After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shen Luzhu was already four months pregnant, and her originally flat belly began to bulge day by day. Fortunately, although she was still as sleepy as before, her appetite had improved.
Speaking of this, it is strange. Late one night just a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shen Luzhu, who was still sleeping in the dark, was suddenly driven away by a sense of hunger, and he walked out of the kang in a daze. When I got up, I wanted to go to the kitchen to find some food.
Chu Yi was awakened by the movement beside him. When he opened his eyes, he saw his wife putting on clothes with her eyes half closed. He quickly stood up and asked, "Why are you awake? Are you thirsty?"
"Chu Yi, I'm so hungry!"
When Chu Yi heard this, he immediately got up and helped his wife lie down again. He said, "Lie down and I'll get it for you. Do you want some custard?"
Shen Luzhu was completely awake at this time, nodded and said, "Okay, then put on some clothes."
Since Shen Luzhu became pregnant, Chu Yi has made this egg custard more than once or twice. Now he is very comfortable in making it. After a while, he returned to the house with a bowl of steaming egg custard.
At this time, Shen Luzhu felt that his hungry gastric juice was almost digesting his stomach. He took the spoon, took a mouthful, blew on it and put it into his mouth. ..
"Slow down, be careful."
After eating a few mouthfuls, the hunger in his stomach was relieved a lot, Shen Luzhu suddenly tasted it carefully and wondered: "Why does it feel like there is something missing in today's custard?"
As he spoke, he took a spoonful and put it to Chu Yi's mouth, gesturing for him to try it. Chu Yi tasted it on his wife's hand: "It's the same as before."
Shen Luzhu strangely dug out another spoonful for himself and ate it. He still felt strange, as if today's custard was particularly bland, but he didn't think much about it. He only thought that maybe it was because of the pregnancy reaction and his appetite. Something went wrong again.
"How about I cook you another sugar-coated egg?"
Shen Luzhu shook his head: "No, don't worry about it at night. It may just be because there is no taste in your mouth. I can just eat this."
After eating a full bowl of custard, his stomach was warm and full, and sleepiness came over him again. Shen Luzhu soon fell asleep again in Chu Yi's arms, until he woke up the next day, packed up and ate Korean food. The breakfast specially made by her aunt was a bowl of thick white rice porridge, a small plate of crisp cold vegetables, and two boiled eggs.
Mornings on weekdays are almost the same, but I don’t know what happened today. I still felt bland after just two bites, so I asked Chu Yi next to me: "Do you feel it's a little too bland?"
Hearing this, Chu Yi picked up another chopstick and put the side dish into his mouth, chewed it a few times: "It's okay for me to eat, but A Zhu thinks it's not salty enough? Then I'll help you add some coarse salt?"
Shen Luzhu frowned and shook his head: "It's salty enough, just...Chu Yi, I want to eat meat!"
Chu Yi looked at his wife in disbelief and confirmed, "Azhu, you said you want to eat meat?"
Shen Luzhu nodded heavily: "Yes!"
Shen Luzhu has been getting up a little late recently. In order to accommodate her schedule, Chu Yi usually gets up first in the morning and cleans the yard at home, then goes back to lie with her for a while until she wakes up completely, and then they get up together. During breakfast, Aunt Han would usually have packed up the dishes and chopsticks used by Third Uncle Chu and others in the morning and left the Chu family's old house.
Aunt Han was away, and Chu Yi couldn't cook other meals except custards and sugar-watered eggs. In the end, he had to turn to his aunt next door, Qian, for help.
As soon as Mrs. Qian heard that Shen Luzhu actually wanted to eat meat, she quickly put down her work, turned around and went into the kitchen to make a bowl of shredded pork porridge, and brought it to Shen Luzhu along with Chu Yi.
"Lu Zhu, try this shredded pork porridge and see if you feel nauseous after eating it. I don't dare to put too much in it for you. I even added some vegetables in it!"
Shen Luzhu wrinkled his nose and took two deep breaths of the fragrance in the air: "It smells so good!" Then he took half a spoonful, blew it, and tentatively put it into his mouth. After tasting it carefully, he didn't feel any nausea at all. He even managed to lure out the glutton, so he ate another big spoonful of it.
"The porridge made by my cousin is so delicious!"
Seeing Shen Luzhu like this, Chu Yi finally
He breathed a sigh of relief that his wife's problem of being unable to eat and smelling greasy food was finally gone. Otherwise, if he had to endure it like this for a few months, he would be really afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear it anymore.
Mrs. Qian was even more delighted, clapped her hands and said, "If it tastes good, you can eat more. There's still some in the pot in the kitchen. After a while, Ayi will serve it up for you. You can eat the deer bamboo first." Auntie, I'm going to cut two cuts of meat for you. Oh no, no, no, I'd better eat chicken. Chicken is more nutritious. I'm going to kill the chicken right now, and then I'll ask Chu Ping to bring back two fish. I'll call you at noon. Aunt Han has cooked it for you. It won’t be oily for two or three months. Let’s eat some chicken soup, fish soup or something like that!”
Shen Luzhu swallowed the porridge in his mouth and hurriedly advised: "Auntie, please stop being busy. I've eaten this meal and it's still early for lunch. We can get it ourselves later!"
