Lady of Fortune, Jiao Niang

Qi Ming didn't stay at home for too long before leaving for the college.

He is now a scholar, and he has to go to school to prepare for the next township examination, but this time it was not the college that the Qi family found for him, but was recommended by the master of the previous college.

With someone else, the Master probably wouldn't try so hard.

However, Qi Ming is talented, and because of the new emperor’s enthronment, Enke will be added in the coming year. The village examination, which was originally only once every three years, will be held again in August of the second year. Qi Ming will be able to participate soon. For the rural examination, the master naturally placed great expectations on him.

Of course, the master didn't expect Qi Ming to get a Jie Yuan back, only thinking that it would be a blessing for the college to pass the exam.

At that time, if there is an issue in their college, as long as it is spread out, the students will naturally be in an endless stream.

The benefits for Qi Ming now are actually benefits for them.

It’s just that the place where the academy is located this time is farther than before. The Liu family was worried, and specially selected a child with calm personality from the tenants of Zhuangzi, named Liusi, and sent him to be a book boy for Qi Ming. .

Liu Si was a little younger than Qi Ming. He looked honest and honest, and his parents were working in the Qi family. They were very safe. After Qi Zhao and Qi Yun had seen them, Liu sent him to Qi Ming. By your side, let Liu Si take care of Qi Ming's daily life.

Liusi's parents are very happy to do this kind of errands for their sons. It is better to be able to learn to read words by serving the third young master than to eat in the soil.

And after taking care of Qi Jia Saburo's affairs, Qi Yun put all his energy back on the shop.

Today, Qi Yun uses the wine shop as a pathfinder and has been in contact with many places.

In fact, wine shops are not comparable to many other shops. People in one place often like to go to places with long-established local brands. Unless it is a certain type of wine that is particularly famous or cheap, it is difficult to open.

Qi Yun first recommended the wine to the local restaurant and inn, and just named the Qi family.

Qijia wine shop sells cheap Yuye wine and expensive Jinzun wine.

The original version of Jinzun on this Jinzun wine is still kept in Qi Yun’s house. It was originally just a random request, but now it has become an official title of the imperial pen. Because of this, the words on the Jinzun wine have changed. It became the pavilion body printed by engraving. As for the original version, Qi Yun kept it at home and put it in the same place with the long life lock. It would always be useful in the future.

The price of these two wines is different, which determines the sales volume will always be good or bad.

The difference is that some places are rich, the people have enough food and clothing, and if they have spare money, they will not be stingy on the wine. Jinzun wine sells well.

And some places are barren and have less spare money, and cheaper Yuye wine is more popular.

Qi Yun asked someone to collect some news, wait for a while, and then open a shop according to the different sales of the two wines, it is better than a black eye.

This also made the Qijia wine shop a way out for the many shops in the Qi family. If you are rich, you can open a restaurant jewelry store. In a poorer place, you can open a melon shop for medicine and melon shops, and you can always do business.

Qi Yun's abacus was fine, and the shop looked at the fragments and inconspicuous, and gradually it could become some climate, but it would take a lot of time.

It's just that Qi's wine is sweet as honey, which not only attracts drinkers, but also attracts the coveting of some people.

Guan Shi Song came to the study to find Qi Yun today for this: "Master, the Lu family has been looking for me recently, wanting to buy our brewing recipe."

Qi Yun picked up his pen and looked at him: "Which Lu family?"

Guan Shi hurriedly said, "It's the Lu family in the east of the city. The head of his family is incompetent, and his sons have nothing to do, but there is an uncle who is a Privy Councilor in Beijing, who usually relies on the Privy Councilor. The situation can be regarded as worrying about food and clothing, and I don't see them as demon in the past, who knows that this will actually focus on our prescription."

Qi Yun frowned slightly.

This privy bachelor is a third-class Beijing official, and none of the people sitting in this position are simple figures.

This Lu family didn't want to come from their own family, but even if they weren't close, they wouldn't be able to deal with it as long as they were close relatives.

