evening.
When Feng's mother came back from work, she quickly made soup for Feng Qiaolan. The meat of this kind of bird was very tender. Adding in the medicinal materials she went to beg for yesterday, it was a small pot of nourishing soup.
This soup is much more nutritious than chicken soup. The thought of saving a chicken and allowing my daughter to replenish her body makes her more energetic when working.
The tonic soup was brought to the table, still exuding fragrance, and Feng's mother urged Feng Qiaolan to eat more.
Feng Qiaolan looked at a few people and said, "You guys eat too."
"We won't eat. Now you need to replenish your body. You're still pregnant with the child. Eat more." Feng's mother answered immediately and felt that she had to hold on tight.
Feng Qiaolan looked at the big bowl. There were a lot of wolfberries floating on it, all of which were meat. "I can't finish them either."
Mother Feng: "How much meat is this? If you can't finish it, just save it for tomorrow!"
Ji Huai took the bowl in front of Feng Qiaolan and filled her with soup, "If you can't finish it, you'll have it as a late-night snack and save it until tomorrow. It won't taste good and the nutrients may have been lost. It's better to replenish it while it's fresh."
"Yes." Although Feng's mother doesn't understand the loss of nutrients, she is afraid that it will spoil tomorrow. "If you can't finish it, mom will heat it up for you as a midnight snack. Eat it before going to bed."
Feng Qiaolan had no choice but to drink the soup.
She was afraid of being greasy, so Feng's mother also removed the upper layer of oil. The soup tasted sweet and delicious, better than chicken.
The three people at the table didn't show anything strange. Feng Qiaolan secretly observed Ji Huai. He was eating salted radish and chatting with Feng's mother and the others about work matters without changing his expression.
Mother Feng felt that the soup was nutritious, so she added some medicinal ingredients, so she cooked a few more bowls of soup. She couldn't drink it after two bowls. She originally wanted them to finish the meal, but the three of them had already had enough. Mother Feng confirmed that she When I was full, I carefully picked it up and walked to the kitchen, "Mom, put it in the pot and eat it later."
"Thank you, Mom." Feng Qiaolan said that she was going to help, but Feng's mother stopped her and told her to go and rest quickly.
Ji Huai suddenly asked, "Have you finished previewing?"
Feng Qiaolan: "..."
He raised his eyebrows, took out his clothes and put them in the iron bucket, and walked out, "I'm going to take a shower first. I'm going to give you a lecture later. You have to go through it, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to keep up."
She looked at it, but she didn't understand a lot of it, and she didn't dare to be vague, so she hurriedly looked at it again.
The more anxious you are, the less you understand. Feng Qiaolan feels that it is too difficult for herself.
Ji Huai took a shower quickly. In less than half an hour, he was holding a bucket in one hand and a towel in the other hand to wipe his hair. While wiping, he walked back. After entering the yard, he dried the clothes he had washed and then walked in. inside the house.
A kerosene lamp was lit on the table, and Feng Qiaolan was sitting and reading like a well-behaved student. From time to time, she touched her bulging belly and comforted the child.
Hearing movement from the door, she turned her head and saw Ji Huai walking over and looking at her open textbook, "Have you finished reading?"
She looked away with a guilty conscience and stared at the book, lacking confidence, "I have finished reading it, but I don't understand a lot of it, and some of the things I do understand are confused."
"It's normal. It just lets you know what you don't understand so that you can focus on your studies." Ji Huai sat next to her and took the pen she put aside. "Shall I start the lecture?"
"...Hmm." She sat up a little straighter, studied a lot more carefully, and kept staring at the textbook.
"Don't look at this yet." Ji Huai moved the textbook aside, put a piece of draft paper in front of her, picked up a pen and started drawing a mind map on it, "The college entrance examination mathematics is divided into several major test points, first..."
As he spoke, he began to draw pictures on the paper and list them out, one, two, three, four, five, six... The first big point expanded and then began to be subdivided.
"This concept, to put it simply..." He would explain it in the most understandable way, then pull out the textbook and point to the concept and tell her, "It means the same thing, but the explanation here is convoluted."
