Chapter 71 Put a pillow under your waist
The sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in the courtyard bloomed and fell, and in spring they grew dense branches again. By May of the following year, the tree was full of thick shade.
Since the Chinese New Year, the business of Xie's Trading Company on Silver Lion Street has been booming. Several small herbal medicine shops in nearby counties with little capital and inferior goods have closed down one after another. Several shops in good locations have been taken over by Xie Yuduo and opened as branches.
At the end of spring, Xie Yuduo sent Tang Mingchang out of Pingshan County and sent him to another place to run a small, insignificant shop, helping a stingy shop owner. Only then did he feel relieved.
If it weren't for the friendship between the two generations, he could have done something more satisfying.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, on Hydrangea Street, in the Shen family’s backyard.
"Little treasure, come quickly, if you can walk here, auntie will hold you."
The eldest brother of the Shen family's child just turned one year old. He was chubby and very cute. He was also in the toddler stage. Seeing Shen Qi smiling and waving at him in front of him, he walked over to her and threw himself into her arms, rubbing his little head around.
Chen Qi had just been peed on by him and had just changed into her sister-in-law's clothes. Seeing him moving around in her clothes, she turned around and looked at Qiao.
"Sister-in-law, look at your little treasure! He smelled his mother's scent and came here to look for you!"
Mrs. Qiao was sewing a thin quilt for her child for summer. She looked up and smiled faintly.
"Silly Yue'er, haven't you heard that whoever gives you milk is your mother? He's just hungry."
Chen Qi was embarrassed, but fortunately there was no one around, so she lifted up the child in her arms and asked him to stay away from her.
"Shame on you, little treasure, you are so shameful."
My sister-in-law put away her needle and thread and took the child over.
"Is your brother-in-law so busy these days? In the past, he would always come with you."
"He's been really busy. He said he was going to open some kind of Chamber of Commerce in a few days. He's been so busy I haven't spoken to him in a few days."
"Why, he won't come back tonight?"
"I do come home every day, but when I get home in the middle of the night, I'm already asleep, and when I leave before dawn, I'm still asleep."
"Hey, where's the time to sleep here?"
"That's right. I calculated for him, and he only sleeps two or three hours a day. I advised him to just rest in the study and avoid running around, but he refused."
The sister-in-law smiled and teased her, "Oh, I just can't bear to leave you!"
Chen Qi blushed.
Xie Yuduo's business grew bigger and bigger, and his reputation gradually spread, some of which were about her.
Second Aunt said this when she was gossiping with others.
"Our second son dotes on his wife to no end! I'm not saying anything, but if his wife opens her mouth even slightly, he'll dig out his eyeballs and let her taste them. He's even worried she'll dislike the fishy smell."
The words are harsh, but surprisingly appropriate.
"Brother-in-law is so busy, but he's busy with serious things. I heard from your eldest brother that your family's business is getting more and more prosperous. Even merchants from other provinces know about the second master of the Xie family in Pingshan County. Many people come to you to seek business, but they are worried that they can't find a way to contact him."
Shen Qi smiled.
"He's busy with his business, and I don't worry too much about it, I guess."
In fact, Xie Yuduo often told her about business matters when they were together, and she also helped him with many suggestions. However, outside the room, she always said that she didn't know, didn't know, and didn't worry about it.
"You don't worry about your family's business, but your sister-in-law knows everything!"
"Oh, my Jade Mirror knows these things?"
"Of course it's not Yujing, it's the girl from your second aunt's family. What's her name?"
Chen Qi suddenly understood.
"Jade Brocade."
"Yes, that's her. A few days ago, your brother and I went to a banquet and heard someone say that she had just seen the eldest son of the Xu family in the north of the city. She was so disgusted by his lack of wealth that she didn't even show up. Instead, she scolded the matchmaker bitterly. The matchmaker was so angry that she argued with everyone at the banquet for a long time."
Yu Jin is about to turn eighteen this year, and her second aunt is busy arranging some marriages for her. There are many people willing to come, but she is not very willing to see any of them. If she refuses, she only has one sentence.
