C183 Mu Chen Going to the South
C183 Mu Chen Going to the South
Mu Chen sat behind the desk with his pregnancy meridian in one hand and his pen in the other. After writing for a while, he raised his head and looked at Shen Jingli who was struggling with his needlework. Seeing him unskillfully sewing, he felt a sense of warmth in his heart, and actually felt a lot of reluctance.
Shen Jingli stitched very carefully, although his stitches were not neat and tidy, they were extremely compact. Other than the Safety Talisman, he also hid a bit of silver inside every single one of his clothes, afraid that he would run into some trouble on the way here.
sewing under the candlelight was extremely tiresome to his eyes. Not long after, Shen Jingli felt that his eyes were uncomfortable, dry, astringent, and a little bloated, so he stopped, blinked, and shook his head again, feeling a little better before continuing.
Mu Chen saw that he was not feeling well, and felt his heart ache, so he walked over and took the needle and thread from his hand. Shen Jingli raised his head and asked: What's wrong? I have a little more to finish. "
"Eyes." He reached out and touched his brow, then stroked his eyelid with his flank. "Stop it. You're not feeling well."
His tone was very flat, but it was filled with determination that could not be refused. Shen Jingli looked at it, and nodded, "Alright."
He understood Mu Chen's temperament very well. He knew that he couldn't win against, so he was too lazy to fight with him.
Mu Chen put the basket of needles to the side, folded the clothes, and put them into his backpack. Then, he sat beside Shen Jingli and pulled his hand.
"How long will it take for you to come back?" Shen Jingli leaned over, rested his head on his shoulder, extended a finger, and curled his long hair as he played with it.
"It's going to be months." Mu Chen was also unwilling to part, but the matter was too important, so he had to go.
Shen Jingli nodded and did not say anything else. Instead, he raised his head, pointed to the booklet that he was drawing, and said: "I have copied down some things that you need to take note of. Remember to take a look from time to time, do not be careless."
"Alright." Shen Jingli replied, he pulled up his blanket and went back to sleep, "Go to sleep early, we're leaving early tomorrow morning."
Mu Chen also took off his outer clothes and laid down beside him. The two of them did not say anything else and just went to sleep while hugging each other.
In the morning, the family ate their meal as usual. Then, Shen Jingli carried Xun Er and sent him off.
The rain had stopped, the sunlight was dazzling, Mu Chen led his horse and stood at the entrance of the village.
Third Old Master Mu did not come, but Mu Yu, Mu Jing and Mu Jin did. They did not know what Mu Chen was going to do, and only knew that he was going to be away for a long time, so they all promised to take good care of him.
"Dad, dad …" Sensing the atmosphere of separation, Xun Er reached out his hands uneasily, wanting Mu Chen to hug him.
Mu Chen pulled him from Shen Jingli's embrace and Xun Er immediately reached out to wrap her arms around his neck, rubbing her face against his. "Father, father, where are you going? Do you not want Xun Er and Mama? "
Xun Er was so anxious that he almost cried. He grabbed onto Mu Chen and refused to let go, as he was afraid that if he let go, Mu Chen would disappear immediately.
Mu Chen rubbed his head, "Father has some matters to attend to so he will be back soon."
"No." Xun Er shook his head, then tightly embraced Mu Chen's neck and leaned on him.
"Good boy." Mu Chen lightly patted Xun Er's back, handing him over to Shen Jingli.
Xun Er started to clamor uneasily, all the while extending his hand, trying to get Mu Chen to carry him, as he loudly shouted, "Father, father …"
Shen Jingli reached out his hand to's back, and smiled as he watched him mount the horse. "You promised me."
"Right." Mu Chen said, but he did not say anything more, nor did Shen Jingli say anything else.
With reddened eyes, Mu Jin said: "Big Brother, don't worry, I will take good care of Sister-in-law and Xun Er."
Mu Chen nodded, he then looked at Shen Jingli and immediately urged his horse to leave. Wei Zuo and the two guards said their farewells to Shen Jingli, and then left as well.
Until he could no longer see Mu Chen, Xun Er suddenly burst into tears, sobbing and shouting "Father", Shen Jingli followed his back, but did not try to coax him, and allowed him to cry, releasing the emotions in his heart.
He then looked at the road before saying, "Let's go back."
Mu Jin opened his mouth and said, "Sister-in-law, Big Brother said that since Big Brother asked for Sister Qing Sheng to come over and stay with you for a few days, it would also be good to relieve his boredom."
Mu Jing also said, "If sister-in-law has anything you want, feel free to tell me. I will definitely buy it for you."
After Shen Jingli saw that they had finished talking, he turned to look at Mu Yu, causing him to feel uncomfortable, he moved his lips and said: "Go back, the wind is blowing."
Shen Jingli smiled and said, "Okay."
When Shen Jingli returned home, in his prime, he went to the kitchen and brought out a bowl of sweet and sour cream.
"Madam, this is the sweet steamed dates that the lord ordered me to make for you. It's very good for your health, eat more."
From time to time, he would call out 'Father', and his miserable little appearance would cause people to feel pain. But when he heard the words Sweet 'n' Sour Jujube, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned his head back, only to slump back into Shen Jingli's embrace.
