For Wang Zhou's sudden proposal to leave, Sour Jiao'er was also very surprised, thought about it, stepped forward and whispered to Xia Ruixi: "It is estimated that Lan Xin, who is next to the third young grandmother, came early in the morning to nod people, shouting to drive away the idle eater." She listened to it. A few days ago, I told her to let her stay at our house to work, but she always kept her head down and didn't speak, it seemed that she really wanted to leave. ”

Xia Ruixi had a number in his heart, and said: "It's very chaotic outside now, the child is small, and you have a foreign accent, I'm afraid that you will be arrested if you can't get out of the city gate, so let's stay for a while." It just so happens that I have a lot of clothes here, if you have time, help me do needlework, I will pay you for your food, and when it is calmer outside, you can go whenever you want, what do you think? ”

From the beginning when Wang Zhou said that they were not bad, as long as they ordered food to save their lives, Xia Ruixi always felt that this was a contented person, and contented people were not easy to be greedy, and they were not easy to have bad intentions. After these days of observation, she felt that this was a self-respecting and self-reliant woman, and the best help for this kind of person was to let her eat with her own hands.

Wang Zhou's mouth moved, and the sour horn pushed her: "Don't you thank the young grandmother?" ”

Wang Zhou's family actually has another thought, it is good to live and live by the Ou family, but he is unwilling to take his son to be a domestic slave of others. Now that it is an employment relationship, not a domestic slave, she naturally can't ask for it, and she feels a little more grateful to Xia Ruixi.

In the afternoon of this day, Xia Ruixi sat under the vine trellis, which had only been erected for a long time, and instructed a few little girls to water, fertilize and prune the flowers and trees transplanted according to her intentions.

She has a good mentality, although she still worries occasionally, but when she thinks of the little life in her womb, all the unhappiness and worry have turned into high morale, no matter how many things are hidden in the secret, life still has to live.

Chun'er led Li Niang in: "Miss, Madam heard that you want to eat fresh wild vegetables, let Li Niang send some fresh wild vegetables from her own village." Xia Ruixi saw a little girl followed by Li Niang, carrying a basket of fresh toons, precarious vegetables, rape moss, and gray vegetables, which shimmered in the sun, so fresh that they seemed to be dripping, and they couldn't help but be greedy.

Sour Jiao'er took the basket and led the little girl to the small kitchen to eat and drink, Liniang stepped forward to salute Xia Ruixi, and said with a smile: "The in-laws have prepared another copy and sent it over, there are too many victims this year, and everything that can be dug has been dug up, this point is still obtained by staring at people, not much, but you can kill your aunt and grandmother." ”

Xia Ruixi smiled and let her into the house, let Chun'er serve, and Liang'er went to the outside to guard before sitting down and talking to her.

Li Niang took out two squarely folded pieces of paper from her sleeves and handed them to Xia Ruixi with both hands: "Auntie, you have done the work you have done." This is the deed and title deed, which cost a total of 800 taels of silver, and it is in Wenyuan Street in the west of the city. According to your instructions, there are some medium-sized families nearby, there are not many businessmen, most of them are scholars, very clean, and there are no messy people. ”

"The house is not big, only two entrances, but the beams are made of pine, very thick, and there should be no problem for twelve or thirteen people. The trees in the yard are all hundred-year-old trees, and the flowers and trees are very luxuriant. Now it's the purple and red, if you have the time and energy, you can't help but take a look. Madame said, if you and your aunt look down on it, it doesn't matter, she will dispose of this and find it again for you. ”

Xia Ruixi ordered Chun'er to take the deed and title deed to lock it, and said, "There's no need to look for it again, my mother said yes, it's definitely okay." Is there enough money left over to add furniture? The furniture should not be good, as long as it is ordinary and passable. Don't be extravagant in the furnishings, and try to use as many ordinary fabrics as possible. ”

Li Niang smiled: "Don't worry, I'll do it for you." Mrs. said, all ordinary fabrics are not very good, if you are too new and too good to pierce the eyes, there are some things that are originally used at home, semi-new and not old, but they are used by their own family, clean, and also good, I want to give it to you, ask you if you think it? ”

Xia Ruixi pursed her lips and smiled: "As long as Madame is willing, I naturally don't like it." What's going on at home now? Dad still says he's sick every day and doesn't dare to go out? ”

Since it was reported in Beijing that the emperor and the concubine were seriously ill, Master Xia has always said that he can't afford to be sick, and he doesn't see guests easily, doesn't go out, and asks a little boy to take a fan in front of the porch of his room every day, and fan a small red clay stove vigorously, boiling a pot of medicine to crackle, making a courtyard full of strong medicinal smell.

Li Niang sighed: "What kind of life did the master live." As soon as our family heard that someone was coming, they were terrified, and they were afraid that Jingzhong had come to see the disease by order. Fortunately, now the third lady is sensible and a lot more stable, and while doing needlework, she can often accompany her wife to talk and learn from the family. ”

In the yard, a talented little girl Dou'er ran over and was stopped by Liang'er: "What are you doing?" In such a hurry? There are no rules. ”

Dou'er smiled: "Sister Liang'er, please tell the fourth young grandmother, the fourth young is back." Say you're hungry and let you prepare a meal. ”

When Li Niang heard that Ou Qingjin was back, she estimated that Xia Ruixi was going to be busy for a while, and said with a smile: "I won't wait to say hello to the fourth young man, auntie, you are busy." ”

Xia Ruixi didn't leave Li Niang, and asked Chun'er to pick up dozens of other people to give her to make up for her body, it is said that five dollars of silver a wild egg was put in a basket for Li Niang to take back, saying that the old people in the family would also make up for it, and rewarded Li Niang with five dollars of silver, and the little girl who picked up vegetables was thirty big dollars.

