Lady of Fortune, Jiao Niang

Qi Jia Saburo's exam was faster than last time. The college exam was two less than the county exam. It's just that the exam place was far away from home. Qi Ming didn't wait for the list this time. Instead, he returned a letter saying that he was going home and waiting for news. .

It's business as usual at home, probably because this time they didn't come back after being put on the list. Their mentality was fairly calm, and they didn't have the excitement and panic after winning the case last time.

It's just that Liu's as a mother is still worried.

Others worry about whether Qi Ming can get it, but Liu's worry is whether Qi Ming is in good health and whether he is in a good mood.

Perhaps even Qi Ming himself had forgotten the thing he had come back with his arm hanging before the Chinese New Year. Last time he was trying to cheat the person who harmed him. When he knew it was Cai Shi Erlang, and the Cai family was defeated, naturally Throw this thing behind.

However, Liu does not easily forget. Even if she knows that it is a fake, she will unconsciously worry about whether her son will be injured outside, and will go to the small Buddhist hall to recite scriptures from time to time. The mother's heart is always extremely hot.

Ye Jiao didn't bother the Liu family in the past few days, but stayed in her yard.

It has been four months since the belly is beginning to be pregnant, and the human body is different. Some people can see a bulge in the lower abdomen in two months, and some people can see pregnancy late.

Ye Jiao was originally slender, but she was later than others.

At this moment, it's just a slight bulge in the lower abdomen, and it can't be seen if it is covered with a slightly larger robe.

It's just that Ye Jiao would always put her hand on her lower abdomen unconsciously, and touch it from time to time, which seemed very fresh.

The weather is good today, so Ye Jiao walked out holding Shiyacao, and by the way, he was able to weed the medicinal flowers in the yard.

But this weeding is done by squatting down. In the past, Ye Jiao only found it interesting, and she was very happy to do it, and did not feel tired. But now she is a little awkward to get up and down, Xiao Su dare not let her squat and run over to support Ye Jiao said, "Second young lady, just rest and I will do it."

Ye Jiao looked at her and said, "I'm fine."

Xiao Su didn't listen to her this time: "Li Langzhong said before that he shouldn't be tired this month, and the second young master also said...to listen to Li Langzhong."

And Qi Yun also told Xiao Su that if Ye Jiao didn't look after him well, he would pluck Xiao Hei's hair and stew to eat.

Xiao Su sighed in his heart, feeling that the big black-feathered rooster he raised could survive until now, and it would be a miracle that it didn't turn into stewed chicken soup or fried chicken.

Ye Jiao didn't insist and gave Xiaosu the small hoe, while she sat at the stone table and looked at the stone bud grass on the table.

Originally there were no stone tables in the yard, but Qi Yun watched Ye Jiao always like to walk around holding flower pots. For fear that she would fall, he let people move the stone tables and stone benches in, and put them in a sunny place. , So that Ye Jiao could sit, watching Shi Yacao while basking in the sun.

The stone bench is specially covered with thick cushions, which makes it soft and comfortable to sit on after the cold.

Ye Jiao stared at the Shi Yacao on the table intently, and from time to time he reached out and touched it.

The three red flowers on the stone bud grass are gone, and now spring is here, it's time to bear fruit.

However, when Shiya grass bears fruit, it is not as easy as an ordinary fruit. Because of the great nourishment of white rainbow fruit, it can save lives and cure all diseases, and naturally attracts many creatures coveted.

In order to avoid being eaten by birds and insects before they grow up, Bai Hongguo will carefully wrap itself with leaves during the fruiting process.

You can't see anything unusual from the outside, you have to look carefully to see the three small balls wrapped in layers of leaves, shaking.

In the past millennia, small ginseng has often been accompanied by this kind of fruit. In memory, the usual appearance is about to bear fruit.

When it turns out, there will be a strange fragrance, which is particularly attractive.

At that time, it must be taken off immediately, otherwise it will decline soon.

But these will only go well when she is still ginseng.

