Xue Zhi was afraid that she would get angry again, so he quickly said, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything, you take a rest." Then he sat down on the edge of the bed and tucked the corner of the quilt for Zheng Xiu gently.
Zheng Xiu was bored lying there, and she was worried about the pile of account books that needed to be recalculated before they were considered complete.
Xue Zhi saw it, so he said, "You can take a rest, I will ask someone to take care of the account books."
Zheng Xiu was still worried and asked, "Who are you going to ask to do it?"
"I'll ask someone to send it to Changfeng Garden later. My sister-in-law knows that you are pregnant, so she will naturally be happy to ask someone to help."
"Wouldn't that be too troublesome? Anyway, I have almost finished everything, so just let me do it myself." Zheng Xiu was about to get up.
Xue Zhi put one hand on her shoulder and held her down: "Just lie on the bed and don't do anything!" He was forceful for once, and then realized that his tone was too harsh, and said softly: "Didn't the doctor and the female doctor say that you need to rest now?"
He insisted so much that Zheng Xiu had no choice but to give up. After a while, Minghui brought people to move a pile of account books on the table.
Princess Guihe has a lot of private property. Part of it was prepared for her when the late emperor was still alive, and the other part was subsidized to her in the future. She also has many capable people under her. There are five accountants alone. The five people have a clear division of labor and each performs their duties. Over the years, they have managed Princess Guihe's property in an orderly manner.
The businesses under Xue Zhi's name naturally could not be compared with those of Princess Guihe. Within two days after the account books were sent over, they were all checked, and the problematic parts were marked separately for Xue Zhi to review again.
Xue Zhi called a few stewards in to inquire about those unclear expenditures. The stewards explained clearly, and the numbers matched. It took a total of three days to settle all the accounts that Zheng Xiu had been busy with for more than half a month.
After finishing, Xue Zhi hurried back to Haoye Hall to see Zheng Xiu.
There was a charcoal basin in the room, and it was quiet. Because Zheng Xiu was pregnant, the incense was removed, and there was only a few faint scents of medicine.
Zheng Xiu was half-lying on the kang, holding a storybook in his hand and a brocade quilt of twisted gold and silver threads on his belly.
She suddenly had a lot of leisure these days, and she was not used to it for a while, but everyone in Haoyetang stared at her as if she was facing a formidable enemy when they saw her walking around casually. Even Ming Hui, who always understood her best, repeatedly advised her to take a good rest. Zheng Xiu found it boring and simply stopped moving. She stayed indoors all day to raise her baby.
Xue Zhi entered the house happily, sat on the kang and told Zheng Xiu that everything had been done.
When Zheng Xiu heard Xue Zhi talking to him in a flattering manner, he did not feel relaxed, but rather irritated.
How come something that she spent so much effort on alone sounded so easy in his mouth? Did everything she did go in vain?
Seeing that she looked gloomy and stopped smiling, Xue Zhi asked her hurriedly: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Zheng Xiu said sullenly: "You are right, it's me who is wrong. I overestimated my abilities and unexpectedly caused you trouble!"
Xue Zhi hurriedly said: "What are you talking about? I didn't mean that at all!" After Zheng
Xiu said this, she realized that she was unhappy because of some trivial things again. She didn't know what was going on before, but now she thinks it is probably caused by the problem of hormone disorder in the body.
She closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and then said, "Well, I was confused. I don't know what happened, don't take it to heart."
Seeing that she was no longer angry, Xue Zhi smiled and said, "I asked the doctor, and the doctor said that women's tempers would be worse when they are pregnant. I naturally won't take it to heart. I'm just afraid that you will get yourself sick. So if you are dissatisfied or unhappy about something, just say it out loud. Don't keep it in your heart and hurt yourself."
Zheng Xiu said with a smile, "Then according to what you mean, I can scold you if I want to, and I can vent my anger on you if I want to, as long as I don't get sick."
Xue Zhi also laughed, "I have thick skin and flesh, you can hit me or scold me if you like."
They talked for a while, and Bai Zhu had already prepared dinner.
Zheng Xiu had a plate of sour plums in the afternoon and didn't eat anything else. She didn't have an appetite now.
But Xue Zhi and Xue Shao were both hungry, so she accompanied them to the table.
Xue Zhi had a long talk with Xue Shao three days ago, telling him that his mother was pregnant and was going to give birth to a little brother or sister.
Xue Shao was a little confused at the time and didn't react. Although he always knew that her mother and father would have another child, he didn't expect it to come so soon, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
Therefore, Xue Shao seemed a little unhappy these days.
The dinner table was quiet, Xue Shao didn't say anything, and Xue Zhi was afraid that saying something wrong would make Zheng Xiu angry, so he didn't say anything either.
Zheng Xiu felt sick at the sight of the food on the table, but she had nothing to say.
The meal was quieter than usual.
Xue Shao ate most of the rice, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said without looking up, "Dad, Mom, I'm going back to my room to do my homework." Then, without waiting for their answers, he left on his own.
Zheng Xiu looked at Xue Zhi in surprise, and Xue Zhi said, "He's still young, don't mind it." He thought Xue Shao's attitude made Zheng Xiu unhappy.
Zheng Xiu said, "Why is Shao so weird?" Xue Shao was usually a talkative person, so it was rare for him to not talk like this, let alone go back to his room so self-absorbed.
Xue Zhi was also a little careless, and only said: "Maybe it's because of too much homework, he is tired." Then he put some food into Zheng Xiu's bowl, "Don't think too much, the child is in front of you every day, it's okay. You should eat more and get well soon."
Zheng Xiu nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. Xue
Shao returned to the room in a depressed mood, and asked everyone in the room to go downstairs and closed the door from the inside.
Seeing that the New Year's holiday was about to start, the teacher assigned less homework these days than usual.
According to his usual speed, he would have finished it in half an hour.
But today, I don't know what happened, he just didn't think about it at all. All he could think about was when he came home from school and saw his father and mother talking and laughing. His mother gently stroked her belly with one hand, with a gentle and loving smile on her face.
He had never seen that kind of expression on his mother's face before.
Xue Shao felt uncomfortable and his throat felt like it was clogged with cotton.
He was lost in thought when he suddenly heard Xue Mian's voice.
"A Shao, A Shao!" Xue Mian called him at the door.
He rubbed his face, smiled and opened the door for Xue Mian, "Why are you here?"
Xue Mian was smiling, wearing a mink felt hat, with a pair of chubby hands folded in his sleeves, "I called you when school was over, why did you ignore me and walk away on your own?"
Xue Shao smiled, "Maybe I walked too fast, so you didn't hear me." As he said this, he let him in.
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