Late at night, oil lamps were still lit in the utility room.

Tang Xiuer did eat too much today, so she couldn't sleep, so she sat on the bed for a while. She took a closer look at the gold earrings and thin bracelets Ji Huai bought for her today.

She has never seen gold up close, let alone touched it. When she married Ji Huai, she had no jewelry. Ji Huai’s mother told her that when he waits a hundred years from now, the deformed and dark silver bracelet he is wearing will be hers.

give her.

Later, when Ji's mother fell ill, the silver bracelet had already been pawned to buy medicine. Then there was a funeral, and all the money was spent, with nothing left.

When Sister-in-law Ji and Sister-in-law Ji married into the Ji family, each of them had a pair of gold earrings. They were very inconspicuous and so small that they could not be seen clearly without looking carefully when they were worn on the ears. But even these pitifully small earrings were enough to make people feel

She envied it. She didn't even dare to hope for it.

The pair Ji Huai bought for her were tassel earrings. One pair was as good as several pairs owned by Sister-in-law Ji and the others. There was also a gold bracelet. Although it was not a big gold bracelet, it was still heavy in her hand.

After she put it on, she looked at it for a while, then carefully put it in the box, ready to hide it.

"Wear it if you like it." Ji Huai walked over and said.

"What if someone asks? Don't reveal your wealth. Can you not tell others that the ginseng was sold for more than thirty taels?" She closed the box, acknowledged it, and then said something.

Afraid that he would misunderstand, I hurriedly explained, "I'm not asking you to lie to the eldest brother and the second brother, but... you can say it less, after all, we have spent a lot."

He guessed what she meant right away, "I know, my sister-in-law has a better abacus than us."

Tang Xiuer thought it was still a waste of words. Seeing that he understood, she nodded, "Well, we won't be able to tell at that time."

Sister-in-law Ji is very good at her abacus. When Ji's mother was here, she remembered everything clearly, except for a few more. If she told the other party that they sold ginseng for more than thirty taels, then the other party might be able to point out something else.

what idea.

‌ Moreover, in her mind, the money does not belong to their family. If Brother Ji and Brother Ji need it, they must take it away, and the other party will try their best to take it away.

Ji Huai: "If you don't tell them the money, you will give birth immediately and keep it to raise your children."

After hearing this, Tang Xiuer was slightly surprised, and then her eyes became swollen.

In the past, he had been hunting, and it was Ji's mother who told her about the child. He was just waiting to become a father. She didn't think there was anything wrong.

However, after he said this, she suddenly felt a sense of dependence. She was still a child after all, and she was also frightened. Ji Huai and Ji's mother were so partial to the second bedroom, so it is understandable that he said this

The words shocked her.

Then Ji Huai took off his coat, took out some silver from his chest, first took out the money for buying medicinal materials, put it on the bed, and then took out the money for selling bamboo baskets and purses, "The money is all here, you keep it."

Tang Xiuer looked at the money on the bed and didn't react for a moment. She paused and said, "Should I keep it?"

"Yes, I think you are worried about your small body. You need to hire a good midwife. If the child doesn't have enough to eat, I'm afraid you have to hire a wet nurse or buy goat milk, which requires some money." He hung his coat aside and wore it.

Put on your underwear and sleep on it.

If what he said just now was reassuring, what he did gave her a backbone. She did not shirk it, but kept the money fearfully, and promised, "I will keep it well and never spend it randomly."

Ji Huai was generous to everyone, especially his two brothers. If something happened to the other brother and he needed money, he would probably bankrupt his family and have to spend it.

But she is about to give birth, and raising a child costs money. Even if she is selfish, she still wants to be brave this time.

Ji Huai answered: "It's okay to spend a lot of money, and that's not bad. I'll go up the mountain to hunt some prey, but I won't go to the mountains this time, so there is no danger. You are too weak, so you have to walk more."

It’s good to go to town from time to time in the future to see what you want to buy.”

Tang Xiuer didn't dare to be so extravagant. With a large amount of money in hand, she hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Then can we buy a place to cover it?"

The Ji family only had two relatively good houses, which were given to the eldest brother Ji and the second brother Ji, who got married early. They had no house and were crowded in the utility room.

When she said this, she looked around the utility room.

The utility room was small and narrow. After putting down a bed and a table, the two of them seemed crowded inside. There were no windows, it was dark and dark, and even the door was pitifully small. Ji Huai had to stoop to get in.

When two people sit at the table to eat, it looks crowded.

How pitiful would it be for a family of three to live in a house like this after giving birth? In the past, she had no choice but to live here. Now that she has money, she wants to use it to build a house. Let the family of three have a better life.

nest.

"It's time to build a house. You are pregnant. The house will not be built in a short time. You have to run around and be busy. It is very tiring." Ji Huai said.

Tang Xiuer thought about it and stopped thinking about it.

She hid the money under the bricks on the bedside. She also hid the money there before, but there were only a few copper coins in it. She put the jewelry and money in and put the bricks away gently.

