Lin Qiuniang's words made Qin Xiaoxiao feel guilty.

She struggled for a while, not wanting her mother to always worry about this matter, so she decided to tell the truth: "Mom, Brother Li and I are still young and not ready to be parents, so we decided to have children later. Regarding having grandchildren, this year

It can’t be done.”

After hearing this, Lin Qiuniang looked at her in disbelief: "What do you mean by 'not ready to be parents'? You two will have someone to take care of your child, and it will not interfere with your affairs. Why don't you want to have a child?"

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Qin Xiaoxiao expected that she would react like this, and quickly corrected her: "Mom, it's not that I don't want to have a baby, it's that I'll have it later!"

Lin Qiuniang said angrily: "This is not the same thing? Other families rush to have more children while they are young, so as not to delay the birth of children. It is good for you two that you don't want to have children. If we had known this, why would your father and I have bothered to take you out so early?

Get married?"

Qin Xiaoxiao looked sad: "Mom, it turns out that you agreed to Brother Li's marriage proposal and set the wedding date last month because you wanted me to have a baby early."

Lin Qiuniang was speechless and patted her on the forehead: "Don't be so talkative, you know that's not what mom means! Tell mom honestly first, is this your idea or Xiaojing's idea?"

Qin Xiaoxiao said quickly: "It was my idea. I persuaded Brother Li for more than half a month before Brother Li agreed."

Lin Qiuniang was suspicious: "Really?"

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously: "Really!"

Although she was the one who was persuaded, if her mother knew that it was Brother Li's idea, she might think that Brother Li had other thoughts. It would be better for her to admit it.

Lin Qiuniang didn't know what her daughter was thinking. Seeing that she didn't look like she was lying, she reluctantly believed her, but her face still looked ugly: "Does your mother-in-law have any objection?"

Qin Xiaoxiao blinked and said, "My mother thought it was Brother Li's idea, so she didn't say anything and told me not to think too much."

Lin Qiuniang frowned, feeling for the first time that her in-laws were unreliable.

"Mom, the child's matter is not urgent, you don't have to worry about me." Qin Xiaoxiao was afraid that she would think too much, so she quickly picked up something nice to say: "Brother Li and I are both people who want to do big things, so we can't have children for the time being.

If you delay, you will definitely become a grandma in two years."

Lin Qiuniang was happy and asked with a smile: "Xiao Jing is an official. It is normal for him to do important things. What are you going to do?"

Qin Xiaoxiao was not happy anymore and muttered: "Mom, don't underestimate me. The big things I want to do are no worse than Brother Li's."

Seeing that what her daughter said was true, Lin Qiuniang also became interested and asked: "Then tell me what big thing you want to do."

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't answer. He stood up and unpacked the baggage he brought back today, and took out a small box from inside: "Mom, please open it and take a look."

Lin Qiuniang became more and more curious. She took the small box and opened it, and found a stack of banknotes with a face value of one hundred taels inside. She couldn't help but wonder: "You are afraid that your parents will starve you when you go home. Why do you bring so many banknotes?"

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Qin Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "Didn't you say last time that you wanted to buy a small house in the capital? I earned all the money. If you and dad put together a little more, you should be able to buy it."

Before she came back, she inquired about the prices of small houses. The ones closer to the Princess Protector's Mansion were very expensive. The price of a small house once you entered was two thousand taels. A slightly higher price of one thousand five hundred taels was enough.

However, there are very few small houses like this and they are very popular. Even if you have the money, you may not be able to buy one. It is even more difficult to get a piece of land to build your own. It still depends on your luck.

"How do you earn? How do you earn? You can earn more than a thousand taels a month?" Lin Qiuniang didn't believe it, suspecting that her daughter had used money from her husband's family to support the couple: "Your father and I saved the money to buy the house in a few years.

That’s enough, I can’t have these bank notes!”

As soon as Qin Xiaoxiao saw her reaction, he knew what she was thinking, and quickly explained the origin of the money: "Mom, I earned this money. I won several fine pieces in a fishing competition before.

