As soon as Ou Qingjin left, Second Mrs. Ou withdrew everyone in the room, and said with a calm face: "Xixi, I see that the faces of the two of you are not very good-looking, didn't you rest well last night?" ”

Xia Ruixi touched his face and pretended to be dizzy: "I'm well rested." It's a little dark today, right? Look, it may snow. "I heard that in ancient times, mother-in-law would take care of the affairs of her son and daughter-in-law, and if there were too many things, the mother-in-law would scold her daughter-in-law for being a vixen, does that mean it? However, how could Mrs. Ou know such a private matter?

Second Mrs. Ou sneered and glanced at her: "I think you have always been a dignified and smart person, you should be thorough at all." ”

came, Xia Ruixi's heart jumped, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "My daughter-in-law is not sensible, please let my mother-in-law make it clear." ”

Mrs. Ou said with a calm face: "My family Qingjin has always been a good child, never doing things that worry me, and cherishing my own body. Although it is said to be a new marriage, young people...... But there must be a degree! A wife, even if she can't urge her husband to be diligent and studious and help him prosper, she should cherish him and cherish him, instead of leading him to be extravagant! It's good for you, he won't be able to get out of bed in two days, and he won't practice his sword anymore! Mrs. Ou smashed out a book, officially the textbook that Ou Qingjin read yesterday, "Take a look!" You let him see something! Where did you get all this dirty? I see that your Xia family is also a scholarly family, why are you ......! ”

Xia Ruixi felt that her cheeks were burning, and she was ashamed and angry, her son was a good boy, and he was seduced by others when he saw the Spring Palace, and even the pedestrians were someone else's fault. Who is behind this to make this bad? What is the reason? Xia Ruixi doesn't believe that Second Lady Ou and Second Master Ou were not ridiculous when they were young, Second Master Ou is so serious, he can't look at the Spring Palace, he wants to raise them all, what are you ashamed of?

Xia Ruixi's tears fell down, and he knelt down and said, "Mother blames, daughter-in-law doesn't dare to argue." But the daughter's family also wants to be innocent and famous, the daughter-in-law has been strictly educated since she was a child, and she knows etiquette, righteousness and shame, and no one dares not to disobey her parents' teachings, let alone such a shameless woman. If the mother-in-law blames the daughter-in-law for not caring for her husband's body, the daughter-in-law is young and ignorant, and she will change it in the future, but if you want to talk about this thing, the daughter-in-law has never seen it, let alone where it came from. Please mother. ”

After saying that, he bowed deeply, and held back his crying, but the tears quickly soaked the carpet in front of his knees. It's impossible not to admit anything, everyone knows the fact that Ou Qingjin didn't get up early today to practice swords, so she will admit her mistakes. ”

Second Mrs. Ou looked at her silently for a while, and her face finally looked better: "You really didn't bring it?" You really haven't seen it? ”

Raising his head with a smile, he looked at her with tears in his eyes but with a firm expression: "It stands to reason that the New Year is approaching, and the daughter-in-law should not say these unpleasant words, but it is about the woman's innocence and reputation, and the daughter-in-law has to say a few cruel words, please forgive my mother." If it was brought by the daughter-in-law, if the daughter-in-law showed it to her husband, if the daughter-in-law deceived her mother with half a lie, then let my daughter-in-law hit five thunderbolts every day, and she would not die well! ”

Mrs. Ou said seriously: "As soon as the daughter-in-law began to remember, the mother of the family once warned the daughter-in-law: honorary chastity is a top priority for a woman to protect, and honesty is the first thing. The daughter-in-law who has done it admits her mistake and asks her mother to punish her. "You scold if you love to scold, but I resolutely refuse to admit it, I have made it clear, if you still don't forgive, don't blame me for sticking to the end and not giving you face. Led by all evils, even if there is a disturbance, she can't let them put this hat on her, this is just coming.

Second Mrs. Ou heard Xia Ruixi say cruel things, saying that she had never done it, even if she died, she would protect her reputation, and seeing that she was stubborn and serious, thinking that the Xuan family was born in a well-known family of etiquette and filial piety, and Master Xia was also a serious and rigorous person, and the daughter who called out should not be wrong. In fact, she couldn't tell who took this Spring Palace, what the situation at home was, and she also had a point in her heart. Before, it was just that she loved her too much, and she was sure that Ou Qingjin really didn't get up to practice the sword, and seeing that the two of them were tired, it was obvious that they had too much sex, and they were angry in their hearts, so they smashed the Spring Palace out together.

