The sun is shining, and the sun is warm. The www.biquge.info air is filled with the fragrance of grass, the white poplar flowers are flying everywhere, and all kinds of flowers are blooming not far away. The weather in late spring is so comfortable that people don't want to move.

Xu Ping leaned back on the recliner, basking in the sun, looking at the scenery around him, drowsy.

Xiuxiu sat on the side, holding her cheeks and looking ahead, where Panpan was holding her sister who couldn't walk yet, teasing the dragonfly butterfly.

Lin Suniang's health finally improved, and she came to Luoyang with Xu Zheng and his wife, and lived in a newly bought house on the edge of the Luohe River. Everything was calm and happy, and there was no shadow of the family conflict that Xu Ping was worried about.

Xiuxiu asked someone to send a gift over, which was regarded as a tribute, and Lin Suniang accepted it with peace of mind and returned the gift. However, Xiuxiu still can't come to the door, and Lin Suniang will not have such a thing after that. But Panpan is familiar with Xiuxiu, and often runs over with her subordinates, seeing that Lin Suniang is ignoring it, she is getting more and more bold, and she often brings her sister over recently.

Home and everything is prosperous, if nothing happens, it will be good, Xu Ping slowly got used to this leisurely life. Sometimes he also thinks, in fact, it is not bad to live separately like this, if you really live together, the bowls and spoons will inevitably touch the edge of the pot, maybe there is no such tranquility.

Xiuxiu ran over with her sister in her arms, pushed Xu Ping's legs, and said, "Daddy, you go and catch a dragonfly for us to play!" ”

Xu Ping opened his eyes and said lazily: "What are you doing when you caught it?" No matter how small it is, it's a living being! Just look at it from the side, and don't mess around with this and that. A girl must learn to be quiet. ”

Xiuxiu wrinkled her brows and said, "Let's just take a look at it in our hands, and let it go after reading it!" Daddy, hurry up! ”

Xu Ping sighed, stood up, took Panpan's hand, and went to the edge of the vegetable field in front of him. Pan Pan has just become sensible, and it is the most likable time, and Xu Ping really has no way to take this daughter.

Xiuxiu watched from the side, just laughing. Since she was a child, she has regarded herself as a member of the Xu family and has no desire to compete with Lin Suniang. The family is so harmonious and beautiful, which is the day when Xiuxiu wants to be there.

Now this season, there are not many dragonflies, especially the common red dragonflies in summer. There are all kinds of butterflies, fluttering in the vegetable field, which is very beautiful. They are also not afraid of people, and only look for the small flowers that bloom in the vegetables.

It didn't take much effort, Xu Ping grabbed a colorful butterfly in his hand and carefully handed it to Panpan. He said: "Be careful, these butterfly insects are very delicate, and if you accidentally lose your life, that's a big sin!" ”

Panpan happily agreed, took the butterfly into his hand very carefully, pinched his wings, and dangled proudly in front of his sister. The little guy didn't know what it was, and his dark eyes turned around.

Xu Ping looked at his second daughter, smiled, and patted her pink face gently.

Returning to the recliner and sitting down, looking at the Panpan sisters playing there, Xu Ping sighed: "Before I know it, I will have two daughters, and in another ten years, maybe there will be grandchildren." It's been a fast day—"

Xiuxiu smiled: "No, when I first entered your house, I was even younger than Panpan now." I always feel that in the blink of an eye, I have grown into an adult, and even my children are so old. ”

Xu Ping smiled: "Don't just look at Panpan, when will you fight for a breath and give birth to a son and a half daughter for me." ”

Xiuxiu took a sip: "This kind of thing is what I want to give birth to?" ”

Xu Ping laughed twice, turned his head, and just saw the Panpan sisters playing there, and stopped talking.

The sky was as blue as a wash, without a trace of clouds, as pure as a jewel. The sun hangs on this canvas-like canopy, and it also looks lazy. The breeze blows from the south, blows through the bamboo forest, sweeps the vegetable patch, and blows on the face, without a trace of chill, like a baby's hand gently caressing, and the comfortable feeling has been penetrating to the bottom of my heart.

After being silent for a while, Xu Ping said softly: "The peony you planted over there has been grateful—"

"Spring is almost over, and it's time for the flowers to be gone. Speaking of this peony, I consulted a master before planting it in the garden. If there is no one to guide you, even if you barely plant it, you won't be able to bloom this year. ”

Xu Ping looked at Xiuxiu and smiled: "Is it the eldest sister Tang who sold our house?" I heard that her family used to grow flowers. ”

"yes, it's not easy. At a young age, her husband went away and supported the family business alone. I heard that the general judge of the left-behind division took a fancy to her two years ago and wanted to be admitted to the door to be a concubine, but she disagreed, and it was not easy to resist. ”

Xiuxiu herself is also a concubine, Xu Ping didn't want to discuss this topic, but said vaguely: "Sun Wei, speaking of which, he is a capable and powerful person, but he is greedy for money and lustful, and he acts without scruples." Alas, being an official is like this, if you don't have any means, you will be deceived by your subordinates and do nothing. At best, it sounds like inaction, and if it doesn't sound good, it's a corpse vegetarian meal. Just like when I first returned to Beijing, I knew that Zhang Guan of Kaifeng Mansion, that was really a good person, and he was proficient in learning, worthy of the great Confucianism of the world, but he was confused when dealing with political affairs, and he was at a loss when he encountered a little accident, and it was not the blessing of the people. Like Sun Wei, who has means, once his heart is not right, no matter how heavy his selfishness is, he will toss indiscriminately, and the people are only afraid of suffering more heavily. ”

