Zeng Ruixiang saw that he still had some time, so he asked Zifu to take Zilu and Ziqing to cut red paper, and began to write couplets on Zifu's desk.

Shen also brought Zixi over and asked Zishou to play with him, holding needlework in his hand, which was the children's new padded jacket for the New Year. To embroider during the day, Shen can only make clothes at night. The family talked and laughed, Zeng Ruixiang said that he would take Zifu to study in the county after the year, and take it with him to guide him well and to go out for a long time, and there was not much progress in this town, and when it came to Zilu, he should hurry up and enlighten after the year, and follow Zifu to learn to read and write at night, and asked Shen to make them two new clothes, and Zilu can't wear short clothes when he wants to go to school. Shen responded one by one.

Ziqing is worried, Zifu is leaving, and the old lady is left at home with a few small radish heads, which is not safe. Unexpectedly, Zeng Ruixiang came back with a puppy out of nowhere before leaving, saying that Zifu was not at home, and having a dog at home can do a lot of things. Ziqing saw it and hurriedly hugged it. In fact, Ziqing has long wanted to raise a dog, and when a stranger calls at home, the whole family knows that taking it out can still be a dog, and it also saves being bullied by naughty children.

Ziqing has a very comfortable life these days, and there is no work in the field, she follows Master Xu all day long to watch the completion of beautiful furniture, helping Shen take care of the food, and it will be the seventh day of the lunar month in a flash, the long tables and chairs in the hall have been completed, and the table of the eight immortals is still carved, not to mention, Master Xu is really slow and meticulous, touch it with his hands casually, it feels very smooth and round, it looks high-end, heavy, and it is indeed a good thing, no wonder those rich people in the previous life were enthusiastic, but there were not many real things.

Master Xu put the finished furniture in the hall, Ziqing felt that his home was not like a farmer's house, and said that the scholarly family had some shortcomings, and he still had to go to find some calligraphy and painting when he had the opportunity. Ziqing found the vase that Shen asked her uncle to give her and put it on the long table.

Shen looked at it, said that there was still a lack of incense burner, and as he was talking, the doorbell rang, after talking to Zifu last time, Zifu didn't know where to get an old bell, put it on with a rope, and pulled it to the door of the compound, this time someone came, and he could pull the doorbell.

Shen said, "Who is going to open the door?" Maybe your dad came home from vacation. ”

Ziqing listened and hurriedly said, "I'll go, I'll go." After saying that, he ran out, Zeng Ruixiang loved Ziqing very much, probably because he was the only daughter.

It was Zeng Ruixiang standing outside the door, and he could rest at home for a long time this time, so Zeng Ruixiang took a bamboo and rattan box and brought back a change of clothes.

Ziqing happily took Zeng Ruixiang to the porter and asked him to change a pair of shoes, it is always raining these days, it is cold and cold, and the ground is full of mud, Ziqing put several pairs of straw shoe covers and wooden shoe covers in the gatehouse, and took off clean shoes into the house when he entered the gatehouse, saving cleaning.

At this time, the family was sitting on the fire in Shen's bedroom, Ziqing asked Master Xu's apprentice Xiao Liu to make several small benches, everyone sat by the brazier to play, Shen was embroidering, Zilu was baking potatoes, the room was full of potatoes, Zeng Ruixiang opened the door curtain, a stream of heating came to the surface, and as soon as he entered the door, he said: "You are so comfortable." It's better to be at home. ”

Shen said with a smile: "If you can't spend a few dollars, why should you suffer?" Didn't I have no way before? ”

The next day was Laba, the sky was clear, and after drinking Laba porridge in the morning, Zeng Ruixiang said that he would send silver to the old man. It just so happened that Master Xu didn't come over, so Shen said let's go out together and go to the bazaar to see if there is anything to do for the New Year.

The family arrived at the old house first, and it happened that the old man and they were all eating porridge, Zeng Ruixiang handed the silver bag to Tian, Tian opened it and asked, "That's all?" Your sister got married, and you didn't give your brother a little money at the bottom of the box? Pity your sister is not in good health, and no one is distressed, if it weren't for the fact that you spent all the money in the family because you were studying, your sister would not have no money to be treated in time, and it was dragged like this, and now that your sister is going to be out of the cabinet, how many times can you care about your expenses? ”

It turned out that the crux of the problem was this, Ziqing has always wondered why Tian's so many unreasonable requests and treatments, Zeng Ruixiang agreed to them one by one, basically a desire to take and want, and Tian's is always the same way, nothing new.

"Mother, I prepared a camphor wood box and a nanmu screen for the second sister, and I didn't forget that the second sister was going out of the cabinet." Zeng Ruixiang explained. The other camphor wood box must have been used for Zifu to go out to study.

"What is the south wood and the north wood, and you can't eat it as a meal, how can there be real silver, we countrymen don't pay attention to those ones. Now that you live in a big house, you can say to yourself, how much will you give? Tian asked.

Zeng Ruixiang was about to say something more, but Shen spoke, "What my mother said is that it is better to give silver, and it is convenient to use." Since this is the case, I will ask the child's father to send the remaining six taels of silver to add makeup to the second sister. We haven't pointed at his shackles for a year. ”

After Shen finished speaking, he said to Xia Yu: "Sister-in-law won't buy anything anymore, the six taels of silver, the second sister will buy something she likes at will, and the sister-in-law won't have much to do." Then he turned to the old man: "Dad, this is always okay, right?" ”

Without waiting for the old man to reply, Shen turned to look at Zhou in a daze and said: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I couldn't discuss it with you, this matter is just a matter of personal heart, there is no meaning of comparison, we are also distressed that the second sister is inconvenient to marry in the past, and the second sister can understand." ”

Shen's crackled a lot, everyone hadn't reacted yet, no one expected her to come out with so much silver, Xia Yu was even more surprised, and she didn't know whether she was excited or moved, anyway, she was in tears.

Qiu Yu was the first to understand, pushed Xia Yu, and said: "Second sister, my second sister-in-law said six taels of silver to add makeup to you, why are you crying, don't you thank the second brother and sister-in-law." ”

"I know, I really didn't expect the second brother and sister-in-law to be so good to me, woo, second sister-in-law, thank you." Xia Yu said.

"Brother and sister, have you thought about it, is it six taels of silver? Six taels of silver is enough for your family to spend a year, are you really willing? It's too late to regret it now. Zhou persuaded.

"Even if I am a woman, what I say is a mouthful of spit and a nail, you can rest assured, you will never cheat." After Shen finished speaking, he pulled Ziqing and walked out.

After the family went out, Tian was still stunned and asked the old man: "The second family said six taels, it's six taels of silver, I heard it right?" She can't go back, can she? ”

"Repent of what? You didn't hear what she said at the end, a mouthful of spit and a nail, it's all you, all day long, the second family is doing well now, can you still treat his sister-in-law badly? The old man glared at Tian and said.

"Am I talking nonsense? If I don't talk nonsense, can I have six taels of silver? Tian puffed up his chest and became angry at the old man.

After a while, Tian asked again: "What kind of good thing is the Nanmu screen?" Could it be more expensive than six taels of silver? Or can the second family agree to be so happy? ”

Qiu Yu listened and replied: "Nanmu is very expensive, I seem to have heard of it when I sell embroidery, the screens of large families generally use Nanmu, and the embroidery on the screen is generally double-sided embroidery, a good double-sided embroidery of a large screen can be sold for dozens of taels of silver, more valuable than the screen." ”

Tian sighed when he heard this, it was better to come to the screen and sell it again. In exchange for the old man's contemptuous gaze.