Chapter 160 I Don’t Have Any Ambitions

After Xia Shi knew that there was a free official residence, she kept smiling and kept saying things like it could save a lot of money and Xie Jian wouldn't have to work too hard.

Speaking of silver, Chen Heng also counted her savings at night. In addition to the 100 taels left by the original owner, there was also the private money she had saved over the past three years, a total of 100 taels.

The daily expenses of the Xie family were all covered by Xie Jian's money, and he also made extra money by copying books. Every month, he would give most of the money to Xia to take care of household affairs.

Of course, Chen Heng would also give her living expenses, including labor fees, to her sister-in-law every month.

The money she used to treat Min'er's illness should be returned to her by her sister-in-law and Xie Jian. After all, it was her dowry. In the Qing Dynasty, a woman's dowry was her private property and could be taken back even after divorce.

But she refused. After all, the original owner had been eating, drinking, defecating and urinating at the Xie family for the past two years, and used things from the Xie family. Those few taels of silver were really nothing.

With the heavy silver in my hand, the days are becoming more and more promising.

At the beginning of May, the wedding party returned to the imperial capital on time.

Meng Xuanlang's actual wedding day was five days later. During these five days, the bride lived in the Meng family's villa in the south of the city.

After not seeing him for a month, Xie Jian had lost a lot of weight. Shen Heng didn't know if she was being overly sensitive, but she felt that this boy's words and actions seemed to have become more mature. However, this was not important. Her focus was on the local specialties she brought back.

A variety of different cakes and candied fruits.

"Meng Xizi is already married." Xia said with a smile, "Ajian, you got married many years earlier than Meng Xizi. If you let him have a child first, Meng Xizi and Wu Xizi will definitely make fun of you. Min'er came back a few days ago and kept saying that he wanted a younger brother."

The eldest sister-in-law suddenly said this, and Shen Heng almost choked and quickly poured herself a glass of water.

When did Min'er say that? She didn't listen.

Xia just ordered a few words and left the kitchen with a smile.

For a moment, Chen Heng felt a little embarrassed. She glanced at Xie Jian and found that he was thinking seriously about something. Just as she was about to leave the kitchen, Xie Jian's calm and cold voice came: "Xuan Lang's wedding day is a good day, let's consummate the marriage."

So direct.

When Shen Heng met his deep, calm black eyes, her mind went blank for three seconds, and she said directly: "No."

"Are you still thinking of leaving me?" Xie Jian didn't understand.

"I have things I want to do."

"If you want to do it, then do it. I won't stop you."

The topic came up so suddenly that Chen Heng was not prepared. She thought that this kind of thing should be discussed by the two of them sitting down somewhere, not just suddenly like this.

Now that she had brought it up, Chen Heng said, "Ajian, I once asked you, if you were to meet a woman in the future who would make your heart beat faster and haunt your dreams, and you would think about her all the time, want to see her, want to see her, do you feel that way about me?"

Xie Jian pursed his lips. Every day, his mind was filled with thoughts of redressing his father's grievances, recognizing his brother, fighting against the people behind the scenes, expanding his current power, and using this opportunity to work hard to climb up the ladder.

This time in Yuezhou, he used all sorts of schemes to win people's hearts and finally got what he wanted. How could he have the energy to think about women anymore? But Ah Heng was different. He always cared about her feelings.