When Ziqing and the others arrived home, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and after settling the bill, and instructing the coachman to go to the small hotel in the town to stay, Zifu rang the doorbell at home. Zeng Ruixiang came out to open the door, and then Zilu, Zishou, and Zixi all ran out, Zixi was sleepy-eyed, and he pulled his eyes with his hands, and when he saw Ziqing, he rushed up and hugged Ziqing's thigh and shouted: "Sister, Xiaosi misses you so much, why did you come back?" ”

Ziqing picked up Zixi and said, "Sister misses you too, are you naughty in the school?" Can you understand Daddy's book? Have you practiced calligraphy well? Why don't you sleep so late? My sister bought you a gift. ”

Zifu pinched Zixi's cheek and asked, "Little four, what about the eldest brother?" Why didn't you say that you miss the eldest brother, the eldest brother also bought you a gift, if you don't say that you miss the eldest brother, the eldest brother's gift will be given to the junior. ”

Zixi glanced at Zifu, ignored him, buried his face in Ziqing's shoulder socket, Zifu still wanted to tease, Zishou and Zilu laughed: "Xiaosi doesn't want big brother, we listen to him every day ask when my sister will come back, but we don't ask when my eldest brother will come back." ”

"Big brother, if you go out to study early, then the fourth child won't be able to speak. Xiaosi grew up with me, can the relationship be the same? Ziqing hugged Zixi and avoided Zifu's claws and smiled.

Seeing a large pile of things at the door, Zeng Ruixiang asked: "There is nothing lacking at home, and you are too good at spending money." Those who know that you are in a hurry to take the exam, and those who don't know think that you are going to buy goods. ”

"It's not all Qing'er, I like everything I see, I want to buy everything, as if I don't have to spend money on things." Zifu complained.

As he was talking, the Shen family also came out, Ziqing hurriedly hugged the Shen family's arm and said: "Mother, they all think I buy a lot of things, you don't know, how cheap the cloth in the provincial city is, we are a big family, I still think I buy less?" When you get back to the house, you can take a closer look, and you'll know that I really didn't spend money indiscriminately. ”

The family entered the house. Ziqing hurriedly boiled water and just wanted to take a good bath, and Shen made some noodle soup. Zifu and Ziqing worked hard all the way, so they didn't say anything all night.

The next day, Ziqing woke up, heard the whispers of relatives outside, and stretched out to walk out. It turned out that the family was surrounding Zifu to look at the things brought by the provincial capital, Ziqing remembered the Western clock, picked it up and looked at it, it was actually more than ten o'clock.

Zeng Ruixiang and Shen heard that this object cost thirty taels. Shaking his head again and again, Shen Shi said distressedly: "You kid, you can waste money too much." He also said that he didn't spend any money, I will give you fifty taels of silver, and you have nothing left, and there are twenty taels to buy four stones, you know, fifty taels of silver is enough for our family to live ten years before. My mother won't dare to give you money casually in the future. ”

"Mother. You know it was before. Now it's different, the money earned is spent, don't worry, this stone is of great use, and I'll give it to you when I make it. You're sure you like it. These four stones, maybe one day. It's worth a few hundred taels. If you don't want it, leave it to me as a dowry, and don't regret it. Ziqing said casually with a yawn.

"Nonsense, who did you learn from? The bigger it is, the more unpleasant it is, haven't you seen a girl's dowry every day? I don't know if it's embarrassing, but itchy, right? It can be seen that I am still negligent in disciplining you. Ziqing's words touched Shen's heart, and Shen came up and slapped Ziqing's ass a few times.

Ziqing realized that she had said the wrong thing, and she didn't care about the pain in her buttocks, so she quickly hugged Shen and said, "Mother, I just said it casually, I didn't remember it when I saw you add makeup to a few aunts, next time I won't talk nonsense again, isn't this also in my own home?" I haven't said it once out there, really, I promise. By the way, why can't my grandmother see me? ”

"Your second uncle's cousin got married last month, and your grandmother went back to live for a while." Shen said, then carefully checked the fabric Ziqing bought, and asked the price, and sure enough, he forgot about Ziqing's beating.

"Mother, the provincial city is a big city, there are many rich people, and the old year's cloth patterns are new from time to time, either they are sold or sent to the countryside to sell, I will pick up a cheap, and we are also wearing them in the village, it doesn't matter. No matter how bad it is, it can be used as a favor. Ziqing said.

"Not to mention, it's really cheaper than in Anzhou City, and I didn't study for a few years after me in vain, and I was a person who lived. This life, when it is time to calculate, you have to calculate. Shen finally had a smile on his face.

Ziqing took the opportunity to take out the silver hairpin and bracelet she bought in the provincial capital, "Mother, this is what my eldest brother and I gave you, and we also bought a set for my grandmother, the silver paid by my eldest brother, the pattern I chose, beautiful, right?" ”

"I bought a lot of jewelry last time your grandmother had her birthday, and it will cost you another penny? It's enough to buy a set for your grandmother. Shen said.

"This is the children's mind, besides, this style is different, it is just right to change and wear, and the silver is not eye-catching, and now that the conditions at home are good, you should add a few more things." Zeng Ruixiang persuaded.

