Xia Ruibei refused to read Ah Ke's letter, she felt that there was no difference between reading it or not. Xia Ruixi smiled bitterly and brought the letter back to Ou Qingjin. Ou Qingjin had no choice but to write another letter and ask people to send it to the capital to Ah Ke. For this matter, unless Xia Ruibei can think about it herself, no one can help Ah Ke.

There was no more news from Ah Ke.

Xia Ruixi felt that Ah Ke might really be as Xia Ruibei said, just to show that he re-committed and kept his promises. If you really want to marry Xia Ruibei, how can you not come in person, just ask someone to send a golden hairpin and bring two letters? Is there such a courtship?

Xia Ruibei is fine, just do what she has to do. Although she no longer recites scriptures, she does all the underwear, shoes and socks of Master Xia, Mrs. Xia, and Xia Ruiyu, and when needed, she goes to Zhuangzi with Xia Ruixi to help manage farm work.

Ou Qingjin was very busy during this time, because after he came back from the capital, he faintly revealed at the family banquet that he had found a recipe for making ancient paper, and planned to make some to try. A group of men in the Ou family who read and wrote were very interested and asked him to do it.

Ou Qingjin asked Hua Laohu and Changshou to go to the birthplace of the Ou family to find the green sandalwood trees that grew in the warm sandy soil, as well as the straw that grew in the sandy soil and was irrigated with mountain spring stream water. Before leaving, Hua Laohu begged Xia Ruixi to help him propose to Wang Zhou's family, and if Wang Zhou's family agreed, he would want to get married when he came back.

Xia Ruixi went to ask Wang Zhou's meaning, but Wang Zhou's didn't agree timidly, and the uneasy and lonely flower tiger took a colorful windmill in the outhouse and coaxed the little yellow to shout loudly: "Dad!" ”

Annoyed that Wang Zhoushi went out with a stick to drive him away, he smiled heavily, stood there dead and refused to leave, and let Wang Zhou's stick beckoned to him. Wang Zhou couldn't bear to drop the stick on him, threw down the stick and covered his face and ran away.

Xia Ruixi simply made the decision and settled the matter. Hua Laohu went to do his own business, and she arranged for Wang Zhou's family not to worry about other things, just prepare the dowry.

At the end of the year, Shang Shiqing, who had already reached thousands of households, went home to visit relatives for the New Year, saying that Ah Ke refused the kindness of a certain in-law of the Rong family to marry his daughter to him, and asked for his life to guard the western frontier, but the above had not yet come down. But judging from his courage in battle, and his performance that he has only been close to Liu Lizi and not close to the Rong family, the emperor is likely to agree to his request. After all, Western Xinjiang is the old capital of the Rong family and the birthplace of the Rong family, and the emperor hopes that someone he can trust to help him watch it.

Ah Ke asked Shang Shiqing to bring a New Year's gift to Liu Lizi and the Ou family, but he never mentioned Xia Ruibei's matter, nor did he bring any piece of paper. Xia Ruixi was very sad for Xia Ruibei, it seemed that Ah Ke had put her behind, but Ou Qingjin smiled and said, "Doesn't your family still have two years of filial piety?" It's still early, so wait and see. ”

In the spring of the second year, the Ou family was filial piety for three years. Only two months later, Xia Ruixi was pregnant with her second child, Ou Qing was so happy that she walked floating, so in order not to let her worry, she simply took Xia Ruibei over to help her take care of the house.

Then the Ou family did happy events one after another, Ou Xin got married, Ou Qingying included Lan Xin in the room to make a room, and soon Lan Xin was also pregnant.

The Bai family was so angry that she was going to die, but Lan Xin bowed her head and said that she was willing to hand over the child to her to raise, and she didn't dare to expect the status of the concubine, she only wanted to be a concubine for the rest of her life, so that she and Ou Qingying could serve her. In addition, Ou Qingying's defense was extremely tight, and the second lady Ou sent people to beat her every once in a while, but the Bai family endured it and didn't make a move.

In order to commend the Bai family's sensibility, Second Lady Ou rejected Ou Qingying's request to promote Lan Xin as a concubine. This is the cleverness of the second lady Ou, firstly, Lan Xin doesn't know whether it is a man or a woman, and she doesn't know if she can give birth and feed smoothly; Second, the Bai family has just been born for a while, so he has to give some sweetness to appease and appease him first. The days are very long, if Lan Xin really gives birth to a son, people will also do their duty, and there will be opportunities in the future.

Bai was so happy to pretend to be dizzy, and only put his heart on making money and raising children. Chen'er is getting more and more motivated, and Fu'er is even more disciplined by Mrs. Ou Er, and she has a lot of rules.

In autumn, the flower tiger and longevity returned smoothly. Both sandalwood and sandgrass were found, but in small quantities and not suitable for large-scale production. It takes almost two years for a batch of paper to be produced from the selection of materials to the output of paper, and there are no ready-made craftsmen, not to mention, it is thousands of miles away from Xijing City. Unless Ou Qingjin and Xia Ruixi can move their family there, this wish is unlikely to come true.

Xia Ruixi and Ou Qing discussed for a long time, and they didn't give up on asking people to find similar locations around Xijing City. As for whether it succeeded in the end, that's a later story.

In the early morning of the sixteenth day of the lunar month, Xia Ruixi successfully gave birth to a daughter who weighed six pounds and eight taels, and the guests were like clouds. When the child was full moon, Ou Qing set up a running water banquet for ten days, in order to make up for the regret that when Da'er was born, he didn't even put the full moon wine.

Although Ou Qingjin did not show any dislike, Xia Ruixi gave birth to a daughter, and Mrs. Xia was still very worried.

She was afraid that Second Lady Ou would give Ou Qing a room again. She originally hoped that Xia Ruixi's baby would be a son, and with two sons, she would not be afraid of anything.

