After Jingheng returned to Beijing, Qin Xiaoxiao was no longer happy, and she was not as active in studies as before. She was scolded by Xu Ze and almost got a slap in the face, which scared her into putting away all her reluctance and studying hard.

Xu Ze was as strict with her as ever. Even though he was strict, he would also think of other ways to guide Qin Xiaoxiao to make progress, such as using easy-to-understand stories to make her understand the professor's content. This was inspired by Jing Heng.

In this way, Xu Ze will inevitably instill his own thoughts into it. Qin Xiaoxiao is not a student who "trusts the teacher completely". She will put forward her own opinions and views, so the teacher and students will argue about a certain sentence from time to time.

The words started to argue.

Most of the time, it was Xu Ze who made her speechless. Occasionally, when he was blocked by the little girl, he would reflect on his own shortcomings and would not rely on his status as a husband to force Qin Xiaoxiao to agree with his point of view.

It was because of his "condolence" that Qin Xiaoxiao became more and more courageous, and was no longer afraid of the ruler and did not dare to speak his inner thoughts.

This also gave the little girl some kind of illusion, thinking that all the masters in the world were as tolerant as Xu Ze, so she didn't understand that Dabao was slapped on the palm because he said something that disagreed with the master.

In the blink of an eye, it's mid-October, the day when the Qin brothers and sisters go home for vacation. Last night, Dabao and Erbao packed up their things and went to the small courtyard. Today, the four of them got up early and ate some of the remaining steamed buns from last night.

, walked home happily one by one.

After walking for about an hour, they had not yet arrived at the mountain pass. From a distance, they saw Qin Shan waiting there with Dahuang Dahei.

"Dad—" Qin Xiaoxiao hurriedly got off Lin Qiuniang's back and ran over happily.

Qin Shan also came up to him, but the four-legged Dahuang was faster. It barked and jumped across Qin Shan towards Qin Xiaoxiao. It was strong and powerful, and the impact of its extremely fast running knocked Qin Xiaoxiao away in one fell swoop.

Knocked to the ground.

"Stinky Rhubarb, go away!" Qin Xiaoxiao landed on her butt first, and then a fat dog lay on her small chest. She was so pressed that she could barely breathe, and she didn't have the strength to push the enthusiastic fat dog away.

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"Woof woof!" Dahuang swung his tail crazily, stretched out his big wet tongue and licked her face desperately, licking Qin Xiaoxiao's face that was a little cold due to the wind, and warmed it up.

"Haha~" Seeing his daughter's embarrassment, Qin Shan, the father, took the lead in laughing and had no intention of coming to help.

Brothers Dabao and Erbao also laughed together, without any sense of brotherhood. It can be seen that they are not lying about not letting anyone bully their sister. Dahuang does not belong to the category of human beings!

"Stop laughing, be careful, this girl is making trouble with you!" Lin Qiuniang reminded her husband and nephew helplessly, stepped forward to pick up her daughter, and after drinking the rhubarb, she wanted to throw it at her.

"Stinky Rhubarb, I won't give you food at noon!" Qin Xiaoxiao wiped the wet saliva on his face with one hand, and rubbed his butt that was sore from the stones on the ground with one hand, glaring at Rhubarb and threatening it with a fierce tone.

"Woo~" Dahuang couldn't understand the words, but he could feel that the little master was being cruel to him. He whimpered and became dejected, completely losing his previous happiness.

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't want to see it sad. After thinking about it, she asked Dabao to take out half of the vegetable and meat buns that she hadn't finished eating in the morning, threw it into Da Huang's mouth, and soothed its injured dog heart: "You can't bump into people like this.

It hurts a lot if I get knocked down~"

"Woof woof!" Smelling the fragrant vegetable and meat buns, Dahuang instantly revived with full blood. He immediately took the vegetable and meat buns into his mouth and ran towards Dahei to share it with his wife.

"Let's go home!" Qin Shan happily took Qin Xiaoxiao from Lin Qiuniang's hand and strode forward with her in his arms. Qin Xiaoxiao was so scared that Qin Xiaoxiao screamed and hugged his neck tightly.

On the way, Lin Qiuniang asked about building a house. When she learned that one was built in just half a month, she couldn't help laughing and said, "So we can live in a new house a year ago?"

Qin Shan shook his head: "I can't live in it. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the frost is getting heavier and heavier. It's not good to forcefully cover it up. From today on, we will stop working and wait until next spring to build the remaining two rooms."

Lin Qiuniang had never built a house before, so she didn't know that building a house in frosty weather would affect the quality of the house. After hearing what Qin Shan said, she nodded: "In previous years, the weather would get warmer in mid-February, and by the time the third brother got married in March, this

There is a month in between, which is enough to build the other two rooms."

