Inside the small box was a stack of banknotes. After a rough look, it amounted to about two thousand taels.

"Take it, go back to the capital and buy a small house. You can't keep living in two places with Brother Chen." Qin Xiaoxiao put the small box into Hu Qingqing's hand again and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to give you the house deed directly.

, but the house deed requires your household registration, so I thought it would be troublesome so I sent a banknote to save trouble."

Hu Qingqing's eyes were red. How could she not have known that she didn't think it was troublesome, but said that because buying a house using the Hu family's household registration would cause disputes.

She wiped her eyes and stuffed the banknote back: "Xiaoxiao, I don't want your money, and you don't have to worry about Chen Feng and I living in two places. He said he would rent a house in the capital, and then I

Both he and Uncle Chen moved to the capital."

Qin Xiaoxiao scolded: "You can't live in a rented house as comfortably as your own house. Just keep this banknote. If you push it around again, I'll get angry!"

Hu Qingqing said firmly: "I really can't ask for such a large sum of money. If you don't take it back, I won't use it to buy a house. I have to worry about it being stolen every day. Do you want me to have trouble sleeping every day?"

"

Seeing her resolute attitude, Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to say: "I'm not in a hurry to use this money. Just think of it as loaned to you. You can pay it back when you have money. Rent the cheapest house in the capital for less than a year."

It’s really not cost-effective to spend more than ten taels of silver.”

Hu Qingqing's refusal hand froze, and her expression was very tangled: "But, when can I pay back such a large sum of money! If you don't want it in a hurry, what's the difference between giving it to me for free?"

The Chen family has no house or land. After excluding the expenses of the past two years, the money they earned from working as a long-term laborer at the house of their uncle, there is not much left, including the gift for marrying her and the cost of the banquet. Otherwise, Chen Feng would not have to wait.

Only then can I rent a house to live in the capital.

Even when they got married this time, their wedding house was rented in the county town. The original plan was for her and Uncle Chen to live in the city and see if they could find some work to supplement the family income. In this way, they might not be able to do it for a month.

See you before.

What Xiaoxiao said was right. The rented house is not as comfortable as living in your own home. In the future, she and Chen Feng will have children and raise them, and they will need to spend money on everything. It’s just a matter of hardship for adults, and they can’t let their children follow suit.

suffer.

Qin Xiaoxiao encouraged: "Neither you nor Brother Chen are lazy people. Sooner or later, life will be prosperous. Besides, if you don't have children and grandchildren, don't you still have children and grandchildren? Let them pay back slowly from generation to generation. There will always be

I’ll pay it back in one day.”

"Pfft~" Hu Qingqing was amused by her words, and said helplessly: "I'm afraid you are the only one in the world who dares to be so prodigal and to borrow such a large amount of money from others so boldly."

Qin Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "You are not someone else, and you are worthy of my confidence and boldness."

Having said that, there was no point in refusing any more. Hu Qingqing put the small box away and solemnly said: "Consider this money as something I lent you, and I will definitely return it to you."

After saying that, she immediately dug out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and asked Qin Xiaoxiao to write the IOU. She didn't know much about literacy, so it was really difficult for her to write a complete IOU.

Looking at her stubborn cousin, Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to take the pen and paper and start writing.

Originally, she wanted to write an irregular IOU to fool him, but she heard Hu Qingqing say: "You have to write it carefully. I will find someone to read it later. If you dare to fool me, don't think I will accept these banknotes!"

When Qin Xiaoxiao heard this, he muttered in a low voice: "What are you doing so seriously? It makes me look like a bad guy who cheated and kidnapped me."

Hu Qingqing didn't hear clearly and didn't bother to ask her what she was mumbling. He urged her to write well and not to lie to her.

Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to write the real IOU in duplicate.

Hu Qingqing wrote her name under the two IOUs, then pricked her thumb with a needle and made two bright red fingerprints on the name, which made Qin Xiaoxiao's fingers hurt.

After collecting the IOU, Hu Qingqing calmly opened the makeup gift given by Princess Jiaming. It turned out to be a complete gold-headed face, which could be seen that it was specially prepared for her liking. Although it was the style in the silver building, it looked equally exquisite.