Xiuxiu smiled and shook her head: "I'm a woman, what are you telling me about this?" What kind of person is that, you officials and officials are in charge, and we people can still manage this? When I mentioned Sister Tang, I felt that it was not easy for this person to support the door alone. And I heard that she co-founded a company this year, and the business is very good. ”

Even if she is with Xu Ping, Xiuxiu has always regarded herself as a common person, without her husband as a big official, and she is an official and eunuch. As soon as Xu Ping talked about things in the officialdom, Xiuxiu said how you are officials, how we are, and our positions are very clear. She has had this concept since she was a child, and it has never changed when she grows up.

At this point, Xu Ping had no way to take Xiuxiu, no matter what she said, she couldn't change it, so she had to follow her words and said: "Sister Tang opened a garment company, because there are master craftsmen in the embroidery institute, and the business is really good." Speaking of garment-making, when I was in Kaifeng Mansion, I still wanted to do this business, but I never had the energy to manage it, and I didn't make it bigger. ”

"You are a man's family, and you don't know how to do needlework or garment business! When have you ever taken a needle and thread in ten years! ”

"Xiuxiu, you're a layman. I don't know how to do needlework, but I know how to do business! Clothes makers can be hired, but people who can do business will not be able to say in the future, but they can't be hired now. ”

Xiuxiu just smiled and shook her head, obviously looking unconvinced.

"Oh, you still don't believe me? Xiuxiu, you have been by my side for more than ten years, whether it is the business of the official family or the business of our family, you can talk about it, but what I have done, which one has not been done? ”

Xiuxiu said: "I don't doubt that officials don't know business, I just don't believe that you know how to make clothes." People who have never even taken a needle and thread since they were young and old, let alone cutting, say that they can do a garment business, and they don't laugh people to death! ”

Xu Ping really considered the garment business seriously, of course, according to the knowledge of the previous life, summed up the body data of people in this era, and then made the standard version of the clothes, grasped a few key sizes, and then industrialized the production of clothes. Xu Ping wants to do it seriously, naturally it is impossible to open a tailor shop like other people in this era, that is not what he is good at.

However, at that time, the troubles in the court were one after another, and the stalls of his family's business were so big that he really didn't have that energy, so he gave up halfway and didn't insist on sitting down. Xu Ping has always felt very sorry that this matter was not done, but now seeing that Xiuxiu didn't believe it, on a whim, he stood up and came to Xiuxiu's side and said, "You stand up!" ”

Xiuxiu was confused, so she had to stand up and say, "What to do?" ”

Xu Ping grabbed Xiuxiu's cuffs, measured them to her shoulders, and said, "Let me tell you, as long as the style of the clothes is set, there are only so many sizes that must be paid attention to." As long as these places are suitable, even if they don't fit as well as the tailor measured, they won't feel anything on the body. Look at the length of the sleeves, the bust—"

At this time, the sun was dazzling, and Xu Ping suddenly made such an intimate move, and Xiuxiu was so ashamed that her face was flushed.

Xu Ping is bent on explaining the principle of industrial clothing, where to pay attention to Xiuxiu's expression? Just keep talking all the way.

"Daddy, what are you doing with Sister Xiuxiu?"

Hearing the voice, Xu Ping looked back and saw Panpan holding his sister standing behind him, looking up at him. Only then did he notice that his posture with Xiuxiu was a little too intimate, so he withdrew his hand and said with embarrassment: "I'm measuring Xiuxiu, and I'll make new clothes to wear in two days." Seeing that the weather is getting hot, it's not good to wear thick clothes again. ”

Panpan is the age of innocence, and he can't think of going up there at all, listening to Xu Ping's words, he said happily: "It turns out that Daddy can also make clothes, so can I make a dress too?" Now it's time for a new home, and you have to have new clothes! ”

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll make it for you in two days!" Xu Ping hurriedly agreed. Turning around and calming down the embarrassed mood, Xu Ping let out a sigh. "Where's the butterfly you caught? Why don't you want it for a while? ”

"The butterfly wasn't happy at all in my hand, so I let it go. By the way, Daddy, I'm a little tired of holding my sister, you can hold me for me for a while, and I'll go drink some water. ”

Xu Ping took the second daughter into his hands and said to Panpan: "Go to the house, remember to drink hot water." ”

Panpan agreed, and rushed to the house, not knowing if he took Xu Ping's words to heart.

Xu Ping hugged his second daughter, looked back at Xiuxiu, looked at each other for a while, and the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile.

(Note: The concubines of the children of the Song Dynasty who called their mothers, that is, their fathers, were generally young mothers or branch mothers, but because the status of concubines was relatively low, sometimes they would be lowered to a generation and called sisters.) Panpan called Sister Xiuxiu first, first, she was used to it, and secondly, it was true at that time. ）