Now I thought that the two were still newly married, the new daughter-in-law had just passed the door, and the son had just passed through the personnel, so it was inevitable that he would be greedy for the joy of bed, so he felt a little loose, and got up to help Xia Ruixi up: "Don't think about it too much, I treat you as my own daughter, and I hope that your young couple will be harmonious, healthy and safe, so I will tell you this." Since I haven't done it, forget it. When I'm free, I'm looking to see which fool did the foolish thing, and I'll be angry for you. ”

Xia Ruixi closed his eyes, lowered his face, pursed his lips and did not speak. The mother-in-law will never treat her daughter-in-law as a daughter at home, no matter how nice she speaks and how kind her smile is, it is for the man behind her. What is angry, it's just talking, if she really believes it, then she is not a fool.

Seeing Xia Ruixi's stiff expression, Second Lady Ou thought that she might have really wronged her, so she was a little reluctant to go, and sneered: "Ah, my little face is crying, and my eyes are swollen, if Qing Jin sees it, you can't blame me?" Come on, my mother will wipe your face and mix the powder. ”

Xia Ruixi lowered her eyes and didn't say anything, so she could fix it, and when the anger and resentment in her heart were almost suppressed, she cleared her throat and said softly: "Mother, it's better for your daughter-in-law to come by herself, Ning usually takes care of housework, it's tired enough, and you have to worry about your children, you can rest for a while." You are for our good, and your daughter-in-law can save it, and you will be more cautious in the future, and you will not worry about it again. ”

Second Mrs. Ou already believed that the affairs of the Spring Palace had nothing to do with Xia Ruixi at this time, and although she was sad to see that she was scolded, even if she was tearful and sad, her demeanor was still the same, and she heard soft words, but she was not a soft persimmon like Xue who could only cry and didn't dare to argue for herself, not to mention the Bai family, who had already jumped over and cried and made a fuss, or like the Wu family, she didn't agree with each other, didn't say a word, and walked away with her head up.

Xia Ruixi had his own insistence when he heard the soft words, and he was generous and decent as a whole, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, the daughter educated by the Xuan family was really different. sighed at the moment: "Forget it, you go back and rest, and come back to say hello at dinner in the evening." ”

Xia Ruixi replied sullenly, picked up the hand stove and walked out: "What about him?" "If this guy doesn't dare to wait for her, he will leave first, leaving her alone here to be angry and see how she cleans him up!

Chun'er was startled when she saw that her eyes were red and swollen and her expression was unpleasant, she knew that she was angry, but she didn't dare to comfort her here, and looked around: "The slave doesn't know where my uncle went, so I should go back first." ”

Xia Ruixi snorted coldly, strode out of the main courtyard, and walked to the garden more than ten zhang away from the main courtyard, there was a warm pavilion, "I'm here." Ou Qing sneered and felt out of it, "Why don't you eat breakfast?" ”

When Xia Ruixi saw him, his nose was sore, and tears were about to flow out, so he hurriedly raised his head, tilted his neck and didn't speak, and finally forced the tears back, glared at her fiercely, and walked forward alone.

Ou Qingjin glanced at Chun'er inexplicably, Chun'er glanced at him, and made a crying gesture, implying that he Xia Ruixi was scolded and crying, and asked him to go up and comfort Xia Ruixi.

Ou Qingjin suddenly realized, and hurriedly reached out to pull Xia Ruixi, but was thrown away by Xia Ruixi, and said with a cry: "You don't care about me." You take my hand again, and then someone will chew your tongue again, and then the person who will be angry will not be me, but you can hide as far as you can. "She knew it wasn't his business, but she just wanted to get him out.

Ou Qing looked around in embarrassment, and saw that there were many servants passing by, so he didn't continue to pull Xia Ruixi's hand, but silently followed behind her. Xia Ruixi was waiting for him to continue to hold her hand, thinking that if he pulled her hand again, she wouldn't be angry, but after she threw her hand away, she would never hold her hand again, but looked around behind her, and couldn't help but be so angry that she smoked, no longer paid attention to him, and walked forward quickly.

As soon as Chun'er saw it, she knew that Xia Ruixi's anger had escalated, so she had to sigh and catch up quickly. Ou Qingjin looked at Xia Ruixi's back helplessly, and casually stopped someone and asked him to call his little maid Ming'er.

Xia Ruixi walked to the gate of the Splendid Garden, and he had already controlled his emotions. As soon as he entered the door, Bichen came over to say goodbye, his attitude was unprecedentedly deferential, and he looked at her expression cautiously, Xia Ruixi felt a pang in his heart, and roughly knew who the traitor was. smiled slightly, ordered someone to prepare the meal without doing anything, took off his cloak, and just sat and waited for Ou Qingjin to come back for lunch.

Ou Qing came in from the outside for a while, and when he entered the door, he smelled a warm fragrance, and saw Xia Ruixi sitting in front of the window, leaning on the table, looking lonely and in a daze. Bijin hurriedly stepped forward to help him take over his coat, and said with a smile: "Si Shao, are you back?" Slave and maid, this is passing the food, right? ”

When Xia Ruixi heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Bi Zhen lightly, and did not pick up Ou Qingjin, but just looked at the two of them without speaking.

