Ziqing wanted to stay with Xiuying and her sisters for one night, but neither of them had time, there were children at home, Ziqing had to make some snacks and dried fruits to bring to the children, Xiushui picked a set of Ziqing's old clothes and left, a big red satin padded jacket with a fur collar, the two were about the same figure, Ziqing saw that she liked it, and gave a set of peach-colored sprinkled flowers in spring and autumn with a new silk jacket and a skirt of the same color, Xiushui hugged Ziqing and said: "Or we Qingqing is interesting enough." ”

Ziqing took advantage of her time to pick out clothes, asked her about her situation in the past few years, and knew that she had separated from her family, had two children, and the days were average, Ziqing sent her a piece of cotton cloth again, and brought it back to make a dress for the child, Ziqing asked her to come and go often.

Xiuying's relationship with Ziqing is not as familiar as Xiushui's, so she didn't ask for clothes, just some dried fruits and snacks.

As soon as the two of them left, Xiao Shi and Wenyu also got up to say goodbye, Ziqing got up to send each other, Qiu Yu whispered next to Ziqing: "That padded jacket is still so good, it is the same as new, I am willing to give it to her, my aunt didn't dare to ask for it, she dared to speak, what did you pack for her?" ”

Ziqing knew that Qiu Yu was a little red-eyed, but because of the presence of the Shen family, it was difficult to say that she wanted it, so she smiled: "Xiushui has taken good care of me since I was a child, and she has always taken things for me to eat from home, and every time she has a copper plate in her pocket, she can't save it, so she has to pull me to buy food, we have always wanted to be good." ”

"This Xiushui, since childhood, has been a problem, delicious, people are not bad, but it's a pity, I don't have a plan in my heart, this day, I heard that it is not as good as a day. The mother-in-law's family is not easy to get along with, and none of the brothers in the mother's family are willing to come forward. I don't know if the dowry is kept? Okay, we're going to leave quickly, and we're going to my sister-in-law's house to see my mother. Xiao said.

As soon as Ziqing heard this, she hurriedly instructed Xiaolan to pick up a basket of eggs, two cakes, a piece of azure cotton suitable for the old lady to wear, and a drop of money. One piece went back to Zeng's house and asked Xiao to give it to the old aunt.

At night, there were no outsiders in the house. Ziqing and Shen were crooked on the bed talking,

"Mother, how did my grandmother divide my three aunts this time? Why didn't Grandma say that day, let Gui Ying make a purse. Isn't she idle? ”

"My sister-in-law's life is the best, this time she is responsible for buying a set of silver jewelry, and there are sixty purses, the second aunt is clothes, and the aunt's family is the least, only shoes, probably because of the grandfather, they are not at ease, afraid that she will not be willing to do it when the time comes, and the matter will be messed up. So, I gave her a most economical job. That day, I had dinner at Daddy's house and listened to a few of them, let's not follow the cooperation, just do our part. ”

"What about Gui Ying, she hasn't said kiss yet, she's eighteen, right?"

"Not really. It seems to say one, the eldest in the family, because he can't afford to marry a wife, Aunt Ling hurriedly made up her mind, but she sent me a letter, and I didn't go. Aunt Ling didn't go either. It turned out that she also took a fancy to a family with better conditions, and her mother-in-law had just died, and she was filling the house, but who knew that people didn't take a fancy to her. No, although this is poor, he is still a young man. I guess I won't get married this fall? Wait any longer, Sanmao and Osmanthus will be delayed. ”

As he was talking, He and Ziyu came in, and everyone talked and laughed casually, and then went to bed to rest.

On this day, Ziqing saw that the weather was clear, and the rain was also through, so he asked Lin An to find Wang Tieshan and his wife to transplant the watermelon, and Ziqing's family vacated less than three acres of melon land. Ziqing gave them five salaries, and Lin An and the two little girls were happy for the first time.

However, this year's watermelon is two months later than in previous years, and it is estimated that it will ripen at the end of July and early August, so I will keep it for my family to eat, and it will not sell at a good price.

Ziqing had nothing to do, and remembered that it was time to clean up the wasteland, so that he could pick up soybeans as soon as possible, and he could also pick up a crop of potatoes, and he couldn't harvest much, which was better than letting it be deserted. Ziqing changed into an old homely shirt and trousers, and asked Lin An Xiaoqing Xiaolan to accompany him to the wasteland to take a look, it was the sandy land in his memory, and as far as the eye could see, it was surrounded by mountains on three sides, enclosing this flat land, on which some weeds and thorns grew sporadically, and it was red land that was turned down three or four inches, no wonder no one had developed it.

Ziqing asked Zeng Ruiyu to hire someone to turn over the land, bring his own ploughing cattle and farm tools, fifty wen a day, and dig a pond in the middle of the wasteland. There is a lot of rain this year, and the reduction of early rice production is inevitable, and the people in the village are worried that they have no livelihood, and when they heard that Ziqing had something to do, they came to inquire, Ziqing was all pushed to the third uncle, and Zhou Yunjiang was responsible for keeping accounts and taking care of some chores.

The days will soon come to the end of the month, during this period of time, Ziqing lives in her mother's house, Shen changes the method every day to Liu, Chen, and Ziqing to make food, four maids to help, two pregnant women and one mother, this food is not generally good, Ziqing soon gained weight.

On this day, Wang Tieshan's Li family came to send the account book and silver, sold five or six hundred steers before the Dragon Boat Festival, and this month's egg money, Ziqing received her in Qingyuan, Li also had more than half a year pregnant, Ziqing secretly said, what year is this year, this big-bellied woman has rushed together.

