Chapter 229 Happy Pulse
What Sang Luo said was correct.
Da Qi is really poor right now. Except for local big families like Zheng Wang Lin, even the Zeng family, who just came to Shezhou from Taiyuan to take up official posts, is not much better off than other officials, because they are too far away and the family's tentacles cannot reach here for the time being.
So Chen Lie brought forty or fifty kilograms of meat, saying that he was looking for the servant of Lord Zeng. Even though he couldn't remember the servant's name, he said that he had delivered books to him before, and asked someone to help find out. The gatekeeper at the back door of the governor's mansion actually helped him find out.
The long-time attendant was deeply impressed by Shen Lie and knew that his master had a good impression of the Shen family. Hearing that Shen Lie was coming to give a thank-you gift, he asked him to wait for a moment and went to the front yamen to pass on a message.
Zeng was so busy every day that he wished he could do the work of two people. When he went to Daxingzhuang to see Shu Di, he casually told him to send a book, and then he forgot about it and didn't take it seriously. After a long time, he suddenly heard that someone had sent dozens of kilograms of wild boar meat as a thank-you gift, and he raised his eyebrows.
He was not polite and asked his attendant to accept it. He did not keep any for himself and asked his attendant to distribute the 40 or 50 kilograms of meat to the officials under him.
Officials lived a relatively good life, while clerks really relied on the little grain from the monthly salary of the court to support their families. How could they get meat or something like that? This was good, as it was close to the end of the year, and it was considered to be a good deal.
As for meeting Chen Lie, that was impossible. He was too busy with his work to have the time. Chen Lie himself didn't have that intention either. Just to be polite, he gave the gift to the attendant and left.
Sang Luo knew that the item had been successfully delivered, and she felt relieved. Until she was able to repay the favor, she no longer had to worry about it.
After a snowfall, icicles formed under the straw curtains on the eaves. Chentie and his friends had a new snack. In such cold weather, they broke off the icicles and put them in their mouths, enjoying their delicious crunch.
Sang Luo shuddered when she saw it, and then remembered the four bundles of bark that she had forgotten in the mountain stream.
Counting the days, it has been two months since the stream began to freeze. I didn't know if the surface of the stream would freeze, so I hurried into the mountains to fish out the tree bark.
The bark that had been soaked in running water for two months was obviously much lighter in color than that soaked for only one month. Sang Luo felt that she saw hope.
Of course, it was impossible to make paper at the moment. After Chu Qichuang knocked on the door, Sang Luo didn't dare to mess around at home until the yard was built. However, she remembered that if she wanted the ramie used for weaving to be white enough, there was a very important step: sun exposure and watering. The degree of dryness and wetness had to be carefully controlled. If she didn't water it in time, it would be over-dried and the color would be blurred.
Sang Luo looked at the four bundles of bark in her hand and prepared to try two of them. After basic processing on two of them, she processed them according to the method of drying hemp silk in the sun. After crushing the other two, she hung them in a basket on a tree behind the house to be exposed to the sun and rain for comparison.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Sang Luo focused all her attention on this. It was not until the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month that she started making rice cakes and steaming date paste cakes in preparation for the New Year.
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This year in Daxingzhuang could not be considered a reunion. The Lu brothers had not returned from picking up the eldest son, and Chen Dashan and his friends were still in the mountains. However, on the second day of the New Year, the manor had a new baby.
Feng Liuniang was more than nine months pregnant. On the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, she went into labor. Sang Luo went to the Lu family after hearing the news. Before she entered the Lu family, she heard Feng Liuniang's labor inside. However, there were only a few labors and they soon subsided.
Mrs. Chen was boiling water in the kitchen. When she came out to carry firewood, she saw Sang Luo. She cried out, and quickly took her away. "It's not the custom for a young wife to come and see this. Go back. We have plenty of manpower. This is not Miss Liu's first child. The birth will go smoothly. I'll tell everyone the good news when the baby is born."
Sang Luo didn't know why it was so important that a young daughter-in-law couldn't watch a woman giving birth, but she still listened to what Mrs. Chen said. She didn't want to be at peace when she got home, so she simply took her needlework and went to Chen's house to stay with Zhou Ge and wait for any news.
Mrs. Chen said that everything went smoothly, and it really went smoothly. In the evening, Ah Xu came out to announce the good news that his mother had given birth to a sister. The little guy was so happy that he jumped out to announce the good news, and then he stayed at home and never came out again.
When Sang Luo heard that mother and daughter were safe, her face became more happy. While Zhou Ge was happy for Feng Liuniang, his left hand subconsciously covered his flat belly.
It has been three months since I came out. I have not been hiding since I decided to come out, but there is still no news.