But now that she is a human being, she only has ginseng essence, so Ye Jiao had no idea how big the fruit could be.

Looking at it, Ye Jiao felt bored.

She said to Xiao Su: "Bring melon seeds, I want to eat."

Xiaosu responded, washed his hands, and then took out the dishes in the wing.

Peeling melon seeds is the latest skill learned by small ginseng. Sunflower seeds are used for melon seeds. They are cooked. It seems that the sugar has been left behind. The fried taste is sweet and the melon seeds also have a fragrance.

It's just that she gets angry easily, and Ye Jiao eats no more than 100 capsules a day and doesn't eat too much.

However, ordinary people like to enjoy the process of eating melon seeds, but small ginseng just likes to eat this taste.

On the contrary, she found it very troublesome to knock open the seeds.

Looking at the melon seeds in front of him, Ye Jiao couldn't help but stretched out his fingers to stir inside, as if he wanted to find a melon seed that popped out after peeling off his coat.

At this moment, Qi Yun sat next to her.

Ye Jiao looked at him somewhat surprised: "Msang Gong, why did you come back so early today?"

Qi Yun smiled and said, "Saburo is going home tonight. My parents said that I will get together for dinner in the evening, so my eldest brother and I will be back earlier."

Ye Jiao put her soft hand into the man's palm: "You seem to have been out with your eldest brother recently."

Qi Yun shook Ye Jiao's hand with his backhand and nodded: "If you want to use the grain from the eldest brother Zhuangzi this year, you have to look more."

"You go to Zhuangzi?" Ye Jiao was a little worried.

The Qi family's villager is not small, and the tenants inside are honest, but there are inevitably potholes along the way. Ye Jiao doesn't like the bumps of the carriage, so he is not willing to let her husband suffer.

Qi Yun said: "It doesn't matter, just let people take the food and see, I don't have to go by myself."

Ye Jiao responded and looked at the melon seeds on the plate again.

Qi Yun could see that she wanted to eat, and knew that Ye Jiao was impatient to peel the seeds, so he dragged the plate in front of him, and asked Xiao Su to bring an empty small dish and put it aside, picking up a seed. , Knocked open gently, then peeled the shell, and put the melon seeds in a small dish.

Ye Jiao stared eagerly, and heard Qi Yun's voice in her ear: "Are you sleepy?"

"Sleepy." Ye Jiao's eyes were still staring at the melon seeds in Qi Yun's hand, and his gaze moved around following his movements.

Qi Yun put another melon seed on the plate: "If you are sleepy, go to sleep later, I will call you before dinner."

Ye Jiao couldn't hear what he said now, and answered almost instinctively: "I want to eat snowflake cake."

Of course Qi Yun would not refuse her request: "Well, there will be."

At this time, there were about two dozen melon seeds in the plate, neatly placed inside.

Then Qi Yun silently peeled off about forty of them, and placed them inside.

The tips of the melon seeds are all facing the same direction, arranged in four rows, and they look square.

After that, Qi Yun picked up the dish, but his eyes kept looking at Ye Jiao.

This was originally what he stripped to his wife to eat, but Qi Erlang wanted to tease her, pretending not to give it, and see how Ye Jiao reacted.

But when he lifted the plate at one end, Qi Yun saw Ye Jiao's mouth open.

Her mouth was not smeared with mouth fat, only the original matte color. When she opened slightly, her clear eyes stared at Qi Yun, looking extremely sincere.

This made Qi Yun reluctant to tease her at once, and naturally handed the dish to Ye Jiao: "For you."

Ye Jiao took it and poured the melon seeds into her mouth. After eating, she drank a sip of water, and narrowed her eyes with satisfaction.

Qi Yun took the opportunity to lick her lips, but the little ginseng didn't avoid it, and even moved to Qi Yun's side and licked his lower lip.

For a moment, Qi Yun couldn't tell who was teasing who...

Little Ginseng didn't think there was anything wrong with this. When Qi Yun held her hand again, Ye Jiao rubbed her eyes and yawned.