Ou Qingjin was uncomfortable with her, and couldn't help but take back the clothes that had been handed to Bichen, and handed them to Liang'er instead, smiling at Xia Ruixi: "Xixi, are you hungry?" Shall we have dinner? So saying, he leaned over and handed her a small sprig of plum blossom as if by trick.

Xia Ruixi smelled the fragrance of flowers, looked at his small movements, and felt sweet in his heart, he was no longer angry with him, but he still said with a tiger face: "Lord Husband arranged it." ”

Ou Qingjin asked Liang'er to take a small vase to put flowers on, and smiled good-naturedly: "Then let's eat." He knew that Xia Ruixi had been wronged, and planned to comfort her after eating.

Ou Qingjin kept putting vegetables into Xia Ruixi's bowl, looking for jokes in different ways, and Xia Ruixi finally showed a smile. Chun'er and Liang'er looked happy, but Bi Jin looked uncomfortable, how could she have seen Si Shao so servile and flattering anyone? It's all this fox spirit young grandmother, who hooked people's souls away in just two days after they came.

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Xia Ruixi saw all the emotional changes in Bi Jin's eyes, and wanted to drive people out directly, and after thinking about it, she thought that when Mrs. Xia taught her, if her mother-in-law put someone in the room for her, could she just get her out? Naturally, she can't, little girl, see how she slowly cleans up this spy! It must be called up and down, and I can't find out the hairy eyes.

Having made up her mind, she turned to a chopstick steamed mandarin fish to Ou Qingjin, and whispered a word to him, Ou Qingjin saw that she was no longer angry with him, and gave him vegetables, and was very surprised, and heard her say that she would personally cook fish for him to eat another day, and couldn't help but be very happy.

After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Ou Qing retreated from everyone, and hugged Xia Ruixi tightly first: "Xixi, don't be angry, it's all my fault, and I'm angry with you." Mother is also for the good of the two of us, don't be angry with her, can you be angry with me? ”

Xia Ruixi sighed: "What do you know? Where am I mad at my mother? "Even if she is angry with Mrs. Ou, she will not admit it to him. Can a newlywed wife in two or three days catch up with decades of kinship?

Ou Qingjin whispered: "What did you tell my mother to scold you?" Why are you scolded? ”

Xia Ruixi sighed secretly, sure enough, before people asked what was going on, they took it for granted that his mother was for their good, thanks to which she didn't say anything. Thinking about it, if it was her, she would naturally think that her parents were for her own good. Then he said: "My mother scolded me for not caring for your body, so that you couldn't get out of bed this morning, and made you extravagant." Also, he scolded me for bringing that unclean thing from my mother's house to show you. ”

"What's not clean?" Ou Qingjin was inexplicable.

Xia Ruixi took a sip: "It's not what you watched yesterday!" ”

Ou Qingjin then understood, blushed, ran to flip over, and sure enough, the thing was gone, and he couldn't help kicking the stool away, gritting his teeth and scolding: "Which shameless slut dares to turn over the master's things, go and chew his tongue!"

Xia Ruixi saw that he was about to go out aggressively, so he hurriedly grabbed him: "What are you going to do?" ”

Ou Qing said solemnly: "You wait, I will definitely take this breath for you." A good home, just let these sluts mess up, and they can't stay, and when I find out who it is, I will definitely beat him up and drive him out. ”

Xia Ruixi hurriedly said: "Who are you doing it for?" Wasn't it quite reasonable just now, knowing that my mother was for our good, and now she is making such a fuss. If my mother knew, she would have misunderstood. "If you really rely on him to make trouble, Second Lady Ou will definitely think that she is provoking.

Ou Qing understands: "Then you are angry in vain?" I went to my mother and made it clear to her that it was my fault and that it had nothing to do with you. ”

Xia Ruixi smiled: "Mother is for our good, I'm not angry in vain, she doesn't hurt me, don't talk about me." I have made it clear to my mother, I didn't bring that thing, my mother is a sensible person, so she naturally knows who is good and who is bad. As he spoke, his eyes reddened again, "I have never been accused like this, I was very sad before, and now I am not sad to see you so good to me." ”

Ou Qing hugged her with pity: "You are really good, if you are angry in the future, you can take my anger out, right?" Hee-hee, it's all my fault, I won't ...... in the future"

Xia Ruixi gently pushed him, bowed his head and said, "What's wrong with you?" Let's be careful and moderate. Seriously, it doesn't do it very often, but if it is often like this, even the iron body can't stand it. Besides, I can't stand ......."

