flstandardbreds Chapter 124 Garden
Chapter 124 Garden
Most of the people from the Yu family went to repair the dam, leaving only a few old, weak and children in Yujiabao.
The buildings in Yujiabao are in a circular shape. The main fort where they live is in the front, and there are many buildings from both sides to the back. These buildings form a circle, and in the circle is a large open space. There are no buildings on this open space, but there are gardens, farmlands, playgrounds and lakes.
The area of this open space is said to be as large as 5,000 acres.
According to Chen Shan, when war comes, even if the tribesmen cannot go out, they can be self-sufficient here and don't have to worry about starving to death.
Seeing that she was bored, Chen Shan brought Ge Fu to the garden of Yujiabao.
"Most of the tribesmen are here, especially the elderly, the weak and pregnant women. Ah Qian is here too. If you are bored, you can go find her." Chen Shan touched his head and said embarrassedly, "I came back to get snacks for everyone. I can't accompany you."
Ge Fu was speechless. Are you sure that Yu Qian, the taciturn guy, can relieve the boredom?
However, since Chen Shan said so...
"Is Yu Qian confirmed to be pregnant?" she asked.
"Yes." Chen Shan's smile suddenly became bright. "It's been two months. In another seven months, A Qian and I's first child will be born."
First child?
Ge Fu was silent.
If I remember correctly, when we were having dinner together before, there was a little boy in the group of children who called Yu Qian "Mom".
After Chen Shan left, Ge Fu remembered something before he could even enter the garden. He turned to You Niang and asked, "The child hasn't been born yet. Given the Yu family's situation, they can't afford to spend money on genetic testing. How does Chen Shan know that the child is his?" and not another minister's?
She didn't say the last sentence, but You Niang immediately understood what she meant.
She looked around and saw no one, so she leaned over to Ge Fu's ear and whispered, "Generally speaking, if there is not only one legal husband, when the wife and the maid have sex, only one of the men will not use contraceptive measures. Of course, it is up to the wife to decide who does not use contraceptive measures. Although there are still some unexpected situations in this situation, but... generally speaking, it will not go wrong."
Although the backyards of the former Duke and the old Duke were very clean and there were no assistant ministers, it didn't mean that she didn't know. She could always find out. Besides... the master only married one legal husband, which didn't mean that the servants would also only marry one legal husband. For example, Hua Niang had two assistant ministers in addition to her legal husband. It wasn't that she didn't have channels to find out.
In fact, You Niang didn't want to tell her princess about this kind of thing, but when she caught a glimpse of Lu Yao, she changed her mind.
——Perhaps the princess can use the relevant knowledge.
You Niang thought that her voice was so soft that Lu Yao would not be able to hear it, but in fact it was not the case.
With his good hearing, he didn't miss a single word.
Seeing Ge Fu's excited expression, he pinched his brows and thought nervously -
Ge Fu probably didn’t want to marry the minister...right?
No, there are already many assistant ministers in the Beiyuan of the Princess's Mansion.
Although those assistant ministers were not worthy of the title, what if Ge Fu fell in love with other men in the future?
Lu Yao's expression gradually calmed down.
So should we give up?
No, how can I give up so easily?
If Ge Fu really does... then let's die together.
All those who betrayed him in the past are dead, but Ge Fu... he couldn't bear to let her die alone.
So, he would accompany her.
Ge Fu had no idea that Lu Yao was thinking about such a terrible thing. While she was talking to You Niang, she saw a group of househusbands sitting under a willow tree and chatting in front of them.
They should be responsible for taking care of the children. They are either eating melon seeds, knitting or browsing their phones. Not far away, a group of little kids of different ages are playing games.
The group also noticed the arrival of Gofu and his companions.
"Hey, are you the guests from Yaojing?" A man with medium-length hair, who looked to be in his thirties or forties, put down the melon seeds in his hand, stood up and greeted them.
In fact, he was not the only one who spoke, but his Mandarin was relatively standard. He did not have a heavy accent like the others, so they could not understand him clearly at all.
"Yes, hello!" Ge Fu responded with a smile.
"Come and sit for a while and try our fried snacks." Several people stood up to make room for them, and Ge Fu didn't have time to stop them.
They were so enthusiastic that Ge Fu and his friends just went with the flow and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, a handful of roasted nuts were stuffed into his hands. Ge Fu looked at the variety of sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds, and melon seeds.
She picked one up and tasted it. Unlike the various flavors at Yaojing, this one was just the original flavor, but very fragrant, as if it had just been fried not long ago.
Sure enough, the half-long-haired man said, "I just fried this this morning. It smells delicious."
"What's this uncle's name?" asked Ge Fu.
"Everyone calls me Akai, you can just call me Uncle Kai." The other person took out a disposable cup and made her a cup of tea.
Ge Fu originally thought it was the Xinjiang tea he had drunk before, but when he took it and looked at it, he found out it was not.
"Is this... saffron?" she was a little surprised.
If I remember correctly, saffron is not originally from Xinjiang.
Uncle Kai nodded. "This thing is produced in East Tibet. The imperial court has developed a new variety and introduced it to our northern border. The price of this thing is quite high, which brings us a lot of income. Moreover, this thing is good for women. We sell the good ones and keep the bad ones for the women at home to make tea."
"There should be more than just saffron that Northern Xinjiang can sell, right?" asked Ge Fu.
"Yes." Uncle Kai poured tea for everyone else, and then replied, "Raisins, Hetian dates, Hami melons, fragrant pears, paper-skin walnuts, Aksu apples, Tianshan snow lotus... There are so many good things in our Xinjiang province."
Ge Fu frowned, "If that's the case, then why don't you focus on planting?"
When she came back from Yuqing Lake in the morning, she saw that there were a lot of wastelands here. If those lands could be utilized, the Yu family would not have to save even the money for anesthetics.
"You mean those wastelands?" Uncle Kai was also very insightful. While wiping the sweat off a little boy who was running back from playing, he said, "We should just waste the land now. We can use it next year. Otherwise, if we plant the land now and a disaster comes from southern Xinjiang, we will have wasted half a year's work."
"Isn't this just throwing the baby out with the bathwater? How is it different from not making money because you're afraid that it will be stolen by robbers?" You Rong disagreed.
"It's not that we don't plant, we just plant selectively." Uncle Kai sent the little boy away, and then said, "We have a limited number of people, and the farmland we can protect is also limited. Besides, the money for seeds and fertilizers is an expense, so we should save as much as possible."
"Besides, taking a break from farming and resting the fields can also help preserve fertility, which is a win-win situation."