Qi Ming didn't stay at home for too long before leaving for the academy.
Now that he is a scholar, he has to go to school in order to prepare for the next township examination, but this time it was not the academy that the Qi family found for him, but the recommendation from the master of the previous academy.
If it were someone else, the Master would probably not be so dedicated.
However, Qi Ming has talent. In addition, because of the new emperor's accession to the throne, Enke will be added in the coming year. The township examination, which was originally only once every three years, will be held again in August of the second year. Qi Ming will soon be able to participate. In the township examination, the Master naturally placed great expectations on him.
Of course, the Master didn't expect Qi Ming to come back with a Jie Yuan, just thinking that it would be a blessing for the academy to pass the exam.
At that time, as long as there is an event in their college to raise people, as long as it is spread out, students will naturally be in an endless stream.
The benefits to Qi Ming now are actually benefits to themselves.
It's just that the place where the academy is located this time is farther away than before. Liu Shi was worried, and specially selected a calm child from Zhuangzi's tenants, named Liu Si, and sent him to be a book boy for Qi Ming. .
Liu Si is a little younger than Qi Ming, and he looks honest and honest, and his parents are working in Qi's house, so he is very safe. After letting Qi Zhao and Qi Yun see him, Liu's family sent him to Qi Ming. Beside him, let Liusi take care of Qi Ming's diet and daily life.
Liu Si's parents are very happy for their son to do this kind of errand. It is better to be able to learn to read by serving by the third young master, rather than shaving food in the soil.
After taking care of the Qi family Saburo, Qi Yun put all his energy back into the shop.
Today, Qi Yun uses the wine shop as a pathfinder and has come into contact with many places.
In fact, the wine shop is not as good as many other shops. People in one place often like to go to the local time-honored place. Unless a certain wine is particularly famous or particularly cheap, it is difficult to open it.
Qi Yun first recommended the wine to the local restaurant and inn, and then called the Qi family's name.
Now the Qijia liquor store sells the cheap Yuye liquor and the expensive Jinzun liquor.
And the original version of the word Jinzun on the Jinzun wine is still in Qi Yun's house. At first, it was just a random word, but now it has become a personal inscription by the imperial pen. Because of this, the characters on the Jinzun wine have changed. It became the pavilion body printed by engraving. As for the original version, it was kept at home by Qi Yun, together with the longevity lock, so that it could always be used in the future.
The price of these two wines is different, which determines that there will always be good and bad sales.
The difference is that some places are prosperous, the people have enough food and clothing, and if they have spare money, they will not be stingy on wine, and Jinzun wine sells well.
And some places are poorer and have less spare money, and the cheap Yuye wine is more popular.
Qi Yun asked people to collect some information, wait for a while, and then open a shop according to the sales volume of the two wines, which is better than a black eye.
This has also made the Qi family wine shop a stepping stone for many of the Qi family's shops. The rich places will open restaurants and jewelry stores, and the poorer places will open pharmacies and melon stores.
Qi Yun's abacus was very good, and the shop was inconspicuous.
It's just that the wine of the Qi family is sweet as honey, which not only attracts drinkers, but also attracts some people.
Manager Song came to the study to find Qi Yun today for this reason: "Master, the Lu family has been looking for me recently and wants to buy our brewing recipe."
Qi Yun put his pen down and looked at him: "Which Lu family?"
Song Guanshi hurriedly said: "It's the Lu family in the east of the city. The head of his family is incompetent, and his sons are not promising, but there is an uncle of the clan who is a privy clerk in the capital. He usually relies on the privy clerk. The situation can be considered to have no worries about food and clothing, and I usually don’t see them acting as demons, who knows that this will actually be eyeing our recipe.”
Qi Yun frowned slightly.
This privy straight bachelor is a third-rank Beijing official, and those who sit in this position are not simple people.
This Lu family doesn't want to come from the main family, but even if the relationship is not close, as long as it is close to the family, it is not easy to deal with.
Qi Yun couldn't help but look at Manager Song: "Did they do anything else?"
Guanshi Song shook his head: "That's not true. That family is ignorant and virtuous, and they don't have any big ideas. If they can't buy it, they just scold them behind their backs. It doesn't matter, and they haven't walked around the yamen."
