jdhmnovel Chapter 185 The Harvest Begins
Chapter 185 The Harvest Begins
Yun Xi returned to normal, and her restless heart began to stir.
She remembered that she had said before that she would take Mu Jinyan to see the colorful flowers of cotton. Her pregnancy was stable now, so it should be okay for her to go out, right?
"Chun Yu, go to the Marquis' Mansion and ask my father if the cotton has bloomed."
Chun Yu: “…Yes.”
She said to Qiuju, "Come on, let's go to the upper room and discuss going out with the old lady."
Yun Xi was still cautious. After all, she was pregnant now. Who knew what people in this era were doing? If you don't understand, just ask. There's nothing wrong with that.
Qiu Ju: “…”
"You are pregnant now. Pregnant women are usually very careful, afraid of getting tired. Moreover, you are going to the farm, sitting in a carriage, the road is long and bumpy. For you and the child, I am afraid the old lady will not agree."
Yun Xi: "..."
After thinking about it, she decided not to go and ask. She could still move freely in the Mu Mansion and her life would not be affected. It should be no problem for her to go back to her parents' home, but taking a carriage to see the cotton at this time might be a bit of a challenge to the old lady's nerves.
She must have hoped that Yun Xi would have a quiet pregnancy and wait until the baby was born. It wasn't something that she had to go to.
Yun Xi stopped making any noise, and Chun Yu also brought back Yun's father's words: "Let that ancestor be quiet. She's pregnant. There's always room for cotton. If you miss this year, there's still next year. Don't let her come! Don't let her come!"
Yun Xi: “!”
This is really my dad.
Chunyu imitated Yun's father's tone perfectly. Yun Xi did not expect that Chunyu, who was usually honest and steady, also had some talent as a storyteller!
Yun Xi couldn't help but sigh: "Chun Yu, you are so eloquent!"
Miss Chunyu smiled shyly. This was a little hobby of hers that was unknown to others and she usually had no chance to show it off.
"If you don't want to go, then don't go. Would my father be so harsh?"
Spring Rain, Autumn Chrysanthemum: "..."
Don’t you know the answer yourself?
After Mu Jinyan came back at noon, Yun Xi said to him: "Ayan, I said before that I would take you to see the cotton blossoms, but I'm afraid I can't go this year. I'm not in good health to go out now."
Mu Jinyan was very surprised: "You still want to go see the cotton blossoms? Mother, you need to rest well now that you have a baby, and don't get tired. I don't want to see the cotton blossoms. If I want to see it, let Daddy take me, or I can see it next year."
Yun Xi: "..."
Why do I seem to be the only one who is ignorant?
"You still know that you need to rest well when you have a baby?"
"I know. Daddy said so, and my cousin said so too. He said that my aunt's health was not good because she was exhausted when she was pregnant with him."
Yun Xi: "...your cousin knows a lot."
Mu Jinyan nodded, agreeing with Yun Xi's words. Cousin Xie An really knew a lot.
After watching the cotton blossoms, Yun Xi put the matter aside. A few days later, one morning, Yun Xi received a surprise from someone sent by Yun's father: a small basket of cotton flowers! And a few branches.
They are really beautiful. There are white ones, light yellow ones, pink ones and red ones.
Yun Xi was admiring the flowers while wondering, was her father feeling sorry for her or was he insulting her?
No matter. It's a rare cotton flower. Take a look at it.
The reason why cotton flowers can present a colorful effect is that the petals contain anthocyanins, which will present different colors in different pH environments. The color of cotton flowers can change from red to purple to blue because of the anthocyanins in the petals.
This basket of colorful flowers was probably carefully selected by Dad Yun.
After the flower blooms and fades, a small cotton boll will grow. The cotton boll will slowly grow and split open, and it will become white cotton.
Yun Xi: “!”
"Chunyu, go again and tell my father to thank him. This basket is enough. Don't pick any more. The flowers will bear fruit after they wither. If you pick more, he will harvest less cotton."
Chunyu set off quickly. She had also been following Yunxi for a while, so she naturally knew that this was what Yunxi had been paying the most attention to recently.
Yun Xi put the flowers in a vase, kept one in her own room and sent one to Mu Jinyan's room.
In the afternoon, Mu Jinyan and Mu Xuan came back from studying and came to Yun Xi to say hello. He saw the flowers on the small table at first glance, which were varieties he had never seen before.
"Mother, what kind of flower is this?"
"The cotton flower."
Mu Jinyan: "!!! You went to Zhuangzi?"
"No, it was sent by your Grandpa Yun. Let us enjoy it. I also put a bottle in your room."
Mu Jinyan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. He was really a little worried that his mother would be worried and run away to the farm by herself, so it would be better for him to go with her so that he could take care of her!
