Two years ago, under the persuasion of their descendants, Mr. Qin and Mrs. Miao finally agreed to move out of their increasingly dilapidated old house and live with Qin Xiaoxiao's family of three.

As soon as she got home, Lin Qiuniang took Qin Xiaoxiao to the vegetable garden with a basket on the pretext of picking vegetables for dinner, so that Qin Shan could discuss with Mr. Qin whether to tell Qin Xiaoxiao about her life experience.

After hearing what happened to the Lin family, Mr. Qin's face turned ugly. For the first time, he felt dissatisfied with the Lin family: "Marrying a wife is unethical and brings disaster to three generations. This Fang family disrespects the elders and repeatedly commits bad crimes. Your Yue family will definitely have big troubles sooner or later."

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After all, it is his in-laws who have treated him like his son-in-law over the years. Qin Shan said with a smile: "My father-in-law and mother-in-law are getting older, so they just want to make everything prosperous. Not everyone is as courageous as my father."

Mr. Qin glanced at him and got down to business: "Your wife is right. Xiaoxiao, this kid is very thoughtful, and I'm already suspicious of him."

Qin Shan accepted the fact that his daughter had become suspicious, and asked hesitantly: "Dad, shall we tell Xiaoxiao the truth?"

Mr. Qin looked at the sunset on the horizon and shook his head: "No need, Xiaoxiao didn't ask, either because he didn't take it to heart, or because he was afraid that if he told the truth, he would be estranged from us. Let's just pretend that it's nothing like this. What will happen in the future?"

That’s it.”

Qin Shan was convinced by Mr. Qin as always, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I won't tell you, unless the girl asks about it herself."

Mr. Qin saw his eldest son's thoughts and said with rare comfort: "The people who went to the village to inquire about Xiaoxiao's life experience spoke from the Le'an area. Xiaoxiao's biological parents should not be far from us. They have not been here for more than ten years.

It will be impossible to find him in the future."

These words greatly comforted Qin Shan, but they also made his eyes red: "Dad, to be honest, I just didn't raise Xiaoxiao at the beginning. After raising half of it, I will give it back to her biological parents. I,

What else will I enjoy in the rest of my life?"

This time, Mr. Qin did not say anything disgusting. He stretched out his hand and patted his son who was suddenly fragile: "You treat Xiaoxiao as my own, and Xiaoxiao treats you as my closest relatives. That's enough."

Qin Shan nodded and wiped his eyes.

Then he thought of what happened on the edge of Qinghu Lake and said hurriedly: "Dad, Xiaoxiao seems to know that she is pregnant with good luck. Just now, under the eyes of me and Qiuniang, she fished a fish with bare hands and fed it to Kurono.

raccoon."

Mr. Qin looked at his eldest son with a look that looked like a fool: "You only know now?"

Qin Shan didn't want to admit that he was stupid, so he said plausibly: "Xiaoxiao didn't say anything, how could I know that she already knew."

Mr. Qin didn't know what to say. Finally, he touched the back of his eldest son's head with pity and said, "It's your mother who failed to live up to her expectations. She only gave you a stupid big boy instead of a good brain. I can't blame you."

Qin Shan: "..."

In the vegetable garden, Qin Xiaoxiao neatly caught the green vegetable bugs and threw them into the bucket, intending to take them home to feed the chickens. Little did she know that Qin Shan was struck by Mr. Qin because of her and had doubts about his life.

Rhubarb ran over from somewhere else, thinking that the owner had caught something good, so he put his head directly into the bucket and sniffed around. As a result, a big green insect as thick as an index finger crawled onto his nose.

It shook its head but failed to shake off the big caterpillar, so it had to stick out its tongue, roll the big caterpillar into its mouth and spit it out.

However, the tender flesh and thin skin of the big caterpillar will break when touched. Green blood mixed with black internal organs smeared around the big yellow's mouth, which looked dirty and disgusting.

"Rhubarb, don't lick it!" Qin Xiaoxiao quickly held the dog's mouth to prevent its tongue from moving, and picked two vegetable leaves to wipe its mouth.

"Woo~" Dahuang stood there obediently and allowed his master to move. The white hair around his mouth that was stained by green gradually returned to its original color.

"You, you are so old, but you are still so curious..." Qin Xiaoxiao taught the dog, gently and carefully, fearing to knock out the few remaining teeth of the dog.

"What happened to Da Hei?" Lin Qiuniang came back with water and asked nervously when she saw her daughter's movements. She clearly remembered that this time last year, Da Hei Lao died in the nest, and her daughter cried bitterly while holding it.

If burning incense and praying to Buddha worked, she wished she could go to the temple and ask Bodhisattva to bless Rhubarb for a long life. She didn't want to see her daughter being so sad that she couldn't eat for more than half a month.

"It's nothing, it's just that the mouth was dirty because of eating randomly, I'll wipe it." Qin Xiao smiled and replied, took the dog to the bucket and washed its mouth.

