiaobai's planting coins are also growing wildly, which makes Lu Xiaobai very happy.
After three days of holding it in, he finally couldn't help it. While eating, he looked at the number of planting coins, then looked at He Qin, and whispered while holding his bowl: "He Qin, I, I can take out more seeds, tens of thousands of kilograms will not be a problem."
The corn in Nanhe had grown, and he had become rich overnight, but the rice hadn't been planted yet, so...
However, when Lingyi and the others heard his words, they were stunned.
They all looked at Lu Xiaobai at the same time. Seeing his excited look, they couldn't bear to criticize him at all, because his "whisper" was not quiet at all, they all heard it.
Hearing Lu Xiaobai's words, He Qin frowned and turned to look at him. Before he could say anything, Ling Si brought up the last plate of fried bacon.
Lu Xiaobai subconsciously took a look at the bacon, which was fat and shiny. "Ugh..."
Lu Xiaobai couldn't help but rushed out the door and vomited.
His stomach was cramping, his face was pale from vomiting, and tears were welling up in his eyes.
After Lu Xiaobai finished vomiting, He Qin handed him a bowl of water. After rinsing his mouth, he patted his chest and cried, "Fat meat is disgusting. I don't want to eat it at all."
He Qin held him in his arms, pressed his big hands on his stomach and rubbed it gently: "Well, I don't want to eat."
He had always hated fat, even in this age of food scarcity.
Maybe, it might be because he met He Qin, and He Qin never really let him go hungry.
After He Qin rubbed him for a while, Lu Xiaobai's complexion finally improved. He leaned weakly on He Qin and said listlessly, "My stomach has been very uncomfortable when I vomit recently. It's even more uncomfortable than when I saw fat when we got married last year. He Qin, am I sick? Please let Brother Ling Si take a look at me."
After all, when he first came here, he would vomit after taking a bite of fat meat, but now he has developed to the point where he will vomit just by looking at it. It's terrible.
He Qin frowned distressedly: "Okay, finish your meal first, and drink the fish soup anyway."
"don't want!"
Hearing about drinking fish soup, Lu Xiaobai pushed He Qin away, wiped her tears and cried, "I told you I don't want to drink fish soup. You catch one every day and I'm tired of it. Now I feel like vomiting when I see it. Maybe my stomach is damaged by your fish soup!"
He Qin: "...You still need to eat a little, you are too thin."
"No, I just don't want it. I don't want to eat, I don't want to drink soup, and I don't want to stay with you..."
Lu Xiaobai had just vomited and was still feeling uncomfortable. He started to make a fuss and refused to stop. He refused to eat, refused to see a doctor, and did not want He Qin to comfort him. After that, he ran back to his room crying alone, climbed onto the bed and fell asleep in a short while.
He Qin had no choice but to wait until he fell asleep before going in to cover him with a blanket. He frowned and returned to the kitchen with some worry.
Seeing He Qin come in, Lingyi felt a little sad, but mostly happy. He thought for a moment and asked, "Master, should I prepare some light food for Master Xiaobai recently?"
Thinking of Lu Xiaobai, who was vomiting more and more severely, He Qin nodded: "Well, go to the mountains more often and look for wild fruits that can be eaten. If there are, pick more and bring them back."
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