Qi Yun took her in for a nap, but while sitting by the bed, Qi Yun took the opportunity to hand over the cash receipts obtained in the past two months to Ye Jiao: "Take it, our private room."

Ye Jiao took it over and looked at it, one hundred and two, a total of five, which is five hundred taels.

This number is definitely a big number, and this silver is afraid that ordinary people will not be able to save it for a lifetime.

But Ye Jiao gave Qi Yun the habit of managing money. The shop was booming and it made a lot of money. From her point of view, the money was just a figure, and there was nothing surprising.

Opening his money box, putting it in and locking it up, Ye Jiao turned to Qi Yun's mouth and pecked, "Xiangong is really amazing."

Qi Yun smiled and hugged her, rubbed her forehead with his face, and then pulled the Jinbei to cover her to coax her to sleep.

Originally, Ye Jiao didn't need to take a nap, so she lay down and went to sleep.

But when the belly was slightly bigger, the little ginseng was a little bit afraid to turn over, for fear of pressing her belly, but the more careful it was, the harder it was to fall asleep. After Qi Yun knew it, he would often come back to coax her.

There is no need to do more, just lean against the bed and pat her until she falls asleep.

Today, Qi Yun took a pharmacopoeia in his hand and was about to read it to her and put her to sleep. He happened to turn to the ginseng page.

A man’s voice has always been low and sweet, as quiet as a bamboo forest after wind and rain: "Ginseng is also known as yellow ginseng and sacred grass. It has a sweet taste, mild cold in nature, non-toxic, nourishes the five internal organs, calms the spirit, calms the soul, and relieves panic. , Eliminate evil, cure all deficiency syndromes of men and women, improve eyesight and be happy..."

This happiness originally meant to open the heart, but Ye Jiao was half asleep and half awake, listening vaguely, as if he heard ginseng, and he seemed to be happy again, so he muttered: "Well, I am very happy... …"

Qi Yun heard the words and thought she was talking in a dream, so he smiled and patted her gently, his voice kept.

She didn't stop until she felt Ye Jiao's breathing smooth.

Qi Yun looked at Ye Jiao carefully and made sure that this person was really asleep, so he gently put the pharmacopoeia on the low table aside, got out of the bed carefully, lowered the curtain of the bed, and watched it was early. Went out.

Today's Qi Jia Erlang looks a bit paler than ordinary people, but his body has been better day by day.

In the past, he could only stay at home and listen to the stewards coming to talk about the store. Now Qi Jia Erlang can go to the street by himself and walk around in the store.

Today he went to the liquor store to find Song's manager, and he was going to talk to him about caravans.

After entering the wine shop, as soon as Qi Yun took a seat, Guan Shi began to vomit bitterness.

Among them, the caravan's affairs were the most difficult for Guan Song to handle.

Shopkeeper Sun has given Qi Yun a lot of help. He is not too young, and he can see that Qi Yun is a man with seven know-hows, and what is even more rare is that this person is more decisive than others.

In fact, there are a lot of people who have the ability, but not many have the ability and ideas.

The Sun family did hate the Cai family before, but never thought that the Cai family could really fall down for a while, even uprooting nothing left.

Qi Yun did it, and he did it cleanly. Shopkeeper Sun knew that this was not a thing in the pool.

Originally only wanted to invite Qi Yun to join the caravan, but now he suggested to Qi Yun that he should form one by himself.

The establishment of a caravan is not just a matter of talking. In addition to an experienced leader and enough coveted goods, it is more important to have enough money.

Once the caravan goes out, it is not impossible to return for a year or a half. If it is going to sea, it is not unusual to return once in three or four years.

This requires a large amount of money to be invested, and it is still unknown whether it can be recovered.

Ordinary people think that a thousand eight hundred taels can be spent in a lifetime, but for the caravan, these thousand eight hundred taels cannot be silver, but they must be replaced by gold to ensure their composition.

