Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 262 Xu Han is pregnant again

The Taoist priest and Lu Chuan patrolled the deep mountains with their home as the center for four days. Only after they were sure that there were no large animals near their home did Xu Han take Mu'er out of the house.

The wild vegetables are now very tender, and they are growing very big due to the abundant rain.

Xu Han took Mu'er to pick wild vegetables near their home. Mu'er played with Fantuan and Heidian watched him. Xu Han concentrated on picking wild vegetables.

Due to weather reasons, this year's wild vegetables did not grow in season as they did in previous years.

In March, there were all kinds of wild vegetables growing in the mountains, and the growing season was completely messed up. As long as it was an edible wild vegetable, Xu Han would pick it whenever she saw it.

However, because it has not rained for a long time, the wild vegetables this year did not grow as well as in previous years.

Even if there are some growing in patches, the area is very small and cannot be compared with the past.

The number of wild vegetables has dropped by more than half, and it is not easy to pick them even if you want to. You can’t find as much in a day as you could in half an hour before.

Now Xu Han looks for wild vegetables not just for eating, but mainly to kill time.

If I don't go out to pick wild vegetables, there is nothing to do at home. My clothes and shoes have already been prepared. I can't grow vegetables or crops this year, so I'll just be idle at home.

Picking wild vegetables can relax me, and I can also take Muer out for a stroll. There is no need to rush when picking wild vegetables. The state of picking wild vegetables now is completely different from that before the drought.

In order to stock up on enough wild vegetables before the drought, Xu Han never dared to stop picking them. He always wanted to bring all the wild vegetables in the mountains home, dry them or store them in space to eat in the year of disaster.

This time, because there were few wild vegetables, and also because they needed to bring Mu'er out, Xu Han took Mu'er for a leisurely walk, stopping from time to time. It was more like they were just taking a stroll rather than picking wild vegetables.

After Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest came back from patrolling the mountains, they took Grandpa Zhao and the others to rebuild the water pipes in the backyard. They needed to cut new bamboo to build the pipes, and it took two days to complete all the repairs.

After the water pipe was repaired, several people filled in the reservoir in the vegetable garden in the backyard of their house to prevent rainwater from accumulating in the reservoir when it rains later.

Not only did they need to fill in the reservoir, but they also needed to clean out the drainage ditches at home, as they had not been used for a long time during the drought and a lot of dry leaves and silt had accumulated inside.

If it is not cleaned out in time, the rainwater will not be able to drain out when it rains heavily.

In this way, the few of them were busy for a while, and in the blink of an eye it was already March 20th.

When Xu Han got up early this morning, she found that the sky outside was gloomy again.

"Is it going to rain again?" Xu Han asked.

"Yes, looking at the dark clouds, it's probably going to rain soon." said Grandpa Zhao.

"It's been sunny for just a few days and it's going to rain again. Luckily I took advantage of the sun yesterday to dry the quilts and other things in the sun." Xu Han said with a smile.

"It started raining right after we cleaned the drains. I don't know if it will rain heavily."

"Never mind! Now that it's been cleaned up, there won't be any more water accumulation in the yard." The Taoist priest said proudly.

"Breakfast is ready and it's in the pot. Wife, go and eat first. I'll go wake up Mu'er." Lu Chuan said.

"I'm not hungry today and don't want to eat breakfast." Xu Han said dejectedly.

"Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" After hearing what Xu Han said, Lu Chuan turned back and asked.

"No, I'm just not hungry yet."

"Don't we have a doctor ready? Let your Grandpa Zhao take your pulse. You are so old, you didn't eat too much yesterday, did you?" the Taoist interrupted.

Upon seeing this, Grandpa Zhao quickly asked Xu Han to sit down first, then took out the pulse pillow and began to take her pulse.

"Hahahaha, good news, good news. You're already a mother. You're almost two months pregnant, don't you know it?"

Grandpa Zhao was very happy that Xu Han was pregnant and there would be a new member in the family, but at the same time he was dissatisfied with Xu Han's carelessness.

"What? Really?" Lu Chuan asked uncertainly.

Seeing this, the Taoist priest kicked Lu Chuan and said, "Didn't you hear what your Grandpa Zhao said just now? The girl is almost two months pregnant, and you didn't even know about it."

Then he turned to Xu Han and said, "And you, you still have the nerve to laugh. This isn't the first time you two have been parents, how can you still be so careless?"

Seeing this, Xu Han and Lu Chuan both lowered their heads in embarrassment.

Since Xu Han gave birth to Mu'er, her menstrual period has been irregular, sometimes delayed for ten or eight days.

This time he really forgot, and Xu Han thought it was postponed again like before, so he didn't care.

Plus, I’ve been able to go out for a walk recently, and I’ve been taking my children to play in the mountains every day, so I haven’t thought about it at all and completely forgot about it.

Although the two were scolded by the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao, they were still smiling.

Both of them were looking forward to the baby in Xu Han's belly, hoping that this time it would be a daughter.

Finally, Xu Han forced herself to eat breakfast under the pressure of everyone.

Fortunately, I didn’t vomit after eating, but I still couldn’t muster up energy.

It started raining just after we finished breakfast, but this time it wasn't a drizzle like last time.

As soon as it got dark, thunder and wind started to blow outside, accompanied by flashes of lightning.

In a short while, the sky, which was originally a little bright, suddenly turned dark, and heavy rain fell accompanied by thunder and lightning.

"This rain looks quite heavy. Usually heavy rain won't last long. It should stop soon." Xu Han said while looking at the thunderstorm outside.

"It may not be this dark." Lu Chuan continued.

At this time, the sky outside was getting darker and darker, as if there was a black hole swallowing the earth.

Mu'er, who had never experienced a thunderstorm, stayed in Grandpa Zhao's arms and did not dare to come down.

The little hands were still tightly grasping Grandpa Zhao's clothes, as if seeking protection.

When Mu'er just woke up, Lu Chuan told him that his mother was pregnant with a little girl, and that his mother was having a hard time, so he couldn't let his mother hold the baby.

This led to the scene where Grandpa Zhao was holding Mu'er. Xu Han felt distressed when seeing this and wanted to hug Mu'er, but Mu'er was stubborn and refused to let Xu Han hold her.

"Mu'er, come here. The little girl in your mother's belly is still small. It's okay for her to hold you." Xu Han stretched out her arms to hug Mu'er.

Mu'er still refused to be held, but she really wanted her mother to be with her, so she held Xu Han's arm and snuggled up to her, and put her little hand on Xu Han's belly and gently stroked it.

Seeing Mu'er like this, Xu Han glared at Lu Chuan with dissatisfaction.

Where can you find such a well-behaved and sensible baby? Xu Han couldn't bear to watch it herself.