Chapter 206 Second Pregnancy Examination
In the next few days, the construction progress of the farm slowed down a lot. After all, wooden buildings and bamboo buildings are not like brick and tile houses, where you can directly do a lot of work. The place still needs to be careful.
Chen Ling couldn't help with this. His job these days was to dig and plant trees with Wang Lixian and Qin Rongxian, his father and his son.
Because the orchard has to make room for the farm, and several tree-lined paths need to be built in the orchard, many fruit trees have to be cut down.
But that’s okay.
When Chen Ling first planted saplings, he left a relatively large distance between the fruit trees.
After plowing it down, just find open space for transplanting.
Trees transplanted in late autumn and early winter have a high survival rate, not to mention Chen Ling’s Cave Spiritual Water is not a decoration.
You certainly don’t have to worry about the fruit trees dying.
In the past few days, as they worked more and more, Qin Rongxian and Liang Yuemin gradually became more and more comfortable in their work.
The father and son helped Chen Ling plan the trees, and they did not forget to give Chen Ling some advice. They said that after the general framework of the farm was built, he should have time to plant two bamboo groves inside and outside the farm and build a small pavilion.
In summer, there is no need for fans or electric fans to cool you down. You can just hide in the bamboo forest and enjoy the coolness, play chess in the pavilion, and drink a few glasses of juice on the ice. It's a pleasure.
When Chen Ling heard this, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised it. It can be said that this suggestion is quite in line with his wishes.
Because he also wants to lead two streams from Liangmian Mountain to surround the farm, and then pour them into the lotus pond as running water. Under such circumstances, it is absolutely best to plant two bamboo forests to complement each other. .
After he told the two of them this idea.
The father and son became more and more excited as they listened, as if they were already immersed in the scene.
Liang Yuemin even waved his arms and chanted with joy: "...here there are high mountains, lush forests and bamboos, and clear and rapid rapids, which are reflected on the left and right, making them look like flowing water. They are the second best... This is such a good idea, it can be said to live up to the beautiful scenery.”
Good guys, it’s time to memorize the "Preface to the Lanting Collection".
Next to him, Wang Lixian covered his cheek, his teeth aching for a while.
What's wrong with reading poetry all the time? !
Are all the people in the capital so Western-style?
After many days of getting along, he and Liang Yuemin got to know each other quite well. This man was approachable and didn't have the arrogance of a rich man. He would always say a few sour words that the farmers couldn't understand.
It gives me goosebumps.
Chen Ling has long been accustomed to his eldest brother's youthful illness, so he doesn't feel any discomfort at all.
On the contrary, he laughed and echoed a few words: "Wang Xizhi said that although there is no orchestral music with silk and bamboo, one drink and one chant are enough to express the secrets of love... They don't have much silk and bamboo, but there are many in our village. When the time comes, I’ll lend you a few pieces from Brother Yue Min so you can play the flute and pipa here, and you’ll definitely have a good time.”
These words reached Liang Yuemin's heart, and he immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, okay."
The two men were carrying shovels, wearing rubber shoes, their trouser legs were full of mud, and their mouths were full of dirt. Get excited about talking.
Wang Lixian’s brows jumped immediately after hearing this.
I thought, it’s over, it’s over, Fugui’s kid has also learned bad things from the people in the capital, and started to set the cotton store on fire—burning the bags.
Liang Yuemin didn’t know what Wang Lixian was whispering about them in his heart.
On the contrary, the more I thought about it, the more excited I became, and my energy became stronger.
In the next few days, I drove over early every morning and cut out a large area of trees in the area originally designated outside the farm, leaving it to prepare for planting a bamboo forest here after the farm was built.
For the sake of the bamboo forest, he came here every day to dig trees.
In the past six months, the fruit saplings have been planted and have taken root steadily. Moreover, because Chen Ling sprayed the diluted spiritual water with a sprayer, the roots were very deep.
Planing down a tree requires a lot of effort.
But Liang Yuemin didn't take a break. He dug the soil with his shovel and dug down the roots of the tree in one go before he stopped to take a rest.
