The sun is shining brightly, and it is warm on the body. The air is filled with the fragrance of grass, and the white poplar flowers are flying everywhere, and all kinds of flowers are blooming in a magnificent way. The weather in late spring is so comfortable that people don’t want to move.

Xu Ping leaned on the lounge chair, basking in the sun, looking at the scenery around him, feeling sleepy.

Xiuxiu sat aside, holding her cheek and looking ahead, where Panpan was holding her sister who could not walk, teasing the dragonflies butterflies.

Lin Suniang's health finally recovered. She came to Luoyang with Xu Zheng and his wife and lived in the newly bought house by the Luo River. Everything was calm and happy, and there was no trace of the family conflicts that Xu Ping was worried about.

Xiuxiu asked someone to send a gift to her, which was regarded as a greeting. Lin Suniang accepted it with peace of mind and returned the gift. However, Xiuxiu still couldn't come to the house, so Lin Suniang thought it was not true afterwards. But Panpan was familiar with Xiuxiu and often brought her servants to her. Seeing that Lin Suniang ignored her, she was getting more and more courageous, and she often brought her sister to her recently.

Everything is prosperous when family is harmonious, and everything is good if nothing happens. Xu Ping gradually got used to this leisurely life. Sometimes he also thought that it would be good to live separately like this. If you really live together, the bowl and spoon will inevitably touch the edge of the pot. Maybe there is not the tranquility yet.

Xiuxiu came over with her sister in her arms, pushed Xu Ping's legs, and said, "Dad, go and catch a dragonfly for us!"

Xu Ping opened his eyes and said lazily: "What are you trying to catch? No matter how young he is, he is still a creature! Just look at it, don't catch this and that randomly. A girl should learn to be quiet."

Xiuxiu frowned and said, "We just took it in our hands and took a look, and then let it go after watching! Daddy, go quickly!"

Xu Ping sighed, stood up, took Panpan's hand, and went to the vegetable field in front. Panpan was just sensible and was the time when he was most popular, and Xu Ping really had no choice but to use this daughter.

Xiuxiu looked at it, just laughing. Since she was a child, she has regarded herself as a part of the Xu family and has not had the desire to compete for favor with Lin Suniang. The family is so harmonious and beautiful, just the day Xiuxiu wants to be there.

Nowadays, there are not many dragonflies, especially the common red dragonflies in summer. However, all kinds of butterflies are flying in the vegetable fields, which is very beautiful. They are not afraid of people, and they only care about looking for small flowers blooming in the vegetables.

Without much effort, Xu Ping grabbed a colorful butterfly in his hand and handed it to Panpan carefully. He said, "Be careful, these butterflies are very delicate, and they lose their lives by accident. That is a serious sin!"

Panpan agreed happily, took the butterfly into his hand very carefully, pinched his wings, and swayed proudly in front of his sister. The little guy probably didn't recognize what it was, and his dark eyes turned around.

Xu Ping looked at his second daughter, smiled, and gently patted her pink face.

Back on the recliner, sitting down, looking at the Panpan sisters playing there, Xu Ping sighed: "Unclesed, you will have two daughters. In another ten years, maybe your grandchildren will have them too. Life is so fast."

Xiuxiu smiled and said, "No, I first entered your home, and it was a little smaller than Panpan now. I always felt that in the blink of an eye, I grew up to be an adult, even my children were so old."

Xu Ping smiled: "Don't just look at Panpan, when will you be willing to give birth to a son and half a daughter for me?"

Xiuxiu spat: "Is this kind of thing I want to give birth to?

Xu Ping smiled twice, turned his head, just watching Panpan sisters play there and stop talking.

The sky is as blue as a wash, without a trace of clouds, as quiet as a gem. The sun hangs on this canvas-like sky, and it also looks lazy. The breeze blows from the south, blows through the bamboo forest, sweeps across the vegetable field, and rushes to the face without a trace of chill, like a baby's hand gently touches, and the feeling of comfort is always penetrated into the heart.

After a while of silence, Xu Ping whispered: "The peony you planted there has been thanks."

"Spring is almost over, and it is time for the flowers to fade. Speaking of this peony, I asked the experts to plant it in the garden. If no one advises me, even if I can only plant it, I will not be able to bloom this year."

Xu Ping looked at Xiuxiu and smiled: "Is it the eldest sister Tang who sells our house? I heard that her family originally planted flowers."

"Yes, this person is not easy. At a young age, her husband went there and supported the family business alone. I heard that the judge who stayed behind in the office had fallen in love with her two years ago and wanted to take her into the door to be a concubine. She disagreed, and it was not easy to resist."

