As soon as we entered the alley where the Xie clan members were, several clan members surrounded us.
"Xie Jian, you are just a scholar, how can you have any strength? Let me push." A man in his thirties said as he was about to snatch the pushing hand from Xie Jian's hand.
"No." Xie Jian said coldly.
"Why are you being polite?" The man was half a head taller than Xie Jian, with rough hands and feet. It was obvious at a glance that he worked frequently.
Seeing Xie Jian, whose hands were barely strong enough to tie a chicken, about to be pushed away, the ice on his face covering several streets, and seeing Xiao Min'er's face showing a look of fear, Shen Heng blocked the sturdy man with one hand and said with a smile, "We're already going home, so I won't bother you for this short distance. Thank you very much."
Xia looked at these clansmen who suddenly became enthusiastic, and her smile faded.
Someone else asked, "Xie Jian, I heard you can take part in the imperial examination? We are all optimistic about you."
"If every member of our Xie clan who takes the imperial examinations every year can pass and become a scholar, then our family will be the largest in Nanqi County."
One person lowered his voice and said, "What a pity for Xie Quan."
Chen Heng glared at the person who spoke in a low voice. She could still hear him. Seeing that her sister-in-law looked normal, she knew that this incident did not leave a shadow in her heart. That was good.
As soon as Xie Jian got home and carried Min'er into the house, Xiao Huang rushed out of the doghouse. When he saw the little dog, he excitedly wagged his tail and pounced around. It was probably because he hadn't seen his dog for a long time and was too excited. He kept urinating while wagging his tail.
"Xiao Huang." Min'er reached out to touch it excitedly.
Chen Heng quickly picked up the dog and threw it into the doghouse: "Min'er, wait until you are well again, then play with Xiao Huang." At this time, you still have to pay attention to hygiene.
After settling Min'er down, Xie Jian came out of his room and said to Xia, who was washing vegetables, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to the government office. I'll be back after dinner."
"Are you home tonight?"
"Yes, I went to the academy with Master Lu this morning. Sister-in-law, Ah Heng, I'm leaving."
Chen Heng and Xia Shi saw him off to the door.
As soon as Xie Jian's figure disappeared around the corner, Xia Shi retracted her gaze and looked at her sister-in-law and said, "Aheng, you don't even know how to care about Ajian."
"Of course I care about him." Chen Heng felt that she was good to Xie Jianxian.
"Then why don't you ask about his situation at the academy? How is he getting along with his classmates? Is his academic workload stressful?" Xia pulled her into the courtyard and closed the door. "These are things you, as his wife, should be concerned about."
Chen Heng really couldn't put herself in the role of Xie Jian's wife, so she tentatively said, "Sister-in-law, I treat Jian as my younger brother." It was okay to ask as a sister, but it was weird to ask as a wife.
Xia smiled and said, "That's right. You should take care of Jian like a younger brother now, and the relationship between husband and wife will be closer in the future."
Chen Heng: "..." These two feelings really can't be discussed in the same context.
After lunch, Xia was busy cleaning the poultry in the shed, replacing the hay with it, and then going to take care of the vegetables planted in the backyard.
Without stopping for a moment.
Chen Heng lit a small pot of charcoal fire in her sister-in-law's room. In this kind of weather, the room would be damp without a pot of charcoal fire.
It's just that the charcoal fire isn't particularly good, and she's worried that the smell might harm her body. Shen Heng put it in the corner by the door and said, "Min'er, wait until Auntie makes some money, and I'll buy you some silver bone charcoal."
In Yuan's memory, whenever guests came to the Shen family in the winter, they would be entertained with silver bone charcoal, which must be an excellent kind of charcoal.
"Aunt, when did you start making money?"
"It's almost there." Shen Heng had already started preparing.
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