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Chapter 258 A request

"Brother Eleven, I have something bad to tell you!" Li Xiu waved his hand and asked Yuechan to retreat, and then spoke to Zhang Shiyi solemnly.

"What's wrong? It's not that the child has something wrong, right?" Seeing the expression on Li Xiu's face, the bearded guest immediately spoke first. Although Qu Yihuai might be a girl, the girl also has the right to inherit the girl in Wahakton. If Zhang Shiyi and Qu Yi really can't give birth to a boy in a day, then this girl can only be replaced by this girl.

"Not this, it's just Qu Yi said she was angry with Brother Eleven, so she refused to see him!" Li Xiu smiled helplessly at this time, but there seemed to be a hint of indescribable meaning in his smile.

"It's not surprising. Although Qu Yi is a girl who is usually very determined, Eleven's bastard made her belly bigger first, but she ran away alone. Moreover, during the period when she was pregnant, Eleven had never even seen her. It's no wonder she was angry. But they will get married tomorrow, and Qu Yi is about to give birth. Eleven still wants to see her, at least let it go, so as not to have another problem tomorrow!" After hearing this, the bearded guest nodded understandingly. Although Qu Yi is a foreign woman, she can't be too wronged.

"Where is Qu Yi? I will definitely change her mind when I go to see her!" Zhang Shiyi also spoke when he heard this. Finally, he was a little conscientious, and a bit of guilt appeared on his face when he spoke.

"Brother Eleven, Qu Yi has said just now that she doesn't want to see you unless..." At the end of the talk, Li Xiu suddenly became a little hesitant.

"Unless it?" Zhang Shiyi immediately spoke first. Although he was reluctant to marry Qu Yi before, it was already here. Moreover, Qu Yi was still pregnant with his child, so he suddenly began to care about Qu Yi and wanted to see her immediately.

"Haha, unless you promise her a condition." Li Xiu suddenly smiled.

"It turns out that it's just a condition, no problem. Not to mention a condition, I agree even ten!" Zhang Shiyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It was just a condition, and with her understanding of Qu Yi, she shouldn't have put forward any difficult conditions.

"Brother Eleven is so happy. In fact, Qu Yi's conditions are very simple. He hopes to use their customs in Wahakton to give birth to a child. If Eleven agrees, she will be willing to see you!" Li Xiu said with a smile, but his smile seemed to be mixed with a little pity, which made people confused.

"The customs of giving birth to children in Wahkton?" Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but feel confused when he heard this condition. Although he had been in Wahkton for a while, he had never seen the local women give birth to children, and he didn't know what customs there were, so in the end he had to turn his head and look at his father's beard, hoping that his father could help him answer.

However, the bearded guest was also confused at this time, and instead opened his mouth and asked Li Xiu: "Li Xiu, what is the custom of giving birth to a baby in Wahakton? Are there any taboos?"

"Father, don't you know?" Before Li Xiu could speak, Zhang Shiyi asked in surprise. He knew that every time his father went to a place, he would understand the local customs and culture to facilitate communication with local people, so he thought his father would know.

"Nonsense, who would ask a woman about giving birth to a child?" The bearded guest glared at Zhang Shiyi in anger and turned his eyes to Li Xiu, hoping that he could answer this question.

However, Li Xiu spread his hands at this time and said helplessly: "Uncle, you don't even know the customs of Wahakton, so I don't know it. But I was curious to hear Qu Yi mention that it seems that when women in their place had children, they needed help from their husbands, but men here must not enter the delivery room."

"So that's it. This is just a trivial matter. Eleven, please agree!" The bearded guest nodded when he heard this, and then ordered Zhang Shiyi.

"This... is really that simple?" Zhang Shiyi asked with some doubts, because he always felt that Li Xiu looked a little strange when he spoke, as if he was not telling the truth, so he was a little alert.

"Then I don't know. If Brother Eleven doesn't believe it, you can ask Qu Yi in person!" Li Xiu said with a smile again. In fact, he was lying. He knew what the customs were there, but he didn't want to tell Zhang Shiyi, so as not to scare him and run away overnight.

"Okay, I agree!" Zhang Shiyi hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and finally gritted his teeth and said, then stood up and asked, "Where is Qu Yi? I want to see her?"

When Li Xiu saw Zhang Shiyi agreeing, he couldn't help but smile mysteriously, and then stood up and arranged for them to meet in a guest room. The couple hadn't seen each other for so long, so there must be a lot of things to say, so they didn't have to join in the fun.