Qi Yun was a little moved by this suggestion. After all, it was safer to hold the caravan in his own hands. Borrowing someone else's is better than having one's freedom.

But where the money came from, Qi Yun hesitated.

Guan Shi sighed: "The shopkeeper Sun said that he can lend us, but the profit he wants is not low, and it is still unknown whether the caravan can make money or lose money. ."

Qi Yun shook his head: "If we ask shopkeeper Sun to borrow money, he will definitely agree, and even if he doesn't, he won't say anything, but we can't say that."

Guan Shi didn't quite understand: "Why?"

If you ask him to borrow, he will borrow, and it doesn't matter if you still have to, why not borrow?

Qi Yun's tone was calm: "In this world, the best thing to pay back is money, and the hardest thing to pay back is favors." His voice paused, and he explained the matter to Guan Song, "We asked shopkeeper Sun before. Caravan, we helped them to bring down the Cai family in exchange for mutual benefit, but now the treasurer Sun wants us to owe others favor."

Guan Shi thought for a while, then turned around.

Shopkeeper Sun is not short of money. He runs a bank, and money is never difficult for him.

However, his proactive help to the Qi family can't be a sudden attack of kindness.

If Qi Yun really opened the mouth now and borrowed the money, I'm afraid that after the renqing debt is owed, regardless of whether the future money can be repaid, the renqing will not go back.

At this moment, Qi Yun saw someone enter the wine shop.

After the examination of Qi Sanlang's mansion, he returned with Chu Chengyun.

In fact, Chu Chengyun said that he was on the same road as an excuse. The prince of Duan is already very idle now, and he has nothing to do. After finally handing in a virtuous brother, he naturally wants to walk with him more, especially Qi Ming. Many political opinions coincide with Chu Chengyun, and the two of them have something to say.

When I went there, I talked all the way, and when I came back, I talked all the way. Just talking about the agricultural and commercial reforms was a lot of talk.

When chatting started, Qi Ming suggested to sit in the wine shop.

He was still young and could not drink, and Chu Chengyun rarely drank. Because Meng's body was weak and could not smell alcohol, Chu Chengyun seldom drank alcohol.

The two went to sit and sit only because they were talking about politics. It is taboo for the people to discuss politics. The Qi family's wine shop is the Qi family's own property, and it can always be more secretive.

Who knew that as soon as he entered the door, he saw Qi Yun who was talking to Guan Shi.

Originally, Chu Chengyun saw someone and wanted to leave.

Who knew that the gold silk fan bag tied around his waist suddenly fell off, and what it contained was exactly what Ye Jiao gave him the chance to get it. The king of Duan hung it up, which is to wake up every day not to ignore luck. .

Seeing it fell, Chu Chengyun went to pick it up.

But when Chu Chengyun bent over to pick it up, Qi Yun had already stood up and walked towards the door. Seeing that someone was coming, Chu Chengyun couldn't turn around and left. It would be impolite to stand there.

Qi Yun had heard Ye Jiao talk about them before, but now that he saw Ye Pingrong, he knew that the man in front of him was the third son. He looked carefully, and he could see that Chu Chengyun was dressed well.

Because at night, Qi Yun was filled with Ye Jiao, so he never looked at Chu Chengyun carefully.

Now it seems that although the third son looks nothing special in a long gown, the material is not cheap, and there is also dark embroidery, which is not the craftsmanship of ordinary embroiders.

This person really should be Chu.

Country name.

The thoughts in his heart were strengthened. Qi Yun stood up and said to Qi Ming first: "You don't want to go home quickly, what are you doing here?"

What Qi Ming is most afraid of at home is Qi Yun. He was still alive just now. Now that Qi Yun was silent, he stood up straight and replied obediently: "I am on the same road with Brother Yi, thinking about finding a place to rest. "

Qi Yun then looked at the other two people, got up, and said, "San Gongzi, at Xia Qi Yun." Then he looked at Ye Pingrong, "Big Brother."

