Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 489: Getting Too Familiar

"I have to write them a reply!"

Wen Shi responded, "Write what?"

"Tell Old Witch to hang in there a bit longer."

"Just afraid she’ll never see the end."

These words were quite harsh, but not impossible to imagine.

The first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination were those who had been harshly repressed.

The rebound effect was astonishing.

However—

"I don’t think Juanzi is that kind of person."

Wen Shi made no comment, nor did he want to continue this topic, whether it was Wang Nan or Ge Sujuan, he wasn’t really familiar with any of them.

If his wife wanted to be friends with them, then so be it.

But he only cared about Yi Chichi.

"Get up, it’s time for a walk."

After finishing her hand care, Wen Shi extended his hand to her.

Yi Chichi was six months pregnant now, the baby was very active and very healthy, but there was one thing it didn’t like—it didn’t like her sitting or lying down for long periods.

It wanted her to go out and walk.

So, Wen Shi had an additional task after coming back from the sea, which was to take Yi Chichi for a walk every day after work.

"Can I not go today?"

Ever since becoming pregnant, Yi Chichi’s lazy bone had kicked in.

Every cell in her body was telling her that all she wanted now was to lie flat and chill.

Wen Shi smiled at her, "If you don’t mind the baby practicing boxing in your belly, you could skip it!"

"...Then let’s go."

The feeling of the baby boxing in her belly was not exactly pleasant, to avoid the baby troubling her belly, she thought it best to be sensible.

"Grab a fan, it’s hot!"

"Alright."

So, Wen Shi left the house holding Yi Chichi with one hand and a fan in the other.

Old Li happened to walk up to their door. Seeing this, he struck up a conversation, "Out for a walk again, huh."

"Yeah." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Wen Shi responded, seeing the large basket in Old Li’s hand, and asked curiously, "What’s with the basket?"

"My wife and your mom found an abalone nest and told me to bring stuff to load it up."

Wen Shi’s face dropped when he heard this, "Why didn’t they tell me?"

"Well, isn’t that what I’m telling you now?"

Old Li chuckled, "Wanna come along?"

Wen Shi looked at Yi Chichi, asking, "Wifey, shall we?"

"Let’s go!"

Yi Chichi nodded decisively, if it could be called an abalone nest, the quantity must be substantial.

She hadn’t seen an abalone nest before.

Got to go and broaden her horizons.

"Then wait a moment, I’ll go inside and get a basket."

Before the words were out of his mouth, he bounced into the house like a rabbit and returned with a basket in a few minutes.

Not as big as Old Li’s, but not too small either.

Then, the three of them headed towards the West Gate, encountering He Yunsong and the others who had also received the message along the way.

A group of people headed to the sea in a cluster.

Today was a big tide, and every big tide, the locals and the military families would come out in full force.

When they reached the beach, the place was bustling and crowded.

He Yunsong glanced around with a rotating neck and marveled, "There are so many people."

"Free seafood without needing money or tickets, of course there are lots of people."

While talking, Wen Shi saw a cat’s eye shell lying on the sand, he bent down to pick it up and handed it to Yi Chichi, "Wife, give it a squeeze."

Yi Chichi casually took it and gave it a squeeze, and the cat’s eye shell with its protruding shell meat began spitting water and then retracted it.

He Yunsong and the others watched with their teeth aching, what was this weirdness, picking up a shell and asking Yi Chichi to squeeze it.

"Can’t you do it yourself?"

Old Li scolded him, then turned to Yi Chichi, "Sister-in-law, you can’t spoil him, especially your Old Wen, once he gets used to it, he’ll push his luck. You have to teach him to do his own things and not rely on others."

There was quite a bit of resentment in his words.

Yi Chichi understood immediately, "He often doesn’t do his own work and leaves it to you, huh?!"

"Yeah!"

Old Li didn’t deny it, and with some grievances, he confided, "The leadership clearly said he’s young and should take on more responsibilities, but he just turns and uses me like a workhorse."

Wen Shi rolled his eyes, "Don’t forget, our division of work is that you handle politics and I handle the military, those are your duties by rights."

"Furthermore..."

Glancing at Yi Chichi’s belly, he said proudly, "My wife is pregnant, I need to take care of her as much as I can. Otherwise, once I go to sea, she’ll have to rely on herself and mom, how hard would that be."

So you’re just squeezing us dry?

A few men had bitter expressions but didn’t dare complain too much.

Because they all had wives, too, and had done similar things.

It’s an age-old tradition.

If anyone’s wife got pregnant, the others would try to take on more so the expecting husband could spend more time caring for his family and accompanying his wife.

After all, once they’re busy, it’s common to be away from home for ten days to half a month, or at longer spells, several months.

So, mutual understanding and care among one another.

"Sister-in-law’s almost six months along now, right?!"

"Over six months."

Wen Shi replied, and everyone realized that it’s not long before the baby arrives.

"When’s the due date?"

Yi Chichi, "The doctor said it’s around Chinese New Year during the last checkup."

He Yunsong added, "It’d be fun if it was born on New Year’s Eve."

"Why?"

"Because if you celebrate a birthday at the New Year’s Eve dinner, the child would miss one grand feast, how unfair that would be."

Everyone, "..."

Now that you mentioned it, it does sound unfair.

Yi Chichi stroked her belly and laughed, "Actually, it’s not a big deal, just eat two meals then."

A meal for the child’s birthday, and another for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

That balances it out.

As they chatted and laughed, they arrived at their destination.

A large group of reefs, where Wen’s mother and the others were on one of the rocks, and it seemed there were really a lot of abalones because the rocks were piled with them.

There were also several buckets filled with abalones.

It was obvious that the buckets couldn’t hold them all, so they had to be placed on the rocks.

Old Li’s eyes lit up when he saw this, "Old Wen, give me the basket, I’ll take it to Aunty, you and Xiao Yi don’t need to come over."

The reef clusters are tricky to navigate, even for normal people who must tread carefully to avoid bumps, bruises, or scratches.

Let alone a pregnant woman.

To be safe, it’s best for the couple to stay on the beach.

Otherwise, should any accident happen, no one could bear the consequences.

"Alright."

Wen Shi was also aware of Yi Chichi’s condition, and upon hearing this, he handed the basket over.

"You two stay firmly here, we’ve got this."

He Yunsong advised before setting off like a wild horse.

Old Li and the others quickly followed.

After watching the group leave, Yi Chichi and Wen Shi set their sights on the nearby coconut trees.

"Wifey, want some coconut water?"

"Don’t want to drink water, just want coconut chicken!"

Thinking of the coconut chicken Wen’s mother made, Yi Chichi felt shamefully hungry.

Wen Shi then laughed, "Then you wait here, I’ll see if I can shake some coconuts down."

Coconuts, when mature enough, can be detached by shaking to loosen their connection to the fruit stem, causing them to fall.

But that’s not the proper way to harvest coconuts.

However, when lacking the proper tools, it’ll do.

So, Yi Chichi consented with an ’um,’ let go of his hand, allowing him to shake the coconuts.

With some luck, he shook down five, plus those that had fallen earlier on the sand.

After some selection, Wen Shi returned with seven fresh coconuts that felt hefty in hand and didn’t slosh with water when shaken.