Qian waved his hand: "Where are you going to get them? There are no chickens or ducks in your yard. I'll just go back and catch one. Just ask Ayi to stay at home with you. You don't have to worry about the rest!" "
After Qian said that, he turned around and walked out in a hurry, as if if he were a step too late, the chickens and fish would have disappeared by themselves.
Shen Luzhu could eat meat now, and he no longer felt nauseated when he smelled the cooking fumes, so he could finally eat with his whole family in the main room again. At noon, Aunt Han made braised fish and specially gave it to Shen Luzhu. Zhu made chicken noodle soup, with fried eggs and vegetables on top, and a big chicken leg on top.
Under the concerned gaze of the whole family, Shen Luzhu ate all the chicken legs and noodles, and several pieces of fish meat that Chu Yi had picked out. Everyone saw with their own eyes that she was eating so happily. Completely relieved.
Because the supply of copper coins and burning paper has not been as tight as before recently, Chu Ping and Yuan Shuang would come over from time to time to chat with the young couple to relieve their boredom. Because of this, Shen Luzhu discovered something strange. thing.
Not long after the Ghost Festival, the young couple notified Chu Ping, Zhao Cheng and Shen Luzhu's uncles who made copper coins and burned paper for them, saying that their shop was going to be closed for a while before the Winter Clothes Festival, so there was no need to go back to the previous years. If you are in a hurry, you only need to prepare the quantity of goods needed for the Winter Clothes Festival.
So Chu Ping became more leisurely after that, and Zhao Chengna no longer came to pick up yellow paper and deliver it every day. Only Shen Luzhu, her uncle's family, was a little different. At the beginning, Uncle Zhang's family was Like Chu Ping and Zhao Cheng, the amount of yellow paper taken away was less, and the frequency of visits to the Chu family's old house also dropped significantly.
It's just that this state of affairs didn't last long. The number and quantity of uncle Zhang's visits to burn paper increased again, but the number of times he sent it back didn't increase. He saw that uncle had to push back a full one every time. Shen Luzhu was a little puzzled that the copper coins in the car were burned with paper.
"Uncle, drink some herbal tea and have a rest. Why did you bring back so much burning paper at once? It's so tiring! Wouldn't it be easier to divide it into two or three times?"
The uncle of the Zhang family waved his hand: "It's okay, it's up to me. I want to save myself a few troubles, so I pretend more!"
"Uncle, we are not in a hurry to get the goods this time, you don't have to work so hard!"
Chu Yi also advised from the side: "Otherwise, uncle will ask someone to come in advance next time to say hello, and I will go and get it back."
"That's right, uncle, the store at home is closed recently. I'll ask Chu Yi to pick it up. It won't delay anything."
"You really don't need it. I'll send it back in batches next time. Lu Zhu, you're pregnant, so don't worry about it. Uncle, I have a sense of propriety!"
The uncle of the Zhang family refused to ask Chu Yi to pick it up, so the young couple had no choice but to give up. Afterwards, the burning paper that the uncle sent over was no longer the same as before, so the young couple did not take it to heart anymore.
Until the beginning of September, when Chu Yi was sorting out the warehouse, he found that there were a lot of copper coins and burned paper. The quantity seemed to be wrong. It seemed that a small part of the knife had been taken out. If he put the two knives side by side and took a closer look, they all seemed to be wrong. I can't see much difference, but there are a lot of copper coins and burning paper stored in the warehouse. Each pile is stacked from the ground to a position as high as a person. The larger the number, each knife is smaller, and the stack becomes thinner. It's obvious.
The production of copper money burning paper is simple, and there is generally very little loss. Even if there is, the young couple has communicated with the three families before. It doesn't matter if there is loss. Just tell them, and after sending it back, Shen Luzhu will follow
Chu Yi would open a new knife and make up for the lost ones.
Therefore, with such a large amount of loss and no one telling the situation, it is obvious that part of the burnt paper has been artificially pulled out. Moreover, these knives were all sent here after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and were stacked at the back of the previous days. A comparison that stands out!
The young couple also specially took out a knife from both sides, opened each piece one by one and counted them carefully. Sure enough, there was a lot missing. I am afraid it was missing when purchasing from Lin Ji's papermaking workshop. Chu Yi He also brought a knife from another warehouse. The yellow burnt paper that had just come in a few days ago and had not yet been made into copper coin burnt paper was opened and counted carefully. As a result, the number of yellow burnt paper did not appear to be missing. It seems that the problem is more likely to be at home!
But whether it was Chu Ping, Zhao Cheng or the uncle of the Zhang family, they were all real relatives and friends of his family, and they had always been reliable. How could such a problem arise? It was only then that Shen Luzhu remembered that he had felt that way before. A little strange thing happened. When his shop was closed and there was no need to rush to make burning paper, Uncle Zhang's uncle was different from Chu Ping and others. Except at the beginning, not only did he not reduce the number of yellow burning paper, but on the contrary There seems to be more than usual!
"Could it be uncle? But no, how could uncle do such a thing!"
Seeing that his wife was a little frustrated, Chu Yi hurriedly advised: "We haven't found out what happened yet. Let's think about it again. Maybe there are other possibilities!"
