Lady of Fortune, Jiao Niang

With the previous experience, Ye Jiao seemed to be much calmer.

Even if the child came a little bit faster than last time, he was a little caught off guard, but Ye Jiao wasn't so surprised when he had Li Langzhong's words as a primer. He could comfort Dong's conversely: "Don't worry, it's okay. ."

But the Dong family was nervous, even knowing that he thought too much, but the last time Dong family gave birth to a tiger, it was a little harder, and he suffered a lot of sins in the process, and now I recalled that time. pain.

When Liu came in, what he saw was his second daughter-in-law's face ruddy, and Dong, who was supporting her on the road, turned white, with no blood.

Looking at it so roughly, it was impossible to tell who was going to give birth for a while.

The Liu family was a little helpless. Last time it was his own son, and this time it was Dong's wife. Both of them were much more nervous than Ye Jiao, the master.

Ye Jiao was walking slowly with Dong clan. When Liu clan came in, she stared at him blankly: "Mother, I'm hungry."

The Liu family expected this, and just had chicken noodle soup and acacia cakes in the small kitchen, and when Ye Jiao shouted hungry, he hurriedly let people in.

The taste of this chicken noodle soup is as good as always, and the acacia cake is slightly hard because it has been slightly roasted.

Ye Jiao took two bites, and then fixedly looked at the acacia cake in her hand without speaking.

Liu thought she didn't want to eat it, and was about to reach out to take it, and saw that Ye Jiao had eaten the sweet stuffing inside first, then broke the outside noodles a little bit, and put them in the chicken noodle soup. When it becomes soft, pick it up with chopsticks and put it in your mouth.

She laughed while eating, and she was eating happily when she saw it.

Before Liu had time to feel that his daughter-in-law is so good at serving him, he saw that wife Wen had already walked in.

At this time, Ye Jiao felt that the pain was tighter than just now, so she stood up and sat slantingly on the bed.

Before Xu Bao was born, the Liu clan was with her, but this time Liu clan did not stay in the inner room, but sat in the outer room holding the Buddhist beads, slightly closed his eyes and muttered carefully, praying to his daughter-in-law. .

Everyone said that twins are auspicious things, if anyone can have twins, even the county government will order awards.

However, the Liu family knew the dangers involved, especially since twins were often born earlier than ordinary children. It was not easy how to give birth smoothly and raise a living.

Compared to helping out inside, the Liu family obviously felt that chanting outside was more important.

The bedroom was busy inside and outside, and the wing room half a yard across it seemed much calmer.

Xu Bao was lying on the window, looking straight out.

Childbirth is not only an important matter, it is also easy to scare people. Xu Bao is still young, not to mention seeing blood, I am afraid that it will be uncomfortable to smell a little blood, so when Ye Jiao started, Mrs. Mo prepared Hold the young master and go out for a walk.

But Xu Bao, who used to particularly like to stroll around in the yard, insisted on staying this time, crying and making trouble, holding the door frame and not letting go.

Granny Mo didn't dare to drag him for fear of hurting him, so she could only carry him into the wing, close the doors and windows, and block the outside sound. When she waited for a while, the second young lady's pain was shocked. Little master.

But when she closed the door, Xu Bao cautiously stood on the soft couch, with his little fleshy hands, punctured the paper on the window, lay on it and looked out with his eyes.

Granny Mo didn't expect that Young Master still had this kind of ability. In addition to Xu Bao's long fleshy beep, his head was a bit bigger than a normal child. Such a block directly blocked the hole, and Granny Mo didn't notice it.

Xu Bao looked at him on his stomach for a long while, seeing nothing but a bunch of people coming and going.

He was tired from standing, so he panted and sat on the couch with his legs soft. He raised his head and looked at Mrs. Mo softly and asked, "Where's mother?"

Mrs. Mo was carrying a bowl of custard and was preparing to give it to him, and when she heard the words, she smiled and coaxed him: "The second youngest grandma is naturally sleeping at the moment. Don't worry, young master, come and have some custard."

