With this appointment, everyone saw the importance the Tian Family and Princess Protector's Palace attached to Qin Xiaoxiao, which inevitably made Qin Chuan and others have doubts.

But Mr. Qin's severe beating was like pouring a basin of ice water on their heads, which calmed them down instantly and extinguished the little thoughts that had just sprouted.

In contrast, Qin Shan and Lin Qiuniang breathed a sigh of relief. They only had Qin Xiaoxiao as their daughter. Naturally, she was their top priority in everything and they would not hold her back. However, they were worried that their brothers and sisters would cause trouble and implicate their daughter.

Now that Mr. Qin has spoken, they are not so worried.

After everyone dispersed, Mr. Qin called Qin Xiaoxiao aside alone and said in a deep voice: "You are a smart boy. After studying for so many years, you know more principles than grandpa. What should you do and what should you not do in the future?"

You have to know what you should do and don’t lose sight of it.”

Qin Xiaoxiao put away the casualness on his face and said seriously: "Grandpa, I will never forget your teachings and I will never do anything that is unworthy of my heart or morality."

Mr. Qin's expression softened a little and he rubbed her head: "Grandpa still wants to protect himself. No matter how much you trust someone, don't tell him your biggest secret."

Qin Xiaoxiao knew what grandpa was referring to, and hesitantly said: "Grandpa, do you even have to guard against Brother Li?"

Mr. Qin shook his head: "Keeping your secret is to protect yourself, not to guard against him. Besides, Xiaojing is not stupid. When you don't understand anything, he is already the governor, so he may have guessed something."

This is also the reason why he does not object to this marriage. At least Xiaojing has treated this girl properly in these years and has never done anything beyond the rules.

Qin Xiaoxiao was stunned, carefully recalling every detail of her relationship with Jing Heng when she was a child, but she couldn't remember everything that happened in the past five years, let alone five years ago.

For a moment, she felt that it was very possible that she had exposed herself in front of Jing Heng: "Grandpa, don't worry, as long as Brother Li doesn't ask, I will never take the initiative to tell him, let alone do anything disadvantageous for him.

matter."

Once Brother Li asked, it meant that he already knew, and it was useless no matter how much she tried to hide it. But she had a hunch that Brother Li wouldn't ask. This was probably because they had been together for a long time and had figured out each other's bottom lines.

"It's good that you know it well. When you marry him in the future, he will never be a mediocre person. In this case, you have to be more careful about your words and deeds, and never expose your secrets in front of others."

Mr. Qin hid the worry in his eyes and reminded seriously: "As long as one person notices it, countless people will soon know about it. Don't underestimate the greed of human nature."

Qin Xiaoxiao understood the seriousness of the secret exposure and nodded heavily: "Grandpa, I know what to do. I will not use my ability unless necessary."

Mr. Qin knew his granddaughter's temperament and believed that she could do it, so he didn't say anything more.

"By the way, Grandpa, Brother Li also gave me a hundred thousand taels of silver notes. Should our family keep this much money or give it back?" Qin Xiaoxiao thought of the one hundred thousand taels of silver notes that were not included in the gift list, and quickly asked grandpa for his opinion.

Mr. Qin was shocked by Jing Heng's generosity. He was stunned for a while and then said: "This is Xiao Jing's wish. I'm afraid he won't accept it if you return it. Why don't you keep it at the bottom of the box and take it to the princess's house with your dowry.

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Qin Xiaoxiao thought for a while and suggested: "Grandpa, this money is not on the gift list. I think Brother Li will let me handle it myself. Why don't I keep half of it at home and keep the other half at the bottom of the box."

Mr. Qin glared at her: "This is Xiaojing's gift for you. What's the big deal if you keep half of it at home? If you don't keep it, you're not allowed to keep a penny. You take it all away. Money will be indispensable for future favors!"

Qin Xiaoxiao said coquettishly: "Grandpa, just keep half of it as my filial piety to you."

Mr. Qin became even more angry: "If you had earned this money yourself, grandpa would have accepted it. This is what Xiaojing gave you. If you use it to honor us, isn't this the same as selling your daughter? Do you think it's fair?"

Qin Xiaoxiao saw that it was impossible for his grandfather to ask for money, and couldn't help but feel frustrated: "I have been supported by you all these years. The things I buy to honor you are all spent with the money you gave me. I have never made any money myself..."

As she talked, she felt more and more useless, like a rice worm in a rice vat.

"Haha..." Listening to his granddaughter's endless chatter, Mr. Qin couldn't help but laugh: "Who said you were raised by us? If it weren't for you these years, would our family have old jujube trees and jujube orchards?

It's up to you to support our whole family."

