While the elders were chatting, Qin Xiaoxiao secretly called Lin Qiuniang outside and expressed her worries: "Grandpa and grandma have to work in the fields at such an old age. I'm afraid their bodies won't be able to hold on."

For families without much money, most of them have to wait to die when they get sick. Especially the elderly who have lost their labor force are usually regarded as a heavy burden by their children and are not willing to take care of them.

She had heard in the past that some elderly people would crawl into wells, rivers, and ponds when they were sick and had no money for treatment or food. She couldn't control other elderly people, but she didn't want her grandparents to end up in this situation.

"Well, I tried to persuade your grandparents, but it was of no use." Lin Qiuniang frowned and couldn't think of a better way: "After all, I still feel sorry for your uncles, but your uncles will have a better life."

Now, the two elders won’t be so desperate.”

Qin Xiaoxiao disagreed: "To say that life is difficult, can it be worse than before we planted jujube trees? Although it is not as good as our family, we still have no worries about food and drink. Besides, my grandparents have jujube trees, and you provide subsidies every year.

, it is not the burden of a few uncles. As long as they worry less about their uncles' affairs, their life will be much easier than other old people."

Lin Qiuniang thought for a while and felt that what her daughter said was reasonable: "Then what do you think we should do? If your grandparents don't listen to other people's advice, there is nothing you can do against them."

Qin Xiaoxiao scratched his head, and also didn't know how to change his grandparents' minds: "This matter has to be dealt with by a few uncles. If they don't allow grandpa and grandma to do work that exceeds physical strength, I think grandpa and grandma will listen.

"

Lin Qiuniang sighed: "Speaking of which, it's your eldest uncle's family's fault. If they hadn't caused so many troubles, your grandparents wouldn't have forced themselves like this. They would also worry that your second uncle and younger uncle would have objections to them, and they would not move in the future when they are old.

No one has to take care of them."

Qin Xiaoxiao shook her head and said helplessly: "With you here, grandpa and grandma don't have to worry about this at all. It's just that the two elders don't want to live in our house because they are afraid that others will laugh at them, and they are also afraid that they will scold my uncles for being unfilial."

She couldn't understand why some people cared so much about other people's opinions. She felt that if a person was worthy of heaven and earth, and worthy of his conscience, he didn't need to care about what others thought, as long as he lived with a clear conscience.

"Yes, your grandparents are too stubborn." Lin Qiuniang also had a headache. The last time we separated and brought our second elder to live with us, the second elder ran back within two days of living there, for fear of outsiders making irresponsible remarks.

Now that she is old, she has to work exhaustingly to help her elder brothers and younger brothers. In the future, she cannot move and has to look at their faces to live her life. Sometimes she can't help but think, what's the use of having more sons? The more children, the more tired they will be.

Seeing her daughter's gloomy look, Lin Qiuniang patted her forehead: "Okay, I will take care of this matter, so don't worry about it. If my grandson is born into a little old man, look at me."

How to deal with you!"

Qin Xiaoxiao touched her belly and murmured in a low voice: "The baby hasn't been born yet, and you've started to be mean to me. Will there be room for me to stand when it's born?"

Lin Qiuniang didn't hear clearly and looked at her suspiciously: "What are you talking about?"

Qin Xiaoxiao's eyelids twitched and he said hurriedly: "Nothing, I'm saying that Brother Li and I are so good-looking, your grandson can't possibly look like a little old man!"

Lin Qiuniang didn't say that she was thick-skinned. After all, what she said was the truth, so she warned: "Listen to your mother and don't think about things that make you unhappy. People say that only children who are happy when they are pregnant are born."

Save your worries.”

When Qin Xiaoxiao heard this, he immediately became nervous: "Mom, I understand."

Lin Qiuniang was satisfied and touched her face: "When you are unhappy, think more about happy things. It is better to have a child who loves to laugh than to have a child who loves to cry."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded solemnly, and then asked slowly, "Mom, do you like your grandson? If this one in my belly was a granddaughter, wouldn't you like it?"

Lin Qiuniang glared at her and said angrily: "If mother favored boys over girls, mother would have thrown you out when your father picked you up. How can you still be allowed to stand in front of mother today to find fault?"

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't think much and said with a smile: "Brother Li hopes that this baby will be a daughter. If his son is not as lovable as his daughter, he will not be able to help but beat him."

Lin Qiuniang breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and smiled: "It's just a word of ferocity. When the child is born, you will see whether he will be pampered more or beaten more."

