The matter of making rice paper was in a hurry, so Xia Ruixi asked Ou Qingjin to send someone to the Ou family's house to investigate the situation and prepare to come step by step.

It was about Ou Qingjin and the second elder of the Ou family who communicated well, the second elder of the Ou family thundered and took effective measures, on the seventh day, when Ou Qingjin was resting, the Bai family and Ou Qingying came to Wenyuan Street together.

Ou Qingjin was very happy to see Ou Qingying willing to come to his house, and pulled Ou Qingying to his study with a smile, while the Bai family talked to Xia Ruixi: "I discussed with your third brother, the land price over there in the hot spring is too expensive, twice as much as in other places, it's not interesting." It is better to pick up the fertile, cheap land on the outskirts of the city and buy some of it, and plant crops well, as long as the world is peaceful, no matter what, no one will starve to death. Then pick up the good lot and buy a few shops, you can rent or do your own grocery store, cloth and other businesses. ”

Xia Ruixi saw that her complexion was slightly better than a few days ago, and Ou Qingying was willing to accompany her again, knowing that the relationship between the two should have changed a little. She smiled and said, "It's rare that you and the third brother have come to our house, Qingjin and Mu Xiu, why don't you have dinner here?" I cook a few dishes myself. ”

Bai Shi was a little embarrassed: "I'm fine, I don't know if your third brother is busy?" He's been reading lately. ”

"Then I'll let Qing Jin talk to the third brother." Xia Ruixi was not reluctant, freezing three feet was not a day's cold, only after a few days of hard work, Ou Qingying was willing to accompany the Bai family, which was beyond her expectations. There is still a long, long way to go between the two, and unless both of them are careful and tolerate each other, it will definitely not be long before they will turn their faces again.

Bai said: "Fourth brother and sister, do you have time in two days?" I would like to ask you to accompany me to see the land and the shop, it is inconvenient for me to be alone. ”

Although Xia Ruixi responded, he was slightly surprised, did Ou Qingying refuse to accompany the Bai family?

Bai Shi smiled faintly: "He wants to read a book, besides, this is my dowry......"

After she was patiently explained by Mrs. Ou Er, she was forced to understand one thing, what she did would never be able to please Ou Qingying, Ou Qingying would always be able to take a concubine or accept a room, she couldn't stop it.

If she continues to make such unreasonable madness, it will only make Ou Qingying hate her more and more, make the children farther and farther away from her, and make the Ou family disrespect her more and more, what the consequences are, she herself understands.

Mrs. Ou told her: "Gentleness is a treasure, and men can't stand it." "I don't expect her to be gentle, at least don't work against Ou Qingying. If you don't get your husband's favor, you should try to think about your children.

She has been seeing the children for ten days and a half now, and she can't bear it anymore, so if she is separated or divorced, the children will definitely stay in the Ou family, and she will never see the children again, so what should she do? After Ou Qingying continues the strings, what should she do? The children are still young. What should I do if I miss my mother?

Second Mrs. Ou sneered: "I told you everything I should say, the opportunity is limited, no wonder I didn't remind you." I don't want to say ugly words, but if I want to divorce you, the reasons are really a lot, and others are not blind for the things you do. But our Ou family is not a vicious family, I am also a woman, if you correct it, don't do vicious things with wrong intentions, honestly be your third lady, take care of the family, take care of the children, and manage your husband's food, clothing, housing and transportation, a wife is a wife, and a concubine is a concubine. Chen'er is the eldest son, you are his mother, no one can hide this fact, understand? ”

In fact, as far as the identity of the second lady Ou is concerned, she is willing to analyze the stakes with the Bai family like this, and she is already a more caring mother-in-law. She has already said this, if the Bai family does not express her position, and if she does not give in, she will kill herself. Bai Shi looked at Mrs. Ou with blank eyes at that time, and sat there paralyzed.

She is unwilling, unwilling to spend her life like this, but her strength is so small, her husband can't be relied on, her mother's family can't be relied on, and her children are still young, so she can't be relied on. She had no choice but to give in to keep her position and the safety and future of her children. Even if Ou Qingying doesn't enter her room for the rest of her life?

As long as she is not divorced, as long as she lives, no one will dare to put her hand on the heads of the children. She had to shift the focus of her life from being jealous, competitive, and provoking concubines to the future of herself and her children.

She calculated that since Ou Qingying would take concubines and accept the house, it meant that there would be children of other women in this family. They have a lot of property, how can they prevent countless children from dividing it? He is not liked by Ou Qingying, who knows if he will learn from Ou Qinghua to spoil his concubine and kill his wife in the future? She had to plan for herself and her two children.

Therefore, although under the strong intervention of the second elder of the Ou family, she served tea to Ou Qingying to apologize, Ou Qingying also accepted her apology and said that she would live a good life with her in the future. But back home, the two only maintain a semblance of peace, more often than not, as if they didn't exist for each other.

In the specific situation, the Bai family will not tell Xia Ruixi that her relationship with Xia Ruixi is far from reaching that point. But Xia Ruixi understood that no matter whether Ou Qingying really wanted to read books, or whether he was unwilling to accompany the Bai family to buy land and shops, the Bai family was actually unwilling to let Ou Qingying intervene in this matter. If it weren't for the ease of relations with Ou Qingying, I'm afraid she wouldn't even let Ou Qingying know.

