The next morning, An Ning got up refreshed, got dressed and went to the main room. She found no one in the main room, listened carefully, and heard Wang and Gao talking in the kitchen, so she went to the kitchen again.
In the kitchen, the mother and daughter were cooking. Seeing An Ning coming in, Gao said, "Ning Ning is up. Have you rested yet?"
An Ning nodded and said, "I have rested. Grandma, you go and rest. I will help my mother light the fire."
Wang waved her hand and said, "Go to the old courtyard and check on your rabbits. They have given birth to two more puppies. Your uncle was afraid they would freeze to death, so he put them in the firewood room in the old courtyard."
After hearing what Wang said, An Ning agreed and went to the old courtyard. In order to facilitate walking, a small door was opened between the new courtyard and the old courtyard. An Ning went through the small door and came to the woodshed of the old courtyard. She found two more cages. It seemed that the uncle was afraid that the big rabbit would step on the small rabbit to death, so he made two more cages.
An Ning went in and saw six little rabbits in one cage and five little rabbits in another. Seeing more and more rabbits, An Ning decided to build the back house in the spring of next year to raise rabbits.
An Ning took out some grass from the space and fed it to the rabbits. These rabbits had been eating hay for the past few days. When they smelled the grass, they all gathered around them. Soon the grass An Ning took out was eaten up. An Ning didn't dare to feed too much at once. After watching the rabbits finish eating the grass, she left the old courtyard.
When An Ning came back, Xiao Shitou just walked out of the room. He went to bed early yesterday and didn't know An Ning and the others had returned. When he saw An Ning, his sleepiness instantly disappeared without a trace.
He trotted to An Ning's side and shouted, "Sister, why did you come back just now? I missed you so much."
An Ning reached out and pinched Xiao Shitou's increasingly round face, and said, "Sister misses Xiao Shitou, too."
An Ning pulled Xiao Shitou into her room, handed Xiao Shitou the cakes she bought on the road, and said, "Don't eat now. Wait until after breakfast."
Little Stone nodded and said, "I understand, sister."
As they were talking, they heard Gao calling them to eat. An Ning took Xiao Shitou to wash his hands, then walked into the main room and saw Gao serving porridge, so she helped Gao serve the porridge from the basin into the bowl.
Since An Ning said yesterday that she wanted to eat buns, Wang got up early today to steam meat buns. At this time, An Dashan and others also came back and sat at the table. When everyone was gathered, the family started to eat.
Gao just took a bite of the bun and suddenly felt a little nauseous. She stood up and ran to the door and started to dry heave. An Dashan saw his wife retching and quickly asked, "Yingniang, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well? I'll go get a doctor for you." As he said that, he was about to get up to harness the mule cart.
Wang was experienced. Seeing Gao like this, she quickly stopped An Dashan and said, "Dashan, your wife is probably pregnant."
An Dashan exclaimed "Ah?" and was stunned on the spot. Gao thought that she really didn't have her period this month, so she was probably pregnant.
Seeing An Dashan standing there motionless, Wang said, "Hurry up and eat. After dinner, take your wife to town to see a doctor."
An Dashan responded quickly, finished his meal quickly, and went to harness the mule cart. Gao Shi couldn't stand the smell of meat, so she only drank a bowl of porridge and didn't eat. An Ning was also really happy. She also finished her meal quickly, then hurried to the house to get a quilt, put it in the mule cart, and helped Gao Shi sit on it.
An Dashan waited until An Ning and Gao Shi were seated firmly before waving the whip and the mule cart started to move slowly. The three of them came to the town's medicine shop, stopped the mule cart, An Dashan helped Gao Shi down, and the three of them walked into the medicine shop.
The shop assistant saw that it was An Dashan who came and asked, "Are you here to see a doctor or to sell herbal medicine today?"
An Dashan said, "Is Doctor Huang here? We are here to see a doctor today."
The guy said, "Yes," and took An Dashan and others to where Doctor Huang was sitting.
When the three of them came in, they found that Doctor Huang was seeing someone else, so they waited for a while. After the man finished seeing him, An Dashan helped Gao sit on the stool and said, "Doctor Huang, could you please check if my wife is pregnant?"
Doctor Huang nodded and motioned Gao to put her hand on the pulse pillow. Gao put her hand on the pulse pillow and Doctor Huang began to feel her pulse. After feeling one hand, he began to feel the other hand. When he was done, Doctor Huang nodded and said, "Although it's still early, it's a positive pulse. She should be pregnant for more than a month."
An Dashan and his companions were instantly excited after hearing this. An Dashan quickly asked, "Doctor Huang, is it dangerous for my wife to get pregnant at this age?"
Doctor Huang shook his head and said, "Although your wife is not young anymore, she is in good health. If she takes good care of the pregnancy, there will be no danger."
An Ning complained in her heart that her mother was only 32 years old, how could she be considered old?
After hearing what Doctor Huang said, An Dashan finally felt relieved and asked, "We went on a long journey a few days ago and had a bumpy ride. Do you want me to prescribe a dose of medicine to preserve the pregnancy?"
Doctor Huang shook his head and said, "Medicine is three-quarters toxic. Madam Ling's pregnancy is very stable, so there is no need to take medicine."
An Dashan thanked Dr. Huang, paid the medical fee, and left with his wife and daughter.
After leaving the pharmacy, An Ning said to An Dashan and Gao: "Let's go buy some delicious food. My mother needs to be well nourished."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Yes, that's the truth."
So An Ning and Gao were asked to get on the mule cart and they went to the market. When they got to the market, An Ning said to An Dashan, "Dad, you stay here and look after the mule cart and my mother. I'm going to go buy some things."
An Dashan shook his head and said, "No, there are too many people here. What if they get lost? You should look after your mother and the mule cart while I go to buy things."
Seeing that the two were arguing, Gao said, "I'm fine. You guys go buy things and I'll watch the mule cart." The father and daughter disagreed, but An Ning finally prevailed and persuaded An Dashan to go buy things herself.
An Ning walked to a stall selling bamboo baskets, thinking that there were still many chickens in the space, so she took out money to buy two large bamboo baskets, walked to an empty alley, and while no one was watching, she moved twenty old hens out of the space.
He couldn't continue buying things with the bamboo basket, so he returned the basket to the mule cart, handed the basket to An Dashan, and continued shopping.
An Ning saw someone selling dried bamboo shoots, so she bought five pounds. She also saw someone selling radishes, and since she didn't have any at home, she bought ten pounds. She saw someone selling walnuts, red dates, chestnuts, and pine nuts, so she bought ten pounds of each. Just as she was about to leave, she discovered that this stall actually had white fungus, which was a good thing, so she bought five pounds of white fungus. White fungus needs to be eaten with lotus seeds, so she bought five pounds of lotus seeds.
After buying all these, An Ning couldn't take anything else, so she went back to the mule cart. An Dashan looked at An Ning who had taken so many things and said, "I told you to go, but you didn't listen. You must be exhausted now!"
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