There was only a lard lamp lit in the bedroom, and it took all its strength to emit a bean-sized light, so that the room was still a little dim.

With this bit of light, Xia Shu and Zhao Yuerong sat on the bed and chatted, many times Xia Shu was asking, and Zhao Yuerong was responsible for answering.

The two are about the same age, and they seem to have the same strong curiosity, so that Xia Shu has a lot of questions.

It's just that she basically asks questions about what she hasn't seen or heard in the capital, or what life is like in the capital.

Zhao Yuerong is a family squatting in the capital, no matter what he has seen or heard, he can only say whatever he wants, there are several houses in the yard, how big are the two ginkgo trees, the family bought two servants, and a maid who serves him all day long.

said it very scattered, but Xia Shu still got a glimpse of this sister-in-law's current life from these words, which made her very envious.

"It's so good, they all live a rich life in a big family."

Zhao Yuerong nodded vigorously, "Well, it's really rich and luxurious, but it's actually not good." ”

Xia Shu was a little puzzled, "It's not good to have someone waiting?" ”

"It's not bad, it's just that I feel a little uncomfortable."

"What's uncomfortable about this, if it were me, I would definitely be at ease, how good it is to be served, I don't have to cook and do laundry all day, and I don't have to take care of housework."

Saying that, Xia Shu showed her hand, "Sister-in-law, look at my hands, they are all frostbitten, this is what I wash clothes in winter, I boiled hot water to wash, and I smeared lard all day long, but I still froze like this." ”

The backs of those hands were red and red, Zhao Yuerong knew very well that this was the appearance of frostbite, when she was in the Zhao family before, her hands would also be frostbitten because of the cold in winter, and it was much more serious than this, the back of the hand would crack a lot of small wounds, and there would be frostbite.

She silently looked down at her hands now, they were white and pure, and the calluses in her palms had faded a lot.

was looking at it, her hand was suddenly caught by Xia Shu, "Look, how good your hand is, it's so cold this winter, it's still delicate, not like mine."

In the end, Xia Shu flattened her mouth, and her voice became smaller, after all, she was a girl, and she also wanted to have a pair of small hands with fine skin and tender meat, but this dream seemed to be difficult to achieve

Since her mother passed away two years ago, she is in charge of all the housework in this family, and Xia Shu is not willing to do anything about this matter, but she will still be very tired.

She just wanted to live a rich life, and she was very envious of the young ladies of those big families, and now she saw her little sisters living a young lady life, and she wanted to live even more.

At this time, Zhao Yuerong suddenly pulled out her hand, and then held Xia Shu's hand, and then she began to rub it repeatedly.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"It's comfortable when it's hot, my husband. That's how I rub my feet when they're cold. ”

"But you rubbed the lard off my hands."

“.”

Zhao Yuerong silently let go of her hand and said how oily.

The lard on the back of her hand was gone, Xia Shu jumped off the bed, pulled her shoes and took down a small box from the window, the lid was opened, and it contained most of the box of solidified lard.

She scooped some out of it with her fingers and reapplied it to the back of her hand, smoothing it out as she said:

"My father was admitted to the lifting of people, and the life of the family is much better than before, I can eat meat every day, and there is no shortage of lard.

As she spoke, Xia Shu paused, turned her head to look out the window, and then climbed back into bed and sat down, only then did she lower her voice to her sister-in-law:

"Let me tell you, since my father was admitted to the lifting of people, the threshold of the family is about to be broken, and there is a time when there are matchmakers every day to kiss and let my father continue the strings, and they are all girls who have not left the cabinet, but my father is not open-minded, and he does not agree, saying that he is afraid that I and my two younger brothers will be wronged, and they are all refused."

Now it's Zhao Yuerong's turn to be puzzled, isn't this good?

"You want your uncle to continue?"

"I hope, there are many stepmothers in the family, there will be one more woman, and someone will help me do housework together, and I don't have to do it myself, but my father doesn't agree, and he is for our good, as a daughter, I can't say anything about him."

Xia Shu whispered very regretfully, "Big brother has opened his mind, and my father doesn't know when he will be able to open his mind." ”

Xiao Shepherd was a little flustered, and she didn't understand the meaning of this too much, "My husband has opened his mind?" ”

"Well, the eldest brother has been like a different person since he married you, there are all kinds of things in the Zhuangzi, some say that it is because of the sister-in-law, and some say that it is because of the serious illness, if I tell you what the eldest brother used to be, you may not believe it."

"What does it look like?"

Xia Shu put her finger on her lower lip, raised her head and looked at the roof to think for a moment, and then said: "I don't like to talk, I don't go out, I lock myself in the door all day to study, and I am very polite."

Since the death of my uncle and aunt, my eldest brother has been ill, and my father and I and my two younger brothers often visit him, but my eldest brother is obviously very sick, and every time he has to get up from the bed to salute my father, my father will not let me, he will say what the etiquette cannot be abolished, and then he will force himself to say a lot of things that I don't understand.

But the eldest brother was weak at that time, and every time he said something, he would faint, and then my father was so frightened that he didn't dare to go again, for fear that the eldest brother would have a good deal. ”

Speaking of these, Xia Shu couldn't help but giggle, while Zhao Yuerong opened her eyes wide and looked incredulous, it turned out that her former husband was like this, he didn't like to talk, he didn't go out, he locked himself in his room all day to study, and he was so sick.

Thinking of this, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but soon became proud again, it turned out that her Chongxi was so useful, after her husband married herself, how could she still be a little sick, sure enough, she was a blessed woman. "In my father's words, my eldest brother is a nerd who is stupid when he reads.

But you see my eldest brother now, not only admitted to understand Yuan Gong, but also become much more interesting than before, as soon as he comes back today, he will make the little brother happy, he will never do this kind of thing before, I am afraid that as soon as he enters the door, he will first salute my father, and then go to my father's study to read. ”

"Oh, and there's."

Xia Shu remembered something again, "My eldest brother is still very good at making money, he bought a big yard in the capital, and specially found a maid to serve you, as well as your clothes." ”

As she spoke, she reached out and touched the jacket on Zhao Yuerong's body, and touched the armor on the outside, the brocade material felt very smooth.

"When you come back today, I don't dare to recognize you in such good clothes, for fear of recognizing the wrong person, you see, my eldest brother has become more interesting than before, he can earn a lot of silver, and he was admitted to understand the yuan, also."

Zhao Yuerong came back to her senses at this time, and then proudly added: "Husband will make a lot of things." ”

"Make something? What to make? ”

"Build artillery battles."

"Artillery fire?"

"Well, a big artillery battle, put the temple in it."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuerong hurriedly stopped, no one could tell anyone what her husband had told her, as if it hadn't happened.

(End of chapter)