Chapter 1474: Chapter 1481: Husband and Wife Meet (6)

In modern times, the methods of prenatal education for expectant mothers are diverse and ever-evolving: musical education for fetuses, massage education for fetuses, acupressure and tapping for fetuses, light therapy for fetuses, language education for fetuses, the “Szedik” method for fetuses, exercise education for fetuses, psychological education for fetuses, and dietary education for fetuses, etc., making it a dazzling array that people can hardly take in all at once.

Scientific experiments have proven that prenatal education has many, many benefits for the growth and development of children, such as promoting the formation of dendrites, axons, synapses, and pathways between central nerves, enriching the neural networks closely associated with brain functions like sensation, movement, cognition, memory, etc., sharpening sensation and thinking, increasing information storage capacity, and benefiting postnatal cognitive development and so on.

However, these modern scientific theories would be incomprehensible to this antique predecessor, so Cai Wei does not intend to waste her breath explaining them to him. Nevertheless, once back at the palace, she certainly has to develop a good prenatal education plan to create an excellent growth environment for her babies.

Nangong Yi indeed doesn’t understand what prenatal education is, and he felt it was novel when he heard her mention it. Moreover, through its literal meaning, he also understood what prenatal education implies. Anyway, if it’s something beneficial for the children, he’s willing to let her conduct prenatal education…

At night time, Nangong Yi and Caiwei prepared to return to the Great Jin Nation. It had been many days since they left, with a lookalike enduring hardship in court on his behalf. He didn’t know the current situation there, and now that he had found Caiwei, he planned to return quickly, lest delays cause any complications.

Nangong Yi informed Zhui Feng and Zhu Yue, and with Caiwei, they rode on the white-furred tiger. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, they stealthily left Liaodan Town and made their way to the Great Jin Nation.

In the front, Nangong Yi blocked the wind for Caiwei, worried she would get cold, and he especially dressed her in four or five layers of cotton-padded clothes with an additional thick fur robe on top, wrapping her up like a zongzi, plump and round. Despite all this, he still worried incessantly, fearing she might catch a cold.

Several thousand miles away from the capital of the Great Jin, the white-furred tiger couldn’t traverse the distance in one night. Thus, when they crossed the Kalun Mountain and arrived at Qing County, Caiwei had it stop at the best inn in town.

It was the fifth shift of the night, the sky had not yet brightened, and the streets were devoid of people. Nangong Yi, holding Caiwei’s hand, knocked on the large door of the inn; they rented a top-class room and moved in.

Caiwei had stayed at this inn before with Nangong Yi, back when they were not yet together. It was her first time meeting Saknu, who had bullied her, and it was Nangong Yi who saved her and brought her and her whole family here, where they stayed for several days!

This time, they stayed in the same room that Caiwei’s family had occupied on their last visit, where everything remained as before, complete with a fire kang, charcoal basin, and nothing amiss. As soon as they entered, they immediately felt a warm current envelope them, providing much-needed warmth to their nearly frozen bodies.

Having traveled all night, the first thing the two of them naturally should do was sleep. However, as Caiwei was pregnant, she wanted to establish a regular eating schedule, so she bore the tiredness and had the shop assistant first prepare meals, intending to eat before sleeping.

Upon hearing Caiwei’s orders, Nangong Yi glanced at the shop assistant, then suddenly stood up and said, “Where is the kitchen? I think I’ll cook instead.”

He was worried that food from outside might be unclean and harm her stomach, so he decided to personally make food for his wife and child.

The shop assistant awkwardly said, “Dear guest, we’ve never had guests who wanted to cook for themselves before. You’re making things difficult for me!”

Nangong Yi laughed lightly, took out one ingot of silver from his pocket, and placed it on the table, saying, “Is it difficult for you now?”

“No, no, no longer difficult…”

The shop assistant took the shiny silver ingot, his grin stretching nearly to his ears, eyes squinted with joy. As he tucked away the silver, he quickly exited as if afraid that Nangong Yi might change his mind and ask for the silver back.

Nangong Yi helped Caiwei remove layer upon layer of thick cotton-padded clothes and poured her a cup of steaming hot tea before he went out to cook.

After the man left, Caiwei entered the space and first took a bath in the hot spring, relaxing her weary body before she changed into a set of light clothes and exited the space.

Not long after, the man returned, but his hands were empty.

Caiwei asked in surprise, “Eh? Where’s the breakfast that you made?”

Nangong Yi replied in frustration, “I had to send the shop assistant out again to buy new cooking utensils. The ones in the inn’s kitchen were just too filthy – the layer of grease on the pots was this thick!”

As he spoke, he stretched out his thumb and index finger to indicate a thickness the size of a copper coin.

Caiwei couldn’t help but smile helplessly and said, “You really are a young master from a prestigious family, not even knowing this bit of common sense. All outside food is made like this; where would you find anything clean? It’s just as the saying goes ‘Out of sight, out of mind.’ If you seriously investigated, you’d probably find that even the back kitchen of Jufude isn’t clean!”

Nangong Yi glanced at Caiwei’s stomach and said, “From now on, let’s not eat out. If there’s anything you want to eat, I’ll have the royal chef make it for you. If the royal chef can’t make it, I’ll bring that chef into the palace to cook for you!”

Caiwei laughed and said, “That sounds wonderful, but right now, we’d be starved by the time the shop assistant returns with the utensils, the pot and stove are set up. I think it’s better if I do the cooking.”

In the past, she always liked to have buns, porridge, small pickles, etc., for breakfast. But now that she is pregnant, she wants to follow a scientific diet. It is said that you should eat breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a commoner, and dinner like a beggar. However, since she has three babies in her belly, she must eat more to provide the nutrients needed for the children’s physical development. Therefore, she plans to eat well and attentively for every meal, eating like an emperor for each until the children are born!

Accordingly, she picked some berries like blueberries and strawberries, made some fruit-filled pancakes, and also cooked some vanilla pancakes until they were fragrant. The whole space was filled with the thick scent of wheat and the aroma of fruits and vanilla.

In the space, the wild buffalo they raised was a dairy cow, and she milked a jar of milk from it. After heating it and adding some sugar frost, she poured the milk into a cup and placed it on a tray with the pancakes before bringing it out.

Time outside was different from time in space. Although Caiwei was busy for quite a while inside, in the eyes of Nangong Yi, it was only a moment.

“Come, try the pancakes I’ve made!” Caiwei placed the pancakes on the table and cheerfully beckoned Nangong Yi.

After washing his hands, Nangong Yi walked over and sat at the table. He watched as Caiwei took a slender knife and cut the pancakes seriously into pieces.

“Here, try this vanilla pancake first. I guarantee you’ve never tasted anything like it!”

Caiwei placed a piece of vanilla pancake onto the man’s plate, then sat down opposite him and began to enjoy the delicious breakfast!