Chapter 219 218. Could it be that my husband is allergic to his own husband?
After Little Ginger’s birthday, it was autumn harvest in a blink of an eye. Then the school had final exams and winter vacation, and a heavy snowfall heralded the arrival of the twelfth lunar month.
Qingmi County is particularly lively and festive this winter.
Goods traveling from east to north, rare and precious treasures, and merchants from Nanyin and Haiti all gathered in the streets and alleys of the port in Qingmi County, forming a dazzling array of sights.
Lei Li and his family went to the port to buy New Year's goods. Little Jiang held his grandmother's hand, looking left and right with his big black eyes, and felt that everything was new and beautiful.
Lei Li's belly is already seven months old.
Even wearing a rabbit fur hat and a thick fox fur cloak, one can still see his round and bulging belly.
Zhou Yi supported Lei Li's back with one hand and protected his belly with the other hand to prevent anyone from bumping into him and causing miscarriage. He also tried not to walk in crowded places.
However, Lei Li felt that Zhou Yi was a little too concerned.
He had just had his pulse checked by a doctor yesterday, who said his pulse was steady and strong, his complexion was healthy, and his pregnancy was incredibly strong. Zhou Yi, on the other hand, looked a little lethargic and worried, so the doctor told him to rest and relax.
But Zhou Yi may be born to be a hard-working person.
He heard what the doctor said, but not a word he heard entered his ears.
Lei Li looked at Zhou Yi's expression, his lips tightly pursed, his eyes slightly gloomy, just like a black-faced god. Not to mention someone bumping into him, Zhou Yi's tall and strong figure, who was known to keep strangers away, scared others away.
Fortunately, the little brother in the belly was very well behaved and did not cause his father any suffering or worry.
Lei Li had almost no morning sickness and was not very picky about food. He could eat both fish and meat, and loved sour, sweet and salty food. Because Lei Li went out for a walk every day and exercised properly, and Zhou Yi also gave him massages, there was no swelling on his legs.
Even though he was occasionally bad-tempered and capricious, the whole family would go along with him and give him almost everything he wanted.
Even when he suddenly wanted to eat toast in the middle of the night, Zhou Yi kneaded the dough and started a fire for him without saying a word.
After baking the bread, he didn't want to eat anymore, and suddenly said he wanted to eat grilled fish, but there was no fish at home. Lei Li felt unhappy and threw a tantrum, so Zhou Yi coaxed him patiently and went out to catch fish.
But when Zhou Yi brought the fish back, Lei Li had already fallen asleep in bed. He took a few bites of each piece of bread on the table, like a squirrel stealing sweet potatoes.
Zhou Yi was not angry either.
After putting the fish away and eating the bread left by Lei Li, he hugged Lei Li and continued to sleep.
Sometimes Liu Ye'er and Lei Dashan both thought Lei Li was noisy. Lei Li also felt guilty occasionally, thinking that it was unreasonable for him to stay up late at night to look at the moon, and then get angry and hit people when he couldn't see the moon.
Zhou Yi also coaxed him in a gentle tone, and the next day he made him a moon-shaped lantern, which made Lei Li a little disgusted, but he was coaxed into smiling.
——Because the lantern is indeed a bit ugly.
But if Zhou Yi bought an exquisite item from the street, Lei Li might think he was perfunctory and become unhappy and dislike it.
Because of all the trouble he was going through, Lei Li sometimes worried about Zhou Yi's mental state, fearing that he might suffer from what he called pregnancy-related depression.
However, Zhou Yi felt okay about himself and didn't think Lei Li was too troublesome - Lei Li had been troublesome before. As long as Lei Li could give birth to the child safely, he would be thankful and everything would be fine.
In a crowded place like the port, Zhou Yi, who is a steady person, actually doesn't want Lei Li to come. He can just let him buy whatever New Year's goods he wants.
But since he was feeling bad about being a pregnant husband at home, he could only go along with Lei Li and take care of himself. If Lei Li spent too much money and regretted it later, he could also be his punching bag.
I don’t know if it’s because Lei Li was too poor in his early years and was too frugal, which led to his rebound now, or if he was subtly influenced by Zhou Yi and went too far, but Lei Li is now spending money more and more lavishly.
I want to buy everything I see.
This one looks good, so buy it; that one seems useful, so buy it; I already have this one at home and it makes a perfect pair, so buy it; I haven’t bought that one yet, so buy it too.
Little Jiang took another look at a pair of colorful pottery figurines, and Lei Li waved his hand and bought them, which shocked Little Jiang, and the little guy hurriedly stopped his father.
My family already has a row of these colorful little pottery figurines, and if I buy more I can form a whole class!
Lei Li felt a little sorry.
This pair of small pottery figurines are playing the flute and the long Xiao. The ones in the house are either playing the piano or the pipa, or dancing or painting. There are no these two types.
“…”
Zhou Yi glanced at the pair of graceful painted pottery, which looked exactly like the row of beautiful ladies at home. He sighed in his heart and gestured to the servant behind him to buy them.
It’s not expensive anyway, so let’s just form a class.
Lei Li then smiled and gently held Zhou Yi's hand. If there weren't so many people around, Zhou Yi would be shy and he would even want to kiss his husband.
Zhou Yi had foresight when he went out.
He brought out several strong servants, who were now holding large and small bags in their arms and hands, all of which were things bought by the Lei family, especially Lei Li.
If the two-story house he bought in the county town was not big enough to accommodate his second child, Lei Li would have wanted to buy another house, a more beautiful one with exquisite carved beams and painted rafters, preferably with pavilions, waterside terraces, flower beds and curved corridors.
