The Yang family's courtyard was separated from theirs by a high courtyard wall, and Zhou Chengkang planted thorns on the remaining road that the carriage could pass, and now it is almost impassable.
But if the Xu family lives there, the thorns will definitely be cut down again in the future, and maybe the remaining point can be surrounded with green bricks, and then a door will be opened in the middle to come out.
The next day the weather was fine and the sun rarely came out. Li Qinghe and Mrs. Xu went to look at the yard over there. It was only two years since the yard was built, but recently no one lived in it and it seemed a bit barren, and it really needed someone to take care of it.
But after taking care of it, it must be much better than the houses in the village.
As they passed by, news of Xu's purchase of the Yang family's house also spread. Many people sighed: This is money!
Of course, there are also some people who say something sour: to look good is to take advantage.
Everyone in the village knows that the house of the Yang family is good, but no one has so much money to buy it. Even if they have enough money, they may not want that place anymore. After all, it is a bit far away from the village.
For Xu, it would be better for her to stay away from the village. Although she used to be a member of Wang Village, but after leaving for many years, she is no longer familiar with the villagers.
The yard is very nice, and no outsiders were invited, so Yu Ermo and his wife helped to take care of it for a few days. The weeds in the yard were shoveled, and the vegetable patch in the backyard looked quite neat.
After picking a date, Mrs. Xu moved in. It's already winter, and she specially invited the villagers to a banquet, officially settling down.
The move was very lively, Li Qinghe was pregnant, Xu didn't want her help, he was afraid of bumping her, and asked her to rest in the house.
Yes, don't look so close. Mrs. Xu also prepared a room for her. The quilts and curtains inside were all pink, which looked girlish.
Most of the people in the village came, and Li Fu also came, but he was calm and took Liu Shi with him, making outsiders feel embarrassed. He himself didn't think so, and said with a smile, "I don't worry about her mother living next to Qinghe. The group of people who lived there didn't look good at first glance. I couldn't sleep all night, and something happened later. It's fine now."
The Xu family also came, but the Xu family only regarded them as ordinary neighbors living in the same village, and they were not close. The Xu family actually blamed her for leaving her daughter behind and running to the town to be a concubine, mainly because she ruined the Xu family girl's reputation. Seeing that she wasn't close, he simply didn't approach her, it was just so indifferent.
Li Qinghe was talking to someone in the house, when she heard the kitchen saying that there were not enough pots, she got up to get them, and before she had walked a few steps out of the yard, Mother Zhou chased after her, "Qinghe."
"Did you tell your mother what I told you that day?" She lowered her voice and reached out to support her.
Li Qinghe was not used to being so close to her, so she backed away a little, "No, my mother didn't plan to live with us forever."
"I was thinking about it earlier, she has so much money, even if she lives with you, she won't treat you badly."
Listening to this, I always feel that something is wrong. Li Qinghe waved his hand, "I'll go back and get the basin, you don't have to come with me."
The housewarming went well, and the Xu family officially moved in. The weather was getting colder and colder, and no one came from the county town when it was Chinese New Year. Li Qinghe went to pick her up to celebrate the New Year with her. This year, the Zhou family really didn't celebrate the New Year together, they lived their own lives.
In the second year of junior high school, the fifth sister and his wife came to the door with gifts, Zhang Haiyao and Li Qingmiao also came. Mrs. Mei also came, anyway, we get along very lightly, there is no tit-for-tat before, after all, everyone has their own lives.
Bin'er would go up the mountain with Zhou Chengkang when he was free, and occasionally help their family with work. Siblings get to know each other better.
After the new year, every family is busy with spring plowing, Xu's family has no land, and she is not in a hurry, so she cooks soup all day long and brings it to her daughter.
The scenery in spring is the best, especially in March. After the spring plowing of each family is over, they also have leisure. Now each family often runs to the surrounding forests to collect herbs and sell them. If they are lucky, they are no worse than working part-time.
On such a spring afternoon, another carriage came from the county seat and went straight to Li Qinghe's house. It was not Wu Li, but Master Zhang.
In the past two lifetimes, Li Qinghe has never seen him a few times, and he was quite surprised when he opened the door, "Are you looking for my mother?"
"Yes, I've never been free," Mr. Zhang rubbed his hands, "I want to come and see Bin'er."
I heard from Mrs. Xu that after the Zhang family moved to the county, their business grew bigger and bigger. He may not be able to tell whether he is looking after the Xu family or the children. Li Qinghe closed the door, "Now my mother lives alone, I will take you there."
Passing here, and within a few breaths, we arrived at the courtyard next door. Mrs. Xu opened the door and saw that it was them. Li Qinghe was already pregnant. Mrs. Xu hurriedly pulled her into the door, and after a moment of silence, she looked at Mr. Zhang and turned sideways, "Come in." Bar."
Master Zhang stepped into the door, looked around and sighed, "You have suffered."
"It's not bitter." Xu laughed, "It's pretty good here. By the way, how is Aunt Yu now?"
After hearing this, Master Zhang sighed, "A few days ago, I fell down and lost my baby, and I lost two lives."
Li Qinghe was surprised, and couldn't help standing more firmly on his feet.