Qi Yun couldn't help but look at Guan Shi, "Do they have any other actions?"

Guan Shi shook his head: "That's not the case. The family is incompetent and has no big ideas. If they can't buy it, they just curse behind them. It doesn't matter, and they haven't been to the yamen."

"They won't go to the Yamen. The most taboo thing in Qingliu's family is that the clansmen have an accident. They will pull the whole body, and they will not dare to do things that cleverly grab them. Otherwise, the first clansman to clean them up is the official clansman." Qi Yun said. , The voice paused slightly, "Let's drag it first, don't get in the way, don't be too scared, just do your thing well, they can't make waves."

Guanshi Song is still worried: "Master, I have a backer, and the third grade Beijing official."

Qi Yun's voice was faint: "It's a good thing, I think I can do it if I have a backer, I don't have to be afraid of him."

This was a moment when Guan Shi said, what kind of backer could be bigger than a third-rank official?My master coaxed myself to play.

However, Qi Yun didn't make everything clear. Instead, he talked to Manager Song and asked Tie Zi to send Ye Jiao a plate of sand cake.

Ye Jiao was in Liu's yard when she got the sand cake.

She came in the afternoon, looking at the late autumn, Ye Jiao went to the Liu family to bring some charcoal back in case of emergency.

When I went there, I brought Xu Bao. Today’s Xiao Xu Bao is just a fun time. Even though he doesn’t like to talk, the little guy always responds when someone asks him, and he loves to laugh and laugh. When I squinted, my eyes are so cute.

Liu's family likes to hug him very much. Little Xubao doesn't know if it's because the apricot cheese here is delicious. He also likes to make Liu's happy. One bite of "grandmother Fuan" makes Liu's closer to him.

Now the Liu family hugged Xu Bao and didn't let go, while his eyes were looking at Ye Jiao and said: "This year's charcoal is a good one. It is a good white charcoal. You can sign and receive it later. Some time ago there was an old cow on Zhuangzi who died. It was reported to the Yamen and could be slaughtered by itself. I left two pieces of good meat for you and Dalang."

Charcoal, meat, Ye Jiao immediately had an idea in his head: "Why don't you eat it at night?"

The Liu family guessed that Ye Jiao would just eat when she thought about it. What she originally wanted was to make beef jerky. After all, beef is rare, but after hearing Ye Jiao’s words, Liu’s smiled and said, "That’s good. You should eat more during the autumn fat season.” After that, the Liu family said to Mrs. Liu, “cut me a piece later, remember to cut it into thin slices, and eat meat in our yard at night.”

Mother Liu immediately responded happily. Liu wanted to come to benevolence. She eats meat, and her staff can share a bite. Of course, she is very happy.

Xu Bao was learning to speak at the moment, and when he heard, he patted the fleshy little hands: "Eat meat."

Liu's little nose clicked: "You are still young. If you want to eat beef, you have to stew it."

Ye Jiao said with a smile: "It's not a problem. When there is soup left, just cook some porridge for him."

Xu Bao clapped his hands again and smiled and revealed the newly grown teeth: "Eat porridge."

Liu Shi looked at Xu Bao and couldn't help laughing.

Who made him young? This beef is not easy to chew. If adults eat meat, he drinks soup...Anyway, the grandson takes a lot of such a bite, so the Liu family will go with them.

In the evening, Ye Jiao had people set up the table and took the copper pot, which was hot. When Qi Yun came back, he could smell the fragrance as soon as he opened the door.

Ye Jiao became energetic when she saw him, and Xu Bao sat up straight from the small chair.

His small chair is specially made, usually eats by the table, there are a few railings on it, he is stuck in it, and the little guy does not move.

Today, because there was a copper pot on the table, Ye Jiao put Xu Bao a little farther away, for fear that it would be hot.

But it was too far away, but the scent couldn't be blocked, Xu Bao was hungry after smelling it.

But Ye Jiao usually didn't eat if Qi Yun didn't come back. If Qi Yun came back early, it would mean that the lady wouldn't set the table if she didn't come back.

