Chapter 519: Making Organic Fertilizer to Nourish Crops

Early that morning, Nan Qinghuan went to see Axi, bringing some baby supplies—several diapers and some milk powder.

When Axi saw the items, her eyes lit up. "Qinghuan, is this a restroom? Why does a child need it?"

Axi's complexion improved; indeed she's an Ancient People woman, her constitution is better, so even with a premature baby she could get out of bed, and she certainly isn't doing Postpartum Confinement.

It seems that among all the Ancient People, only Nan Qinghuan does Postpartum Confinement.

Moreover, Dashan only cared for Axi for a day before going to operate the Excavator; now Dashan has become the Excavator's master, teaching a few apprentices, which makes Axi even more proud.

Dashan finally has prospects.

Hearing Axi's words, Nan Qinghuan almost burst out laughing. "Silly girl, this isn't a restroom; it's a diaper. You can use this when the child keeps peeing."

Axi stared at her in astonishment, then examined the diapers left and right, finding them increasingly amusing.

"Qinghuan, the things you brought are really good. Teach me how to use them; I'll try on my kid."

Nan Qinghuan carefully cradled their child; the baby was tiny, yet oddly resilient—though premature, the child survived strongly.

Moreover, the baby could eat and sleep; Axi had milk, plentiful milk, unlike her two children who still needed reconstituted milk powder to eat.

She held the tiny child and began demonstrating to Axi, "See? Doing it this way keeps the baby's waste from soiling the bed. Got it?"

Axi found it too complicated, scratched her head; her hair was unwashed, making her look… just messy.

But she ignored that; caring for the child had exhausted her, leaving no energy to tend to herself. Compared with her own A Mu, she was far happier. In the Dangdang year, her A Mu gave birth and soon went out to pick fruit; all the men in the tribe worked, as did the women, and except for the immobile, no one slacked.

So now she feels especially content.

"Qinghuan, I still don't get it."

Nan Qinghuan knew it was hard for her to grasp. "Fine, you can try using a diaper later; that's also fine, but you must keep it clean—if it gets dirty, wash it before reuse, otherwise the baby's bottom will redden and feel uncomfortable, understand?"

"Diaper, what's a diaper?"

That morning, Nan Qinghuan busily taught Axi basic child‑care knowledge. Though she was also a new mother and knew a bit, Axi truly didn't understand and kept using the Ancient People's old methods on the child, but the baby was fine, not fussy.

Sure enough, after eating, the baby opened its round, bulging eyes wide at them, and no matter how they looked, it seemed so amusing.

"Axi, this child's eyes look like yours; when he grows up he'll definitely be a handsome young man."

"Qinghuan, don't tease me, Beibei and Mengmeng are cute; you have no idea how much everyone envies you and Ying."

"Envy me, what do you envy about us?"

"You're from the Ape Tribe, a noble race; the child you bore isn't ordinary. Look how fair your child is, just like you. If you were like me, your child would only be dark‑skinned, and you'd call him Xiaohei…"

"Xiaohei…"

Nan Qinghuan almost burst out laughing; if the child she gave birth to were pitch‑black, she'd be furious.

Fortunately the genetics are good; the child inherited her traits, not Ying's, otherwise it would have been terrible.

"Indeed, Xiaohei, how cute!"

Nan Qinghuan: "……"

She paced back and forth holding Axi's child; it wasn't easy. She recalled that when she first saw Axi, she didn't like her much because Axi had caused A Mu to discard her.

But later things improved a lot.

Although she's an Ancient People, she's still kind‑hearted.

"Axi, what name will the child have? Have you and your husband decided?"

Hearing that, Axi shook her head. "Not yet, Qinghuan. I still think Yingbeibei and Mengmeng sound nice, but you know Dashan and I can't do Character Recognition, so we can't come up with a good‑sounding name. Dashan suggested calling the child A Gou, it's easy to raise."

"What, A Gou?"

Nan Qinghuan was speechless—how could it be so casual? Looking at the child's innocent little eyes made her want to laugh; it was too perfunctory. "Do you also think it sounds bad? How about Xiaohei? Xiaohei is easy to remember."

Nan Qinghuan: "……"

As long as you two like it, she has no objection.

"Qinghuan, it doesn't sound good. Then could you give us a name, okay?"

"I… that's not ideal. Since ancient times, parents have traditionally named their children, so I…"

"You name it, I'll like the name you choose."

Thus, Nan Qinghuan gave Axi's child a pleasant name. Not knowing Dashan's surname, she simply treated him as 'Shan', so the child was called Shanyuan.

Easy to remember and pleasant.

"Shanyuan, Ayuan, what do you think?"

"Shanyuan, sounds good!

Much better than Xiaohei."

Nan Qinghuan saw Axi satisfied and felt quite happy. Soon, she set the child down, ready to leave, when A Tu's voice came from outside.

"Divine Sister, Divine Sister."

"A Tu?"

Little A Tu arrived; the child had grown taller and sturdier, and she immediately went out. In A Tu's hand was a fish, bound with a grass rope, apparently just hauled up.

"A Tu, you're looking for me?"

The little child adored Nan Qinghuan; having no school today, A Tu and his step‑father went fishing. He heard Nan Qinghuan had given birth to a baby.

He insisted on bringing the fish for her to nourish her body.

"Divine Sister, this is the fish I caught for you to eat."

Seeing the fish, Nan Qinghuan's nose twitched with a sour feeling; looking at the child's little feet all muddy, she felt a pang of sympathy. "A Tu, be good. Take this fish back to your A Mu to eat; we have plenty of fish at home, be good."

"Divine Sister, A Mu said it must be given to you; she's waiting for you at your house, and many others too, saying they're waiting for you to make some fertilizer, huh?"

Nan Qinghuan almost forgot the matter, hurriedly said goodbye to Axi, took A Tu back to her dwelling, and as soon as she entered, many people were already waiting for her.

"Ah, the Divine Sister has arrived. Look, we brought all this manure, but it's so stinky—how can this be used as fertilizer for the wheat?"

Nan Qinghuan saw they had brought a lot of excrement, both human and animal.

It truly was very smelly.

I almost made her vomit from the smoke.

She covered her nose, looked at the waiting tribe members, "Don't be anxious, I'll go up, change clothes and be right back, wait for me."

"Qinghuan, no rush; run slowly and don't fall."

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