There are such houses in Qingmi County.
It's just smaller, and the area it occupies is not as large as this two-story house, so naturally it's not as spacious as here. There are more places that need repair and maintenance, more servants, and stricter and more complete rules.
The Lei family members didn't like having too many outsiders in the house, nor were they used to being served all the time. It was not Zhou Yi and Lei Li's original intention to let the little Jiang live in a place with too many rules and too clear hierarchy.
The house is too small and too exquisite, and not suitable for the dogs at home to play.
At the beginning, the Lei family had only two dogs, Heisha and Baisha. Later, Lei Jingsheng lived alone in the Lei family in the village and raised two more dogs. The adult dog gave birth to puppies, and some were given away and some were kept, so the family became a big dog family.
Originally, Lei Li wanted to raise a cat, but seeing that there are so many dogs at home, wouldn’t it be a mess if there were a few more cats?
I didn’t raise it.
Fortunately, I didn't raise it.
Xiao Shengjiang is allergic to leeks and eggs, and is also slightly allergic to cat hair. He discovered this when he went to Liu Xiaocao's house to touch the cat and started crying and coughing while doing so.
Lei Li was still muttering at the time, "Some people get sick when they touch a cat. Could it be that some people also get sick when they touch other people?"
“…”
After hearing this, Zhou Yi couldn't help but think of the novel his aunt's cousin had read before. The male protagonist in the novel seemed to be allergic to women, but not to the female protagonist.
Although he didn't know if anyone was allergic to other people, he knew that some dogs were allergic to dog hair, including the hair on their own bodies...
The concept of allergy.
Sometimes it’s not good to let Lei Li know.
Because Lei Li wanted to touch Zhou Yi, when he tried to get him on the bed, Zhou Yi refused. Lei Li raised his eyebrows and glared at him with a half-smile, saying teasingly,
"My husband is allergic to people too? Or is he just allergic to his own husband?"
Zhou Yi was left speechless.
Unable to argue with him, she reluctantly gave in to Lei Li's sucking, leaving her with red and purple marks that were particularly noticeable on her jade-white skin.
Lei Li had something to say, "So some people are really allergic to others. Look, I have rashes all over my body, and my husband has rashes too..."
"Why don't we just fight fire with fire tonight?"
“…”
Zhou Yi won’t suck the marks as much next time.
Lei Li, her hair wet at her temples, lay on his chest, glancing at him lazily and jokingly saying, "I think fighting poison with poison works, right? Come again tomorrow night and I'll see if this allergy can be cured..."
“…”
Zhou Yi's ears burned and he pursed his lips.
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After buying New Year’s goods, the New Year is coming soon. This year’s New Year is also particularly lively.
This is the second year of the new emperor's reign.
The second year of Hongwu.
The world is at peace, the borders are secure, and the people live in peace. Compared to last year's turbulent times, it is now a scene of peace, prosperity, and prosperity.
Last year, after a major construction project initiated by Xu Xingzhe, Wanjia School was built in all towns and villages in Qingmi County. However, the education was not as rich and varied as that in Sanlihe Village, as it only taught literacy and simple arithmetic.
So the tuition is very low.
The teachers in the school did not need to have any official titles, as long as they could read and do arithmetic. With the magistrate's influence, it was quite easy to recruit them.
Not many people in Qingmi County are literate, and even fewer have the means and money to go to school. Most of them have elders at home, such as grandfathers, fathers or mothers, who know what they can teach their children and grandchildren.
There is a school where one can learn to read and write. Even if one cannot reach the level of taking the imperial examination, being an accountant or writing letters or copying books for others in the future is better than carrying large bags of wood at the port. Therefore, there are many students in Wanjia School.
certainly.
Because of the general environment, most of the students in the school are men, and there are almost no boys or girls.
The textbook used by Wanjia School is "Reading" in Zhou Yi's picture book set. Because the tuition is low and it is a popular education, the textbooks are much simpler than those used in Sanlihe Village School, but the textbook fees are also low.
One copy costs only ten cents.
A book in a bookstore in the county town usually costs one or several taels of silver, so ordinary people are naturally happy to pay this money to send their children to school.
The enlightenment picture books in Lei Jingsheng's shop sold quite well because of Xu Xingzhe's recommendation. Other bookstores did not dare to directly pirate them for the sake of the county magistrate's face, so they followed suit and produced similar picture books.
The original version is sold cheaply, so the copycat versions are naturally cheaper as well.
For a time, people in the county town were proud to have a few picture books at home to teach their children about elementary things, and the towns and villages liked to follow the trend of the county town. If the people in the city had them, the people in the towns and villages would also buy them.
In this way, the reading culture in Qingmi County developed.
As the top leader and promoter, the magistrate Xu Xingzhe did not encounter the obstacle Cheng Yaojin this time and was successfully promoted to the provincial capital. He set off before winter and took his family to Xiling by boat.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi were worried that the new magistrate would be difficult to get along with, but upon seeing the newcomer—
It turned out to be Meng Yao, the third brother of the Meng family!
Meng Yao passed the imperial examination and became a Juren. However, due to the war and the death of the previous emperor, the autumn examination was postponed. This spring, the new emperor opened a special examination, and Meng Yao was ranked second in the Jinshi class, bringing honor to his family.
Meng Yao went to Qingmi County to serve as the magistrate.
Qingmi County is a wealthy and large county. The fact that Meng Yao could come here as his first stop as an official shows that he is highly valued by the new emperor and the status of the Meng family should not be underestimated.
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