As a child, Xu Bao has long been accustomed to his father and mother's temper. When he is hungry, he does not make trouble, and only stays with Ye Jiao.

Now seeing Daddy come back, Xu Bao immediately opened his eyes to Qi Yun happily, and Ye Jiao stared at him as well, quite a bit eager to see through.

Qi Yun stood at the door and stared at him with the same bright eyes as his wife and big fat son, but it made him feel a little guilty: "Just talked to Guan Shi Song late, let you wait a long time."

Ye Jiao stretched out his hand and sat down at the table, smilingly: "It's been a long time. If you don't come, I'll have someone take the pot to the study to find you to eat."

Qi Yun wanted to say that his wife was probably joking.

But when he met Ye Jiao Mingyan's smiling face, he realized that Ye Jiao probably didn't lie to him...

Little ginseng has a lot of his own reason: "You are just a little better now, but you can't toss. Xu Bao was one year old before, and I was busy taking the exam at the Saburo Academy. Now it is hard to relax. You must eat and sleep regularly. That's great."

Qi Yun nodded. He knew that Ye Jiao was doing it for his own good, so naturally there was nothing to do.

Then Ye Jiao continued: "Look at Xu Bao, in addition to eating and sleeping, he eats several meals a day, so he is white and fat."

Qi Yun:...

Inexplicably, this sentence is more appropriate to say when raising piglets.

Qi Erlang glanced at his son, Xu Bao immediately smiled at him, looking extra cheerful, Qi Yun stretched out his hand and squeezed his face, feeling good, and then squeezed again.

Xu Bao had a good temper, let him squeeze, still staring at the pot.

In order to apologize to his wife, Qi Yun put the meat in the pot, rinsed it, and put it in Ye Jiao's bowl.

Ye Jiao was not welcome, and ate it.

Today's Qi Erlang is no longer the sick seed who eats two more bites and makes his stomach uncomfortable. Even though he is weak, he is gradually becoming more and more ordinary.

It’s just that Qi Yun’s appetite is still small, and he will soon be full. The rest of the time is to pick up vegetables for Ye Jiao. When Ye Jiao arrives, Ye Jiao doesn’t even move his chopsticks, just waiting for Qi Yun to cool the meat and feed it to herself. That's it.

If it were in front of outsiders, Ye Jiao would definitely not be so lazy, but when only she and Qi Yun were alone, Ye Jiao especially liked to use his hand as her own.

There is always an inexplicable joy.

But this beef can't be eaten much, and not much cut.

I left a few slices for Xu Bao to make porridge. After eating the others, he cooked some vegetables, and the remaining vegetables were sent to the small kitchen and stewed into soft porridge and brought back to Xu Bao to eat.

The child didn’t know whether it was hot or cold yet. When the two adults had finished eating and withdrew from the table, Ye Jiao walked over to the soft couch with a bowl of porridge and sat down. Xiao Pangdun obediently moved a small stool and placed it on the soft couch. Sitting down, looking at Ye Jiao with his head raised.

Ye Jiao smiled and touched Xu Bao's small face.

Qi Yun just fed her, now she is feeding Xubao.

Little Ginseng took a spoon, scooped out a spoonful of soft and rotten porridge, blew it, and tried the temperature with his lips, and then passed it to Xu Bao when he found it was the right temperature.

Xu Bao was also patient, not noisy, and waited until Ye Jiao finished blowing it out and handed it to him before he opened his mouth.

After eating a bite, then waiting for the next bite, the look of eyesight can be seen softly by anyone.

When he finished eating the porridge, he stretched out his hand to Ye Jiao: "Mother, hug Xubao."

Ye Jiao didn't stretch out her hand, but asked him, "What does Xu Bao want to do?"

Xu Bao's eyes are exactly the same as Ye Jiao's. They are clean, transparent, and crystal clear: "Sleep."

