The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

When Changning woke up the next day, Suochao Luo had already returned from boxing.

Since she didn't go out, Changning was too lazy to put on makeup, so she left her face bare and asked Pinhua to braid her hair into two big braids.

Changning is now five months pregnant, and her belly is getting bigger and bigger, more than two times bigger than that of other pregnant women of the same period. Suo Cho Luo is also shocked when she sees this.

"My girl, your belly is so big that it scares me. You should walk around more to save the trouble of giving birth."

"I know, mother. Aunt Zhang watches me walk every day!"

"I feel relieved that Aunt Zhang is watching over you."

Chang Ning was in a good mood this morning because he had a good sleep last night. "What do you want to eat today?"

"You've always been talking about blood sausage, haven't you? Let's have sauerkraut blood sausage today."

"Emma, ​​that's great!" Changning was so happy. Now that her mother was here, she didn't have to think about the familiar Northeastern dishes herself, because her mother would arrange them for her!

Changning ate two bowls of rice with sauerkraut soup this morning, but was stopped by Mrs. Suochiao Luo and told not to eat too much.

At noon, Suochao Luo went into the kitchen herself again. She asked for a piece of pork fat, pork kidney and pork belly, and made three fried dishes for Changning.

The three fried dishes are the lard residue left over from the lard-making process. They are golden and crispy, and the residue falls off when you bite them. The more you chew, the more fragrant they become.

It can be eaten with chili powder or salt, and Changning can finish a whole plate on his own.

Seeing Changning's eyes narrowed while eating, Suochiao Luo was also very happy.

"These big cushions you made are very nice." Mrs. Socho Luo praised the cushions made by Yuxia.

"By the way, after you give birth to a child, you'll have to wrap up all the sharp corners with cotton cloth, otherwise it'll be hard to fix if the child bumps into something."

Changning nodded. Nanny Zhang was a practical person, and she immediately took Yuxia to select cotton cloth.

Suochao Luo was also eager to try, and thought that since winter was already approaching, she might as well pick out some furs to make some clothes for Changning.

"Mother brought a lot of good things with her this time. Yesterday she sent a box of medicinal herbs to Fu Jin, and today she opened two boxes of leather to make clothes for you."

"Mother, mother," Chang Ning immediately made a request, "I want a carpet, made of leather sewn together, that can cover the entire room. It must have thick fur so that I can walk barefoot without socks or shoes!"

Suo Cho Luo was a little surprised. "You have a really good brain! Okay, okay, I'll do it for you. I remember I have a lot of fox skins, I'll make them for you."

Changning then made another request, "Then I also want a stuffed doll, fluffy on the outside and thick cotton on the inside, and I want one in the shape of a rabbit, and one in the shape of a carrot."

"Row!"

After saying that, several people got busy.

The two large camphorwood boxes were half a person's height and very wide, and could hold four or five people.

When the boxes were opened, there were a lot of leather neatly stacked inside. Changning took a quick look and found that there were at least forty pieces of leather. The two boxes together contained nearly a hundred pieces of leather.

Tingfeng came back from the door to report that Wanxia and Chaoxia, who were beside the concubine, had arrived and sent two boxes of furs. He said that winter was coming, so he asked the concubine to make a few more cloaks.

Changning let them in, thanked Lady Fu Jin for her kindness, and let them go back. However, Socho Luo held their hands and chatted with them for a while at the door.

As usual, Nanny Zhang asked Bai Zhu and herself to check everything carefully, and then piled everything in the warehouse.

"Mother, how come you can chat with anyone?"

Chang Ning really admired his mother's social skills. Her ability to make friends with others was unmatched.

It seems that anyone who has met her or interacted with her can get along particularly well with her.

I just came to Qingzhiyuan a few days ago. Now everyone in the courtyard is talking about Suochao Luo's praises, praising her to the sky.

And it's not just flattery, it comes from the heart. I really feel that Mrs. Fucha is kind-hearted, humble, a good person, and sympathetic to the poor.

Even the concubine had a great liking for the mother after only meeting her once. She had sent people to her three or four times to ask if she needed anything and also sent many things that exceeded the allowance for the concubine.

Suo Chuoluo rolled her eyes at her and said, "What do you know? Everyone has their uses."

After saying this, he ignored Changning and went to sort out the leather with Nanny Zhang and the others.

Changning couldn't stand the smell of leather now. She felt a little nauseous after smelling it for a while. Then she went into the inner hall and started her daily journal again.

Chang Ning found that her memory was getting worse and worse, and her reaction was also much slower. Could this be the legendary saying that a woman becomes stupid for three years after pregnancy? Then wouldn't her twins be stupid for six years?

So now she asked Fubuki to make a notebook, and she would write down the interesting things that happened every day when she remembered them, just like writing a diary.

I heard that the emperor has a special record called daily notes. Changning thought it would be better to record it by herself, selectively recording some things she likes, and when the fourth master comes back, she can show it to him.

Yuxia worked quickly. Together with two maids from the sewing room, she finished sewing the large carpet that Changning had requested in just one or two days.

The fur they chose was brown fox fur, which was thick and dense. It was specially washed and dried, and then ventilated and fumigated with jasmine to prevent Changning from feeling nauseated by the smell of fur.

This carpet was made of more than ten whole fox skins and covered the entire floor of the inner hall. It was warm and soft to step on bare feet.

Changning walked around on it excitedly, and the fox fur was so long that it almost covered her feet.

"Mother, mother, you come and try it too, it's really soft." Changning was so happy that she pulled Socho Luo and walked barefoot together.

Yuxia handed over the rabbit doll and carrot doll that she had made overnight.

I have to say that Yuxia's embroidery skills are really good. The rabbit doll is made of whole rabbit hair, stuffed with thick cotton, and two long ears are sewn with other rabbit hair scraps. The eyes, mouth and two big front teeth are also embroidered. It looks lifelike and vivid.

Chang Ning was reluctant to let go of the rabbit. "That's great. I can hold the rabbit when I sleep at night."

The carrot doll is made of cotton cloth. The orange cotton cloth is delicate and soft, and the emerald green cloth is sewn into the green leaves on the carrot, which is also very vivid.

Changning was just feeling happy here when Chaoxia came over with another message, saying that she wanted to hold a small banquet for Madam Fucha in the main courtyard in three days, inviting the sisters in the backyard to have fun and to welcome Madam Fucha.

This time, Chaoxia smiled much more warmly at Suochuoro, just like treating her own elders. "Fujin said that Madam knows a lot and has many things she wants to ask."

Suochuoro smiled kindly, "Okay, okay, please let Mrs. Fujin rest assured. For Mrs. Fujin's sake, I will definitely go!"