Chapter 98
Lu Xiaobai frowned worriedly: "What if he really came here for Zhou Zhou? What should I do? Should I really marry Zhou Zhou to him?"
Li Yuan doesn't look like a good person!
He Qin shook his head: "He said he could send Zhou Zhou back, so we'll make plans after Zhou Zhou comes back."
He really didn't know Li Yuan's purpose, but he knew that if Li Yuan had never met He Zhou but still wanted to marry her, he must have other intentions.
But if Li Yuan had met He Zhou and proposed to her because he liked her, it would prove that he was lying and the person who captured He Zhou was not Han Xiao, but Li Yuan.
Because this was He Zhou's first time leaving the Nanhe Imperial City, it was impossible for him to meet Li Yuan before.
If the two had met, it could only have been after this arrest.
But all this remained a mystery until He Zhou returned.
"Um."
Lu Xiaobai nodded helplessly. He didn't understand all these twists and turns. He just felt that if He Zhou didn't like Li Yuan but still wanted to marry him, it would be a bit cruel.
After all, in this era, getting married is a lifelong commitment, not to mention marrying into an enemy country and traveling far away alone.
However, looking at Li Yuan's attitude, there was no way to refuse.
Lu Xiaobai sniffed and whispered, "I don't know how Zhou Zhou is doing now. Is he in Han Xiao's hands or Li Yuan's hands?"
He missed the modern times so much. There were no such conspiracies and tricks in modern times. At most, he would encounter a kidnapper, and the chance was very small. He could just give some money and get rid of him. There was no such danger at all.
It was already dusk, and Li Yuan had just left. He Qin and Lu Xiaobai were still standing outside the yard, looking sadly in the direction they left.
He Qin held Lu Xiaobai in his arms and thought for a moment before saying, "Han Xiao is the most famous general in Beili in recent years. He went to the battlefield at the age of seventeen and spent three years quelling civil unrest. He fought and won many battles and was loyal. I don't believe that he betrayed me."
Because if a man with such outstanding military achievements wanted to rebel, he would not wait until now.
The land of Beili is larger than that of Nanhe, and the people are brave and warlike. Many areas are too far away from the imperial city to be taken care of, so some people want to carve out a piece of land and become king, and rebel.
Seven years ago, Beili was short of talented generals. The seventeen-year-old Han Xiao volunteered to fight and became famous in one battle. He quelled the civil unrest in three years and was stationed on the border for another three years. It was only at the end of last year that spies reported that Han Xiao had secretly returned to Beili and has not been seen since then.
However, even if Nan He had planted spies, he might not be able to find out the whole truth about Beili. He could only keep it in mind and wait for verification in the future.
"Li Yuan is handsome, but he seems a bit weird. He's definitely not a good person."
Lu Xiaobai lowered his head and cursed softly.
He Qin touched his head and said with a helpless smile: "Yes, Li Yuan is not a good person, I am."
"Um?"
Lu Xiaobai looked up in surprise, looking at He Qin's handsome smiling face. After a while, he blushed and said, "Stop laughing. You're not a good person either. And Zhou Zhou..."
He Qin knew that Lu Xiaobai was worried about He Zhou, so he quickly comforted him, "I've already sent more people to Beili to search for him, and Li Yuan's current actions are a guarantee of Zhou Zhou's safety, don't worry."
"Um."
After confirming that Zhou Zhou was fine, Lu Xiaobai finally breathed a sigh of relief. He walked into the yard with a dissatisfied pout, saying as he walked, "Actually, I think they left too early. They should have stayed to help us finish planting the rice seedlings before leaving."
Ling Si, who had just finished washing vegetables by the well and was about to start cooking, burst out laughing when he heard this: "Hahaha, don't worry, Master Xiaobai. The Beili people are very efficient and have already planted them for us."
Five kilograms of seeds can only cover a small area, not to mention that they had already planted for a whole day yesterday, and there were more people today, so they had already finished the work.
"Has it been planted?"
Lu Xiaobai turned around in surprise, holding He Qin's hand, and said expectantly, "Then can we play now, and Brother Lingyi and the others can rest too?"
"yes."
Seeing Lu Xiaobai's cheerful expression, He Qin couldn't help but curl his lips and said with a wicked smile, "It will take about one to two months to maintain it. Then we have to start harvesting corn and cotton, shelling corn, turning and drying corn every day, and threshing cotton. After that, we have to harvest rice, thresh millet, turn and dry millet, and then store it in the warehouse..."
Lu Xiaobai:!!!!
The smile on Lu Xiaobai's face froze instantly. He looked at He Qin in disbelief, then slowly curled his lips and said dissatisfiedly, "So many things to do!"
"yes."
He Qin sighed helplessly: "After finishing all this, we have to lay the foundation for next year's planting. We have to plow the soil, weed, plant winter wheat, beans, etc. Then, in the spring of next year, we have to repeat everything we did this year."
Lu Xiaobai: ...
Day after day, year after year, Lu Xiaobai was exhausted from all the hard work.
Sniffing, he said, "Then, let's leave here in the spring of next year."
It was tiring and scary, and he didn't like it.
Moreover, he doesn't do farm work now because He Qin feels sorry for him and because he is pregnant.
What if, after a long time, He Qin no longer cares about him, or there is not enough manpower at home, and he is no longer pregnant, he will still have to work.