This kind of motivation made Chen Ling sigh.
I remember that when Liang Yuemin first came to the house, he was still polite and had difficulty carrying bags of rice, so he had to rely on his help. But now he is also a capable man.
After hearing his compliment, Liang Yuemin smiled, bent his arm twice, showed off the slightly stronger biceps on his arms to Chen Ling and Qin Rong, and said that he would definitely go to Chen Ling's house to work on them now. Can push.
Everyone laughed at his boasting. It took two strong men in the village to push such a big millstone.
Then they were joking and continuing to dig the tree.
The job of plowing trees is not easy. No matter how energetic you are, plowing down a dozen trees in a row, transplanting and watering them, and doing it all in one go can make you fall down from exhaustion.
I came here at around seven o'clock in the morning and worked for nearly two hours. Liang Yuemin and his son were so tired that they were panting and didn't want to move.
I didn’t even want to eat the breakfast Wang Susu brought me. I sat on the tree stump outside the thatched shed, wiping sweat and breathing heavily.
Wang Lixian was fine. Even though his waist was not in good condition, the toughness and endurance of a peasant man were beyond the reach of ordinary people. He just rested with the two of them, and was ready to slow down and try again. Have breakfast.
At this time, people from the engineering team had come to work.
Chen Ling greeted them and saw that Liang Yuemin and the others didn't want to eat yet, so he was not in a hurry to eat, so he walked to the stove, opened the stove door, added firewood, and prepared to put it first The dog food is ready.
Cooking for dogs is simple, just boil a pot of corn mush as usual.
The firewood was very strong, and Chen Ling prepared the dog food in about ten minutes.
He took the pot off the stove and let it cool. Then, seeing that the wood in the iron stove had not burned out, he went to the thatched shed and took out a few sweet potatoes, opened the stove door and put them in.
There are two kinds of sweet potatoes here, one is white sweet potato, the flesh is white, the flesh is very big, one can weigh more than a pound, but the flesh has a lot of silk inside, which makes it not only sticky to the teeth but also dry when eaten. It's not very sweet and often makes people choke. Most of them are now mainly used as potato starch.
The other type is sweet potatoes. Their flesh is red. They taste fragrant, sweet and very soft. They are easier to swallow than white sweet potatoes, so in most cases, they eat them. Mainly growing sweet potatoes.
After a while, the corn paste in the pot cooled down a little, and Chen Ling went to feed the dog nearby.
After feeding the dog, the sweet potatoes in the furnace were roasted. They pulled them all out, knocked off the charred ash on them, and called Liang Yuemin and the others to come over and eat.
The three of them had been waiting for the sweet potatoes to be roasted for a long time. At this time, they got up quickly and didn't bother to wash their hands. They each picked up one and started to eat it. The yellow, hot roasted sweet potatoes were just It made people drool just looking at it, and it was even more delicious when eaten. It was quickly wiped out by the four people.
The roasted sweet potatoes made their stomachs feel warm. After working hard all morning, they finally felt relieved and took advantage of the situation to eat breakfast.
"Good guys, Fugui, what did you have for breakfast? It tastes so delicious."
While a few people were devouring their breakfast, several women from the village carried them on their backs. The doll came over, laughing and joking.
"What can I eat? Millet porridge and pickles."
Chen Ling wiped his mouth, stood up and put away the bowls and chopsticks.
"No way, you are working for you, why are you eating this for others?"
"What are you going to eat if you don't eat this? You can't eat a lot of fish and meat so early in the morning, how boring it is."
< br>"Ouch, you are the only one in Chenwangzhuang who is rich enough to dare to say this. For the sake of eating meat, who cares which meal it is..."
The ladies chatted for a while, talking. Before I could finish talking, the children dragged me to the side to look at the cars and watch the workers sawing the wood.
Not long after, the older children in the village, like Liu Nier and the others, all ran over.
Since the construction of Chen Ling's farm started, these little kids in the village must come here every day. They will stay here for most of the day. Whenever the various machines are turned on, they will be excited to compete with each other, especially when the foundation work has just started. , tampers, mixers and other machines took turns to come on stage. When it was time to eat, I couldn't bear to leave. My parents came over and grabbed my ears and went back.
