Chapter 231 Back
Maybe she was distracted, or maybe the porridge and pickled vegetables were really effective. At 11 p.m., Chen Lie cooked a small bowl of porridge. Although Sang Luo still felt uncomfortable, she forced herself to eat half a bowl.
Shen Lie was truly relieved.
The worries were relieved, and the joy of becoming a father began to well up. When he went to bed at night, Chen Lie still had an unreal feeling of being in a dream. He placed his hands on Sang Luo's abdomen, but his hands were careful and light, not daring to use any strength.
Sang Luo felt sleepy and fell asleep in Shen Lie's arms. However, Chen Lie was so happy that he couldn't sleep for half the night. Thinking of what Sang Luo said about soy milk being good for health, he got up carefully and soaked some more beans.
The next morning, I got up early to grind the beans and cook soy milk. I also ordered tofu pudding and tofu. I saved the tofu for dinner, and Sang Luo could choose between the soy milk and tofu pudding.
Shen Ning was better at cooking, so she cooked some bean porridge and made some rice cakes.
Yes, just a few bucks.
My eldest sister-in-law is pregnant and can't eat much, so she has to eat finer food. We are short of fine food now, so naturally we should give it to my eldest sister-in-law. I was afraid that Sangluo couldn't eat it, so I only made a few pieces to try.
Sang Luo had a good night's sleep. When she woke up, breakfast was already ready. Chen Lie brought the portion that she was going to give her to her room. Sang Luo waved her hand and said, "It's not that serious. Just leave it in the kitchen. I'll come over to eat after I wash up."
It was certainly not comfortable to wash up. When she entered the kitchen, she saw that soy milk, tofu pudding and rice cakes were prepared for her. The tofu pudding was also served with some side dishes made of scallion, ginger and pickled vegetables, which were served in a separate dish and placed aside.
"Try it first. If you don't like it, we can try something sweet. I'll give you some jujube candy."
Sang Luo nodded, her stomach churning. She thought about it, and when she went to the table, she first went to the cupboard, opened the cupboard and took out a piece of sour jujube cake from the pottery jar.
Fortunately, I didn’t feel nauseous after looking at this thing, and my mouth was actually watering.
She took a piece and returned to the table, taking a bite of salty tofu pudding and a small bite of sour jujube cake. This strange combination actually suppressed the morning sickness a little.
Chen Lie watched her take a few bites, his eyes lit up slightly: "Is this sour jujube cake effective?"
Sang Luo nodded: "I saw that I could eat pickled cabbage last night, so I just thought of this today."
This was originally a snack she made, but she doesn't eat it often, so I didn't even think about having it at home yesterday.
Shen Ning saw that the sour jujube cake was useful, and there was some regret in his words: "I should have made more."
They used to live in the mountains, and no family had a yard. They were afraid of losing the recipe, so last fall they only quietly hung a small jar on a tree to dry, which was not much.
Sang Luo smiled: "It should be enough. It won't always be like this. The doctor said it will be fine after a while."
For breakfast, she had a small bowl of tofu pudding, a piece of rice cake, and a piece of jujube cake. This was a big improvement compared to yesterday. Chen Lie was really happy to see this. He was a little eager to kill a chicken for Sang Luo to nourish her body, but he remembered that he killed a fish yesterday and the fishy smell made her suffer all night, so he suppressed the idea and thought about giving her the chicken to nourish her body after this period.
Chen An went to wash the dishes. Sang Luo asked Chen Lie where the Chen family's bowls were yesterday. She packed a dozen pieces of sour jujube cakes and prepared to send them to Zhou Ge. Just as she was about to leave, Chen Lie's feet also moved subconsciously.
Sang Luo glanced at him, and Chen Lie stopped walking. He knew he was too nervous, so he cleared his throat to ease the embarrassment: "You go ahead, don't go to the edge of the field. I'll go check out your drawings and take Xiao An to dig the pits for transplanting the fruit trees."