As Dahuang got older, not only did his fur turn white, but his eyes also changed, as if he was well versed in the world. However, when he looked at Qin Xiaoxiao, he was as gentle and gentle as ever and had never changed.

Qin Xiaoxiao seemed to be aware of it and tapped on its forehead: "You must be obedient and don't put anything in your mouth. You must accompany me in the spring, autumn, winter and summer of next year."

"Woo~" Dahuang shook his tail and rested his head gently on her leg, as if he was telling something.

Lin Qiuniang looked at this scene and wanted to say something but held back.

The mother and daughter, one watering the house and the other catching insects, worked for a while before they finished the work.

On my way back, I passed a cemetery with lush vegetation. A plump hare was startled, jumped out of the cemetery with its legs spread, and galloped forward.

Rhubarb reacted a step too slowly, and it was already too late to pounce on it and give chase. He could only watch blankly as the hare ran further and further away, its semi-erected tail gradually drooping.

Qin Xiaoxiao rubbed the dog's head and thought silently to comfort her. She prayed in her heart for many times that the dog could stay with her longer.

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When he went back to his room to rest in the evening, Qin Shan told Lin Qiuniang what Mr. Qin meant. Lin Qiuniang also breathed a sigh of relief, and her mood was obviously much better: "We listen to dad, just smile and don't ask, and we won't talk."

Qin Shan responded and then asked: "This girl already knew that she was lucky, but she didn't tell us. Do you think she already knew that she was not born to us?"

Lin Qiuniang stopped making the bed and whispered: "Maybe, people in the village are so talkative, maybe the news has already reached Xiaoxiao's ears."

Qin Shan was silent for a moment and walked back and forth in the room twice: "It's good, that's all."

Lin Qiuniang also thought this was good, and put down the curtain with a smile: "Just rest, I have to get up early tomorrow."

Qin Shan put out the lights, took off his shoes and lay on the bed: "The money I received this year is about 400 taels. With the income from the farm and shop, it will be enough to buy a large farm of 100 acres in three to five years."

Lin Qiuniang closed her eyes and said with a hint of sleepiness in her voice: "If you find something suitable, buy it. I am happy to be a landlord."

Qin Shan hummed: "Some people outside are urging us to keep the money from the farm shop in our hands. Don't they just think that if Xiaoxiao is recognized one day, we will be in vain? I want to let them see that we do this

That’s right!”

Lin Qiuniang took a very open view and said: "These things will not be taken with you in life or death. Who else can we leave them to except Xiaoxiao? You don't have to be serious with them."

"It won't work if we don't take it seriously. We have to make them lose their temper, so as not to say sarcastic words all day long."

"Okay, okay, do whatever you want, I'm going to sleep."

"Let's keep nagging. This time we go back to the capital. At least we will be delayed for three to five days. How can we sleep if we don't chat enough?"

Lin Qiuniang was too lazy to pay attention to him, turned over and rolled up under the thin quilt and fell asleep.

Qin Shan rambled on for a long time, until he was too sleepy to open his eyes and finally closed his mouth.

The next morning, Qin Shan drove a carriage with Qin Xiaoxiao and four others towards the capital.

The winding mountain road is no different from what it was ten years ago, the only difference is that it has become much smoother.

In the past ten years, the Qin family has spent a sum of money every year to hire people to maintain this road, firstly to facilitate themselves and others, and secondly to accumulate virtue. Because of this, the Qin family's reputation has become better and better.

After a smooth journey to the capital, the carriage stopped in front of a mansion in Nancheng under the afterglow of the setting sun.

It was not easy to live in the capital, and the Hanlin Academy was a Qingshui Yamen. Qinhe's salary was very little to support his family and a few servants.

Li Yingran had a lot of dowry, including a three-bedroom house. But Qin He was an official after all, so it was inevitable that people would gossip about the house where his wife was dowed, so after the family moved out of Zhuangyuan Mansion, they rented a house for three years.

Fortunately, with the proceeds from selling dates and jujube saplings, I finally saved up enough money two years ago to buy this small mansion that was barely big enough to live in.

Before they could get off the carriage, the porter ran over and saluted: "I would like to pay my respects to the great master!"

Qin Shan waved his hand and threw the whip to him: "Is your master and his wife at home? The old master and his wife are here too."

"Here, we are all here, just about to have dinner." The porter replied, quickly came to the carriage, and together with Qin Shan helped Mr. Qin and Mrs. Miao down.

The group of people entered through the gate, and as soon as they walked into the yard, Qin He and his wife came out with their three children.

"Sister!" The oldest boy rushed over quickly and threw himself into Qin Xiaoxiao's arms: "Sister, why did you come just now? Mo'er misses you!"

Qin Shan took two steps back after being hit, and quickly stabilized the little guy: "Sister is busy picking dates for Mo'er. The jujubes that were sent to me a few days ago were picked by my sister one by one for you.

Woolen cloth!"
Chapter completed!