Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Zixuan sent Jinghan to the old woman's house, which coincidentally happened to be the house where Zixuan and Jinghan lived. "Stay well in this room. If you feel tired, just lie down for a while. You are a twin now, so you must be careful. We will go back to the county early tomorrow morning. I have to hire a doctor quickly. Let me take a good look at it," Zixuan said, holding Jinghan's hand.

"Okay, I have nothing to do. You go back quickly, everyone is still waiting for you. As long as this lady is with me, it will be fine." Jinghan smiled and asked Zixuan to go back quickly.

"Mr. Magistrate, you can rest assured. My wife is here with me. I will cook her some millet porridge later. It will be thick. My wife likes it." The old woman looked at the young couple with a smile. Children, said quickly.

Zixuan then let go of Jinghan's hand, "Then you have to be more careful. I will drink less tonight and come back to be with you early." After saying that, Zixuan turned around and walked away.

Jinghan couldn't help but laugh when she saw him like that.

The old woman also went out to cook for Jinghan. Jinghan was half lying on the kang, stroking her belly with her hand, full of joy. "Baby, haha, I have a baby. Baby, mother will protect you well. When you are born, mother will take you out to play." Jinghan muttered.

The old woman was quick with her hands and feet, and the meal was ready in a short time. The thick millet porridge exudes the fresh aroma of rice, and the pickles mixed with some sesame oil are quite refreshing. "Madam, you have just become pregnant, so don't eat too greasy food for the time being, or you may feel nauseous if you can't eat it. Wait for three months, and then take a good supplement. Just order some porridge and side dishes to appetize."

Jinghan took the porridge and took a sip, "Well, the rice porridge smells so good." She also added a shredded pickle, which was a bit sour. She thought the old woman put vinegar in it, so it tasted very appetizing. There was nothing left in my stomach after vomiting just now, but now I felt hungry due to the porridge and side dishes. Jinghan drank a bowl of porridge and said, "Auntie, have another bowl."

"Okay, I'll serve it to you again. If you want to eat this, it's easy. We have plenty of millet." The old woman served Jinghan another bowl.

After drinking two bowls of thick millet porridge and eating some pickles, Jinghan felt much better in her stomach. "Thank you, ma'am. This porridge is so delicious."

"That's right, the millet here is very fragrant, but you didn't notice, it's yellow in color. Alas, we have a lot of good stuff here, but we can't get money for it. Now it's better, Now, Lord Magistrate, we have hope for our future," the old woman said as she packed up all her things. "I'm warming the porridge on the stove. If Madam is hungry and wants to eat, just tell me."

"Hey, okay. Auntie, you'd better go and eat. Because of me, you couldn't even eat well." Jinghan felt a little embarrassed to let such an old person serve her.

"Okay, then you take a rest and sleep whenever you want. When I was just pregnant with the child, I was very sleepy." The old woman looked at Jinghan lovingly, and quickly took out the quilt.

Jinghan took the bedding and laid it out by herself. The old woman then went out.

Zixuan and the others didn't come back until very late after drinking. By the time Zixuan entered the room, Jinghan had already slept soundly. Zixuan quietly got on the bed, took off his clothes, got into the bed and hugged Jinghan.

"I'm back." Jinghan mumbled as she fell asleep in a familiar embrace.

"Well, did I disturb you? I'm sorry." Zixuan patted Jinghan's back, "Go to sleep, things are almost done, we will go back tomorrow."

"It's okay, I just slept all day." Jinghan was a little awake now. I was too busy just now and didn't have time to share the joy of pregnancy with my lover, so now I pulled Zixuan to talk. "Ms. sir, we have a child, haha, that's great."

Zixuan smiled. When he heard those women talking at noon, he was even more excited than Jinghan. After settling down this afternoon, my mood has calmed down. At this moment, I am only filled with joy. "Yeah, I'm going to be a father, and Jinghan is going to be a mother. You have to be careful in the future and don't just run around. You don't know, when you were jumping around on the ice this afternoon, I had How worried." Zixuan couldn't help complaining.

Jinghan was a little strange, "I didn't even know I was pregnant. How did you know that? Are you still worried about me?"

"You little white-eyed wolf, you have no conscience. When did I stop worrying about you? It was at noon when you were sleeping, a few women outside said that you might be pregnant. Where else could I go? It's a shame that you still follow me Third uncle has learned medical skills, but he doesn't even know he has one." Zixuan hugged Jinghan and touched Jinghan's belly with his big hands. "If that lady hadn't noticed this, wouldn't you have known about it?"

"What's wrong with studying medicine? I've never had a child. Besides, I'm so busy these days. How can I think of all this?" Jinghan didn't care about that and said directly.