After putting it away, she was extremely worried and kept staring.

"Sleep." Ji Huai reminded him, reaching out to pull her after she fell asleep.

When the two came back today, they held hands all the way. Later, when she was tired, she held his arm. At least they had close contact and she was pregnant with his child. Today he bought her cakes and jewelry.

Yes, there seems to be no change between the two of them, and they seem to be getting closer.

After being close to each other for a long time, the relationship will always warm up.

As soon as she fell asleep, Ji Huai covered her with a quilt. While closing his eyes, he put his hands around her waist very naturally, just like he did in the afternoon, holding her hand and squeezing it gently.

Lying on the same bed, Tang Xiuer was still a little shy at first, but he acted very naturally, just like today at noon. Slowly, her nervous heart relaxed, and she was held by him obediently, closing her eyes and falling asleep.

.

When Ji Huai was ill, she would sleep next to him, but she would often wake up in the middle of the night, and her heart would feel tight and uncomfortable. She would have nightmares one after another.

She had to wait until he fell asleep before sleeping, otherwise she would not dare to sleep.

‌I was lying next to him now, and I had not closed my eyes for long before I fell asleep.

The next day.

The sky turned fish-belly white, and the crow of roosters sounded, one after another.

Tang Xiuer was a light sleeper and was disturbed. She moved slightly and felt dazed. She walked a lot in a day and was so tired that she didn't even think about it.

"It's still early." Ji Huai's voice rang in his ears.

In the past, she rarely slept with him hugging each other, because the two of them had no space to be alone together, and Ji's mother might come in at any time.

After the secret boudoir ceremony, he also put on his clothes tightly. At that time, he lost control, got out of bed, put on clothes, put on a simple and ascetic face, and slept with her.

Fall asleep under the quilt.

‌After a lot of contact in one day, Tang Xiuer became a little bolder. In addition, she was indeed in a daze from sleep. She reached out to hug him, then got under the quilt and continued to sleep.

She quickly fell asleep again, and her memory before going to bed ended with her bed being warm and his arms being warm.

When she woke up again, she was alone in the bed.

The door was open, and the sun shone in through the door. Looking at the sunlight, it was getting late. When Ji's mother was there, she got up at dawn to make breakfast. Ji Huai ate and went up the mountain. Ji's mother and she went to the ground to eat.

Busy here.

‌ Ji Huai's mother has been away for a long time now, and Ji Huai didn't go up the mountain, so she didn't get up so early. She was a bit sleepy today, and she didn't know what Ji Huai did, so she lifted up the quilt and got out of bed.

As soon as she left the door, Ji Huai walked out of the kitchen and said to her, "Are you awake? You just had breakfast."

Sister-in-law Ji was washing clothes in the yard, and she frowned when she saw that Tang Xiuer didn't wake up until now. It means that Ji's mother is gone, and this girl's life has improved.

She just saw Ji Huai take two eggs to the kitchen and make rice porridge. There was still a lot of pork from last night.

It's not the same day, but he actually ate pork. Ji Huai must have gone hunting in the mountains, and then took the prey to sell in the town, and then changed it to pork.

‌With Ji’s mother here, can Tang Xiuer eat so much pork alone?

She smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen, her stomach growled, and she washed her clothes angrily.

Ji Huai was always generous and careless, but now that without Ji's mother's restraint, Tang Xiuer's good days may be behind him. She met him taking eggs to the kitchen this morning, and she said nothing.

What did people say in the end?

"She is pregnant. She doesn't waste anything she eats. I give her everything she eats."

Sister-in-law Ji felt sour in her heart. She suffered from morning sickness and brother Ji also said that she was pretentious and could not do a lot of housework and was slow at work. People said she had too many things to do.

Tang Xiuer entered the kitchen, thinking that Ji Huai had fried the meat from last night, but she didn't expect that he had boiled two eggs.

"Why are you boiling eggs? Meat is enough," she said.

Ji Huai raised his eyelids slightly, "With your body, you shouldn't eat too much to gain weight. Otherwise, you will suffer when you give birth to a child."

Seeing what he said, Tang Xiuer couldn't refute, "One person per person."

Ji Huai: "Yeah."

Seeing that he was eating quickly, Tang Xiuer was afraid that he would stop eating again, so she peeled an egg for him and quickly put it in his bowl, for fear that he would finish the meal first.

She moved too fast and hastily, which made Ji Huai laugh.

"Eat meat." She said and gave him some meat.

"I'll do it myself." He said helplessly with a slight smile.

Tang Xiuer herself was stunned. She didn't know when Ji Huai started to care about her. He always asked her to eat more and deliberately left food for her.

‌ She was also ‌ afraid that he would not eat, so she ‌ ate together.

She raised her head and looked into Ji Huai's dark eyes, and her heart was slightly agitated. Her eyes were in a trance, as if she had returned to the year when she was first brought to the Ji family.

She was frightened and uneasy, and looked around with her head down. He was tall and thin, standing in front of her. Ji's mother told her that this was her future husband.
To be continued...