Ye Pingrong nodded, knowing that he was following Ye Jiao to shout to himself for his eldest brother, so he returned a bow.

When Chu Chengyun saw Qi Yun, he was a little emotional.

In fact, Qi Ming and Chu Chengyun mentioned more than once about the two brothers in his family, especially Qi Yun, that there is nothing in the sky that Qi Ming blows.

There are many geniuses in this world, but often geniuses are ill-fated, and Qi Yun has a natural color of sadness in Chu Chengyun's eyes.

He was born weak and sickly, but he had a delicate mind. He knew everything, but he was always on the verge of life and death.

It will be embarrassing to put such a character in any dynasty and generation.

And now, Chu Chengyun looked at the man who looked like a Zhilan Yushu in front of him, feeling more and more emotional, with a smile on his face: "Presumably this is Qi Jia Erlang, and Saburo often mentions you."

Qi Yun nodded at Chu Chengyun, with a light expression as always, as if he didn't think highly of Chu Chengyun because of the guesses about his identity in his heart, and his voice was calm: "My family Saburo is thankful for the care of the third son. I am grateful. "Speaking, he said to Guan Song, "Bring some tea."

Now that Qi Yun said so, Chu Chengyun and Qi Ming sat down at another table, ready to chat again.

Ye Pingrong stood at the door with a calm face.

But before Chu Chengyun and Qi Ming could speak, they heard Qi Yun's voice faintly sounded on the other table: "For the caravan, I only sigh for bad luck. I have no enthusiasm, but I can't do it."

Originally Guan Shi thought, when a stranger came, he would take a break from the matter, stop for a while, and say nothing in a hurry.

But seeing that Qi Yun didn't mean to stop, Guan Shi also sat back again and said, "Second Young Master doesn't need to be too worried, there will always be a solution."

Qi Yun didn't mention money matters, but said in a quiet voice: "I originally thought that I would open a caravan and take my calligraphy, calligraphy and painting out to educate the barbarians, and I can also communicate trade routes. I also hired a painter. If I want to outline the terrain along the way, if the court needs it, I am willing to provide free pennies without taking it. It is really multiplying, but..."

At this point, Qi Yun stopped suddenly and sighed slightly, but with a short sound, he could hear the helplessness inside.

On the contrary, Guan Shi was confused.

When did you talk about calligraphy and painting?Isn't it selling alcohol?

When did you talk about drawing pictures?Did they not hire a master?

What, what the Second Young Master said, I don't understand.

But when Guan Shi didn't know how to deal with it, Chu Chengyun had already stood up.

He listened to what Qi Yun said, but Chu Chengyun obviously thought much more than Song Guan.

Nowadays, there are many caravans, but most of them are tools for the people to fight for profit, and they have no other use.

On the contrary, many caravans came secretly and never paid taxes, which became the court's heart disease.

But now Chu Chengyun listened to Qi Yun's words and suddenly had other thoughts.

If it can really act like this, it will have a lot of benefits for the court, and it can also spread the culture, and benefit the people, and it can be prepared in advance for the battle of war. Wouldn't it be a great thing?

As soon as this thought came out, Chu Chengyun said to Qi Yun: "Erlang, can you tell me about the caravan?"

Qi Yun turned to look at him, as if hesitated.

But in the end he stood up and walked to the chair opposite Chu Chengyun and sat down.

Qi Yun's manners have always been excellent, with a gentleman's air in every move, but looking at Qi Ming, today's second brother seems to be more... more elegant than usual?

Before he wanted to understand, he heard Qi Yun talk about the caravan.

Originally, Qi Yun had made some plans for the caravan, and all kinds of preparations were also thorough. In addition, Qi Yun had been ill since he was a child. At home, he didn’t have much entertainment besides reading. Come more and more Shun Chu Chengyun this bookworm ear.

After listening to Qi Yun finished speaking, Chu Chengyun smiled unconsciously, "Okay, Erlang's idea is great."

But what Qi Yun gave him back was a smile.

