Wen Hengyin has been a little restless recently and keeps looking outside during class.
His father, Mr. Wen Si, had already knocked on the table several times with a ruler, his eyes full of warning.
Wen Hengyin had no choice but to suppress his eager urge to study and just followed along while nodding his head.
After finally getting out of school, Wen Hengyin sneaked into the kitchen, took out two steamed buns, put them in his arms, and ran to Jiang's house.
When he arrived outside Uncle Jiang's yard, he saw that there was no one around, so he quietly ran to the pigpen, climbed over the wall and fed the steamed buns to Ah Hua in the pigpen.
That’s right, he named the black pig Ahua and gave it delicious food every day.
Because Ah Hua is pregnant, and it is possible that the baby in her belly is his.
Here's the thing.
A few days ago, he often picked wild vegetables to feed Ah Hua. It was very happy and would raise its nose and grunt as soon as it saw him coming.
Wen Hengyin had never seen such a cute and smart pig, so he often picked wild vegetables to feed it, and sometimes brought some steamed buns and pastries for it.
One day, he was feeding pigs with the mung bean cakes his sister had just made, when he suddenly noticed someone coming towards him. It was the little brat Yingbao and his sister Wenshu.
Wen Hengyin was afraid that his sister would see him feeding the pigs with the mung bean cakes she made, so he quickly climbed over the wall and into the pigpen.
He quietly hid behind the black pig and listened to the noise outside.
My sister and that Yingbao were chattering outside, as if they had endless topics to talk about.
Wen Hengyin waited for them to leave in a depressed mood so that he could go out. However, he dozed off while waiting and fell asleep without realizing it.
Wen Shu handed a bag of mung bean cakes to Ying Bao: "I made this. I added honey to it. It's delicious. I originally made a lot, but somehow half of it was missing. I guess my younger brother ate it."
Yingbao took the mung bean cake and smiled: "Thank you, Sister Wen, you are so kind."
Wen Shu stroked Yingbao's pigtails and said with a smile, "Yingbao is also very good."
She looked around and said, "I saw my brother coming this way earlier and thought he was going to your house to see the deer. I wonder where he is now."
Yingbao stood on tiptoe and looked around, but saw no one.
"Maybe he went to look for Hu Zi."
Hu Zi studied in the same classroom with Wen Hengyin and had become very familiar with him. They would sometimes play together.
The two girls talked for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.
In the evening, Dani was feeding the pigs with a pig food bucket when she suddenly saw a boy sleeping next to the sow. She was so scared that she almost knocked over the pig food bucket.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the young master of Master Wen's family.
Dani quickly woke him up, "Why are you sleeping here? Have you been bitten by a pig?"
Wen Hengyin rubbed his eyes, and when he saw himself lying next to Ahua, he jumped up in fright and rushed out of the circle door opened by Dani.
He ran all the way home and saw his parents and sister going out with the servants to look for him.
Seeing his son come back, Wen Silang was so angry that he picked up the ruler and was about to hit him.
Xiao Zhenniang did not stop him. She watched her husband beat her son several times before asking, "Where did you go?"
Wen Hengyin lowered his head and dared not answer.
Seeing his brother all dirty, Wen Shu said quickly, "He must have gone to catch loaches again."
Seeing that her son refused to say anything, Xiao Zhenniang stopped asking questions and let him go into the house to change his clothes. That was the end of the matter.
But not long after, Wen Hengyin heard Hu Zi say that Ahua was pregnant.
He was frightened at first and ran to ask his mother.
"Mom, do you think a man and a woman can get pregnant if they sleep together?"
Xiao Zhenniang didn't understand what was going on and thought her son had encountered some medical problem, so she answered his question seriously, "Maybe."
Wen Hengyin's face wrinkled into a bun in an instant, and he asked in a husky voice: "Then, can a man and a woman get pregnant if they sleep together?"
Xiao Zhenniang thought about it and nodded: "It's possible."
Wen Hengyin was about to cry, and asked again: "Mom, I, I am also a male, right?"
Xiao Zhenniang laughed and poked her son on the forehead: "You are a man, how can you say male and female. Only pigs and sheep can be called male and female."
Wen Hengyin pulled his mother's sleeve with a tearful face and asked, "Mother, am I considered a male?"
Xiao Zhenniang was speechless after hearing her son's question, so she could only say, "Of course it counts, but you can't say that."
"Oh." Wen Hengyin returned to his room dejectedly, wiped his tears for a while, and made a secret decision.
He is a man, he should be brave enough to do and take responsibility.
The baby in Ah Hua's belly is also his baby, and he will definitely be responsible for it.
After realizing this, Wen Hengyin wiped away his tears and decided to go see Ahua first.
It happened that his grandma had cooked a few eggs, so he put one in his pocket and ran to the Jiang family's pigpen to give it to Ah Hua to eat.
Afterwards, Wen Hengyin would take time to bring some delicious food to Ah Hua so that it could replenish its nutrition and take good care of the fetus.
It is already May now, and Ah Hua's belly has grown big. Wen Hengyin is very happy and even more determined to take good care of it and the cub in its belly.
It’s the Dragon Boat Festival in May and the sun is shining brightly.
The golden ears planted by the Jiang brothers in their new home on the south slope can finally be harvested.
This time, Jiang Sanlang planted 400 flowers, Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang planted 300 flowers each, and Old Man Jiang also planted 100 flowers.
During the harvest time, many people in the village go to watch how the Jiang family picks the fruits, how they dry them, and how they put them into the oven to dry.
Even Patriarch Chen, Chen Cunzheng and the Master went to see it for a long time.
"Sanlang, I heard that you discovered this thing. Can you tell us how to grow it?"
Although Patriarch Chen is not short of money and food, he is not rich when it comes down to it.
His sons live together without dividing the family property, and there are many troubles every day.
With the youngest son enlisting in the army, the whole family seemed to suddenly fall apart, and everyone began to hide their own thoughts.
The fourth room is in the most difficult situation at the moment. It is not easy for the youngest daughter-in-law to raise a child of a few years old alone. He wants to find a way for her to make money to make up for his debt to his youngest son.
Jiang Sanlang smiled and said, "There's nothing much to say. You can see that it's not easy to take care of. You need to sprinkle water on it every day to keep it moist. But you can't sprinkle water on the mushrooms, otherwise they will rot. The shed also needs to be ventilated to let in light, otherwise the golden ears will change color."
It took him several attempts to figure it out. Last time, he almost lost his golden ears because he didn't pay attention to it.
The clan leader stroked his beard, nodded, and asked, "Sanlang, can I buy some seeds from you? Alas, my Zhuer is going to apply for a job, and it's not easy for his wife to take care of a few-year-old child, so..."
"No problem." Jiang Sanlang agreed immediately, "It's just that I have a limited number of strains, so I can't give you too much."
Several villagers in the village have already placed orders for mushrooms from him, and he would be lucky if he could produce fifty for Patriarch Chen.
"Give as much as you can. Zhuzi's wife is busy alone and probably can't do much."
The clan leader was very happy to see Jiang Sanlang agreed, "Sanlang, please calculate how much it costs to grow the fungus, and I will give it to you later."
Jiang Sanlang calculated in his mind and said, "Fifty gold ears, you should give me five hundred coins."
The reason why he asked for ten cents per flower was also after careful consideration.
Because after they buy the fungus, they will definitely call on me for guidance from time to time, and if they encounter any difficulties, I will have to worry about them.
This will take a lot of effort on my part.