The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 148

Mei Si came with Wu Zhen and Mei Zhuyu. He had been in good spirits ever since he was encouraged by Sister Zhen last time. Plus, the autumn hunt was approaching, so he pulled himself together and prepared for it wholeheartedly. He met up with his friends, playing and joking around, and immediately turned into a happy little fool again.

Wu Zhen was riding a horse, and Mei Zhuyu was also riding a horse beside her. He also wanted to go with her on this autumn hunt. Wu Zhen rode slowly, feeling that she had never been so slow in her life. She was so slow that the dozen or so strong servants following behind her could only follow slowly.

These people were all born in Duke Yu’s Mansion. In their early years, they were the personal soldiers of Duke Yu, Wu Chundao. Later, when Duke Yu saw through the world, these personal soldiers did not want to leave, so they joined his mansion as guards. Every year when Wu Zhen went hunting, all the servants of Duke Yu’s Mansion would fight for these dozen guard positions.

In addition to these dozen tall and strong servants, Wu Zhen did not bring lynxes, goshawks, etc., like the others. She had not used those before. But this time, she did bring an animal.

After finally waiting for Wu Zhen and her group, the boys and girls discovered that standing on Sister Zhen’s horse was a proud and majestic… duck?

Immediately, a curious teenager asked, “Sister Zhen, we are going hunting; why did you bring a duck?”

The girl retorted in a clear voice, “Could Sister Zhen have brought an ordinary goose? I think this is definitely not a duck!”

Wu Zhen laughed loudly, gave the girl a thumbs up, and said, “This is definitely not a duck.”

The girl puffed out her chest with pride. Then Wu Zhen said, “This is a goose.”

The young men couldn’t help laughing, but they were afraid of angering Wu Zhen, so they tried to hold back their laughter until they burst into it. Wu Zhen waved her hand generously, saying, “Just laugh out loud; why hold it back?”

There was a burst of laughter; even the girl laughed. Mr. Zhao rode his horse over to touch the goose and said jokingly, “Sister Zhen, are you taking the goose with you because you want to roast it and eat it?”

Wu Zhen watched him committing suicide without warning. The next second, Mr. Zhao screamed. The goose standing on Wu Zhen’s horse pecked his hand. If Wu Zhen hadn’t quickly reached out and grabbed the goose’s neck, dragging it back, a piece of meat would have been pecked off the back of Mr. Zhao’s hand.

Even so, Mr. Zhao still held up his red hand and inhaled in pain. The other young men and women who were watching were also dumbfounded. After a long while, someone said, “Why is this goose so fierce? Sister Zhen, how did you raise it? “

Wu Zhen smiled widely. “Its name is Ezi; I brought it back from Puzhou. As for how it became so fierce, I don’t know. My husband has been raising Ezi since I brought it back.”

After Ezi returned to Chang’an with them, the old servant wanted to build a shed for it in the backyard, but Ezi was not satisfied. One day, Wu Zhen and Mei Zhuyu found that it had run to the small pond outside the study and made a home. It also made a nest in the nearby meadow with hay from somewhere. Wu Zhen thought it was interesting, so she let it go. On weekdays, Ezi looked for food in the pond by itself. Wu Zhen never intervened, but occasionally, when she saw her husband reading in the study, she would throw some food to Ezi.

As soon as Wu Zhen said that, everyone’s eyes turned to the silent Mr. Mei beside Wu Zhen. Everyone was not very familiar with Mei Zhuyu, so they were not as natural with him as with Wu Zhen. Of course, the main reason was that Mei Zhuyu was not a playful person, so the boys and girls felt that they could not have fun with him, so the matter about the goose was just skipped.

“Now that everyone is here, let’s go out of the city and wait until we reach the West Mountain. If it’s still early, we can start hunting today and not have to wait until tomorrow!” Said an anxious man.

Wu Zhen nodded. “Okay, let’s get out of the city!” After she gave the order, everyone rode their horses and galloped out of the city. Many young men were vying to be the first. However, as they were running, everyone realized something was wrong. Where is their Sister Zhen? Why didn’t she catch up?

Wu Zhen was always the leader when they went hunting. Everyone stopped their horses and waited by the roadside, and the two fastest ones turned around and ran back.

“Where’s Sister Zhen?”

“It seems she’s still behind.”

Everyone stretched their necks to look back and vaguely saw what seemed to be more than twenty horses walking slowly toward the city gate.

“Sister Zhen, why are you so slow?”

“Could it be because of Mr. Mei? Could it be that he can’t ride a horse, so Sister Zhen is waiting for him?”

Mr. Zhao suddenly slapped his forehead and said, “I forgot; Sister Zhen is pregnant now; she definitely can’t ride a fast horse.”

The news of Wu Zhen’s pregnancy was not widely publicized. Except for a few young men who had come to visit her during this period, no one else knew about it. When they suddenly heard the news, they widened their eyes in disbelief and screamed in surprise.

“What? Is Sister Zhen pregnant? What do you mean pregnant? Why is Sister Zhen pregnant?” A dumbfounded boy asked stupidly.

“She’s pregnant! Why didn’t Sister Zhen tell us?” That was the angry reaction.

“Ahhh, are we going to have a little nephew or niece?” He suddenly became excited and happy.

They turned their horses and ran back to Wu Zhen, raising a cloud of dust. Looking at the faces with different expressions—some unhappy, some excited, and some worried—Wu Zhen waved her hand to disperse the dust in front of her.

“Sister Zhen, you are going to have a child?”

“Sister Zhen, am I going to be an uncle?”

“Sister Zhen, can I touch your belly?” The young girl boldly asked. When the other boys heard that, they wondered how that person could leave the team without permission and make such an excessive request. They couldn’t ask to touch Sister Zhen’s belly in front of Mei Zhuyu. They could only look at each other and distance themselves from the girl who made that request. Anyway, if they couldn’t touch it, then none of them could touch it either. They couldn’t let the girl take the lead.

Because Wu Zhen was pregnant, everyone rode their horses for a stroll. It was already late when they arrived at the foot of the West Mountain. There were several manors on the West Mountain. Every year, everyone went there to hunt and stayed in the manors. After all, autumn hunting was not a one- or two-day event. Generally, they had to stay there for seven or eight days.

Everyone went into the farm and settled down as if they were familiar with the place. A few young men couldn’t wait any longer, and seeing that it was not dark yet, they thought of taking everyone to have a look around nearby and hunt some small prey to bring back for a taste of something new in the evening.

They went out without disturbing other people.