"Yueniang," Zhicheng lowered his voice and didn't look at his wife's face, "If you arrive in Jinling, if business in our house still doesn't improve by then, can you ...... Can you ......" He clenched his fists tightly, and he couldn't lift his head from a sense of humiliation he had never felt before. It is difficult to be a family, and it is even more difficult to be a poor family, and he fully realized it at this time.

Layue hates this man, and sometimes wants to eat his meat one bite at a time, but looking at the person who has long since disappeared under the candlelight at this time, and who does not dare to look at himself with his body bent, his heart is still inexplicably sour.

Without waiting for him to say more, Layue sighed lightly, "I know that if there is any surplus, I will send some of the extra money every month to my family." ”

Seeing that she was so sensible, tears instantly welled up in Zhicheng's eyes, and the one who understood him best was his wife, the girl he was so excited at a glance.

For fear that he would be entangled like that night, Layue beat her knees and said that she was tired, and let Xiaodouzi come in and beat her legs.

It can be seen that Layue doesn't want him to stay overnight, thinking that since he came back to the present, their husband and wife have not had sex together for nearly two months, Zhicheng feels very guilty, but every time something like this happens interrupts his desire for peace.

Tonight, it seems that it will not work, when he left, he stood at the door of the courtyard of Layue, watched the light in the room blow out for a while, and tears flowed out unconsciously. I don't know why, at this moment, he had a hunch in his heart, maybe he would never have the opportunity to give Yueniang a child belonging to the two of them again in this life.

He felt that he was going to slowly lose Yueniang, or was already slowly losing it.

That night city did not go back to Juanniang's room, stayed in his own study, the little maid who was waiting for the first time saw the young master drinking alone, drinking and crying, crying extremely painfully, very aggrieved, even Juan Niang's side came to invite the young master The girl listened to the tears, and finally had the courage not to disturb the young master and went back to his wife.

The next day, after Layue went to the shop to take a look, she went directly to the house in the north of the city, Xue Hang and Xiaoxi sisters and brothers jumped out of it, and saw that Layue was not shy or afraid at all.

Xiaoxi came up and dragged Layue's arm, and her little mouth kept pointing to the house and introducing it around, and the angry Xiaodouzi kept pushing her hand, saying, "The young lady is my attendant, and I will also say, why are you so fast." ”

Xiaoxi grimaced at her, and simply hugged Layue's arm tightly as if she continued to demonstrate, "The young lady has given us to live and take care of it, Grandpa Gao said that the young lady said, we will be the young lady's family in the future, which is more important, family or maid?" ”

As soon as Xiaodouzi heard that she was in a hurry, her tears were about to fall out, and she looked at Layue with a crying bag, "Young lady......"

Layue rubbed her forehead, "You and I are all here to see as family, and we are not allowed to quarrel." Look at Xue Hang, he is smaller than both of you, and now he is becoming more and more stable, and he already has the style of a big shopkeeper, which is like the two of you. ”

Hearing the praise of the young lady, Xue Hang's face turned red, but the pride in his eyes couldn't hide the pride in his heart.

Xiaodouzi hurriedly helped, "Shopkeeper Gao also said so, saying that Xue Hang is very smart, that is, he was born in a poor family, if this child studies hard, it is possible to be a middleman." ”

"Oh?" As soon as La Yue heard this, she became interested, and said that she placed this child in the shopkeeper Gao and asked him to train him according to the successor, but she never asked Xue Hang what his wish was, and now these people are all single-minded to themselves, and they are indeed a family, so they should ask him about their plans.

Pulling Xue Hang over, looking at his now plump little face, La Yue couldn't help but pinch, and asked with a smile, "Xue Hang, do you want to study to gain fame?" ”

Xue Hang's eyes darkened, and even Xiao Xi, who was playing with Xiaodouzi, was nervous for a moment when he heard this, and he quietly waited for Xue Hang's answer.

"I don't want to gain fame, I just want to be able to take over Grandpa Gao's class in the future and help the young lady take care of our Xingji Rouge business." He said it seriously, for fear that Layue would not believe in his determination, so he thought for a long time, glanced at his sister, and Xiaoxi nodded to him.

Only then did Xue Hang muster up the courage to say, "Young lady, our sister and brother are not children of ordinary families, they are ...... It's a child in the name of Xue, my father is the new champion of Emperor Wenxuan of the Dafu Dynasty for three years, but he became a corrupt official with all his skills, and finally was killed by Yang Shun's rebels, I don't want to be a big official at all. He looked up, his eyes blazing, "I hate corrupt officials!" ”

"Hey," Layue held his head and persuaded him, "Xue Hang, that's your father who violated his conscience, not all big officials are bad people, you can be a good official, do good things for the people." ”

Who knew that although Xue Hang was small, he was very stubborn, "Young lady, don't think that I am a child and don't understand." In the past two years, I have heard in the shop, and there is no good official in sight, some of them can't help themselves, and some of them are willing to degenerate, Grandpa Gao said that the officialdom is a big dye vat, and those who can remain clean there are either cleaned out by others, or they are idle and don't care about anything. ”

Layue was stunned for a moment, and couldn't think of anything to refute.

I heard Xue Hang continue, "My sister and I promised Grandpa Gao that we would treat him as a grandfather to honor and support the elderly, and in the future, the family will do a small business in peacetime, not short to eat or drink, and the relatives are living in one place with peace of mind, isn't it a hundred times better than being an official?" ”

"You kid...... The young ......" Layue sighed, and was short of words for a while, and finally smiled and stacked his hand and Xiaodouzi Xiaoxi's hand with his own, and said as promised, "Then it's decided, we will be a family in the future, and the family will live in harmony in one place, and we can't give up anyone at any time." ”

Xue Hang hurriedly added, "There are also Grandpa Gao and Grandma Chang!" ”

Layue smiled, this child has a pure and kind temperament, and he is so close to the high shopkeeper Chang Mama, and he will definitely be no different in the future.

"Well, there are also shopkeepers Gao and Mama Chang, as long as I am for a day, I will never let you go hungry."

Xiaoxi said secretly, "Grandpa Gao said that our money is enough to eat and drink without doing anything for the rest of our lives, until we are two hundred years old." ”

Little Beanzi burst out laughing, "Phew! Do nothing? The young grandmother said that she wouldn't do anything...... Call...... It's called Big Bug! ”

In the small courtyard, there are bursts of laughter, this is what home looks like.

When I was a child in the grange, I lived so carefree every day, following the brothers and sisters in the village up and down the river, picking fruits and catching fish, at that time carefree, until I grew up and was taken to Yecheng to learn to do business with my father, and then I met the city, and the joy gradually drifted away.

Thinking of the place that the shopkeeper said, Layue glanced at the flower garden built in a corner of the yard, there were no flowers in it, Xiaoxi said that the next spring should focus on loofahs, pods, and gourds, which can save money for buying vegetables.

She didn't care if she didn't save money or not, she only cared about the stone under the foundation of the flower garden—the most precious stone made of real gold and silver, and plastered with mortar on the outside.