"His family? Not even as rich as ours!"
Two years ago, the men from these families might not have looked down upon the Xie family.
Today, the Xie family is so wealthy that it is far superior to others in Pingshan County. This is naturally supported by Xie Yuduo.
"Speaking of which, although the Xu family isn't as wealthy as yours, they're still one of the richest families in the city. How can you really look down on them? Nowadays, if you really want to find a family in Pingshan County that's richer than the Xie family on Silver Lion Street, it's really hard to find one."
Chen Qi pursed her lips and smiled, shaking her head.
"We have always been separate from her family. I only need to worry about Yu Jing's marriage and nothing else."
"How old is the jade mirror?"
"He's fourteen, still young. Wait two more years."
"I remember that when I first married into your family, you were about the same age as Yujing. And now, in the blink of an eye, you've grown this big. Yesterday, when the shop wasn't busy, my mother came to see the child. She told me that she's very confident in you, and that if you two had a child soon, she'd feel completely at ease."
Last year, Shen's parents moved into a house on nearby Magnolia Street and continued to run the woolen yarn shop.
For this, Chen Qi, the daughter, took a lot of trouble to persuade them. She didn't say that she bought the house with money, but just said that the other party couldn't pay back the debt owed to her son-in-law, so he used the house as collateral for twenty years. Therefore, the price of the mortgage was very low, which was just right for the old couple to live in, so that they could take care of their elder brother and younger brother, and it would be much more convenient for Chen Qi to come and go.
Shen's parents were determined not to agree, but after hearing her talk about many advantages and the low price of pawning the house, they finally gave in, borrowed money from their eldest brother, and gave it to their daughter at that extremely low price.
How could Chen Qi accept benefits from both sides? Two months later, he returned the money under the pretext of celebrating a birthday, and the matter was finally settled.
By now, she had long been accustomed to her mother's urging and dealt with it very skillfully.
"Our destiny has not arrived yet, so we can't be impatient."
The sister-in-law coaxed the child, pulled up her clothes, walked up to her sister-in-law, and lowered her voice.
"As for fate, you have to wait. Human effort is also necessary. Let me tell you... at night, put a pillow under your waist..."
“Sister-in-law!”
Chen Qi laughed and covered Xiao Baoer's ears.
It is really not suitable for children.
It was already nightfall when they got home. After dinner, Chen Qi and Yu Jing drew a few embroidery patterns and played a few games of Go. They played until the second watch before returning to their room to wash and rest.
She tossed and turned on the pillow for more than a hundred times, but still couldn't fall asleep.
Looking at the pearls on the bed curtains, she secretly sighed that the time her man spent with her this month was not as long as the time these two pearls spent with her.
It took her a while before she fell into a drowsy sleep.
…
After an unknown amount of time, she heard a rustling sound beside her. She woke up slowly, yawned, and saw Xie Yuduo taking off his clothes in the room.
"You're back!"
Chen Qi was sleepy, but couldn't hide her surprise.
When Xie Yuduo saw her get up, he walked over with clothes and ruffled her messy hair.
"I'm not coming back, I'm leaving."
Chen Qi rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked out the window. The sky was slightly brightening. It turned out to be early morning.
Chen Qi was greatly disappointed. It turned out that he was putting on his clothes and getting ready to leave.
"Be good, go back to sleep, it's still early."
"What time did you come back yesterday? I slept so late and was not fully asleep that I didn't even notice."
He moved quickly and was already tying the belt around his waist, smiling down at her.
"Not asleep yet? When I came back, you were sleeping like a pig."
"snort……"
Seeing that he was about to put on his outer robe and was about to leave, Chen Qi felt very lonely.
Xie Yuduo naturally saw it.
There are many things to do today. At this time, Xiaowu must have prepared the carriage and was waiting for me at the gate.
Even so, he still threw down his outer robe, walked to the bed, hugged the warm person in the quilt in his arms, and kissed her for a while.
Originally, I really just wanted to give her a kiss.
But the couple had not been close for several days, and they were really inseparable. After a while, they were both kissing each other passionately, panting, and their hands moved more and more wildly.
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