Yan Yu and the child in her belly turned the corner and dispelled the gloom that had been hanging over the Qin family for days. After everyone was happy, they began to prepare for Sanbao's marriage.

The "three books and six rites" are almost gone. At the beginning of the month, the betrothal gifts were carried to the Xu family, a total of thirty-two carried. Half of them were given to the second bedroom, and Qin Xiaoxiao gave half.

Originally, Sanbao didn't want anything, but Qin Xiaoxiao felt that she was fighting with Xu Ze's master and apprentice. The little girl Xu Yan was also very good, and she must give her this dignity, so she took advantage of Sanbao's lack of time to worry about the betrothal gift, and went with Dabao to do it.

This is done.

Although it seems to be quite satisfactory to other wealthy families in the capital, the Xu family is very satisfied. They think that the second wife of the Qin family has prepared so many betrothal gifts despite having little financial resources because they value Xu Yan, so they also added more to Xu Yan's dowry.

Made a fortune.

The main thing that needs to be prepared now is to decide on the guests for the banquet. This matter will be decided by the second room, and the others can run away to deliver the good news.

Not long after, Dabao handed the banquet list to Qin Xiaoxiao with a helpless expression.

Qin Xiaoxiao took it and took a look and called him "good guy". The name of Butcher Zhu who kills pigs on the street is all on it, not to mention his eldest brother and second brother's wife, classmates and friends. They are completely out of reach of Sanbao.

relation!

She said helplessly: "Brother, even if hundreds of people on this list are willing to come, are you sure our small courtyard can accommodate hundreds of banquets?"

Dabao said distressedly: "You think I don't know anything about it? This matter has spread, and outsiders don't know how to laugh at it. They are afraid that they think we are pretending to be fat and emptying our family wealth to collect betrothal gifts for Sanbao, so we will marry him on his wedding day."

Inviting so many people today, I want to earn a large amount of gift money to repay the original cost."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded: "That's the reason. Sanbao has just entered the court as an official, so his reputation cannot be damaged. You should consider the names on this before sending wedding invitations. The second uncle and second aunt are not running errands. They won't know who you really invited."

Know."

Dabao subconsciously touched his back. He had been punched by Zhao Cao'er several times when he objected just now: "Okay, I'll do as you say. But they will definitely know when the day comes. Don't forget to plead for brother."

Qin Xiaoxiao suppressed her laughter and said seriously: "That's natural. You are already a father. How can you be beaten by your second uncle and second aunt?"

Dabao looked touched: "My good sister, you still love your elder brother the most! You don't know that my mother is getting older and her temper is getting worse. She used to be reasonable, but now she is unreasonable...

…”

He kept harping on his bitterness to his cousin, without even noticing that there was an extra person behind him.

Qin Xiaoxiao winked at her eldest brother desperately, but unfortunately the usually smart man was not surprised and asked with concern: "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with your eyes? Are you confused by the sand?"

Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at him sympathetically, smiled and said to the angry Zhao Cao'er behind him: "Second Aunt, you are here, grandma and mother are in the backyard."

Dabao froze, then jumped up and ran away without looking back, narrowly avoiding Zhao Cao'er's slap.

"Unfilial thing, if you have the guts, don't hide away!" Zhao Cao'er missed the target and pointed at the hole where he escaped and cursed: "I fed you shit and piss, fed you to school, and gave you a wife.

I help you take care of your children every day, but you are still arranging me in front of your sister. If you don’t give me a hug today, I will take your surname!"

Dabao said with a playful smile: "Mom, Xiaoxiao is watching here, just give me a face! Besides, what I said is not the truth, it is so unreasonable for you to shout and kill me like this!"

Zhao Cao'er became even more angry. Knowing that she couldn't run away from him, she took off her shoes and threw them at him: "I'm just unreasonable. If you have the guts, just stand still and don't move!"

