Chapter 255: Wanting to have a second child, and spring outing
“This water feels so good!”
Xiulan said as she gently moved the water.
The sun is very strong today and my body feels a bit hot. But I put my hands into the water and it feels cool and comfortable. It’s no longer as biting as in winter.
"Cold water~"
Xiaoxia also reached out to touch the water, then picked up a stone and threw it in.
Lin Heng set up the washing stones for Xiulan, and then took Xiaoxia to play on the river beach nearby. The beach was covered with tiny pebbles, which were very comfortable to step on.
"Xiongba, come here, I'll give you a bath!"
Lin Heng waved to Xiong Ba and called out.
“Woof woof!”
Xiongba didn't know whether he understood or not, and ran over stupidly.
"Jump into the water and swim around first." Lin Heng patted it.
Xiongba looked at the water and stood by it hesitating, as if he felt that the water was too cold at the moment.
"Go down!"
Lin Heng smiled and pushed from behind, and with a splash, Xiongba started swimming in the water.
“Woof woof~~”
Xiongba was cursing while doggy paddling.
"Xiongba can swim!" Xiaoxia clapped and cheered, thinking it was amazing that he could swim.
“Woof woof~”
After a while, Xiongba emerged from the water and bit Lin Heng's hand, looking very angry but not daring to bite.
"Give you a bath, dear!"
Lin Heng touched its head, wet its whole body, and then took some laundry detergent to rub its fur. While scratching, Xiongba gradually began to enjoy it. It was so comfortable to be tickled.
After scrubbing and washing his entire body three times, Lin Heng took off his shoes and took them into the water to scrub them.
"Dad, I want to give the dog a bath too~"
When Xiaoxia saw Lin Heng diving into the water, she wanted to follow him.
"Children are not allowed to enter the river, just watch there!" Lin Heng said loudly with a serious expression.
"Oh!" Xiaoxia saw Lin Heng's expression and squatted on the shore reluctantly, watching with a pout, looking very unhappy.
"Look how dirty you are!"
Lin Heng looked at Xiong Badao, and the water that came out when he rubbed it was all black.
“Woof woof!”
Xiongba barked twice in comfort, and his eyes seemed to say that it was not normal for a dog to be dirty. Did he expect me to wash myself? It took five or six minutes to finally wash it clean, and many loose hairs were washed off.
“It looks brand new!”
After washing, Lin Heng nodded with satisfaction. Xiongba's yellow hair used to look a little dark, but now it has turned into a bright brown, and the black hair is also shiny, without the greasy feeling before.
"Go shake off the water far away."
After washing, Lin Heng patted Xiongba's head and said, "It is solid, and its size has hardly shrunk after taking a bath."
“Woof woof!”
Xiongba ran to a distance and shook the water, and the water stopped flowing instantly. Then he found a black stone, jumped on it, and lay down to bask in the sun.
"Children are not allowed to go into the river, or they will be beaten."
Lin Heng looked at Xiaoxia and said it again. Then he carried her to sit next to Xiulan in the sun.
"Oh~"
Xiaoxia nodded reluctantly, picked up a small stone and started playing with it.
Lin Heng didn't want to move, so he just leaned against the rock and watched his wife wash clothes.
Xiulan took off her shoes and put them aside. She put her beautiful jade feet in the water on both sides of the washing stone and rubbed the clothes in her hands. When she looked up, the skin on her feet was white and smooth, and the blue veins were faintly visible.
"Your father is right, children are not allowed to go into the river."
Xiulan said as she was washing clothes. Both of them gave stern warnings which left a deep impression on Xiaoxia. She stayed where she was and dared not move.
After a while, Xiongba's hair dried and he ran to Lin Heng. The dog now felt much fresher to the touch and smelled like laundry.
Xiaoxia picked some small flowers and put them on Xiongba's head, and gradually started playing with it.
Lin Hengze went over to help Xiulan. After she finished scrubbing, he helped rinse and wring out the clothes.
There weren't many clothes, so they were all washed in a short while. Xiulan washed her hands and soaked her feet in the water, not wanting to get up.
"Do you want me to wash your feet?"
Lin Heng looked at the jade feet swaying in the water and asked with a smile.
"No way!"
Xiulan cautiously pulled her foot back. It would be too embarrassing if she was seen by so many people coming and going by the river.
Worried, she quickly put on her socks and shoes, patted Lin Heng and said, "Let's go, you can go home now, husband."
Lin Heng looked at her with dissatisfaction: "Don't people have this little bit of trust?"
Xiulan looked at him and compromised in a low voice: "Then I'll let you touch me when we get back to the house."
"Haha~ I don't need it."
Lin Heng pretended to be angry and stood up, then walked back carrying a basket of wet clothes.
Xiulan smiled and pulled her daughter to follow him.
