"Of course I don't know." Rui Xue's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she was annoyed in her heart, she should have thought that the gift surnamed Chu must not have a good heart!

"I have only seen this gift-giving Chu Gongzi twice, the first time he was at the dock shop, and the second time was on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, he showed me the way to Tianfu. In the past few days, he has encountered difficulties, and I have thought of a way to solve it for him, so I will send a gift to the door, as for why there are things that exceed the norm in the thank-you gift, I don't know. ”

Is this explaining the man's origins? Does that mean she's not angry anymore? Zhao Fengnian's brows couldn't help but loosen, and he apologized in a low voice again, "Today I was reckless, and in the future... Not anymore. ”

Rui Xue remembered what he had just said, as if she was very concerned about her life experience, as if she was afraid that she would dislike her, so she spoke again, "When I married you, you only had a broken house and half a scoop of grain, I am afraid that there is no poorer person in the world than you." If I value money and family background, I would have left you a long time ago, so naturally I don't have to endure so much hardship, and I am worried about you suddenly... What I value is the mutual trust between us and the mutual support we have come through. As for the fact that my mother is from a Qinglou or a royal noblewoman, you are her son and I am her daughter-in-law, this fact cannot be changed, and naturally it cannot be disliked. ”

Zhao Fengnian listened to her shallow and faint voice, but the words she said were so heartwarming, and she grabbed the quilt with both hands, as if this would add a little more strength, "Mother... She committed suicide by jumping into the river to force my dad to carry me home, and she didn't want to... Because of her origins, I am ashamed. ”

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, Rui Xue thinks of her father, and her heart is also pantothenic, when she is old, if she really meets in Huangquan, her father and mother should not blame her, as a sister and daughter, she really tried her best.

"In the coming year, remind me to worship my mother-in-law's tablet and place sacrifices, I am not familiar with the customs here."

"Hmm." Zhao Fengnian responded, lay down gently, reached out to touch the empty space next to him, turned his head to look at Ruixue on the wooden bed again, and still showed no signs of getting up and moving back, and couldn't help asking, "Are you still angry?" Let's move to the kang, it's cold there. ”

Such a cautious and slightly pleading tone was rare to come out of the mouth of this stubborn and proud man, but Rui Xue still didn't intend to forgive him too easily, just turned over and replied lightly, "Again and again, this is the first time!" ”

Zhao Fengnian choked slightly, in the end, he didn't dare to speak again, tossed and turned, and didn't sleep well all night. On the contrary, it was Ruixue, although the bed was cold and hard, but she slept very sweetly.

Early the next morning, just after the rooster crowed, Wu Yu got up, and learned that the sound of Suosuo dressing woke up Da Zhuang, he rubbed his eyes and asked him in a low voice, "Brother Yu, why did you get up so early?" ”

"Well, something's wrong." Wu Yu replied vaguely, and went out with his shoes on.

As a result, as soon as I entered the yard, I saw my sister stretching out her arms and legs, her appearance and movements were very strange, and she even shouted a trumpet in her mouth.

When Rui Xue saw him coming back, she waved her hand and smiled, "Come, Brother Yu, do radio gymnastics with my sister, and get up early to exercise." ”

Wu Yu nodded silently, standing beside her and learning, he couldn't say whether he was happy or lost in his heart, it was obvious that the first "war" of the Zhao family, needless to say, ended with his sister's victory.

Soon, Zhang Dahe and Lei Zi also rushed to make tofu, Ruixue left Wu Yu to sweep the yard, and also went into the stove to make breakfast, a small half bowl of japonica rice, half a pot of water, boiled into sticky rice porridge, steamed two bowls of egg custard on top, poured some vegetable oil into a small pot, slice the cold steamed buns, dipped in egg paste, fried until golden brown on both sides, and added two dishes of pickles, a hearty breakfast was ready, handed a few steamed buns to Zhang Dahe and Lei Zi to cushion their stomachs, and the rest were brought into the hall.

Zhao Fengnian finished washing up early, sat at the table and read, two big black circles hung on his pale face, which was very conspicuous, clearly showing everyone that he didn't sleep well last night.

Wu Yu seemed to have found a child with a good toy, and after eating a meal, his eyes were almost on Zhao Fengnian's face, and he smiled strangely and cunningly from time to time, Rui Xue glared at him a few times, and he didn't take it, and it was not easy to train him early in the morning, so he went with him.

Zhao Fengnian was rarely not annoyed, drinking porridge with pickles slowly, and occasionally putting chopsticks on Rui Xue, lining Wu Yu like an ignorant child.

A day of nothing, step by step passed, Zhao Fengnian laid out the quilt early in the evening, and after Ruixue lay down, he immediately held her hand under the quilt, sighed and muttered, "I can finally sleep well." After saying this, within a few breaths, he was already snoring from sleep.

Rui Xue was amused and distressed, and tucked the quilt for him, "I know it's not easy, so cherish it more..."

At the beginning of March, the Lingfeng City faded away from the cold of winter, the ice and snow accumulated for a winter had long been exhausted, the mountains and forests began to recover, and gradually covered with a layer of light and faint new green, and the birds and birds flew around happily against the warm wind, cheering their love for spring.

At this time, it is the time when spring ploughing has not begun, and winter leisure is exhausted, after the villagers rest their farm tools and prepare seeds, they often squat under the willow tree at the entrance of the village, listen to the old people talk about this year's rain, and also ponder what to plant in a piece of wasteland.

Zhao Fengnian found Li Zheng to make a homestead on the vacant land on the east side of his house, and then spread the news in the village to build a new yard, the village people already have the custom of building a house to help, the Zhao family husband and wife are popular on weekdays, and they opened a workshop in the future, maybe they are still their main family, and everyone is actively helping.