"Uncle Fugui, someone over there asked you to come over."
Chen Ling sent the food box, bowls and chopsticks home, and just brought the cattle and sheep over, Liu Nier stepped on He ran up to him and said.
Chen Ling hurriedly followed him, "What's wrong, Lao Gao, is there a problem?"
Lao Gao was the foreman this time. When he saw him coming, he pointed at what had been completed. Frame wooden corridor: "Are you going to pave the open space outside this building and the floor of the corridor?" "Yes, at least the floor of the corridor must be paved. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just want to ask you, what should I use to pave the floor? Cement, gravel, or green bricks? If you use cement, it is ready-made, and nothing else will be enough. You have this wall It’s a bit long.”
“Yes, I understand. Is this floor going to be paved now?”
“No, it’s almost the end of the month. We will stop work here in the twelfth lunar month. , I think it would be easy if you use cement to pave the floor. If you use other paving, use this time to prepare it in advance, so that we can finish it in one go when we start the work next year.”
Lao Gao knows that this master’s thoughts are different from those of ordinary people. Who in the right mind is tinkering with these things in the mountains and valleys now? However, all he knows are capable people, and it’s easy to give them money, so he can only ask in advance. Negotiable.
Otherwise, if they are not satisfied when the time comes, they will have to rework it.
They are not afraid of not being paid, but they are afraid that if it doesn’t work here or there, it will be too troublesome to rework it.
"Can it be paved with stones? Just those kind of cobblestones?"
Chen Ling thought for a while and asked.
"Pebbles? Just those river bottom stones? Okay."
Lao Gao nodded, thinking that his thoughts were indeed different from others.
At present, river bottom stone can be said to be the least valuable stone.
He really didn’t expect Chen Ling to want to use this.
At this time, I heard Chen Ling say again: "The floor of the corridor is paved with cobblestones. In other places, including the paths in the woods and outside the building, we should still use bluestone slabs."
"Also. Okay, the bluestone is enough, but the river bottom stone will take several carts.”
Lao Gao pondered for a moment and said more.
After the agreement was agreed upon, Chen Ling was ready to pull the cobblestones.
You don’t have to go to the quarry to buy this thing. There are so many of them on the floodplains everywhere. If one place is not enough, just look for a few more places.
Liang Yuemin and his son also came to help after hearing about it.
So in the morning, Chen Ling drove the tractor and drove the two of them around to look for stones.
By noon, not only did two carts full of cobblestones be brought back, but also some strangely shaped rocks were brought back. Chen Ling planned to place these strange stones everywhere on the farm and in the forest to add some interest after the farm was completed.
On the second day after pulling the stones, all the fruit trees were transplanted.
It was only a few days before the end of November of the lunar calendar. The weather was getting colder and colder. The day when the farm would stop working was getting closer and closer. At the same time, the day when Wang Lixian’s fourth Nier was getting engaged was getting closer. Getting closer.
After finishing the chores that day, Chen Ling drove a tractor to Wang Bacheng with Wang Lixian and brought back a load of house tiles.
This is what Wang Lixian wants to buy. Before his daughter gets engaged, he plans to take off the old tiles on the roof of his house and replace them with new tiles. His in-laws will come over to make it look better.
In fact, it is very common to replace house tiles in rural areas. Those who live in brick houses will check the tiles on the roof every year.
Look at which tile is broken and needs to be replaced with a new one.
This kind of checking for leaks and filling them up is commonly known as "picking tiles".
Most houses in Chenwangzhuang do not need to pick up tiles this year, because they are all new houses renovated after the flood.
Only Wang Lixian's house was not affected by the flood this year. The house was not renovated, and the roof tiles were naturally not replaced.
Now there is only one month left before the Chinese New Year, and my daughter is getting engaged, so the tiles on the house should be replaced by this time.
Changing tiles is not a hassle, not to mention Wang Lixian’s skill.
