Chapter 49: The Duck Died

Knowing Su Anan was pregnant, Lu Jingchen had to restrain himself.

Su Anan was happy inside; she didn’t regret her decision at all. This man was truly considerate.

“By the way, how’s the duck you put in the space?” Su Anan asked softly.

They had already agreed to call it “space,” as the term “universe bag” sounded too strange.

“Let me go take a look.” Lu Jingchen had truly forgotten about it.

It was a good way to occupy his time; otherwise, he would have to take a cold shower.

As he spoke, Lu Jingchen disappeared before her eyes.

After a short while, Lu Jingchen came out carrying a duck, standing directly on the ground, still wearing his pajamas.

The duck in his hands was quacking.

It was lively and kicking.

“Not only is it alive and well, but it also laid a clutch of eggs. It hasn’t been that long,” Lu Jingchen was quite dumbfounded. “It’s the same as your space; the time is different from the outside.”

“Exactly!” Su Anan also laughed. “Then I’ll put this duck into my space.”

Then, Su Anan disappeared into thin air with the duck.

She quickly reappeared.

The duck that had been quacking just now was now a dead duck.

Su Anan looked sad: “I killed this duck. We can only have duck stew for lunch!”

Lu Jingchen laughed. His little wife was really enthusiastic about eating!

“It’s a pity there’s only one. Otherwise, we could make spicy duck heads, sweet and spicy duck necks, duck legs, duck tongues, duck intestines fried rice…” Su Anan missed duck dishes; they weren’t available now.

“Yeah, a single duck is quite valuable!” Lu Jingchen looked at the dead duck in her hand. It was incredibly valuable.

He grew up in Kyoto and had eaten countless Peking ducks.

However, he had never heard of spicy duck heads or duck intestine fried rice.

However, if his wife said it was edible, then it was edible.

Su Anan waved her hand: “This isn’t wasteful; you don’t understand. It’s a delicacy! But since your space can keep the duck alive and has a time difference, why not put more in? Then we’ll have a whole flock of ducks!”

Then her spicy duck heads, sweet and spicy duck necks, duck legs, duck tongues, and duck intestine fried rice could become a reality.

“Mm, let’s go to the village and see if we can secretly buy a couple of ducks.” Lu Jingchen seriously considered it. “Not just ducks, but chickens, geese, pigs, and rabbits can all be put in.”

With such a space, it certainly couldn’t be wasted.

The cooking team in the war zone also raised quite a few chickens, ducks, and geese, as well as over twenty pigs.

Unfortunately, even at the end of the year, it wasn’t enough to eat.

There were too many people in the war zone.

Almost all officers above the rank of second lieutenant, who met the requirements, brought their families.

“We need to buy quite a lot!” Su Anan counted on her fingers. “Otherwise, let’s go to the black market.”

Buying so many in the village would be too eye-catching.

Lu Jingchen shook his head: “I can’t go.”

In other words, his wife could go.

“Mm, I’ll go with Sister Xin.” Su Anan smiled; this guy was very principled.

Except when it came to his wife, he had no principles.

“Let Xin’s second son go with you. It’s a bit chaotic in there.” Lu Jingchen didn’t arrange for Xiao Ge to go; they couldn’t knowingly break the law.

Su Anan hesitated.

She suspected that the snake that entered Xiang Chunhua’s house yesterday was Xin Hao’s doing.

Xin Hao was taciturn and seemed docile, but he was actually very scheming.

And he had a strong desire for revenge.

She hadn’t expected Xin Hao to help her get revenge on Xiang Chunhua.

But on second thought, Xiang Chunhua’s obvious disdain for Xin’s two children yesterday was too obvious.

It was normal for Xin Hao to be unhappy and retaliate.

Xiang Chunhua only had herself to blame for being so mean.

“The wife of the Wei family on the east side also frequently goes to the black market. Ask her to go with you.” Although Lu Jingchen hadn’t been here long, he had a clear understanding of the situation.

He had carefully selected the people who could get along.

He wanted Su Anan to get close to these people.

After all, in the family courtyard of the war zone, she still needed to interact with them. Su Anan patted his shoulder: “Okay, you know everything.”

“Anan, while I’m on a mission, don’t go anywhere. Just chat with Sister Xin and Sister Wei.” Lu Jingchen was still a little uneasy, after all, Xiang Chunhua wasn’t a good person.

And she wasn’t far away.

Su Anan nodded: “Don’t worry, I know. For this little guy, I won’t wander around.”

She pointed to her flat stomach.

“That Xiang Chunhua is lazy, vain, and will be jealous of your good food, clothes, and belongings. She will definitely try to trip you up. Be careful.” Lu Jingchen whispered again, repeatedly warning her.

He was really worried.

Mainly, the mission was urgent, and he had to go.

Su Anan wanted to yell “Dad,” he was treating her like a three-year-old child.

She knew all this.

However, she didn’t feel annoyed, only happiness.

She nodded: “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

“I’ll make breakfast.” Lu Jingchen was finally a little relieved. “You go wash up first.”

He took the dead duck from Su Anan’s hand.

He would process it, and they could have a pot of duck stew for lunch.

There were still dozens of duck eggs in the space, which he would compensate to Xiao Wang in the cooking team.

It was his borrowed duck…

“I dare not take you into the space anymore,” Su Anan said regretfully at breakfast. “The duck died.”

It died as soon as it went in.

Lu Jingchen nodded, also a little disappointed: “After eating, you go into my space and take a look.”

“Okay.” Su Anan nodded with a smile; she was still curious.

After breakfast, Lu Jingchen held Su Anan’s hand, and with a thought, they both stood at the foot of a mountain.

This world was bright and warm.

Neither cold nor hot, the temperature was perfect for humans.

It was this mountain that Su Anan found familiar.

“Have you climbed it?” Su Anan pointed to the not-so-high mountain peak and asked Lu Jingchen.

The feeling of entering another world was very strange.

It wasn’t big.

But it was a world of its own, only the two of them.

Lu Jingchen nodded: “I climbed it, reached the top, but couldn’t go any further. It seemed like something was blocking the way.”

This feeling made Su Anan feel familiar again.

It was only familiar; she couldn’t figure out the reason.

Then she looked down and saw a small pit at the foot of the mountain, full of large duck eggs.

“There’s no water or food here. What did the duck eat?” Su Anan looked around, and when she looked up, she saw a pool not far from the foot of the mountain.

The pool circled the foot of the mountain, its size unclear, with a mist in front of it.

Even Lu Jingchen was surprised: “There’s actually a pool; it wasn’t there before.”

Then Su Anan spoke: “This space also needs upgrading. It seems that when you put in a duck, and the duck laid eggs, your space upgraded. We need to hurry to the black market to buy some chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, and piglets. Then your space will be bigger, and we can eat more meat…”

She also needed to buy some seeds.

And fruit tree saplings.

She felt she would be very busy.

Lu Jingchen couldn’t enter her space, and she had to farm alone.

She looked at her hands and resigned herself to fate!

When they came out, more than ten minutes had passed.

“Lu Jingchen!” Zhang Lun called outside several times, a little anxiously.

“Why is he here again!” Su Anan was quite disgusted with Zhang Lun, a big lickspittle.

“I’ll go take a look.” Lu Jingchen was also annoyed by Zhang Lun; he hadn’t beaten him hard enough last time.

“Okay, I’ll go find Sister Xin and ask about the black market.” Su Anan didn’t want to see Zhang Lun, so she directly found an excuse to leave.

When Zhang Lun saw Lu Jingchen come out, he quickly put on a smiling face: “Lu Jingchen, guess who came!”