Chapter 127
Although everything was packed up, it didn't mean they could just move out. Shen Jin was pregnant and the mountain road was difficult to walk on, so everything had to be prepared. Even the residence in the town had to be rearranged, which all took time. In addition, Jia Si also brought a doctor up, who carefully examined Shen Jin and made sure that Shen Jin's body could withstand the bumps on the mountain road. Only then did An Yi feel completely relieved.
The doctor stroked his beard and said hesitantly, "Madam, I'm afraid you are pregnant with twins."
"What?" Shen Jin looked at the doctor with her eyes wide open. She had lost a lot of weight, which made her almond-shaped eyes look even more beautiful. She subconsciously protected her stomach with her hands.
The doctor nodded and said, "When Madam was in town, I was not able to detect it because it was still early in the pregnancy. But this time I can confirm it."
"Then why is your belly still so small?" Shen Jin asked worriedly. It's about the same size as when she was pregnant with Dongdong. If it's two children, shouldn't it be bigger?
An Yi was also nervous. Although she had some medical skills, she was not as good as a real doctor. She took good care of Shen Jin on a normal basis and could also feel a slippery pulse, but she could not feel the pulse of the twins.
It actually took the doctor a long time to confirm that although there were two children, one of them was probably too weak. "Let's wait for Madam to come down the mountain and let my wife give Madam a thorough examination." After all, there are differences between men and women, and the doctor couldn't keep staring at Shen Jin's belly.
Shen Jin bit her lip and asked, "Doctor, are there any...any problems with the children?"
The doctor simply said, "It would be better to wait until we get to town and let my wife examine Madam thoroughly."
Shen Jin pursed his lips and asked, "Will the mountain road have any impact?"
"I will explain everything to Yue Wen." After all, there will still be some impact, but it is not appropriate for Shen Jin to stay in the village like this. He will then ask a specialized doctor to take a look. After all, he is more specialized in external injuries.
"I understand." Shen Jin said nothing more and lowered his eyes slightly to look at his belly.
After the doctor went to find Yue Wen and explained everything in detail, he examined the child and prescribed some medicine. After resting in the village for a night, he was sent down the mountain by Jia Si. He had been in the town for many years. After returning, he intentionally or unintentionally told others about his life experience that he had discussed with Shen Jin.
Because the doctor had to explain Shen Jin's big belly and didn't want people to say her husband was dead, the doctor said that Shen Jin was divorced by her husband because she had not been pregnant for many years. But after she returned to her parents' home, she found out that she was pregnant. Shen Jin didn't want her child to be taken away from her, so she came to live with her relatives.
This was the first time Shen Jin had seen this child in all these days. Although his fever had subsided, no one let him get close to Shen Jin. After all, they didn't know if the child's illness was completely cured. It would be bad for Shen Jin if the disease spread. And he seemed to be afraid of being driven out, so he stayed in the house and seldom came out.
An Yi specially boiled some hot water for the child to take a hot bath. Jia Si also bought him new clothes from the town. After he changed his clothes, he was taken to see Shen Jin.
In fact, this child, apart from being a little darker and thinner, has very beautiful eyes. The fate between people is very special. Since saving the child, this is the first time Shen Jin has seen this child, but he likes him very much. He waved his hand to let the child come over and said, "It would be better if he was fatter."
An Ning smiled when she heard this and said, "Just take care of it a little longer and it will be fine."
Shen Jin nodded, asked the child to sit down, and handed him the red date cake, asking him to hold the plate and eat slowly. Then he said, "We are going to the town below in the next few days. I am afraid we will not come back. Do you want to come with us?"
The child looked at Shen Jin, very quiet. Shen Jin saw that the child was only four or five years old at most, but when he handed him the red date cake just now, he could see that there were many calluses and wounds on his hands. "If you want, come with us. Otherwise, we will leave some things for you and you can live in this yard."
"I'll go with you." The child said. After a few days of rest, his voice had improved a lot, with a bit of the clarity unique to children.
Shen Jin held her belly and looked at the child with gentle eyes, and asked, "By the way, what's your name?" Jia Si and Yue Wen were both careless, and they never asked the child's name. They just called him "baby". An Ning and Anyi had to take care of Shen Jin personally, so they didn't go to the child too often. After all, if the child was sick, they didn't care, but Shen Jin couldn't.
If Chu Xiuming saw Shen Jin now, he would definitely feel distressed. Not only has Shen Jin's hair become much more dry and yellow, but he has also lost a lot of weight. Moreover, after knowing that they are twins, Shen Jin has become more careful.
"Wang Qiang." The child said, "Madam, please give me another name."
Shen Jin also knew about the life this child led in the village. Even when his adoptive father was alive, his life was not easy. After all, he was not his biological son and had no blood relationship with him. The man would not care about him, and the mother was not qualified at all. The man married her because she was beautiful.
"Okay." Shen Jin gently stroked her belly and thought carefully. It was not appropriate to let the child take her surname, because Shen was the royal surname, and Chu? It was not appropriate either. Shen Jin was a little embarrassed. After thinking for a while, she said, "Since Yue Wen saved you, you should take the surname Yue, Yue Qingyun."