Thinking that Sang Luo was the same age as her, Zhou Ge asked in a low voice: "A Luo, you are not avoiding me anymore, right?"
Sang Luo turned her head and saw her hand on her abdomen. She immediately understood what she meant and shook her head, "I'm not avoiding it anymore."
Then he asked Zhou Ge: "Are you anxious?"
Zhou Ge was helpless: "I am nineteen and Dashan is twenty-four, how can I not be anxious? I went home to pay New Year's greetings today and my mother even asked me quietly."
Nineteen, twenty-four, these are the ages when kids should be running around.
"Did grandma and Aunt Arita urge you?"
"No."
"That's it. Grandma and Aunt Arita aren't anxious, so why are you? Children are born based on fate, and it's only been a short time since you moved out. Aren't you alone at home most of the time? It's normal that you're not pregnant. Nineteen is not too late. There are benefits to being late."
Since leaving the mountains, Chen Dashan and Shen Lie have been running into the mountains every day. The days they have rested at home are no more than a dozen days in total.
Seeing that she was not anxious at all, Zhou Ge relaxed a little, and recalled that Sang Luo had secretly taught her how to prevent pregnancy, and burst out laughing, "How come you know everything and dare to say everything?"
Sang Luo chuckled: "I just told you that."
The two chatted for a while, and Sang Luo looked at the sky, thinking that Chen Lie should be back soon, so she said goodbye to Zhou Ge and went home.
At that time, she never thought that the fate she casually mentioned would come so quickly. It came true in just a few days, and both she and Zhou Ge were pregnant at the same time.
The reason was that Chen Lie wanted to expand the rabbit breeding at home, and was thinking about getting more prey before school started to exchange for some money in the East Market. Starting from the second day of the first lunar month, he frequently took Chen An and Shen Jin to the mountains. On the fifth day, there happened to be a mountain stream where they went, and he caught some fish.
Chen Dashan was not at home, so Chen Lie took care of the Chen family. He gave one portion to the Chen family, one portion to Xiao Jin's brothers, and one portion for his own family.
He came back late, and it was feeding time. Chen Lie did the job of killing the fish himself, but Sang Luo was the one who cooked.
On New Year's Eve, the fish was cooked without any problems. On the third day of the New Year, Chen Lie and his disciples came to pay New Year's greetings. Feng Erlang also brought fish, but there was no reaction at that time. But today, when Chen Lie brought the processed fish over, Sang Luo smelled the fishy smell and felt sick as her stomach churned.
Chen Lie's hands were somewhat stained with the smell of fish, and even approaching Sang Luo to pat her on the back was useless, as it only made her vomit even more. While vomiting, she waved her hands to prevent Chen Lie from getting close.
This was the first time that Sang Luo had treated him like this. Not knowing the reason, Chen Lie did not dare to approach her for a moment. He waited until Sang Luo recovered a little before asking anxiously, "Are you feeling better? Let's go to the city to see a doctor while it's still early."
After living together for several years, Sang Luo rarely got sick because of her martial arts practice. The few times she had headaches and headaches, she just drank some medicine and got better. She never vomited so badly.
Seeing her pale face, Chen Lie didn't wait for Sang Luo to respond, he turned around and strode back to the room to get some silver and money, told Chen Ning to cook, and was about to take Sang Luo away.
He just thought of Sang Luo pushing him just now. He wanted to go forward to help but didn't dare to. He changed the subject and said, "Xiao An will be at home and cook later. Aning, help your sister-in-law."
Shen An and Shen Ning were also frightened and agreed one after another.
After Sang Luo got over the discomfort, she realized something. She had no experience of pregnancy, but who hasn't seen morning sickness in novels or on TV?
After a careful calculation, she realized that her period had been late for several days, and was stunned for a moment. When Shen Ning came to help her, Sang Luo's heart was pounding, afraid that she had guessed wrong and made Shen Lie happy for nothing. She opened her mouth but didn't say anything, just nodded: "Okay, let's go see the doctor."
Just like that, he ran into Zhou Ge at the door of Chen's house, who was also being helped out by Mrs. Chen and Qin Fangniang.
The two looked pale, and when they met, Mrs. Chen saw Chen Ning carefully supporting Sang Luo, and then saw Chen Lie accompanying her, she opened her mouth and her eyes widened: "What are you doing?"
Shen Ning said: "Let's go to the clinic. My sister-in-law is having stomach problems."
Both Mrs. Chen and Zhou Ge had some surprise on their faces, especially Mrs. Chen and Qin Fangniang, who were particularly happy. Mrs. Chen said repeatedly, "Okay, okay, let's go together."
Shen Ning was a little puzzled, why was she so happy to go to the clinic?
Shen Lie reacted suddenly.
