The couple whispered softly, clasped their hands tightly, and walked for half an hour, when Caiyun came to report for dinner, and then returned to the house.

Sister-in-law Zhang was also not at ease, came back from the shop, hastily ate a mouthful of food, and asked Cui Niang to go to see the child together, and when she arrived at the door of Deqian's house, she heard Ke Xin crying, and the two immediately ran in, and saw Liu Qi Niang scooping a spoonful of goat milk and feeding it to Ke Xin's mouth, but Ke Xin was crying, as if she refused to drink, twisting her little head.

Liu Qiniang was a little annoyed, and reached out to pinch her, but was stopped by Sister-in-law Zhang's cough, and when she looked up, she saw that it was her sister-in-law and a strange woman who led her into Zhao's house that day, so she said, "Oh, Sister-in-law Cui Niang is here." It's so late, but what's the matter? ”

Cui Niang reluctantly smiled, "It's okay, it's okay after eating, come and see Kexin." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang had already picked up Kexin at this time, and when she saw the red marks on her neck, she couldn't help but ask, "Is this child's neck burned?" After speaking, he took the pottery bowl in Liu Qiniang's hand, and immediately his face was even worse, "Such hot goat milk, adults are hot when they drink it, how can you give it to children?" Why don't you let it cool? ”

"Isn't it bad when the goat's milk is cold, and I'm also for the good of the child, who are you, running this nonsense?" Liu Qiniang is not a loss, facing Ruixue that day, it was the main family of his family's money and black charcoal, and his parents put up with food and clothing, and he was not polite to Aunt Yun afterwards, let alone Sister-in-law Zhang, who had never met at all.

Sister-in-law Zhang was so angry that she was about to scold, but Cui Niang pulled her away and said, "Qi Niang has never given birth to a child, and it is inevitable that she will be a little inconsiderate in her service, so don't worry about it." After speaking, he said to Qi Niang, "This is the sister-in-law Zhang next door to the workshop, his eldest brother Zhang is the manager of the workshop, and the sister-in-law Zhang also takes care of the shop on the dock for the proprietress of the workshop." ”

Qi Niang pursed her lips and said secretly, my family's money and black charcoal are also in charge, and no one is higher than anyone else, why are you pointing fingers at me.

Cui Niang looked at her face and knew that what she said just now was in vain, this woman was so stupid that she was so stupid that even if the personnel in the world were at the same level, they had to be divided into three, six, nine, etc., and they were all in charge, and the money and black charcoal were only considered to be workmen, and now they were disgusted by the master's family, and they didn't know what it would be like in the future, and the Zhang family was the henchman of the master's family, not to mention anything else, it was the dock shop, and there was no scruple about it, so it was handed over to Zhang's sister-in-law to take care of, this is not an ordinary trust, no one can compare.

She didn't bother to persuade again, and watched Sister-in-law Zhang coax Kexin to drink the last mouthful of goat's milk, so she reached out and took it, kissed it twice, and said, "When this child is half a year old, it would be good to eat some egg yolks and drink some thin porridge." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang nodded, opened the lovely little quilt, and was relieved to see that she was not wet.

The two talked to themselves, no one paid attention to Liu Qiniang, but she was angry, this was in her house, how could she be angry, so she took a broom and swept the floor, raising the dust all over the house, and finally swept to the door, pulled out the ashes, and scolded the two old hens in the yard, "Big night, what is it called, if you have the ability to lay eggs by yourself, what kind of ability is it to occupy someone's nest!" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang dealt with this Liu Qiniang for the first time, and when she heard her so rude, she couldn't bear it, so she said, "Who occupies the nest, and who doesn't lay eggs?" ”

Liu Qiniang was angry, and she had to scold again, Cuiniang was afraid that they would fight, so she pulled Sister-in-law Zhang out, "It's late, let's go back, and we'll come back tomorrow." ”

Then he turned his head and instructed Liu Qiniang, "Qiniang, don't be bored at home, when the sun is good, go out with Kexin." ”

Liu Qiniang closed the door with a bang, and Sister-in-law Zhang said hatefully, "Qian Heitan is blind, how did he marry such a loser." ”

Cui Niang also smiled bitterly, and the two sighed and went home separately.

Liu Qiniang lay on the root of the wall and heard the two of them walking away, and when she returned to the house, she pinched Kexin's thighs fiercely, and the little girl immediately cried, she was still annoyed, and pulled a quilt on her head, and heard a much quieter voice, and raised her eyebrows very proudly, turned around and went to fiddle with the half box of small clothes and accessories, thinking about going back to her mother's house tomorrow, and bringing these things back to her brother's little niece.

Qian Heitan came in from outside, heard the child crying, glanced at it but didn't find it, and asked his daughter-in-law, "Qi Niang, where is the child crying?" ”

Liu Qiniang didn't reply, and responded, "I'm upset when I cry, cover it with a quilt." ”

Qian Heitan was startled, and immediately went to lift the quilt, and sure enough, the little face that was already holding back turned purple, and the tears wet the hair, "How can I use the quilt to cover the child, what if I suffocate to death?" ”

Liu Qiniang looked back and saw that Ke Xin was still panting, so she said, "What are you shouting, isn't this not dead?" After speaking, he remembered something and said, "I'm now serving this girl, when will the Zhao family be able to deliver the one or two taels of hard-earned silver every month?" I'm going back to my mother's house, and I don't have any money to buy snacks, so you go and give me an advance for two months. ”

Qian Heitan immediately softened his shoulders and said in a low voice, "But my heart is my blood and bones, and now I call you a mother, you should take care of her, how can I open my mouth to ask the Zhao family for hard money?" ”

"Why not, she wasn't born to me, why should I serve her to and pee, you don't have to work hard for money, then don't expect to serve her."