Xiuxiu is also a concubine. Xu Ping didn't want to discuss this topic, but just said vaguely: "Sun Mian? Speaking of which, he is a capable official, a very capable person. He is just greedy for money and lust, and has no scruples. Alas, this is how he is an official. Without some means, he is blinded by his subordinates and is mediocre. To be nice, he is inaction, or not, he is just a corpse. Just like Zhang Guan, the master of Kaifeng Prefecture when I first returned to Beijing, he is really a good person, and he is proficient in knowledge. He is worthy of being a great scholar in the world, but when he deals with political affairs, he is at a loss when he encounters an accident, and it is not a blessing for the people. If Sun Mian has a means, if his mind is not right, he will be more selfish, and he will be even more troubled, and the people are afraid of suffering more."

Xiuxiu smiled and shook her head: "I am a woman, why do you tell me about these things? What kind of person is that? You officials who are in charge of them, and we people can still manage them? I mentioned Sister Tang because I think it is very difficult for this person to support the door alone. And I heard that she has opened a company with others this year, and the business is very good."

Even when she was with Xu Ping, Xiuxiu always regarded herself as a commoner, without the awareness of being a high-ranking official, and she was an official family. When Xu Ping talked about things in the officialdom, Xiuxiu was just like you officials, and we were all different in different positions. Her concept has been very clear since she was a child, and she never changed when she grew up.

Xu Ping had no choice but to do this with Xiuxiu. No matter how she said she couldn't change it, she had to follow her words: "Sister Tang runs a garment company because she has a master craftsman in the embroidery courtyard, and the business is really good. Speaking of garment making, I wanted to do this business when I was in Kaifeng Mansion, but I didn't have the energy to take care of it and didn't grow up."

"You are a man, and you don't know how to do needlework, so what kind of clothing business is going on! In the past ten years, when did you see you get needlework!"

"Xiuxiu, you are such an amateur. I don't know how to do needlework, but I know how to do business! People who make clothes can hire them, but people who do business are hard to say in the future, but they can't hire them now."

Xiuxiu just smiled and shook her head, obviously not believing it.

"Oh, don't you believe it yet? Xiuxiu, you have been by my side for more than ten years. Whether it is the official business or our business, tell me, what is the one I did not do?"

Xiuxiu said: "I don't suspect that officials can't do business, I just don't believe that you know how to make clothes. People who have never even taken needlework since childhood, let alone cut, say that they can do clothes making business, will not make people laugh to death!"

Xu Ping really considered the garment business seriously. Of course, based on the knowledge of his previous life, he summarized the body figure data of people in this era, then made the standard pattern of clothes, grasped a few key sizes, and then made garments in industrial use. If Xu Ping had to do it seriously, it would be impossible for him to open a tailor shop like other people in this era, and that was not his strength.

However, the troubles in the court were one after another. The stalls in his family were very big, and he really didn't have the energy anymore, so he gave up halfway and didn't insist on sitting down. Xu Ping always felt very sorry for not doing this. Now seeing Xiuxiu disbelief, he stood up and came to Xiuxiu and said, "Stand up!"

Xiuxiu couldn't figure it out, so she had to stand up and said, "What are you doing?"

Xu Ping grabbed Xiuxiu's cuffs, measured her shoulders, and said, "I tell you, as long as the style of the clothes is set, there are only a few sizes that must be paid attention to. As long as these places are suitable, even if they are not as fit as the tailor measured, you won't feel anything when you wear them. Look at the length of the sleeves and the bust."

At this time, the sun was dazzling, and Xu Ping suddenly made such an intimate move, Xiuxiu's face was flushed with shame.

Xu Ping was determined to explain the principles of industrial garment. Where should I pay attention to Xiuxiu's expression? I just talked all the way.

"Dad, what are you doing with Sister Xiuxiu?"

Hearing the sound, Xu Ping turned around and saw Panpan standing behind her, looking up at him with her sister in her arms. Then she noticed that her posture with Xiuxiu was a little too close. She withdrew her hand and covered her embarrassment and said, "I'm measuring Xiuxiu and wearing new clothes in two days. It's getting hotter and it's not good to wear thick clothes."

Panpan is at the age of innocence and can't even think of it. After hearing Xu Ping's words, he said happily: "It turns out that my father can also make clothes, so how can I make them all for me? Now when I'm in my new home, I need new clothes!"

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll do it for you in two days!" Xu Ping agreed hurriedly. Turned around and calmed down his embarrassment. Xu Ping breathed out. "Where is the butterfly I caught for you? Why don't you want it after a while?"

"The butterfly is not happy at all in my hand, so I let it go. By the way, Dad, I'm a little tired when I hold my sister. Please hold me for me for a while and I'll go drink some water."

Xu Ping took his second daughter to him and said to Panpan: "When you go to the house, remember to drink hot water."

Panpan agreed and ran into the house, not knowing whether he cared about Xu Ping's words.

Xu Ping held his second daughter, looked back at Xiuxiu, looked at each other for a while, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

(Note: The concubines of the Song Dynasty children who call concubines, that is, fathers, are usually young mothers or Zhi Po, but because of their low status, they sometimes become older and call them sisters. Panpan called Xiuxiu sister because she was used to it, and the same was true at that time.)
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