She likes it very much.

The two sisters calmed down and talked about each other's affairs in the past three months.

After learning that Hu Biantou and the others had never dared to cause trouble, and did not even dare to think twice about the betrothal gift given by the Chen family, Qin Xiaoxiao felt that these three people had completely lost their memory and would not dare to do anything wrong in the future.

After having lunch at the Hu's house, the group left the Hu's house. Except for Qin Xiaoxiao, the others will come over tomorrow morning. After all, the Hu's house is limited and cannot accommodate so many of them.

After walking a long way back and forth, Qin Xiaoxiao lay down on the bed as soon as she got home and asked Jingheng to rub her legs.

Mingyue Jingque can also rub her legs, but their hands are not as strong as Jing Heng's, and the rubbing does not make her feel very comfortable. Therefore, since she accidentally discovered Jing Heng's skill, she has let him rub her legs every night after soaking her feet.

.

Jing Heng knew that it was hard for her to be pregnant, but he never refused. Sometimes she forgot, but he would still rub her for half an hour, just to make her feel more comfortable at night.

After her legs relaxed and there was no swelling anymore, Qin Xiaoxiao felt so comfortable that she almost fell asleep. She closed her eyes and said drowsily: "Brother Li, you are becoming more and more like a good wife and mother, except that you can't have children.

"

This is not a joke, it is her real feeling. This man is so good to her that sometimes it makes her feel a deep sense of crisis, fearing that others will rush to snatch him away without their lives if they know that he is so good.

With a "pop" sound, Jing Heng patted her tender calf: "You are talking nonsense again."

Qin Xiaoxiao opened her eyes, looked at his handsome features and said with a smile, "I'm not talking nonsense. If you can have children, I'm sure even men will admire you."

Jing Heng felt a chill and scolded: "Shut up!"

Qin Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "You're kidding, you're so fierce, you're scaring the kids!"

Jing Heng couldn't do anything to her, so he said with a tigerish face: "When the child is born, I'll see if you have any excuses."

Qin Xiaoxiao said casually: "Then let's have two more babies. This way we will have endless excuses."

The corners of Jingheng's eyes twitched, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for his child: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Qin Xiaoxiao reacted and was so scared that she immediately hugged her bulging belly: "I'm talking nonsense, don't do it again, your belly will burst!"

Jing Heng was speechless, and suddenly felt that being pregnant for three years was not a lie.

Qin Xiaoxiao frightened herself, making the two children in her belly restless and moving around like somersaults. It wasn't until she couldn't resist Duke Zhou's call and fell asleep that the two little ones stopped.

Seeing that she was asleep, Jing Heng stopped massaging her, tucked her in, and sat in front of the bed for a while before getting up and leaving, calling Mingyue to continue guarding her.

Qin Xiaoxiao slept particularly deeply this time. If her lower abdomen had not been swollen and she was awakened by the pressure, she would have slept until night.

After she finished settling the major events in her life, Lin Qiuniang walked in with a bowl of noodles: "Are you hungry? Come over and eat some. Your grandma has put away a lot of good things."

"Yeah, I'll wash my hands and come back." Qin Xiaoxiao did feel hungry. The two children were getting bigger and bigger, and the consumption was getting bigger and bigger. However, her stomach was pressed against her and she couldn't eat much at each meal, only one day.

Eat a few more meals.

Mingyue brought warm water. After she washed her hands, she let Mingyue go out. She sat at the table and ate noodles happily: "The noodles made by grandma are delicious. I think about them every day in the house."

Seeing that she was eating well, Lin Qiuniang was also very happy: "If you like to eat, eat more. There is still a lot in the pot."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded and ate several bites in a row. The portion of the bowl of noodles was not very large, and she couldn't finish it after eating half of it. Facing her mother's distressed look, she forced herself to take two more bites.

"Don't eat if you can't eat it. Dinner will be ready in a while." Lin Qiuniang touched her daughter's face and comforted her, "The baby will be born in three months. I'll make whatever you want to eat then."

Qin Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "Spicy pot, spicy chicken, spicy rabbit...are these all okay?"