Sang Luo selected a few acres of land to plant fruit trees and raise chickens. There was a distance between it and the sheep farm. Zhao Da and Zhao Si could be assigned to build the chicken coop and rabbit house, but there was nowhere to buy fruit tree seedlings at the moment, so Shen Lie and Shen An had to go into the mountains to look for them.
Sang Luo laughed, and seeing that Shen An and Shen Ning were not there, she pulled Shen Lie's hand and said, "Don't be too nervous, just do what you need to do, I will take care of everything myself."
As new parents, both of them are actually very cautious.
Before he finished speaking, Shen An's voice with some surprise came from outside: "Brother Wenqing, Uncle Gan, you are back?"
Then came the voice of Xu Wenqing calling his master and mistress.
"Master, look what we brought back!"
Shen An's voice was a little anxious: "Brother Wenqing, wait, don't send this meat in."
When Shen Lie and Sang Luo walked out of the kitchen, they saw Xu Wenqing and Gan Erlang. Xu Wenqing was carrying a musk deer on his back, and Shen An was hurriedly holding him back.
Xu Wenqing thought that Chen An was afraid that blood would drip on the ground. Even though he had caught the deer yesterday, the fact that blood was not dripping was also a sign of cooperation. He put the deer on the table next to him.
Sang Luo stopped walking and asked Xu Wenqing and Gan Erlang at the kitchen door: "Did you come back this morning? Have you had breakfast?"
Gan Erlang nodded and said, "We just arrived. Don't worry, Master's wife. We just came here to send the deer and wish you and Master a happy new year. We will go home soon."
Xu Wenqing also said that there was breakfast at home, and he smiled and wished Chen Lie and Sang Luo a happy new year, saying, "We hunted these musk deer yesterday morning. There were several of them. This one is a new year gift from the few of us to our master and mistress."
Chen Lie invited them to sit inside. Sang Luo also put the bowl in her hand back into the cupboard and prepared to pour water. In the end, the two of them refused to stay. Gan Erlang smiled and said, "Master's wife, please don't be in a hurry. We have been in the mountains for more than 20 days. We are almost rotten. We will not go into the house and go home first."
Chen Lie followed them out and after asking around, he found out that only Zhou Sanlang, Gan Erlang, Feng Dalang and Xu Wenqing had returned first. Chen Dashan and Shi Dalang were still outside the city gate, helping the people they had brought out to discuss the settlement matters with the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, and they would be back a little later.
Shen Lie raised his eyebrows: "Why, you brought a lot of people out?"
Xu Wenqing waved his hand, "There are only about forty people, but they are from Qiyang County. Master, you might recognize them."
Chen Lie looked at Xu Wenqing and Gan Erlang. Three people came back. Feng Dalang should have gone to see Feng Liuniang. This means that Zhou Zhoulang was the only one who didn't come. His eyes moved: "Have you found the Zhou family's relatives?"
Gan Erlang laughed and said, "I told you it couldn't be hidden."
He said to Shen Lie, "We ran into Chang Jian's maternal grandfather this time. They are all queuing outside the city gate waiting to be registered. However, his maternal grandmother, aunt and several younger children came to our village with Chang Jian first. They walked for twelve days on the road. It was quite a hard journey."
"This is a happy event." Thinking of the twenty-five or twenty-six days that Chen Dashan had been gone, Shen Lie asked Xu Wenqing, "Why did you take so long this time?"
Zhou Changjian’s grandfather may not trust others, but he would at least trust his own grandson, right?
Xu Wenqing paused and said, "We originally wanted to help the people in the village find their relatives, so we went to the mountains in Qiyang County. In addition to the area where we hid originally, we went a little further to the other side. It took us eleven days to find them. After we found them, we found that the Lin family was hiding in a relatively secluded mountain. Changjian's maternal grandfather was willing to come out, but other people in their family disagreed, so they were delayed for three days. In the end, Changjian's maternal grandfather and his great-grandfather came out with us first, and the other members of the family are still waiting for news in the mountains."