Ou Qing smiled happily like a flower, and kissed her on the face: "Got it." Do you take a nap? I'm going back tomorrow, and if my mother-in-law sees you listless, she'll definitely scold me. ”

Xia Ruixi responded obediently: "Aren't you sleeping?" ”

"I'm not sleeping, there's something to take care of. I watched you fall asleep, go again, close your eyes quickly. He pressed the quilt tightly for her, and just guarded her, pulling her fingers and playing. After she let out a slight steady breathing sound, she got up and put on her coat and gently opened the door and went out.

When Ou Qingjin left, Xia Ruixi immediately sat up and called Liang'er in: "Do you remember what you said to me at the beginning?" Multiple messages, multiple ways. ”

Liang'er didn't go out with Xia Ruixi for the past two days, but was left in the house by her to watch and befriend the servants in the yard, she had long felt impatient, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but rub her hands: "What does the young lady want the slave to do?" The slave will live up to your expectations and do things properly. ”

Xia Ruixi smiled slightly: "I don't want you to do anything, I'll give you ten taels of silver, and you go and make a few friends." ”

Liang'er understood, took the silver, hid it carefully, and said, "Miss, the slave and maid are not a good person and sneaky when they see that Bijin is not a good person. You'd better find a chance to get her out. ”

Xia Ruixi said: "She has been following Si Shao for so long, and she has won her trust, I will send people away as soon as I come, and people will say that I can't tolerate people, and I will talk about this later." ”

"You and Chun'er should usually be more polite to her, especially in front of other people, and don't make any mistakes. You know? Do you know where my uncle went? ”

Liang'er said: "The slave maid looked, she went to the upper room." Saying that, he changed the charcoal basin and retreated: "Miss, it's still early, you can sleep for a while." ”

Xia Ruixi woke up, stretched his waist, and only heard a chuckle from the desk: "Are you awake?" Ou Qingjin put down the book in his hand and walked over to hug her: "It's snowing heavily, wear more." Let's go over to spend time with my mother earlier. ”

Xia Ruixi hung his neck, feeling that he was as plump as jade, how good he looked: "Didn't you go out to run errands?" How did you come back again? ”

Ou Qingjin touched her face: "The matter is done, I'll come back to accompany you." ”

There is nothing to say about today's dinner, but Second Lady Ou is very affectionate to her again, so affectionate that the Wu family and the Xue family look sideways, and the Bai family is sour.

Second Master Ou still didn't know anything, and said seriously: "Qingjin, tomorrow you accompany your daughter-in-law back to the door, you know all the places you should pay attention to, right?" The day after tomorrow, I have to go to worship the ancestors and sweep the tombs, there are still a lot of things to do, rest early tonight, don't do anything else, and only tomorrow will I have the spirit. Got it? ”

Xia Ruixi heard the sentence, "Rest early tonight, don't do anything else." "I almost choked to death, this sound implied, this old fox, pretending not to know anything, but in fact knows everything.

Ou Qingjin blushed, got up and said, "My son remembers." ”

Second Master Ou stroked his beard and said to Xia Ruixi with a pleasant face: "You go home, say hello to our in-laws for us, and invite them to come over as guests." Tell your dad again, I like this colorful cat very much, this cat is really good. ”

Xia Ruixi knew that he was actually praising her for being good, and was slightly happy: "Yes, my daughter-in-law remembers." ”

Second Master Ou nodded and asked Second Mrs. Ou: "Are the gifts for returning to the door ready?" ”

Mrs. Ou smiled: "That's nature. Hee, you don't have to come over tomorrow to say goodbye, sleep more, have breakfast, and go out early. ”

Xia Ruixi was soft-hearted, seeing that the two old men were changing their ways to show their concern for her, and they could guess that it was probably the morning that the matter had been clarified, which was a disguised gesture of goodwill to her, so she smiled sincerely: "Daughter-in-law, thank you for your father and mother's concern." ”

Bai's probe looked out: "Ah, it's a big snowstorm." Will you sit in a sedan chair or a carriage tomorrow? I asked people to arrange it earlier. Looking at her in-laws and glancing at Xia Ruixi, she also saw that she was pleasing her in-laws by the way.

Before Xia Ruixi could answer, Mrs. Ou had already said: "The sedan chair is too cold, let's take a carriage, let them spread more mattresses, burn the charcoal basin more vigorously, and the younger two wear thicker to warm the ground." ”

Ou Qing looked at Xia Ruixi proudly, as if to say, look, I'll just say that my father and mother are very good, right?

The two went out of the upper room, and Xia Ruixi stretched out his hand to catch the large clusters of snowflakes, and asked Ou Qingjin: "Why are my father and mother suddenly so polite to me?"

Ou Qing pursed the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Because I love you." ”

"You went to my mother and admitted your mistake?" Xia Ruixi was happy and sad at the same time, "You must have been scolded miserably, right?" In the afternoon, I heard Liang'er say that he went to the upper room, but I didn't expect it to admit his mistake, it is really promising.

