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“If we don’t have children, then we won’t have children. Hah, we’ll be able to save a lot of money.”
“How can you say that… Raising a child, can it be considered expensive?” Ger Yan was stunned. He never thought the other party would answer like this.
How could Lin-dage talk about having a child and raising them so casually? What do you mean if they didn’t have any, they wouldn’t raise any? How could you say you can save money by not raising children? Was saving money more important?
“Don’t children cost money? We don’t have enough rooms for a child, so it’ll cost a lot of money to build a new house. Then there’s the child’s clothes, diapers, and…when the child grows up, it’ll cost more money to send them to study…” Lin Lixuan listed all the costs of raising a child one by one in front of Ger Ya, making Ger Yan stunned.
After saying this, Lin Lixuan gave this answer. Lin Lixuan poked Ger Yan’s dimple. “So…Ger Yan, we can save a lot of money by not raising children.”
“…” Ger Yan choked on his words. He was speechless for a long time. When he turned his head back, he asked his original question again, “What if I can’t have children?”
“Then we won’t have children. What else do you want to do?” It wasn’t a big deal to Lin Lixuan if he had children or not. He wasn’t insistent on leaving an heir. He didn’t need children to prove his worth. It wasn’t like his family had a throne to inherit, so what did it matter if they had children or not? After coming here, he fell in love with Ger Yan. Although Ger Yan was a Shuang’er, his appearance was no different from ordinary adult men.
Even if he’d been here for over half a year, he still couldn’t really accept the idea of Shuang’ers giving birth. Although he wanted well-behaved and beautiful children that looked like Ger Yan, when he thought of Ger Yan being pregnant, the scene made his mind numb. The reproduction conditions of ancient times weren’t good. Women gave birth with one foot in the door of death, and it would be even more unimaginable for Shuang’er. Therefore…
Being born or not was up to fate.
Ger Yan frowned. What did he mean, what else could he do? He was asking for Lin-dage for his opinion, so why was the other party throwing the question back to him again? Ger Yan snorted. “No children. How is that possible? Mother wants to hold a grandchild…Lin-dage, will you marry a woman to have a child?”
Speaking of which, if Lin-dage married a woman and became family with her, he would be kicked out of the Lin family. Lin-dage wouldn’t be gentle, dote on him, or tease him anymore. He would use all his warmth on another woman. Mother as well. Zhao Liniang wouldn’t like him anymore. “When the time comes…Lin-dage, don’t drive me away…”
Ger Yu listened on the side. He was so frightened that he became cold. The joy from just now disappeared, and it was as if he’d fallen into ice water.
“What nonsense are you talking about, Ger Yan?” Lin Lixuan was helpless. He had no choice but to promise to Ger Yan, “I won’t marry a woman. I will only have you, Ger Yan, for the rest of my life.”
“But what if I can’t have children?”
“then we won’t have children. Be good. Don’t overthink. How long have we been married now? Why are you already worried about not having children?”
“I’m just scared if we can’t.”
“Don’t be. Ger Yan, do you not understand my meaning?” What I mean is if we have children, then we’ll happily raise the children together. If we don’t, then we will still live happily. Ger Yan, if you really want children, then we can always adopt an orphan…Don’t worry about Mother. I’ll just tell her there’s a problem with my body and we can’t have children.” Ger Yan hugged Ger Yan and kissed him. “Did I calm your worries?”
“Mn.” Ger Yan nodded sweetly. At the same time, he felt a bit annoyed. He now recalled what he said before. It seemed…he had threatened Lin-dage to make this promise to him. Wasn’t this too much?
However, Lin-dage’s answer really made him feel at ease. At the same time, he was very happy.
Ger Yu raised his head and grimaced at the two of them. He said mischievously, “Ge, you’re crying. Look, I didn’t even cry when I fell into the paddy field.”
“Look, Ger Yan is laughing at you. Be good, Ger Yan. You should laugh too.”
The corners of Ger Yan’s mouth tugged up, and he slowly revealed a bright smile. The smile was like warm honey wrapping around Lin Lixuan’s heart.
Lin Lixuan put his arm around Ger Yan’s shoulders. The three of them continued walking toward the Lin residence. Lin Lixuan leaned into Ger Yan’s ear and whispered so only the two of them could hear… “I never knew my Ger Yan wanted to have a child so much. It seems I’ll have to work hard tonight.”
“…” Ger Yan’s ear itched, like a wave of heat tickled it. He shrank away.
He hid behind his back, but the other party continued to chase him. “Ger Yan, having a child is a matter between two people. I shouldn’t be the only one working hard. You need to work hard too. I heard that if a Shuang’er takes the initiative himself…conceiving a child will be easier…”
“…” Ger Yan’s ears shook. “How…do I take the initiative?”
The corners of Lin Lixuan’s mouth curved up to reveal a mysterious smile. He said, “For example, you… at night…sit down…and move yourself…”
Ger Yan’s ears felt like they were about to burn. He pushed Lin Lixuan away with his hand and pulled Ger Yu away with him.”
“Ge? Ge? Why are you suddenly walking so fast?”
