Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1734: A Good Dad

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"What are you dawdling about? Why does it take you so long just to get dressed? I’m starving." After secretly snickering in delight, Xiao Yu finally realized something was off and glared at him as she spoke.

Qin San Lang: "..."

Not looking anymore?

Then he’d just put his clothes on.

"Found the belt. I’ll get dressed now and then go fetch food for Xiao Yu." Qin San Lang quickly put on his robe, then brought over the skirt she was going to wear and that strange bellyband: "Wear this set. Xiao Yu looks great in a red skirt."

Like a dazzling red candle, or like a begonia in full bloom—stunningly beautiful.

Xiao Yu’s face turned even redder. "Just leave it on the bed."

No need to hand it to me—taking it from you like this is really embarrassing.

Even though they’d already done everything, at times like this, when they weren’t doing anything and she had to take a bellyband he handed over, she still felt that, uh, kind of way.

Qin San Lang knew she was shy, and he liked her shy look.

"Okay." He answered, put the skirt together with that strange bellyband and underpants on the bed, then turned and walked out of the inner room, even closing the inner door for her.

Only after he heard her getting up and putting on clothes inside did he leave with a smile. He went to brush his teeth and wash up, then went to another room to bring back the food.

It was simple: fried eggs and flatbread, a pot of thick rice porridge, and a bowl of brown sugar egg water.

Xiao Yu was already dressed, hair done, teeth brushed and face washed when she came out. Seeing that bowl of brown sugar egg water, her face felt like it was on fire. She wanted to ask, but felt choked up, and the question just wouldn’t come out.

"Nanny Tao made it." Qin San Lang knew what she wanted to ask, so he simply said it, then added, "Xiao Yu, they’re our servants. You may not be used to having them come in to wait on us, but it’s fine to let them make some tonic soups. Don’t overthink it."

Xiao Yu was shy. When it came to things between husband and wife, even with people she trusted like Nanny Tao, Xiao Ji and a few of the servants, she didn’t want to trouble them. Water and bed-making—either she did it or he did.

Xiao Yu’s cheeks burned as she said, "I just think it’s...awkward."

Qin San Lang laughed. "Then just get used to it slowly, no rush."

He added, "If you really can’t get used to it, we’ll just keep doing things ourselves. But the tonics and such, we still need Nanny Tao and the others to make them. Otherwise they’ll think we’re dissatisfied with them. They’d worry."

Qin San Lang said all this to prepare Xiao Yu for the future when she’d be pregnant.

Once a woman is pregnant, especially during childbirth and confinement, there are always things that have to be done by slaves. If Xiao Yu still felt awkward by then, what would they do?

Qin San Lang patiently explained it all to her, then worried about scaring her, so he said, "Every woman is inconvenienced when giving birth and during confinement. Xiao Yu, don’t be afraid. I’ll stay with you, we’ll hire doctors, and find nannies who know what they’re doing to take care of you."

Xiao Yu nodded after hearing this. "I know medical skills, I understand all that. You don’t have to worry."

When that time really came, she wouldn’t be shy anymore.

Right now they hadn’t reached that step, and they’d still been messing around almost till dawn. The noise was probably quite obvious. Nanny Tao and the rest got up early, and she felt they might have heard them, so she was embarrassed—that’s why she felt awkward!

"Alright, I won’t worry. Let’s eat." Qin San Lang handed her a flatbread and had her eat it with the brown sugar egg water.

Xiao Yu was starving. She quickly wolfed down the bowl of brown sugar egg water and the flatbread.

Qin San Lang handed her another flatbread, with two poached eggs tucked inside.

Xiao Yu took the flatbread and was just about to bite into it when she suddenly looked up and glared at him. "How do you even know all this? You’re a man, and you don’t have medical skills!"

Brother Qin, since when did you become a male OB-GYN?

Did you go ask a midwife?

Uh, Xiao Yu really did guess half of it right.

Qin San Lang said, "We don’t have any elders around us. I was worried you’d be scared if you got pregnant, so I went to ask an old doctor who’s good at gynecology, a few midwives, and some nannies who are good at raising children. I wrote everything down in a notebook and flip through it whenever I have time. I’ve learned quite a lot."

Xiao Yu: "..."

Absolutely stunned!

You...you really did go ask midwives.

Xiao Yu covered her face, refusing to look at him.

Qin San Lang found it amusing. He took her hand, pulled it down, looked at her and said, "Shy again?"

"Shy my foot, I’m embarrassed for you!" Xiao Yu said. "You’re a man going to ask about that stuff. Weren’t you embarrassed? Didn’t you feel awkward?"

Qin San Lang said, "At first it was a little embarrassing, but thinking it concerned your safety and the child’s, I couldn’t afford to care about that. I had to ask carefully and clearly. You can’t wait until the last minute to figure it out—that’d be too late."

Xiao Yu listened and stayed silent for a long moment, then finally squeezed out one sentence: "You’re definitely going to be a good dad."

Qin San Lang nodded with a smile. "That’s for sure."

Of course, the premise was that the child was born by her. As long as she was the one giving birth, he’d be a good dad.

He added, "I’ll also be a good husband."

After he spoke, his eyes were full of expectation as he looked at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu understood, and nodded emphatically. "Mm, Brother Qin will definitely be a good husband."

Then she added, "But you’ll be my husband only. If you dare go out and fool around, I’ll cut it off!"

She made a scissor gesture and snapped it twice toward him.

Qin San Lang couldn’t help laughing. "Then you’re never going to get that chance."

He’d grown up in the Capital and had seen so-called beauties, but none of them could compare to her. This life, he was stuck to her. Next life, he’d still go looking for her, that female fairy.

Xiao Yu snorted. "Don’t be so sure of yourself. A lifetime is long. What if one day you lose your memory, get rescued by some beauty, then fall for her? After your memory comes back, the beauty already has your baby. After agonizing over it, you can only bring her and the kid home..."

"Stop." Qin San Lang cut her off. "Shouldn’t have let you read storybooks. Where did you even see that? How could something like that exist in real life?"

Xiao Yu: "Why not? There’s no story without a coincidence."

Qin San Lang: "Even if it did happen, the man you described would never be me."

He got up, went to her side, pulled her up into his arms, then took her hand and tapped his own head with it, then pressed her hand to his chest as he said, "When you like someone, both your mind and your heart know it. Even if you really forget some things, as long as your mind and heart are still there, you’ll instinctively reject some new beauty because your heart is already tied to the person at the bottom of it."

Then he explained, "That’s what my dad said. From his own personal experience."

Xiao Yu’s eyes lit up at once, gossip flame roaring to life, and she asked, "From the way you put it, your dad has juicy gossip?!"

Then remembering he was an elder and they shouldn’t talk recklessly, she said, "I won’t ask, you don’t have to tell me. I’m just curious, that’s all."

Qin San Lang knew she loved gossip and laughed. "It’s fine, there’s nothing that can’t be said."