Chapter 79
The next morning, Lu Xiaobai opened his eyes drowsily, raised his hand to lift the quilt and sit up, but felt a pain in his arm.
“It’s so uncomfortable…”
He pouted and cried, endured the pain, put on his clothes, and went out crying.
He Zhou was safe, and Beili's group of hungry wolves had also stabilized. Everyone's attention was focused on farming.
Lu Xiaobai went out and found that no one was at home. Even He Qin, who was not working, was nowhere to be found.
Lu Xiaobai wiped her tears and slowly walked out of the yard. As soon as she turned a corner, she saw many people plowing the fields.
For families with better conditions, the ox is pulling the plow in front.
For those whose families are poor, it is the men who pull the plow in front.
But there were only three cows in the whole field, and the rest were people pulling the plow.
And the family that had cows happened to be theirs. Lingyi rolled up his trouser legs, held the plow, and drove the cows from behind without changing his expression. Linger took a hoe and dug a drainage ditch by the side of the field.
However, they don't have any cattle at home, so Lingyi must have borrowed or rented them.
But this is not the point. The point is, Zero One is plowing the field, Zero Two is digging ditches, Zero Three is raking the field flat, and Zero Four is picking weeds in the water. So where is He Qin?
Where is He Qin?
Lu Xiaobai looked around but didn't see He Qin. He pouted and walked towards the edge of the field unhappily. Just then, he met Lu Feng running towards him from a distance, holding a handful of the small fruit he had eaten yesterday. He happily called out to him, "Brother Xiaobai, this is for you."
Lu Xiaobai didn't understand why Lu Feng gave him food, but he was a little hungry, so he subconsciously reached out to take it: "Thank you."
Lu Xiaobai took the fruit and looked at it, wanting to ask if it had been washed, but thinking that things from the mountains had no pesticides and no dust, they should be very clean, so he raised his hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
But before he could put it in his mouth, He Qin suddenly appeared from nowhere, grabbed his hand and said, "Don't eat his!"
He Qin's sudden appearance scared Lu Xiaobai. He was already feeling aggrieved because of what happened last night. When he woke up in the morning, he was gone. Now he suddenly appeared and yelled at him. Lu Xiaobai pouted and tears instantly fell.
Seeing Lu Xiaobai crying, Lu Feng quickly opened He Qin's hand and blocked Lu Xiaobai: "Why don't you let Brother Xiaobai eat my fruit!"
He Qin's face looked very unhappy. Lingyi and the others were busy today and had no time to go up the mountain to pick wild fruits, but because they were not ripe yet, they could not pick too many at a time.
Lu Xiaobai had nothing to eat today, so he went up the mountain to pick fruit.
He happened to meet a little kid who heard that Lu Xiaobai wanted to eat wild fruits, so he rushed up the mountain to pick fruits to please Lu Xiaobai.
He even tried to snatch the fruit from him, which made him so angry that he almost forgot his identity and wanted to kill the little brat.
Lu Xiaobai was unaware of her pregnancy and became more and more capricious. She was very unhappy when she heard what He Qin said. She cried and wanted to go against He Qin.
He glanced at He Qin angrily and said angrily, "I want to eat it!"
After saying that, she tilted her head back and stuffed all the fruits into her mouth. Her little mouth was so full that she couldn't close it. At a glance, her mouth was full of red fruits.
He Qin: "You..."
This action not only scared He Qin, but also Lu Feng.
Primrose is a medicinal fruit that can be eaten as a snack, but eating so much at once, stuffing his mouth full, this posture and demeanor directly shocked Lu Feng.
He Qin pushed Lu Feng away, pinched Lu Xiaobai's chin, and reached out to take all the fruits out of Lu Xiaobai's mouth without leaving a single one.
Lu Xiaobai couldn't move his mouth because of the fruit, and He Qin pinched his chin. His saliva slid into his trachea, choking him and making him cough: "Cough cough cough..."
Lufeng: ...
Are the fruits I picked delicious? Brother Xiaobai actually likes them so much that he wants to eat them all in one bite!
He Qin was patting Lu Xiaobai's back. Lu Xiaobai was choking and coughing and vomiting, leaning in He Qin's arms with a pale face.
Because of what happened last night, he felt aggrieved, but he was too embarrassed to ask, so he could only shed tears silently.
Seeing his hopeless look, He Qin helplessly took out a handful of fruit from his arms and placed it in Lu Xiaobai's hand, saying, "It's just a handful of fruit, why are you crying like this?"
Lu Xiaobai looked at the fruit in his hand, then looked at He Qin, with deep doubt in his eyes. Was this picked for him by He Qin himself?
He Qin's face looked unhappy. He looked at Lu Feng, who was crying and running away because Lu Xiaobai was being held by him, and said, "You can't eat what he gives you."
This kid has bad intentions towards Xiaobai, so he must not be allowed to have too much contact with Xiaobai.
Lu Xiaobai couldn't figure out what He Qin meant, but he was still very happy looking at the fruit in his hand. This time he didn't eat as much as before, but only ate one.
Today's fruit is sweeter than yesterday's, with a little sourness, and my stomach, which had just vomited, felt much better.
A smile also appeared on Lu Xiaobai's face.
He Qin reached out and wiped the tears from his face and asked, "You're angry with me so early in the morning. Did you have a nightmare?"