Ou Qing said solemnly: "It's nothing, they just scolded a few words casually." Anyway, that thing was given to me by the second brother, so I went to scold the second brother instead. ”

Xia Ruixi said: "You betrayed the second brother, isn't he angry with you?" ”

"He's old-mouthed, he's never afraid of being scolded, since he dares to bring me something, he doesn't care about being scolded, who calls him a brother." Ou Qingjin clenched her hand: "You don't know, I thought you had a bad temper, stubbornness, and couldn't stand it, and I was most afraid that you would be like the third sister-in-law, as soon as there was something unsatisfactory, you would cry and make trouble, making the house uneasy." I am glad to know now that you are so knowledgeable, generous and gentle. In fact, where will there be no misunderstandings and bumps in the family? Even the teeth bite their tongues sometimes. You're right? ”

After receiving such an evaluation, Xia Ruixi felt that it was worth it to endure his anger, and said with a smile: "Actually, there are some things that I am also stingy. You'd better not mess with me. "For example, if you take a concubine and have a girl, that is her bottom line, and she will not tolerate it.

Ou Qing said solemnly: "What's the matter?" Tell me about it? Give me a reminder, I don't know if I have a tiger whisker in the future. ”

Xia Ruixi punched him: "You are the tigress." ”

Ou Qingjin laughed wildly: "When did I say that you were a tigress?" Xia Ruixi bent down and threw a ball of snow at him: "You want to eat snow balls, right?" ”

Ou Qingjin turned sideways to avoid the snow group, and affectionately pulled up her hood: "The snow is heavy." If you don't want to use an umbrella, even if you don't even wear a hat? ”

"The fourth young master is good, the fourth young grandmother is good." I saw a strange servant woman wearing a lily robe and holding a lantern standing under a tree and saluting the two. "My young lady asked the slave maid to send books to the fourth young master and the fourth young grandmother."

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The servant woman handed over a book neatly wrapped in oiled paper, and said with a smile: "My young lady said that the one that my husband wrote by hand before, she offered on the table, this book was hand-copied by her in her spare time, and I also asked the fourth young grandmother not to dislike her bad handwriting." ”

It turned out that Lin Qingmei sent someone to deliver the book, Xia Ruixi knew that the hand-copied local was precious, not to mention that it was a relic of someone's father, so it was naturally a treasure. Where will you pick the fat and pick the thin, I am busy thanking me, because I think that Lin Qingmei sent people under the fence, and the servants around me are definitely not rich, and the servants around me are not having a good time, and the New Year is approaching, so I specially asked Chun'er to give the servant woman a reward of fifty big dollars. He also said, "You tell Miss Lin to ask her to come and be my companion in her spare time." The servant woman went with a thousand thanks.

"Fourth brother and sister, wait a minute, I have something to say to you." Behind him, Bai's call was heard. I saw a mother-in-law lighting with a lantern, a girl behind her holding an umbrella for Bai's, and another sturdy girl supporting her, and she was coming quickly towards the two.

Xia Ruixi stopped and blessed: "Third sister-in-law, what's the matter?" ”

Bai hurriedly rushed over, took Xia Ruixi's hand, and looked at Ou Qingjin: "Qingjin, I have something to say to your daughter-in-law, you wait a while." ”

When Ou Qingjin walked away, Bai approached Xia Ruixi: "That servant woman just now is Lin Qingmei's person, right?" ”

Seeing Xia Ruixi nodding, she smiled mysteriously: "You be careful." This Miss Lin, it's better not to befriend her. ”

"Why?"

I don't want to pout: "Why?" It's not good for me to talk about people behind my back, you'll know later. I'm doing this for your own good. ”

Xia Ruixi smiled: "Third sister-in-law Xie is kind, I understand it." He stomped his foot: "It's really cold this day, it was a sunny day yesterday, and now look at this snow, it's raining so heavily." ”

Before the Bai family finished gossiping, he glanced at Ou Qingjin and said softly: "Also, let me remind you, you should be careful of the blue mark in your room." The whole little goblin, thinking about being an aunt, ran to the lady's room one day. Although she has served the four young since she was a child, she has always ...... Hi! You have a really good temper, tsk, if I had suffered such idleness this morning, I would have to smash that dead girl's face and tear my mouth to get out of this bad breath. ”

Xia Ruixi didn't dare to say more to the Bai family, but she was afraid that she would say something after her here, so she went to tell the second lady Ou in a blink of an eye, but she couldn't offend her, and shook Bai's hand with a smile: "Third sister-in-law, you are so good." Another day, I'll ask a few sisters-in-law to come over and play tricks. ”

Bai Shi had to say more, and Ou Qingjin smiled slightly impatiently: "Third sister-in-law, the snow is slippery, you better go back first, and I'll let Xixi come over to talk to you another day." ”