Xu Bao twisted Xiaorou's ass and sat up, walked over, then sat down again, looked at Mrs Mo with his head held high, opened his mouth and waited, obediently ate half a bowl of custard, feeling full I shook my head and stopped eating.

But there was constant movement outside, Xu Bao did not continue to watch.

When Mrs. Mo went to put the bowl, he softly asked again: "I miss my mother."

Mrs. Mo has forgotten what she said to Xu Bao just now. In her opinion, the young master is still young. Without remembering anything, she replied casually: "The second young grandma has gone to the garden. Why don't we go and see the young master?"

Piansheng Xubao has a very good memory, but he remembers things that Mrs. Mo has forgotten.

Looking at her with a sturdy little face, Xu Bao's voice is soft: "Daddy said, don't deceive yourself internally and don't deceive others externally."

As soon as she said this, Mrs. Mo was stunned.

Not only because she didn't understand this sentence, but also because Mrs. Mo hadn't expected that the young master would be able to memorize such literal sentences.

Obviously speaking is vague.

Xu Bao looked at Lady Mo with clear eyes and said: "Daddy won't let Xu Bao lie to others, you lie to me, I want to tell Daddy."

As soon as she said this, Mrs. Mo immediately returned to the soft couch.

Even if the child's words are not taken seriously by ordinary people, Mrs. Mo knows that the second young master of her own is a gentle temper inside and cold to the outside. As long as the young master said it, he will believe it whether it is true or not.

If she is really disgusted by the second young master, I'm afraid that her life in Qi's house is over.

However, Mrs. Mo also noted that in the future, it is best not to fool the young master at a young age, and now deliberately replied: "Actually, the second young grandma is giving birth."

Xu Bao blinked and suddenly laughed: "Sheng Xu Bao!"

Although Mrs. Mo didn't know where the words came from, she looked at Xu Bao and smiled, and then she nodded.

Xu Bao happily ran back to the window again, and looked out of the hole he had just poked out. He looked very excited.

However, Xu Bao could not hear the movement over there because of the distance.

When the Liu clan sitting in the outer room heard the soft or heavy shouts inside, he couldn't sit still. He stood up and grabbed Liu's hand and asked, "Didn’t you just go and let someone find Erlang? What about people?"

Granny Liu hurriedly said, "Madam, don’t worry. This time the second grandma started a little bit more urgently, and it was shorter than the time of preparation last time. It's only half an hour from now to now. The second master is still in the city, I'm afraid I will return. If you don’t come so soon, Madam will sit down first and wait."

As soon as Liu Clan sat down, he heard Ye Jiao's voice again. Where could he sit still?He hurriedly held the prayer beads, and ignored the chanting, just chanting to let the Jiao Niang be safe.

And Qi Yun didn't know about the family affairs at this moment. He had just walked out of the prefectural government office and got on the carriage and listened to Tiezi: "Second Young Master, do you want to go back now?"

Qi Yun asked, "What time is it?"

"Not a moment."

Calculating the time in his heart, Qi Yun said: "Go to the academy to visit Mr. Xixi, and then pick Saburo back."

Qi Erlang felt that Xixi himself would definitely be invited, so please see with your own eyes beforehand. Rather than wait for the next time to toss, it is better to do it all at once, and it is better to miss Jiao in the future. The risk of mother's production rushed here.

Fortunately, the academy was not far from the government office, and it didn't take long to arrive.

The Xi Xi surnamed Feng, who was introduced by Zheng, was a scholar. He was quite talented but his career was not smooth. After being admitted as a scholar, he couldn't go further.

Fortunately, Mr. Feng was broad-minded, he was very open-minded, and his family background was considered prudent.

When Qi Yun found him, Feng Xiucai was teaching the children to recite "Thousand Characters Essay". Qi Yun stood outside the door and listened for a while. He only felt that Feng Xiucai's language was humorous and funny, and he was a talker and laughter. Bringing out some open-mindedness, he nodded to Qi Yun in his heart.

After all, he didn't want someone to go back and teach his son directly to become the champion, but to enlighten Xu Bao first.

In other words, knowledge is second, and how to learn to do things for others is important.

