novelden Chapter 170: Thinking Flustered
Chapter 170: Thinking Flustered
Lin Jiaojiao read out the last name, which was Lin Dadan's name, and watched her sign and stamp her handprint to receive the New Year's goods.
This year, the last exciting event of distributing monthly salary and receiving New Year’s goods at Lin’s Farm ended successfully.
As the Chinese New Year approaches, the farm has already made a net profit of 2,173 taels of silver in this month. The pork jerky is very popular among the rich, and they buy it in large quantities.
As for the candied fruits given as a thank-you gift last time, many repeat customers come to the store to ask when the new ones will be in stock. This is also because Lin Yiyan wants to eat sweet and sour food, so she went to the stores in the city to buy them, but there were few varieties, and the taste was either very sour, so sour that it made your teeth fall out, without any sweetness at all.
She simply came back and asked Lin Yizhi to make the candied fruit together. Lin Yiyan liked hawthorn the most, Lin's father liked candied dates, and Lin Yizhi liked candied kumquats. She liked plums more, but they had to wait until around May before the fruits were available for pickling.
Now only their family, Lin Dadan and Zhou Xiaofeng are left at the scene. Everyone else went to pack up and go home early.
Except for those on duty, all her servants returned to the dormitory to have a good rest. After all, they were very busy in the past month.
"Aunt Lin, Uncle Zhou, you guys should take a good rest during the New Year holidays. You've worked so hard."
"Why bother? This is what we should do. I hope everyone can have a good New Year this year."
"Yes, Jiao Jie'er, do you have any plans for the New Year? Do you want to go to Qingzhou together? I heard from Da Dan that there will be a lantern festival in Qingzhou from New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the first lunar month. We plan to take the children to join in the fun and go to Qingyu Temple to worship the Buddha."
She saw that Father Lin and the others were somewhat excited. After all, the farthest place they had been to was Nanshan City.
"Okay, let's set a date to get together then."
After both parties had agreed, Lin Dadan still had to make the final arrangements for the farm, while she led the group back to the Lin residence slowly, chatting.
By the way, I took the opportunity to conduct an on-site survey to understand how the road coming back from the farm should be designed. As soon as I arrived at the dam, I saw a horse-drawn carriage parked at the door.
Xiaobai ran over, sniffed it, and began to wag its tail. Then they knew that the person in the carriage was an acquaintance.
Sure enough, Fu's mother opened the carriage curtain and saw them coming back, and hurriedly got off the carriage, followed by Fu's father.
"You guys are finally back. I was wondering why no one opened the door after knocking for so long. It turns out you all went out."
When Fu Qi saw that his mother and father had come uninvited with suitcases, he blushed and hurried forward to pout.
"Mom, Dad, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"
After the coachman put down the suitcases, he drove away in the carriage. This made him even more anxious. What should he do if Jiaojiao's family thinks they are impolite?
Lin Jiaojiao went forward to greet him with a smile, and comforted Fu Qi at the same time. After all, pregnant men are more sensitive.
"Mom, Dad, it's great that you can come and celebrate the New Year with us. My second uncle and his family will also be here later. Let's celebrate the New Year together tonight."
When Fu's mother heard this, she immediately smiled and laughed heartily.
"Hahaha, great, that's exactly what I meant. We must fight to the bitter end tonight."
Last time she actually lost to Lin Jiaojiao’s second uncle, this time she must win back!
Lin Jiaojiao led everyone back into the house. Fu's mother and father still slept in the same guest room as last time. Xiaowu and Xiaoliu quickly cleaned the room and made the bed with a quilt.
Fu Qi also came in and closed the door, and Fu's father pulled him over and sat him on the cushioned chair.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy that your parents are coming?"
He shook his head. "I am happy, but it's not nice to come to visit without saying hello on New Year's Eve. Although Sister Jiaojiao and the others don't mind, I..."
"Dad knows. Next time, mom and dad won't do it again. This isn't the first time Ling'er and Qi'er aren't at home during the New Year. Dad misses them so much. There are only your parents at home..."
When he saw his father's voice choking and he looked up, he quickly picked up a handkerchief to wipe his tears.
"Dad, don't cry. Xiaoqiu shouldn't lose his temper..."
As he was wiping him, he started to cry. Fu's mother was having a headache watching him, as she couldn't say anything or scold him.
If she were to say, they were not outsiders, and there was nothing wrong with coming to their daughter-in-law's house. Moreover, she got along very well with Lin Jiaojiao's family, and everyone got together just to have fun.
After a while, she saw the two of them smiling again and knew that everything was fine and they were reconciled.
Fortunately, she didn't try to coax him, otherwise she would be the one to suffer.
Father Fu thought of the two children he had just seen and asked, "Why did you buy them as slaves when they were so young? Or should Dad send Tongxi and Tongle here?"
"No need. My wife bought these two children because she couldn't bear to see them in pity. Although they are small, they learn things quickly and are willing to work..."
Xiaowu and Xiaoliu cherished this job very much. They didn't expect that the owner would also give them monthly wages. They put the money in a small box in their room and kept it secretly.
After they cleaned the other two guest rooms, they went to the kitchen to help Zhao Yang clean up the ingredients for the hot pot in the evening.
Here, Lin Jiaojiao helped Lin Yiyan back to the warm kang room. After all, he had been sitting outside for a long time, and his hands were still cold after leaving the hot water bottle, and his feet were also cold.
"Brother, it's still early for dinner. Go to bed and rest for a while. I'll massage your legs for you."
Now he has moved into the heated room to rest. When he heard that he was going to have his legs massaged, his fair face turned red, "Jiaojiao, no need... I'll just lie on the bed to warm myself up."
She helped him take off the fur-collared cloak he was wearing, and then went to the closet to find a loose pajamas.
He also changed all his clothes. The heated kang in the room had been heated up, so it was not too cold now.
She helped him put on his sleeves, and then helped him button his shirt from the collar to his stomach.
Seeing that the belly is much bigger than last time, it is really amazing that a man can be pregnant.
She squatted down and put her ear and cheek against his belly, and when she didn't hear any movement, she touched it curiously.
"Well…"
She was so scared that she quickly withdrew her hand, looked up at the person with blurry eyes and flushed cheeks, who was also looking down at her.
She unconsciously looked down again.
!!!
Suddenly she understood why men couldn’t have sex with women when they were pregnant. It turned out that it wasn’t to prevent women from…
She felt that her current position was wrong, so she stood up stiffly, but the person in front of her approached with disordered breathing.
"Jiaojiao..."
She hurriedly supported him, carefully protecting his stomach to prevent it from getting bumped.
"Big brother, be careful."
She is not feeling well now. She can only watch but not eat, and she feels like crying.
Lin Yiyan also calmed down, and found himself embarrassed because of his loss of composure. He lay down on the bed and did not dare to look her in the eyes.
The two were silent for a while, and just when she stood up and was about to go out for some fresh air to calm down, he grabbed her hand.
"Jiaojiao...is it okay?"