Qin Shan was so drunk that as soon as he stepped out of the room with his front foot, he tripped on the threshold with his back foot. He fell heavily and chewed the mud, and there was no movement for a while.

Lin Qiuniang was so frightened that she thought he had broken down, so she rushed towards him with weak hands and feet. Before she could squat down to help him, she heard him snoring one after another, and he was obviously asleep.

She sat down on the ground and slapped him on the back angrily: "Be as virtuous as a pig!"

At this time, people who were busy next door heard the noise and thought Qin Shan was drunk and went crazy, so they hurried over to persuade him. When they saw Qin Shan lying on the ground snoring, they were speechless for a moment.

The guys spent a lot of effort to help Qin Shan to the bed. Qin Taohua asked in confusion: "Sister-in-law, doesn't the eldest brother have good wine and never gets drunk? How did I hear him shouting about beating and killing just now?"

Lin Qiuniang looked embarrassed, how could she dare to tell the truth: "Who knows, maybe he is older, I didn't even hear what he was yelling about."

Qin Taohua was a little worried and reminded: "Then you should watch more, lest you vomit later and choke yourself. Let me drink less in the future."

Lin Qiuniang responded repeatedly, feeling filled with emotion.

When she was young, this aunt didn't want to see her, nor did she want to see her husband, her eldest brother. Whenever they met, they would always quarrel with each other. Gradually, as everyone got older, their relationship became harmonious. My aunt was not so attentive in the past.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, everyone went back to work next door. Qin Xiaoxiao was left behind by Lin Qiuniang, who asked her to help Qin Shan turn over so that she could clean him up, but the smell of alcohol on his body was too strong.

After finally finishing it, the mother and daughter were sweating all over.

Lin Qiuniang wiped her face and whispered to her daughter: "I won't tell your father about you and Mr. Jing. It's just that your father has a lot of opinions about Mr. Jing. It's just that you don't have that intention towards him. If you do, it's not your father's fault.

It’s not easy.”

As she said that, she explained the reason why Qin Shan became drunk and crazy.

"Mom, why does dad have a prejudice against Brother Li? Over the years, I have seen that Brother Li has never been rude to dad." Qin Xiaoxiao was puzzled and couldn't help but ask this question, which confused her.

long-standing problem.

"Why else? Of course it's because of you." Lin Qiuniang nodded her forehead and told what she had forgotten: "Back then, you and your father went to the city to sell dates, and Mr. Jing somehow took a fancy to it.

If you ask your father to sell you to him, you will make your father angry."

Angry or secondly, the main reason is that Mr. Jing is not an ordinary child at first glance. Facing such a child from a powerful family? How can a husband who wants to protect his daughter from growing up safely not be afraid?

Later, Xiaoxiao and Mr. Jing became friends, and her husband was worried that she would be bullied and wronged. If this happened? As a father, he would not even be able to stand up for her.

It's hard to believe that Mr. Jing is sincerely interested in Xiaoxiao. Before her husband can breathe a sigh of relief? The two of them are getting older day by day. But Mr. Jing still refuses to marry a wife? He doesn't pay much attention to the defense of men and women against Xiaoxiao.

If I don't wait to see you, I won't be able to suppress it anymore.

"This, this is really true..." Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know what to say. Her heart was only moved by her father's loving heart.

"Xiaoxiao, there are no outsiders here? You must be honest with mother." Lin Qiuniang touched her daughter's flawless face and asked cautiously: "Do you only have a brother-sister relationship with Mr. Jing?"

"Mom, what is the love between brother and sister? I have always regarded Brother Li as my older brother." Qin Xiaoxiao said helplessly: "Otherwise, when he expressed his feelings, shouldn't I have agreed?"

Lin Qiuniang was noncommittal but continued to ask: "If Mr. Jing marries a wife, will you feel uncomfortable?"

Qin Xiaoxiao thought about it for a moment and said hesitantly: "Is that so? Brother Li has married a wife? I can't just look for him. It won't be long before I'm not that important in his heart."

Speaking of which, she felt a little depressed.

"Huh? Your girl's feelings for Mr. Jing? You haven't figured it out yet." Lin Qiuniang vaguely knew her daughter's thoughts, but she didn't make it clear: "You think about this slowly? No one will rush you to make a decision.

.If your father finds out and says something unpleasant, don’t worry about it."

"Mom, don't worry, I definitely won't." Qin Xiaoxiao said playfully: "If I get into trouble with my father, he will definitely think that I am doing it for brother Li. Then he will be so angry that he will settle the score with brother Li. I will be caught in the middle.