Even if he still doesn't work, he will feel bad that he is not working while the whole family is working!
Lu Xiaobai wanted to leave, he still wanted to go home.
He Qin: "You don't like this kind of life?"
"I don't like it." Lu Xiaobai raised his hand to wipe away his tears, curling his lips and saying, "Everyone says that the countryside is leisurely and the mountain cottages are as beautiful as fairyland, but how could they know the sweetness and bitterness behind that beauty?"
He didn't understand it before.
But now I understand.
There is no such thing as a leisurely and comfortable life. If there is, it is just because you have enough money to live a carefree life, which is created by money.
Anyone without money will have a hard life.
Knowing that Lu Xiaobai didn't like it here, He Qin had no choice but to say, "Okay, if I can go back with you, I'll go with you next spring."
It was just right that He Zhou's issue could be resolved by the end of the year, and then his elder brother could be brought back to be the emperor, and then he could leave with Xiaobai.
However, He Qin was a little curious. Did Lu Xiaobai really have a way to take him away?
Didn’t you complain before that you couldn’t go back?
He Qin shook his head helplessly. Forget it. If he can go, he will go. If not, he can just live in Lujia Village. It’s fine with him.
However, if Lu Xiaobai doesn't like such a busy life in the future, he can spend some money to hire someone to do the work instead of doing it himself.
The two of them had their own thoughts, but Lu Xiaobai was very happy to hear what He Qin said. He immediately ran back to the room, closed the door and asked Xiaobaicai: "Xiaobaicai, are there any seeds that can be harvested and then planted again without the problem you mentioned before, such as seed failure and damage?"
Xiaobaicai: [What you're planting now is already good. As long as you protect the remaining seeds after the harvest, next year's harvest will be just as good as this year's. This applies to staple foods.]
Lu Xiaobai was instantly overjoyed and almost jumped up in joy. However, before he could jump, he thought of a question: "So, if you only need to plant it once and the problem is solved, then you will be useless in the future?"
Xiao Baicai: [!!! Host, are you kidding me? How could I be useless? I'm a plant growth system that encompasses every plant in the world. As long as you name it, I can grow it and provide seeds. It's a great way to make money, how could I be useless...]
Xiao Baicai felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke.
Lu Xiaobai felt embarrassed instantly and apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were so amazing. Even without what you said later, providing so many seeds is amazing. I shouldn't have called you useless."
Xiao Baicai: [It’s okay, you don’t know me.]
Lu Xiaobai didn't seem to fully understand Xiaobaicai's self-introduction.
Xiaobaicai feels wronged...
Lu Xiaobai chuckled a few times, then said, "Thank you, but I won't tell you anymore. I need to tell He Qin the news."
Lu Xiaobai opened the door and ran out. He Qin was sitting at the kitchen table, preparing to eat dinner. Seeing Lu Xiaobai running over, he quickly reached out and caught him in his arms: "Why are you running so fast?"
Lu Xiaobai lay in He Qin's arms, panting rapidly. After a few seconds, he said, "He Qin, as long as we set aside some of the seeds after harvesting them this year and protect them well, we can still plant them next year and have a good harvest."
He Qin was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion: "Of course."
In his eyes, it has always been like this. He can't ask Lu Xiaobai to take out seeds for planting every year, right?
Lu Xiaobai chuckled, then asked in his mind: "If the seeds they left behind are planted next year, can I still level up and harvest planting coins?"
Xiaobaicai: [Yes, but it's a little too little. I suggest the host distribute seeds again next year. This way it will be faster.]
Lu Xiaobai nodded, then said to He Qin, "But I still have to distribute seeds at the end of the year, and let them keep the seeds themselves next year."
Although He Qin didn't understand Lu Xiaobai's purpose, he nodded and said, "Okay, but let's have dinner first, then have a good rest, and go find Big Brother tomorrow."
Lu Xiaobai nodded. He could go out and play, but eating now...
Lu Xiaobai suddenly remembered something and said blankly: "But I have no food to eat!"
Li Yuan snatched the white porridge at noon, so He Qin fried his dinner rice for him.
Now it's night time and he has nothing to eat!
Lu Xiaobai pouted and felt unwell.
He Qin chuckled softly and said, "Yes, I cooked it for you again, for tonight and tomorrow morning."
After breakfast tomorrow, they will set off. The fields, chickens and geese at home will be taken care of by the village chief as before.
Hearing that there was food to eat, Lu Xiaobai happily went to the stove to bring the food over and eat with He Qin.
After dinner, Lu Xiaobai lay in bed, unable to sleep. He was considering whether to take Xiao Huang out with him.
But Xiao Huang is a goose, and it is inconvenient to take him out. If he gets lost accidentally, he can be slaughtered and eaten by the goose at any time, which is even safer than getting lost himself.
Lu Xiaobai shook his head: "Forget it."
He Qin opened his eyes and asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Lu Xiaobai leaned towards He Qin and said, "Nothing..."
He stopped talking mid-sentence when he felt his thigh hit something.
Although, although he really wanted to, he also knew that doing it now was not good for his health and he had to wait for a while.
But, if He Qin is always like this, isn’t it too difficult for him?
Lu Xiaobai gritted his teeth and asked tentatively: "Should we sleep in separate rooms?"
He Qin's expression changed, and he asked calmly, "What?"
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