The silly and sweet spring of crossing

After hearing what the doctor said, only four words remained in Qiu Baichen's mind.

I am pregnant!

He closed his eyes, suspecting that this was just a dream of his own, and he would return to normal when he woke up, but when he opened his eyes again, there was still a doctor above his head.

"Although the chances are lower, men can get pregnant too." The doctor originally wanted to ask him, where did the man who made him pregnant go, and how could he let a pregnant woman come to such a place.However, since he came here alone, there was a problem. Although the doctor had a fierce face, he didn't ask these heartbreaking words.

"Hmm..." Qiu Baichen hummed procrastinatingly, still a little dazed, the doctor saw him like this, so he didn't say anything, left him the medicine, told him how to decoct it, how many times a day, etc. and left.

The doctor left, and the room became dark. Qiu Baichen's mind was still full of those four words before, he was pregnant.

He touched his lower abdomen, as if it hadn't bulged yet, all of this was a bit illusory, but it was real.Qiu Baichen was not a person who would easily complain about himself, so after the initial surprise passed, he thought, if there was really a child in his stomach, it might be a good thing for him to give birth to him and accompany him.

He is not afraid of anything, but what he fears most is loneliness.

Qiu Baichen didn't dare to touch it too hard, but he still hugged his belly and fell asleep in a protective posture.

According to the doctor's order, Qiu Baichen stayed in bed for half a month, and every day Lu Ping came to cook, boil medicine for him, and light a fire for the house so that it wouldn't be too cold.Yanglin County, where Qiu Baichen lives now, is located in the south of the Yangtze River, very close to the sea. It is spring at this time, and it is humid and cold. Qiu Baichen is curled up in the bed, not wanting to take out his hands.

Qiu Baichen's body was lying stiff. He had sweated a lot before, and his body was sticky and uncomfortable.Fortunately, Lu Ping was careful, and boiled hot water for Qiu Baichen to scrub. A few days ago, Qiu Baichen couldn't move, so He Lin wiped it for him.Although the child's hands are not big, they are serious. When Qiu Baichen saw He Lin, he thought that it would be nice if his own child was as cute as him.

Later, the doctor said that Qiu Baichen could move slightly on the bed, so he did it by himself every day.However, He Lin still came over every day, usually with books and paper, to read and write.

"Little uncle." Since Qiu Baichen called her sister Lu Ping, He Lin called her uncle Qiu Baichen.Qiu Baichen's body is nineteen years old this year. In modern times, he is still at the age of puppy love in school, and he is already pregnant and lying on the bed.Lu Ping is not very old, she is 26 this year.

"What book did you read today, do you understand it?" Qiu Baichen said with a smile, he was very happy when He Lin came here, he could bear not talking for a while, but after a while he couldn't do it, so he had to ask him.

"I read "Shan Hai Jing" today, but I can't understand it." He Lin hasn't officially started school yet, and the books he reads on weekdays are all borrowed from his playmates. Books are very expensive, and Lu Ping can't afford them.

But "Shan Hai Jing" is indeed too complicated for a child. He read it carefully, but still couldn't understand it.

"Let me tell you." As a highly educated person, although Qiu Baichen can't write traditional Chinese characters, he can still read them. The era he lives in now is different from any era he knows, but the culture are common.

Qiu Baichen read the chapters he had read for He Lin, and then explained the meaning to him. He asked for a piece of paper from He Lin, took the carbon stick he asked He Lin to make, and drew on the paper for a while.

"That's how it looks." Qiu Baichen drew the monsters on the book of mountains and seas. He Lin was shocked when he saw it, but then he found it very interesting. He took the painting and looked at it again and again, unable to put it down.

In his previous life, Qiu Baichen made lamps with his grandfather and also learned to draw.His painting skills are not exquisite, he is usually a sketch, and he can quickly outline the things he draws with thin lines.

"Little uncle is really amazing." He Lin really admired Qiu Baichen.First, he can read and read a lot of books, and second, he just found out today that he draws beautifully, um, he is also very good-looking.

Qiu Baichen pretended to be reserved and didn't laugh too exaggeratedly, but he was actually very happy.

"You don't need to learn to draw like this if you want to study in the future. Everyone in the world usually draws more abstractly, and the abstract ones look good." Qiu Baichen said, and He Lin nodded half-understanding.

"Little uncle, my mother said that she wants to save money and send me to school in autumn." He Lin reread the part of the book that Qiu Baichen explained just now, and said to Qiu Baichen.

"Lin'er is so smart, she will definitely be the champion in the future, don't forget my little uncle." Qiu Baichen touched He Lin's head, He Lin smiled happily, as if he could really be the champion.