Feng Qiaolan nodded repeatedly, and those things that he didn't understand suddenly became clear.
"Second point, let's start with the simplest one..." He said and turned back a few pages in the textbook. After explaining the knowledge points and giving examples, he took the scratch paper and said, "I wrote a question, how to solve it? "
She took it and looked at it, hesitated for a while, and then started writing.
Ji Huai stood by quietly and didn't mention anything. When she solved the problem, he said again, "It's not important to solve the problem. The important thing is the idea. What does it test?"
Feng Qiaolan stumbled to answer the question.
If she could tell it, she would pass the question. If she couldn't, Ji Huai would go back and talk about the knowledge point again and change the question type.
His lectures were not boring at all, and his ideas were very clear. With the addition of logic diagrams, Feng Qiaolan could easily follow. After finishing the last point, he put down his pen and said, "That's all for today. Let's digest it."
She looked at the math textbook that had already covered one-sixth of the lesson, blinked, looked at the textbook and then at him.
At first I thought it would be too late to review, but now I feel that his whole body is shining, the speed is too fast, and there is no ambiguity at all.
"Well..." She was suddenly kicked hard in the stomach and she came back to her senses. After sitting for too long, her back was a little sore, and the child began to protest. She slowly stood up, touched her belly and walked back and forth in the room to stretch her muscles.
"Xiaolan, are you asleep?" Mother Feng's voice sounded outside the door.
Feng Qiaolan replied: "No."
Ji Huai went to open the door, and Feng's mother brought the remaining soup, "I just cooked it again. I thought she was hungry, so I let her eat before going to bed."
He reached out and took it: "I was just about to go to sleep. Mom, you came just in time."
"Go to bed early and leave the bowls for mom to wash tomorrow." Mother Feng said a few words, but turned around and left for fear of disturbing them.
Ji Huai brought the soup in, put it on the table, and waved to her, "Drink the soup and go to bed when you are full."
"I won't eat, you eat." Feng Qiaolan shook her head and said, "The soup made by mom is delicious, you should drink some too."
He had caught the bird meat. Since she became pregnant, all the delicious food at home has been given to her, and the food has become worse. He was probably feeling aggrieved. He salted radishes and pickles every day. Sometimes the rice he ate had to be filtered and fed to the chickens. They ate the leftover rice dregs in order for the chickens to lay eggs.
"You want me to fight for meat with you and your children?" Ji Huai laughed, and said in a tone that could not be refused, "Come here quickly, it's getting late, go to bed after eating."
Feng Qiaolan could only walk over and sit down without moving.
"Do you need me to feed you?" He held the "Plant Collection" in his hand and turned a page.
"No need." She took a spoon, took a sip of soup, blew it softly, and held it with her hands to feed him. In the past, Feng's mother would occasionally boil brown sugar eggs for her. She would not eat alone and would feed him.
The spoon was placed at his mouth, but Ji Huai didn't open his mouth and kept looking at her with his dark eyes.
"Take a sip and taste it. It's really delicious." Feng Qiaolan stretched forward again.
He had no choice but to open his mouth and take a sip, and nodded politely, "It tastes good. Drink more."
Feng Qiaolan looked at the untouched meat in the spoon. Before he spoke, he reminded, "It will get cold again in a while. Eat it quickly. Your head will hurt if you go to bed late."
She wanted to feed him again, but he was not greedy at all, so she was forced to enjoy it alone.
Ji Huai finally said to her, "I will go up the mountain to catch them in two days and try to let you eat them every day."
"If I eat that much, I'll turn into a pig." She frowned and resisted.
He didn't think there was anything wrong: "Isn't it good? Give birth to a piglet, and it will be fat and white."
"No!" She pursed her lips and lowered her head as she muttered, "If I become a pig and give birth to a little pig, then who are you? Aren't you also a pig?"
Ji Huai: "..."
After she finished speaking, she noticed a line of sight and saw that his face was full of confusion. She continued, "Aren't you just a boar? The whole family is a pig."
Ji Huai's mouth twitched and he looked at her belly in deep thought.