Bai pouted: "Isn't it just to say a few words to your daughter-in-law?" So reluctant. He smiled at Xia Ruixi again: "Then I'll go first." ”

"What did the third sister-in-law tell you just now?" Ou Qing grabbed Xia Ruixi, "Slow down, now the ground has just been covered with thin ice and a layer of snow, and it is officially the most slippery time." ”

Xia Ruixi laughed heartlessly: "It's nothing, she said that I should be careful of Miss Lin and Bi Jin, and said that he saw Bi Jin sneakily go to the upper room to see his mother this morning, and my mother was angry at that time and asked me what the hell was going on." Nor was he scolded. ”

Ou Qingjin frowned: "What did you say to her?" ”

Xia Ruixi said: "Why didn't I say it, just say thank you for her concern." ”

"Don't believe her words, Miss Lin, you'll know when you are the director. As for Bijin, she is not that kind of person, she must have happened to go to the upper room, and she happened to see it, so she came to provoke you. You be careful with her, the third sister-in-law will tell lies for her own purposes. ”

Lin Qingmei didn't care, but Xia Ruixi had already decided that it was the ghost of Bi Jin, and when she saw Ou Qing defending her, she was unhappy, but her face did not show it: "Well, I listen to you." Speaking of which, how old is? ”

Ou Qing said solemnly: "I don't know, it's about sixteen or seventeen years old, right?" I do the math, she's been serving me for years, and she seems to be this old. ”

Xia Ruixi pretended to be unintentional and said, "I'm a little older." "At this age, in a few days, it should be a brat, right?

Ou Qingjin was silent for a moment and then opened the topic: "After the New Year, let's go to your hot spring Zhuangzi for a few days?" ”

Xia Ruixi was happy: "Okay." "What's not good? How about being able to get out of here and go for a few days of leisure? But Ou Qingjin's attitude towards Bichen is ambiguous, she has mentioned this, but he doesn't follow it, what do you think, he has to express his position. But the current situation really does not allow her to continue to force him, but he has only been married for three or two days, and the days are still long. He quipped, "Let's go back tonight and go to bed early, and don't do anything else." ”

Ou Qing was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and was about to pinch her mouth, and whispered: "You dare to make fun of your father-in-law's words, you are so bold!" Before he pinched Xia Ruixi, he couldn't help but chuckle: "Dad is really ......"

When she returned to the door, Xia Ruibei just came out and shook it slightly, and retired after fulfilling her obligations, Mr. and Mrs. Xia were very satisfied with Ou Qingjin, and Xia Ruiyu also liked this second brother-in-law. Mrs. Xia likes Ou Qingjin even more, and she feels very proud to have such a grandson-in-law, but it would be better if she could be an official like Wu Zi'an.

Mrs. Xia was getting old in the end, so she accidentally said her thoughts, and suggested that Ou Qing should find a half-official position and glorify her ancestors. Although Ou Qingjin was respectful on his face, Xia Ruixi could clearly see that he was unhappy.

Xia Ruinan also went back to her parents' house alone, just to care about her sister's happy and unpleasant newlywed life, and by the way, she told Xia Ruixi that Wu Zi'an's business was done, and after the New Year, she was going to take the baby to Tokyo with Wu Zi'an to take up a post. Xia Ruixi said enviously: "It's good that you can be your own master from now on." ”

Xia Ruinan understood what she meant, and smiled to comfort her: "You have to be patient, in fact, the elders of the Ou family are very old." ”

At dinner, Mr. Xia worriedly said that there has not been a single snow in the area of the capital since the beginning of winter, every day is sunny, the south wind blows every day, the water is dry and dry, the winter crops such as wheat are determined to be lost, and it has become difficult for people and animals to drink water, and it is a great drought that has not been encountered in 60 years.

The imperial court sent people everywhere to find water sources, looking for the so-called half-immortal masters to pray for snow, not only ordered the nobles in the palace and the ministers of the court to bathe and burn incense and eat fasting, but also ordered the people to worship incense and eat vegetarian food, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but still did not see the face of the heavenly prince.

Ou Qingjin said worriedly: "In this way, I don't know how many victims will flow into Xijing next year, and I don't know how many people will starve to death." ”

Xia Ruixi looked at his appearance of worrying about the country and the people, and thought to himself: "He must also want to make achievements, right?" It's just that I was dragged down by my family and couldn't enter the office, so I must be sad in my heart. Because of their special status, in order to avoid trouble, the Ou family did not dare to let their sons and grandchildren become big officials. ”

When the two of them returned, it was getting late, and the snow on the side of the street pushed up the old thickness, and a thick layer of hard ice formed on the street. Xia Ruixi looked, not only was there ice on the street, but even someone's face and heart seemed to be frozen. Who can say that his life is perfect, born in such a family, he has no talent, but he is destined to be buried, this is his biggest tragedy.

