After becoming a big farmer

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, there was a light snowfall in Xinzhou. Qi hoped to hold Zhou Shu to prevent her from going out. The two set up a stove in the piano room, and while eating hot pot, they sat inside and watched the snow fall silently, wrapping the forest. Be clean.

Qi Wangwang specifically asked the kitchen to make some pork balls according to her request, and when the soup in the pot was boiling hot, she put the meatballs down, and Zhou Shu saw the meatballs floating up after a while.

"Pork can still be eaten like this?" Zhou Shu was slightly surprised.

"Hmm, lady, try it quickly, be careful it's hot..."

If it wasn't for the imperial court's ban on eating beef, she would also like to get some beef to cook.But although there is no beef, she asked the cook to make brain flower and pig red, etc., and then paired with chili, sesame and other sauces, the taste of this hot pot is almost the same as that of later generations.

Zhou Shu said maliciously, "You feed me."

Qi Wangwang shook his hands, and the meatballs rolled into Zhou Shu's bowl. Fortunately, there was no hot oil in the bowl, otherwise they would have spilled out.

Seeing that she was really startled, Zhou Shu giggled.

Qi Wangwang glanced at her resentfully, picked up the meatball again, and said, "Lady, let me feed you!"

After finishing speaking, he opened his mouth and bit half of it, and moved it closer to Zhou Shu.

After Zhou Shu understood what she meant, his cheeks blushed a little. They hadn't tried this kind of thing before!She wasn't going to be shy, so she opened her mouth slightly and bit the remaining half of the meatball. Qi Wangwang loosened his teeth and at the same time, took the opportunity to kiss her lips, which aroused her reproachful eyes, and only then felt that she had won the round. .

"How does it taste?" Qi Wangwang looked at her with a smile on his face.

Zhou Shu chewed and tasted carefully, her sense of taste had already been spoiled by her own tea and Qi Wangwang's pork, now that the meatballs taste delicious, she won't be as surprised as others.

"Shiro's taste is naturally good." Zhou Shu said with a smile after swallowing the meatball.

Qi Wangwang licked his lips and kissed him again.Zhou Shu smiled and pushed her away, "I'm eating, don't make trouble!"

"Who asked the lady to tease me!"

Zhou Shu smiled: "After some teasing, my appetite will get better!"

"The lady should eat more." Qi Wangwang brought her food again.

There was no sound of snowflakes outside the house, and a hot pot meal inside the house made the two of them warm.

The winter night fell quickly, and the meal was finished according to the usual meal time, and the sky was already dark.Qi Wangwang was worried that the snow would become heavier at night, so he went to the Vitality Garden to take a look first.

After the cold weather, many animals in the forest also hibernate one after another, but the spirit deer, who often come to the Vitality Garden to grab food from the horses, has come to spend the winter in the stable of the Vitality Garden.

Qi Wangwang didn't want to raise them, and if he didn't raise them well, the government asked her to sell the deer if he couldn't find the deer during the sacrifice.

Zhou Shu once even laughed at her: "You can kill the piglets you raised with your own hands, but why can't you sell the deer you raise?"

Qi Wangwang sighed: "It's all their fault that they have been calling Linglu for too long. I have been brainwashed into thinking that deer have spirituality and cannot be killed."

"If they are really spiritual, then you just let them run back to the woods."

So she built a shed for the deer. The mother and deer really know how to find a place to live. They eat and sleep every day, and play with the mules when they wake up.

It's snowing today, and there are no horses, sheep, donkeys, mules and other domestic animals on the pasture.Qi Wangwang went to see the condition of the pig house first, and then went to the stable to check whether the newly purchased horses could adapt to the new environment.

In addition to raising a few more horses, she also bought a few sheep to raise.

As the two mules grew stronger, someone asked her to rent mules to work.She wanted to grow stronger, but she didn't agree for the time being.

Seeing that the livestock were fine, she was about to go back and hug Zhou Shu for warmth, when she suddenly remembered that Linglu's shed seemed to be quiet.

Carrying the lantern, she was a little surprised that Linglu was not inside.

She asked the steward of the Vitality Garden: "Has the spirit deer gone?"

The steward also looked dazed, not knowing when they came or when they left.

Qi Wangwang didn't mean to blame him, everyone was used to them using this place as their foothold, they came whenever they wanted, and they didn't say hello to anyone when they left.

Suddenly, there seemed to be the sound of a baby crying in the woods, Qi Wangwang was so frightened that goosebumps came out, she hurriedly rushed behind the steward and Lin Jing: "What's the sound, why is it so strange!"

Lin Jing listened carefully and said, "Mr. Silang, this is the cry of a baby."

"I also know it's a baby's cry, but it's said in the Tales of Stranger Things that some ghosts will imitate a baby's cry to attract people's attention, and then..." Qi Wangwang wished he could run back to find Zhou Shu right now.

Lin Jing knew that Qi Wangwang was afraid, so he bravely went to investigate, but before he had gone far, he saw a package hanging on the antlers of the big deer in the spirit deer, and the cry of the baby seemed to come from there.

"Mr. Silang, it is Linglu who has returned!" The steward also hurriedly shouted.

Qi hoped to suppress the fear in his heart, and stretched his head to take a look, but it was too dark to see clearly.It wasn't until Lin Jing went over to take off the package and brought it in front of her that she realized that there was a baby in the cloth bag.

The baby's face was about the size of Qi Wangwang's slap. The face was dirty, and the lanugo was stuck to the scalp. It looked like it had just been born.

The swaddling cloth is coarse cotton, which is a bit old, and it can be seen that the family where the child was born is not rich.And the child's outside is just an extra layer of cloth, other than that, there are no more clothes to keep out the cold.

