Xie Rongzhao blinked, tilted his head and thought for a while before saying: "I don't know, what is hate? I only know that I don't like the second sister, she wants to harm me, and I don't want to play with her anymore."

This is a normal thing for a child to say.

Xie Ronghui breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the little cousin was still young, and the second aunt obviously did not instill some extreme ideas in her.

At this moment, Xie Ronghui suddenly realized how important a good mother is.

Look at the little sweet baby in front of you who is so well-behaved and sensible. Although he is young, he still misses his brothers and sisters. Look at Sister Rong again. She is really spoiled.

At noon, Xie Ronghui still found an opportunity to salute and apologize to Liu Ruolan in the yard.

"Second Aunt and Guabao Dadu did not criticize Rong Rong too much, but in the final analysis, she did something wrong. Now that she cannot move freely, I, as the elder brother, should first apologize to you and Guabao on her behalf."

"This matter has nothing to do with you."

Although Liu Ruolan hated her eldest son, not all of her eldest son's children were crooked.

Just like the one in front of me, the governor is polite and has always been very fond of Guobao.

Even for his kindness to Guobao, Liu Ruolan would not be able to express her anger at him.

"Second aunt is so generous, my nephew is really embarrassed. Second uncle is studying in Fucheng. If there is any difficulty with second aunt and Guobao, please let someone tell me. Although I am young, I am still a good boy.

Please also ask Second Aunt not to treat me as an outsider."

"Okay, I'm very happy with your words."

This Xie Ronghui is currently the best-educated among the younger generations of the Xie family. Even my husband said that Brother Hui will be a good scholar in the future.

Although Liu Ruolan is not on good terms with her eldest brother, she is not stupid. She knows that she is now the wife of the Xie family. If the Xie family can have one or two more promising sons, it will naturally be a good thing for the family to prosper.

Besides, Xie Ronghui himself doesn't have any bad habits. Liu Ruolan can't say she likes him very much, but she doesn't find him too repulsive.

After Liu Ruolan calmed down, she thought that people would indeed change.

At the beginning, she was worried that her husband would only be a teacher for the rest of his life. If the eldest daughter-in-law had a scholar in the future, their second wife would be even more miserable. At that time, she would occasionally hope that Xie Ronghui would not be selected as a scholar.

, at least their second wife still has a little status in the family.

Of course, looking back, she had never thought of doing anything to hurt Xie Ronghui.

It was Gao and Xie Rongrong who did the wrong thing. She has always been able to tell which one is right and which one is wrong.

Now talking to Xie Ronghui again, Liu Ruolan found that she had not been as petty as before for a long time.

Perhaps it was because her husband was studying at Mingshan Academy and would definitely be able to go to high school in the future; perhaps it was because she really saw this sensible nephew that she no longer focused on putting others down.

In fact, Liu Ruolan may not be able to understand it herself, but Xie Rongzhao can see through it at a glance.

To put it bluntly, Liu Ruolan now has the confidence and gained some knowledge, so naturally she will no longer stick to small profits.

Xie Ronghui only stayed at home for two days before leaving again.

Grandma Xie and Mrs. Gao prepared a lot of delicious food for him, but when Xie Ronghui went out, they secretly gave Xie Rongen some snacks.

"You should take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home, especially Xiaoguaibao. She is the youngest, and your second uncle is not at home to protect you. You should be more attentive."

"I know, brother."

Time flies by so fast, and it’s mid-November in a blink of an eye.

The weather is getting colder and colder.

Although Gaoyang County is located in the south, the winter here is also very cold.

The Xie family also stocked up on some charcoal early and bought it directly from their relatives. There is a family in the Xie family who can make charcoal, and they do it very well. When burned in the house, the smoke is very small and it does not choke.

Although the Xie family bought a lot, they were very economical when using them.

Firstly, it is because the Xie family has a large population, and secondly, because the price of charcoal is not cheap.

In previous years, the second wife probably wouldn't be able to get much charcoal, and Liu Ruolan would have to use her dowry money to supplement the money every year in order to survive a less cold winter.

But this year is different.

The third room received a lot of charcoal, which naturally made Gao a little dissatisfied.

The second bedroom only has one daughter, and Xie Xiuwen is not at home now; and the third bedroom only has two sons. To put it bluntly, when the weather gets colder, a family of four can sleep together in one room, even if they are separated.

Just two more rooms would be enough.

But what about the long house?

Mrs. Gao could just count it on her fingers. The eldest family member had a son and a daughter, and together with their husband and wife, naturally the most charcoal should be used.

Mrs. Gao was dissatisfied and complained to Grandma Xie.

Grandma Xie didn't even look at her, she just said lightly: "If you feel that there is less charcoal, you can use your own money to buy it."

With just one sentence, Mr. Gao was stopped there.

The Gao family's family background is average. It can't be said to be very good, but they can still get by.

But after so many years since she married into the Xie family, when had she ever used her own money to support her eldest son's house?

She was not happy, but now that the old lady's attitude was showing, she had no choice but to use it first.

Xie Rongzhao knew that this winter would be very cold, and it would even snow here.

For the south, snow is a wonderful sight, and it may not happen even once every ten years.

Xie Rongzhao originally wanted to persuade his mother to save more charcoal, but seeing that the amount of charcoal allocated to their second room was quite large, he no longer bothered with it.

You need to save more charcoal, and you also need to save food.

The Xie family is not short of food. After all, they have hundreds of acres of farmland. However, they sold a lot of it in the autumn, and the remaining food is enough to last until next autumn.

Xie Rongzhao is not worried about the food and drink of Xie's family. She is thinking that both restaurants must save some in advance.

Liu Ruolan still trusted her daughter's words. Besides, it was normal to save some food when running a restaurant business.

Liu Laoer and Xie Laosan went everywhere to buy food every day for more than ten days, mainly wheat and rice.

The reason why I didn’t buy white rice and flour directly was because the price was too high, and I also felt that wheat and rice were easier to store.

Xie Rongzhao is now a little rich woman, and she has as much as five taels of silver in her hands.

In addition to the financial support given by the elders of her maternal grandfather's family, there was also a little money she begged from Liu Alan.

The braised vegetable restaurant was doing well, and Xie Rongzhao originally thought that her father's money problem for studying had been solved. However, later at Cheng's house, she overheard a conversation between Cheng Jingzhou and Cheng's father, and she realized how expensive studying was.

Xie Rongzhao flipped through the small account book he kept and said with a sad look on his face: "If it were a study tour, the money would be far from enough!"
Chapter completed!