This Feng Xiucai has a good temper and is patient. He wants to be easy to get along with. His own Xu Bao will always learn something with him.

I was optimistic, and Qi Yun also brought out twelve points of respect when he met.

Feng Xiucai was in a good family background, so naturally he would not just agree to the few taels of silver. Fortunately, Qi Yun respected him, and Qi Yun said that Xu Bao was a memorable person, which made Feng Xiucai very curious, so he accepted it.

The two did not sign any documents, but verbally agreed that someone would pick him up to Qi's house every five days to teach Xu Bao for half a day, and negotiate a good salary, and the matter was settled.

After an incident, Qi Yun urged Tiezi to rush to pick up Qi Ming for a very good reason: "San Lang stayed in the city alone for a few months. I haven't seen him yet. I want to come here and just finished the exam. When you are the most nervous, it's okay to comfort him earlier."

Naturally, Tiezi would not delay Qi Yun's brotherly love, immediately climbed into the carriage, shook the reins, and the carriage moved slowly.

On the way to go, Qi Yun saw a rich aroma in a pastry shop, so he stopped the carriage and said to Tiezi: "Go and buy some back." His wife had been waiting at home for so long. Don't make her wait in vain, it's good to buy some snacks.

Tie Zi couldn't help asking: "Second Young Master, didn't you just say that you are afraid that the Third Young Master will be anxious?"

Qi Yunze looked at him calmly: "Nothing is as important as Jiao Niang, what's wrong with him waiting?"

Tiezi: What the Second Master said makes sense.

When they drove by with five packs of freshly baked dim sum, they happened to see the students filed out from right to left.

They had a good time and just saw them go out after the exam.

However, due to the pinch, the Qi family's carriage was blocked at the outermost periphery of the crowd.

People who can offer people to come to take the test, even if there are those from poor backgrounds, but more of them are from well-off families.

Even though we can't say that all of them are rich, but donkey carts are at least affordable.

The Qi family’s carriage was tall and big, and it was blocked by the numerous donkey carts and bullock carts in front of it.

Qi Yun opened the door of Che Yu, helped Tiezi's hand to get out of the car, and said lightly: "Go, let's go ahead and wait."

"Yes."

Qi Yun turned around and exhorted the coachman: "The pastries in the car must be optimistic, close the door, and don't let the snacks get cold."

Tiezi's eyebrows twitched slightly as he listened. He really didn't know if it was the car driver or the third master.

But today's Qi Yun is no longer the inexplicable Qi family sick seed, but the resounding "Little God of Wealth".

Guan Shi started this name, but when he first got up, no one took it seriously, but now, looking at the quietly scattered Qijia shops, no one would refute Guan Shi's words.

There are many people who know Qi Yun. He walked along, and the greetings from both sides followed along.

Even for those who didn't know what Qi Yun looked like, they heard that this was the second youngest of the Qi family, and they had to stand on tiptoe and try hard to look forward, ready to see the appearance of this little god of wealth.

When the master and servant squeezed to the front row, Qi Yun still had a calm face and did not feel uncomfortable to be noticed. Obviously, after more than 20 years of illness and torment, he was also used to being In the days when people were treated as ghosts, today's Second Young Master Qi has been made into steel, and his calmness has been carved into his bones.

Tie Zi blushed a little, but he didn't say a word, but secretly envied his young master, thinking that he must learn more in the future, and he should not be ashamed of the second young master.

At this moment, Tiezi saw Qi Ming walking out the door.

When it comes to the township examination, there is a big gap between candidates.

There are old people with gray hair, and young children with immature looks, but more men with beards and wrinkles.

Qi Ming is much more conspicuous than them.

The first person to greet him was Liu Si, who was squatting not far from the door. The young boy rushed towards Qi Ming and helped Qi Ming to take the basket with the four treasures of the study, and then looked at Qi Ming eagerly: "Three, three young masters, are you tired?"

Although Qi Ming is about the same age as Liu Si, it is probably because Liu Si’s mouth is not sharp and he has a soft temper. Qi Ming always treats him like a younger brother. Hearing this, even if he is tired and tired, he still laughs. He said: "Don't be tired, don't worry."