Qin Xiaoxiao muttered: "It can't be calculated that way. It's because you raised me first that there were old jujube trees and jujube orchards."

Mr. Qin wiped the corners of his eyes and said with a smile: "No matter how you calculate it, we are a family. This family is getting better and better. It has something to do with everyone. Don't say that you are a rice bug anymore."

Qin Xiaoxiao rubbed his face and cheered up again: "Yeah, I won't spend this hundred thousand taels of silver randomly. I will use it to buy a farm. I can grow food, fish and shrimp in the farm, so that I can make money."

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Mr. Qin thought this was a good idea and nodded: "Grain is a good thing at any time. You can't go wrong buying a farm."

With her grandfather's approval, Qin Xiaoxiao decided to use the money to buy a farm. As long as her ability was still there, the farm would be able to have good harvests every year. However, in years of famine, she still had to control it so that no one could see the signs.

Mrs. Miao and the other two people also knew that Jingheng gave an extra one hundred thousand taels of silver. After praising Jingheng, they all agreed with Mr. Qin and asked Qin Xiaoxiao to take them all away without leaving a penny.

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The family has fields, land and jujube orchards, so they don't need the money at all.

However, except for Xueya, no one else in the Qin family knows about this matter, and what they know will not be spread to the outside world.

In less than a day, the grand scene of Princess Protector’s appointment to the Qin family spread throughout the country, attracting countless people to inquire, comment and envy. Some distant relatives of the Qin family wanted to see them with their own eyes, even if they didn’t come in person.

A rare treasure that has never been seen before.

The room where the dowry and betrothal gifts were stored was locked, so they were naturally not allowed to look in. Mr. Qin and others would not be polite to some indifferent people, and most of them let Qin Shan run away.

These people made a fuss and spread the word that the Qin family looked down on poor relatives after they returned. When these words reached the ears of the Qin family, no one took them to heart and treated them like mosquitoes buzzing in their ears.

Two days later, Zhou Baoer sent the wedding clothes. Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao lose weight, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to lose weight. I'm really worried that you have gained weight again and you won't be able to fit into the wedding clothes."

"Auntie, in order to lose weight, my mother bullied me miserably." Qin Xiaoxiao pitifully told about the hard work of losing weight, not forgetting to complain about her stronger calves: "If I run up and down the mountain like this for a while,

This meat is harder than the rocks on the mountain."

Lin Qiuniang sneered: "As long as you wear the wedding clothes in ten days, I won't say anything if you eat yourself into a pig in the princess mansion."

Qin Xiaoxiao touched her face and said cheekily: "I'm so good-looking, even if I'm fat like a pig, I'll still look good."

Zhou Baoer chuckled lightly, pointed to the red baggage on the table and said, "Open it quickly and take a look. The embroidery pattern is based on the drawing you gave me. See if it is what you want."

Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she flattered her while taking it apart: "My aunt's embroidery skills are so good, the patterns she embroiders will definitely look good."

Zhou Baoer was very confident in his embroidery skills and accepted her compliments without any burden. Together with Lin Qiuniang, he helped her unfold the wedding dress so that she could take a closer look.

"My God, this, this is so beautiful, just like the real thing!" The moment the wedding dress was unfolded, Lin Qiuniang was the first to be amazed. She didn't dare to reach out and touch it for fear of breaking it.

Different from the traditional patterns of mandarin ducks, auspicious clouds or peacocks, the wedding dress in front of you is mainly based on koi and cats, supplemented by streams and water waves. It presents an interesting picture of fish and cats playing with each other, which is in harmony with the foreground.

The wood carvings that Heng gave to Qin Xiaoxiao have the same purpose and are equally agile and attractive, just like living creatures.

Qin Xiaoxiao was immersed in it and stared at it for a long time. After coming back to his senses, he looked at Zhou Baoer with full of surprise: "Auntie, you are so amazing, you are even more beautiful than what Brother Li painted!"

Zhou Baoer was embarrassed to be praised by the mother and daughter, and said modestly: "The embroidery sample given by Xiao Jing is good, but I won't be able to embroider a second one in the future."

After that, she put away the wedding dress and urged Qin Xiaoxiao: "Go back to the room and try it on to see if it fits."

"Yeah." Qin Xiaoxiao hugged Shen Shen's wedding dress, already looking forward to wearing it, and ran to the room happily.

Zhou Baoer reminded: "The embroidery needles on the hem are still there, so be careful when you put them on so you don't prick yourself."

Qin Xiaoxiao responded loudly, closed the door and tried.

"Bao'er, thank you for your hard work on the wedding dress." Lin Qiuniang thanked her with a grateful face. It was not easy to make this wedding dress in just three months, and she didn't know how many nights she stayed up.

