Chapter 071: Fresh Vegetables
Lin Xia looked at Lei Biao's back when he went out, his heart was warm, and he suddenly remembered what his mother had told her.
If he runs all over the city for what you want to eat, endure all the patience when you lose your temper, protect the adult when you encounter danger when giving birth, don't dislike your sloppy appearance during confinement, and are willing to share the care of the child for you after giving birth, it shows that this person really loves you.
At this moment, Lin Xia knew that Lei Biao really loved her.
Soon, Lei Biao came in with a food box, which contained two large bowls of steaming beef noodles, one of which was not poached eggs, and a large plate of thinly sliced sauced beef.
Lin Xia smelled the aroma, hurriedly climbed down from the bed, went straight to the table, picked up the chopsticks and started eating, sucking the double fragrance of the food, until he was full of food, Lin Xia put down the chopsticks.
Lei Biao saw that she was full, so he poured the remaining half bowl of noodles from her bowl into his bowl and ate them all, while Lin Xia ate the sauced beef without a bite.
"Is it delicious?"
Since Lin Xia became pregnant, Lei Biao, like Lin Xia, has never been in the kitchen to cook, because if Lei Biao is close to Lin Xia with the smell of oil smoke, she can't help but vomit, so Lei Biao and Lin Xia's three meals a day, afternoon tea, and supper are all handed over to Aunt Fu and Cuiyu, even if there is anything you want to eat, it is to guide the practice of cooking.
I haven't cooked for a long time, and Lei Biao is not so confident in his craft, although his skills are very ordinary.
"It's delicious, I haven't eaten my husband's food for a long time."
"Tell me when you're hungry, I'll make it for you." Lei Biao said, obviously he was very satisfied with Lin Xia's answer.
When Lin Xia heard this, his eyebrows opened and he smiled, his clear eyes flashed with excitement, "Okay, husband, don't break your promise." ”
The corners of Lei Biao's lips raised a slight smile, "Well, my husband promises you." ”
Lin Xia lowered his head and touched his stomach and whispered, "Baby, you see how good Daddy is to his mother." ”
As if in response to what Lin Xia said, the baby in her belly actually moved.
Lin Xia, who had never 'moved', screamed in surprise, and said with excitement on his face: "The baby kicked me just now, and he also agrees with what I said!" ”
Lin Xia gently touched her stomach and muttered, "After the baby is born, you must honor your father and mother." ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw Lin Xia smile and say, "Ah, the baby kicked me again." ”
It was the first time Lei Biao encountered such a novel situation, and he didn't eat the beef noodles, put down his chopsticks and sat on the chair next to Lin Xia, and gently put his big hand on the lower part of his little belly, "Baby? ”
It was as if the child in the womb felt his father's voice, and kicked it very face-giving in response.
Lei Biao felt the faint fetal movement under your hand, and the feeling in his heart really can't be described in words, this feeling is both fresh and makes him feel very accomplished, after all, this is his and Lin Xia's child.
Lin Xia said gently: "Doesn't it feel amazing?" This is our child, the crystallization of love. ”
The gentle smile in Lei Biao's eyes became more and more intense, "Well, this is our child, our crystallization." ”
Saying that, Lei Biao took Lin Xia in his arms, and the child in his belly quieted down, seeing that Lin Xia had already begun to yawn, he said softly: "Sleepy, I'll take you to bed to rest." ”
Lei Biao gently picked up Lin Xia, then put her body down and covered her with the quilt, Lin Xia had already closed her eyes and sank into a dream.
Lei Biao smiled helplessly, cleaned up the remaining beef noodles and sauced beef, cleaned up all the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, and didn't have time to wash, hurried back to the room, and saw that Lin Xia was a little unstable in his sleep, groping for something with one hand beside him, Lei Biao knew that this was her sleeping habit, and quickly took off his coat and lay down beside her.
Feeling the person beside him, Lin Xia dispersed his frowning brows, and his breathing stabilized.
The days passed quickly, approaching the New Year, the atmosphere of this New Year gradually became stronger, it stands to reason that the hostess should command the subordinates to decorate the mansion, buy the New Year, prepare the New Year's gift, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, new clothes and other cumbersome things, but these things Lin Xia is not worried at all, hiding in the bed all day, walking around most of the house, not even going out of the door, those miscellaneous things are all handed over to Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu to work, feel at ease to be a shopkeeper.
Seeing Agarwood and Cuiyu coming in with lunch boxes, Lin Xia slowly came out of the bed, but saw that most of the meat on the table was eaten, and there was no trace of vegetables, so he was a little disgusted, "It's all meat, I want to eat cabbage." ”
Cuiyu knew that Lin Xia liked to eat vegetables, and hurriedly said: "Madam, this winter is too cold, there is no way to grow vegetables in the field, some of the vegetables purchased by Yalinju are sent to the store, but they are still limited, there are not many, and most of the big families are meat." ”
Lin Xia frowned slightly, "Growing vegetables in winter? Isn't it just a matter of pulling a greenhouse? ”
Agarwood and Jade glanced at each other and asked, "What is a greenhouse?" ”
Lin Xia forgot that this is ancient times, and the modern gradual development of agriculture is relatively perfect, and it is still relatively backward in this ancient period, which can be seen from the use of artificial ice chiseling to take ice and store ice in winter.
