Chapter 91 Picking Fruit for His Wife Who Had Morning Sickness
Du Wanchun could tell from the side that Aunt Zhou no longer had any affection for that high and mighty emperor; now, only resentment and contempt remained.
In the future, even if the emperor kneels down and begs her to return, she probably won't turn back.
Upon hearing the news about Consort Wu, Aunt Zhou's face gradually relaxed. She stood up and asked Du Wanchun, "Wanchun, what else would you like to eat? I'll make it for you."
Du Wanchun's appetite has been poor lately as she's gotten a little further along in her pregnancy. Apart from taking medication to prevent miscarriage, she can't eat any of the food at home.
She drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp, shook her head, and said, "Mom, it's okay. I'll eat whatever's at home."
Aunt Zhou stood up. "That won't do. If we keep going hungry like this, our health will suffer."
After saying that, he turned to Zhou Ruiyuan and instructed him, "Ruiyuan, go up the mountain and see if there are any wild jujubes. If there are, pick some and bring them back. I'll make some jujube cakes for Wanchun to whet her appetite."
Sour jujube cake is sweet and sour, and many pregnant women like to eat it. Aunt Zhou heard about it from someone in the village a while ago and was just about to make some for Du Wanchun.
Zhou Ruiyuan took the empty bowl from Du Wanchun and nodded. "Okay, I'll go take a look now."
Aunt Zhou added, "If you have any sour plums, that would be fine too."
Du Wanchun, who was standing to the side, laughed and said, "Mother, the pickled radishes we make at home are also fine."
A few days ago, Zhou Zhao picked a lot of small radishes and brought them back. Aunt Zhou followed Aunt Wang's example and made a lot of pickled radishes.
Du Wanchun can eat a little bit every day.
Aunt Zhou laughed and said, "But you can't eat radishes every day."
After she finished speaking, she quickly winked at Zhou Ruiyuan, urging him to hurry up, otherwise his wife would be reluctant to let him go up the mountain if he waited any longer.
Zhou Ruiyuan quickly got up, picked up the basket by the door, and before Du Wanchun could call him, he hurried up the mountain.
It was still early, so Zhou Ruiyuan deliberately headed into the mountains.
As you go further in, the trees become taller and taller, and the whole way is covered with thorny brambles.
Fortunately, he was tall, and he wielded a sickle, hacking his way through until he reached the deepest part of the forest, where his hands were covered in bloody welts.
Zhou Ruiyuan stopped in front of a big tree, circled it twice, and then looked up and saw the jujube tree overhead.
This jujube tree isn't very big, but it's covered with ripe jujubes.
Zhou Ruiyuan was overjoyed and quickly went to the tree to pick fruit.
He could grab five or six round fruits at a time, and before long, Zhou Ruiyuan had picked a whole basketful.
He was overjoyed to see the basket full of sour dates in front of him. His usually sharp and composed face was now beaming like a child's.
"Now Wan Chun will have something to eat." Zhou Ruiyuan muttered to himself as he slung his basket over his shoulder and turned to walk down the mountain.
However, he had only taken two steps when he suddenly realized something was wrong with his feet, as if he had stepped on something.
Zhou Ruiyuan quickly stopped and looked down at what he had just stepped on. He saw that it was a piece of gold with a pointed tip sticking out.
He frowned, quickly squatted down, and picked up the gold. This piece of gold was much larger than the one he had picked up last time, and it had the complete character "Lu" engraved on it.
It was a perfectly intact gold ingot.
Look, there are at least twenty taels, which can be exchanged for two hundred taels of silver.
After examining it, Zhou Ruiyuan slowly placed it in his pocket and then began searching around again.
However, just like last time, nothing was gained this time.
Zhou Ruiyuan gradually understood that Steward Sun had scattered and hidden those gold ingots throughout the entire mountain.
After thinking it over, he raised his head slightly and looked into the distance, his eyes filled with joy.
As night was approaching, Zhou Ruiyuan immediately took the sour dates and gold back home.
Aunt Zhou took the gold from Zhou Ruiyuan and examined it from left to right. She exclaimed in shock, "That's right, this gold belongs to our family. I never expected there to be more on this mountain."
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded slightly and said, "It seems there should be quite a few more on the mountain. Mother, what do you plan to do with this ingot of gold?"
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