Chapter 1095: Planning for the Future

"Tell me, Changle, have you ever thought about the future for the two of you?"

"The future?" Changle was a bit confused: "Well, we two are married, that's it. As for the future, is there anything else, Father?"

Baifeng sat upright with a serious expression: "Of course. You currently have your own work and career, and you spend most of the year away from Huaxia. So, are you planning to take Ayuduo with you? What if she gets pregnant? Do you think there is anywhere safer than Huaxia?"

Changle clutched his head in distress: "Ah, Father, I really haven't thought about that. However, I think it should still be fine for now. Ayuduo is like me; she knows Miao medicine, so she can recognize many medicinal herbs and distinguish various types of grass. So, I think she is helpful to my work. Before she gets pregnant, I can just continue to take her out with me."

"Once she is pregnant, I will bring her back and have her stay in Huaxia. It just so happens that by then, I will have enough data to continue organizing."

Chinv said a bit unhappily: "Do you know how long pregnancy takes? Look at your brother; how long did it take for Zhi to have a child? How long have you two been together? Have you slept together? If you have, perhaps she already has a child in her belly."

"Ah!" Changle was given a huge fright. Changle really didn't know much about these things, but if he carefully calculated the time he and Ayuduo had known each other, from the first day until now, it had already been forty days. It seemed that according to the speed of his elder brother and sister-in-law, plus the time of pregnancy... it didn't seem impossible.

Baifeng coughed lightly: "Alright, Changle, let me arrange it for you like this. It is estimated that Ayuduo might already have a child, but it can't be seen in such a short time. It will take another few dozen days to know."

"It just so happens that it is autumn now, so you don't need to go back to the Xuanyuan Tribe. Just stay here. If you want to go out, I can assign you some other work."

"What kind of work, Father?"

Changle's heart was restless now; he preferred to go see distant places, but with Ayuduo there, he couldn't bear to leave her behind.

"Isn't it the Golden Autumn Gathering? Isn't it almost time? I am preparing to send people over to participate in the Golden Autumn Gathering."

Changle was a bit excited: "Father, do you want me to lead the team over? Now that Uncle Xiong is not here, there is indeed no one else who can lead the team over."

"No, it's not to have you lead the team, but to have you go to the Western Development Group. It happens to be on the way. According to the plan, we need to draw some manpower from the Western Development Group. When you go, bring them some supplies, and at the same time, go and inspect it yourself. Take a look at the surrounding vegetation and see if you can find anything different."

"It's all a place that has never been visited before, so it's the same if you go. There are enough people there, and your safety can be guaranteed. At the same time, if they have any problems, you can provide them with guidance. It would be best if you could make an inspection report for me to bring back. You know, the Western Development Group is the capital I plan for the future, so it is very important."

"I haven't been there myself, and I don't have the time to go now. I don't trust anyone else as much. The ones who went are all youngsters. You go and take a careful look. If there are problems, or if the location is not good, I can still change the strategy and adjust the plan in advance. With a year's time, the impact won't be that serious."

Changle felt disappointed for a moment, but also a bit relieved, because if he led the team to the Golden Autumn Gathering, he might not be able to take Ayuduo with him. After all, the Golden Autumn Gathering changed too much, and there were quite a few dangers. Last year, Xiong encountered such a big problem. If something like that happened again this year, Changle could not guarantee Ayuduo's safety, and he would regret it too late by then.

If it were just a trip to the Western Development Group, he could take Ayuduo along. There was no great danger in that. The road to the Western Development Group was probably mostly paved by now, and the whole way was full of Huaxia people, as well as Laborers from the Xuanyuan Tribe, so there was no need to worry about safety at all.

Once at the Western Development Group, it was full of people who could protect themselves, and the safety was beyond question. At most, the conditions would be a bit harder than here, but if others could live there, why couldn't he? The house he lived in as a child couldn't compare to the one he lived in now, could it?

However, Ayuduo listened to the two chatting and was very confused: "Prince... uh."

Ayuduo didn't know what to call him for a moment, and Baifeng didn't mind, saying directly: "You can call me Uncle. If you can't say 'Father', it doesn't matter. You will get used to it slowly in the future."

Ayuduo let out a sigh of relief: "Uncle, actually I think it's nothing to be pregnant with a child. Isn't it normal for a woman to be pregnant? The women in our tribe, even when pregnant, can fight against Tuolong. I have no problem either. There is no need to worry about this. I am not afraid of danger; wherever Changle goes, I can go too."

Hearing Ayuduo say this, Changle suddenly remembered that it seemed only Huaxia valued pregnant women so much. In other tribes, women might still be working at the very last moment of labor; it was impossible to rest. Once the child was born, they would continue to work. If the child survived the day and could nurse, that was considered passing the first hurdle; it was normal for them to die on the spot, and it was also common for women to die while giving birth.

Of course, although women in this era became pregnant too early, because their bodies were weak, the fetuses would not grow very large, so the birth risk was not particularly high. If they were like in Huaxia, where there was sufficient nutrition during pregnancy, and they were younger, it would be especially dangerous.

But regardless of what other tribes said, Huaxia was still different. Without Baifeng even saying anything, Sui began to reason with Ayuduo: "Ayuduo, your Jiuli tribe is different from us. We in Huaxia value pregnant women and children the most. When you are just pregnant and your belly is not big, you can work, but when your belly is big, you can't; it's not safe."

"Besides, you are Changle's wife; what work do you need to do? You just need to safely give birth to Changle's child. Changle is a Prince of Huaxia, and you have seen it, our family has only this many people."

"Yulong currently only has this one wife and has given birth to this one child; it is too few. So you also need to give birth to one early, and then continue to give birth, to give our family many more children. You don't need to do any work; Huaxia has everything—grain, meat, Silk, jade. You can have whatever you want. There is no need to go to work with a big belly; it would be bad if something happened."