Xie Rongzhao blinked, tilted his head and thought for a while before saying: "I don't know, what is hate? I only know that I don't like the second sister. She wants to harm me, and I don't want to play with her anymore."
This is a normal thing a child can say.
Xie Ronghui breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the little cousin was still young, and the second aunt obviously did not instill some extreme ideas in her.
At this moment, Xie Ronghui suddenly realized how important a good mother is.
Look at the little cute baby in front of you who is so well-behaved and sensible. Although he is young, he still misses his brothers and sisters. Look at Sister Rong again. She is really spoiled.
At noon, Xie Ronghui still found an opportunity to salute and apologize to Liu Ruolan in the yard.
"Second Aunt and Guobao Dadu did not criticize Rong Rong too much, but in the final analysis, she did something wrong. Now that she cannot move freely, I, the elder brother, should first apologize to you and Guobao on her behalf."
"This matter has nothing to do with you."
Although Liu Ruolan hated her eldest son, not all of her children were crooked.
Just like the one in front of me, the governor is polite and has always been very fond of Guobao.
Even for his kindness to Guobao, Liu Ruolan couldn't be angry with him.
"Second aunt is so generous, and my nephew is really ashamed. Second uncle is studying in Fucheng. If there is any difficulty with second aunt and Guobao, someone must send a message to let me know. Although I am young, I am still a son of a bitch. Please also ask Second Aunt not to treat me as an outsider."
"Okay, I'm very happy with your words."
This Xie Ronghui is currently the best-educated among the younger generations of the Xie family. Even my husband said that Brother Hui will be a good scholar in the future.
Although Liu Ruolan is not on good terms with her eldest brother, she is not stupid. She knows that she is now the wife of the Xie family. If the Xie family can have one or two more promising sons, it will naturally be a good thing for the family to prosper.
Besides, Xie Ronghui himself doesn't have any bad habits. Liu Ruolan can't say she likes him very much, but she doesn't find him too repulsive.
After Liu Ruolan calmed down, she thought that people would indeed change.
At the beginning, she was worried that her husband would only be a teacher for the rest of his life. If the eldest daughter-in-law had a scholar in the future, their second wife would be even more miserable. At that time, she would occasionally hope that Xie Ronghui would not be selected as a scholar. , at least their second bedroom still has a little status in the family.
Of course, looking back, she had never thought of doing anything to hurt Xie Ronghui.
It was Gao and Xie Rongrong who did the wrong thing. She has always been able to tell the difference between right and wrong.
Now talking to Xie Ronghui again, Liu Ruolan found that she had not been as petty as before for a long time.
Maybe it's because her husband is studying at Mingshan Academy and will definitely be able to go to high school in the future; maybe it's because she really sees this sensible nephew, so she no longer focuses on putting others down.
In fact, Liu Ruolan might not be able to figure it out on her own, but Xie Rongzhao could see through it at a glance.
To put it bluntly, Liu Ruolan now has the confidence and gained some knowledge, so naturally she will no longer stick to small profits.
Xie Ronghui only stayed at home for two days before leaving again.
Grandma Xie and Mrs. Gao prepared a lot of delicious food for him, but when Xie Ronghui went out, they secretly gave Xie Rongen some snacks.
"You should take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home, especially Xiaobaobao, she is the youngest, and your second uncle is not at home to protect you, so you should be more attentive."
"I know, brother."
Time flies by, and it’s mid-November in a blink of an eye.
The weather is getting colder.
Although Gaoyang County is located in the south, the winter here is also very cold.
The Xie family also stocked up on some charcoal early and bought it directly from their relatives. There is a family in the Xie family who can make charcoal, and they do it very well. When burned in the house, the smoke is very small and not choking.
Although the Xie family bought a lot, they were very economical when using it.
Firstly, it is because the Xie family has a large population, and secondly, because the price of charcoal is not cheap.
In previous years, the second wife would not have been able to get much charcoal, and Liu Ruolan would have to supplement it with her dowry money every year to survive a less cold winter.
But this year is different.
The third room received a lot of charcoal, which naturally made Gao a little dissatisfied.
The second bedroom only has one daughter, and Xie Xiuwen is not at home now; and the third bedroom only has two sons. To put it bluntly, when the weather gets colder, a family of four can sleep together in one room, even if they are separated. Two more rooms would be enough.
But what about the long house?
Mrs. Gao could just count it with her fingers. The eldest son had a son and a daughter, and together with their husband and wife, naturally the most charcoal should be used.
Mrs. Gao was dissatisfied and complained to Grandma Xie.
Grandma Xie didn't even look at her, she just said lightly: "If you feel that there is less charcoal, you can use your own money to buy it."
With one sentence, Mr. Gao was stopped there.
The Gao family's family background is average. It can't be said to be very good, but they can still get by.
But after so many years since she married into the Xie family, when had she ever used her own money to support her eldest daughter's house?
She was not happy, but now that the old lady's attitude was showing, she had no choice but to use it first.
Xie Rongzhao knew that this winter would be very cold, and it would even snow here.
For the south, snow is a wonderful sight, and it may not happen even once in more than ten years.
Xie Rongzhao originally wanted to persuade his mother to save more charcoal, but seeing that the amount of charcoal allocated to their second room was quite large, he no longer bothered with it.
We need to save more charcoal, and we also need to save food.
The Xie family is not short of food. After all, they have hundreds of acres of farmland. However, they sold a lot of it in the fall, and the remaining food is enough to last until next fall.
Xie Rongzhao is not worried about the food and drink of Xie's family. She is thinking that both restaurants must save some in advance.
Liu Ruolan still trusted her daughter's words. Besides, it was normal to save some food when running a restaurant business.
Liu Laoer and Xie Laosan went everywhere to buy food every day for more than ten days, mainly wheat and rice.
The reason why I didn’t buy white rice and flour directly was because the price was too high, and I also felt that wheat and rice were easier to store.
Xie Rongzhao is now a little rich woman, and she has as much as five taels of silver in her hands.
In addition to the financial support given by the elders of her maternal grandfather's family, there was also a little money she begged from Liu Alan.
The braised vegetable restaurant was doing well, and Xie Rongzhao originally thought that her father's money problem for studying had been solved. However, later at Cheng's house, she overheard a conversation between Cheng Jingzhou and Cheng's father, and she realized how expensive studying was.
Xie Rongzhao flipped through the small account book he kept and said with a sad look on his face: "If it were a study tour, the money would be far from enough!"
(End of chapter)