Speaking of being angry, Lu Xiaobai immediately curled his lips, looked up at He Qin, and said dissatisfiedly: "You, you went to the town yesterday, did you go to the brothel?"
He Qin: ???
"What?"
He Qin was completely confused. He went to the town yesterday and only talked to Bei Liren about He Zhou. After the conversation, he bought a bag of peanuts and rushed back. How could he go to a brothel? Was it a dream?
Lu Xiaobai felt wronged when he thought of what happened last night. He suppressed his shame and said with a sob, "You, you're not like this usually. Did you go to a brothel and give away all the goods?"
He Qin: ...
He Qin looked around. Fortunately, they were far away and no one heard what Lu Xiaobai said.
He held his forehead helplessly. He had been enduring it these days since he knew that Lu Xiaobai was pregnant, but he didn't expect Lu Xiaobai to be dissatisfied!
He Qin took a deep breath. He didn't want Lu Xiaobai to know that he was pregnant, so he had no idea how to answer this question. After a while, he slowly said, "Don't you realize that your method is very problematic?"
Lu Xiaobai gritted his teeth and looked at He Qin in confusion. His beautiful eyes rolled around and he asked in a low voice, "You, you mean, my skills are not good?"
Which man would like to be told that his skills are not good?
Lu Xiaobai was no exception, and his face instantly turned ugly.
He Qin looked at his unacceptable expression, suppressed his laughter, nodded, and asked, "What do you think?"
Lu Xiaobai: ...
Lu Xiaobai, who was suddenly led astray, blushed and struggled out of He Qin's arms with an evasive look in his eyes. He stammered, "Forget it, let's not talk about this issue. If it's not good, then it's not good. I, I'm going back."
After Lu Xiaobai finished speaking, he turned and left.
He Qin, who successfully resolved the crisis, curled the corners of his mouth and followed.
Because of the issues about whether He Qin's technique was good and whether Lu Xiaobai felt comfortable with the touch he gave him, Lu Xiaobai didn't talk much to He Qin until lunch.
After plowing the fields in the morning and having lunch, a few people started digging the ground in the backyard to plant sweet potatoes.
Lu Xiaobai didn't want to stay with He Qin, so he silently followed Lingyi to the backyard.
While Lingyi and the others were digging the ground, Lu Xiaobai fed the chickens with vegetable leaves.
The little chicken became a little ugly when it grew up, and its color became worse and worse. It was not as cute as it was when it was a child.
But fortunately, the chicken coop was cleaned very well and they could clean it themselves, so it was not something to be disgusted by. Lu Xiaobai silently gave them a point in his heart.
He Qin did not stay in the front yard, but sat on the roof, watching Lu Xiaobai squatting in front of the chicken coop playing, and gradually fell into deep thought.
He had previously estimated 300,000 kilograms of seeds based on their local grain production.
But Lu Xiaobai said that his seeds have high yield, and one kilogram can yield 800 kilograms, so more than 10,000 kilograms must be enough.
At least from the end of this year to next year, no one will go hungry and the national treasury will be full.
However, when he thought of the arrogant look of the Beili people when they asked him for food, he still couldn't swallow that anger.
Knowing that they couldn't produce 100,000 kilograms of seeds, he still threatened He Zhou's safety. He was tough and shameless, just wanting to get something for nothing at the end of the year.
But now there is no food, the national strength is insufficient, and we cannot fight a war. The people cannot bear the hardship, so whether it is for the face of the Nanhe royal family or for the people, he can only endure it.
Moreover, the Beili people knew that they had seeds and knew that they had high yields, and they knew all about their details. It seemed that the spies in the palace still needed to be thoroughly investigated.
He Qin's thoughts drifted back to the imperial city, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.
But before he could figure out how to investigate, he heard Lu Xiaobai vomiting violently below. He quickly jumped off the roof, ran over, supported Lu Xiaobai in front of the chicken coop, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lu Xiaobai was almost exhausted from vomiting. He immediately moved away from the place he vomited, dry-heaved a few times, and without turning his head, raised his trembling hand and pointed in the direction of Lingyi and the others.
He Qin looked in the direction Lu Xiaobai pointed and saw that Ling Yi and the others were tying their noses with cloth strips and pouring manure into the ditch they had dug on the ground!
Seeing Lu Xiaobai vomiting like that, Lingyi felt terrible holding the dung scoop in his hand.
He Qin: ...
"So disgusting, you vomit..."
Lu Xiaobai had just finished feeding the chickens when he turned around and saw Ling Er carrying two buckets of manure. Ling Yi immediately held his nose with a cloth and poured the manure with a dung scoop. Ling Er lowered his head and put sweet potatoes into the ditch.
Lu Xiaobai looked at the scene, was stunned for a few seconds, and then immediately vomited.
This is not the most tragic thing. The tragic thing is him. He deliberately avoided looking at the feces and planned to leave after vomiting. But he looked down at his vomit and couldn't help it, and vomited it out with a "vomit" sound.
It seemed like it would never end, and I kept retching non-stop.
The feeling of stomach cramps during vomiting was really uncomfortable. Lu Xiaobai's face turned pale, tears welled up in his eyes as he grabbed He Qin and said desperately: "Ugh, hurry, carry me to the front yard, I feel so uncomfortable, I need to rinse my mouth..."
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