HLnovel Chapter 166 Flintlock Pistol!
Chapter 166 Flintlock Pistol!
"What? A pregnancy test?"
"Peach Blossom, are you experiencing morning sickness?"
"Shen Ming, congratulations!"
Upon hearing this, everyone started talking at once.
Grandma Xue was overjoyed: "What a wonderful thing! You and Zhao Feng and Jiang Cuier have both gotten married and are pregnant!"
"In the near future, two more babies will be born in our Zhao Family Village!"
After hearing that Zhao Taohua was experiencing morning sickness, Zhao Xiangping got her the best medicine and prescribed two bottles of pills.
"Peach Blossom, you're only a little over a month pregnant and you're already experiencing morning sickness. If you don't take medicine, you might suffer a lot later on."
These ten doses of medicine are a secret family recipe passed down through my Zhao family. I guarantee that after taking these ten doses, you won't vomit anymore.
Here are two bottles of pills; taking them will guarantee you a good mood.
A pregnant woman's mood is very important.
Zhao Xiangping gave his instructions.
Zhao Taohua nodded, having heard Xiangping's great-grandfather say that she was indeed pregnant, which increased her sense of reality about being a mother.
Shen Ming asked, "Great-Grandpa Xiangping, how is the child?"
"Of course it's good; only a healthy child will keep the mother busy."
Zhao Xiangping smiled.
So that's how it is. Shen Ming stared at Zhao Taohua's belly, thinking that once the little one was born, he would definitely give it a good scolding.
Just as Shen Ming was about to give him the money, Zhao Xiangping refused to accept it no matter what.
"This is a small token of my appreciation. You should all go back and eat."
If you refuse again, I'll get angry.
Upon hearing this, Shen Ming and Zhao Taohua stopped refusing and took the medicine bag home.
Shen Ming first brewed the medicine and had Zhao Taohua take it. Then he heated up the food and the two of them ate lunch together.
Zhao Taohua felt that Zhao Xiangping's medicine was miraculous. After taking just one dose, she was eating fish soup, which she had previously found fishy, and now she was enjoying it immensely.
After washing the dishes, Shen Ming couldn't wait to go to the Zhao family to tell Zhao Ershu and his wife the good news.
Since Qian had given birth before, she immediately shared some experience in caring for pregnant women with Shen Ming, who memorized it all meticulously.
When Shen Ming returned home, she was followed not only by Zhao Ershu and his wife, but also by the five spirits she had placed in the Zhao family.
"Peach Blossom, this is your first pregnancy. We will take care of you until you give birth."
"That's what Mr. Qian said."
After taking the medicine and pills prescribed by Zhao Xiangping, Zhao Taohua showed no abnormalities whatsoever, just like when she was not pregnant.
She looked at them, slightly shocked: three people and six monsters taking care of her? Wasn't that a bit too much?
"Father, Mother, you go back to take care of the medicinal herb field. Aren't you going to pick the herbs in the field?"
With Brother Shen Ming taking care of me, I don't need so many people at all.
"Take the five spirit monsters back with you and have them help you with the work."
Although Qian and Zhao Ershu disagreed, they ultimately couldn't persuade Zhao Taohua otherwise.
"From now on, your mother will take care of your daily life, and Shen Ming will stay by your side to prevent you from getting hurt."
Peach Blossom, you are as precious as a golden egg right now.
You are not alone now; you can't afford to get hurt. You need someone by your side at all times!
Finally, Qian managed to persuade Zhao Taohua.
From now on, Shen Ming won't have to do anything; he just needs to stay by Zhao Taohua's side and protect her.
From then on, wherever Zhao Taohua went, Shen Ming followed behind.
"Brother Shenming, I remember there's a local herdsman in our village. Let's go take a look."
Hearing this, Shen Ming was somewhat surprised, but he still went with her.
The land temple in Zhao Family Village is extremely simple. From a distance, it looks drafty, and the plaque with the three large characters "Land Temple" is crooked and about to fall off.
