Ou Qingjin picked up a small copper tongs specially used to eat pine nuts and walnuts, and took the saucer next to him to fill the pine nuts: "Then you sit down, otherwise the pine nut shells will splash on you, and you will have to shout again." ”

Xia Ruixi twisted his body: "I don't, I'm going to do this." ”

Ou Qingjin smiled brightly with white teeth, and pinched her cheeks dotingly: "I'm going to be a mother, and I'm still so delicate." ”

Xia Ruixi pinched his cheek unceremoniously and pulled the elder: "Don't you like it?" ”

Ou Qing held her hand untempered: "I like it, I like it." What the hell are you thinking? My mother also told me before, when I am pregnant with a child, I can't take my mind too seriously, I have to keep a good mood, let me not make you angry, otherwise I will ask me. What kind of ** soup did you pour her? ”

Xia Ruixi sighed: "I didn't do anything, I just saw that she was not in good health and followed her wishes." ”

Although she agreed to let his mother take care of the accounts, she was actually a little unhappy in her heart, right? Ou Qing looked at Xia Ruixi's face cautiously: "Why don't I go and tell her to leave our accounts alone?" Anyway, she is not in good health, so she can't work too hard. ”

Xia Ruixi poked him: "Do you have a son like this?" Knowing that she is not in good health, you still want to be angry with her? If she hadn't cared about us, would she have done this thankless job? ”

Ou Qing was relieved: "Aren't I afraid that you will feel uncomfortable?" And I'm in my twenties, and it's awkward to be managed like a child. Why did my mother suddenly think of this? ”

Xia Ruixi frowned: "This is what bothers me." Then he told him about Bai's refusal to give him longevity and borrow money to lose his temper, and said: "Even the money for repairing the fish pond, I don't dare to tell my mother how much my mother spent, I only dare to say that it cost one hundred and fifty taels, otherwise we will definitely be scolded for wasting and angry." If they ask, don't let them go. ”

Ou Qing frowned when he heard it first, and heard Xia Ruixi say that she didn't go to the room to eat that night, and she didn't know what happened, but she heard that his father scolded him and Xia Ruixi for wasting, and when his mother was about to take care of the accounts on the second day, she slapped the table and got angry:

"It must be that the third sister-in-law is going to add oil and vinegar to say sour things again! Wait for me to ask my mother, if this is not the case, if it is, I will have to tell the third brother, take care of her, and if you don't do anything, you will be blocked. Her eldest brother is a well-known scoundrel, what business will he do? If I had been here, Hugh would have said two thousand taels of silver, and I would not have borrowed twenty taels. Why didn't you tell your mother about her borrowing money, and hide it for her? ”

Xia Ruixi heard that he didn't borrow twenty taels, it seemed that the two of them were on the same war money, and his heart blossomed: "What are you going to do?" Your brother-in-law said that his sister-in-law is not, what is the difference between him and her! The rights and wrongs, everyone knows in their hearts, if you have the same insight as her, it's not that everyone has no face when you make trouble, she didn't take advantage of it, and longevity is also ours. The reason why I didn't tell my mother about her borrowing money from me was that I thought it was inappropriate and hid it. ”

"The third sister-in-law is now bent on earning this money, because she has already lost her temper and hates me because she thinks that I have lent her less money, if I go to my mother again, if my mother does not allow her to do this business, won't she think that I have blocked her financial path, and think that I owe her all her life? In the end, it's my own family, I don't want her and my third brother to hate us. However, I don't know if the third brother knows about this? ”

Xia Ruixi wanted to remind Ou Qingying, not because she felt sorry for the Bai family, but because she felt that she was always a family, and Ou Qingying was not bad, she didn't know, she didn't know, she knew it, she still had to be reminded.

Ou Qingjin peeled dozens of pine nuts with his head down, fed her one by one, got up and said, "No, this matter is too inappropriate, whether the third brother knows it or not, I have to go and talk to him." ”

Xia Ruixi grabbed him: "What are you going to say?" Don't say that the two of them have a contradiction, it goes against the original intention. ”

Ou Qing said solemnly: "Don't worry, I'm just euphemistically mentioning it, as long as he shows an unhappy appearance, I won't say anything, the left and right are people's own money, and if people want to get rich, can we still stop it?" But responsibility is always fulfilled. ”

"That's what I meant." Xia Ruixi looked at her: "The third brother is not at home at this time, and he is not in a hurry at this time, you sit down first, I have something to say to you." My mother told me that she and her father are getting older, and the family is like this, and sooner or later we will have to set up our own doors, so that we can think about how to live in the future and raise children. ”

Ou Qing saw that her expression was serious, and even a little nervous, so he said first: "I have learned more than half of the things in Zhuangzi, and after a few more trips, I will know how to manage it, and I will definitely not lose." The fish pond is also according to what you said, the fry are sprinkled with quicklime first, and the fish are put with my own eyes, and I will definitely not put too much. The fish food was also matched by me and Mu Fei watching them, and silkworm chrysalis powder was put in it. ”

"Although I don't know much about fish farming, Mu Fei knows a little, he taught me, I'm afraid I will forget, I can take notes and memorize them. I also thought about the things in the shop, and when I was busy with the spring ploughing at home, I would go and see, and ask the third brother to teach me, I am not stupid, I can also endure hardships, and I will definitely be able to learn to manage. Rest assured, no matter what the situation turns out, I will not starve you and your children. He finished a long list of reports without stopping, and looked at Xia Ruixi with blank eyes, like a child who wants to be praised by adults.