Ye Jiao hugged him and went to the side room to coax him to sleep, but the child could fall asleep so easily. She climbed into the crib and wanted to play ball and roll. Ye Jiao watched. Ye Jiao accompanies him to make trouble because he only thinks that his son is chubby and interesting in everything.

But after such a toss, the little ginseng just ate seemed to be digested.

Qi Yun came in with a plate when Xu Bao was almost tired, and Ye Jiao stared at him, "Osmanthus cake?"

"Yeah." Qi Yun said, placing the plate next to Ye Jiao, sitting next to her and looking at the fat son in the crib, seeing that his eyes had been closed, he said softly, "He is too lazy. "

Eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, even talking lazily, is not the same as the little thing that persevered in trying to turn over when I was a child.

Ye Jiao stretched out her hand and gently patted Xu Bao's back to coax her to sleep, with a smile in her voice: "It's not a problem, Xu Bao is smart."

This kid usually likes to stick to Ye Jiao, but Qi Yun has no chance to discover his smart point, so he couldn't help but ask, "How smart?"

Ye Jiao squeezed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it into her mouth, her voice mumbled: "It's fast to remember what you eat."

Qi Yun:...

At this moment, Xu Bao, who was about to fall asleep, opened his eyes, looked at the cake Ye Jiao was pinching in his hand, and grunted his little mouth: "Mother, eat."

Ye Jiao raised the sweet-scented osmanthus cake a little higher, and softly coaxed him: "You sleep well, eat it tomorrow, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake mother will keep it for you."

Xiao Xubao closed his eyes again, muttering: "Osmanthus cake..."

Ye Jiao looked at Qi Yun after hearing this, with a smug expression on her face.

Look, isn't this memorable as soon as I say it.

But Qi Yun didn't think there was anything to be happy about, he never forgot, and finally he used his son to remember the name of the dish?

But Qi Yun didn't have the kind of ambition to have his son become a dragon and phoenix among people, and Xu Bao had always been behaved, Qi Erlang would not use books to help him.

At this moment, Qi Yun coaxed Xu Bao with Ye Jiao. Seeing that the child was breathing long and sleeping deeply, he asked the mother-in-law to come and stare at him, while the couple left the wing and returned to their bedroom. .

I ate some beef in the evening. It was something that irritated me. In addition, there were a lot of things during this period, and I felt tired at night. Most of them fell asleep in a hurry. Qi Yun had been vegetarian for a long time, and the little ginseng also thought very much. .

The two had a pair of eyes, and they understood each other's thoughts, their clothes faded and it was a night of frolicking, and it gradually calmed down after the treetops on the moon.

In the next morning, Ye Jiao got up first and went to hug Xu Bao who was already awake, coax him to play on the soft couch, and let Xiao Su stare at him, and it was only when Ye Jiao went to call Qi Yun. I saw a few red Daozi behind the man.

You don't have to think about it, this was caught by myself yesterday when I was deeply in love.

Ye Jiao hurriedly took the medicine in the porcelain bottle, and patted him by the bedside: "You are good."

Before Qi Yun could react, he subconsciously said, "My waist is not sore today."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jiao simply reached into the quilt and squeezed the flesh on his waist: "Don't press your waist today, I will give you medicine on your back."

At this mention, Qi Yun felt a little stabbing pain behind his back.

He also thought of the absurdity of last night, so he didn't say anything more, there was nothing to hold in front of his wife, and he had seen all the things that were not ashamed or embarrassing, so he sat down obediently.

Ye Jiao sat sideways, picked out the white ointment with a flat small silver spoon, and applied it to the man’s wound, and then slowly rubbed it open with her fingertips, saying: "Xu Bao is really following. I didn’t want to cry since I was young. I didn’t cry when it hurts.” At this point, the little ginseng couldn’t help but patted him, “I caught you yesterday, why didn’t you speak?”

Qi Yun's voice was a little dull because he was lying on his stomach: "I didn't think of it."

Ye Jiao couldn't help but patted him again: "Don't you know if it hurts?"

Qi Yun turned his head to look at her: "When I gave you a red seal, you didn't say no."