Feng Qiaolan's eyebrows suddenly curved slightly, and she continued to drink her soup while holding back her laughter.
Because of his hand injury, Ji Huai stopped going up the mountain to cut trees for the time being. When he came back from work, he gave a lecture to Feng Qiaolan.
The few pieces of agarwood that he chopped before have not yet peeled out the agarwood. Recently, he was whittling the wood with a knife while teaching.
For example, right now, Feng Qiaolan is reading a book. He is sitting not far away, slowly writing, and his tone is unhurried, "Look at the mind map first, and then turn to page 15. Let's start with the system. First... "
Feng Qiaolan couldn't read as fast as he spoke. Occasionally she would take notes and would say hurriedly, "Wait a minute, I want to write it down. What did you just say? Say it again."
Ji Huai blew off the wood residue, picked up the piece of agarwood, looked at it, turned the direction, and continued to grind, while slowing down his tone, "Let's talk about the impact first, it must have overthrown..."
Feng Qiaolan tried her best to remember, and then chanted, "Overturned..."
He whittled another piece of wood and took out a complete piece of agarwood, but this piece was small, probably less than half a tael. He put it aside and looked at her trying to take notes.
"It's finished." Feng Qiaolan had a hard time catching up with his speaking speed. After finishing speaking for a while, seeing that he didn't say anything, she couldn't help but raise her head and looked at him in confusion, "What next?"
Ji Huai looked at her with a smile and slowly read out the next paragraph.
Feng Qiaolan was embarrassed by him. During the writing process, she was interrupted several times. Every time she wrote two words, she couldn't remember what was next. After being asked too many times, she hesitated and stopped writing.
He continued to read as if he had seen through it.
After Feng Qiaolan finished writing, she praised him, "Your memory is so good. You can remember so many things without even looking at the textbook. You will definitely get higher scores in the college entrance examination next time!"
He was so powerful, even more powerful than she imagined. He felt more and more powerful, beyond her knowledge.
Ji Huai was not modest, but said, "Do you think everyone is the same as you? Your memory only lasts a few seconds."
Feng Qiaolan quit, "I'm complimenting you, but you can hurt me like this?"
Now is the time when she needs to work on her self-confidence. She is working really hard while pregnant with the child.
Ji Huai: "What you said is the truth, and what I said is also the truth."
She was so angry that she closed her textbook, held her big belly and stood up, feeling aggrieved and said, "I won't study anymore."
"You haven't studied for a few days and you want to give up? You won't be able to get into college."
His light voice completely pushed her down on her seat again. Feng Qiaolan stared at him, "Are you great if you are great? So what if you can read."
Ji Huai responded: "If you can get into college, you can also prove yourself."
"..." Feng Qiaolan choked and could only lower her head and touch her belly. Finally, she couldn't help but blurt out, "I have proven myself. If you are so good, you still have to teach me, and you still have to get me and the child together."
This was said quite proudly, as she was still pregnant with his child.
It was originally just a matter of anger, but Ji Huai unexpectedly agreed, "Indeed, whatever pot goes with its lid, otherwise it would be impossible to get together and get married and have children."
"Are you praising me or hurting yourself?" she asked sideways.
Ji Huai's lips curved upward, "Praise you."
Her angry mood suddenly disappeared at this moment, and the corners of her mouth turned up along with him.
The next day.
Ji Huai went to the mountain again, still going around in a circle. If he could find any wood containing agarwood, no matter how much it contained, he had to go up and chop it down.
He cut three pieces, went back to the clearing, cut down the bamboo, and started to make a trap with the bamboo, and then hid it after setting it up.
This time, the bird that fell into the trap was not wary at all, and was lowered directly from the sky. It made too much noise, and the surrounding air flowed. Before the insects could peck at the entrance, the bamboo tilted with the wind, and the bird's feathers were directly stuck.
He stepped forward to catch it and threw it into his backpack, then went down the mountain road to collect firewood.
When Feng's mother saw that he had caught the bird again, she burst into laughter, and Feng Qiaolan's tonic soup was found again. Feng Dafeng stood in the yard and watched Ji Huai drying the white wood without saying anything. It was a little rainy this morning, so he helped to take it back.