Li Niang had already walked to the door, and then turned around and smiled: "Auntie, the slave has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." Some time ago, you were newly married, and now you are about to become a mother, is it a bit inappropriate to let Chun'er and Liang'er call you Miss again? And Chun'er and Liang'er are married to you, and they are already members of the Ou family in name, and then our miss is long, our miss is short, my aunt is like this, and my uncle is like that......"

Xia Ruixi said with a smile: "I know, now let the two of them follow others to call me young grandma, and call him young master." Li Niang, you have been by my mother's side for a long time, and this temperament is also very cautious. ”

Li Niang smiled: "Doesn't Madam often say that you can sail a 10,000-year-old ship carefully." ”

Hearing that Ou Qingjin was back, Xia Ruixi didn't want to do anything, so he pricked up his ears to listen to the footsteps. Urging the others: "Didn't you say you came back?" Why haven't you seen it yet? ”

Chun'er and Liang'er covered their mouths and smiled: "Miss, oh, young grandma, the fourth young is back, you have to go and see the old man and the lady before coming back, right?" You haven't seen anyone in a few days, and your lord and lady haven't seen anyone in a few days. ”

Xia Ruixi blushed and said fiercely: "I asked you to prepare the meals and hot tea?" It's almost not to my liking later, you wait and see!"

Chun'er and Liang'er shouted, and ran to do things with a smile: "Young grandma, the hot water has been prepared, why don't you come and try the water temperature in person?" The hot tea is also brewed, can you try it? And this meal, is it good to be salty? ”

Xia Ruixi stomped her feet and said, "Dead girl, dare to be angry with me, see how I treat you." ”

"What's wrong? Do you want me to help you out? Ou Qingjin's smiling voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and Xia Ruixi greeted him happily: "You're back?" ”

Ou Qing pursed his lips, but he couldn't hold back a bright smile and joy, and the two said at the same time: "How are you doing?" Eat well? ”

Chun'er and Liang'er couldn't help laughing again, Xia Ruixi blushed and blasted the two out: "There's nothing to do, let's see how the wild vegetables sent by the family are the most delicious!" Turning her head, she was hugged by Ou Qingjin, buried her head in her hair and chuckled, "I miss you." ”

Xia Ruixi sighed with satisfaction, relaxed his whole body, approached him and replied softly, "Me too." Ou Qingjin smiled and put his hand on her lower abdomen: "Is the little thing okay?" ”

Xia Ruixi looked at him and smiled: "What do you say?" ”

Ou Qingjin looked at Xia Ruixi, who was meekly leaning beside him, while eating, and couldn't help but smile: "It's good to have you here." ”

Ou Biaojin brought back a person that Xia Ruixi couldn't have imagined - the man who stopped their car on the road and provoked trouble.

After eating, Ou Qingjin took a book and sat on the soft couch by the window to read, Xia Ruixi leaned on his lap, unconsciously playing with his free hand over and over, planning what she was going to do.

Her silver ticket has to be exchanged for cash to find a place to hide, the Ou family is not good, the Xia family is not safe, and now with this inconspicuous small courtyard, it should be possible to hide the silver. But to make matters worse, she couldn't find a suitable person to help her exchange money.

Chun'er and Liang'er are two young girls, and they are women, so they have to exchange a small amount of broken silver, but if they exchange more, they can't do it, it's not safe; Besides, their frequent frequencies will also attract the attention of others.

The male subordinates of the Splendid Garden, she is not familiar with the others, let alone trust, she does not believe in the stewardship of Azhang, and the two people who married together, Ma Youjia and Zhou Chun's family, were also sent by her to Zhuangzi and the shop to learn to be a steward early in the morning.

Let Ou Qing do it, but it won't work, this matter has to be hidden from him. It's not that Xia Ruixi doesn't believe him, she believes that he will definitely be able to exchange the silver back according to her request and go to the new yard to dig a pit and hide it, but she believes that if the rest of the Ou family wants to need the silver, whether it should be given or not, Ou Qingjin will definitely have to take it out all and give it to others, leaving no room for it.

If she raised the slightest objection, it would cause him to think. It's understandable to take care of your family, but you have to have a degree, at the very least, you can't let your family starve and live a life. Therefore, Xia Ruixi privately thinks that it is best for Ou Qingjin not to know the existence of this money, and this degree should still be grasped by her own family. Leaving an extra way to live will always only bring benefits.

Ou Qingjin put down the book in his hand, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Xia Ruixi's eyes: "What are you thinking?" So distracted. ”

After he came back, he heard from Mrs. Ou that he wanted to help them take care of the accounts, and he was quite unimpressed. He thinks that according to Xia Ruixi's shrewdness and thoughtfulness, this little money is a piece of cake for her, and the old couple is a superfluous move. However, when he heard Second Mrs. Ou praise Xia Ruixi for being considerate, filial, sensible and studious, he was very useful in his heart.

Xia Ruixi pointed to the pine nuts on the table: "Give me food, and I'll tell you." "How can you tell him about that yard tactfully?

Volume IV