remembered what he said to her lonely on the way back to Xijing - "In life, where can everything be successful?" If you don't like to do things anymore, others like them, don't you have to stay up? ”

Xia Ruixi held his hand with pity: "The people of our family teach Ruiyu every day and let him study hard, hoping that he can gain fame in the future, glorify his ancestors, and soar." In fact, I hope that he can live happily and live his life peacefully. The way for people to succeed is not only to be an official, but also to the success of ordinary people. I think that although my father is not an official, he is actually successful, at least he makes our family worry-free, and can save lives and help the wounded. There are also those celebrities and gentlemen, who live happily among the mountains and rivers, wandering in the poems, and are eternal, how can they be compared with an official seal? Do you think I'm right? ”

Ou Qingjin's eyes flashed, he looked at Xia Ruixi intently, smiled lowly, and touched her head: "I understand what you mean." In fact, the last time I was in the capital, the noble concubine Niangniang proposed to let me serve in the court, but my father never asked me what I meant, so he refused directly. ”

Xia Ruixi sighed: "You must have been sad at that time, right?" ”

Ou Qingjin smiled bitterly: "Don't mention it." It's like this after all, in fact, I hate people the most about how good I was born in the Ou family, how lucky, and the blessings and misfortunes depend on the misfortunes. I don't know when, our family's wealth and peace will come to an end. ”

Xia Ruixi was shocked when he heard this: "Why do you say that? Is it because of the one in Kyori? What's wrong? ”

Ou Qingjin frowned, covered her mouth, and said in a low voice, "Be quiet." ”

Xia Ruixi affirmed her conjecture more and more, thinking about it, the princes are so big, and they are only a few of the princes, and the concubine Niangniang was named a prince when she was a baby who was just a full moon, although it was a supreme glory, but it was a huge disaster. Although the Ou family is not the direct family of the concubine Niangniang, everyone knows what the concubine Niangniang relied on, before the baby grew up and took power, if the baby was on his feet today, not only the concubine Niangniang would be unlucky, but even the Ou family would be unlucky, maybe the Xia family would not be able to escape.

Thinking of all kinds of terrible possibilities, Xia Ruixi hugged Ou Qingjin in fear: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money or servants, I just want everyone to be safe." "She can endure hardships and work, and I believe that she can survive with her own hands and will not become a burden to anyone.

Ou Qingjin sighed and touched her head: "Don't be afraid, it's not that yet." You don't look like a sixteen-year-old, boudoir, unworldly woman. It's a pity to be so clever and cunning. ”

Xia Ruixi raised his head and opened his eyes wide: "What's a pity?" How cunning am I? I'm the most honest. ”

Ou Qingjin smiled and tugged at her ears: "I'm sorry for you, if it's a man, you must be the most promising one in your family, what a glorious ancestor, a flying one, it's not a problem." As for whether you are honest or not, you know for yourself. ”

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"I'm honest."

"As long as the essence is good, the conscience is not bad, and people are still smart and cunning, I like you very much."

When Xia Ruixi heard this, he understood that her careful thinking did not escape his eyes, thinking about it, didn't people originally have the title of prodigy? He grew up in such a complex family since he was a child, and he will only have more eyes than her, and there is absolutely no reason to be stupider than her.

It's just that he can appreciate her kindness and repay her with peach. Thinking about it, he was a little angry, did he say this to wake her up and remind her not to hide from him to be clever?

Xia Ruixi pouted: "I'm cunning, are you a good person again?" He thought he didn't understand, and he was swearing and trying to check the scary people in the yard, wasn't it all for her to see? Where is it really to get your hands dirty? She can figure out the truth, will he not understand? Treat her as an ordinary innocent girl, thinking that he is shaking casually, and she will take it seriously? Let's just give each other face.

Ou Qingjin smiled: "Yes, we are not good people." ”

Xia Ruixi felt that he was perfunctory to her, and thought of the fragile relationship between the two of them, with almost no foundation, and an unpredictable future, she felt aggrieved in her heart, and said with some annoyance: "Do you think I am pretending?" Not sincerely? In the past few days, she can be said to have tried her best to please his family and him, although the fundamental reason is that she wants to live a good life for herself, hoping to get his sincerity and love, but she has also given her sincerity. Otherwise, there are so many ways, why would she treat him so patiently and meticulously?

Ou Qingjin saw that her face suddenly changed, and she was not happy: "When did I say that?" Do you think I'm pretending to be too? Not sincerely? ”

Xia Ruixi saw that he had a face, and he was even more angry: "I'm too lazy to tell you." This world is a man's world, and he will never understand the anxiety and caution in her heart, nor will he understand the sudden strong sense of loneliness and emptiness when she dreams back in the middle of the night, and the fear of her future life.

Ou Qingjin said in a low voice: "Inexplicable. Turning his head to the side, he felt that he didn't say anything, but just told the truth, why did Xia Ruixi get angry with him and lose his temper?