Mrs. Xu didn't seem surprised, squinted at the sky in the yard, and said, "I was pregnant with Bin'er, and when I was about to give birth, I also slipped. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to stand still, and our mother and child were safe."
Master Zhang's lips moved, "Do you want to go back? I'll take you back together."
"No need." Xu looked at him, "Over the years, the only thing I owe is my daughter, and I want to be with her. Master, there are always new people around you, and my daughter has only one mother."
Li Qinghe entered the door quietly, and immediately saw Bin'er leaning against the window and peeping out. Seeing her enter the door, she hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and helped her put a mattress on the chair, "Sister, sit down."
Li Qinghe looked at him with a smile, "Your father is here to pick you up."
Bin'er looked outside and lowered his voice, "Actually, I don't want to go back. There are many things in the house and there are many people. There are three concubines in my father's room alone. This side is very good. There are not so many people, and there are not so many people. Rules. My eldest brother got married, and when my mother brought me back, my wife always wanted to help me get married, and proposed several girls, and the one with the best family background was her niece, but my mother rejected them all."
Is it so complicated
The two siblings were whispering in the room, and the two people outside also entered the opposite room. After half an hour, Mrs. Xu sent Master Zhang out and went directly here.
Looking at the two siblings in the room, Master Zhang looked at Bin'er and said with a smile, "From now on, you should study hard, and if you encounter difficulties, you can still come to me." Then he stepped forward to pat his son shoulder, turned and went out, got into the carriage and left.
Xu stood at the door with his son, watched his carriage go away, then turned around and smiled at his son, "Bin'er, he separated your family from your brother."
The parents are not separating the family. It is not so much separating the family as it is driving the concubine and the son out of the house.
"It's said that a man returns to his wife when he's had enough fun." Xu turned and closed the door, "There's actually a reason for that."
Seeing that the siblings were puzzled, she went in and moved a box, opened it, took out the bank notes and land deeds inside, smiled and said, "These belong to our mother and son. Madam is sick, very serious. The master promised to I will only be with her, and there will be no one else."
In other words, it wasn't that Xu Shi didn't go back, but that she couldn't go back. Sure enough, her instinct was right. Even so, it's good to see that her expression is the same as usual, and she doesn't have any emotions such as being sad or sad.
Not many people in the village knew about Mr. Zhang's visit, and Xu's was no different from usual. In fact, when she came back to buy the yard, most people guessed that she was probably sent back.
It was just speculation before, but now it is true. In fact, being able to bring her son home was the best ending for a woman who became a concubine. If I were to wait for Master Zhang to die of old age at Zhang's house, I don't know how many years it would take, and by that time, Mrs. Zhang would be in charge of the division of the family. How much can be divided is not just a word from her, maybe it is not as good as it is now.
Li Qinghe was pregnant, so she didn't need to do the work in the field, and she didn't even need to worry about it. Zhou Chengkang did it himself. After the spring plowing, he started planting medicinal materials. They are all planted with herbs.
Some of them were found with Wu Li's help. He took all the medicinal materials recovered last year, and the price was not bad. Seriously, growing medicinal materials is more profitable than growing food, so he simply bought another 60 mu of waste forest along the side of his own forest. Zhou Chengkang has been busy with these recently.
It is worth mentioning that the purchased desolate forest still bears the name of Li Qinghe. Of course, outsiders do not know.
Dr. Huang went to the forest to look for medicinal materials every three days, and Xi Yu finally had a serious enlightenment teacher, his uncle. Bin'er has never slacked off over the years. He has been sensible since he was a child, knowing his identity and his mother's embarrassment, and has always been serious. Although I haven't been to the county test yet, it is enough to enlighten Xi Yu.
For the villagers, it was quite surprising that Li Qinghe and his two bought such a large waste forest. There is a large area of one hundred acres of waste forest. In fact, it has something to do with them, because when their family wants to hire people to clean up the weeds and then plant them, the first ones they invite are the villagers.
In the blink of an eye, in the middle of April, people are invited every day at home. Mrs. Xu often comes here, and even Zhou's mother often comes here, but she doesn't live like before. Help, but I will definitely go back at night.
Now in the Zhou family's old house, the eldest Zhou and the third eldest lived. They bumped into each other and occasionally quarreled. Zhou's mother lived alone, and those two only respected her. In fact, she lived a good life.
The reason why these two people often come to the door is because... Li Qinghe's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and she may be about to give birth.
Zhou Chengkang was very nervous. He bought the forest a few days ago. After he ran for two days and arranged for good people to work, he asked his second brother to look after it while he stayed at home.
On the night when spring and summer alternated, there was still the sound of insects outside. He put his hand on her stomach, felt the movement of the child inside, and couldn't help laughing, "Are you turning over?"
Li Qinghe couldn't help laughing, "I don't know."
"Starting tomorrow, I won't go anywhere, I'll just watch over you." Zhou Chengkang hugged her, "From now on, we really can't have another baby. After you give birth, I'll start taking medicine."
"Didn't you say you want a daughter?" Li Qinghe said with a smile, "What if it's a son? Will you have a baby?"
"No birth!" He said seriously, "It's really not my daughter, it's my fate."