"Okay, okay, madam, please don't be angry, I'm just saying. Now that you have a child, you can't be as busy as before. This is our first child, so you have to be careful. It happens to be the Chinese New Year too. , it’s cold, we won’t go out anymore. I regret it, I shouldn’t have brought you out this time, what if something happens?” Zixuan hugged Jinghan, feeling a little scared.

Jinghan laughed heartily, "Silly, don't I run around everywhere on weekdays? It's okay, I'm strong. Okay, go to sleep, we have to go back tomorrow. We should also prepare some for home. It’s a New Year’s gift. It’s just a pity that we can’t go back for the New Year like this.” At this point, Jinghan became a little frustrated.

"It's really not suitable for you to be like this. It seems that I have no choice but not to go back. I'm sorry that you can't go home during the New Year." Zixuan kissed Jinghan's forehead and said apologetically.

"It's okay, isn't it the same for you? How can a married girl go home to celebrate the New Year? Just think that I am married to my husband's family far away." Jinghan has a broad mind and can think of the best in everything.

The two chatted for a while and then fell asleep.

The next day, the Sun brothers led the people in the village, as well as several subordinates from Zixuan's yamen, to sell fish. Of course, the village cart was used. The fish didn't unload the cart yesterday. They just hitched it to the cart in the morning and drove away. This night, the fish were all frozen solid and could be stored for a long time.

Zixuan and the others were also preparing to return to the county. The village chief sent a carriage and brought a lot of things to Zixuan. Zixuan refused, and then the village chief became unhappy.

"They are all produced in our village, and there is nothing expensive. You just want the expensive ones, but we don't have them yet. The fish we caught yesterday, as well as the millet produced here, pickled salted duck eggs and other things, sir. Wouldn't it be okay to take it back and give it to the people in the house?" the village chief said very seriously.

Zixuan couldn't refuse anymore, so he asked someone to follow them with their things. The group left Moon Pao Village.

There was ice and snow on the road, so we could have used a horse sledge. But in Jinghan's current situation, how could she dare to sit on a sledge? Of course, it's still a horse-drawn carriage, so it goes slower.

Zixuan and Jinghan were sitting in a carriage. Zixuan hugged Jinghan and put a hand stove in Jinghan's hand. He also covered himself with a quilt to prevent Jinghan from catching a cold. In this way, I didn't return to the county until Weishichu.

Ruyu and the others ran out as soon as they saw Jinghan coming back, "Madam, you're back. If anything happens in the future, you'd better take the slaves with you, otherwise the slaves will be too worried at home and won't be able to sleep." Ruyu Jade supported Jinghan and muttered.

"Take good care of Madam and rest, and prepare some food. It should be light and no fishy food, do you hear me?" There was something else going on at Zixuan Yamen, so of course I had to go and check it out first, so I told Ruyu and the others to take good care of Jinghan.

Someone from behind unloaded everything and sent it to the warehouse. Zixuan planned to distribute those fish to the people in the yamen. Anyway, Jinghan can't smell the fishy smell now, so she should keep less at home. She must let the servants at home taste this winter fish.

Jinghan had a bumpy journey and her appetite was not very good, so she went back to the house and went to sleep. Although Ruyu and the others were a little strange, they did not dare to disturb her. They quietly prepared the meal and waited for Jinghan to wake up.

The days of New Year's Eve passed quickly. On the twenty-sixth of the winter lunar month, Zixuan sent people to deliver New Year's gifts to the capital and Songjiang River. In addition to the clothes for each person mentioned before, there were also a lot of fish given to the capital. Of course, there was a fish hunt in Yueyuepao Village later, and Zixuan sent people to bring them back. They all picked the big ones and prepared three carriages.

Among the portions given to the emperor, there were also fish, including a large one, which weighed about thirty-five kilograms, which was bigger than the one Zixuan and the others had the first time. Zixuan was afraid that these things would not be delivered to the emperor, so he wrote a letter and asked Mingyu to send them to him.

In addition to fish, there are about a dozen sheep, as well as some deer, yellow sheep, etc., all sent by people from nearby villages. Zixuan selected the good ones and sent them to the capital.

Yueliangpao Village later caught fish three more times, each time producing about 70,000 to 80,000 kilograms of fish. The Sun brothers were so capable that they just sold them all. At this time, a total of more than 300,000 catties of fish were sold, and the price was not just ten coins, but ranging from thirteen to twenty coins. It is rare to encounter fish in the winter in the north. Except for places near the seaside, there are no fish at all. This time, the villagers were extremely happy. Each household received ten taels of silver for the New Year. This was a good thing that had never happened before.

The Sun brothers sent people to take away the wine, and the wine sold even better. A pound of wine actually cost more than two hundred cents. From Jinghan's winery, the first batch of 20,000 kilograms of wine was sold out, and it was all wiped out. After some calculation, these alone have covered the cost and labor of building the winery.