The baby opened his throat to cry, but the voice became weaker and weaker. Qi Wangwang was startled again and asked, "Where did the baby come from?"

"Sent by Linglu." Lin Jing said.

Qi hoped to look at Linglu, and the other party seemed to know what they were talking about, and looked at her, then turned and went back to the shed.

Qi Wangwang: "..."

"What should I do about Mr. Silang?" Lin Jing asked.

Qi Wangwang groaned for a moment, seeing that the child was wrapped so thinly in the ice and snow, even if he didn't starve to death, he would die from the cold, so he said: "Send it back to the lady first, and then go to the doctor."

After a pause, he said again, "Go to the village to see if there are any families who have just given birth and borrow some milk."

Lin Jing followed her orders and ran back to the villa, and Qi Wangwang ordered the steward of the Vigorous Garden: "Look at the direction the spirit deer came back from, it was brought out from the forest, but it cannot be ruled out that someone in the village gave birth to a child and abandoned it in the wilderness. So you take some people to the village to find out which family has given birth to a child, but the child has disappeared. If there is no result, send people into the forest tomorrow morning to check the situation."

"Understood Shiro-kun."

After explaining, Qi Wangwang thought for a while, went to Linglu's shed, fed them some grass, and said, "You really sent a child here in the name of 'Send Zi Linglu'?"

Linglu ignored her.

Qi Wangwang patted her head, thinking that she was really stupid to talk to the deer. With this time, she might as well go back and find out about the child.

Back in Biezhuang, Zhou Shu obviously knew that Linglu had sent a baby. She asked someone to prepare warm water for the baby to wash, and asked Zhu Zhu to bring Zhou Anan's old swaddle to the baby first. .

The servants in the house became busy because of this sudden incident, even Mrs. Zhu was alarmed and ran out to ask about the situation.

"I've sent people to the village to find out if this child is from the village." Qi Wangwang said.

Grandma Zhu sighed: "If it's a newborn baby girl, I'm afraid it was intentionally abandoned."

Abandoned babies are not uncommon in Chuting Township, and there are even worse infanticides. It's just that those families usually throw baby girls into buckets and drown them, and the neighbors don't know about it, so it's not widely spread.The abandoned babies were abandoned on the side of the road, or adopted by the Salesian Bureau and others, and the lucky ones survived.

Zhou Shu came out with the baby wrapped in thick swaddling clothes after taking a bath, and when he heard Madam Zhu's words, he said, "This is indeed a baby girl."

Qi Wangwang had a solid idea, but he was afraid that it was a misunderstanding.

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Lin Po, who was called by Lin Jing to go to the village to borrow milk, came back soon.There were several families in the village who had just given birth and were unwilling to borrow milk at first. When she said it was borrowed from the Qi family, the villagers in the village asked their mother to milk some milk and brought it back to her without further ado.

After the milk warmed up, it was brought to the baby who was suffering and out of breath. It was just that although Qi Wangwang and Zhou Shu had experience in holding Zhou An'an, they had no experience in breastfeeding.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhu has experience and took over this matter.

After the baby finished drinking the milk, the doctor from the village also rushed over. He had a troubled face on his face: "The child is too young, and his pulse is different from that of an adult. It is difficult to handle."

Qi Wangwang said, "Just say that you don't understand neonatology."

The doctor was so depressed by her words, but he couldn't argue with her, and finally left because babies are not suitable for taking medicine, and he didn't have anything to do here.

The baby hiccupped after drinking the milk, and then Qi Wangwang picked her up and patted her on the back gently.This was mentioned last time when she listened to the second sister-in-law and Chen Jianjiao talking about parenting at home, so she wanted to try it.

As a result, the child really didn't hiccup after a while, but fell into a dream with steady breathing.Her breathing was a bit weak, and Qi Wangwang almost thought she was out of breath, so he observed for a long time in fright, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that her chest was still recovering.

The child is asleep, and the second watch is here, Qi Wangwang asked Zhou Shu: "My lady, what should I do?"

Zhou Shu didn't worry about this matter: "We should wait until we find out about her background before making any plans! If she is intentionally abandoned by the villagers, she can either be sent back to her home or sent to the Salesian Bureau."

Zhou Shu has no intention of raising children for others.

"What about tonight?"

Zhou Shu thought for a while, called Zhu Zhu over, and handed the child to her: "Zhu Zhu, you have reached the age of marriage, you should learn how to take care of children first!"

Zhu Zhu: "..."

She had seen Zhou An'an get angry before, and she felt that if she really wanted to take care of this child for one night, she might feel like getting married in the future.

It's a pity that the little lady's order could not be disobeyed, she decided to pull a back, and went to find Lin Po with the child in her arms.

"It's resolved." Zhou Shu said.

Qi Wangwang stretched his muscles and bones, and his smile became ambiguous: "My lady, how about taking a bath together tonight?"

"When Shiro was holding the baby outside, I had already washed it."

"It's not like I gave birth to the child, so my wife is still jealous?"

Zhou Shu pinched her face: "If you gave birth, I wouldn't be so jealous!"

Qi Wangwang took the opportunity to grab her hand, and said with a smile: "What does it matter if the lady has bathed? Come with me to wash again, and I will rub the lady's back!"

Zhou Shu thought of the soft touch on his back.Recalling that she once walked outside with the scar on the back of her neck for a day, she didn't know it until Zhu Zhu secretly reminded her. She was so angry that she hurriedly bought several books and came back to study.

Now that Qi is expected to deliver the opportunity before her, how can she miss it?