Ever since the ancestors of the Zhao clan moved here, they have prayed to the local earth god for increased grain production every year, but they have never received the earth god's blessing.
Year after year, the villagers of Zhao Village became extremely disappointed with the Earth God and stopped offering incense and money to him.
Therefore, even though the local temple was dilapidated, no one would bother to repair it.
"Peach Blossom Sister, let's just look around from outside. What if this place isn't stable and something falls down and hits you?"
Shen Ming reminded him.
Zhao Taohua understood his concerns.
So he sent the spiky spirit in: "Go in and take some copper coins from the donation box."
"Master, is there any money for incense offerings here?"
She wasn't afraid of being hit by falling wood from the roof of the earth god temple; she just didn't think the place looked wealthy.
In the end, the fiery spirit went inside, and to her surprise, there were actually copper coins inside.
"Master, there's more than half a box inside!"
Yanglazi excitedly ran up to Zhao Taohua and said.
Zhao Taohua's lips curled up slightly: "Zhao Family Village has existed here for over a hundred years. The fact that everyone can build a temple to worship it shows that everyone used to believe in him."
That's why Zhao Taohua firmly believed there was money for offerings here!
"Brother Shenming, how much did we just take? We'll take double that later."
Zhao Taohua gave her instructions.
"okay, I get it.
"Sister Peach Blossom, is the incense money that goes into the donation box at the local temple different from our regular copper coins?"
Shen Ming always felt that Zhao Taohua must have some purpose in coming to the Earth God Temple to exchange money.
A smile played in Zhao Taohua's eyes; nothing could be hidden from Brother Shen Ming.
Zhao Taohua nodded to Shen Ming and said, "The incense money at the Earth God Temple carries the prayers of believers and contains pure wish power."
Furthermore, the incense money, having been consecrated by the local earth god, possesses the power to ward off evil spirits.
In fact, incense money can also be used as a disposable ritual implement.
I'm taking them to forge flintlock muskets!
"gun?"
Something made with incense money?
Although Shen Ming had doubts, he still silently offered his support.
“Uncle He’s family in our village is a blacksmith. You can give him the incense money and have him forge a sharp spear for you.”
Shen Ming suggested.
Almost all the farm tools used by every household in the village were bought from Uncle He's house, and they are very easy to use!
Zhao Taohua shook her head: "I'll just go buy a pill furnace."
"By putting these incense coins in, you can forge a flintlock musket."
Shen Ming and Yanglazi Jing were dumbfounded.
A spear that long—how big of a furnace could hold such a spear?
However, they didn't say anything, but silently accompanied Zhao Taohua to town to buy an alchemy furnace.
Shen Ming, carrying Zhao Taohua, rode a white horse like a prince.
Since they were going to town, the spiky spirit could no longer transform into human form and fly in mid-air, so it transformed into a small spiky spirit and wore it on Zhao Taohua's hairpin.
However, Zhao Taohua and Shen Ming searched all over the town but couldn't buy a single alchemy furnace.
When she tried to settle for a larger incense burner instead, there wasn't one available.
"Madam, those large incense burners were custom-made in advance by the major temples."
That incense burner was large and required skill; the patterns on it could not be made in the slightest.
As you mentioned, a three-meter-tall incense burner would take us two years to complete.
"Madam, would you like to order one?"
"I asked the incense burner shopkeeper."
Two years later, the daylily has grown cold.
How could Zhao Taohua wait two years?
Seeing that Zhao Taohua's expression was not good, Shen Ming knew that she desperately needed that incense burner.
He said to the shopkeeper, "No, thank you, I need it urgently."
As he spoke, he stuffed ten large coins into the shopkeeper's hand: "Could you please help us think of a way? Where can we buy a spare incense burner?"
The shopkeeper took the money and said, "It's not that I don't want to help you, but such a large incense burner is only needed in temples and nowhere else."
If you really want to buy it, go and take a look at the temple.
The closest temple to our town is Putuo Temple. Go try and see if you can buy a cauldron from there.