"Sister Qiu, if you call me 'aunt' with a smile, you are half my daughter. It is nothing to embroider a wedding dress for her." Zhou Baoer shook his head, convinced that she did it willingly.

While the two sisters were talking, the door opened, and Qin Xiaoxiao, who had already put on her wedding clothes, walked out slowly, with a rare shyness on her face: "Mom, aunt, do you look good?"

Lin Qiuniang and Zhou Baoer raised their heads one after another, and their two different faces showed surprise at the same time: "It looks good!"

Qin Xiaoxiao is extremely white, her beautiful eyes are looking forward to the flashing light, which is full and moving. Her thick and slim waist is like a tight silk belt. Her red wedding dress reflects her flower-like face, which makes her look less delicate and naive.

, a little more dignified and majestic, making people reluctant to look away.

"Hehe, let me just say, such a beautiful wedding dress and such a beautiful beauty, there is no reason why they would look ugly together." Qin Xiaoxiao jumped up to Lin Qiuniang and Zhou Baoer, and said with a playful smile.

There is no dignity or grandeur at all.

Lin Qiuniang's eyes twitched, and she gritted her teeth and slapped her on the forehead: "Shut up, don't talk!"

Qin Xiaoxiao touched her head and muttered: "It's wrong to praise yourself. Mom is becoming more and more unreasonable."

Zhou Baoer held back his laughter and looked up and down: "Do you feel anything is inappropriate?"

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded sharply, pointed to her proudly curved chest and said, "It's so tight here that I can't breathe."

Zhou Baoer had noticed it a long time ago, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "The two inches reserved before have been fully used, this place cannot be changed anymore."

Lin Qiuniang glared at her daughter and said to Zhou Baoer: "No need to change, I will ask her to eat less in the next few days. As long as she stops gaining weight, the line should not collapse."

Qin Xiaoxiao heard this and said resentfully: "Mom, if you don't let me eat enough, what should I do if I'm too hungry to get married?"

Lin Qiuniang looked indifferent: "You can drink water for a while, and you won't have any energy to get on the wedding sedan."

Knowing that there was no need to discuss the diet, Qin Xiaoxiao lowered her head and glanced at her breasts, her eyes filled with disgust.

Apart from nursing the baby in the future and squeezing and playing with it when she couldn't sleep at night, she really didn't know what the use of having such big balls was. They were just a complete burden.

Zhou Baoer was amused by her. He wanted to make a joke but felt it was inappropriate, so he didn't say anything.

After changing out of her wedding clothes, at Lin Qiuniang's urging, Qin Xiaoxiao picked up the embroidery needle left at the hem of the dress, and followed Zhou Baoer's instructions to embroider the fingernail-sized area she had specially set aside stitch by stitch.

Here is the cat's tail. It only needs to be filled in with gold embroidery thread. No complicated stitching is required.

Qin Xiaoxiao embroidered very carefully, trying to keep the stitches consistent. I don't know if Zhou Baoer's guidance was good, but the embroidery on this area as big as a fingernail was actually pretty good. You can't tell the difference unless you look closely.

With only five days left before the wedding, Sanbao came back and brought back the good news about the high school county case leader. For a time, the entire Qin family fell into joy again.

"Okay, okay, it's not in vain that you have studied so hard for so many years." Even though his younger son had won six yuan in a row and his eldest grandson was also a member of the Juren family, Mr. Qin was still so excited that he could not suppress his excitement. This was the third grandson he pitied most.

"Being the first in the county case, a scholar can't escape his reputation, great job!" Qin Shan patted his nephew's shoulder hard, and was even happier than he had saved a few more pennies for his private life.

"Ahem, where are you now? Even if you become a scholar, you can't be proud. How many scholars will be stuck as a scholar all their lives." Qin Chuan straightened his face and taught Sanbao: "You have to learn more from your third uncle and eldest brother. They are both

You won the imperial examination in one go. If your eldest brother hadn't gone off to do business, it wouldn't be difficult to become a Jinshi."

Zhao Cao'er's face was a little stiff, and he took over the conversation and said: "Your father is right, the first person in the county examination is nothing. If you are really capable, you should win six yuan like your third uncle. If you don't even succeed in the exam, you will be able to win six yuan."

If you don't win, our whole family will be embarrassed!"

Qin Xiaoxiao, who was originally happy for his younger brother, couldn't listen anymore and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Second uncle, second aunt, Sanbao has been studying alone in the capital these years. Whether he gets good or bad in the exam is all his own."

Well, you didn’t take care of him before, so you’d better leave him alone in the future, right?”

After saying that, she stood up and walked to Sanbao, took his hand and said with a smile: "There are a lot of wild flowers blooming on the mountain. Come with me to pick some and bring them back."
Chapter completed!