Chapter 77
It is early spring now, and it is not even April yet. There are no wild fruits on the mountain at all. Lingyi frowned, not knowing what to do.
Seeing Lingyi's worry, Lingsi thought for a moment and said, "There aren't many wild fruits in the mountains this season, but there is a kind of edible medicinal fruit called Elaeagnus chinensis, also known as the Spring Herald. The fruit is short and long like wolfberries, but rounder and translucent. When ripe, it's also red. But it's not April yet, so it shouldn't be completely red yet. It's a little green, so it's easy to recognize. Why don't you go look for it in the mountains?"
Lingyi nodded, and because he was worried about Lu Xiaobai's health, he went up the mountain after dinner.
It was already afternoon when Lu Xiaobai woke up. He stretched tiredly and his stomach, which had not eaten lunch, began to growl.
Lu Xiaobai curled his lips, crawled out of the quilt, put on his clothes and got out of bed. When he opened the door, he saw the red sunset with a cloud of clouds. He Qin was practicing in the yard with a branch as a sword.
Seeing this scene, Lu Xiaobai was stunned for a moment. This scene seemed to bring him back to the days when he had just traveled through time and married He Qin. He Qin was also like this now, wielding a sword in the sunset.
But whether it was last year or now, he still looks pretty good, and He Qin is very handsome.
Seeing him come out, He Qin quickly stopped what he was doing, threw the branch aside, walked towards him quickly and asked, "Are you hungry?"
Lu Xiaobai had just woken up, his expression a little dazed. He leaned weakly in He Qin's arms, touched his stomach and whispered, "Hungry~ So hungry, I must have woken up from hunger~"
"Then let's go eat."
Listening to the person in his arms acting coquettishly, He Qin suppressed his smile and took his hand and walked towards the kitchen.
It was not yet time for dinner, so the pots and stoves were all cold. Only the small half bowl of rice and vegetables prepared for Lu Xiaobai were hot.
Lu Xiaobai was already hungry, and there was no fat in the bowl, so he finished it in no time.
"Burp, I'm so full~"
Lu Xiaobai burped after eating his fill. Suddenly, he thought of something, put down his bowl, turned to look at He Qin and asked seriously, "But I'm full now. What are we going to do about dinner later?"
He Qin: ...
You just put down your bowl and you’re already thinking about your next meal?
He took a breath helplessly and did not answer Lu Xiaobai's question. Instead, he stood up and took out a bowl from the cabinet. The bowl was filled with some red, green and yellow small fruits.
Lu Xiaobai watched He Qin place the bowl in front of him. He didn't recognize the fruit inside, so he took one out of curiosity and asked, "What is this? Is it edible?"
He Qin nodded: "Okay, spit out the seeds."
Lu Xiaobai ate one before He Qin finished speaking. It was sour, sweet, and a little bitter, but he unexpectedly liked the taste.
"tasty……"
Lu Xiaobai spit out the seeds inside, ate another one, and then stuffed one into He Qin's mouth: "Try it too, is it delicious?"
The sour and astringent taste was unpalatable to He Qin, but seeing Lu Xiaobai's excitement, he didn't refuse. Instead, he nodded and said, "Not bad."
Hearing He Qin agree with him, Lu Xiaobai's eyes curved with laughter. He asked while eating, "That's right. Anything I can eat must be delicious."
He Qin glanced at him and found him quite self-aware!
Although He Qin didn't think the fruit was tasty, it was a snack for the children here. Today, Lingyi was taken to the mountain by a group of children to pick it.
He Qin looked at Lu Xiaobai's belly, then touched his hair.
Only half a month after he stopped taking the medicine, Lu Xiaobai started to respond. This proved that he was very good and he was very happy.
However, it’s too early now and I’m worried that Lu Xiaobai might mess around, so it’s better not to tell him.
He Qin suppressed the urge to teach Lu Xiaobai a lesson and forced himself to think about it.
He remembered that the village chief had come to him today and asked if he had any sweet potato seeds, so he asked tentatively: "You said this morning that you could take out more seeds. Do you have any sweet potato seeds?"
Lu Xiaobai was stunned after hearing this. Although he could get the seeds, and although He Qin was an emperor with many concerns and desires, He Qin had never taken the initiative to ask him for seeds.
This was the first time He Qin took the initiative to talk to him. Lu Xiaobai smiled happily and said proudly, "Yes, how much do you want?"
"Growing sweet potatoes requires a lot of food. A family needs more than 10 to 20 kilograms. Forty households in the village, that would require 800 kilograms. If possible, I can give you some more so I can cook for you later."
Eat sweet potatoes?
Lu Xiaobai's eyes lit up, he nodded, and quickly searched for sweet potato seeds in his mind.
The moment he saw the sweet potato seeds, he suddenly thought of an important question. That was last winter, he wanted to eat sweet potatoes and actually asked He Qin if he had any. In the end, Lingyi exchanged eggs for the sweet potatoes.
He didn't think it was a big deal at first, but now he feels like he was so stupid!
He wanted to eat sweet potatoes but he had to ask others for them. Couldn’t he just buy them from Xiao Baicai directly?
Anyway, sweet potato seeds are still sweet potatoes.
In the end, Lu Xiaobai pouted unhappily and bought a thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes, which instantly filled the kitchen.
He Qin: ...
Although I'm used to Lu Xiaobai being able to take out a lot of seeds at any time, can't this silly guy negotiate with him and find a suitable place?
He Qinshen turned around helplessly and saw Ling Er by the window. He quickly said, "Ling Er, come in, move these sweet potatoes out, and then ask the villagers to come and divide them up."
