Chapter 128 Return to the Farm
"Let's leave tomorrow. I don't think your parents have given up yet. They will definitely come to look for you." After seeing off Gu Chuan and Zhao Cuifang, Li Wanqing said to Gu Yan.
“Okay, let’s go tomorrow, and I’ll go clean up the kitchen.
Let's put the things into the space, even if we don't need them." Gu Yan nodded.
"Well, you go ahead and clean it up. Do you think we should put all this firewood into the space? We'll need to burn firewood when we go to the farm, so it's just right to take these out." Li Wanqing said, looking at the half of the firewood left at the door.
"Don't move the door. Lao Si and the others all know that there is firewood at our door. It's hard to explain if it suddenly disappeared.
If you want firewood, that's easy. When we go out tomorrow, we can just collect dead trees on the road.
There are plenty of dead trees in the mountains, and we can just pick up a few along the way to burn them." Gu Yan said.
"Oh, I'm really stupid for three years after pregnancy. I didn't even think of such a simple truth." Li Wanqing slapped her forehead.
"What are you doing? Doesn't it hurt when you hit yourself?" Gu Yan saw Li Wanqing hitting herself on the forehead, and immediately grabbed her hand with heartache.
"It doesn't hurt, I didn't use much force. You should go and clean it up quickly. Otherwise it will be dark." Li Wanqing said coquettishly.
"Okay, I'll go clean up. Wifey, you go back to your room and rest. I'll call you when I'm done." Gu Yan was not annoyed even after being scolded, and still said with a smile.
"Okay, wife, please put everything away. We won't cook tonight or tomorrow morning. We'll just eat the dumplings and steamed buns in the space. I've put away the bowls and chopsticks as well." Gu Yan put all the bowls, chopsticks and pots into the big pot and covered it with a lid.
"Okay, I'll have leek and egg dumplings for dinner. What do you want to eat?" Li Wanqing had no objection to this. The dumplings and buns in the space were all ready. She could pack everything up in advance to avoid a rush tomorrow.
"Shall I have some meat patties? Wife, do you still have any meat patties?" Gu Yan thought of the meat patties stuffed with mutton that he had baked a few days ago, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
"Yes, eating only meat pie is a bit greasy. There is also millet porridge in the space. I will serve you another bowl." Li Wanqing said.
Every time they cooked, they would make some extra and put it in the space so that Li Wanqing could fill her stomach when she was hungry.
It is also for when you are too lazy to cook, you can just take it out and eat it.
For dinner, Li Wanqing had a bowl of leek and egg dumplings, while Gu Yan had a bowl of millet porridge and three scallion and mutton pies.
After dinner, the couple talked for a while and then went to sleep.
Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Li Wanqing ate two meat buns, while Gu Yan ate steamed buns and pickles.
After finishing her meal, Li Wanqing put the bedding into the space, closed the window from the inside, and locked the door from the outside.
Gu Yan and Li Wanqing set off.
On the way, just as they said yesterday, Gu Yan cut down the dead tree he saw, and then Li Wanqing put it into the space.
The snow on the road had not melted completely yet, and Li Wanqing was pregnant, so she had to stop from time to time to chop some dead trees.
So the two of them walked very slowly. Usually it would take them two hours to get out, but today it took them more than three hours.
I just had a quick bite of lunch on the way.
"Huh, we're finally out. I'll let the carriage out and we'll go back quickly." Although Gu Yan supported her along the way, Li Wanqing was still very tired.
"Okay, I've made the bed. Wifey, you just lie down for a while. We'll be at the farm soon." Gu Yan covered the carriage with a quilt.
"Okay, wife, please take another pillow." Gu Yan said as he took another quilt to cover Li Wanqing.
He only set off in the carriage after confirming that Li Wanqing was not cold.
The road from the foot of the mountain to the manor was not short, and it took an hour to get there by carriage. Of course, this was also because Gu Yan was afraid of the bumpy road and deliberately drove slowly.
"Whoa." Gu Yan stopped the carriage in front of the manor.
The gate of the manor was closed now, so Gu Yan stopped the carriage and went to knock on the door.
Spring plowing hadn't started yet, but Lin Mu wasn't idle either. He was repairing the canal with a few people. So it was Chunxia who came to open the door.
"Oh? Is the boss here? Come in quickly. Madam is here too, right? I'll go and light the kang." Chunxia opened the door and hurried to get firewood.
Gu Yan drove the carriage into the yard and carefully helped Li Wanqing down.
"Wife, go slowly. Sit by the stove and warm yourself by the fire for a while. I'll clean the house." Gu Yan helped Li Wanqing to the main room and took a small stool for her to sit on.
At this time Chunxia also came back with firewood.
"I'll light the fire first and then go clean the house. It's a little late now, and the sunlight is not enough to dry the quilts." Chunxia lit the fire skillfully.
"It's okay, just take it out and dry it in the sun first. If it's not transparent anymore, dry it again." Li Wanqing said.
Li Wanqing was not worried about the bedding. She had new ones in her space and could just take them out and use them.
"Boss, just leave it there, I'll do it." Chunxia saw Gu Yan holding a basin and a rag to work, and quickly took it over.
Gu Yan did not argue with him. Chunxia was originally a servant in the family. He had not changed his status, and they did not live in the manor permanently.
I stay for a few days every time I come and leave when I’m done.
But this time they will be staying in the farm for several months, so some things will no longer be the same as before.
Their attitude towards Chunxia and the others is one of them, and this is what Gu Yan suddenly thought of.
Moreover, he planned to hire two more people to take care of Li Wanqing, so some rules could not be neglected.
So Gu Yan let Chunxia clean up, and he stood by and gave some instructions from time to time.
"Chunxia, wipe the kang mat again. The windowsill needs to be wiped too. It's covered in dust."
"After wiping the cabinet with a wet rag, wipe it again with a dry rag."
"The window paper on the windows needs to be replaced. Go get some glue."
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Chunxia certainly also felt the change in her boss's attitude towards her.
But there was nothing they could do even after discovering it. After all, Gu Yan was the boss and their master, and they were just servants.
The two of them worked for most of an hour before they cleaned up the house inside and out.
Moreover, Li Wanqing kept sitting by the stove and adding firewood to it.
Now the kang is warm.
Gu Yan spread the mattress and let Li Wanqing rest on the kang.
"Wife, the kang is warm now. You can go and rest on it. I will go and clean up the main room and the west room." Gu Yan quickly laid out the mattress and came over to support Li Wanqing.
After a day, Li Wanqing was indeed tired, so she let Gu Yan help her onto the kang and take off her shoes.
Gu Yan took care of Li Wanqing and helped her sit on the kang, then brought her a bag of mung bean cakes to fill her stomach.
Then he went out to work.
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