Liu Si nodded repeatedly, and then prepared to go home with Qi Ming to hire a carriage.

At this moment, Tiezi jumped: "Three young masters, six thoughts, here!"

Qi Ming looked over and saw Qi Yun standing there with a calm expression on his face.

This was the first time Qi Yun had come to pick him up, even if it was a trivial matter, but to Qi Ming he was a little touched.

He hurriedly dragged Liu Si towards the two men. When he was in front of him, Qi Ming's first sentence was: "Second brother, I wrote very well, and I will definitely not shame you!"

As soon as these words came out, many students on both sides who had just finished the exam looked sideways at him, and when they saw Qi Ming's slightly immature face, their eyes showed some disdain.

The things in my mind are roughly the same. The subject of this scientific examination was not easy, and there were two things in the examination room, and it was not easy to answer them.

At the beginning of the rural examination, the candidates will be locked in. They will not be able to get out after they die. They have to take care of their own lives. If you don't pay attention, you will fall short.

In the past few days, once an examinee accidentally burned the test paper, and suddenly became crazy under the shock, causing a disturbance in the examination room, disturbing many people's minds, and another time when an examinee suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed and was dragged out. At that time, whoever sees and fears.

If these two people are particularly unlucky, then other people in the same field as them have also experienced the unsuspecting disaster.

There were many twists and turns in the imperial examination, not to mention two consecutive accidents this time.

Even many old people who have been in the examination room dare not say everything. Who would believe what such a half-year-old child said?

I'm afraid that the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, but those who don't know are fearless.

However, Qi Yun knew that his Saburo was not a person who likes to speak big words. In this way, he wanted to play well, and he enlightened him. It is normal to feel excited after seeing him.

However, it is not always good to be too proud, not because you are afraid of being jealous or criticized by others, but because sometimes the examiner will also rank according to a person's moral cultivation.

Some poets in the previous dynasty have repeatedly failed because of their unreliable appearances, and in this dynasty, they have also lost their reputations because of the corrupted reputation.

Even if Qi Yun felt that Qi Ming hadn't reached the age when his personal virtues were deprived, it would not hurt to be cautious.

He touched Qi Ming's hair lightly, and whispered to him: "Okay, I'll share a bag for you when I go back." Then he led him to the back of the crowd, "It's only when I go back earlier. Mother was thinking of you when I came out, go back early to make her feel at ease."

Qi Ming nodded immediately, and followed Qi Yun obediently.

But when I saw the carriage, I saw a small servant standing next to the coachman.

This little servant looked a little bit face-to-face. Even though the two young masters of the Qi family were the masters, the Qi family is no longer just ordinary people like it used to be, but with a special identity, and the number of little servants employed in the nursing home is also numerous. Times, they can't always recognize them all.

But Xiao Si was wearing Qi's clothes. When he saw them, he smiled and walked over to meet them.

First, he bowed his hands quickly, and before he straightened up, the young man said: "Second Young Master, I have found you, but you can go back quickly. Madam is in a hurry. Let the young man in the house come out to find someone. You are going back early."

After all, Qi Ming hadn't gone home for several months, and he was full of endorsements for exams, and he was a bit at a loss as to what happened.

Qi Yun shook his heart, and grabbed Xiaoyou's arm and asked, "What's wrong, but something happened to Jiao Niang?"

The young man felt a pain in his arm, thinking about it, he said that the second young master was not in good health, and he was also sick and weak. Who knows that his strength is quite strong, but his mouth is anxious: "No, no, it's not a bad thing, it's the second young grandmother. Started!"

When Qi Yun heard this, he immediately let go of the little boy, got into the carriage and closed the door of the car, and said loudly: "Quick, go home!"

The voice was anxious and angry, not as steady as before.

Qi Ming climbed into the carriage very wittily, and motioned to Liu Si to sit next to Tiezi with his eyes. He got into the car and didn't mention the fact that he was almost dropped by his second brother. Second brother, don't worry, the second sister-in-law is a lucky person, and there is a mother, there will be nothing wrong."