The two gossiped for a while, Ziqing gave her something, Li left, Ziqing felt a little sleepy, so she stayed in Qingyuan for a nap.

Coincidentally, Lin Kangping entered the house, looking at Ziqing who was sleeping in front of him, he was both happy and sad, happy that Ziqing ate well, slept soundly, and was in good health, sad that Ziqing did not have him by his side, and he lived as well as he lived.

Ziqing felt that something had been licking her in her sleep, and in a daze, the familiar body odor made her arch into the other party's arms until she found a comfortable position, Lin Kangping saw Ziqing's appearance, sighed with satisfaction, and hugged his wife to fall asleep.

Ziqing woke up and found herself in Lin Kangping's arms, looking at her husband's sleeping face full of exhaustion, Ziqing was very distressed, thinking that she must not be worried about her, and rushed back day and night, and she didn't even have time to shave off her beard. Ziqing looked at him stupidly, tracing his eyebrows and eyes over and over again with her hands, and she didn't know how long time had passed.

Lin Kangping opened his eyes and saw Ziqing looking at her without blinking, pecked Ziqing's lips lightly, and said, "Qing'er, I'm back, I miss you so much." ”

Tears slowly rolled out of Ziqing's eyes, and her hands wrapped around Lin Kangping's neck, saying, "Kangping, I want to do it too, I really want to think about it." ”

As the saying goes, Xiao Bie is better than being newly married, but Ziqing was just two months pregnant, and he didn't dare to let Lin Kangping mess around, Lin Kangping could only hold Ziqing and gnaw, even so, the two were reluctant to separate, and they messed around in bed for a long time before the two got out of bed.

Ziqing looked at the Western clock, it was almost eight o'clock, Xiaoqing had already prepared the meal, and after following the Shen family for a while, he already knew some simple dishes.

After the meal, Lin Kangping hugged Ziqing and was still crooked on the bed, talking about the sights and harvests of this trip, this trip earned more than 1,200 taels of silver, and bought two small servants, only twelve years old, from the farmhouse, will wait for the crops, responsible for the family's melon, fruit and vegetable fields, has been arranged to live in the thatched hut in the peach forest.

"It's time to buy a few people, the family says it's not big, but there are also several acres of melon fields and vegetable fields, as well as that large lotus pond, and then you also need to use people, and the stove room also needs a special person, the maid and the woman can do it, and you can do it."

Lin Kangping responded, and after a while, he suddenly said: "By the way, I also brought a large bag of velvet thread to Ling, several colors, and it is strange and beautiful, but I don't know what to use it for, the embroidery is thicker, David brought it over to see the market, it has not been sold yet, I took it to Ling, I didn't give him silver, I took a hundred purses in exchange." He said that he still wanted to embroider the double-sided of Ling, the bigger the better, and I will go to the city next time to collect some. I don't want to sell my family's Qing'er embroidery. ”

As soon as Ziqing heard what he said, he guessed that it was used to knit sweaters, and he was busy asking him to take a look, Lin Kangping was reluctant to move, and he couldn't stand Ziqing's soft words, so he had to hug Ziqing and kiss him twice, saying, "Why can't I refuse it." ”

Ziqing wanted to go down to the ground and followed, Lin Kangping held her down, Ziqing had to wait crookedly, Lin Kangping brought her a big paper bag, Ziqing opened it and took a look, it was really wool, it was the kind of medium and thick wool, and the kind of sweater woven into a high neck would be a little too much to tie the neck, Ziqing was fortunate to learn to knit sweaters with her mother, and she once had to weave for Liu Cen, and she had to finish knitting for various reasons. Ziqing found that there was a small bag of fine thread inside, which felt like cashmere to the touch, about a catty, enough for Ziqing to weave a piece of clothing.

Now Ziqing has something to do, the next day, after breakfast, the two went to Zeng's house to ask for peace first, and after coming back, Ziqing couldn't wait to let Lin Kangping cut a bamboo, first sharpened a pair of fine needles, and then asked him to grind a pair of thick needles, Ziqing asked Xiaoqing Xiaolan to help her winding the thread, and went to the warehouse to find some broken pieces of wood, and also made wood buttons.

Lin Kangping watched her use two bamboo needles, sat there and poked around, and actually made a piece of thread, he was very surprised, and said: "Isn't it that I married a genius lady, I have never seen something before, how can I use it?" ”

Ziqing was stunned for a moment, looked at Lin Kangping, thought about it and said with a smile: "Xianggong, let's just steal the fun, marry a genius lady like me, but it's really hard to find a lantern, why was it picked up cheaply?" ”

Lin Kangping listened and hugged Ziqing and said, "I didn't find it with a lantern, if I didn't have that lantern, where would I know you?" ”

Ziqing knew that he remembered the first time he met to sell lanterns, and couldn't help but laugh.

It took Ziqing half a month to knit the first cardigan sweater, the green one, and gave it to Zifu, because he was going to Beijing at the end of May, and Lin Kangping also ate flying vinegar for a long time.

Ziqing took the sweater to Zifu and asked him to try it on, "Big brother, this is a gift from me, even my father and mother and Kang Ping haven't got it yet, this is the first one, it's cold in winter, wear this inside closely, it's also warm, it's wool." You can also wear it as a coat in spring and autumn, and see if you still say that I am not good to you, and see how many good things I have given you. ”

Zifu smiled and said, "No, it's all good things I haven't seen, where did this come from?" What is it called? ”

"It was brought by Kang Ping from Yuecheng, from overseas, the yarn spun from wool is called wool, and the clothes woven from wool are called sweaters." (To be continued)