Chapter 525
Qin Xiaoxiao is not a pretentious person. When he and Jing Heng finalized the embroidery pattern on the wedding dress, he began to look forward to his appearance in the wedding dress, and gradually accepted the fact that he was about to get married.
In the blink of an eye, the twelfth lunar month entered, and the weather became colder day by day. After a knee-deep snow, Qin Xiaoxiao became more and more stuck in bed, wishing he could stick to the bed and never separate again.
Although Lin Qiuniang always said that she was too lazy to get cramps and praised other girls for being diligent and getting up early to do laundry, cooking, chopping wood and feeding pigs, she never asked her to get up to work, and sometimes she even brought the food to her bed for food.
Xue Ya couldn't stand it and said a lot of sorrow in front of her. That morning she even ran over and lifted her quilt: "Get up, go with me to buy things in the city."
Qin Xiaoxiao snatched the quilt in a hurry, hugged in the corner and asked, "What to buy? Can't you buy it alone?"
Xue Ya gave her a blank look: "A few days will be my happy day. You must not prepare this wedding cake, candy, tea and wine in advance. And my house has nothing else except tables, chairs, beds and cabinets. I plan to buy some silk cloth or other decorations."
After saying that, she looked at the simple but elegant house, and said a little awkwardly: "You are used to being able to make these fancy things. You have to do my new house for me."
This righteous tone made Qin Xiaoxiao embarrassed to refuse, so he had to get up and put on his clothes: "Okay, you go back first, I'll go find you after dinner."
Xue Ya had already had breakfast. When she heard her say this, she couldn't help but say disgusted: "It's a blessing that uncle and the others are spoiling you. If it were other people, they would definitely be beaten every day."
Qin Xiaoxiao was not ashamed, but proud: "So people say I am lucky, but most people can't envy you."
This sluggish tone made Xue Ya feel a little itchy: "Don't be proud, the rules in the princess's mansion are so big, and you will feel better when you get married."
Qin Xiaoxiao knew that wealthy families had rules to settle the province in the morning and evening, and felt that this was indeed a big problem.
She didn't want Xue Ya to see her guilty heart and said confidently: "Your Highness the Princess is different from others. There are not so many rules. If you don't want to use these to suppress me, don't worry."
Xue Ya snorted: "It's not me who married Gao, it's not me who wants to have a headache with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. What's wrong with me?"
Qin Xiaoxiao understood that she was caring for herself, and couldn't help but look at her with a smile, showing a "I understand".
Xue Ya was uncomfortable when she saw it, so she threw down the words "Come back in a while" and ran away.
Qin Xiaoxiao got up a little bit early and had breakfast with everyone, which surprised the others for a while, thinking that her lazy tendons were finally stopped.
When Qin Shan learned that she was going to accompany Xue Ya to the city to buy things for marriage, he took a bite of the cake in dissatisfaction and said vaguely: "The couple is so inappropriate. Even Xue Ya has to do these things by herself."
Mr. Qin was also very unhappy and instructed: "It's very windy outside. If you have nothing to do, send them there. Don't freeze the two girls. There is also a second child, you can pull him up. If he doesn't go, you can clean up."
Qin Shan was very happy to deal with his brother's affairs and responded: "Okay, go and call him after you finish eating."
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't want to miss the reaction of her second uncle and second aunt, so she quickly started drinking the porridge. However, the porridge that had just been out of the pot was too hot, and the moment she swallowed it, it burned directly to her throat, and she almost cried out with a "wow".
"Eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you!" Lin Qiuniang was angry and anxious, and quickly brought a glass of cold water and let her drink it slowly.
"Does it still hurt?" The others looked worried, afraid that her throat would be burned.
"No, it doesn't hurt anymore." Qin Xiaoxiao slowly swallowed the last sip of cold water, and the scorching pain in his throat gradually disappeared, with tears hanging down at the corners of his eyes, looking pitiful.
"As such a big person, it's not worry-free at all!" Lin Qiuniang put the cold porridge in front of her and taught her a lesson in anger.
Qin Xiaoxiao was scolded honestly while drinking the warm porridge, and suddenly understood why Xueya was worried about her.
In this family, she is the treasure of her parents and grandparents. She was just a sip of porridge and was burned. They were even more nervous than her and even treated her as a child to take care of her. In the future, can she adapt to such a gap when she lives in the princess’s house?
After dinner, Qin Shan went to the next door and asked Qin Chuan to go to the city with him.
Qin Chuan felt the cold and troublesome, so he refused to move. Until Qin Shan moved out, Mr. Qin had to change his clothes, ask Zhao Cao'er for a few taels of silver, and climbed onto the carriage in shame.