"You want to eat it?" Shen Jingli lowered his head and asked.
He nodded his head, then shook his head. Shen Jingli did not understand what he meant and sat him down with his arms around his waist and scooped a spoonful of cheese into his mouth. However, he reached out and pushed it to Shen Jingli's mouth and said: Mama eat, little brother eat, Xun Er will not eat.
Xun Er looked like he had grown up in an instant. He took the spoon in Shen Jingli's hand and carefully dug out the cheese on it and fed it to Shen Jingli.
Seeing his obedient look, Shen Jingli momentarily forgot to open his mouth. Xun Er held the spoon in his hand, seeing that Shen Jingli did not open his mouth for a long time, he anxiously said: "Mama, hurry and eat, Xun Er's hands are sore."
Shen Jingli finally reacted, he quickly opened her mouth and the cheese slipped into her mouth. It melted in a moment, and was not greasy at all.
After eating the Sweet Ziziphi, Xun Er helped Shen Jingli enter the room to rest. Shen Jingli saw that he was holding onto like a guard, carefully protecting his stomach, and smiled: "Xun Er, what are you doing?"
"Xun Er is protecting Mama and Little Brother." Xun Er said seriously. When he passed the threshold, he reminded again, "Mama, quickly raise your foot. The threshold is high.
When Jin Yu and Nian Hua heard Xun Er's words, they couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh. Young Master was both sensible and cute.
Huaixin followed beside Jin Yu. Seeing Xun Er like this, he thought of what Jin Yu had told him before: the wife was pregnant with a baby, so he could not act so rashly, so as to not hurt the baby.
She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then also ran to Shen Jingli's side with a dada as she held onto Shen Jingli's hand, and obediently said: "Madam, I'm holding onto you, I'm not afraid of falling down."
Shen Jingli couldn't help but laugh when he saw the two children's obedient appearances. His entire body felt warm.
"Mama, sit here." Xun Er placed a soft pillow on the headboard of the bed. He first climbed up and sat on it, then extended his hand to pull Shen Jingli.
Shen Jingli sat down, and Jin Yu squatted down to help him take off his shoes and asked, "Madam, would you like to rest a bit more?"
"Right." Shen Jingli lay down on his side, took a blanket and covered him with it. After that, he added a few more pieces of charcoal to the brazier, and then sat down to beat up the tendrils.
Huaixin also climbed up and sat together with Xun Er, staring curiously at Shen Jingli's stomach, "Madam, how did you get pregnant with a baby?"
"I know." Xun Er interrupted, "When Mama and Dad sleep together, they become pregnant."
Hearing Xun Er's words, Shen Jingli's head was immediately filled with black lines. Who taught him to say these words? He felt a headache coming on, and in the next second, Huaixin said something that gave him a headache.
"I sleep with you every day. Why am I not pregnant with a baby?" He curiously looked at Shen Jingli and asked.
This frightened Shen Jingli to no end, he suddenly realised, although Huaixin was still young, he already started to have a gender awareness, and was afraid that he was not suitable to sleep together with Xun Er anymore.
"Aiyo, my little ancestor, what are you asking? You're still a baby yourself, how can you have a baby? " Jin Yu quickly brought in a bowl of hard lactose she prepared and gave it to the two children to eat. She stuffed their mouths shut so that they wouldn't ask an even more painful question, "Madam is tired and needs to rest.
Huaixin stuffed some lactose into his mouth, nodded his head, and turned to play with Xun Er. Soon enough, he completely forgot about what had just happened.
Shen Jingli closed his eyes and reached out to touch the bed, but didn't touch the warm hands. Only now did he remember that Mu Chen had just gone to the south and couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
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Mu Chen was worried about Shen Jingli's body. Other than asking Jin Yu and Nian Hua to put a few more soft pillows in the room, he also arranged for doctors to take his pulse every few days while he made some cheese and goat's milk to nourish his body.
In the early morning, the carriage arrived at the Jinling City to receive the Dr Sun. The Dr Sun was a famous gynecologist with profound strength, and the wives of wealthy families would show him their bodies if they found something. When Mu Chen had invited him over to take a look at Shen Jingli's pulse, he was not happy, but Jinling City was really too far away from the Mu Family Village, so he could not tolerate Mu Chen's influence, and even arranged for the carriage to receive him.
When Dr Sun entered the house, he saw Shen Jingli walking around the courtyard. He greeted with his hands folded in front of him and invited Shen Jingli to sit, so he could check his pulse.
Jin Yu and Nian Hua brought out a chair, placed two layers of cushions on top of it, and took out a pillow for Shen Jingli to sit on.
Dr Sun took out the small pillow used for pulse detection and told Shen Jingli to put his hand on it before he started to check the pulse.
"Madam is in good health and is fine." After a while, the Dr Sun revealed a smile and said.
Jin Yu was overjoyed, and immediately took out a beaker and gave it to Dr Sun to reward hshe. As she walked her out, he also asked her about things to take note of when he is pregnant, and Dr Sun accepted the bounty. She was happy, so she answered her questions whenever she had anything to ask.