In this way, He Lin came every day and asked Qiu Baichen to teach him to read. Qiu Baichen became more and more familiar with the characters here, and sometimes he would write them.Half a month later, the doctor came again and told him that there was nothing wrong with his health and that the child is fine now, as long as he doesn't work too hard.

Qiu Baichen was finally pardoned. After the doctor left, he immediately put on his clothes and went to the ground. If he hadn't taken into account that he still had a baby in his stomach, he would probably have had a good time.

He is really a poor man now. I don’t know what Yuanshen thought. He bought such a big yard, but he was starved to death. I don’t know whether he wants to live or die, but it provides him with the capital to live and live. .

Now Qiu Baichen was wearing an ordinary cotton shirt, but he remembered that when he was looking for the cabinet before, apart from a few similar clothes, he also saw two satin clothes, and he knew they were good things at first touch.Silkworms are abundant around Yanglin County, but few commoners can afford silk. He has one here, which is very unusual.

But now was not the time to think about what was unusual, Qiu Baichen dug out the clothes, intending to pawn them off, first repaid the money that Lu Ping had paid for him, then bought some food and clothing, and then found some work to do.

He has been making lanterns with his grandfather in his previous life, from simple ones to extremely complicated ones. When the Lantern Festival was held in the city before, he and his grandfather made several giant lanterns for exhibition.However, in the second year, the Lantern Festival was canceled due to the waste of people and money.

Now Qiu Baichen is only in a small county town. He has inquired with Lu Ping before that there are lanterns here, but most people only use them for lighting, and the workmanship made by rich people is not so delicate and complicated.

There are two shops that make lanterns in the county. One is cheap, and ordinary people will buy it, and the workmanship is average;

Qiu Baichen can't afford to open a shop now, and the capital is not much, so he decided to make some exquisite and simple lanterns first, which are cheaper. He can make a lot of them quickly, and after a few months of making them, his stomach should be big, so he came back to raise them.

"Sister Ping, how much do you think my clothes can be pawned?" Qiu Baichen asked Lu Ping with one of the satin clothes. Lu Ping looked at the clothes in his hand for a long time.

"I've never seen such a fine brocade. When you buy it, don't say it costs hundreds of taels of silver." She does some embroidery work on weekdays and knows a little about silk, but she has never seen such a well-crafted dress.

"However, Yanglin County is just a small county town. It's not bad if the pawnshop can pawn you 20 taels of silver, and the interest is two cents." Lu Ping said, the life of the poor is not easy. It's the same, there is no exit, and the price of everything is lowered to death, and there is not much money in exchange.

"En." Qiu Baichen put away the clothes and wrapped them in a bag.If possible, he would naturally not want to pawn things, but the house still needs to be repaired, and he needs to buy some living things. He still has a child now, and he needs to eat some meat and fruit to supplement his nutrition. When the child is born, he needs to be breastfed. To buy a milk sheep.Counting it carefully, it would cost too much money, and he was no longer embarrassed to borrow it from Lu Ping. Lu Ping had to save the money he earned so hard every day to let He Lin go to the school in the county.

So it still has to be done.

Qiu Baichen asked Lu Ping about the general market price, cleaned up there, put on another silk dress, and went to the only pawn shop in the county.

"Let's see how much this is worth." The counter of the pawn shop was extremely high, and Qiu Baichen was not short, but he could only lift things up and put them on the counter.

The person behind the counter opened the cloth bag, a little surprised, the clothes that Qiu Baichen wore today, even the magistrates in the county town would not be able to wear them, he had never seen such fine silk and satin.However, he took a look at Qiu Baichen, seeing Qiu Baichen's red lips and white teeth, and his deceitful appearance, he felt that he should be an ignorant young master, so he deliberately lowered the price.

"Dead or alive?"

"Huodang, of course I want to redeem such a good thing, that is, to exchange some money for it now."

"The clothes are already old, I'll give you ten taels."

Qiu Baichen sneered in his heart.

"Do you think I don't know anything? The clothes cost at least a few hundred taels." Qiu Baichen said.

"It's worth a few hundred taels, you sell it for a few hundred taels."

"At least, at least 20 taels." Qiu Baichen said.

"15 taels, either pawn or leave." This is the only pawn shop in the county. It's usury.

"18 taels." Qiu Baichen asked for three taels more, and the pawnshop gave in.Qiu Baichen took 18 taels of silver and held it heavily in his hands.He put the silver away and walked home slowly on the road.

"I'm back." He walked into the alley and saw a man who lived diagonally across the door.

"Well, by the way, Brother Zhang, do you have something to do tomorrow, can you accompany me to the market to buy something?"