Qin Shan said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter if it's not built well. Just clean up the newly built house and give it to the third son to get a wife. This time our family will build three brick houses in one go. I'm afraid it will take all the money we have saved over the years."

My family’s fortune has all been wiped out.”

These words made Lin Qiuniang feel unhappy. She squeezed her daughter's little hand and said, "Dad is always capable of doing great things. He can afford to build three brick houses. If you don't want to live in a new house, my daughter and I can afford it."

Still want to stay!”

Qin Shan didn't hear the care in his wife's words. He weighed his daughter and asked, "Xiaoxiao, do you want to live in a new house?"

Qin Xiaoxiao had no idea about the new and old houses. She twirled the candy Qin Shan stuffed into her mouth and said vaguely: "As long as our family is together, we can live anywhere!"

"Haha, good girl, you are right!" Qin Shan laughed and kissed his girl's face several times, forgetting that this little face had just been washed by Dahuang's saliva.

"No, don't kiss~" Qin Xiaoxiao's face hurt from the stubble, and she kept hiding.

"Oh, my smile got so big that I started to dislike my father." Qin Shan pretended to be sad because it was difficult for his tough face to show such a pitiful look.

Qin Shan believed it to be true and kissed him on the face: "Dad, you don't dislike it, I don't dislike it."

Qin Shan continued to pretend, until Qin Xiaoxiao kissed him twice on the face, he "turned from sorrow to joy", hugged Qin Xiaoxiao and rushed forward again, scaring Qin Xiaoxiao to scream again.

Looking at the father and daughter playing in front of her, Lin Qiuniang had a faint smile on her face. Qin Xiaoxiao's words just now also touched her heart, and her expectations for living in a new house have faded a lot.

As long as their family is well, as long as their daughter is happy, it doesn't matter whether they live in an adobe house or a brick house. Besides, she knows very well that Mr. Qin will not treat them badly with this house.

When they got home, Mrs. Miao and Xueya were cooking lunch in the kitchen, and Sanbao was feeding dozens of half-grown rabbits under the eaves. Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao and others, Sanbao cheered and threw away the radish leaves and ran over, followed by Da Huang

He seemed to pounce on Qin Xiaoxiao.

The siblings haven't seen each other for a month, and they miss each other very much. You and I have endless things to say.

Knowing that Mr. Qin and others were still busy in the new house, and seeing that it would be a while before lunch was ready, Lin Qiuniang wanted to take a look at the new house, and several of the younger ones also called to go, so Qinshan said to Mrs. Miao

, took them to the new homestead.

The new house is located at the back of the village. There is a large space in front of and behind the house. In the future, you don’t have to worry about running out of space to build a yard, plant trees and vegetables. It’s not far from the old house. It’s a hundred or so walk through an alley in the middle.

Just steps away.

This piece of open space of about three acres belonged to Qingshan Village. Mr. Qin followed the village's rules and spent two taels of silver to buy it.

Originally, these two taels of silver were not spent. The village chief and the villagers, after Qinhe passed the examination and became a member of the Yuan Dynasty, they wanted to set aside a large area for the Qin family without taking any money, so that the interests of the entire village could be firmly tied to the Qin family.

At the same time, Mr. Qin insisted on giving him two taels of silver because it was against the rules.

This time when the Qin family built a house, most of the laborers in the village, including Feng An, came to help in order to build a good relationship with the Qin family. Who can guarantee that the Qin family will not blame the Qin family for any problems in the future?

If not for their help, the first brick house would not have been built so quickly.

At this time, Mr. Qin Qin Chuan and Zhao Cao'er were packing things in the house and preparing to clean it up. Once the ventilation is completely dry, they can move in the bed cabinets, tables and chairs that they had ordered from the carpenter.

If there is no good weather next spring and delays in building the house, we will have to let Qin He take the new wife into this brick house first, so everything that should be inside must be prepared early.

"Grandpa~" Seeing Mr. Qin coming out with a bucket of soil clods, Qin Xiaoxiao ran over and wanted to help Mr. Qin carry the heavy clods.

"Don't move, don't get your clothes dirty." Mr. Qin didn't let his granddaughter help, so he poured the soil into a small pit and stepped on it hard to fill the pit.

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"Grandpa, let me help you~" Qin Xiaoxiao jumped on it, jumped and stepped on it, leaving her shallow small footprints on the soil.

At this time, the work of cleaning up the house had been completed, and Qin Chuan and Zhao Cao'er also walked out one after another. The two had been busy all morning, and their faces and bodies were covered with dust.

Seeing the clean and tidy Lin Qiuniang, who had been busy farming and building houses like an old cow for a month, and had lost a lot of weight, Zhao Cao'er had some opinions in his heart: "It's better to come back sooner than to come back. This house is both inside and outside."