But this smile was a bitter smile, with helplessness: "It's just that the money to be spent is unknown."

As soon as these words came out, Chu Chengyun said: "If you want money, I have it."

Chu Chengyun is not short of money. As a royal family, he has more money than he has.

Since he was appointed the king and had his own fief, the money was like running water. This was what Chu Chengyun lacked most.

But this idea belongs to others, not his own. Chu Chengyun hesitated for a moment. He can't use his own money to snatch Qi Erlang's idea, right?

How can he compete with the people for profit as a dignified prince?

Qi Yun looked at him and said lightly: "This is just my idea, and it's normal for the son to hesitate. After all, I am just a sick person, and I think a little too naively, and I will always miss it."

Qi Ming:...

As Qi Ming who had been brought up by Qi Yun since childhood, he could more or less guess what his brother wanted to do.

This is obviously just using words to stop the third son!

Qi Ming couldn't be more clear about his righteous brother, he was extraordinarily straightforward, and extremely enthusiastic. What he didn't listen to was his suffering.

And Qi Ming said a lot of Qi Yun's good things in front of Chu Chengyun, most of them were truthful, but that did not include his second brother, who is a good hand...

It's just that Qi Ming is a little unsure. San Gongzi is his righteous brother, but Qi Yun is his own brother. It's clear which one is more important.

But seeing that the righteous brother he had just admitted was going around by Qi Yun, Qi Ming still hesitated.

Just when he hesitated, Chu Chengyun had already spoken: "Mr. has misunderstood what I mean. This is a good plan and should be implemented."

Chu Chengyun thinks that Qi Yun is the most elegant and intelligent person. When I heard Qi Ming talk about it before, it might be a little unbelievable. After all, no one can think of how capable a man who is always sick can be, but really I saw it, especially Qi Yun's affair just now. It was very eye-catching. Whoever looked at it would feel that this person is trustworthy, and he is the kind of strange man who is extremely sincere.

Facing Qi Yun's face, no one would have thought that he had other thoughts.

In addition, every word Qi Yun said was poked into his heart, but Chu Chengyun didn't care about the money, so it was naturally a hit.

But when Chu Chengyun changed his name, Qi Yun knew that it was more than half done.

When Qi Yun looked at Chu Chengyun, he already had the meaning of comforting: "Oh, planning is a good one, but after all, Qi is embarrassed in his pocket and can't support this idea. It's really not what people want. You can only call Naihe for nothing. The son is just listening, don’t worry about it."

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Chu Chengyun agreed: "Since your sir has such ambitions, I naturally want to help you. Let's discuss it again. If it is really feasible, I will pay the money. If you get it, Lee, fifty-five..."

Qi Yun sighed lightly, neither light nor heavy, with that slightly pale face, looking a little depressed.

Chu Chengyun's words changed: "It's three or seven points. I'm three and you are seven."

He was thinking to himself that he was a royal family, and he shouldn't be fighting for profit with the people. Now he is still a helpless move for fear of revealing his identity.

Qi Yun showed a surprised look, and then gradually turned into a smile.

He got up and respectfully bowed his hand to Chu Chengyun: "The three sons who serve the country for the people and don't compete with the people are really rare in the world, and they are indeed a blessing to the court."

Chu Chengyun didn't care about the money at all, and no matter how much he wanted to be an idle prince in his heart, after all, the court surnamed Chu was his family, and Chu Chengyun was naturally happy to do something for his family.

Hearing that, Chu Chengyun stood up and held Qi Yun on his feet: "Erlang is a great talent. He lives in the business world, but he doesn't have the treacherous habits of a businessman. On the contrary, he is so considerate of the country. A businessman like you is the court Blessing."

"you are welcome."

"How dare you dare."

Qi Ming looked left and right, only felt that the corners of his mouth would twitch uncontrollably.

How did my second brother, the empty-glove white wolf, develop his skills?How come they were raised by a mother and a father, yet this ability was not passed on to me at all?