When the sky was faintly bright the next day, Zhao Yuerong felt that someone was shaking himself vigorously, not only shaking, but also sounding.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law"

Under the call of her sister-in-law, she finally woke up, but she slept a little late last night, so that she was still a little dazed, but soon she was not confused.

Seeing that she finally woke up, Xia Shu couldn't help but feel happy on her face, and asked eagerly: "Sister-in-law, you finally woke up, what about the booklet, it wasn't discovered by my eldest brother, right?" ”

Hearing this, the little camelina came to his senses, booklet!

Then she hurriedly lifted the pillow and rummaged, no! I lifted another pillow and there was no more!

Xia Shu didn't know what she was doing, and she wanted to stomp her feet anxiously, "Sister-in-law, don't turn over the pillow, you tell me first, that booklet wasn't discovered by my eldest brother, right?" ”

Facing this question, Zhao Yuerong's body was a little stiff, and he didn't know how to answer, especially the expression on Xia Shu's face at this time, in addition to eagerness, there was also hope and expectation, and there was obvious uneasiness in it.

Seeing her expression, Xiao Chuzi felt even more panicked and guilty in her heart, she lowered her eyes and didn't dare to look at Xia Shu, so she could only whisper: "Shu, Shu Niang, I'm sorry."

Hearing this, Xia Shu's heartbeat stagnated in an instant, and the expression on her face instantly became stiff, "Yes, was discovered by my eldest brother?" ”

"Hmm."

“.”

Xia Shu's eyes were dark, and she fell down softly, and Zhao Yue panicked again when she ascended, "Shu Niang, Shu Niang"

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There was a glimmer of morning glow on the horizon, and the whole sky became brighter, and the two girls sat side by side on the threshold with their knees crossed, silent.

Zhao Yuerong put on his clothes at this time, three layers of clothes inside and three layers of clothes on his body, and the whole person became that round appearance again, but the long black and silky hair was scattered behind him, and he didn't use a hairpin to coil it up, so he didn't have the time to coil it, and he didn't have the heart to do it.

After a long time, she cautiously glanced at Xia Shu, and then looked back at the empty bed in the room, the bedding and pillow that had just been turned over had been placed by her, but she didn't find what she wanted.

She felt that her plan was perfect, and her small abacus was also very fine, but unfortunately she missed one thing, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and according to the rules, she will go to the grave to sweep the grave.

Therefore, Xia Yuan got up very early, and this is the first time she has not compared to her husband in getting up early.

I blame myself for sleeping too late last night.

She silently reflected on herself in her heart.

After another half an hour, until the sky was bright, Zhao Yuerong opened her mouth again and comforted: "Shu Niang, don't be afraid, I said to my husband that I picked it up, but I didn't say that it was you." ”

After a pause, she added very seriously: "Really, I don't lie to you." ”

Xia Shu hugged her knees and looked at the ground, her godless eyes had lost their desire for life, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, he smiled at me several times after he got up this morning. ”

"I didn't understand what it meant at the time, but now that I think about it, it must have been my eldest brother who knew that the booklet was mine, so he smiled at me."

"My husband likes to laugh, and he smiles at me all day long."

Saying that, Zhao Yuerong stroked her back with her hand, and helped Xia Shu comb the hair of her sideburns, "Shu Niang, don't be careful, it's okay." ”

"If my eldest brother tells my father about this, my father will beat me to death."

"Husband, he won't tell my uncle."

"How does my sister-in-law know that it won't?"

"Because, because my husband wants to keep that booklet for himself, I won't tell my uncle, and I won't tell anyone."

"What did my eldest brother do with that booklet?"

“.”

Faced with this problem, Zhao Yuerong once again kept silent, similar conversations have happened back and forth between the two of them three times, and even the lines are almost the same, and every time they talk here, they will talk to death.

The reason for talking about death is very simple, she really doesn't know how to answer, she can't say that her husband likes that obscene booklet very much, he wants to keep it to study, and what kind of bump magic skills he wants to practice with him.

It's too hard to talk about.

So the two girls hugged their knees again and sat on the threshold in silence.

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There is a special area under the north slope of the back mountain of Xiajiazhuang, where there are no trees and no farming, only tombstones.

This is the place where the Xia family is buried, a hundred years ago the Yongle Emperor moved the capital, and after the Xia clan moved from Nanzhili, all the deceased ancestors were buried here.

At this time, Xia Yuan was also silent in front of the tombstone in front of him.

The stele is a new stele erected in Qingming this year, according to Chinese customs, the stele can only be erected after three years of filial piety, but Xia Yuan was seriously ill at that time, and he could not live at that time, so he set up according to the time period of the full anniversary.

The tombstone reads that Xia Ji is the first to be examined, and the first Xia Wu is a joint tomb, and Xia Yuan's parents are buried in this not very big tomb.

There were all kinds of offerings on the small altar in front of the stele, and the six incense candles in the incense burner were about to burn out, but Xia Yuan still hadn't thought about saying something to the couple.

There are countless pictures of living with this couple in his mind, facing this cold tombstone and the tomb, Xia Yuan's heart can't help but feel uncomfortable, he wants to sit in front of the grave and chat with them countless times as a son, but it is inevitable that his heart is weak, he feels as if he is not qualified.

He is their son, and at the same time he is not.

Until the six incense sticks burned out, Xia Yuan took out six more, lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner.

At this time, he finally spoke, "Father, mother, the six sticks of incense just now were given to you by your son, and now these six sticks are given to you by my son, I wonder if your two elders have reunited with him underground, and if so, has he complained to you about me?" ”

"I don't know if it was because of my arrival that your son died, and it seems like a bit of a shirk to say this, but I am actually innocent, really, I just slept in my own house, did nothing, and when I opened my eyes, I was here, and then I became your son."

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan paused and continued: "I also married a daughter-in-law instead of your son, but I am too young, only fifteen, I can't do it, maybe I'm too hypocritical, or maybe I still have the concept of our there, in short, I can't help you inherit the family at present." ”

"I'm really helping you pass on the lineage, my body belongs to your son, according to genetic inheritance, the child born is your grandson, your own grandson, the kind with blood relationship"

"It's like I'm green, so let's talk about something else."

Xia Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "Why don't you talk about your daughter-in-law?" ”

"It's a very cute little girl, and it's very interesting, and I think you're going to like her.

I really want to bring it over for you two elders to meet, but there are a lot of rules these days, and women can't appear in such a thing as incense and ancestor tomb sweeping, so I can't help it, I can only throw her at home to sleep. ”

"That's right."

Xia Yuan thought of something, looked left and right, and then leaned over and picked up a small wooden stick, "I taught myself sketching for two years when I was in school, and I drew her for you to see." ”

(End of chapter)