Xue Ya didn't care whether he would go or not, so she discussed with Qin Xiaoxiao how to decorate her new house in the car.
Qin Xiaoxiao has been to the new house several times. He already knows how to decorate it, so he said his thoughts.
After hearing this, Xue Ya thought it was very good. She agreed without saying a word and asked her to buy whatever she wanted to use when she got to the city without saving her money.
Before she split the family, she got 400 taels of silver, built a house, made furniture, bought pots, pans, and brides for An's family, etc., and spent about 80 taels. After finishing the marriage, she thought she would still be 300 taels left.
Later, Dabao secretly gave her some silver, and the total amount was quite considerable. As long as she didn't spend too much money, the silver would be enough for her to eat and drink for decades.
When they arrived in the city, Qin Shan and Qin Chuan went to the shop to buy wedding cakes, sugar, tea, wine and other items, while Qin Xiaoxiao and Xueya went to the cloth shop to select materials. They went to the Meng family's cloth shop, and the fabrics inside were of various colors and could buy all the bed, curtains, windows, etc.
"Miss Qin is here. This is the new material that my previous owner has just dyed. It is very suitable for making spring shirts. I will show you." The guy warmly welcomed the two sisters and hurriedly went to the shelf to get the sample cloth of the new material.
"Aren't the shopkeeper here today?" Before, they were all shopkeepers who came here to entertain him, but this time they didn't see anyone, Qin Xiaoxiao asked casually.
"A big customer just arrived, and the shopkeeper was in the guest room." The guy replied, "I guess the negotiation is about to be completed, and the shopkeeper will come out in a while.
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded without asking any more questions.
Most of the customers who can go to the guest room to talk to the cloth shops in other counties and towns want to get goods from here. The cloth shop opened by the Meng family sells well in bulk, and sells it in batches to other cloth shops better.
Soon the guy placed more than a dozen sample cloths in front of Qin Xiaoxiao and Xueya. The samples were of different colors and were very bright. They were very suitable for girls of the age of Qin Xiaoxiao. It was really good to use them to make spring shirts.
Xueya was also very moved. Even though she was not short of spring shirts for the time being, she still wanted to buy some to make new clothes, so she pointed to a piece of bright yellow and grass-green material and said, "Everything is cut."
After saying that, she asked Qin Xiaoxiao: "Which color do you like? I'll buy it for you."
"Don't, I'll buy it myself." Qin Xiaoxiao rejected Xue Ya, then pointed to three of them and said, "There are ones in each of these four colors." Finally, he pointed to an indigo and said, "This one comes two, no, one comes."
Xue Ya rolled her eyes when she saw it.
This color and texture are obviously bought for someone. I can’t even make a veil well, and I want to make clothes for others. Not to mention one, I can’t make a decent dress even if I get ten. It’s really a waste of this good material.
Qin Xiaoxiao sat aside and waited no matter what she thought.
At this time, the door of the guest room opened and a young man walked out. The man was surrounded by a thick fur scarf, covering his lower half of his face, only revealing his high nose bridge and a pair of breathtaking eyes.
"Shopkeeper Qian, that's all. I'll get the goods in three days." He said politely to the shopkeeper, with obvious joy between his eyebrows and eyes, and obviously very satisfied with the deal.
Qin Xiaoxiao, who had originally glanced at him casually, must have stared at him tightly when he heard the man's voice, trying to verify her guess from the upper half of her face.
"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you?" Seeing her staring at a strange man without turning around, Xueya was afraid that someone would notice it and quickly pulled her sleeve.
Qin Xiaoxiao came to his senses, and his eyes did not leave the man at all: "Tell me to you later."
Xue Ya felt something was wrong, so she looked at the man who was talking to the shopkeeper, but she didn't see anything wrong.
The young man seemed to have some awareness and looked towards Qin Xiaoxiao. After seeing her appearance clearly, his eyes flashed for a moment, and then he moved away as if he was not aware of it and said goodbye to the shopkeeper.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Qin Xiaoxiao subconsciously stood up. After hesitating for a while, he did not rush up to stop people, and watched him disappear into the coming and going.
Xue Ya was confused and did not make any noise in front of the shopkeeper and the clerk.
Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to confirm her guess. After greeting the shopkeeper, she asked calmly: "I heard that this big customer seems to be from our Le'an. Could it be that he will sell the goods here in the city?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Yes, he is a city man. He used to run business outside. This time he came to our shop to buy goods and sold them elsewhere."