Qin Xiaoxiao felt that with Brother Li's temper, it was really difficult to talk about this matter, but she would definitely stop him from being beaten.

However, it turned out that it was too early to say this.

Old Man Lin and Old Mrs. Zhou refused to stay overnight, and did not want to delay the Qin family's trip to the fields. They stayed for about half an hour and then left.

The mountain road was narrow and inaccessible to traffic, so Qin Shan could not send him by carriage, so he and Lin Qiuniang saw him off for a while, stuffed him with two taels of silver, and watched the two elders go away.

Mrs. Zhou kept wiping her tears. When she turned around, she found that her daughter and son-in-law were still standing there looking at them. She shed more tears and tightly grasped the silver hidden in her clothes.

Old man Lin also felt very uncomfortable, and sighed longly: "As I get older, my daughter and son-in-law have the most peace of mind."

Mrs. Zhou didn't say anything, but kept waving to her daughter and son-in-law, beckoning them to go back quickly.

"We two old guys can't move in the future, I'm afraid it will drag them both down." Old man Lin's eyes were a little red, and he couldn't understand how he ended up in this situation today when half of his neck was buried in the soil.

Before the separation, the whole family was noisy and never had a peaceful life. After the separation, there was less noisy as before, or there was no good life.

"When the day comes, I will climb into the pond and drown myself, and no one will be a drag on me!" Mrs. Zhou wiped away her tears, her words filled with fierceness.

"You old woman, why are you talking about this!" Old Man Lin changed his expression and scolded with a straight face: "We can work one day at a time, hold more money in our hands, we can't move it in the future, we can still count on money."

Mrs. Zhou nodded, and her mood gradually returned to calm: "My daughter is thinking long-term and insists on letting us keep the jujube tree. Otherwise, how will we live with no land? I don't want to leave this jujube tree to the boss.

From now on, whoever is filial to the three of them will have the date tree belong to him after we die."

Old man Lin was silent, neither nodding nor objecting.

Mrs. Zhou knew that her wife was shaken and couldn't help but sigh: "We have raised three sons and one daughter. It is best to count the lives of our daughters. Raising Xiaoxiao to be filial and considerate is the best way for the Qin family to teach their children."

Old man Lin waved his hand, his shoulders hunched even more.

After the two elders left, Mr. Qin and others continued to plant wheat. Qin Xiaoxiao had nothing to do and stayed in the study, writing and drawing. When she heard the neighing of the horse, she thought she was hallucinating.

Jing Heng strode in and when he saw the silly little girl, his manic and depressed mood finally eased, and he walked around the desk and hugged her hard.

"Brother Li, what's wrong with you?" Qin Xiaoxiao immediately noticed something strange about him and raised his head to pay attention to the change in his expression.

Jing Heng raised his hand and buried her head on his chest again, his voice was a little dull: "It's nothing, I suddenly missed you so I came over to see you."

After being married for half a year, he can say some sweet words very naturally without blushing.

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't believe his lies, and asked more thoroughly: "What happened? If you don't tell me, are you trying to make me think so much that I can't sleep?"

Seeing her look like she would not give up until she got to the bottom of things, Jing Heng couldn't hide it anymore, and there was a trace of grievance on her face: "I was humiliated by a mean person today."

Being coveted by someone like Jinxiu was a humiliation for him.

"Who is this person? Did he take the courage of his ambition?" Qin Xiaoxiao was shocked and full of curiosity about this person, but ignored how he was humiliated.

"Don't mention the dirty things!" A look of disgust appeared on Jing Heng's face, and he pinched her cheek and said: "Grandma asked you when you would return to Beijing. I said you would return at the end of the month, but I want to pick it up now.

you go."

Qin Xiaoxiao pulled down his hand, blinked and asked, "How much do you want?"

Jingheng put his forehead against hers and looked at her for a moment: "I want it more than you think."

Seeing the redness in his eyes, Qin Xiaoxiao touched her belly and said without hesitation: "Then go back, the child is very good, just be careful on the road."

Jing Heng kissed her fiercely, and his mood improved rapidly: "No, I promised to pick you up back to Beijing at the end of the month, and I must pick you up at the end of the month. I won't let you and the child take any risks."

When Qin Xiaoxiao heard this, he glared and said, "Who urged me pitifully to return to Beijing just now? Are you kidding me?"

Jing Heng coaxed: "I'm not teasing you. I'm in such a hurry that I'm not ready yet. I just want to take you back as soon as possible."

