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Chapter 267: Chapter 269 Are You Pregnant?_1
Qiao Duo’er saw that it was still early, so she picked some osmanthus flowers from the trees by the field.
Just a few days ago, Aunt Huang had brought over some glutinous rice flour, so she decided to go back and make some osmanthus cake.
Once she arrived home, Qiao Duo’er washed her hands and immediately got to work.
After she cleaned the osmanthus flowers, Tan Zhenghong had already boiled the water as instructed, poured the osmanthus and sugar into the pot, added some starch, and simmered it for a few minutes, the osmanthus syrup was ready.
Then, in a clean bowl, she mixed a small amount of flour, glutinous rice flour, and osmanthus syrup, and finally, stirred in a teaspoon of lard to steam it.
Since there were no suitable molds, Qiao Duo’er steamed it in a large soup bowl, and it would still work fine once cooled and cut open.
She steamed two large bowls in total, which would definitely be enough.
The osmanthus cake was soft, chewy and delightfully fragrant; Qiao Duo’er ate two pieces in a row.
She contentedly patted her belly, feeling very happy when she was full.
"Tan Zhenghong, take some to the neighbors, we can’t finish so much, and also take some honeysuckle to Aunt Huang," she said.
Tan Zhenghong grumbled, "You’re still calling me Tan Zhenghong, I’m not going."
"Husband, please go," she coaxed.
Qiao Duo’er acted coyly, hoping that would please Tan Zhenghong.
"Wife, you’re scolding me again," said Tan Zhenghong with a dark face.
To him, ’husband’ was almost like ’idiot’, ’dumbass’, or ’moron’, words he couldn’t comprehend.
"Who’s scolding you? ’Husband’ means ’dear’, that’s how people from my hometown call it, you’re so dense!" Duo’er said helplessly.
Now she had finally understood what a ’generation gap’ was, or should it be a ’chasm’?
Tan Zhenghong nodded in satisfaction, "Then you should call me that from now on."
He was in a good mood and did exactly what his wife told him to do.
When Tan Zhenghong returned, he brought some vegetables, wild fruits, and pears, ordinary little things, yet they were the most respectable things people could offer.
During dinner, Qiao Duo’er ate some greens and nibbled on a couple of wild fruits and a pear.
Sun Erhu stealthily glanced several times before he couldn’t hold back and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you pregnant?"
"Pregnant my foot, I just ate too much osmanthus cake!"
Qiao Duo’er found Sun Erhu’s IQ contemptible.
Erhu weakly explained that he saw Widow Xu not eating meals, just snacking on fruits all the time.
Chao Lian tugged at Sun Erhu’s clothes, signaling him to shut up.
Hu’s Clan said with a smile, "I’m fine, it has nothing to do with me anymore."
Da Ya promptly grabbed a slice of osmanthus cake and offered it to Hu’s Clan, "Mother, please taste it, it’s so delicious, and it’s filling. I’m so stuffed I don’t want to eat anything else."
"Mother, I’m better behaved than big sister; I finished my meal even after having the osmanthus cake, big sister is shy," Er Ya proudly looked at her empty bowl.
Da Ya quickly replied, "There’s only a little rice left, I can finish it too." 𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
The two girls diverted the topic, livening up the atmosphere, and everyone tacitly avoided mentioning Tan Zhengyuan and Widow Xu’s messy affairs.
Other people’s lives were none of their business; they just had to believe in the fairness of the heavens.
After dinner, Qiao Duo’er brought up the plans for the autumn harvest.
Hu’s Clan had rented a few acres of land, but the agreement was to start in the next season.
She had to wait for the current tenants to finish harvesting their crops before she could start sowing.
So for the next few days, she wouldn’t be busy and would still be responsible for the braised meat.
She would join Qiao Duo’er to sell food at the stall in the evening for double pay and take two days off when it was time for her to sow her seeds.
With this arrangement, everyone was satisfied, and no one’s affairs were neglected.