Ma Shiyi also rushed over after receiving the news, doing chores and running errands in Zhao's house during the day, and lived in Yun's house at night and slept on a kang with Shanzi. He has a flexible brain, and can speak well, and he bought a few small things that are very much in line with Zhao Fengnian's mind, so he simply entrusted him with the purchase of bricks, stones, wood, etc., Ma Shiyi was very happy, and felt that the master trusted him, and he was even more jubilant.

Within a few days, there were a lot of green bricks, wood, and gray tiles piled up in the open space next to Zhao's house, and Li Zheng was enthusiastic to find the goddess of Dongshan Pass to calculate, and chose the auspicious day of the sixth day of the first month to start work, although Ruixue did not believe in these, but it was not bad for these few days, and paid the goddess a hundred Wen thanks, the goddess Xu was to see that she was good at talking, and when she left, she asked for four pieces of tofu, and a clay pot, which made her feel more funny, and it turned out that the messenger of God also liked to take advantage of a small advantage.

Although there was no work in the past two days, there were villagers who came to help transport wood and stone materials every day, and the Zhao family was never stingy in eating, so a table of banquets would be prepared at noon to entertain everyone.

Rui Xue handed over the shop at the dock to Sister-in-law Zhang, although the dock is getting busier and busier, and there are a lot more diners, but Sister-in-law Zhang has also studied for nearly a month and can still cope with it.

Cuiniang couldn't get away if she wanted to sell tofu, and Sister-in-law Qian was seven months old, and Rui Xue didn't dare to let her follow Zhang Luo, so Cuilan from Zhang's West Courtyard came to the door, and when she blushed and said that she wanted to help with a fight, Rui Xue responded in one bite, which made Cuilan almost shed tears of gratitude.

She originally thought that the third brother's family had done those immoral things, and even if Rui Xue didn't let her out, she wouldn't have a good face, but she didn't expect that Rui Xue not only didn't slack off on her, but also thanked her very warmly, which made her hold Zhou Xi's arm at night and said bluntly, the Zhao family is reasonable and benevolent.

In fact, how did she know that Ruixue's soul comes from modern times, without the habit of being accused and criticized by all the families when something happens to them, in her heart, Wu Laosan's family is their family's business to do evil, and it has nothing to do with Cuilan, and distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, the two families live so close, it is better to be good than evil.

She was also in this idea, so when Aunt Yun and Cui Niang faintly dissuaded her, she smiled and vaguely passed, and several people were familiar with her temper and guessed that she had made up her mind, so they didn't dare to say it again. Of course, Cuilan was also more grateful, helping to prepare the meal, and put her most effort into it.

At lunchtime, she asked Da Zhuang to hug the two children of the Zhou family, so that their family of four ate at home, saving the family of fire and cooking, so the Zhao family's dinner table was even more lively.

Early in the morning on the sixth day of the first lunar month, the villagers gathered in front of Zhao's house after eating, and after several masters hired back from the city killed chickens and worshiped the ancestors, the two who were responsible for building the house began to take people to measure and dig the foundation, and the two carpenter masters led the little apprentices in the courtyard of the Zhou family, spread out the tools, and beat the doors, windows and furniture according to the size.

Aunt Yun took a few little daughters-in-law who came to help, next to the big stove set up in the courtyard of Zhang's house, cutting meat, boiling soup, steaming steamed steamed buns, her subordinates were busy, chatting and gossiping, laughing from time to time, the children in the village sniffed the fragrance and came over, each with their fingers gathered outside the gate, and looked at it, Ruixue turned over two packets of peanut candy, handed them to the two big and strong sunspots, and asked them to take them to the children to share, and take them to play outside the courtyard as much as possible, don't burn or bump into it, Bai provoked the parents at home to feel distressed.

Soon, in just two days, many criss-crossing deep ditches were dug on both sides of the courtyard of the Zhao family, filled in stones and other things, and saw that the east and west wings were built on the ground, and after six or seven days, the backyard and the main house could be built.

At dinner that day, Li Zheng brought a few embarrassed-looking clan elders to walk around, saying that the Zhao family's workshop was a major event in the village, and they came to see if there was any help, but in fact, it was to curry favor and repair the cracks.

Although Zhao Fengnian and Rui Xue didn't like them to act, they lived in a village, and they had to get by on the surface, so they set up an extra table in the hall and invited them to eat and drink together.

The clan elders were ashamed and embarrassed, and they all faintly said two words of apology at the wine table, and Zhao Fengnian smiled faintly even if the grievances were revealed.

When everyone was halfway through eating, Shanzi, who had come home from work at the dock to help, ran in and reported, "Shopkeeper, someone outside the door is coming to deliver a letter." ”

"Sending a message? Which house? Rui Xue happened to come in with food, and when she heard this, she thought that Chu Gehuan had come up with some new tricks, there were many people at home at this time, and it would be troublesome if she caused gossip.

But Shanzi said, "I asked the man to come in, but he refused, but said that he was from Tianfu and wanted to see the treasurer." ”

Zhao Fengnian got up, said a few words to everyone, and then took Rui Xue out, both of them thought that it was the old man Tian who invited Zhao Fengnian to enjoy the flowers and drink, after all, he had said this a few days ago.

However, the envelope taken out by the person in charge was light green, and there were even a few lotus flowers painted on it, even if the old man Tian liked elegance, it was impossible to use such an envelope, which showed that it was from a woman's hand.

Zhao Fengnian's hand after receiving the letter was retracted, his brows furrowed, and he asked in a cold voice, "Who sent this letter from Tianfu?" ”