Xia Ruixi's heart softened, smiled and hugged his neck, kissed him on the face, and buried his face in his chest: "You work so hard, how can I not feel at ease?" But you only talked about making a living, not about your study and fame? ”

Ou Qingjin's eyes dimmed: "I don't want to lie to you, although grandpa said that you can enter the office, everyone is also working hard to read books, waiting for filial piety to get fame and win a half-official position." Actually, I know very well that this is easier said than done. If it was good to say in the past, if the situation in the DPRK and China continued to deteriorate like this, the Ou family was afraid that it would be difficult to get ahead, even if it was an official and a half-job? I'm afraid that they are also insignificant, dispensable little officials, bending their waists for five buckets of rice, and they have to be frightened every day. I might as well do some learning, raise my family in all kinds of land, and raise my children. What do you think? ”

Xia Ruixi originally didn't want Ou Qingjin to be an official, after all, as long as he was in the officialdom, there were many people who were involuntary and unfree. She doesn't understand politics, but she knows the cruelty of politics, and it's common for factional struggles to sit together and kill people. Although Ou Qingjin is still a little unwilling, it is rare for him to be able to recognize the reality so clearly and work hard to adapt to life.

Ou Qing saw that Xia Ruixi didn't speak, and was a little worried: "Are you very disappointed?" After all, most of the people he knows think that being an official is called a good thing.

Xia Ruixi took his hand: "Actually, I'm very happy." I never expected you to be an official, and when I married you, I already knew that the children of the Ou family could not become officials. Do you remember what I used to say to you? Success is not just a matter of being an official. It's just a pity that you read the books, so in the future, if it's too peaceful, the opportunity is right, and whatever you want to do, I will support you. ”

Although I don't know if there is such a day, Xia Ruixi's empathy and gentleness still alleviated the bitterness in Ou Qingjin's heart, and he smiled slightly: "I brought back a person you would never have imagined." ”

Xia Ruixi also said: "I bought a small courtyard. ”

Ou Qing was stunned: "Why do you want to buy a house?" Do Dad and Mom know? ”

Xia Ruixi showed him the title deed and house deed: "My father and mother don't know, I bought it with the New Year's money that my father and my mother gave us when I went home for the New Year, the house is not big, and the silver spent is not much, only 800 taels of silver, which is very cost-effective." I wanted to buy it for rent, or sell it when the opportunity was right to make some money, because my family didn't care about my dowry, so I didn't feel the need to tell anyone. ”

"Now that our accounts are managed by my father and mother, I am thinking, we have become a family in the end, you also like to socialize with friends, you have no money to spare, it is inconvenient to do anything, everything depends on your father and mother, you have to offend friends outside; If they don't depend on them, they will be angry again, and they will be unfilial. Although they have good intentions, people are different and inevitably have different ideas, so they simply don't tell them. How about I rent out that house and earn some pocket money, so everyone is happy? If I didn't consult you beforehand, you wouldn't blame me, would you? ”

"You're thinking long-term." Ou Qingjin did not object, and understood her approach: "What do I complain about you?" Anyway, it's all your own money, but you don't have to be bolder than the sky like the third sister-in-law, just do business with others. But this matter has never been hidden from the family, otherwise it will not be beautiful when they suddenly know about it. ”

"When I find an opportunity to talk to my mother, I will say that I can buy it for only seven hundred taels of silver, and she will definitely be tempted. Let's just give it to the upright, don't rent it, keep it for the nephews to become a home in the future, we can't live here, let's move out to live, and then we can live how we want, and you can sleep until three poles in the sun. As for the pocket money, let's use the seven hundred taels of silver that He Niang asked for first, and then we'll talk about it later. ”

The more Ou Qingjin spoke, the more proud he became, his eyes flashed with essence, just like a mouse stealing oil and eating, Xia Ruixi laughed out loud: "Your abacus is better than mine, and from now on you will be called Iron Abacus." It seems that if there are any more such things in the future, I will have to discuss them with you first. ”

Ou Qing said proudly: "That's, how can you have me know what my father and my mother are thinking?" How to let them loosen their mouths and change their minds, I have been the best at it since I was a child, if you don't believe it, just wait and see. If they love to take care of the accounts, let them take care of it, and you can spend it as much as you like. ”

Xia Ruixi laughed, Ou Qing hugged her with a treasure, and gave her a good breath: "Don't laugh and hold my son." ”

Xia Ruixi pouted unhappily: "What if it's a girl?" ”

Ou Qingjin touched his head: "Then I'll say it again, don't hold my daughter." Leaned over and whispered in Xia Ruixi's ear: "I'm amazing, right?" So soon to have a baby. ”

Both of them were a little distracted, Xia Ruixi pinched him and handed him a cup of cold tea: "Pour out the fire." If it weren't for the first three months, she wouldn't have been able to keep it up.

Ou Qing smiled and drank herbal tea, and Xia Ruixi asked, "You said you brought someone back, who is it?" ”

Ou Qingjin blinked and gave a fierce expression: "Flower Tiger." ”

Volume IV