Qi Yun didn't say a word, wondering if he listened to what Qi Ming said, but frowned impatiently without saying a word.

Qi Ming calmed down and sat there, glancing at the five packets of dim sum from time to time.

In fact, as soon as he turned in the answer sheet this morning, he lost the thought of eating and he has been hungry until now.

When I was nervous, I couldn't notice my hunger, but now I feel a little relaxed, I feel my stomach growl.

It happened that the snack was hot and fragrant, and the smell of the fragrant made his gluttons hooked up.

Of course, Qi Ming was also worried about Ye Jiao, but worry was not in conflict with being hungry.

He looked at Qi Yun and then at Dim Sum, thinking to himself that his second brother just said that he would share a packet with me when he went back, so I shouldn't be a problem if I eat it now.

So, Qi Ming carefully stretched out his finger to hook up a snack bag.

But before he could touch it, I heard Qi Yun, who looked like a statue just now, said lightly: "A piece of dim sum, three hundred characters."

Qi Ming:...

When the carriage arrived at Qi's house, as soon as it stopped, Qi Yun jumped out of the carriage without any help, and ran forward with his robe and strides!

Qi Ming and Liu Si couldn't keep up, but Tie Zi was taken aback and hurriedly chased after them.

He has been following Qi Yun, most knowing that his young master’s body is much better now than before, but it is still not as capable of carrying great grief and joy, not to mention that he is still involved in a wild run, even if he has not reached the place yet. It's about to fall to the ground!

No one can help the second young lady giving birth, and it's useless to be anxious. Don't look back. The second young lady is okay. The second young lady is okay, and that's broken.

It's just that the truth that Tiezi could understand, Qi Yun couldn't think of it at all.

He just wanted to hurry to the Jiao Niang, no matter what he could do, he would be relieved by guarding.

This tone supported Qi Yun all the way back to the yard. As soon as he entered, he heard Ye Jiao's dull grunt.

Ordinary women give birth to children and always cry in pain, but the little ginseng doesn’t feel so painful, it is very awkward, not to mention shouting too loudly, it takes effort but not good, so she just hums occasionally, and the more is gone. .

The only sound was soft, but like a heavy hammer, Qi Yun's eyes turned black.

His body swayed slightly, and Tiezi, who was chasing him, hurriedly supported him, with an anxious voice: "Second Young Master, you were afraid that you were running too hard just now. Why don't we go and rest?"

Women often don't give birth in a short while, and Tie Zi dare not let Qi Yun stand in the courtyard for a long time.

But this suggestion was rejected by Qi Yun shook his head. He clenched his teeth and said to Tiezi: "No, help me in, hurry up."

Tiezi hesitated, really wondering if he should be obedient.

Originally, the second youngest grandma was busy enough. If the second young master entered, in case something happened, the second young grandma gave birth to the child, and the second young master was outside. Who would take care of that?

But Qi Ming didn't dare to persuade him, and he couldn't listen to the second young master.

Just when Tiezi hesitated, suddenly, a loud cry of the baby came into the ears of the two.

They unanimously looked at the door of the bedroom and heard Dong's joyous voice: "I'm born, it's a young master!"

When Qi Yun heard this, it was as if all his strength had been relieved, with sweat on his head, tightly holding Tiezi's arm, and exhaling a long breath.

I don't know if I am grateful for the smooth birth of the child, or I am grateful that I have finally caught up with Jiao Niang's critical time.

The run just now made Qi Yun really feel dizzy. After all, this body is still not as comfortable as an ordinary person. It is not easy to get here with a breath just now. Now all the dust has settled and he let go Xin, as he wished, listening to Dong's tone knew that Jiao Niang was fine, and he could let himself pass out.

But at this moment, another baby's cry made Qi Yun subconsciously open his eyes.

This sound was much louder than just now, even louder than Xu Bao's at the beginning.

Then I heard Dong's voice sounded again; "Congratulations to the second young lady, congratulations to the madam, and there is a beautiful girl! Congratulations to the children of the host family!"