This almost exposed herself, Lin Xia was a little embarrassed, cleared her throat a little, and explained to them: "It is to make a frame with bamboo, and then cover it with an oilcloth, build a canopy, and cover all the vegetable fields, so that you can travel a greenhouse space, and you can grow vegetables in winter." ”
Agarwood's eyes flashed, "How did Madame know this?" ”
If successful, this greenhouse vegetable will definitely make a big step forward in the development of agriculture here, and Agarwood can't believe that this will be a method that a village woman can come up with.
"I read it from an old book." Lin Xia threw the pot on the ancient book as usual.
Agarwood's face changed slightly, and he didn't say anything more.
Lin Xia didn't care about the changes in agarwood, and waved his hand casually, "I'll call Lei Xin later, won't he go to the store to collect the account book soon, let him help me hand over the method of greenhouse vegetables to Liu'er, and let Liu'er change all the vegetable yards in Yalinju to me into greenhouse vegetables, what can this person do if he doesn't eat some food." ”
After eating, Lin Xia drew the framework of the greenhouse, and explained how to get vegetables in the greenhouse, Lei Xin is also a quick brain, just say it once to understand, Lin Xia asked him to go to Yalinju to explain the method to Liu'er again, let her implement it.
After Lin Xia had eaten a full meal, he walked around the room to eliminate his food, ordered someone to boil hot water and take a hot bath, and after everything was cleaned up, Lin Xia lay lazily on the bed, seeing that Lei Biao had not come back, he was inevitably a little worried.
As her consciousness faded away, she felt a familiar person lying beside her, and her restless heart calmed down.
The days passed, before the New Year, the greenhouse vegetables in Yalinju were ripe, Lin Xia specially ordered people to water them with pure spiritual water, fortunately, they were all green, and there was no difference between the vegetables that grew in summer, which made everyone in Yalinju very happy, even Lei Biao was very unexpected, seeing that the cart of fresh vegetables was transported back to the house, and the table of vegetables was fresh.
Lin Xia didn't eat alone, the out-of-season vegetables grown by Yalin Ju are a rare thing, except for some of them for the supply of Yalin Curie and Lei Mansion, some of them are used as gifts, and the rest are sold directly by leisurely Accord.
But Lin Xia never expected that these fresh vegetables would be sold at sky-high prices, this is the birthplace of famous students in Mocheng, and it is also a prosperous and wealthy place, and there are many dignitaries and nobles, when he learned that the leisurely Accord sold fresh vegetables, it only took one day, and all these vegetables were sold out, making a net profit of 3,700 taels of silver.
After this was sold out, there were still many people who heard that the leisurely Accord sold fresh vegetables, and they came from the neighboring state capital to buy them, but unfortunately they were all bought out.
Because of this fresh vegetable, Yalin has reached a level in the hearts of many dignitaries, which is unexpected by Lin Xia.
Lei Biao was not surprised, but said lightly: "This fresh vegetable is rare in winter, and no one has ever seen a vegetable that can be grown in winter, this price is not high, if it is placed in the capital, it is estimated that it can be sold better." ”
Lin Xia shook his head slightly and sighed, secretly sighing that this ancient person is really pitiful, it is not easy to eat a vegetable in winter.
There are still three days before the New Year, Lei Biao is in charge, so that all the people in Yalin House have a big holiday in advance, because the fresh vegetables sell well, in addition to the considerable year-end bonus, Lin Xia gave everyone a red envelope of six taels of silver, so that everyone can have a rich New Year, and those who want to go home to visit relatives follow Li Yunfei's escort team back, and all those who don't go home will come to Lei Mansion in Jimo City to celebrate the New Year together.
In the past few days, Lei Mansion has been in the market, many dignitaries and nobles who have received vegetables, and some wealthy businessmen who want to make friends with Yalinju and buy vegetables have given New Year's gifts, as well as Li Yunfei, who broke off the relationship with his family, and wanted to celebrate the New Year together in Lei Mansion after giving gifts very shamelessly, Lei Biao didn't care, Lin Xia looked at Cuiyu's face, and both of them agreed directly.
In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, after eating the lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Lei Biao and Lin Xia let everyone move on their own and do whatever they wanted. As for Lei Biao and Lin Xia, they put on a cloak, neither of them brought any of them, and the two went out together affectionately.
The night of Chinese New Year's Eve is particularly lively, completely different from the modern New Year, full of New Year's flavor, every household is hung with red lanterns, and the streets and alleys are full of a celebratory joy.
The shops on the street are not closed, but the business is very hot, and everyone is crowded everywhere.
Some large families specially invited people to play lions and dance dragon lanterns at the door, which was not lively; There are also troupes on stilts, swaggering through the streets, and going door to door to worship the New Year.
Lin Xia has never fallen from the smile on his face since he went out, pestering Lei Biao to buy her lanterns to play with, and buy her sugar gourds to eat, and after a while, Lei Biao was already carrying a few bags of small snacks in his hands, protecting Lin Xia for people to touch, and protecting Lin Xia's snacks for people to be broken carefully.