It’s all cleaned up, there’s no need for my sister-in-law to do any more work.”

How could Lin Qiuniang not hear the complaint in Zhao Cao'er's words, she said with a bit of guilt: "Thanks to my younger siblings this month, if I could be at home, my younger siblings wouldn't have to work so hard!"

What Zhao Cao'er wanted was to be recognized by Lin Qiuniang for his hard work. She felt a lot better when she told her so obediently: "Sister-in-law is out of town. I have to thank you for taking good care of the first and second treasures. Look.

Both of them look much better than last time they came back."

What she said was sincere. In the past month, Dabao Erbao often went to the small courtyard to eat, and she would not be reluctant to let go of her two nephews Lin Qiuniang. When the money given by Mr. Qin was not enough for the four of them to eat and drink, she even paid for it herself.

After a while, it’s not surprising that the first and second babies’ complexion has improved.

"One family does not talk about two families. The eldest and second treasure are my nephews. I will not treat them both badly." Everyone can say nice things. In order to appease Zhao Cao'er's unhappiness, Lin Qiuniang was not stupid enough not to do it.

The credit goes to myself.

Sure enough, Zhao Cao'er's face looked better again. After washing his hands in the water pit where the house was built, he took Lin Qiuniang's arm affectionately and said, "Why don't you say that Dabao and Erbao always say you are nice and treat them better than me?"

My mother-in-law is not bad either."

Lin Qiuniang said humbly: "Both Dabao and Dabao are good children, and they always want to make others feel more pain."

Zhao Cao'er was satisfied. She looked at Mr. Qin and others who were walking in front, and said jokingly: "Next year, the third brother and sister will have a baby. Sister-in-law, please don't leave the eldest and second treasure aside. They will both be heartbroken."

Already."

Lin Qiuniang knew that her old habit had returned, so she smiled and said, "They are all my nephews and nieces, and they are the same in my heart."

Zhao Cao'er was not satisfied with this answer and said sourly: "The status of the third younger brother and sister who has not yet passed away is very valuable, and even my father thinks highly of it. As soon as he came back, he talked about building a new house, and he also wanted to build a brick house. When we were

That’s not the case.”

Lin Qiuniang was speechless: "How hard the days were back then. It was good to have enough food and clothing, but how can it be compared with now? If we didn't live in front of the house and had the financial resources we have now, how could dad afford a house with bricks and tiles? Let's talk about this time together.

It’s just three seats, and we have three rooms for each person, so no one suffers any loss.”

Zhao Cao'er either didn't understand this, or he felt that her identity was very different from Qin He's fiancée, and he was worried that the other party would drag her to the ground after they came over. By then, even Mr. Qin and Mrs. Miao would be biased.

In the past, he couldn't help but say these words to Lin Qiuniang, trying to draw her to his side.

Seeing that Lin Qiuniang didn't answer, Zhao Cao'er curled her lips and said, "Sister-in-law is still kind-hearted. No wonder everyone always praises you."

Lin Qiuniang was speechless again, wishing she could throw away her hand and leave first.

Zhao Cao'er didn't notice Lin Qiuniang's impatience and said nonchalantly: "The third brother and sister who have not yet married are different from the two of us. This marriage must not be hasty. If our family brings her back next year, we don't know if we will spend all our money."

not enough."

Lin Qiuniang frowned, then relaxed her eyebrows: "Dad has a plan in mind, so let's not worry about it so much."

Zhao Cao'er couldn't care less. Every stitch and thread in this family was their share of the second wife. If she married a noble girl, she would lose all her family's wealth and even be in debt. To her, this would be worse than tearing her apart.

Discomfort:

"Sister-in-law, I'm different from you. With this brick house, I don't have to worry about not being able to find a husband. But I have two sons, my eldest daughter and my second son. We'll have to marry each other in a few years, and the family's money will be drained."

What should they do?"

Lin Qiuniang was completely annoyed by her nagging, and she stopped her with one sentence: "Are you thinking that the third brother who worked so hard to get the exam was in vain? The third brother has a powerful in-law family, and his future is good. He can marry the first and second treasures.

Fuck your wife?"

Having said that, she was too lazy to pay attention to Zhao Cao'er, pulled out her arm and quickly followed Mr. Qin and others. If she stayed with someone with such an inflexible brain for a long time, there was no guarantee that her brain would become rusty.

Zhao Cao'er was stunned for a moment, and then he thumped his head: "Look at this pig's brain, why didn't you think of this! There is a biological uncle who is an official, and it will make it easier for Dabao and Erbao to marry a girl from a rich family in the future!

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Chapter completed!