The family talked and laughed, and the Shen family was busy sorting things and putting them away, and took out a plain yarn and pulled two pieces, saying that they would make a new dress for the old man and Tian.

Ziqing was teaching Zilu and Zishou how to look at the time and how to wind up, and when she saw Shen pulling the yarn, she remembered that she had bought a light green yarn to paste the windows, and the mosquitoes in the province went in, so she quickly picked it out.

In the evening, the sun was not so poisonous, Zeng Ruixiang took Zifu and Ziqing to carry some snacks and dried fruits, and took them to the old house, Ziqing knew that Xia Yu was still raising a baby at her mother's house, and the school had already had a summer harvest holiday, so Da Mao and they were not there.

The old man and Tian were very happy to see Zifu, and took Zifu's hand and asked long and short questions, but Ziqing was directly ignored.

Tian wiped his tears and asked Zifu: "You kid, you have a big heart, and you didn't tell us about such a big thing as going to the provincial capital to catch the exam." We still heard it from other people's mouths, if you say it early, Grandma will go to Qingyuan Temple to ask you for a peace charm anyway, and sooner or later you can also give your ancestors a stick of incense, let them bless you, child, tell Grandma, how did you do in the exam? ”

"That is, tell Ah Gong, how did you do in the exam?" The old man also looked at his eldest grandson with an earnest face.

Zifu said that it was okay, and accompanied the old man to talk about the experience of rushing for the exam and what they had seen in the provincial capital. Ziqing was not interested in listening, she wanted to go to Xiushui, but when she turned around, she saw Qiuyu lying on a chair with a thin layer of mattress on it, a little strange, and hurriedly asked: "Little aunt, why are you still wearing a mattress on a hot day, how uncomfortable it is?" ”

Qiu Yu stayed as soon as she heard the tears, and Tian quickly said when she saw it: "Xiao Yuezi can't shed tears, it's not good to hurt your eyes when you turn around, Hengzhu, you are still young, recuperate, it will be soon." ”

"Then who knows, my sister-in-law didn't just have one, and it took ten years to get pregnant again." Qiu Yu was still choking.

"Phew, stop chewing maggots, how can anyone curse themselves, people can be the same as people? I thought I would never have a child in my life, but I thought that God had mercy on me and actually let me get pregnant. You're sure you'll have it in the future, don't worry. Xia Yu persuaded.

Only then did Ziqing know that her sister-in-law had a miscarriage, because her sister-in-law's eldest brother married a daughter-in-law, and her aunt was tired for two days, so the child was not saved, and now she is recuperating at her mother's house.

Ziqing looked at Tian's family, she was waiting for her two daughters alone, and she didn't hear her complain about hard work, thinking that when she didn't split up, she didn't do anything at all. Probably she didn't expect the poorest family to turn over the fastest, and now she thinks that fortunately her family moved out of this old house, otherwise, according to their nature, this trouble will have to be endless.

Ziqing saw that Zeng Ruixiang was also persuading Qiuyu not to be sad, so she slipped to the back room, Xiushui was not at home, the old aunt Zeng was crying in the room, Ziqing accompanied her and said some gossip, only to know that it was because of Peng's quarrel.

"People are useless when they are old, and they don't have a son of their own, and they are disgusted when they are older, you don't look at her now proudly, there are several sons, I can also see through them, these sons are also without conscience, staring at the old man's property, the boss started first, rolled things and left, and I can't see each other for a year, and the second child can't see anyone now, and one by one I have a wife and forget my old son, and the third one has learned it, I'm afraid that she will have to be lonely in the future. Ziqing, just remember to come and see your aunt, you are a good boy, your blessings are still to come. This person, how much strength is a great blessing, but unfortunately, I also lived most of my life to understand. Zeng said.

Ziqing was sighing, Zeng Ruixiang and Zifu came to find Ziqing, and the three of them accompanied Zeng to talk and quit. When she got home, Ziqing remembered and asked Shen, have all the peaches at home been sold? And how about this year's watermelon?

Shen Shi poked Ziqing's head with his finger when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I said that you are a housekeeper, you don't like to listen to it, you have loved to these hearts since you were a child." Don't worry, the peaches have been sold for less than ten taels, and the watermelons have basically been sold out, less than two thousand taels, which is much stronger than the old year, and I have kept the melon seeds, is there anything else to ask? ”

Ziqing saw that everyone laughed at her little wealth fan, and she didn't pay attention to it, and went into the house by herself, Zifu thought she was really angry, so she hurriedly followed up to coax her, rubbed her hair and praised her for a long time, her sister was long and her sister was short, Ziqing secretly laughed for a long time.

Zifu because he just finished the exam, he should relax, go fishing or catch loaches with Zilu during the day, and go to catch field chickens at night, Ziqing eats spicy fried field chickens every day, drinks delicious loach ham soup, and when the sun is big, he flips through idle books in the house to do needlework, and when the sun is small, he takes Zishou and Zixi to the back mountain to fertilize the fruit trees, weed, pick up eggs, and live a very comfortable life.

Half a month passed quickly, and on this day, Shen and Zeng Ruixiang said that Zifu's exam results should come out, and their hearts were going up and down, and the doorbell rang,

Ziqing hurriedly ran out and opened the door. (To be continued)