Lin Qiuniang nodded her forehead: "Anything is fine, as long as you don't complain about the spicy stomachache."

Qin Xiaoxiao took two mouthfuls of noodle soup, and then remembered what was wrong with Xueya and Zhao Cao'er in the morning, and asked quickly: "Mom, did Sister Xueya and her second aunt quarrel again after dinner last night?"

Lin Qiuniang sighed: "Your second uncle drank too much last night, and while he was drunk, he nagged your second aunt, saying that she was too focused on delicate things. Your second aunt was so angry that she chased Xue Ya.

After scolding each other twice, the mother and daughter started to quarrel."

After saying that, seeing that her daughter looked wrong, she hurriedly said: "The quarrel between mother and daughter is none of your business. Before Xueya was in confinement, your second aunt refused to take care of her, and the relationship between mother and daughter was completely dead. Without a collar,

They won't let it go."

Xueya and An'an became parents for the first time, and they were so young that they didn't know how to take care of their children. In addition, the weather was already cold at that time, so it was not easy to take care of the children, so the couple decided to get a second room after discussion.

Zhao Caoer can help.

After Lin Qiuniang and Mrs. Miao heard about it, they felt that this was a good opportunity to ease the relationship between mother and daughter, so they helped to persuade them. After all, without the guidance of their elders, it would be really difficult for the young couple to take care of their children.

However, Zhao Caoer refused the couple's request on the grounds that she wanted to prepare for Dabao's marriage. She didn't even cross the threshold, let alone help take care of Xueya Yuezi and Jiaojiao.

Later, Xue Ya's confinement was taken care of by Lin Qiuniang. Under her guidance, the couple managed to raise Jiaojiao until she was three months old, but at least nothing went wrong.

Because of this, Zhao Cao'er was offended. Her mother-in-law did not take care of her daughter's confinement, but the aunt who was one floor away took care of her. This was her fault in the eyes of the villagers, and they discussed it for a while.

It was also the matter of taking care of the confinement that the mother-daughter relationship between Xueya and Zhao Caoer hit rock bottom, and there was little room for relaxation. They almost stopped interacting with each other on weekdays, and even Dabao gave up on letting them reconcile.

"If the second aunt is willing to help Sister Xueya during the confinement period, Sister Xueya's temperament will definitely be remembered for her life, alas!" Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but sigh, feeling that Zhao Cao'er always felt in her heart

I couldn't figure it out clearly on this matter.

"Who knows what she was thinking, if she hadn't asked for Jiaojiao's collar last night, she would have been able to be looked at." Lin Qiuniang was also speechless towards this sister-in-law, and didn't even bother to talk to her.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. No one else can deal with the matter between mother and daughter. Just do whatever you want." Qin Xiaoxiao knew the reason and no longer had hope for their mother and daughter to reconcile.

"Yeah, no matter what, our family and their family will still get along as before, so it won't hinder anyone." Lin Qiuniang also felt that there was nothing to say, so she muttered a few words before talking about something else.

As the mother and daughter chatted, they talked about Qin Xiaoxiao's confinement. Lin Qiuniang immediately said that she would go to the capital to serve her, and that she would bring all the hundreds of old hens she had bought there.

Qin Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she hurriedly said: "Mom, just go and leave. Don't take the old hen with you. It's so inconvenient to go all the way!"

At that time, the old hen was afraid of eating chicken. She still can't smell the chicken soup, and there has been no chicken in chicken soup in the house for several months.

"I bought them all for you. If I don't bring them to you to eat, why did our family buy them?" Lin Qiuniang thought that her daughter didn't want them to spend money, so she persuaded them: "It doesn't cost much. If I don't give you more food during confinement, it won't be worth it."

ah."

Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to tell the truth, expressing strongly that she would rather drink clear porridge for a month than touch another old hen.

"Other women are in confinement and are blessed to be able to eat a few eggs every day, but you are better off, even old hens are disgusted." Lin Qiuniang knocked on her daughter's forehead, feeling that her daughter was becoming more and more difficult to raise.

"Mom, if you eat old hens every day for two months, you will know why I dislike it." Qin Xiaoxiao muttered, covering her forehead, mother had really wronged her.
To be continued...