Lin Heng took the clothes home, propped them up and hung them on the hanger. Then he took a bench to the wall to bask in the sun, hid his head in the shadow, and basked in the warm sun, feeling lazy and sleepy.
Xiaoxia went back to the room and started playing with her little frog, talking to herself.
Xiulan moved a stool over and sat next to Lin Heng, gradually putting her head on Lin Heng's legs.
"Asleep?"
Xiulan asked quietly, poking him.
Lin Heng didn't want to talk and patted her hands.
Xiulan looked at Lin Heng's face and suddenly said, "Hubby, let's start having a second child."
"ah?"
Lin Heng opened his eyes and looked at her, somewhat shocked.
Lin Heng looked at Xiulan on his lap and asked, "Are you serious?"
Xiulan looked up at him, playing with the corner of her clothes and nodded, "Of course I'm serious. I want to give you another son."
Lin Heng had actually thought about this problem, but he was worried that he didn't have time to take care of Xiulan, and he didn't have that much money now, so he wanted to wait until next year or the year after.
Xiulan glanced at Lin Heng, took his hand and said softly: "Mom asked me this question a few days ago. I thought about it myself and felt that it was quite appropriate recently."
After that, she patted Lin Heng on the shoulder and continued, "I have been recuperating for two years. My life is so good now. There will be no problem. You don't have to worry. I didn't have a meal of meat for ten days or half a month when I was pregnant with Xiaoxia. There will be no problem now."
Lin Heng looked at Xiulan lying on his lap. She felt a little shy when being stared at. She patted him with a slightly red face and asked, "What do you think?"
Lin Heng looked at her and said, "I'm afraid I'll be too busy with the fish pond business this year to spend time with you. I didn't take good care of you when I was pregnant with Xiaoxia, but I can't do that now."
Xiulan felt warm in her heart, and she took his hand and said with a smile: "I'm not a child, it's okay. When your belly gets bigger, just let mom come over to help look after it."
Then she pointed at Xiaoxia and said, "Besides, Xiaoxia doesn't have a playmate. If you don't give birth to a child soon, she will grow up and we won't be able to play together."
She had been thinking about this matter for a long time and had wanted to talk about it when they went for an outing tomorrow, but she couldn't help but say it now.
Lin Heng pinched her chin and said with a smile: "Then give birth tonight?"
He was also very unhappy every time he controlled his release outside or wore a condom. After Xiulan said this, he wanted to try the feeling of letting it all out even more.
Xiulan blushed and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum: "It's up to you~"
Lin Heng grinned happily and said, "Then I'll save it for now. Let's go to the city the day after tomorrow to do a pregnancy test, and then we can discuss how to have a baby."
"I don't want to talk to you anymore, it's so bad~"
Xiulan glanced at him, then got up and went back into the house. She was too shy to say such embarrassing things in broad daylight.
Lin Heng rested his hands on his head and looked at the sharp and towering peaks on the other side of the river outside the yard. He was in a very good mood. Since Xiulan wanted to give him a son, then let her give birth to him.
After basking in the sun for a while, Lin Heng took Xiaoxia into the house because the sun was too strong at noon.
Lin Heng did not go out in the afternoon. He took Xiongba for a walk in the woods on the back hill. He picked some garlic from the edge of the field and, if he was lucky, he even picked two handfuls of ferns.
In the evening, Caiyun and Tianyan came to Lin Heng's house hand in hand. Caiyun saw Xiulan and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Xiulan, let's go for an outing tomorrow."
Tian Yan nodded: "Yes, we both don't have classes tomorrow, and Lin Hai will be there too."
Xiulan was a little surprised and said, "Lin Heng and I have already agreed to go to Heihe for an outing tomorrow. Where are you going?"
"Ah, you guys have discussed it." Caiyun was stunned, then smiled and said, "That's fine, then add us."
Tian Yan also smiled and said, "It's also good to go to Heihe. It will be more lively with more people. Don't you think so, Lin Heng?"
Lin Heng spread his hands: "I'm fine with that. If I want to go, I'll have to leave early tomorrow morning."
"No problem, let's gather at 7:30." Caiyun said with a smile.
Xiulan nodded and agreed: "Then come over at 7:30, and then Lin Heng will drive us to the Black River to play together."
"Okay, I'll go back then." Tian Yan said and walked out, and Caiyun followed her back.
Lin Heng and Xiulan didn't try to persuade her to stay. In the evening, Xiulan made some pancakes and ate some herself, leaving some for an outing the next day.
After dinner, go to bed early to prepare for the next morning.
They got up at half past six. After exercising, Lin Heng went to milk the cows. Xiulan made some potato pancakes, a cold fern root noodle dish, and picked up some pickled bamboo shoots and Jerusalem artichokes.