Dabao moved to avoid the chicken excrement on the soles of his shoes, and began to ask for help from Qin Xiaoxiao who was watching the show: "Sister, please say a good word to me. I will thank you later."

Qin Xiaoxiao was too embarrassed to watch the show and stepped forward to stop Zhao Cao'er: "Second aunt, the eldest brother is just talking about it. Even the three-year-old child in our village knows that he is the most filial to you and bought you the gold and silver."

You have endless jewelry and clothes. Which aunt in the village doesn't envy you. For the sake of your filial piety, don't argue with him."

When she said this, Zhao Cao'er thought of her eldest son's goodness, and the anger on her face softened slightly: "Humph, he made me worthless in front of you. What mother can bear this tone?"

Qin Xiaoxiao said deceptively: "Second Aunt, you have misunderstood. My eldest brother feels that your temper has been unstable in the past two years and is worried that there is something wrong with your body, so he came to discuss with me and wanted Mingyue to feel your pulse.

.”

Perhaps her expression was too serious, and Zhao Caoer was deceived by her: "Don't tell me, I have also felt that my health has gotten worse in the past two years. In previous years, I would work in the fields all day long, and I would fall asleep too tired.

It'll be better after a sleep, but it hasn't worked for the past two years, and I can't even bear the trouble."

Qin Xiaoxiao said hurriedly: "Yes, Mingyue once said that women are prone to physical weakness when they reach a certain age. The symptoms are just like what my elder brother said to me just now. They will lose control of their temper and have big quarrels with others every now and then.

Easy to relax."

This is not a lie, Mingyue's family medical book does say this, but not every woman will be like this when she reaches this age, so this may not be the case for Zhao Cao'er.

It would be a good thing if you say this to help her control her temper. Losing her temper all the time can easily harm her liver and body.

"So that's it... It's exactly like what you said. Whenever I quarrel with someone, I become more energetic. Winning the argument is more enjoyable than eating meat and drinking alcohol." Zhao Cao'er suddenly realized and had no doubts about Qin Xiaoxiao's words.

Qin Xiaoxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and advised: "Second aunt, you are only a few years younger than my mother. At this age, you cannot accept old age. It is better not to work too hard in the future. Only by taking good care of your body can you live a good life without pain or illness."

no?"

Zhao Cao'er nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you are right, I still want to live a good few more years and watch Doudou grow up and get a wife!"

After saying that, she looked at Dabao with wide eyes: "It's all your fault. People of my age in the village have their grandchildren marrying wives. If you had gotten married a few years earlier, I would be able to hold my great-grandson in a few years!"

"

Dabao did not dare to choke at such a time, and said repeatedly: "Mom, if you lose your temper less, you can live a few more years. When the time comes, let alone hug your great-grandson, you can just watch your great-grandson get a wife and hold your great-great-grandson."

Zhao Cao'er was still angry, and felt that it was more important to live a few more years, so he suppressed the urge to scold him and said angrily: "For the sake of Xiaoxiao, I won't care about you today. I won't care about you next time."

Don’t blame me for exposing you!”

Dabao said flatteringly: "Mom, don't worry, there will never be a next time."

Zhao Cao'er glared at him and turned around to look for someone in the backyard.

Qin Xiaoxiao looked at the relieved elder brother and joked: "I think you will dare next time."

Dabao waved his hand: "I don't dare. If she gets angry, wouldn't it be my fault?" After that, he admired: "You are still awesome. You convinced my mother in just a few words and helped me escape."

Otherwise, I will really shed a layer of my skin today."

Qin Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "Second Aunt would not be willing to do something to you. She would only scare you at most. But those words just now were not made by me. Second Aunt is old and losing her temper often is not a good thing."

Dabao nodded: "Don't worry, my mother wants to live a long life. For the sake of her own life, she will control her temper."

Qin Xiaoxiao was speechless: Is this what she meant?

She clearly wanted to do something trivial, so just follow the old man's advice, and don't always take it too seriously. Although it's not good to lose your temper, it's equally bad to hold your anger in.