What Xu Wenqing didn't say was that it took the tribe members over there several days of negotiation to agree to stay in the mountains and wait for news. They were very wary of them in the beginning. If Zhou Changjian hadn't gone with them this time, and they had several notices from the government in their hands, and if there happened to be someone who could read, it would have been difficult to convince them.
Before Uncle Zhou Changjian came out, those young men were not prepared.
In the final analysis, the easy profit from the more than 180 acres of mountain land in front was actually all due to the care that the village outside the village had given to the neighboring mountain people in those years. Another very important point was the reputation of Sangluo. These are the cornerstones of trust.
But when I thought about the five taels of silver each and six and a half acres of mountain land I gained from this trip, I felt that it was all worth the trouble.
Xu Wenqing didn't elaborate, but Chen Lie actually guessed a little bit. He smiled and didn't comment. He just asked Xu Wenqing: "Have you told Grandma Chen?"
Xu Wenqing nodded: "I told you, I see grandma is already busy preparing breakfast, I'm afraid she's even boiling the bath water now."
At this point, he said, "No more talking. Master, don't send me off. Eat or sell the meat as soon as possible. Fortunately, it's cold, so it's still fresh. Senior Brother Gan and I are leaving."
This kid has a gangster vibe to him, so I won't call him Second Uncle Gan, because it's not as nice as calling him Senior Brother Gan.
Chen Lie was amused and waved at the two of them: "Okay, I'll send it here. Thank you for the New Year's gift."
After returning home, I told Sang Luo about the Zhou family. Sang Luo said, "The Lin family will regret not coming out this time. How many good places are there outside Shezhou? Don't all the people who came back last night need to be resettled? Some are returning to their hometowns, and there must be many who are willing to stay near the city."
Chen Lie said: "Da Shan should stay there to help the Lin family deal with things."
After all, they are Zhou Cunzheng's parents-in-law. They are familiar with the household clerks under Chu Qichuang, and they can help to say a few words. If the Lin family is smart enough and can make some arrangements, they should be able to get a good position.
As for the other members of the Lin family, Chen Dashan and his men could get money and land by running into the mountains, so they would definitely go again. But when they come out, there might not be any good land. This has nothing to do with them. It is just luck and their own choice.
Chen Lie ignored him and asked Sang Luo, "What should we do with the musk deer outside?"
Secretly, he wanted to save all the good stuff for Sang Luo, but Sang Luo shook her head: "Don't look at me, I don't want to eat meat at all now. Cut a hind leg and send it to the governor's mansion. This time it's not wild boar meat, which is just right. Sell the rest. There are many places to spend money this year."
Chen Lie thought about how Sang Luo was planning to open a shop with the Chen family this year, and they were also going to build a yard at home. Of course, it was definitely more than just a yard now. Sang Luo was pregnant, so the house had to be built earlier. Indeed, money was everywhere.
"Okay, I'll go out now."
Shen Lie called Shen An, and they went out carrying the deer, a knife, and a rope for carrying meat. Sang Luo took the bowl of sour jujube cake to Chen's house. Of course, Shen Ning followed. The little girl was no better than her elder brother. Now she saw her elder sister-in-law walking and wished she could support her.
Fortunately, he knew his limits and remembered what Mrs. Chen had said not to let others know. He was nervous inside but did not show it on his face. He just walked shoulder to shoulder with her and did not really help her. He just took the bowl of sour jujube cake and carried it himself.
Sang Luo found it funny and wanted to say that there was no need to do this, but she felt that it would only be a few days, and everything would be fine after everyone in the family got used to it.
Thinking that there was a child in her belly, she was in a good mood. As she walked along, she wondered if the baby was a boy or a girl? Would it look more like Chen Lie or her?
After thinking about it, I just felt that it was good no matter what.
She grew up in an orphanage in her previous life and never knew until her death whether she had any relatives in that world. Now, she only needs to wait another eight or nine months for a child who is related to her by blood to be born. This feeling is actually very wonderful for Sang Luo, and her heart is full of joy and anticipation.
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