After Zhang Shiyi left, only Li Xiu and Qiuyanke were left in the living room. After chatting for a while, Qiuyanke suddenly remembered something and stood up and said excitedly: "By the way, most of the things I brought from America have been shipped, mainly some seeds. Do you see if there is anything useful?"

Li Xiu immediately stood up when he heard this and hurriedly urged the bearded guest to take him to see. The bearded guest had only brought Qu Yi over before, and as for the things he brought from America, he put them in the south of China, and now he finally brought them.

At that moment, the bearded guest brought Li Xiu to the front yard. The carriage he had accompanied entered the yard and was unloading the things on the car. Because the bearded guest already knew that Zhang Shiyi had brought corn, sweet potatoes and peppers, he brought some new seeds, and there were also some handicrafts from the Americas, which were useless, but they could be used as gifts.

Li Xiu immediately stepped forward and opened some of the hemp buns unloaded from the car, revealing all kinds of seeds. However, Li Xiu did not recognize most of the seeds and needed to introduce them to the bearded guest. According to him, most of these seeds were collected from the Mayans, and of course he did not want all the seeds. Instead, some crops grown by the Mayans usually belonged to vegetables or seasonings, and there were also some crops other than corn.

Li Xiu opened these bags of seeds one by one, and finally found a seed he knew in a bag. He excitedly stepped forward and grabbed a handful of seeds, then peeled one and threw it into his mouth. He was so excited that he was extremely excited. After a long time, he spoke: "I almost forgot that there is this thing, peanuts, what a good thing!"

Li Xiu said as he grabbed a handful of seeds in a bag again. This kind of seed is a very common peanut in later generations. For the Tang Dynasty, cooking oil is always something that a few people can enjoy. Even if Li family Zhuangzi became rich with his help, Liu and the others were reluctant to use oil to cook. If peanuts could be promoted, the yield of peanuts should greatly increase the oil output of the Tang Dynasty.

After discovering peanuts, Li Xiu couldn't help but become even more excited. He checked these seeds carefully again. However, although he was from a rural area, he had never done much farm work and did not know much about seeds from crops. Peanuts were often eaten, so he could naturally recognize them at a glance. As for other seeds, he could not recognize them. Of course, he might have planted them and blossomed and bear fruit.

However, when Li Xiu thought of planting these seeds, he suddenly became a little worried about one problem, that is, invasion of alien species. You should know that in later generations, all continents have encountered similar problems, such as China was invaded by Brazilian turtles, the United States was invaded by Asian carp, etc. These plants will also endanger the biological balance of a region, especially if there are many seeds, he doesn’t know what they are for?

"Forget it, now it is mainly to solve the problem of people's livelihood. The invasion of these alien species is still a bit far away. Moreover, these plants are all foods of the Mayans. Since they can eat, we can naturally eat them too. As long as they can eat, there will be no threat in the Central Plains!" Li Xiu thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and said to himself.

Of course that's it, but Li Xiu decided to plant these seeds in person to see what they were. If they were useful, they would stay and burn them to death if they were useless, so as not to cause damage to the vegetation in the Central Plains. In fact, Li Xiu also knew that with the discovery of America by bearded guests and the deepening of communication in the future, species invasion was inevitable, but he did not want to speed up the process through his own hands.

After Li Xiu sent these seeds to the warehouse, it was getting late. Li Xiu asked someone to prepare a banquet and personally entertained the bearded guests. However, Zhang Shiyi and Qu Yi had not come out yet. It was estimated that the two of them must have a lot to say, so Li Xiu did not disturb them, but just sent them some food.

The next morning, Li Xiu was pulled from the bed by the mother-in-law, because they already knew that Zhang Shiyi and Qu Yi were going to get married today. Because the Guest Guest had no staff in Chang'an, the whole thing was handled by Li Xiu. Li Xiu had prepared for this before Guest Guest and the others came. In addition, there were people from Princess Pingyang to help, so he was not worried at all.

The house built by Li Xiu for Zhang Shiyi and the others is not very far from Li Xiu's house, about two or three miles away. Since last night, someone has prepared for the house with lights and decorations. The bearded guest even lived in the house last night. When Li Xiu came here, he found the bearded guest directing his people to decorate the auditorium.

Li Xiu hurriedly came forward to help when he saw this. The wedding was not only a church, but also a drink, food, guests' arrangements, etc. People who were not capable were really unable to handle it. However, there were not many acquaintances in Chang'an, and Qu Yi was still tall and had a big belly. In this case, getting married was not a glorious thing, so the bearded guest didn't invite anyone, but in addition to Li Xiu's family and Princess Pingyang, there was also a person who made Li Xiu frown a little. (To be continued.)
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