Fortunately, Yun Xi didn’t have the ability to read minds, so she didn’t know what this child was thinking, otherwise she would be speechless.
When she was more than four months pregnant, one day, she just lay in bed and prepared to take a nap, and she felt the first fetal movement. It was as if the baby turned over inside. The feeling was very wonderful. For the first time, she truly experienced the emotion of nurturing a little life, a kind of blood connection.
At that moment, she was so excited that Mu Sheng, who was lying next to her, could feel the change in her aura. He quickly raised his upper body and looked at her: "What's wrong?"
"The baby just moved a little." Yun Xi said. Her happiness was so obvious that even Mu Sheng became excited.
He joined her, carefully placing his hands on her belly, anticipating the baby's next movement.
The little guy did not disappoint his parents, and soon, a small bulge appeared on his belly, as if the baby stretched out his little feet or moved his little fists.
The couple smiled foolishly at each other, and then hugged each other tightly.
Since then, the baby's fetal movements have become more and more frequent. At first, it was fine, just moving his arms and legs, or pupating inside, with little amplitude. Yun Xi could accept it, and even liked him to move around, putting her hands on her belly and moving with him.
Later, she regretted it. I don't know if it was his mother's response that inspired him, but the child kicked and punched inside, rolling back and forth, treating his mother's belly as his training ground. Yun Xi was tormented by him.
Moreover, she was a little worried that tossing and turning like this might cause the umbilical cord to wrap around the neck.
Fortunately, the system comforted her in time: "It's okay, host, the baby is fine."
"He's so noisy, could it be that he took too much spiritual energy? I'll stop taking the spiritual energy pills for two days and try."
The system wanted to say no, but it also felt that it was not good to interfere too much in the host's private affairs. It silently said to itself: "Host, you will know after trying it."
If you try, you will die! Without the spiritual energy pill, the child is going to make a scene!
The system said: "Host, you suddenly stopped, and the child's living environment has changed. He can't adapt to it."
Yun Xi: "...Why didn't you say so earlier?"
System: "This is not a big problem. Either you continue to take one pill a day. It is made by the system and has no side effects. Or you stop taking it completely. The child will eventually get used to the new environment and will just be fussy for a few days, just like a baby weaned."
Yun Xi: "..."
Whoever’s child it is, he or she will feel sorry for it. So just eat the spiritual energy pill.
"After he is born, he won't also need to take spiritual energy pills, right?"
"No. After he was born, he was in a completely new environment and he will start to adapt to it."
"I can rest assured that."
When she was five months pregnant, Yun Xi had already adapted to the baby's noises, and her belly had a noticeable bulge. Fortunately, she controlled her diet properly and did not gain weight. If you looked at her from behind, you couldn't tell that she was pregnant.
In mid-September, Yun Dad sent someone to tell her: "Some of the cotton bolls have split open, revealing the white stuff inside."
Yun Xi was very happy. Fortunately, she planted cotton, otherwise, her son would not be able to use anything made of cotton.
Yun Xi already knew that she was pregnant with a boy. The result of the system scan.
Yun Xi was so happy that she almost burst out of her skin. She was rubbing her hands together, and even though the cotton hadn't arrived yet, she was already preparing to weave cloth.
"The master asked me to ask you, what should I do next?"
"Wait until the white stuff inside the cracked cotton boll expands and becomes soft and cloud-like, then pull it out." Yun Xi said.
"I have workers tie a bag around their bodies and walk through the cotton field every two or three days to pick out the swollen cotton and spread it out in the sun. It has to be dried very dry. Then they remove the seeds and bring it to me. Be careful when picking and try not to let broken leaves stick to the cotton."
The messenger went back after hearing this. The next day, Dad Yun ordered people to pick the grapes. There weren't many cracked grapes yet, so the workers each took a row and walked through it in half a day, picking enough grapes to fill several sacks.
As Yun Xi said, they spread it out on a bamboo mat and exposed it to the sun. Two more people were assigned to turn it over.
While Dad Yun was busy picking, Yun Xi asked the system for the blueprint of the "four-legged stirring cart", a cotton seed remover that was popular in the Ming Dynasty. It was simple to make and operate.
She sent someone to deliver it to Yun Dad.
"Tell my father that after the cotton is dried, put it in this mixer truck to remove the seeds, and keep the seeds for next year's seed. Send the cotton to me."
She has her spinning wheel ready to go!
Chunyu and the others all know how to spin yarn. At the beginning, there wasn’t much cotton, so they could do it by themselves.
The Yunxi courtyard was busy and the atmosphere was set. Everyone was looking forward to the cotton.
The news even spread throughout the entire Mu Mansion, and even the old general and the old lady heard about it.