Xiao Zhen looked at his parents and brother with a smile, lost in thought, and continued to peel the potatoes in his hands to eat. He thought of a name Shen Mo in his mind. The current wealth of the Xiao family was brought about by Mo'er. At this moment, the faces of his parents and brothers were

Her happiness was also given by him. This boy who suddenly appeared and became engaged to her suddenly came with a confession that she had doubted until now.

She did not go to the Shen family in the provincial capital or the Shen family in the capital to confirm it. As for her wanting to confirm this idea, Xiao Zhen just kept it in her heart.

She is a poor man, but there is really no need for such a handsome young man to play tricks on her.

Even if it was just for fun, there was no need for his parents and the county magistrate to accompany him. He even gave him so much gold, silver and jewelry, and even built the house with money.

"Azhen, you said our family needs to start a business? What do you mean?" Xiao's mother asked.

Father Xiao and Xiao Hua also looked at Xiao Zhen.

"We have to do some small business or other ways to make money." Xiao Zhen said happily. She had always had this idea, but the money before was too little. In fact, Mo'er didn't have it.

Help, she can do it even if she works hard for a few years: "Father, mother, brother, let's all think about it."

When her daughter mentioned this, Xiao's mother really had some thoughts in her mind. Although her son's marriage was also very important, if the family's conditions improved, what kind of girl wouldn't.

After rejecting all the matchmaking offers from the matchmakers, the Xiao family spent half a month observing and found that there were no fewer than dozens of small businesses in their village and surrounding villages doing small businesses in the town every day.

Those who can do embroidery will embroider some handkerchiefs, those who raise chickens and ducks at home will buy raw eggs and vegetables grown in the fields, and those who are good at knitting will make some beautiful decorations and practical items and buy them in the town. Not only these

, whenever there are extra things at home, they will be taken to the town.

Xiao's mother asked Xiao Hua to inquire about the prices in the county. She found that the prices were very different from those in the town. She immediately came up with the idea of ​​​​earning the difference. Anyway, there were ready-made ox carts that came to the county every day. This idea won the favor of the whole family.

support.

The Xiao family's small business officially started.

Because Xiao Hua drives the bullock cart to and from work every day, and he often rents the bullock cart to others, and has a good temper, he knows a lot of people, and he knows that Xiao Hua's mother has the things they need here and it is cheaper than in the county town.

After a while, the door suddenly opened up.

In one month, Xiao's mother earned twenty taels of silver. This sweet thing made Xiao's mother happy every day when she went to bed.

Summer passes and autumn comes.

When the leaves turn yellow, autumn is halfway over.

A few months later, people in the neighboring villages knew that the Xiao family was collecting goods. As long as they were good goods, they would not have to go to town to sell them. As long as they took them all, they would be happy to give them to Xiao even if it was cheaper.

The Xiao family became famous as soon as they came and went.

In a blink of an eye, it's the winter solstice.

As the saying goes, the Winter Solstice marks the New Year, which shows that it is a very important day. On this day, every household will make dumplings and eat them, and the Xiao family is no exception.

Now that the conditions are good, the dumplings are not as heavy on vegetables and short on meat as in previous years. This time, they are all meat with a little green onion added. I just started to wrap them, and they taste so fragrant.

While making dumplings, Xiao's mother called to her daughter who was getting firewood outside: "Azhen, did Mo'er have a letter saying when he will come to see you?"

"I didn't say anything." Xiao Zhen took the firewood and put it in the stove pit. Every other month, she would receive a letter from Mo'er, three full pieces of paper, written with every detail of his life and his

The reason why he was full of complaints was because he missed her.

Xiao Zhen always regarded Mo'er as a child with uncertain temperament, so she couldn't laugh or cry when she saw it. In the end, she got used to it. When she replied to the letter, she also talked about everything here and how much she missed him as her younger brother.

Mo'er was very resistant to the title of younger brother. One page of her letter expressed her dissatisfaction with calling him younger brother, so Xiao Zhen stopped calling him younger brother. After all, he would be her husband from now on, and her younger brother would be called her younger brother.

It's really not good to get used to it.

"Didn't he say he would go back to the provincial capital to see his parents?" Xiao's mother asked strangely.

"Mo'er is busy with studies in the capital. I read what he said in his letter. He has to get up at nine o'clock in the morning to study and can't go to bed until very late. He probably doesn't have time to come back." Xiao Zhen had seen children in the county go to school, but there was no such thing as Mo'er.

It's such a heavy workload, and I don't know what kind of school Mo'er went to.

