Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 396 Worry

"I just had breakfast at home, so I'm not hungry now."

Seeing the book in front of her, he was surprised and said, "You can read."

"I know a little bit, not much, just reading to kill time."

"Then tell me what is written in this book."

"I'm reading a ghost story, aren't you scared?"

Zhao Xiaoxi lost interest as soon as she heard it: "Don't tell ghost stories, I'm afraid of ghosts."

He picked up a date and put it in his mouth: "If I hear ghost stories, I dare not get up to go to the toilet at night. Since I got pregnant, my belly has grown big and I always want to run to the toilet. I don't drink much water. Mom said that this is the case when she is pregnant."

Ji Wenhe placed the dates in front of her: "It seems so. I've heard people say that you tend to go to the toilet when you're pregnant, but it will be fine after you give birth. But I've also heard that you'll leak urine after giving birth."

"Ah!" Zhao Xiaoxi opened her mouth wide, "I've never heard my mother say that I would leak urine after giving birth."

"Not everyone has this problem. It seems like most people leak urine, but a few don't. I'm not sure, I just heard about it from others."

"Try this dried fish. Don't eat the spicy ones. Try this non-spicy one, fried in oil. It tastes pretty good."

She picked up a piece and took a bite: "It tastes good, but it should be better when it's fresh out of the pot."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Yes, they are delicious when they are fresh out of the pot. Next year, let Brother Shen and his friends go to catch more small fish and dry them. Then let Brother Liang go with them."

"Mom just said at home that after giving birth, I need to drink more fish soup to increase my milk supply, so she asked Brother Liang to go to the river to catch some fish after the New Year."

"Then let's go together."

Zhao Xiaoxi asked: "By the way, where is Brother Rongshan?"

"He went to visit the village headman's house."

"Didn't the head of the village go to town to celebrate the New Year?"

"Yes, let Brother Shen go to their house when he is free, for fear that thieves will steal things from their house."

"I leave the key with you."

Ji Wenhe shook his head: "No, what do we need the key for? Just walk around the house."

"I thought I was giving you the key." Zhao Xiaoxi picked up a peanut. "I just ran into Aunt Niu. She said Aunt Zhang's Wangfei is getting married this month."

She looked up and asked, "What's the number?"

"Number 18."

"That's pretty quick, a marriage proposal that was planned before the New Year?"

"No, they said they met the day before yesterday, and the next day they sent someone to arrange a date and finalize the marriage."

"Did you ask how much dowry their family gave?"

Zhao Xiaoxi replied: "The girl's family asked for 8.8 taels, but they said they couldn't afford that much, so they gave 6.6 taels."

She lowered her voice and said, "I also heard from Aunt Niu that their family asked their daughter for three taels of silver. This three taels of silver was borrowed by his daughter in their village."

"When his daughter got married, he gave her two taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and now he's giving her three taels of silver. How could Aunt Zhang and her husband not have money? Where did they save all the money they earned over the years? I think they have money, but they just don't want to spend it, so they keep asking their daughter for money."

Ji Wenhe felt that she was right. How could the couple be without money after so many years?

Of the six taels and six cents for the betrothal gift, Zhiyan paid more than half.

I don’t know whether Shen Wangfei knows about this.

"Let's have the banquet noodles on the 18th, and in April or May, you will come to our house to have the banquet noodles."

Zhao Xiaoxi calculated: "Not only your family, but also Xiaolian's family. Maybe she will give birth in April. Your two brothers-in-law will look for marriage partners at the end of March. Do you plan to do it together after the engagement?"

"No, Brother Shen said that they should find a date, whichever date they can find is the best date."

"Your family has to treat the villagers to dinner twice."

"That can't be helped. If you are invited, you have to treat me. And can't I treat you twice? Can you come and eat twice?"

Zhao Xiaoxi smiled and nodded: "Okay, I can have one more feast."

"Wen He, if you have a child in the future, will you send him to school to learn to read?"

"Send him. Not only do I want him to learn to read, I also want someone to teach him some martial arts."

"That will cost a lot of money, but your family is rich, so you don't have to worry too much. Brother Liang and I have discussed that if we have money, we will also send our children to learn to read. Mom and Dad agree, and maybe our family will also produce a scholar."

Ji Wenhe asked: "What if it's a girl?"

"I won't send girls, but I will send boys. If I had more money, I could send my daughter as well. But after all, I still don't have money. If I had money, I would raise my daughter the same as my son."

At this time, Shen Rongshan came back and heard the voices in the house. He didn't push the door open, but spoke at the door.

"Wen He, I'm going to Wen Shan's house."

Zhao Xiaoxi took over the conversation: "Brother Rongshan, please come in. I'm leaving now. I won't disturb you guys. I'm going to Xiaolian's house."

"No more conversation."

"Come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I'm leaving now."

Ji Wenhe waved his hand: "Okay, slow down."

After seeing her off, Shen Rongshan closed the courtyard gate, went into the kitchen, poured a bowl of water, brought it into the house, and closed the door.

"Eating too much fried peanuts will cause internal heat, drink some water."

Ji Wenhe took it and said, "It's already the end of the Chinese New Year, there shouldn't be any thieves anymore."

"Not necessarily. There are the most thieves during the Chinese New Year."

"What you said has made me dare not leave the door of the living room unlocked from now on. There are a lot of food in there."

"There is nothing to do during the day. There are people in the village, so they dare not go in. At night, when it is dark and everyone in the village is sleeping at home, it is a good time to steal things."

Shen Rongshan touched his left eyelid and said, "Wen He, my eyelid keeps twitching."

Ji Wenhe put the bowl down and raised his hand to touch his left eyelid: "Don't think too much, it's probably because you didn't get enough rest."

The man is on the left and the woman is on the right. Is something really going to happen?

"The last time my left eyelid twitched was when I went into the mountains with my master to hunt blind bears."

"Brother Shen, now that you've said that, I'm even more worried. I wonder if a thief is going to come to our house and steal things."

Shen Rongshan comforted her: "No, our family may not come. We are at the end of the village. I am just afraid that they will go to the headman's house. I am at home and will not let the thieves in. There is no one at the headman's house."

Ji Wenhe said worriedly, "Why don't you go and tell Aunt Niu, Aunt Zhou, and Aunt Wang, and listen to the noises coming from the headman's house at night. If anything goes wrong, shout immediately."

He nodded: "I will go and tell them now, you stay home and read the storybook, I will be back soon."

"Okay, go ahead."

When Shen Rongshan walked towards Shen Zhong's house, he saw Shen Daguo standing in the yard and called out, "Uncle Daguo."

"Hey, Rongshan, what do you want from me?"

"Uncle Daguo, please listen carefully at night. I'm afraid there will be thieves in the village."

"You mean the village head's house?"

"Ah."

"Don't worry, I'll be listening at night. During the New Year, thieves are rampant and are stealing things in every village."

They didn't dare to enter the village during the day and only came out to take action at night.