So in the next two days, Chen Ling asked Qin Rongxian and his son to take over the supervisory work, while he went to help Wang Lixian replace the tiles. In less than two days, the two of them worked together, and everything on the roof was New tiles were installed.
These days, under the influence of the engineering team and Wang Lixian, he has become more comfortable doing all kinds of work.
Chen Ling felt that if he were to be a bricklayer now, he could be a good hand among them. If he practiced more, he might be able to earn money from a big job.
...
The days passed like this, and November passed quickly.
The eleventh month of the lunar calendar seems to pass the fastest every year. People are not very prepared. It has already entered the twelfth lunar month in the blink of an eye, and the new year is approaching.
In the past month, the construction progress of the farm was not very fast, only half of it was completed, but the emphasis was on quality, not speed, and Chen Ling was still very satisfied with it.
After the twelfth lunar month, there was nothing to be busy with. After the city's engineering team left, Chen Ling first sent Wang Zhenzhen home during the winter vacation. After that, Liang Hongyu and his wife were going back to the capital. He and Wang Susu went to have a meal, and naturally she would not miss the engagement of Wang Lixian's Sinier.
In short, it’s just eating, drinking and having fun, nothing else.
But the weather is getting colder after all.
I could still see the sun a month ago, but now even the sun has disappeared. It has been gloomy all day, the cold wind is blowing, and the birds outside are not chirping very much. Chickens, ducks, pigeons, rabbits, They all huddled in their nests and refused to come out.
Chen Ling has been too lazy to move these days. He holds a teapot and stays by the stove all day long, reading and reading newspapers with his wife.
As time went by, Wang Susu’s belly slowly bulged like dough.
It's just that she is on the thin side and doesn't look too obvious after wearing cotton clothes.
Furthermore, none of the reactions seen by other pregnant women appeared on Wang Susu. There were no special changes other than her belly getting bigger.
There are no stretch marks, no odor, morning sickness, etc.
Eating and sleeping every day, her body was white and clean, as if the supplements Chen Ling had prepared for her, such as goat's milk and pig's trotters, had all grown on her chest and the child in her belly.
Chen Ling is quite satisfied with this.
Wang Susu was very uneasy and felt ashamed that her chest was too full.
Chen Ling had no choice but to comfort him. It was because his son was smart and knew that food and grass should go first before the troops and horses were moved, so he had prepared military rations in advance.
You can recover after giving birth to a baby.
The little daughter-in-law was half convinced.
On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the temperature was even colder than the previous few days. Chen Ling wrapped his wife in a wolf fur coat and a wolf fur hat, dressed like a female bandit, and went to the county hospital for a surgery. Routine inspection.
After finishing the examination, they found that there were quite a lot of patients coming to the hospital in the twelfth lunar month. They rested in the small hospital in the south of the city for a while before going to get the examination results in the afternoon.
After taking the test results to the doctor, the doctor took a careful look at the report and said to Wang Susu: "My dear, your body is a bit too good. I have been in the obstetrics and gynecology department for many years, and I have never seen it before. People like you don't have any pregnancy symptoms, and the baby in your belly doesn't make a fuss. Look at the pregnant women in front of you, who are not vomiting so hard that they almost spit out the core of their throats..."
"It's good for you. You don't have any reaction. You can eat, drink and sleep, which is strange."
The doctor is an elderly lady, saying with a smile.
It is normal to not have one or two reactions during pregnancy, but Wang Susu did not have any reaction at all. Apart from a big belly, she felt that there was no problem at all, and even her temper did not change much.
It’s almost the same as before pregnancy. This situation is too rare.
The young couple Chen Ling looked at each other and laughed. Who doesn’t want to hear good things?
After the doctor said a few words, he said to Chen Ling: "Although my daughter-in-law is in good health, she still needs to avoid foods that should be avoided. Remember to keep these things in mind and don't be careless. Wait until the New Year. Come check it out again when you have time."
Help Wang Susu stand up gently, Chen Ling nodded in agreement. He would pay attention to this even if the doctor didn't tell him.
(End of this chapter)