Chapter 73 Ye Beixiu's concerns
When Ye Beishan learned that his wife was pregnant, he was so happy that he was at a loss for words and burst into laughter with his mouth wide open.
Ye Beixiu watched from the side and shook his head. This was all his elder brother could achieve.
After feeling happy, Ye Beishan remembered that he came here to help with the work.
"Xia'er, tell me how to do this job. I'll do it."
"Brother, we have finished our work for today. Come early tomorrow morning and help me put the hare on the cart."
Ye Beishan was puzzled, "But I didn't do any work today, how come I finished it?"
Zhang Juexia just smiled and didn't respond to him.
She went into the house and helped Li Yiqin out, and told Ye Beishan, "You accompany your sister-in-law and return to the old house quickly.
I imagine Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, and Aunt will be delighted to hear this good news."
Ye Beishan carefully supported Li Yiqin, who looked at him with disdain, "Am I that delicate?
We have to go back the same way we came here. I can’t even walk if you hold me like this.”
After the two walked away, Ye Beixiu leaned on a wooden stick and approached Zhang Juexia, "Madam, what did big brother do? Why didn't I see it?
If you feel embarrassed to order him to do something, you can talk about me and I will tell him."
"I just found a reason to trick my elder brother and sister-in-law into coming here so that Doctor Liu could treat them."
Ye Beixiu scratched his head. "They're not sick! It's just that my sister-in-law is pregnant."
Zhang Juexia was speechless. She glared at Ye Beixiu and said, "Why is it so difficult to talk to you? My eldest brother and his wife have been married but have no children.
My aunt is worried and wants Doctor Liu to take a look."
"But having children is my sister-in-law's business. What does it have to do with my brother?"
"Why doesn't it matter? Having a child is a matter for two people."
Ye Beixiu said "hmm" and then kept thinking.
Zhang Juexia was too lazy to pay attention to him. She went to the backyard first, counted out the wild rabbits that would be sent to the restaurant tomorrow, and fed them.
After feeding the hares and chickens, she went into the warehouse and looked at the things inside. When she saw the hawthorns in the corner, she quickly turned them over with her hands to check if any were rotten.
She searched several times but couldn't find a bad one, so she picked one up and put it in her mouth. It was so sour!
She remembered that she had rock sugar at home and wanted to eat some delicious food.
She picked up some hawthorns and went to the kitchen.
First she cleaned it, then she tried to remove the core of the hawthorn. She remembered the pottery jars she bought last time, took them out, cleaned them, put them in the pot and boiled them before taking them out.
Put rock sugar at the bottom of the ceramic jar, then put hawthorns in. When the hawthorns are almost in, put another layer of rock sugar on top of the hawthorns and add appropriate amount of boiled water.
Since rock sugar is a bit expensive here, Zhang Juexia only made two cans of pure rock sugar. The remaining cans contained less rock sugar and more white sugar.
After adding enough water into the big pot, Zhang Juexia gently covered the ceramic pot filled with hawthorns with a wooden cork and put it into the big pot to steam.
When Zhang Juexia estimated that the time was about right, he took the clay pot out of the pot, let it cool down, and then plugged it tightly with a wooden cork.
She walked out of the kitchen with the jar of hawthorns made with rock sugar, ready to let Ye Beixiu and Liu Mingda taste it and comment on its taste.
Ye Beixiu was still in a daze in the yard. Zhang Juexia called him, but he acted as if he didn't hear anything and didn't respond at all.
When Zhang Juexia got closer, he heard him mumbling to himself, "Why does having a child or not have to do with men?
What went wrong?
Zhang Juexia patted his back. He woke up and turned around to look, "Madam, is there something wrong?"
Zhang Juexia raised the clay pot and said, "It's time to eat something delicious."
She took the pottery jar to the main room, opened the cork, took a bowl, and poured the prepared hawthorn into the bowl. "Try it and see if it tastes good."
Liu Mingda took the lead and scooped one to taste, "Hmm, delicious, this is the first time I've seen hawthorn eaten this way.
Sweet with a slight sour taste, but not too sweet.
This thing can help reduce greasiness. If you eat too much meat, it should be good to eat some more. "
Ye Beixiu looked at the hawthorns in the bowl and felt a little scared. He didn't like sour things.
Zhang Juexia urged him to try it. He gritted his teeth and picked up one with chopsticks and put it in his mouth without using a spoon.
He closed his eyes, prepared for the sour taste to make his teeth fall out. When he bit into the hawthorn and chewed it slowly, the sweetness of the rock sugar had covered up the sourness of the hawthorn.
He opened his eyes and looked at Zhang Juexia in disbelief.
Zhang Juexia gestured to him, "Try eating it like Doctor Liu, using a spoon to sip the soup, it will taste better."
Ye Beixiu ate several of them until Zhang Juexia stopped him.
“Is it delicious?”
"It's delicious, sweet and sour, sweet and sour, really stimulates the appetite."
Zhang Juexia nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will bring two cans with me when I go to town tomorrow and give them to Wan Xi, the owner of Manfu Restaurant, so that he can try them.
We still have quite a few hawthorns at home. If Manager Wan likes them, he might want to buy them from us.
But the price is a bit difficult.
Although hawthorns are picked in the mountains, rock sugar is expensive! "
Liu Mingda reminded her, "Things are valuable because they are rare. Although hawthorn is not worth much, this way of eating it is precious.
If you just want to make a little money, then there is no need.
Don’t you know Li Yingyue? Her family has a huge business in Shunhe County.”
Liu Mingda's words were just to the point, but the smart Zhang Juexia already understood.
She also has her own concerns. "There are only a limited amount of hawthorns at home. I'm afraid I can't make so many cans!"
Liu Mingda looked at her with dismay, "Why can't you think straight now?
You just need to deliver the goods, and if the Li family thinks it is profitable, you can take care of the rest."
Zhang Juexia suddenly realized something. She slapped her forehead in frustration and said, "Why didn't I think of that?"
She went to the warehouse and found two beautiful little baskets woven with rattan, and put two bottles of canned hawthorn into each.
One was given to the shopkeeper Wan Xi, and the other was given to Li Yingyue.
It was easy for Shopkeeper Wan Xi to deliver the portion, but she was worried about how to get Li Yingyue's portion to Shunhe County.
If she really couldn't do it, she would have to go to Shunhe County, but she had two mouths to feed at home.
Ye Beixiu thought of someone, "My wife, can you find Li Dong or Zhao Long and ask them to take it to Shunhe County and give it to Li Yingyue?"
Zhang Juexia thought this was feasible, so he packed another copy and prepared to give it to Li Dong and Zhao Long.
After making all these arrangements, Ye Beixiu's expression became serious again. Zhang Juexia reached out and touched his head, "You don't have a fever!
Are you feeling unwell? We have a doctor at home, so if you feel unwell, you must tell me!"
"Can I really say that?"
"certainly."
"Wife, we've been married for a while now, and you're still pregnant. Do you think it's my fault?"
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