Lin Heng heated up the milk, and the three of them ate some potato cakes and drank some milk, and prepared to eat the rest when they went for an outing by the river.
Xiulan packed all the food in plastic bags and put them in a bamboo basket, then took chopsticks and a picnic cloth.
Lin Heng took the 100-forged steel dagger and didn't even take the bow and arrow. This time he wasn't going to go to the place where he went fishing last time. There were many beautiful places down there, and the mountains on both sides were gentle, so he could look for mushrooms and Chinese toon, mainly for gathering.
“Boom boom boom!!”
As they got their things ready, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Heng opened the door and Lin Hai, Tian Yan and Caiyun were waiting outside.
Lin Hai smiled and said, "Brother Lin Heng, are we not late?"
"No, we are ready too, let's go."
Lin Heng nodded and turned to drive.
Lin Hai, Tian Yan and Caiyun also had food in their hands. When they saw Xiulan's basket, they put all the food in her basket.
“Let’s go!”
Lin Heng said something and drove to the road. Xiulan and Xiaoxia also walked out.
Originally, Lin Heng planned to bring Xiongba along, as he has the ability to find mushrooms, but now with so many people, he definitely couldn’t bring him along.
When they got to the road, Lin Heng arranged the seating arrangement: Xiulan sat behind him, Caiyun sat behind Xiulan, and Tianyan and Lin Hai squeezed into the sidecar to help hold Xiaoxia.
This way, there is just enough space to sit down.
"I'm leaving now."
After everyone was seated, Lin Heng said something, started the car and drove towards Heihe River.
In the bright spring, everyone wears thinner clothes. Lin Heng is hugged tightly by Xiulan, and the feeling is much better than in winter, as if he is getting a back massage.
As you get closer to Huangtan Town, the trees on both sides of the road become greener.
When we arrived near Huangtan Town, we looked up and saw green everywhere. Almost all the trees had grown leaves, and the riverside and fields were also all green, which was very different from Hongfeng Village.
Xiulan looked at the scenery on both sides of the river and was shocked: "It's really different from a foot up, it's so green down here!"
Tian Yan also nodded and said, "Yes, I don't think Hongfeng Mountain is much higher than Huangtan Town. The scenery is totally different."
Caiyun smiled and said, "I see people in town are drying toon buds, so I'm sure we can pick some today."
Lin Hai and Tian Yan were pressed tightly together, with their hands on each other's thighs. Lin Hai was so nervous that he managed to hold back a sentence: "It's really beautiful."
Caiyun chuckled: "Haha, Brother Lin Hai, you are really cultured."
Tian Yan pinched him silently and laughed secretly in her heart.
Lin Heng remained silent, enjoying the back massage in silence, looking at the green mountains, green waters, blue sky and white clouds, immersed in this green ocean full of life.
Xiulan's little hands were not quiet either. She hugged Lin Heng's waist and put her face against his back, and she was also quietly tickling his belly.
Blowing in the warm spring breeze, they soon arrived at Heihe Town. The trees here were more lush than those in Huangtan Town, and the leaves of the poplars were as big as Xiaoxia's palms.
There were also many people picking toon buds and wild vegetables on both sides of the road. When they saw Lin Heng and his friends, their eyes were filled with curiosity and envy.
Lin Heng looked ahead and said, "Xiu Lan, pay attention to the Chinese toon trees on the roadside. Let's go to a place where they have not been broken down."
"Okay, I know."
Xiulan nodded and looked at the roadside.
Walking up along Heihe Town, the small toon trees on the roadside all showed signs of having been broken, and the ferns had obviously been visited.
After walking nearly eight kilometers, Xiulan suddenly said, "There are Chinese toons, and no one has ever broken them."
Caiyun also nodded and said, "No one should come here, no one even picks the Chinese toon."
"Okay, I'll find a good place to stop."
Lin Heng nodded and continued driving forward.
After walking for about three minutes, a beautiful river valley appeared in everyone's eyes.
In the center of the valley lies a sparkling black river, with large stretches of river beaches on both sides, all of which are now covered with tender green grass, dotted with yellow, purple and red flowers.
The tall willow trees hang down countless slender willow branches that sway in the wind. On the other side of the river, the fields are filled with golden rapeseed flowers and large areas of emerald green wheat.
There are no houses on this side of the river. There are gentle slopes and jungles on the inside of the road. Just a few glances and you can find many toon trees and prickly ash shoots.
"It's beautiful here, let's play here!" Xiulan said.
Tian Yan also nodded repeatedly: "This place is perfect, it's absolutely beautiful."
Caiyun also smiled and said, "I want to make a wreath with willow branches. Stop the car, brother."
"Ah, it's so beautiful." Lin Hai sighed again.
(End of this chapter)
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