It’s so embarrassing.”

Lin Qiuniang imagined what she said and burst into laughter: "With your father's temperament, this is indeed something he can do."

On the big bed not far away, Qin Shan was snoring like thunder. If he hadn't slept so deeply, he wouldn't have missed this good opportunity to fight with each other again.

After finishing Xueya's engagement banquet, the Qin family got busy with the autumn harvest. With the presence of the Chen family and his son this year, everyone felt a lot more relaxed. It only took half a month to dry all the grain and put it into the warehouse.

All the Qin family's fields were invested in Qin He's name, so they did not have to pay grain taxes. The same was true for the other forty households in Qingshan Village who invested their fields in Qin He's name.

According to the original agreement, the people who surrendered to the fields had to give half of their grain to Qinhe every year. This was also allowed by the imperial court. It was regarded as a benefit to the officials of the dynasty and curbed corruption to a certain extent.

However, such benefits are only available to people with Jinshi background, and each person can only invest a maximum of 300 acres in their name. Otherwise, if all the farmers invest their fields in the name of Jinshi or Juren, the court will not be able to collect taxes.

This year Qin He's family went to Yuncheng, and the villagers converted the grain into money as usual based on this year's grain prices and gave it to Mr. Qin.

Qin Xiaoxiao tallied up the money collected one by one, made a book and handed it to Mr. Qin: "Grandpa, the total is twenty-two taels of silver and twenty cents."

Half-percent grain was not much in the first place, and the half-harvest for more than 40 households only amounted to more than 20 taels of silver, which was not much different from previous years.

"Girl, it's time to collect the rent from your farm." Mr. Qin took the money and account books and said to his granddaughter with a smile: "When you come back, don't forget to bring two braised pig heads for grandpa to drink with."

Qin Xiaoxiao slapped her forehead fiercely and shouted, "I don't even remember this unless grandpa mentioned it, and I don't know if all the grain in the village has been harvested."

Mr. Qin laughed loudly: "You are a little kid who thinks about reading and writing and making delicious food every day. It's strange that you can remember such mundane things as collecting rent."

"Grandpa, you are always chasing me!" Qin Xiaoxiao refused, grabbing Mr. Qin's coquettishness: "Your granddaughter also grew up eating the fireworks of the world, but she can't live without gold and silver and other worldly things."

Mr. Qin laughed again and said, "Don't worry. The day before yesterday, your father asked Mr. Chen to go to the farm to inform the tenants that they have paid the rent. You will be able to collect it tomorrow if you go there."

"Hmm, after collecting the rent tomorrow, I will buy two of the largest braised pig heads for grandpa." Qin Xiaoxiao coaxed Mr. Qin, making him smile happily.

When Mr. Qin returned to the room with the money account book, Qin Xiaoxiao also rubbed her hands and returned to the room. She found her exclusive account book, which recorded the accounts of the farm in the previous two years.

She turned to a blank page and just wrote the date on it when Hu Qingqing's voice came from outside: "Xiaoxiao, I'm here to accompany you."

Qin Xiaoxiao raised her head in surprise and saw her cousin rushing into the room carrying a small baggage, followed by Little Tailiu Jin: "Sister Qingqing, Liujin, why are you here at this hour?"

It was almost dark outside, and this was the first time that the siblings came to the house as guests in the dark.

"What's wrong at this hour? I can't be a guest at your house at this hour?" Hu Qingqing put the bag on the desk and sat down on the stool.

Hearing that something was wrong in her tone, especially the redness at the corners of her eyes, Qin Xiaoxiao frowned, looked at Liu Jin who was standing motionless, and gave him a questioning look.

Liu Jin pointed at his sister, mouthing the words "mother" and "quarrel", then sat down silently and kept glancing into Qin Xiaoxiao's water glass. It was obvious that he was thirsty and did not dare to go in.

I brought it up in front of my sister who was in a bad mood.

"You must be hungry after walking such a long way. I'm going to get some snacks for you." Qin Xiaoxiao said and went out to prepare tea and snacks.

Liujin was very clever. When he saw this, he followed quietly without disturbing Hu Qingqing, who was still feeling uncomfortable.

"What happened to your sister? Why did you quarrel with my sister-in-law?" Qin Xiaoxiao took Liujin directly to the stove house, poured a glass of warm water and handed it to him.

Liu Jin raised his head and purred, wiped his mouth and said, "My mother has fallen in love with someone for my sister, and she is going to let him come to see her someday. My sister found out and disagreed, so she started to quarrel with my mother."