Qin Xiaoxiao sighed: "Looking at her young age, it is rare to have such a spirit of adventure."
The shopkeeper didn't think much and nodded, "Yes, he is only seventeen years old, which is not easy."
Seventeen years old... Li Ming, whose household registration was taken away by Li Zhao, happened to be seventeen years old. Many coincidences appear on the same person, so it is not a coincidence.
Qin Xiaoxiao concluded that this person was Li Zhao who had been missing for nearly half a year, but he didn't expect that he would come back!
After paying the money and getting the materials to buy, the two sisters left the Meng Family Fabric Village.
Xue Ya, who had been holding it in for a long time, couldn't help it and asked in a low voice: "Who is that person? Could it be that you have had an entanglement with you before?"
Qin Xiaoxiao felt a mess in her heart, not hiding it: "He is Li Zhao."
Xue Ya suddenly widened her eyes and stopped and asked, "Are you sure?"
Qin Xiaoxiao's forehead hurts: "It's him, there's no mistake."
Xue Ya said angrily: "Why didn't you say it earlier? He made Qingqing so hard. We should catch him and clean up!"
Qin Xiaoxiao waved his hand: "Forget it, Sister Qingqing finally let it go. If there is no such person as him, if we deal with him and make a big deal, Sister Qingqing will not end."
Xue Ya thought about it and felt it made sense, and said angrily: "It's such a scumbag!"
He cheated Qingqing so badly, almost ruined his life. This scumbag's character is not much better. Moreover, everyone has returned, but he has not apologized to Qingqing. It can be seen that he has never given any sincerity to Qingqing. This is indeed impossible to let Qingqing know, so as not to suffer again.
The two sisters reached an agreement and decided to conceal the incident of Li Zhao's appearance in the county town from Hu Qingqing.
When they met such a bad person, the two of them were inevitably affected when they went shopping. They simply went straight to the shop to buy what they wanted to buy, and went to the place they had agreed to meet with Qinshan and Qinchuan.
When it was getting home, it was still early. Qin Xiaoxiao carried the ladder and went to her new home with Xue Ya. After measuring the size of the window curtain and bed tent, the two of them began to cut it.
After cutting, Qin Xiaoxiao picked up the needle and thread and asked for help. Xueya thought her needlework was not good, so she drove her aside and collected the edges of the bed curtain and tents one by one.
Qin Xiaoxiao was free, so he used a rag head to practice embroidery skills. Compared to the time when he was not good at making a piece of handkerchief, he practiced intermittently and his stitches became more even.
Xue Ya had to do a lot of needlework, and it was not done until the afternoon of the third day. The two sisters hung up the bed curtains and window curtains. The originally cold room was filled with warmth and elegantness.
Qin Xiaoxiao was very satisfied and said proudly: "Don't hit me in the future, I'm not as good as my sewing work. You can't compare to my house."
Xue Ya snorted: "It's not that difficult. As long as I'm willing to spend time, I will definitely look better than you."
Qin Xiaoxiao was too lazy to compete with her. Looking at the fiery red bed tent, the words "Bridal chamber night" popped up in his mind, and asked curiously: "Sister Xueya, do you know what the wedding night is like?"
When Xue Ya heard this, her face became not very good: "Don't ask if you don't know, you will know what you should know."
Qin Xiaoxiao was not willing to be perfunctory by her. She stepped forward and held her arm and acted coquettishly: "Sister Xueya, just tell me, only our sisters here, there will be no third person to know..."
"Go and go, don't bother me, I really can't stand you!" Xue Ya couldn't stand her acting cute to herself. She was as disgusted as before and wanted to blow her out.
But Qin Xiaoxiao was so tired that she quickly gave up and had to tell the truth: "I don't know what's going on. I used to wash clothes by the lake, and there were always aunts and sisters who joked about those little sisters-in-laws. I could guess some after hearing it."
Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes shone and asked, "You say it carefully. Every time I hear it, I don't know what they are talking about."
Her impatient look made Xue Ya feel speechless. Thinking that she was going to get married next year, it would be okay to tell her, so she whispered: "It seems that the woman will be injured on the night of the bridal chamber and will have to see blood, otherwise she will be disliked by her in-laws."
Qin Xiaoxiao was shocked and his eyes widened: "This, this is so terrible..."
Xue Ya nodded, feeling very scary: "Yes, I said it was bleeding from being stabbed. I don't know if it was stabbed by a needle or a knife."
Qin Xiaoxiao shivered, swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Sister Xueya, is this true? Could it be that he pierced the bride's belly and then stuffed the child in?"
Chapter completed!