That is a very distant memory. When his mother was pregnant with Xiaoan and Aning when he was a child, there seemed to be a similar situation. And with Third Aunt, yes, it seemed to be the same when Third Aunt was pregnant with Xiaojin and Xiaotie.
He seemed to be frozen there, looking at Sang Luo, his chest heaving, his throat rolling, he was too nervous to speak. He wanted to get closer to Sang Luo, but now he probably knew why Sang Luo vomited. Remembering that he had killed a fish with his own hands, he did not dare to move forward.
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Yiyuantang.
The old doctor placed his fingertips on Zhou Ge's wrist, lowered his eyes and listened carefully to her pulse, then let go of her hand and smiled: "It's a pregnancy pulse, and morning sickness is normal. Just take a rest, and there's no need to prescribe medicine."
When they heard that it was a pregnant pulse, Mrs. Chen, Qin Fangniang and Zhou Ge didn't know how to be happy.
She is really pregnant!
Mrs. Chen wanted to put her hands together and pray, but then she thought of Sang Luo, so she helped Sang Luo over and sat down on the stool where Zhou Ge had just sat. "Doctor, please take a look at this child. She is also having morning sickness."
The old doctor was quite surprised. There were two pregnant women in this family?
But he still gestured to Sang Luo to stretch out her hand.
This time, he took a much longer time to feel the pulse. After pressing lightly and listening for a while, he applied a little more force with his fingers, took the pulse with his left hand, and signaled Sang Luo to use his right hand.
This made Shen Lie, who had already guessed it, and Shen Ning, who had just reacted to what Mrs. Chen said, so nervous that they held their breath and paid close attention to the expression on the old doctor's face.
After pressing with both hands for several times, the old doctor seemed to be finally sure, and said with a smile: "It looks like a pregnancy pulse, but the time is still short, so I'm not so sure. If you are worried, you can come back in ten days and let me check your pulse."
Chen Lie could no longer suppress his joy, and subconsciously took a step towards Sang Luo, but when he thought of the fishy smell on his hands, he quickly stepped back. He could not hide the joy on his face, and his smile was too bright, and even when he loosened and clenched his hands, he could not suppress the excitement in his heart.
Unable to get close to Sang Luo, he finally regained some of his rationality and asked the doctor if there was anything he should pay attention to and what he should eat.
The old doctor had been practicing medicine for decades and had seen couples like this many times. He smiled and gave them a few instructions, roughly asking them to avoid being bumped into and not to overwork themselves. He also said that the couple were in excellent health and asked their family not to worry too much.
After paying the medical fee and leaving the clinic, Chen Lie carefully stood in front of Sang Luo all the way, fearing that someone would bump into her. He also turned back to look at Sang Luo from time to time, smiling as foolishly as possible.
Seeing him like this, Mrs. Chen found it funny herself and said, "You and Dashan have always been good friends. Now it's great that you have become a father."
He added, "It's so good that Dashan is home now. I don't know how happy I am. He has been gone for more than 20 days, why hasn't he come back yet?"
Chen Lie could hear the worry in Granny Chen's words and said, "It's normal. Almost everyone in our area has come out. We have to go to other places this time. It's different from before when everyone knew us well and trusted us. It will take a lot of effort to persuade people to come out. It takes time to find people and persuade them to come out."
It is even possible to take people outside to take a look before the other party makes a decision. Didn't they also explore again and again before leaving the mountain?
Mrs. Chen nodded: "I think so too. Fortunately, the government still pays money monthly, otherwise it would be too time-consuming."
As he was talking, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. Chen Lie hurriedly protected Sang Luo and Zhou Ge. He turned around and saw three people riding horses. Fortunately, although the three people were riding horses, they were also paying attention to pedestrians. In addition, the roads in Shezhou City were wide enough, so nothing happened.
After the man rode past, Sang Luo asked Chen Lie, "Is that Governor Zeng?"
Chen Lie nodded. One of the two riders behind him was the long-time attendant he had seen before.
The governor's world was far away from them. Although Chen Lie was grateful, he didn't care about him even if he saw him on the road. He only cared about Sang Luo at the moment, so he said, "There are carriages and horses in the city, be careful not to bump into them, let's get out of the city first."
Sang Luo knew that the fetus would be unstable during early pregnancy, so she did not dare to be careless. She did not stay in the city for long and went to the city gate together.
When they arrived at the city gate, they found that the soldiers guarding the gate were distracted and were craning their necks to look outside the city. Those who were originally entering and leaving the city stopped moving and were all standing by the city gate looking at something.
This was very rare in the past. Sang Luo was curious and only found out the reason after she left the city gate.
In the distance on the official road there was a huge convoy that stretched as far as the eye could see.
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