"Thank you, my wife!"
Lin Xi was so ashamed that he didn't dare to see anyone when a kettle appeared in front of him. He quickly took a sip to cover up his embarrassment.
"My mother is waiting for me to go back and report, so I'll be leaving now."
She had to leave quickly, or her shoes would be torn through!
"My lady, here's a drink for you."
Lin Xi watched as his wife's lips touched the spot where he had just drunk, and he tugged at his clothes somewhat awkwardly.
"Are your feet still numb?"
Su Qinghe looked at her husband's awkward little face and curled the corners of her mouth. This person is more adorable when teased.
"Much better!"
"That means it's still numb. Both baskets are full, so let's take them back, unload them, and then come back. It'll give our legs a break."
“There are a few more baskets of food ready by the roadside. It’s too much trouble for you to run back and forth by yourself. I’ll go with you.”
"well."
Lin Xi had no objection to his wife's decision.
...
The two of them worked quickly together, and it gradually got dark. Li Miao came again, this time to tell them to finish work and have dinner.
Su Qinghe looked at the discarded sweet potato stems and leaves on the ground, and took advantage of others not paying attention to untie the handkerchief in her hand and touch it. She had been with Lin Xi the whole time and hadn't found a suitable opportunity.
As she expected, the stems and leaves disappeared. She touched the weeds next to her, but there was no reaction.
"It seems that not all plants need to bear fruit."
Su Qinghe didn't know how much nutrition the pregnant fruit needed to mature, but with so many people around, she couldn't just sneak around.
Sweet potato stems and leaves are edible, but they are not easy to store. Li Miao has already brought some people to take back and cook porridge. Some of the rest will be used to feed livestock, but most of them will be left to rot in the ground as fertilizer.
Su Qinghe planned to come and collect it after nightfall.
"My lady, I'll go get you some porridge."
When Lin Xi carefully carried the two bowls of porridge back, Su Qinghe had just finished collecting her steamed buns.
...
After the two finished eating and returned home, it was completely dark. Lin Xi went to the kitchen to boil water, and Su Qinghe's consciousness entered the space again.
"This fruit-bearing tree has quite good digestive function!"
Looking at the empty tree roots, Su Qinghe felt happy. She wasn't worried about the child eating too much; she was just worried about the child not eating at all.
The more you eat, the faster you grow.
Su Qinghe looked up to check the condition of the pregnant fruit and was surprised to find that one of them had already ripened, but it was a silvery-white, inferior fruit.
"At this rate, if we absorb more sweet potato stems and leaves tonight, the other four will be ripe by tomorrow."
Thinking of this, Su Qinghe felt that she didn't need to go hunting in the mountains tomorrow. She could just sell the five pregnant fruits and make a small profit without having to do any strenuous work.
Pregnancy was not entirely under the control of the imperial court.
Because apart from its preference for sunlight, which is well-known, people know nothing about the other planting and survival characteristics of the fertile fruit tree, even after many years.
In order to increase the yield of pregnant fruit, the imperial court encouraged the people to cultivate pregnant fruit.
Once someone successfully cultivates a fruit-bearing tree, that tree belongs exclusively to them, and the imperial court will not interfere.
Over the years, quite a few people have successfully cultivated this method, but neither the quality nor the yield has been satisfactory, and most of them can only produce inferior fruit.
"My lady, the water is ready. You've had a long day, why don't you soak your feet?"
Lin Xi's voice came from outside the door. Su Qinghe regained her senses and saw him carrying a basin of water as he walked in.
"My lady, let me take off your shoes."
Lin Xi placed the basin of water beside his wife's feet, took off her shoes and socks, and carefully put her feet into the water.
Seeing that she didn't react negatively to the water temperature, he felt relieved and submerged both feet in the water before starting to massage her.
Su Qinghe squinted comfortably and couldn't help but sigh, "This life of female superiority and male inferiority is so comfortable!" Although she had to work hard outside, she was willing to endure any hardship when she came home to a gentle and loving husband.
"I'll go to town to buy some rice first thing tomorrow morning. You can stay home and wait for me to come back. You don't need to go out and do any more work for others. Take good care of yourself."
"yes."
Lin Xi wanted to say that he was doing light work that wouldn't affect his health, but considering that he had been unable to conceive, he didn't dare to argue with his wife about it.
"Remember to tidy up the storage room on the left tomorrow."
Lin Xi paused in his movements. Was his wife going to bring her new husband back tomorrow?
"Yes, I will definitely serve my new husband well from now on, my wife, please rest assured," Lin Xi said softly.
He has no official status as the principal husband. Once the new husband enters the house, the wife will definitely place her hopes for her first child on him. Once the new husband becomes pregnant, he will surely become the wife's principal husband.
With her own womb so unworthy of bearing children, she is unworthy of even dreaming of being a legitimate husband.
“You don’t need to do this. We’re all family. As long as you don’t cause trouble, I won’t favor one over the other. Once you’ve recovered, I will naturally give you the pregnancy.”
Su Qinghe lifted her foot slightly, indicating that he had finished soaking himself. Seeing how humble he was, she couldn't help but speak up to comfort him.
"Yes... Lin Xi thanks my wife for her mercy!"
Hearing his wife say this, Lin Xi was moved to tears. His wife still remembered their past affection and would give him the Pregnancy Fruit again, so he would still have a chance to conceive her child.
"Alright, you should wash up and go to bed too!"
"yes!"
Lin Xi sniffed, picked up the basin and went out. When he finished cleaning up and came back into the room, Su Qinghe was already lying on the outside of the bed.
In the stillness of the night, seeing the bed again, he suddenly recalled what his wife had said that afternoon, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Although it had been half a year, Su Qinghe's sudden change in personality made him feel ashamed of sharing a bed with a strange woman.
His hands trembled slightly as he took off his coat, feeling the intense gaze of his wife behind him.
Su Qinghe watched her husband dawdle, standing there for a long time with his clothes still perfectly still, and teased him:
"It seems Xiao Xi is exhausted today. Would you like your wife to help you?"
"No, no need to trouble you, my wife. I can manage on my own."
Hearing his wife's lighthearted tone, Lin Xi knew she was teasing him. Not daring to keep her waiting too long, he quickly loosened his belt.
Lin Xi carefully stepped over his wife and lay down on the inside, his body stiff with tension.
"Um……"
Lin Xi gave a soft hum, his waist tightened, and Su Qinghe's large hand suddenly slipped through his inner garment and rested on his waist, causing him to tremble slightly.
"Wife, wife master..."
He called out softly, his body stiffening even more.
"What's wrong?"
Su Qinghe asked the question knowing the answer already.
Lin Xi bit her lip, unsure how to answer, silently reminding herself that this was her wife, not some other woman.
The wife doesn't dislike him and is even willing to favor him; he can't let her down like this.
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