With the efforts of these three people, the survival rate of the watermelon seedlings that had been rafted went from 9/25 to one third. It then went from one third to two thirds. Finally, they managed to have more than forty successes. The field was being managed well, and the grafted watermelons grew quickly. The vines grew longer and longer. Because it was a grafted crop, they only left the original pumpkin leaves on the vines. They had to prune any new pumpkin leaves.
The fields of watermelon seedlings filled the five mu of land. As the days passed, the mountains of fruit trees also grew vigorously. Lin Lixuan’s orchard gradually took shape. Zhao Liniang, and her neighbor, Ge Daniang, and two other women in Jade Creek Village ran a chicken breeding business that was also flourishing.
The chicken farm was built with a few simple wooden planks on the mountain. Now, they raised four to five hundred chickens. During the day, the roosters and hens ran around the mountain, fields, and orchids with the chicks. They would peck at the ground and eat, and their waste would become fertilizer for the orchard. These chickens would wave their wings around everyday. They looked very energetic.
“Look at that rooster. I’ve been raising chickens for so long, and I’ve never seen them so spirited,” Old Lady Ge pulled Zhao Liniang and pointed at a red-crowned rooster out from the flock and praised it.
The red-crowned rooster seemed to hear Old Lady Ge’s praise and shook its wings actively.
Zhao Liniang agreed, “Yes, yes. The chicken meat must be extremely tender. Look at its wings. Look how powerful they are. My family’s Xuan’Er loves eating chicken wings the most. I must keep this one for him.”
“My two children love eating chicken feet. I think they’ll definitely like that one’s chicken claws…”
These flocks of chicken scattered all over the place. They didn’t know that not far away, there were two women eyeing them. Their praises at being very energetic and beautiful were only to analyze which chicken had better meat.
“This mountain is full of fruits planted by your family…ThisWell…When will they bare fruit?” Old Lady Ge asked. Not only was she curious, other people in the village were also curious. They looked at the fruit trees that popped up in the Lin family’s mountain one by one. When they asked about the price of eat fruit seedlings, they felt distressed.
The voice of all the villagers: Xiucai Lin is a spendthrift!!!!
He was a Xiucai, but he didn’t study. He came to trample on the land and create a mess instead!
Tsk, tsk. The family will go into ruins sooner or later. In their opinion, the Lin family had good luck by accident. They got their windfall from the tofu recipe. This made everyone angry. But what made them feel better was the fact that Xiucai Lin was a loser who didn’t know how to play his cards. If one used common sense and they obtained such a sum of money, he should be wearing gold or silver. Instead, he bought a barren mountain where birds didn’t even want to poop at. He planted crops that couldn’t fill their stomachs. They planted a field of messy fruit trees instead.
This kind of behavior was simply throwing money into the river and letting it float away with the current as they watched! So! Painful!
Ger Yan really married a fool.
When Lin Lixuan fell into the river in the past, water definitely got into his brain.
Zhao Liniang reluctantly raised her eyelids and looked at the verdant fruit trees in the mountains. She sighed and said, “I don’t know. Xuan’Er said fruit trees generally need to be planted for two to three years before they bear fruit…”
Two to three years…Could these trees even live past three years?
Two to three year? That long?”
“That’s right…”
Zhao Liniang’s heart was unsettled. She also felt that these fruit trees were a waste. When Xuan’Er bought the fruit seedlings, he didn’t tell her the price of them. She only saw how many trees he bought. It was only when a busybody from Jade Creek Village inquired about the price of these damn trees that she, the mother, finally learned how much money her son had wasted on them.
That damn child was really asking for a beating.
Zhao Liniang was not someone with an extremely rigid personality. She loved her child and wouldn’t pressure him. Toward Lin Lixuan, she was like soft tofu. If she was strict with him, he would just smile back. If she was soft to him, he would be even softer. His mouth worked until he made you speechless. The other party could argue with her until she finally backed down to keep the piece.
Zhao Liniang was helpless. She didn’t hold the financial power in the family. She was a country woman who had never seen the world. She got flustered when there was a lot of money involved. Now that the family had a man, a woman, and two Shuang’er, they relied on Lin Lixuan alone. What else could she do? Life still had to go on.
There were many mothers on the losing end. Everyone in Jade Creek Village knew that it was because Zhao Liniang was a mother who indulged her child that her Xiucai Lin turned out to be such a spendthrift.
Their family had become a bad example to the villagers teaching their children.
“Baby, you have to study harder. Don’t learn from Xiucai Lin.”
“Father didn’t send you to school to come back and farm.”
“How about we don’t send our child to study? What if they become stupid and try to trample the land like Xiucai Lin?”
Even if she continuously complained about the child’s nonsense, Zhao Liniang was still very protective of her child in front of the villagers. “As long as more than half of these fruit trees survive, they will have endless fruit in two years.”
“…” Old Lady Ge pulled the corners of her mouth up and smiled lighter. Everyone was waiting to see in two years…
Zhao Liniang rubbed her forehead. The only thing that made her happy in this barren mountain was the five mu of watermelons.