Qin Xiaoxiao wondered: "It's not like your sister doesn't object to seeing each other, why doesn't she even want to see her? She even got into a quarrel with my sister-in-law."

Hearing this, Liujin glanced outside the door cautiously. Seeing that there was no one else around, he said pitifully: "Cousin, I know what's going on, but you can't tell your sister that it was me who said it. She will definitely know it."

Beat me to death."

His timid appearance made Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but want to laugh. Out of concern for her cousin, she held back and promised her little cousin: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Liujin still believed this. He came up to Qin Xiaoxiao and said mysteriously: "My sister is in love, that's why she doesn't want to see her."

Qin Xiaoxiao's expression changed, and he scolded sternly: "Six pounds, no nonsense!"

Liujin curled his lips: "I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, just ask her directly later, but she may not tell you."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be innocent, Qin Xiaoxiao was surprised and asked in a low voice: "How do you know that your sister is in love? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Liu Jin shook his head: "That's not true. I discovered that she secretly made a pair of men's shoes. Later, when she went to the city, the shoes disappeared and there was a wooden hairpin on her head."

Speaking of wooden hairpins, he said angrily: "My sister doesn't like wooden hairpins. The ones on the dressing table are either copper hairpins or silver hairpins. There are also jade hairpins you gave me, but she treats that wooden hairpin like a treasure every day."

Holding the silly music, it turned out to be a gift from her sweetheart! Humph, I just gave you a piece of broken wood, that guy must be very poor, maybe because he sees my sister being easy to deceive, he wants to use a wooden hairpin to trap her. "

Qin Xiaoxiao was speechless after hearing this. This guy's analysis was so reasonable.

"Cousin, you have a good relationship with my sister. She listens to you the most. Please help me persuade her to stop being stupid!" Seeing that she didn't speak, Liu Jin said anxiously.

Qin Xiaoxiao put aside all her thoughts and rubbed his head: "Don't worry, I won't let your sister suffer."

Liujin breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

Although his sister was very fierce, always scaring him and beating him when he was young, and taking care of him like a mother when he grew up, he only had this sister. In the past, he was bullied by the older children in the village, and she always helped him.

He regained his place.

No matter how much he hates his sister, he will not let outsiders bully her.

When the two returned to the room with refreshments, they saw Hu Qingqing still maintaining the same posture as before, with her head lowered and silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Sister Qingqing, let's drink some water and eat something." Qin Xiaoxiao put the tea in front of her and gently pushed the teacup over: "If you have anything to eat first, let's talk about it."

Hu Qingqing did not refuse. She picked up the tea cup and took a few sips, but she couldn't eat the snacks.

Seeing this, Liu Jin used both his left and right hands to fight and grabbed two handfuls of snacks: "You guys chat slowly, I'll go out to find Rhubarb and the others." After saying that, he ran away without looking back.

Qin Xiaoxiao got up and closed the door and window, pulled Hu Qingqing to the inner room, and sat down side by side on the bed: "Sister Qingqing, there is no one else here. If you have any grievances, just tell me. I won't tell anyone."

Hu Qingqing looked at her and suddenly cried "Wow": "Xiaoxiao, I don't want to go on a blind date, I don't want to marry a man who I may have only met once or twice and don't know him at all. But, why is my mother...

She doesn't want to listen to my thoughts, she just wants to force me... I don't want to quarrel with her, or say anything that hurts her heart, I don't want to..."

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly hugged her, patted her shoulder and comforted her: "I know, I know that you have always listened to my sister-in-law and never let her worry about you... My sister-in-law couldn't turn around for a while, thinking that you were willing

Comply with her arrangements as before, and explain it clearly to my sister-in-law when you go back, and she will understand."

Hu Qingqing shook her head and said with a sad smile: "No, my mother's temperament may seem weak, but she is actually stubborn. She thinks she is doing it for my own good. I just need to listen to her and do what she wants.

She thought that I was young and thought of all the things I said, and I would be honest after learning a lesson..."

Qin Xiaoxiao was so distressed that she could only slowly explain: "My sister-in-law was also young, so I must have suffered such a loss, so I was worried that you would be the same, so I couldn't help but put the experience I gained into you. I don't know how to do this.

It’s not suitable for you, I can’t blame her, let alone you.”

"Wow, Xiaoxiao, I envy you so much, I really envy you! My uncle and aunt are open-minded. As long as it is for your good, they will do it even if it seems ridiculous to outsiders."
Chapter completed!