After Dabao left, Qin Xiaoxiao was about to go to the lake to find the father and son who were fishing when he saw Mo Mo coming back carrying his small bucket and pouting with an unhappy face.

"Mom, can you help me catch a big fish? Dad has been fishing for a long time and hasn't caught a single fish." The little guy struggled to hold up the empty bucket and showed it to his mother. His expression and tone were full of dissatisfaction that his father couldn't catch any fish.

despise.

"The earthworms were eaten up by the fish, but not a single fish took the bait." Nao Nao asserted extremely seriously: "Dad doesn't know how to fish!"

Jing Heng stared at the backs of his two sons' heads expressionlessly, wanting to punish these two shameless little bastards and let them know how powerful he was.

Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but laugh, and helped him save face in front of the children: "An inch is good, and a foot is short. Your father has many abilities. Because you can't catch fish, you think your father is useless."

Afraid that the two little guys wouldn't understand what she meant, she took this opportunity to explain it carefully in order to educate them.

The twins were stunned for a while, and finally understood what their mother meant.

Mo Mo apologized to his father very embarrassedly: "Dad, you are very powerful. You are the most powerful person I have ever seen. I will never call you stupid again. You can't even catch a fish!"

Nao Nao couldn't stand listening anymore and exposed his brother's background: "You lied again. You said that your great-uncle (Liang Xu) is the most powerful person you have ever seen."

How could Momo admit it and quibbled: "I didn't know that my father was so powerful that he would say that my great-aunt was the most powerful. Don't let my bad brother accuse me unjustly!"

Nao Nao's response was not slow: "Okay, next time you see my great-aunt, you have to tell the truth."

Mo Mo felt that his brother had gone too far, and angrily turned his head and complained to Qin Xiaoxiao: "Mom, my brother is good or bad, he is sowing discord!"

Qin Xiao smiled happily and rubbed his little head: "Oh, not bad, not bad, you can use the word sow discord so quickly, so smart!"

The little man who was praised silently turned red, and cast a proud look at his younger brother: "Huh, you won't succeed!"

Probably stimulated by his brother, Nao Nao was a little unconvinced: "I know this word, it's nothing special."

Momo rolled his eyes, took Qin Xiaoxiao's hand and said, "Mom, can you teach me one more word? It depends on who knows it faster, me or my brother. The one who loses is the puppy."

Qin Xiaoxiao did not agree: "The purpose of learning is not for comparison. Mom just said that every inch is long and a foot is short. Have you forgotten it again?"

Momo said anxiously: "I haven't forgotten, I've remembered it!"

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded: "Let's go play with my brother. If it's not so hot another day, my mother will take you to the lake to fish."

"Okay!" Mo Mo jumped up and cheered, gesturing in his small bucket: "If we want to catch such a big fish, my brother and I can share it and we will be full."

After that, he went to pull Nao Nao's arm: "Brother, do you think so?"

Nao Nao ignored him, shook off his hand, and went to find his grandparents with his own bucket.

Momo thought that his brother was angry, so he chased after him: "Bad brother, you are ignoring me again. You are so willful. My brother won't like you if you act like this... Hey, don't run away, my brother likes you."

, don’t run away..."

Qin Xiaoxiao's shoulders were hunched, and his stomach hurt from being teased by the childish words of the two little guys every day.

"Thank you for your hard work over the past year or so." Jing Heng stepped forward and held her hand, and his words turned into one sentence: "The children have been taught very well by you."

He couldn't imagine how she spent more than a year without him in the mansion, besides doing chores and taking care of the farm shop, how much energy she had to expend in educating her two children and making them so sensible and intelligent.

"What are you talking about? I gave birth to them both. Isn't this what I should do?" Qin Xiaoxiao raised her eyes and looked at him with a smile. She didn't find it difficult. In the past year or so, what worried her the most

It's his safety.

Now he is standing in front of her safe and sound, and everything else is a trivial matter.
To be continued...