When returning to the Zhao family from the Qin family, Zhao Liangcai mentioned to Qin Junyao that he wanted to build houses or dig some good kilns for the Qin family.
Qin Junyao teased Zhao Liangcai, "Are you going to use the fifty taels from home to repair it?"
Zhao Liangcai explained, "Wait a moment. I got a lot of good things from the war before, which can be exchanged for a lot of silver."
"This year, the thatch on the roof of the house has been replaced five times. Next spring, when the wind is strong, it will need to be replaced again. It's more convenient to replace it with tiles directly."
He learned from talking with Qin's father today that as soon as there was a strong wind, the thatch on the roofs of the houses in front would be blown away.
Qin Junyao tugged at Zhao Liangcai's sleeve, "I was joking."
"I mentioned before that my grandmother didn't allow us to repair it. She said that life in the village is difficult now. If other families eat vegetables and we eat meat, it's fine, but if other families have no food and we still eat meat, it would be excessive."
"Besides, grandmother has always intended to divide the family. She wants to build several houses directly."
"Divide the family?" Zhao Liangcai thought he misheard.
The Qin family was getting better and better. He couldn't understand why Qin's grandmother wanted to divide the family when their lives improved.
"Yes, grandmother said that our family has gone from fleeing famine to eating meat a few times a day within a year. We have become rich too quickly. When we were poor before, everyone worked together, or we wouldn't survive. Now that life is better, it's inevitable that other thoughts will arise."
"My brother is also getting married. Grandmother said that each generation manages its own affairs, and she doesn't want to worry about it anymore."
Zhao Liangcai pondered Qin Junyao's words carefully, feeling that Qin's grandmother truly had great wisdom.
Whether it's a large family or a clan, to have many people living together, besides strict family rules, there must be a respected elder to preside, or the main branch must be strong.
The eldest branch of the Qin family was actually weaker. Qin Lin had two sons who were now learning how to make a living in the army. Qin Sen contributed little to the Qin family but spent a lot.
When Da Niu and others got married, new brides would enter the family. If Qin's grandmother didn't manage, Qin's mother and Qin's second aunt might not be able to control the new brides.
After the family division, each would manage their own household. If they lived poorly, they wouldn't blame their brothers. If they lived well, they could support each other.
In fact, Qin's grandmother's biggest concern was that the three sons were not from the same mother and father. Would they encounter real relatives in the future? Blood ties were ultimately different from other relationships.
Qin Mu, the eldest brother, really couldn't bear the burden of the family.
When Qin Junyao and Zhao Liangcai reached the doorstep, they saw Qian Duo sitting at a stone table in the courtyard. Seeing her red hands from the cold, she must have been waiting for a while.
Zhao Liangcai held Qin Junyao's hand, wanting to avoid Qian Duo, but Qian Duo had specifically waited for them, so how could she let them leave.
"Cousin, does your head still hurt recently?" Qian Duo stood in front of Qin Junyao and asked Zhao Liangcai.
Qin Junyao tilted her head to look at Zhao Liangcai, her eyes signaling, what's the situation with Qian Duo.
Qian Duo thought Qin Junyao didn't know and raised her hand to cover her mouth, "Miss Qin doesn't know yet? Then I spoke too much."
"You should call her cousin-in-law," Zhao Liangcai warned Qian Duo with his eyes.
"Cousin-in-law? Hehe, then does cousin-in-law have a meeting gift?"
Qin Junyao didn't bother to interpret the meaning of Qian Duo's words. She took a five-tael silver ingot from her懷 (presumably from her spatial dimension) and placed it in Qian Duo's hand.
"Buy whatever you like. The weather is strangely cold, so your cousin and I will go inside first." After speaking, Qin Junyao pulled Zhao Liangcai back to the main house.
Qian Duo held the warm silver ingot in surprise. Qin Junyao didn't care at all?
Qin Junyao really didn't care. After washing her hands with hot water indoors, she sat by the table with a hand warmer and drank hot soup.