Peiyu. Later, I participated in several flower-viewing banquets and won some prizes by comparing poems with others. I pawned these things in exchange for these fifteen hundred taels of silver notes."

What she didn't say was that those things were easy to return, but they weren't worth so much money. She added seven hundred taels to the 1,500 taels of silver notes. In this way, it would be easier for people to confuse what is true with what is false.

believe.

Sure enough, Lin Qiuniang believed it.

In her mind, her daughter's fishing skills and knowledge were nothing to mention. It was normal to win prizes by comparing poems with others. She couldn't help but sigh: "As the old saying goes, books have their own golden houses. You have been here this month."

The money earned is more than our family earned in three years."

Qin Xiaoxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a proud face: "It's not necessarily someone else who will be able to earn as much, it's your daughter who is more capable!"

Lin Qiuniang was defeated by her shamelessness and said helplessly: "Yes, yes, you are the most capable."

Qin Xiaoxiao was satisfied and said: "Mom, you have collected the money. I will ask the dental shop later. If there is a suitable house, I will decide on it first. If you and dad are satisfied, we will buy it."

Lin Qiuniang looked at the banknotes in the box and hesitated: "Does Xiao Jing know about this?"

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded: "I know, he originally wanted to buy a house directly for you and dad, but I persuaded him not to."

Lin Qiuniang no longer hesitated and happily accepted the banknote: "I have to talk to your second aunt later, let her know that raising a daughter is no worse than raising a son, and see if she still shows off in front of me in the future."

I did this not really to show off, but because I wanted to spread the word through Zhao Cao'er's mouth, letting the villagers know that my daughter did not raise her in vain, and that she would still miss her parents even after she got married.

On the other hand, it means that the daughter is valued by the princess mansion, so that no one will make irresponsible remarks after seeing her staying at home for half a month.

Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't imagine all these twists and turns, so she was overjoyed and said, "It's done, I'll go next door and ask my uncle and aunt to come over for dinner soon."

With that said, she opened the bag again and took out two jewelry boxes: "Mom, I asked the master to inlay two gold hairpins with dong beads. You and grandma will each have one."

There was a box of Eastern pearls in the dowry given by Empress Dowager Jing earlier. The pearls were round, plump and of the highest quality, perfect for making jewelry.

"Mom doesn't need this, just give one to your grandma, and keep the rest for yourself." Lin Qiuniang looked at the extremely luxurious gold hairpin, feeling very happy in her heart, but she refused to accept it.

"Mom, this style is made according to your and grandma's ages. It's not suitable for me to wear." Qin Xiaoxiao guessed that her mother wouldn't want it, so she deliberately chose a style that didn't suit her, so she refused.

Refuse.

Lin Qiuniang looked at the pattern of the hairpin carefully and found that it was really not suitable for a daughter to wear, so she had to accept it: "Then I will accept it. Don't bother to make these in the future. I am a country woman, and these are not suitable for me to wear."

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Qin Xiaoxiao took out the golden hairpin and inserted it into her head: "Why doesn't it fit? Isn't it beautiful?"

Lin Qiuniang subconsciously took a look at the bronze mirror and found that the warm halo radiating from Dongzhu seemed to make people a little gentler. She couldn't help but like it more and more the more she looked at it.

After admiring it for a while, she took off the golden hairpin, looked at it again and again with admiration, and finally put it in a jewelry box for visiting relatives to wear.

Qin Xiaoxiao did not force it, and continued: "Mom, the big thing I want to do is not to buy a house, but to buy a few hills to plant jujube trees. Don't sell our jujube saplings in the next few years, just keep them for me.

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Lin Qiuniang wondered: "Why do you suddenly want to plant jujube trees? Isn't it cheaper to buy a farm shop with the money you have?"

Qin Xiaoxiao did not tell her real purpose, but said vaguely: "Brother Li gave me all the farms and shops under his name to take care of. I just want to do something different."