Qian Heitan was also annoyed, "You don't serve, what did you do when you brought it back from the Yun family?" ”

"It's not that you lied to me that I had hard money, but now it's gone, and you still want me to work in vain, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"I really can't open my mouth..."Qian Heitan still wanted to coax his daughter-in-law again, but his daughter peed her pants, so he had to clumsily find a dry one for her, and when he saw that the little clothes were dirty, he simply changed them together.

Liu Qiniang's eyes were sharp, and she suddenly saw that there seemed to be something hanging on the child's neck, shining blue under the oil lamp, she immediately pounced, grabbed it in her hand and saw that it was a jade pendant with good color, and her eyes instantly widened.

Qian Heitan didn't know what she was thinking, so she snatched the jade pendant back, tucked it back into her daughter's clothes, and said, "This is what the child left to the child when her mother died, no matter how poor the family is, you can't sell it, don't you have this idea." ”

Liu Qiniang glared, "I just look at the color and look at it twice, what are you doing to prevent me from being like a thief." ”

Qian Heitan also felt that his tone was heavy just now, so he smiled and said a basket of good things, and then put down his daughter and went to the yard to unload the car.

Liu Qiniang saw that he was out of the door, and then looked at the wet eyes of Kexin, who was eating his little fist, playing happily, and immediately became angry, no matter where, he pinched more than ten times, and then covered it with the quilt as usual, only then did he feel a little relieved.

After three days like this, no matter how Liu Qiniang cried, Qian Heitan refused to go to Zhao's house to ask for hard money, Liu Qiniang was anxious, and the villagers in her mother's family knew that she had married a good family, if she didn't buy some good gifts and go back, I don't know what to say behind her back.

So, this morning, I heard Qian Heitan say that he was going to the city, and he didn't return until noon, so he wore the best dress, put on makeup on his face, hugged Kexin and went to Zhao's house.

Yun Xiaoliu was loading the car at the door, and when he saw her coming, he really knew her, so he said, "Why is Sister-in-law Qian here, Brother Qian has gone to the city, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back until noon." ”

Liu Qiniang smiled, "I know, I'm here to find the boss, you go in and let me know." ”

Yun Xiaoliu heard her tone so unpolite, her brows furrowed, and she wanted to mock a few words, but there was no exit in the end, so she said, "I'll go in and ask, the boss lady is no more idle than us." ”

Liu Qiniang pursed her lips, noncommittal, Yun Xiaoliu was even more displeased, turned around and entered the courtyard, and called Caiyun who was sitting under the porch to do needlework at the second gate.

Rui Xue was taking inventory, and she had the intention of opening another small hotel in the city, and she was thinking about what to sell, and she heard Caiyun say that Liu Qiniang came with Kexin, so she thought she was coming to the door to please, but she didn't see it, and she wanted to see how Kexin was, so she said, "Go find Cui Niang and bring her in." ”

Caiyun responded, so she went to the well in the East Garden to call Cui Niang who was doing the laundry back, Cui Niang was also suspicious, and went to the gate to lead Liu Qiniang in.

Rui Xue sat in the main seat, and accepted the salute steadily, completely like the host receiving the next person, but not as cordial and polite as she was when she treated Sister-in-law Qian, and when Liu Qiniang sat down, she said, "Bring Kexin over." ”

Liu Qiniang didn't let go, and said with a smile, "This child is close to me, and he can't stop crying when he leaves my arms." ”

Rui Xue and Cui Niang both frowned, but it was not easy to force it, so they just said some gossip at will, Liu couldn't bear it for seven years, and couldn't wait for a few words, so he said, "I now take care of this child to and pee during the day, and I have to get up a few times at night to warm up goat's milk, but it is much more tiring than working in the workshop, the proprietress looks at it and gives me some hard money, I serve better than the Yun family, how can the salary be higher than one or two silver." ”

As soon as she finished saying this, Cui Niang and Rui Xue were stunned and didn't know what to say, the two glanced at each other, and saw a word in each other's eyes, wealth obsession!

Cui Niang didn't wait for Rui Xue to speak, so she said, "Liu Qiniang, did you learn the rules of being a wife and a mother when you were in your mother's family, you don't know that you marry into your husband's family and serve your children wholeheartedly." You go out and ask, how can anyone in the world serve their own children and ask others for hard money? ”

Rui Xue also sneered, "The Yun family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have no blood relationship with Kexin at all, they are waiting, I naturally have to give some hard money, you are now a lovely mother, your husband is a lovely father, it is a natural thing for you to serve the child, give you hard money?" You won't be afraid of people poking your backbone when you go out! ”

Liu Qiniang originally wanted to talk about the two-month advance, but when she heard their words, she didn't mean to give money at all, so she jumped up with a "whoosh" voice, "I'm not her mother, why should I serve her?" I married to enjoy happiness, not to be an old mother! ”

"You go to Qian Heitan to say this, before you got married, you knew that there were children, and when you got married, you cheated, why, the Qian family didn't marry a daughter-in-law? It's to marry an old lady and come back! ”