"Dad, Mom, I'm going to the city tomorrow. Do you have anything to buy?" Ji Huai asked.
Feng Dafeng frowned: "What are you going to do in the city?"
Feng's mother also looked over, and her first reaction was whether Ji Huai was leaving? Sneak away
When she thought of this, her expression calmed down and she walked over slowly, "Yeah, what are you doing in the city? It's far away and the road is not easy to walk."
"I took some agarwood during this period. I want to take it to the purchasing station and sell it to see how much it can sell for. If I can make money, I want to buy some nutritional supplements for Xiaolan to replenish her body." Ji Huai squatted and continued to turn over the pages. He looked at the white wood and continued talking.
When Feng's mother saw that she could still make money, she quickly winked at Feng Dafeng: Stop it quickly.
After selling for money, they might just run away, take the notice and leave. Where can they find it? I even wonder if Ji Huai was acting during this time? Deliberately making them relax their vigilance
She was too afraid that Ji Huai was gone. What would happen to their family if he left? What should Feng Qiaolan do
Feng Dafeng just pretended not to see it and said to Ji Huai, "We have nothing to buy. Just ask Xiaolan what she wants to buy. Even if you can sell it for money, you should keep some. Giving birth to and raising children also costs money."
If someone wants to leave, he won't beg if he can't keep him by force.
If Ji Huai doesn't support him, he will!
"Dad, I know." Ji Huai responded.
Feng Dafeng didn't say anything more and walked into the house.
"Hey." Feng Muqian was anxious. She looked at Feng Dafeng and then at Ji Huai, with a tangled expression on her face. After thinking for a while, she walked over and said cautiously, "Xiao Huai, you said before that you won't go to college this year. Xiao Huai." Lan is also preparing to take the college entrance examination next year with you, but you can't..."
"Mom." Ji Huai knew what she was going to say, and after interrupting, he assured her, "I said I won't read if I don't read. I won't leave her and the child behind. It doesn't matter if it's a year later. I won't leave her alone." Here."
"That's good." Mother Feng was comforted by him and walked to the kitchen. She kept looking back, obviously still worried.
The next day, when he went there, he asked Feng Qiaolan what she wanted to buy. She shook her head, "Just come back early. It doesn't matter if you can't sell it for money. We can keep it for ourselves. It should smell good."
She didn't think it was worth much, so he just didn't want to be too disappointed.
"Okay, I'll be back as soon as possible." After he finished speaking, he assigned a task, "You should read carefully at home, and I will come back to explain it to you in the evening."
Feng Qiaolan was very obedient: "I will take a good look."
When Ji Huai walked out of the door, Feng's mother had hid outside waiting for him. She was rubbing some money bills in her hand and stepped forward to give them to him.
"Mom, what are you doing?" He stepped back and didn't answer.
"Xiao Huai, Mom knows that you don't have much money. You can use this money to buy things. When the child is born, his father and I will help you raise it. Don't worry too much and live a good life with Xiaolan." Mother Feng said I was a little anxious and a little incoherent.
It could be seen that she was still panicking, especially since Ji Huai had made a scene and wanted to leave.
She was really afraid that he would leave without saying a word.
"I don't want your money. I'm not spending it." Ji Huai still didn't take it and comforted her, "I will work hard to make money to support Xiaolan and the children. You and dad don't worry too much. You can raise Xiaolan." It’s not easy anymore, how can I let you worry anymore?”
Feng's mother was touched by what he said. Seeing that he was about to leave, she said again and again, "Come back early. Mom will make you fried eggs and boiled rice for lunch. There are also dried fish at home, so you can make them."
"Forget the dried fish. Xiaolan can't smell the fishy smell. Don't make her feel too uncomfortable." After Ji Huai finished speaking, he specifically said, "She has been reading too long these days. If you are at home, help me remind her to get up and walk." Let’s go, otherwise you’ll feel uncomfortable.”
"Mom knows."
Mother Feng looked at the background where he left with a sad face. As long as the university hasn't started yet, she can't let go.