Lin Qiuniang's focus shifted and she said happily: "Xiao Jing is really good for handing over his private property to you so quickly." After saying that, she warned: "You have to take good care of it. If you don't understand anything, just ask

Ask Xiaojing."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, ensuring that he would not be a loser.

It didn't take long for the rice to be cooked. It was cooked by Jing Que.

The couple from the second room didn't need to be greeted, so they just came over after lunch.

After listening to Lin Qiuniang say that Qin Xiaoxiao gave them money to buy a house in the capital, and also gave her and Mrs. Miao hairpins with Dongzhu, Zhao Caoer's tone was sour and envious: "Sister-in-law has managed to get ahead, and she has

Xiaoxiao, a girl who is so upbeat, won’t have to worry about it for the rest of her life.”

Lin Qiuniang said with a smile: "Your eldest brother and I were having a laugh. I didn't expect to enjoy her blessings, but she was filial and took care of us."

When Zhao Cao'er heard this, she thought of Xue Ya, who had been worrying her all day long, and couldn't help complaining: "You and your eldest brother are lucky enough to enjoy the blessing of laughter. In the future, when you get old and can't move, she will definitely carry shit for you."

I am always waiting for you, unlike Xueya, a white-eyed wolf who wants to sever the mother-daughter relationship with me."

Lin Qiuniang advised: "How can mother and daughter have an overnight feud? There are no elders on Xueya's side to help. Now is the most difficult time. If you pay more attention on weekdays, will this child not remember you?"

Zhao Cao'er waved his hand: "Forget it, this damn girl is just a white-eyed wolf. I don't expect to enjoy her blessings. I have two good sons, Dabao and Erbao."

Lin Qiuniang shook her head secretly, knowing that she could not be persuaded, so she said nothing more.

Jing Que has excellent cooking skills and is good at various local cuisines. The Qin family gave her some commonly used ingredients, which made her make delicious food that she had never tasted before.

No matter it was Qin Xiaoxiao, Jingheng, Mr. Qin and others, they all felt extremely satisfied with the meal and praised Jingque again and again.

After the meal, the couple did not leave, so Qin Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to talk about buying jujube trees on the hilltop. After all, jujube saplings are related to the income of the entire Qin family, and everyone must sit down and discuss it.

Naturally, Mr. Qin and Qin Shan had no objection, so the father and son looked at the couple to see what they meant.

Qin Chuan and Zhao Cao'er looked at each other, and then Zhao Cao'er said: "Xiaoxiao, we are all from our own family. It doesn't matter if you take all these jujube saplings. You just plant so many jujube trees, and there will be more jujubes in the future."

, I’m afraid I won’t be able to sell it at a high price.”

Qin Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "Second aunt, I don't take these jujube saplings for free. I will pay whatever price the family sells them to outsiders. As for the price of jujubes... should I sell dried jujubes or sell them elsewhere?"

Go, you don’t have to worry about our fresh dates not being able to sell at a high price.”

Zhao Cao'er's eyes lit up and she saw that her father-in-law and uncle were looking over. She felt nervous and said with a dry smile: "No, no, you can just take the jujube saplings. As long as it doesn't affect our sale of fresh jujubes, how many hills do you want to plant?"

Just plant on a few hills.”

Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't take it for nothing, so he said to Mr. Qin: "Grandpa, my brothers are still settling the accounts. I bought the mountain to plant jujube trees, and the profits from selling the jujubes in the future will also be with me. I can't take the jujube saplings for free."

Before Mr. Qin opened his mouth, Qin Shan became anxious: "If it weren't for you, how would our family have jujube saplings to sell? You are not allowed to ask for money from us, it will hurt our feelings!"

These words made the couple's hearts twitch. You must know that a jujube sapling costs three taels of silver. If you take a jujube sapling, you can take it. Seeing Xiaoxiao means that it is a big one. There are not thousands of jujube saplings.

It's simply not enough.

After all, it was at least three thousand taels of silver, and they had almost a thousand taels of silver in their hands. Isn’t this cutting meat? Even selling it in half would be fine!
To be continued...