The soup was a white pepper pork bone soup simmered by Liu Yu. It was slightly spicy and warmed the body and stomach.
"Did you send it to Mr. Zheng and Fuzi?" Qin Junyao asked Liu Yu.
Liu Yu served a bowl to Zhao Liangcai, who had washed his hands, and replied to Qin Junyao, "Miss, yes, I did."
"Miss, please build a small kitchen in the room where Liu Rong and I live. The weather is getting colder, and the dishes brought from the main kitchen are already cold. It will be convenient for us to make anything you want to eat."
"Can you both cook?"
"Miss, Liu Rong and I both can. She knows Northern cuisine, and I know Southern cuisine."
Qin Junyao glared at Zhao Liangcai, who was secretly smiling, "Let's see if we can build a separate kitchen first. Your room is not big, and adding a kitchen will make it too cramped. Smoke in the room is also bad for your health."
"Yes, Miss," Liu Yu replied happily. This new mistress was very considerate of them.
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"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, look at what I drew."
Just as Zhao Liangcai finished a bowl of soup and wanted to talk to Qin Junyao, Fuzi ran over with a piece of paper.
"Run slowly, let me see what you drew," Qin Junyao pulled Fuzi to sit next to her and looked at his drawing.
"I drew dinner. Grandma Ma said she'll make buns for me tonight. Sister Liu Yu, can you give me a bowl? I want to drink too."
Zhao Liangcai looked at the buns of various sizes on the paper with disdain, "Didn't I send soup to you and Mr. Zheng? Why do you want to drink here?"
"I want to drink with sister-in-law, not with you, big lazy brother. Hmph!"
Zhao Liangcai tapped the table in front of Fuzi, "Are you feeling restless?"
"Sister-in-law, my brother is bullying me."
Qin Junyao looked at Zhao Liangcai, "Are you bullying him?"
"I didn't."
"Sister-in-law, he did." Sudan Novel Network
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Zhao Liangcai watched his younger brother and his wife play all afternoon with a heavy heart.
"Dinner is over, you should go back quickly," Zhao Liangcai shooed Fuzi away like a puppy.
"I don't want to. I want to sleep with sister-in-law." Fuzi put on his shoes, climbed onto the kang, and lay there spread-eagled.
"Zhao Youcai, I've tolerated you all afternoon." Zhao Liangcai placed his hands on the edge of the kang.
Fuzi lay on the kang without looking up or speaking, with an attitude of "what can you do to me."
Zhao Liangcai was amused by Fuzi's anger. He stretched out his arm, grabbed Fuzi by the back of his neck, and held him under his armpit.
"Let go of me! I want to sleep with Sister Qin! Let go of me!"
"Behave, call me brother-in-law," Zhao Liangcai jiggled Fuzi, "I've accompanied you all afternoon, and now you have to accompany me tonight."
"Sister-in-law has been sleeping with you for two nights already. What's wrong with sleeping with me for one night?"
Zhao Liangcai, with a dark face, handed Fuzi over to a servant and asked him to carry Fuzi to Grandma Ma's.
When he returned to the room, he found Qin Junyao smiling at him.
"Just keep smiling. I'll deal with you later," Zhao Liangcai said menacingly, then went to wipe the kang that Fuzi had stepped on and dirtied.
Qin Junyao ignored him and asked for water to bathe.
As soon as she got into the bathtub, Zhao Liangcai, with his upper body bare, entered the bathroom.
Ignoring Qin Junyao's refusal, he stepped into the bathtub, then quickly got out.
"Yaoyao, are you boiling yourself?" Zhao Liangcai, with his underpants pulled down, felt like his skin had been scalded off.
Qin Junyao sat in the bathtub with only her head showing, "Boiling myself what? Get out quickly."
Zhao Liangcai saw Qin Junyao sitting comfortably in the bathtub and, not believing it, stepped forward to put his hand in the water, then immediately pulled it out. He asked again, surprised, "Aren't you hot?"
"The water temperature is just right. Hurry up and get out."
Zhao Liangcai, who had intended to have a bath together, was defeated by the water temperature.