"He ge’er, these are the eggs laid by the chickens at home. You are pregnant and you should nourish yourself more everyday."

Xu He glanced at the eggs in the basket covered with sackcloth. He didn't mean to look down on the eggs, after getting pregnant, the fourth uncle's family gave it to him, and even Zhang Fangyuan's stingy eldest uncle also sent some eggs, and the family had saved a lot of eggs.

He couldn't eat it even if he ate one a day.

"Second sister, what's the matter here?"

Xu He still took the eggs, if he didn't took the things, then the visitor wouldn’t know how to continue.

Xu Shaochun was a little embarrassed, she looked around Zhang's house, put her hands on her knees: "It's okay, since you are pregnant I want to come and see you. I heard from mother that you and Zhang Fangyuan's business is doing well, and even taught Chen Si cousin as an apprentice."

"Second sister is also not bad, people in the village say that you have become more capable." Xu He looked directly at Xu Shaochun, compared to the last time when he saw his second sister at Xu's house, this person was a lot darker now, the face that full of life in the past now became yellow. Her previous bright and beautiful dress had disappeared and became the common blue cloth coat with a simple bun, which was not much different from the ordinary village women in the village.

Xu Shaochun's bones (骨 相生) were actually not outstandingly good. In this era of whiteness covering all ugliness, when a girl was raised well at home and her body became white and plump, many people or households would fall over each other in their eagerness to seek her. Now, under the hardships of life, the advantages of being a girl in the past gradually had faded away, and her appearance was not as good as before.

The girls and ge’ers in this village were all dependent on the family to take care of them.

It must have been difficult living in her in-law's house. Xu Shaochun, who loved beauty so much, no longer liked to tidy up herself. It was just that Xu He didn't know whether it was Fei's mother who didn't let her dress up, or whether she was too busy with farm work and had no intention to dress up.

Xu Shaochun laughed dryly when she heard the words, the words seemed to be a compliment, but also ironic, but she didn't care about it.After all, she had heard all the ugly words in the Fei's house and she was no longer the girl who used to cry when she was wronged.

"Drink some tea." Xu He pushed the tea bowl towards Xu Shaochun: "It's the Maojian tea from the tea shop."

Xu Shaochun wanted to speak several times, but finally she didn't say anything. She took the tea bowl and drank the tea first.

Xu He saw that she was hesitant to speak, and he knew that she had something to say, so he didn't bother to go around with her: "Second sister is here today because she has something important to say."

After Xu He asked the question like this, Xu Shaochun felt that it would be even more difficult to speak if he didn't say anything: "I want to borrow some money from my younger brother."

Xu Shaochun's voice was a little soft, and Xu He probably already knew it in his heart when he saw someone coming. When it was the time they paid the tax before, a bunch of people came to borrow money, and he learned from Zhang Fangyuan how to refuse, but he still asked: "I don't know what the second sister is borrowing money for. My brother-in-law is a scholar, and he gets monthly silver. I think the family’s life will be much better than ordinary people like us."

Xu Shaochun showed embarrassment: "There are so many people in the family, it's really not enough to cover the expenses. Actually, if we could manage the expenses, the days could go on even though it was a little bit tighter. But your brother-in-law no longer goes to the academy in the city to study. He is planning to make a living by himself and want to open a private school in the village. "

Xu He was slightly surprised when he heard this.

"Younger brother, you see, your child will be born next year. Don’t you think it will be convenient to send him to a school for enlightenment? You and I have never study and read, how much we have suffered now? In the future, we will definitely not allow our children to have such a hard life like us. "

Xu Shaochun wanted to say a few more words, it was obviously the first time she came out to borrow money, and she was not very proficient, but when she thought of Zhang Fangyuan's fierce appearance, she didn't dare to say more. She had no choice but to retract her body that was slightly leaning towards Xu He, she was excited and nodded.

"I'll go and ask him if he has any spare money on hand. He is always in charge of the family affairs, I can't get involved." After saying that, Xu He went to the backyard.

Zhang Fangyuan was bathing Xiao Hei with the brush, and the strong horse kept moving the horse's hooves from time to time, which was obviously comfortable. Zhang Fangyuan didn't listen to the conversation between the siblings, so he looked at Xu He and asked, " She left?"

"No, she came here to borrow money."

Zhang Fangyuan retracted the brush and looked at Xu He: "Do you want to lend her money?"