Since the beginning of the third day, Xia Ruixi has accompanied Bai's to see the land and shops every day. In this process, she is very cautious, saying only what she should say, and not saying a word that should not be said. only said his own thoughts, and did not help Bai make any decisions.

In fact, the Bai family didn't believe in Xia Ruixi very much, and after listening to Xia Ruixi's opinion, she would have to go back to investigate for a long time before making a decision. After more than a month of back and forth, the Bai family finally exchanged three-quarters of the cash in his hand for real estate, rented the shop that should be rented, and listened to Xia Ruixi's persuasion, just in time to plant winter wheat. Ou Qingying has never expressed her position on this matter and let it go.

But no matter what, the third room is always temporarily peaceful.

The days flew by, and in the blink of an eye, Xia Ruixi began to prepare for various matters of fishing and selling. The fish she stocked are mainly carp and silver carp, although both fish grow relatively fast, but always a year, the size can not be compared with the wild big fish, can not attract attention, so you must work on the word "live". The fish that are jumping around can be used to promote and advertise next year's bumper harvest.

Xia Ruixi first carefully inspected the inlet pipe and outlet pipe of the small fish pond built in her shop on Dongzheng Street, and asked Liang'er and Jin Xia to cut some of the old cloth and old clothes she had collected in advance into two-foot models, and the three-foot-long cloth was put away and packed.

Everyone wonders, what is she doing with these old pieces of cloth? But she smiled and said, "I'll know when the time comes." Even Ou Qingjin refused to say that she was mysterious, which made Liang'er and Ou Qingjin murmur on the side for a long time.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, it was a rare sunny day. Xia Ruixi sent Da'er to Wu early in the morning to watch, and told Changshou to go to the shop on Dongzheng Street to guard, and she took Liang'er, Jin Xia, and Hua Laohu, pulled those old pieces of cloth and dozens of big baskets to the hot spring Zhuangzi.

When they arrived at the hot spring Zhuangzi, the chief manager of the Zhuangzi and the steward in charge of the fish pond had already waited aside, and everyone was very excited, after all, this matter was a new thing. The big guy has worked hard for a year, watching the silver flow down in a hurry, and whether it is worth it depends on these days.

Xia Ruixi first circled around the fish pond, carefully asked the steward in charge of the fish pond some questions, and finally pointed to the one acre of fish pond on the edge and ordered: "Let's start from this acre of fish pond first, you inform you to come down, come ten strong men, ten women with sharp hands and feet, tonight the kitchen cooks on the third watch, the fourth watch cooks, and the fifth watch fishes." "This fish must be in time for the morning market, which is when the most people buy vegetables, so as to play a good publicity role.

The fish pond steward was ordered to arrange for people not to mention it, and Xia Ruixi asked the chief manager of Zhuangzi to let the clean straw be spread into the baskets sent by Changshou in advance, and each basket was filled with about half a frame of straw on average. He also asked the four horses in the village to be fed in advance, and the coachman should put the cart on the fifth watch and wait for orders at any time.

In the evening, Xia Ruixi asked ten selected women with sharp hands and feet to come over, and she wanted to do training. How to send the fish to Xijing City and still alive, although the technology is not complicated, this step is the key.

She asked Liang'er to take out an old cloth, soak it in a basin, spread the cloth on the ground, and took a bottle to serve as a "fish", and showed it to the peasant women: "For example, here is the fish head, all you have to do is to take a soaked cloth and wrap the fish head firmly, wrap it firmly in the cloth, the focus is on the fish head, and then put the wrapped fish flat in the basket, and spread two or three layers to count it as a basket." There are skills in catching fish, remember to cover the fish's eyes with the palm of your right hand and take the head, hold up the fish body with your left hand, your hands and feet should be fast, take one accurately, and remember to put it in the basket when you must lay it flat sideways, never bend or fold. ”

The peasant women giggled and secretly discussed what Xia Ruixi was going to do. Since ancient times, I have only heard that fish can't do without water, but she has to do it, and she boasted that she must still be alive in Xijing City, can you believe this?

A bold peasant woman smiled and said, "Fourth lady, your method is unheard of, can you do it?" It is said that fish can't do without water, even if the fish is sent to Xijing City and is out of gas, everyone will buy it, anyway, everyone sells it like this. ”

What does it mean to be out of gas? Liang'er got angry and scolded: "How can you speak? For the New Year, you are talking nonsense with your mouth open here! If you don't want to do it, say it as soon as possible, and change it to someone else! ”

The peasant women shut up.

Xia Ruixi said lightly: "Do as I say, do you care if it can work or not?" If you do well this year, you can continue to do it next year. People who do well not only have wages, but also fish for the New Year. After speaking, he took Liang'er and Jin Xiajing and left.

The peasant women discussed it in a low voice, but they did not believe it, and someone said, "The master said to do this, so you will do it!" What the? ”

At the fourth watch, Liang'er woke Xia Ruixi up on time.