"Yue Qingyun..." The boy read the name and said, "Okay, I will be called Yue Qingyun from now on."
Shen Jin smiled and said, "An Ning, call Yue Wen in."
"Yes." After An Ning agreed, she called Yue Wen in.
Shen Jin looked at Yue Wen and said, "Because you saved this child, I'll just let the child take your surname."
Yue Wen nodded and said, "Okay."
Shen Jin said, "Then Yue Wen, you should accompany him back to his original residence to pack up his things."
Yue Qingyun quickly said, "I can go by myself."
"Let Yue Wen go with you, it's safer." Shen Jin said softly, because Jia Si and An Yi directly called those children out and asked the truth. Those people couldn't do anything to Shen Jin and them, but they couldn't guarantee whether they would make things difficult for this child, as well as the family whose child died. That's why Shen Jin let Yue Wen accompany him, which was also a way to protect him.
Yue Qingyun was not an ungrateful person, so he nodded, lowered his head and stopped talking.
Shen Jin noticed that the child was uncomfortable, so she asked Yue Wen to take the person away first. After everything was arranged, Shen Jin continued to make small clothes. At first, she only made clothes for one child, but now that she knew they were twins, she naturally had to make another set.
An Ning stayed in the house to accompany Shen Jin, while An Yi went outside to clean up the chickens and rabbits. They had eaten a lot of them during this period, and they couldn't take all the leftovers away. They had asked Jia Si to take the rabbits to the town and raise them in the doctor's home first. After they were settled, they would take the rabbits back. It was not that they were reluctant to part with these rabbits, but they were raising them to amuse Shen Jin. All the chickens that should be killed were killed, and they were eaten in various ways.
By the time Shen Jin and the others were ready and heading to the town, it was almost New Year's Day. Since it was going to snow in a few days, they did not delay any longer. Yue Qingyun went with them. Originally, they were supposed to ride in the donkey cart as well, but the kid was stubborn and insisted on going with An Ning and the others. In the end, Yue Wen forced him to get on the donkey cart and sit with Shen Jin, and only then did he behave himself.
Because the donkey cart was small, there was no room left after Shen Jin and Yue Qingyun sat in it. The donkey would not be able to pull more people, so An Yi and the others followed, and Yue Wen led the donkey.
They set out before dawn. Since An Yi had no martial arts skills, they rested several times on the way and barely reached the town before sunset. The yard that Jia Si rented in the town was very close to the doctor's home and was well tidy. When they arrived, not only were the meals prepared, but hot water was also boiled. It was all done by the doctor's wife, a woman in her forties, not very pretty, wearing a cotton coat, but when she smiled she made people feel very kind and comfortable.
Shen Jin and the others made up her origin, so they just called her Aunt Qian. Shen Jin reluctantly ate some porridge, greeted Aunt Qian, and then rested. Even if Shen Jin didn't have to walk, she was tired from sitting in the donkey cart for so long that her back and waist ached, and her legs were swollen.
Chu Xiuming and Zhao Duan had already set out with their men. To avoid being seen, they all dispersed and walked away. Jiayi was the one who followed Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming suddenly asked while riding on his horse, "What's available to eat in the village?"
Jiayi lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Although the village is a little poor, it is next to the forest. Yue Wen and his friends often go there to hunt some game, and also..." Chu Xiuming didn't need to explain it too clearly. Jiayi knew what Chu Xiuming was asking. In fact, he had said these things more than once since he came to the border town. "Madam prefers to eat the roast chicken made by An Ning, which is coated with honey and then slowly roasted with firewood..."
Chu Xiuming listened very carefully, not feeling bored at all, but feeling a little pain in his heart. There were no exquisite pastries or sweet fruits that Shen Jin liked. Shen Jin preferred beef and mutton from the border town, but these were hard to get there. Moreover, Shen Jin liked fish but would not spit out fish bones. When she was in the Prince Rui's Mansion, Shen Jin rarely ate fish because of this. Even Madam Chen thought that her daughter did not like fish.
Jiayi talked a lot, sometimes he said whatever he thought of. In fact, Jiayi couldn't serve Shen Jin personally, so he only knew so much. He didn't know how many times he had repeated it in such a long time, so he spoke fluently and could say it without even distracting himself.
"General, why don't we go see the madam first?" Jiayi was not a talkative person and what he said was always dry. After he finished telling Shen Jin that she liked a candied fruit shop in the town, he spoke.
Chu Xiuming's eyes flickered when he heard that. He was still worried, so he nodded and said, "Okay." He would give the meat jerky made by Madam Zhao to his young lady first. He thought that the young lady would also want to eat it.
Shen Jin woke up the next morning because he was hungry. Under the leadership of Aunt Qian, Anyi had already greeted the neighbors around, and each family was given cakes prepared by Aunt Qian. Yue Wen and Jia Si went to the street to buy things. An Ning stayed by Shen Jin's side. When she saw Shen Jin wake up, she went to fetch water and helped Shen Jin wash up. Yue Qingyun was also a sensible child. He got up early and cleaned the yard. Finally, Yue Wen took him out together.
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