Chapter 118: Meeting and Feeling
“As you know, we don’t have much food left, only enough for the two of us.
How about this, I'll give you 20 kilograms of cornmeal, that's all we have left. Li Wanqing thought about it and said.
This was the result of Li Wanqing's careful consideration. She had no shortage of food, but she couldn't give too much generously.
Twenty kilograms is just right, not more, not less. If it’s more, people might notice it, but if it’s less, people might think you’re stingy.
"That's enough, thank you, third sister-in-law, thank you, third sister-in-law." Gu Chuan said gratefully.
"Gu Yan, go to the warehouse and get 20 kilograms of cornmeal for Gu Chuan. By the way, there are still a lot of dried vegetables at home. You can give them some too." Li Wanqing prepared a lot of dried vegetables. There were fresh vegetables in her space.
Normally, I only eat some dried vegetables when I want to change my taste, so there are still a lot of them in the warehouse. I don’t feel bad about giving them to Gu Chuan and the others.
"Third brother, let me help you open your pocket." Gu Chuan also quickly stood up to help.
Both of them went out, leaving Li Wanqing and Zhao Cuifang alone in the room.
It was awkward for the two of them to just sit there, so Li Wanqing handed her a frozen pear: "Cuifang, have a frozen pear."
"Thank you, Third Sister-in-law." Zhao Cuifang took it and looked at Li Wanqing's belly curiously.
"Third sister-in-law, are you really pregnant? How many months are you pregnant now?" Zhao Cuifang asked curiously.
"Yes, I'm pregnant. It's been more than two months." Li Wanqing said, touching her belly.
"That's great, Third Sister-in-law. When will the baby be born? Will you go outside the mountains to give birth?" Zhao Cuifang asked.
"I calculated that the due date should be the end of July or early August. That's when the autumn harvest will come. Your third brother will definitely have to watch over it, and I will definitely have to go along.
Besides, there are no midwives or doctors in the mountains, so I definitely cannot give birth in the mountains.
And after we have children, we will spend most of our time outside, at least in the winter," said Li Wanqing.
"So you are planning to move out of the mountain? Then you won't live in this cave anymore?" Zhao Cuifang asked anxiously.
"Of course we can stay here. We still have to come back and stay for a few months every year." Li Wanqing knew what she was planning at a glance. She was just thinking about their cave.
However, Li Wanqing did not lie. They did come back to stay for a few months every year. Digging medicinal herbs was both profitable and not dangerous. Li Wanqing planned to dig medicinal herbs for a few months every year in the future.
Although the family has enough money, it is not that rich. When the child is born, there will be more places to spend money.
Since you can make money, you must make more.
As for hunting, although she didn't let Gu Yan go hunting alone for fear of danger, it was still okay for the two of them to go together.
She has space, so when she encounters danger, she can just hide in the space. Moreover, she doesn't have to worry about not being able to transport prey out if she catches more.
She decided to go hunting in the fall when the game was fat and strong, just as she had last year, going farther and targeting valuable game.
So they come back to live in this cave every year.
"Is that so? I thought you were going to move out." Zhao Cuifang said disappointedly.
"What's so good about moving out? If you ask me, life in the mountains is pretty good too. There's no shortage of wild fruits and mountain products, and men can even hunt so there's no shortage of meat. Life here is much better than outside the mountains," said Li Wanqing.
As long as you have the ability, it's really good to live in the mountains. There's no shortage of food and drink. Except for the occasional discomfort, everything else is good.
It's not like outside, where you have to do military service and labor every year, encounter corrupt officials, and pay all kinds of exorbitant taxes.
Even if the family has land, after deducting various taxes and levies, what is left is just enough to make ends meet.
"What's so good about the mountains? You can't even see a single person here. I think it's better outside the mountains. It would be great if we could move out too." Zhao Cuifang said and looked at Li Wanqing expectantly.
Li Wanqing found it funny. After spending some time together, she found that Zhao Cuifang was a person who loved to compare and calculate, and was very jealous.
But he is a simple-minded person and not a malicious person.
What Li Wanqing hates most are people who say one thing to your face and another behind your back, like Zhang Cuihua and Li Yingdi.
Compared with Zhang Cuihua and Li Yingdi, Li Wanqing is more willing to associate with Zhao Cuifang.
Besides, they are just sisters-in-law. Sisters-in-law in any family are not always on good terms with each other. They just need to maintain a superficial relationship and talk to each other from time to time.
She knew that Zhao Cuifang was so angry because she wanted them to help, but Li Wanqing was not going to care.
"Well, it's not easy to move out and live. Gu Chuan has no skills, so he can only work to earn a few dollars.
He might as well earn more from hunting, and life would probably be even harder than in the mountains," Li Wanqing said.
Of course Zhao Cuifang knew this, she said this because she wanted Li Wanqing and Gu Yan to help.
They have such a big farm, they can just let Gu Chuan be the manager or something, and the couple can live there.
If Li Wanqing is willing, it would be even better if she could give them a few acres of good farmland to farm.
But judging by the situation, Li Wanqing was unwilling to do so. Also, if it were her, she wouldn't be willing to do so either.
But it doesn't matter. She will come over to chat with Li Wanqing more often in the future. They will have a little affection for each other when they meet, and their relationship will be good in the future. She doesn't believe that Li Wanqing can refuse her.
Thinking of this, the smile on Zhao Cuifang's face became more sincere. She looked around and saw the half-finished quilt on the kang by Li Wanqing.
"Third sister-in-law, this is a small quilt you made for the child? Why are you using scraps of cloth to piece it together? If you don't have any cloth, I have a piece here. I'll get it for you." Zhao Cuifang knew that in order to receive, one must first give.
This means that if you want to get benefits, you must pay more.
So even though she felt sorry for her piece of cloth, she still said it out.
Li Wanqing was stunned. She didn't expect Zhao Cuifang to be so willing to do so.
But she had no shortage of cloth, and she used the scraps of cloth simply because she was bored and wanted to play with them.
She had already made two small quilts for the child, and now she was making a small mattress to put under the body.
She thought that since the child was still young and didn't even know when to pee, it would be a waste to use good cloth, so she made two small mattresses with the scraps of cloth she had pieced together.
"No need, I've already made the small quilt. This is a small mattress. The child is small, so a new one is just for collecting feces and urine.
Besides, although it’s made of patchwork scraps of cloth, the scraps are all new and made of top-quality cotton,” Li Wanqing explained.
Zhao Cuifang thought about it and realized that it was true. For a baby in confinement, it doesn’t matter what they use.
Although Li Wanqing's clothes are all patchwork, fortunately the fabrics are all new.
In their countryside, many people give birth to babies at home. There is no such thing as a small mattress, so they just sleep directly on the kang.
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