Ling Er, who was passing by, paused after hearing this. He turned his head to look at the pile of sweet potatoes in the house and almost fell down. He looked helplessly at Ling Yi and his men who were coming back with hoes in the distance: "Hurry, come quickly, the master asked us to clean the kitchen."
Lingyi and the others hurried forward to help.
Lu Xiaobai looked at Ling Er who was reluctant to pick up the sweet potatoes with a basket, and said with some guilt: "I, I didn't mean to let them fall here, I, I will help you pick them up."
Lu Xiaobai bent down to pick it up. He Qin quickly reached out and grabbed his arm and said, "It's okay, let him pick it up."
Zero Two also agreed with a smile: "Yes, I can do it, I can do it, Zero One and the others are here too, they will be able to pick it up soon."
Lingyi also said: "Yes, you go and rest."
Lu Xiaobai looked at He Qin unhappily. He Qin pulled him out of the kitchen and said in the sunset, "If you need to get seeds next time, tell me first."
Lu Xiaobai pouted, looked back at the kitchen, and nodded slightly: "Yeah."
He will pay attention and make sure to put the seeds where they should be and not cause them any trouble.
He Qin touched his face and asked, "Have you felt uncomfortable anywhere recently?"
Lu Xiaobai thought about it carefully, then shook his head doubtfully: "No, apart from eating fish soup every day, I don't feel any discomfort."
Lu Xiaobai didn't like fatty meat in the first place, so he didn't think it was abnormal that he felt like vomiting when he saw fatty meat.
As for why he was clamoring for Lingsi to treat him today, it was just because he was feeling uncomfortable and wanted to make a fuss. Now that his stomach felt calm, he stopped making a fuss.
He Qin: "That's good. We're busy with spring planting recently. Don't run around. Stay home. After the planting is over, I'll take you to see my brother."
"Your eldest brother?"
Lu Xiaobai asked curiously: "Didn't he run away? Where are you going to find him?"
The world is so big, and there was no surveillance or tracking in ancient times, so how did they find people?
"You will find it. The place where he lives is very beautiful. I will take you to see it."
"Okay then." Lu Xiaobai nodded.
It would be fine to go find someone or just treat it as a trip. After all, he had been staying in Lujia Village for so long since he traveled through time.
Even when going to the imperial city, we spent more than 20 days on the road in less than 30 days. It was so boring.
He Qin didn't want to go out and run around either, but he received a letter from the imperial city saying that his chosen younger brother was unwilling to do the job after only half a month of contact, and now the prime minister and the third prince were handling court affairs.
Therefore, He Qin asked his eldest brother to go back and deal with it. He still preferred to live in the countryside with Lu Xiaobai, because Lu Xiaobai's personality made living in the palace a constraint.
Fortunately, his eldest brother lived not far from Lujia Village, so he did not have to spend much time suffering on the road.
After the decision was made, Lu Xiaobai yawned again, leaned listlessly in He Qin's arms and said, "I'm so sleepy. These past few days, I've been feeling sleepy and want to sleep all the time."
He Qin curved the corners of his mouth, lowered his head and kissed the top of Lu Xiaobai's head and said, "Go to sleep if you're sleepy."
Lu Xiaobai wanted to act coquettishly with He Qin, pouting and rubbing against his chest, saying, "Then hold me while I sleep. I'm so cold sleeping alone."
"good."
After He Qin finished speaking, he hugged Lu Xiaobai and turned to walk into the room.
As they turned around, they heard the neighing of horses outside the yard. Lu Xiaobai turned back curiously, only to see He Yu rushing up to them with an anxious look on his face. He knelt down and said, "Brother Emperor, please save my fourth brother!"
Lu Xiaobai: ???
He Qin's expression changed, and he asked angrily, "What's going on?"
He Yu handed a piece of jade in his hand to He Qin and said, "This is, this was sent by the Beili royal family."
He Qin looked at the white jade in his hand. There was a crane carved on it. In the crane's eyes, there was a small word "Zhou". After He Zhou was born, his father asked the jade craftsman to make it overnight.
In the entire Nanhe royal family, only He Zhou has this jade. He has been wearing it since he was a child. How could it be in the hands of Beili people now?
Lu Xiaobai didn't know what this meant, but seeing He Yu crying, he knew something had happened to He Zhou, so he didn't dare to disturb them and just listened carefully.
He Qin recalled that he had sent out the Ling clan's secret guards to search for He Zhou years ago, but they couldn't find any trace of He Zhou. He thought he was hiding somewhere and would come back when he had enough fun, but he didn't expect...
He Qin squeezed Yu tightly and asked, "What are the conditions?"
Between the two countries, it is nothing more than ceding territory. As long as He Zhou is fine, he can give it to him, whether it is territory or something else.
At worst, I can take it back myself later.
The premise is that He Zhou must be safe!
Thinking of the other party's conditions, He Yu gritted his teeth and said painfully, "I don't know how they knew we had high-yield seeds, and asked us to exchange them for 100,000 kilograms. But where do we have so much? The seeds that appeared in the national treasury are only a little over 10,000 kilograms in total!"
Knowing the other party's request, He Qin paused for a few breaths before turning to look at Lu Xiaobai, as if he wanted to ask Lu Xiaobai if he could take out so many seeds.
Lu Xiaobai was also very shocked by this request. He had a lot of seeds thanks to the planting coins he earned. Therefore, the price of any seeds he bought would increase several times. So he shook his head and said, "I, I don't have any either. I, I can only give out 30,000 kilograms right now, I can't give out more..."
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