Chapter 150 Chapter 150

There are almost no secrets in the family compound. Lin Yue learned to pull a horse-drawn sleigh a few days ago, and several neighbors knew that she was going to pick someone up. The next morning, Aunt Hua came over.

She quickly scanned the room and found nothing changed, but accidentally met Lin Yue's eyes. She rubbed her hands and said awkwardly, "Didn't they say that there were guests at home yesterday? Why didn't I see anyone?"

Lin Yue smiled and said, "She is a nurse and she went to work at the military hospital early in the morning."

Aunt Hua blurted out, "She's pregnant, why was she transferred now?" Then she realized something was wrong and explained awkwardly, "When you came back yesterday, I saw that the young wife had such a big belly. She must be about to give birth, right?"

"Yes, she is due at the end of March in the lunar calendar."

Aunt Hua was surprised and said, "Wow, it's so fast! How come he was transferred here now? What kind of job does the child's father do? Why didn't anyone from her family come with him?"

"The child has no father, his father is dead!" Wang Tingting's voice suddenly came from the door. Lin Yue looked back and saw that she was wearing Lin Yue's black leather coat and a black dog-skin hat, standing at the door with a calm expression. She didn't look good during pregnancy, and she suffered a lot after pregnancy. Except for her big belly, she was very thin everywhere else, which would shrink inside the leather coat, making her face look particularly small.

Lin Yue asked in surprise: "Why did you come back so soon? Have you arranged your work?"

Wang Tingting took off her coat, carefully hung it on the hanger, and nodded, "I just went to fill out some documents and familiarize myself with the work environment with the head nurse. The head nurse asked me to come back first, saying that I should take a day off today and officially go to work tomorrow."

After saying that, he looked at Aunt Hua and asked, "Who is this?"

Lin Yue introduced, "This is Aunt Hua who lives in the front. She came to visit us."

Wang Tingting's words "the child's father is dead" were obviously said in anger, and could not be taken seriously. Aunt Hua had experienced a lot, and she immediately heard that this was not simple. She rubbed her hands and did not continue the topic, and asked instead: "I heard from Wanli's mother that you will give birth at the end of March, about the same date as Dongkai's mother over there. When the child is born, you will have a companion."

Lin Yue also laughed, "Auntie Hua's grandson sister-in-law just gave birth to a baby, and she has just come out of confinement. When the baby in your belly grows up, you will have no shortage of playmates!"

Wang Tingting stood up holding the kang, a smile on her face, and said, "That's great. There are many children here, and it's lively."

Aunt Hua looked at the girl with some heartache, and thought about the clothes that her children had worn at home, and which ones could be worn by the baby in her belly?

Aunt Hua had a newborn baby and a pregnant woman at home who needed to be taken care of. She talked to the two of them for a while and then got up to say goodbye.

There was still some time before lunch, and Lin Yue was afraid that Wang Tingting would be hungry, so he pulled out a few taro and a sweet potato from the kang hole and gave them to Wang Tingting. Wang Tingting was a little hungry, and the sweet potato was baked soft, sticky and sweet, and she also liked to eat the burnt part on the outside. While she was grinning, she ate the whole big sweet potato in three or five bites.

Seeing that she was really hungry, Lin Yue buried another handful of peanuts in the ashes, stood up and said, "Yuan Dong probably won't be back for lunch this afternoon, so let's just have a simple meal and make some pancakes with yesterday's mutton soup."

"Baked cakes?" Wang Tingting's eyes lit up, and she immediately put down the taro in her hand, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, then I have to save some space."

Lin Yue smiled and shook his head, told Sisi to play on the kang, and went to cook.

The pancakes were filled with dried clams, dried shrimps, and pheasant meat. The aroma was so strong that even Sisi couldn't help but reach out to grab some. Lin Yue quickly stuffed a cold taro into her hand, then took a small bowl and filled it for her.

Only after she had actually lived here for some time did she realize that the saying "beating roe deer with a stick and scooping fish with a ladle, pheasants fly into the rice pot" was not an exaggeration at all. When the troops went into the mountains for training, they would always gain something more or less. Zhang Yuandong was the head of the regiment and could get a lot, enough for his family to eat.

Wang Tingting lowered her head and took two bites. She suddenly raised her head, holding a large shrimp in her hand, with an incredible look on her face: "You call this a simple meal?"

Lin Yue smiled and said, "You are about to give birth, I have to replenish your nutrition so that you will have the strength to give birth."

Wang Tingting touched her belly and smiled. She finished two big bowls of steamed cakes, sat against the wall with a satisfied look on her face, and said with a smile: "I didn't eat very well before, but I've never been so happy because of a bite. Now my biggest wish is to eat some vegetables, and then I'll be satisfied."

Lin Yue teased her: "Isn't that easy? Plant some vegetables on the kang today, and you'll have food to eat in two months!"

Wang Tingting sat up straight and asked, "Is this really possible? Can you grow vegetables on the kang?"

Lin Yue carefully recalled what she had seen before and smiled: "I remember in my hometown, at the end of the year, people would sell chives grown at home. It seems that this is how it is grown."

Wang Tingting became interested and pulled Lin Yue to beg, "Sister-in-law, no, sister, you are my sister, let's try planting it too, shall we?"

Lin Yue was so confused that he could only agree. "It's not impossible, but you have to take a nap first. I'll go and find out what to plant."

Wang Tingting nodded repeatedly and obediently went back to her room to sleep.

After Lin Yue left the house, he still planned to ask Auntie Hua. Auntie Hua was born in the countryside and was an old hand at farming. When she heard that Lin Yue wanted to grow vegetables on the kang, she began to share her experience, from seed selection to planting to daily temperature control, she told her everything in detail, and even took Lin Yue to dig a lot of black soil.

Lin Yue's house has a total of four rooms including the main entrance, and one of them is still empty. She had originally planned to let Lingling and Wanli move in when the weather got warmer, but there was no need for it now. She poured black soil on the kang, renovated it all, took out the seeds she had prepared in advance, and waited for Wang Tingting to wake up.

While she was sleeping, Lin Yue stewed bone soup and prepared hot pot for dinner.

She slipped into the space, ordered a portion of sesame paste, picked out some seasonal vegetables, cut some lamb slices, and then left the space.

Wang Tingting's belly was so big that it was hard for her to sleep well. When she woke up, Lin Yue had already prepared everything. She found Lin Yue and exclaimed, "You are so amazing! You did it as soon as you said it. Everything is ready!"

Lin Yue smiled and pointed at the several vegetable seeds on the table, saying, "Hurry up and pick a vegetable you want to grow, and we'll plant it today!"

Wang Tingting had never farmed before. She compared the two for a long time and finally chose tomatoes and rapeseed. The two of them had a clear division of labor. Lin Yue was in charge of planting, while Wang Tingting was in charge of messing around. After planting the seeds in a piece, she sprinkled some warm water on the kang.

The two were busy and before they knew it, it was already completely dark. Zhang Yuandong led the three siblings home and saw Lin Yue and Wang Tingting working hard, planting a bed of vegetables.