Late at night, oil lamps were still lit in the utility room.
Tang Xiuer did eat too much today, so she couldn't sleep and sat on the bed for a while. Take 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 in a hundred years, the deformed and dark silver bracelet she was wearing would be passed down to her.
Later, when Ji's mother fell ill, the silver bracelet had already been pawned to buy medicine. Then there was the funeral, all the money was spent, and there was 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. However, these pitifully small earrings were enough to She was envious. Don't even dare to hope.
The pair Ji Huai bought for her were tassel earrings. One pair was worth several pairs bought by Sister-in-law Ji and others. There is also a gold bracelet. Although it is not a big gold bracelet, it is still heavy in the 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 expose your wealth. Can you not tell others that you sold ginseng for more than thirty taels?" She closed the box and said it seriously. After speaking, she was afraid that he would misunderstand, so she hurriedly Then he explained, "I'm not asking you to lie to the eldest brother and the second brother, but... you can say less, after all, we have spent a lot."
He guessed what she meant right away, "I know that my sister-in-law can do abacus, even better than us."
Tang Xiuer thought it would take a while, but when she saw that he understood, she nodded, "Well, we won't be able to tell at that time."
Sister-in-law Ji is very good at abacus. When Ji's mother was here in the past, she could remember everything clearly, only a lot more. If you tell the other party that they sell ginseng for more than thirty taels, then the other party may have other ideas.
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 find ways to take it away.
Ji Huai: "If you don't tell them this money, you will give birth soon, so you can 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, and he was just waiting to be a father. And 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 terrified. Ji Huai and Ji's mother were so partial to the first and second bedroom, so you can imagine the shock that he said to 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 asked, "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 just said was reassuring, what he did gave her a backbone. She did not shirk, but kept the money with fear, and promised, "I will keep it well and will 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 have to spend all his money.
But she was about to give birth, and raising a child cost money. Even if she was selfish, she still wanted to be bold this time.
Ji Huai answered: "It's okay to spend a lot of money, and that's not bad. I will also 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. In the future It’s good to go to town from time to time and see what you want to buy.”
Tang Xiuer didn't dare to be so extravagant. Holding a large sum of money, she hesitated for a while 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, and after putting down a bed and a table, both people seemed crowded inside. There were no windows, it was dark and dark, and even the door was so small that Ji Huai had to bend down to get in.
It looked crowded when two people were sitting at the table eating.
If you give birth to a child, how pitiful would it be for a family of three to live in a house like this? 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 their family of three have a better nest.
"It's a bit slow to build a house. You're also pregnant. The house won't be built in a short time. You have to run around and be busy. It's 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 her previous money there, but there were only a few copper coins in it. She put the jewelry and money in and placed the bricks 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, and when she was tired later, she even held his arm. At any rate, they had close contact and were pregnant with his child. Today he bought her cakes and jewelry. There seemed to be no change between the two of them, and they seemed to be getting closer.
After being close 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 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 behaved 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 sick, 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. Nightmares keep coming.
She had to wait until he fell asleep before sleeping, otherwise she would not dare to sleep.
Now she was lying next to him, and she had not closed her eyes for long before she fell asleep.
The next day.
The sky turned white, and the crow of roosters sounded, one after another.
Tang Xiuer was in a light sleep and was disturbed. She moved slightly, feeling dazed. I walked a lot the day before and was so tired that I 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 could come in at any time.
After performing boudoir secrets, you should also dress tightly. At that time, he lost control, got out of bed, put on clothes, put on a calm and ascetic face, and fell asleep with her covered with quilt.
Tang Xiuer became a little bolder after having many contacts the day before, and 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 would get up at dawn to make breakfast. Ji Huai ate and went up the mountain, while Ji's mother and Ji Huai ate and went to work in the fields.
Now Ji's mother has been away for a long time, and Ji Huai didn't go up the mountain, so she didn't get up so early. Ji Huai was a bit sleepy today and didn't know what she was doing. 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. She frowned when she saw that Tang Xiuer didn't wake up from her sleep until now. That is to say, with Ji's mother gone, 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 day, but I actually ate pork. Ji Huai must have gone hunting in the mountains, and then sold the prey in the town, and then exchanged it for pork.
If Ji's mother was here, would it be Tang Xiuer's turn to eat so much pork by herself
She smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen, her stomach growled, and she washed her clothes angrily.
Ji Huai was always generous and did not care about anything. Now that without the restraint of Ji's mother, Tang Xiuer's good days may be behind him. She met him taking eggs to the kitchen this morning and said a few words.
What did people say in the end
"She is pregnant. She doesn't waste anything she eats. I feed her whatever she can eat."
Sister-in-law Ji felt sour in her heart. She suffered from morning sickness and brother Ji also said that she was pretentious and couldn't do a lot of housework. She worked slowly and was said to have too many things.
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, don't you eat more? You will gain weight. Otherwise, you will suffer when you give birth to a child."
Seeing what he said, Tang Xiuer couldn't refute, "One for each person."
Ji Huai: "Yeah."
Tang Xiuer saw that he was eating quickly and was afraid that he would stop eating again. She peeled an egg for him first 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 can do it myself." He said helplessly with a slight smile.
Tang Xiuer herself was startled, not knowing when. Ji Huai began to care about her and always asked her to eat more, deliberately leaving food for her.
And she was really afraid that he wouldn't eat, so she wanted to eat 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 Ji's house.
She was scared and uneasy, lowering her head and looking around helplessly. He was tall and thin, standing in front of her. Ji's mother told her that this was her future husband.
When everyone else left, she stood there and didn't dare to move. Ji Huai's eyes fell on her, stretched out his hand to pull her over, and said seriously, "I will be your brother, and I will protect you from now on."
Later, he probably forgot about it, but she always remembered it.
He said he wanted to protect her.
Until noon, Sister-in-law Ji felt something was wrong. Sister-in-law Ji and her family had not left the house. The door was closed tightly and no one came out.
She was very confused, both of them went out to work
No, it’s time to come back from work, and it’s time for Da Ya and Er Ya to come back from mowing the grass.
Sister-in-law Ji went to knock on the door, "Cuifen?"
She knocked several times, but there was no movement inside.
"Cuifen?"
Still no one responded.
Ji Huai and Tang Xiuer were sitting in the yard, one was knitting bamboo baskets and the other was embroidering purses. When they heard the movement, they also looked up.