When Xia Ruixi heard this, she couldn't help but want to chase him and ask who was inexplicable, why was she inexplicable? In the end, he endured it, leaned to the other side of the carriage without saying a word, and ignored him. Lifting the curtain of the car and looking at the remnants of snow on the street outside the window, she felt cold and lonely.

Among two designated and fixed people, the probability of love happening is very low, and the probability of married life being in harmony is even lower, but she has to complete these two difficult tasks at the same time. She is very skeptical that she has the ability and charm, although Ou Qingjin seems to be good to her these days, and she is still interested, and it seems that the future is bright, but Xia Ruixi knows very well that he and she are actually a pair of strangers who don't know each other, and the current friendship is just the initial novelty and obligation to the spouse, as well as the beautiful vision of a new life, what he thinks in his heart, she doesn't know anything, what will happen to him in the future, whether he will really fall in love with her, she is not the slightest sure.

If she wants to be like most women in this era, she will obey her husband in everything, please her husband, and even manage the concubine room for her husband, raise the children born in the concubine room, and work hard to complain, Xia Ruixi asked herself if she could not do it; But if she is jealous of her concubine, or even harms others, she doesn't want to, and she doesn't disdain to do that, she has her pride and her persistence.

Maybe it was the cold wind that suddenly poured into the warm carriage, Ou Qingjin sneezed, Xia Ruixi sighed softly, lowered the curtain, and shrank into the corner.

Hearing Xia Ruixi's sigh, Ou Qingjin peeked in, and through the light from the lantern hanging outside the car, he saw Xia Ruixi's small body shrunk in a wide fur cloak, his hands and feet were tightly covered, only a small and delicate head was exposed, his chin was pointed, and the lines of his forehead, cheeks, and nose looked soft and moving. Her beautiful eyes were wide open, looking at the wall of the carriage and not knowing what she was thinking, her expression looked aggrieved and pitiful, lonely and helpless.

Ou Qingjin's heart jumped suddenly, and an emotion that he had never felt before infected him, a little sour, a little soft, and with a slight joy and pity. Forget it, the pampered daughter became someone's daughter-in-law after she got married. As soon as I left home, it is inevitable that my temper will be a little strange and a little big when I leave my parents. He wanted to coax her, but he felt a little faceless, and he wanted to ignore her, and he felt uncomfortable.

After thinking about it, he decided to adopt a compromise approach, slowly approached Xia Ruixi, and pretended to touch Xia Ruixi's body unintentionally, but Xia Ruixi did not react. Unwillingly, he quietly reached into her cloak, trying to find Xia Ruixi's hand.

I didn't touch Xia Ruixi's hand, but touched my thigh. Xia Ruixi seemed to have been electrocuted, she didn't care when he touched her at first, she thought it was his unconscious move, so she was indifferent.

Ou Qingjin also found that he had touched the wrong place, but he obviously had no intention of correcting this mistake, because when he touched the soft and warm place, which was different from his firm and powerful thighs, he smelled the warm fragrance coming from Xia Ruixi's body, and somewhere on his body began to stir again. So he was serious, but he persisted in teasing Xia Ruixi lightly or heavily.

Xia Ruixi quickly understood his disguised flattery, and patted his hand lightly: "What are you doing?" Where to touch? ”

Ou Qingjin pretended to be surprised and said, "Hey, what's wrong?" Can't I touch myself? So I made a mistake? Then you touched it and returned it? "The hand is touching everywhere more unscrupulously.

Xia Ruixi hurriedly pressed his hand and gave him a blank look: "What are you pretending to be confused!" Shameless. ”

Ou Qingjin looked at her hand and coughed lowly: "This time, you touched me, let's clear the two." With that, he grabbed her hand with his backhand and pulled her into his arms.

Xia Ruixi couldn't help but want to laugh, and desperately kept a straight face: "What are you doing?" Who touched you? Who rarely touches you. ”

Ou Qingjin had already buried his face in her neck socket, biting her earlobe and whispering, "It's really not rare? So who touched me last night? Could it be a kitten raised by his father, a cat with a strange temper and careful eyes. ”

Xia Ruixi's body was soft for a while, but he refused to admit defeat, half pushing and half parting: "It's not uncommon." ”

"Then I'm rare, okay? Stingy......" he couldn't help but kiss her on the lips.

The carriage stopped suddenly, the two collided together, Ou Qingjin's teeth hit Xia Ruixi's lips, Xia Ruixi screamed in pain, covered his mouth and tears poured out, and blamed in a low voice: "It's all your fault." ”

Ou Qingjin chuckled and blew on his sore spots, and went out to scold: "How did you catch the car?" Suddenly, he saw the person on the street looking at him and laughing, and said in surprise: "Alas, it's you? He jumped out of the carriage.

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