Probably because the Ou family has not had a child born for several years, the Ou family has shown a strong interest in this newborn. Mrs. Ou said lightly: "Both children are blessed." is still young, wants a son, and there will be more opportunities in the future......" so he revealed the matter. What Xia Ruixi didn't know was that during her waiting for childbirth, Second Mrs. Ou had euphemistically mentioned the matter of having sex with Ou Qingjin, but Ou Qingjin refused without hesitation.

In addition, Xia Ruixi and his wife usually behave well, do not care, and have a good relationship with everyone, Wu and Xue have no daughters of their own, and they often come to visit their children.

The second master Ou personally named the second lady Bao'er, and the big name was Min Shen, which meant that he was cautious in his actions and cautious in his words. Xia Ruixi smiled: "This name is just like a boy's name." ”

Ou Qing disagreed: "What's the big deal, anyway, it's just the meaning, it can't be called flowers and grass, right?" I don't mention Xian and Shu and the like, that's it. As long as she can do this, no matter what the circumstances are, she will be able to live a good life in the future. ”

Xia Ruixi thought so. She was determined to put in a lot of effort to teach this daughter well, no matter what age she was, a daughter would be more difficult to raise than a son.

Fu'er was unhappy, her name was also taken by Master Ou Er, and her big name was the word "Yi". She thinks that it is not as loud as "Min Shen", and she sees that the eldest aunt and the second aunt often go to see the baby, and the grandmother often asks, let her hug it, and she is even more aggrieved and unhappy. But because he was detained by the side of Mrs. Ou, he didn't dare to have any petty temperament.

Bai went to see her that day, and she seized the opportunity to lie about it, saying that she was going to change her name. Just when Lan Xin was about to give birth, I didn't know if it was a man or a woman, the Bai family was like a big enemy, and her heart was so messed up that she was going to die, seeing that she was not sensible, she dared to think that the name given by the second master Ou was not good, so angry that she scolded her, Fu'er became more and more aggrieved, feeling that her father didn't love her mother, and she didn't want anyone, so she didn't know how many times she cried secretly behind her back.

The person who had that good thing stabbed Xia Ruixi to know about it, but Xia Ruixi's mood today is very different from when he first entered Ou's house. In her heart, the Ou family was the Ou family, and the Xia family was the Xia family, although she married Ou Qingjin, she still regarded herself as an outsider, guarding against the Ou family for everything, and planning more for herself.

But after so many ups and downs, she has gradually integrated into this family, although there are usually contradictions and estrangements, but in general, there is still a strong family affection.

In addition to treating the kind of stubborn people, she hopes to keep peace with everyone as much as possible, and the more people who love the child, the less person will stumble the child.

So Xia Ruixi took Da'er and took Bao'er to see Fu'er. first coaxed Fu'er to be happy with the novelty, and then seemed to mention her name inadvertently. Saying the word "Yi", there is the meaning of "model, exemplary" in it, and the grandfather means that she wants her sister to set an example for her younger brothers and sisters, and a few words will make Fu'er happy, so she will restrain the little jealousy and injustice.

Not long after, Lan Xin gave birth and also gave birth to a daughter, the second elder of the Ou family only let him take a look at it, and sent it back without a name, Ou Qingying had to give the child a nickname Xun'er.

The Bai family was overjoyed, and let Lan Xin beg her to take this daughter to her name to raise, but she resolutely refused, saying that she didn't want to do this kind of lack of virtue to break up other people's mothers and daughters. A concubine daughter is like a piece of grass, and does not pose any threat to her and her two children. And a person who can't give birth to a son can have a good life for a few years?

In the autumn of the same year, a family of the Ou family, led by Ou Qingying, followed by the Ou Xinshe brothers, and Ou Xinfeng went to the exam mightily.

Coming out of the examination room, the Osin She brothers kept a low profile and did not talk about it, why should they continue to do it when they went home, and they still studied hard every day.

Ou Qingying was nervous, he took the exam with his nephew, and the pressure was indescribable. When I returned home, I had the heart to go to Lan Xin's room to sit and relax, but because Lan Xin gave birth to a daughter who was not taken seriously, the girl who served at home didn't take her seriously, and the Bai family didn't care, life was sad, and when I saw Ou Qingying, I held his shirt and couldn't stop crying.

Only crying made Ou Qingying upset, and asked her if the Bai family harsh her, beat her, and scolded her when he was not there, Lan Xin cried and shook her head. asked again but there was a lack of food and clothing for her and the child, and it was not, but it was for the sake of his own and the child's status, and he wanted to force him to promote her as an aunt again.

When she didn't know whether it was a man or a woman in her belly, Mrs. Ou didn't let go, and now that she has given birth to a daughter, how can she mention it? Annoyed, Ou Qingying pulled out her feet and left.

It happened that the Bai family made a fortune, and he was in a happy mood, and when he saw him come back, he thought that he was afraid that if he was admitted to the exam, he would ascend to the sky in the future. For Chen'er's consideration, he took the initiative to greet him with a smile, asked people to pick up Chen'er and Fu'er home, and asked the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous dinner, saying that he wanted to congratulate him in advance.

This move is simply to Ou Qingying's heart, he and the Bai family have never been intimate or quarreled in the past year, just like strangers, the previous contradictions are not so profound. In addition, a pair of children were interested in having fun, and it took half a day to finish the meal, and he saw a pair of children who were well-behaved during the banquet, and it was even more rare to praise Bai in front of the children.

If it was in the past, Bai would have been ecstatic, but now she has lost her original state of mind. All of them hoped that no matter how many concubines and intercourse Ou Qingying had, she would not be able to give birth to a son, so that no one would compete with Chen'er.

Four volumes: Small Days