Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Selling Green Jade Pears
"Bai Jing, push harder!"
"Cousin-in-law, push harder!"
"Push!"
"Ah—!"
Bai Jing's heart-rending cries came from inside the room.
Wentian could hear everything clearly from the kitchen, and his heart was filled with unease.
"Is the hot water ready?"
Xu Yan poked her head out from behind the door and shouted loudly toward the kitchen.
"Coming, coming!"
Wentian immediately carried two kettles over and handed them to Xu Yan.
"How is it?"
"Soon. Very soon."
After saying that, she shut the door again with a bang.
Time passed second by second.
"Bai Jing, the child's head is out! Push harder!"
"Cousin-in-law, it's almost over!"
"Ah—!"
All of a sudden, a loud infant's cry rang out from inside the room.
"He's born!"
"He's born!"
A smile appeared on Wentian's face, and the weight in his heart finally settled.
"Brother Wentian, see? I told you Sister-in-law would be fine. Judging from that cry, it must be another boy," Chen Ergou said, offering his congratulations.
Wentian chuckled.
"I still can't compare with you. You have both a son and a daughter. You've completed the perfect pair."
At that moment, the door opened.
The midwife walked out carrying a basin of bloody water. Looking somewhat exhausted, she said, "Mother and son are both safe. It's a boy. Go in and take a look."
Wentian said nothing more. He nodded and immediately entered the room.
When he arrived beside the bed and saw Bai Jing lying there, completely drained of strength, his heart ached. He walked up to her, held her hand, and said softly, "Wife, you've worked hard."
"It wasn't hard. Giving birth to children for the Jianyi family is what this wife should do."
Hearing those words, Wentian felt even more distressed.
"Rest well."
Only then did Bai Jing slowly close her eyes.
"Cousin, hold him."
Wentian took the child, his face full of smiles, and gently teased him with little chuckles.
A while later, his father-in-law's family also hurried over.
A group of people gathered around the child and chatted.
"Wentian, have you thought of a name for the child?" his father-in-law, Bai Fu, asked kindly.
"Mm."
Wentian nodded, his gaze falling upon the baby.
"Jianyi Mingxuan. Brilliant and majestic, dignified in bearing."
"As for his nickname, we'll call him Tantou."
Charcoal Head.
After Wentian rewarded the midwife, she left.
Afterward, Chen Ergou's family left as well, followed by his father-in-law's family.
Jianyi Mingwei and Jianyi Mingyuan had been brought over by Ergou after Tantou was born.
"Father, little brother's skin is all wrinkled. He looks like a little old man," Shitou said, sounding a little disgusted.
"You looked the same when you were just born," Bai Jing said with a smile.
Wentian had given her the Qi and Blood Pill, and her face was no longer deathly pale. It had regained a great deal of color, and she even had enough strength to get out of bed.
However, Wentian did not allow it. He told her to lie down and rest peacefully.
Jianyi Mingwei looked as if he had suffered a blow. Somewhat doubtful, he touched his own face.
"A'Yuan, Father will fulfill his promise today. Tell me, which hen was it that bullied you?"
The moment Jianyi Mingyuan heard that there would be chicken to eat and chicken soup to drink, drool immediately began flowing from his mouth.
He hurriedly pulled Wentian outside.
"Father, I'll take you there!"
"Shitou, take good care of your mother."
"Don't worry, Father."
Jianyi Mingwei patted his chest.
Several days later.
After the matter of the rice fields was finished, it was time to harvest the Green Jade Pears.
Basket after basket of Green Jade Pears was carried back home.
For a rare fruit like the Green Jade Pear, selling them in Qingjiang County City would be best. Even in the commandery city, they could not be considered ordinary fruit.
However, Dongxi Village was more than one hundred and eighty li away from Qingjiang County City.
Bandits occasionally appeared along the road.
It was not very safe.
Even if the probability of encountering danger was low, Wentian did not want to gamble.
Therefore, he contacted his former employer and sold the Green Jade Pears to them.
He had done the same last year.
In the Jianyi family courtyard.
"Third Master Xu, these are this year's Green Jade Pears. There are six thousand four hundred jin in total," Wentian said respectfully.
Standing before him was a slightly plump middle-aged man in his forties with a short beard.
"Four hundred jin more than last year?"
"The yield has more or less reached its limit. Unless the scale is expanded, there won't be much room for further increase. But Third Master, you also know that cultivating Green Jade Pears isn't easy."
Third Master Xu nodded.