Chapter 102 Min'er's Ambition
"No, sister-in-law, I don't mean that." If there was no extra room and bed, Chen Heng would have found a way to sleep separately.
Xia burst out laughing: "How can you not mean that? Ajian is your husband."
Chen Heng: "..." It was hard to explain, so she simply stopped talking.
Xie Jian was still growing, having already grown five centimeters in the first half of his life. By the end of his life, he'd probably be 175cm tall. When Chen Heng was in junior high, many of her male classmates were quite short. After graduating from university, she bumped into them and discovered they were all over 180cm tall. Xie Jian was probably one of them.
Although the eldest sister-in-law said this, it seemed that Xie Jian had no such idea at all. He would care about her, hold her hand, and take care of her emotions. He just treated her as a relative. Thinking of this, Shen Heng breathed a sigh of relief and just kept it up.
Let’s talk about everything after we enter the imperial capital.
"What was Ajian doing coming back from college so late last night?" asked Xia.
"I don't know, and he didn't say." Shen Heng naturally threw this kind of question directly to Xie Jian: "Sister-in-law, what kind of vegetable is this?" There were some tender green vegetables in the vegetable basket.
"These are the tender tips of the red wolfberry. I saw some growing in the fields outside Dongcheng this morning, so I picked them to make soup."
Xia always brought back some wild vegetables. She recognized some of them, like the water spinach. This was something she had never seen before. "Sister-in-law, let me help you cook."
"OK."
As the two were talking, Xie Jian walked in. He looked particularly elegant in his spring-colored hospital uniform, though the piece of meat he was holding seemed a little out of place. "Sister-in-law, Ah Heng."
Chen Heng looked at him in surprise, thinking he had returned to the academy.
"Beef?" Xia was surprised. For ordinary people, they could not eat much beef in a day.
"A commoner's cow got old, so he came to the government office and asked to have it slaughtered, so I bought some." Xie Jian handed the meat to his sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, you guys can eat it, don't leave any for me."
"This must cost a lot of money, right?" Although Xia was happy to eat beef, the meat was very expensive.
"I copied a lot of books this month, and Manager Ge gave me two taels of silver. I still have a little more than one tael left." Xie Jian handed the purse in his arms to his sister-in-law.
Xia took it. Last time, she had said she would let her sister-in-law run the household, but no matter what she said, her sister-in-law wouldn't agree. She even gave her all the money that Ah Jian had won for passing the imperial examination. So she stopped talking about it. She had no selfish motives towards the family, so she calmly took over the management. "Your most important thing is to study and pass the imperial examination. Don't let copying distract you."
"I know." Xie Jian said, glancing at the wooden hairpin on Ah Heng's head that he bought for thirteen coins. He said that when she passed the imperial examination, he would definitely buy her a silver hairpin. "I won't be home for lunch. I'll be back to the academy soon."
Xia nodded: "Why did you come back suddenly last night?"
"I left a few books with the teacher. I need them this afternoon, so I hurried back." This kind of thing was naturally reserved in advance. As for the teacher, seeing him pass by in the morning, he thought he was in a hurry back. "Sister-in-law, I will write a letter to refuse Wang Neishi."
Shen Heng looked at Xie Jian, guessing that her sister-in-law had told Xie Jian about Wang Nei Shi's letter in the morning.
Xia heaved a sigh of relief. On the one hand, she felt that being the eunuch of King Xian was indeed of great benefit. On the other hand, her son was still young after all, and she didn't want him to leave her. So she decided to let her brother-in-law come.
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