As soon as these words came out, Ye Jiao put aside the medicine bottle and reached out to cover his mouth: "Stop talking, Xu Bao is here, what if he learns it?"

Qi Yun grabbed her wrist and looked at her with a smile: "Okay, I won't say anything, I'll talk about it when I turn around."

It was a joke, who knew that Ye Jiao looked at him and agreed, but Qi Yun's ear tips were a little red.

In fact, counting down, Qi Yun felt that all the jokes he had said before should ultimately be on his own body, and he didn't even touch his wife at all.

After finishing the medicine, Qi Yun put on his clothes and got up. After washing, he tied his hair and put on his robe. When he came out from behind the screen, he saw Ye Jiao sitting in front of the mirror and handed Qingdai to him: "Give me thrush. Right."

This is already a common occurrence between the two of them. Qi Yun immediately took over the Qingdai in his hand, lowered his head slightly, and asked Ye Jiao, "Going out?"

Ye Jiao closed her eyes slightly, and it was probably Qi Yun approaching her. Her voice was unconsciously softened: "Go and see my mother, the stone is coming today, Xu Bao said that she missed him last time."

After Qi Yun finished painting one side, he went to the other side, and said gently: "I heard from my eldest brother two days ago that the stone has begun to carry the names of the people, and he is carrying'Lu Wei Changma, Miao Fenghua Fang', although It's slower than Saburo back then, but it's not bad."

Ye Jiao couldn't help but smile: "It's great, then I'll bring some cakes later."

"How do you bring pastry?"

"Stone can bear the surname of a hundred families, and my sister-in-law will definitely let him show it. I will bring him some cakes as an encouragement."

After Qi Yun heard this, he felt that what Ye Jiao said made sense.

Fang Shi is a person who likes to show off, and showing off his children is probably something that every parent likes to do.

When he finished drawing his eyebrows, Qi Yun put his hand down, lightly raised Ye Jiao's chin and looked at it, and then nodded in satisfaction: "This time the drawing is good."

Ye Jiao didn't look in the mirror, but curled her lips and smiled: "The Xianggong said yes, it must be good."

Xu Bao, who was sitting on the soft couch holding the cloth ball, tilted his head and looked at them, did not speak, threw the cloth ball, and reached out to catch the cloth tiger.

At this moment, Tiezi said outside the door: "Second Young Master, Second Young Grandma, Madam has asked me to come and say that I don't have to go to her yard today. There are guests in the front hall, and Madam can't get out of her body."

Ye Jiao looked out when he heard the words, while Qi Yun turned his head and asked, "Who?"

It would not be an ordinary person who could let the Liu family meet in person.

He listened to Tiezi and said: "I don't know the specifics, but I looked like I was saying kisses, and brought a lot of gifts, only listened to the doorman said that this family's name is Lu."

Lu?

Qi Yun couldn't help but frown. There are not many people surnamed Lu nearby, the most famous is the Lu family in the east of the city.

Didn't this Lu family want to buy his brewing recipe? How did they come to offer marriage?

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

Seeing that he was silent, Ye Jiao asked, "Msang Gong, who is the Lu family?"

Qi Yun was about to open his mouth to answer, but suddenly saw Xiao Xubao lost the cloth tiger in his hand, then looked at them with a smile, and opened his mouth: "Lu Weichangma, Miao Fenghuafang."

Ye Jiao was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Qi Yun.

I saw that the sorrow on his face was gone, and he changed to a slightly complacent look, and his voice was slightly raised: "Well, it's smart, just follow me."

Ye Jiao blinked and didn't understand. Yesterday, she said that Xu Bao had a good memory, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake would remember it after listening to it. Why didn't Xianggong say to let him?

Qi Yun smiled and let Ye Jiao and Xu Bao have breakfast. He walked out the door, stopped Tiezi, his smile disappeared, and his voice was low: "Go to the lobby and listen. What did they say and do? Come back and tell me everything, remember, you must listen to it all, and go."