"Mo'er studies so hard, he will definitely be someone who does great things in the future." Xiao Hua chopped some more pork and put it in the bowl and continued to make dumplings.

"Do you think he has forgotten Ah Zhen?" This is what Xiao's mother is most worried about.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Father Xiao said while rolling out the dough, "Mo'er is a good boy, not the kind of person with bad character."

Xiao's mother thought for a while and said to Xiao Zhen who was boiling water: "Why don't you go to the capital to see him?"

The whole family's eyes fell on Xiao's mother.

"Mom, I heard Mo'er say that it would take more than twenty days at the fastest for them to come here from the capital by horseback. A Zhen would take an ox cart all the way to the capital, and it might take two months. You can rest assured that this trip is going back and forth.

?" As an elder brother, Xiao Hua is not worried about his sister's safety along the way.

Xiao's mother thought about it for a while, and then she turned to face Xiao's father and said, "Then you go with A-Zhen."

"Okay." It was about his daughter's lifelong happiness. Father Xiao nodded without thinking.

Rather than looking for Mo'er, Xiao Zhen wanted to go to the capital to visit, but he couldn't leave right now: "I can't go. In a few days, the village will organize the last hunting trip into the mountains to prepare for the winter, and I can't be left behind."

.Besides, it’s been so long since I’ve been here and back, and I’ll probably have to be in the capital this year. It’s not appropriate to go now. I think we’ll wait until next spring. Even if Mo’er receives a letter by then, I’ll go to the capital to see him.”

Xiao's mother thought about it and thought it made sense, so she said nothing more.

This last hunt was not successful. On the third day after Xiao Zhen finished saying these words, heavy snow fell. The entire village was almost covered with heavy snow overnight. When he got up the next day, the door was pushed open for a long time.

I saw white snow all over the world, with the highest part covering my thighs.

What is happiness? Even if you still feel warm on such a cold day, that is happiness.

Recalling the coldness of the winter when I was poor and only wearing an autumn quilt, my life now is just like a dream. Xiao Zhen took a few deep breaths and smiled silly for a while before starting to shovel the snow.

For Xiao's mother, going to the county town to do business was always a matter of rain or shine. Sometimes she couldn't come back, so she and her son would stay in the servant's room of the Wang family. After all, making money was the most important thing.

At the end of the month, Xiao Zhen waited and waited but did not receive a letter from Mo'er. He thought it was heavy snow that blocked the road, so he didn't pay attention.

Until next month, there was still no letter from Mo'er, and Xiao Zhen felt a little worried.

Before the New Year, there was still no letter from Mo'er. She had not received a letter for four months in a row.

Before Xiao Zhen became anxious, everyone in the Xiao family began to be worried, and the whole year was not going well.

On the third day of junior high school, Xiao's mother urged Xiao's father and Xiao Zhen to go to the capital to find Mo'er.

Xiao Zhen was chopping firewood in the yard while thinking about it. Her father's feet were inconvenient, so it would be easier for her to go to the capital alone. But if she were alone, her mother and brother would not agree. She was thinking about how to say this to her mother.

A familiar and excited voice sounded: "Azhen."

Xiao Zhen raised his eyes and saw a handsome young man in brocade clothes. His handsome eyebrows, deep eyes like black jade, exquisite and appropriate facial features, and his noble demeanor were all familiar. The only thing

The difference is that he has grown taller.

He looked at her excitedly, the brilliance in his eyes was like a shooting star, engraved with his lovesickness and yearning for her over the past year.

Xiao Zhen stood up, and the person she was looking for suddenly appeared in front of her. For a moment, she thought it was an illusion. She probably didn't expect Mo'er to think like this, right?

"Mo'er, you" Xiao Zhen just said, Mo'er ran over and hugged her, opened his arms and gave her a firm hug, never wanting to let go.

Sure enough, he became taller and was almost as tall as her. He was so excited that it hurt a little when he hugged her. Xiao really wanted him to let her go, but after hearing Mo'er's contented sigh, he didn't say anything.

With a sigh, she felt that he missed her.

When Wu Xin and Chen Qin entered the courtyard, what they saw was their highness hugging Miss Xiao and not letting go. He also buried his head in Miss Xiao's neck and rubbed her. It was really shameless.

The two of them coughed quickly.

Xiao Zhen was about to push Mo Mo away, but unexpectedly he said dissatisfiedly: "I haven't hugged him enough. We haven't seen each other for a year, please hug him longer."

"There is only seven or eight months in a year." Xiao Zhen said with a smile.

"Not seeing her for one day is like three autumns." Si Mo muttered, hugging her for a while longer before letting her go.
Chapter completed!