Qin Xiaoxiao punched his chest twice, feeling more and more that all his abnormalities were related to what happened to him, and couldn't help but ask: "Why did that person humiliate you and make you so angry that he came all the way here?

"

Jing Heng didn't want to say anything at first, but suddenly he wanted to test her, so he told the whole story one by one, not forgetting to pay attention to her reaction.

"So that's it... I said that every time I visit my grandma, her attitude towards me seems weird. It turns out it's because of you!" Qin Xiaoxiao suddenly realized, looking at him carefully up and down, as if thinking about where he was.

Worth coveting.

This reaction didn't look like he cared about him. Jingheng's heart sank and he looked at her with an evil expression: "Don't you ask me if I let that bitch succeed?"

Qin Xiaoxiao snickered secretly and said deliberately: "What's the point of asking? Isn't it normal for you men to have three wives and four concubines? Jinxiu looks good, has a good figure, and can serve others. You won't lose if she succeeds. You

If you like it, tell grandma, um——"

Before he could speak, a strong force hit the back of his head, his mouth was blocked, and the tip of his tongue was almost bitten by his teeth.

Jing Heng was so angry that he wanted to press the stinky girl in front of him on his legs and beat him up.

After a while, Qin Xiaoxiao was finally able to breathe freely. She covered her red and swollen lips and glared resentfully at the still angry man: "It's just a joke, but you still care about it, you know how to bully me!"

Jing Heng laughed angrily. If he hadn't been concerned about her belly, he would have pinned her on his lap: "Can this kind of joke be made casually? Or do you mean you don't care if I take this joke seriously?"

Qin Xiaoxiao realized that he was really angry and didn't dare to tease him anymore. She rushed over and hugged him tightly: "Who said I don't care anymore? I didn't ask Jinxiu if he succeeded in the beginning because I knew you didn't.

Might let her succeed!"

Jing Heng hugged her, his anger relieved a little: "Really?"

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously: "Really, I know very well what kind of person you are, otherwise would I dare to let you stay alone in an empty room for so long?"

This reason was impeccable. Jingheng believed her words and his face visibly improved.

Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at him secretly and continued to coax: "Brother Li, I trust you as much as I trust myself. I can't doubt you for any reason. It's very tiring to be suspicious all day long."

Jing Heng's lips curled up and he deliberately lowered his voice: "Well, the most important thing between husband and wife is trust."

Qin Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously: "How did you punish Jinxiu?"

Jingheng rubbed her head and asked, "How do you know I will punish her?"

Qin Xiaoxiao glanced angrily: "You think she climbed on the bed to humiliate you. With your temper, can you let go of someone who humiliates you?"

Jing Heng was overjoyed, but he was afraid that she would think he was cruel, so he coughed and said vaguely: "I kicked her twice. Later, when Aunt Tan came, I left it to her to deal with. I didn't pay much attention to it."

Qin Xiaoxiao had really never seen him hit someone hard. She couldn't imagine that he kicked Jinxiu into serious injuries with these two kicks. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "After all, it was the eldest palace maid next to my grandmother. If you were hurt,

, Grandma won’t say anything, as outsiders are afraid that they will accuse you of being domineering.”

However, she was a little curious about how her grandmother would deal with Jinxiu. After all, Jinxiu took it upon herself to climb into brother Li's bed and broke the rules. If word spread, her grandmother would be disgraced and she was afraid that Jinxiu would be severely punished.

Jing Heng didn't care about others' opinions at all, and whispered: "It would be better if you get hurt, so that those who dare to covet your husband will not dare to seek death again."

Qin Xiaoxiao laughed and teased him: "With talent, good looks, family background, and a title, he is indeed a rare treasure."

Jingheng held her hand and pecked the back of it twice: "So you have to watch it more closely and don't let others steal it."

Qin Xiaoxiao knew what he wanted to hear, and said as he wished: "You are my husband, of course I will keep a close eye on you, and I will chop off the claws of anyone who dares to reach out to you!"

Jingheng was indeed very helpful, and there was no trace of depression on his face.

The Maritime Trade Department still had a lot of official business waiting for him to handle, so he left without waiting for the Qin family to come back from work.

In the evening, Mr. Qin and others found out about this, and felt that it was hard for him to come here in a hurry to get rid of the monsters. Thinking that Qin Xiaoxiao's stomach was almost three months old, it would not be a big problem to return to Beijing in a sedan, which was rare for them.

Hopefully by the end of the month soon.
Chapter completed!