"They won't go to the yamen. The most taboo thing in Qingliu's family is the accident of the clansmen. They dare not do anything that takes the whole body and steals them. Otherwise, the first person to deal with them is the clansman who is an official." Qi Yun said. , his voice paused slightly, "Drag first, it's fine, don't be too scared, just do your thing, they can't make any waves."
But Steward Song was still worried: "Young master, I have a backer, and a third-rank Beijing official."
Qi Yun's voice was light: "It's okay, I think I can have it if I have a backer. I don't need to be afraid of him."
This stunned steward Song said, what kind of backer can be bigger than a third-rank official? Could it be that my young master is coaxing himself to play.
However, Qi Yun didn't make it clear, and instead talked to Steward Song about the account, and then asked Tie Zi to deliver a plate of sand cakes to Ye Jiao.
Ye Jiao was in Liu's yard when she got the sand cake.
She came in the afternoon, and seeing that it was late autumn, Ye Jiao went to the Liu family to get some charcoal back in case she needed it.
When I went there, I brought Xu Bao. Today's Xiao Xubao is having fun. Even if he doesn't like talking very much, when someone asks him, the little guy can always give a response, and he loves to laugh and laugh. When the eyes narrowed, very cute.
Mrs. Liu likes to hug him and coax him very much. Xiaoxubao doesn’t know if it’s because the apricot cheese in Mrs. Liu is delicious.
At this moment, Liu Shi held Xu Bao and didn't let go, and looked at Ye Jiao and said, "This year's charcoal is good, it's a good white charcoal. You can sign and receive it later. Also, Some time ago, a cow on Zhuangzi died of old age, and it was reported to the yamen, and it can be slaughtered by itself, and I left two pieces of good meat for you and Dalang."
Charcoal, meat, Ye Jiao immediately came up with an idea: "Why don't we eat it at night?"
Liu Shi guessed that Ye Jiao would eat it when she thought about it. She originally wanted to make people feel like jerky. After all, beef is rare, but after hearing Ye Jiao's words, Liu Shi smiled and said: "That's fine, autumn is the time When you have fat in autumn, you should eat more." Saying that, Mrs. Liu said to Mrs. Liu, "Cut a piece for me later, remember to cut it into thin slices, and we also eat meat in the yard at night."
Mrs. Liu responded happily immediately. Mrs. Liu wanted to come to Renhou. She eats meat, and her subordinates can also share a bite, of course, she is very happy.
Xu Bao was learning to speak right now, and when he heard it, he patted Roududu's little hand: "Eat meat."
Liu Shi nodded his little nose: "You are still young. If you want to eat beef, you need to stew it a little bit."
Ye Jiao smiled and said, "It's okay, just cook some porridge for him when the soup is left over."
Xu Bao clapped his hands again, and smiled and showed his newly grown teeth: "Eat porridge."
Liu Shi looked at Xu Bao and couldn't help but laugh.
Who told him to be young? This beef is not chewy, and when adults eat meat, he drinks soup... Anyway, the eldest grandson has a lot of such a mouthful, so the Liu family will go with them.
In the evening, Ye Jiao had someone set up a table and took a copper pot, which was hot. When Qi Yun came back, she could smell the fragrance as soon as she opened the door.
Ye Jiao was refreshed when she saw him, and Xu Bao also sat up straight from the small chair.
His small chair is specially made, and it is usually placed by the table when eating. There are several railings on it, so that the little guy can't move around.
Today, because there was a copper pot on the table, Ye Jiao put Xu Bao far away, afraid of being scalded.
But it was far away, and the fragrance could not be blocked. Xu Bao was hungry when he smelled it.
But Ye Jiao was used to not eating if Qi Yun didn't come back. If Qi Yun came back early, then the lady wouldn't set the table until she came back.
As a child, Xu Bao has long been accustomed to his parents' temper.
Seeing Daddy coming back now, Xu Bao immediately opened his eyes to Qi Yun happily, and Ye Jiao also stared at him, quite eager to see.
Qi Yun stood at the door and was stared at by his wife and big fat son with the same eyes as Shuiliang, but it made him feel a little guilty: "It's too late to talk to Steward Song, please wait a long time."
Ye Jiao stretched out her hand and pulled him to sit at the table, and said with a smile, "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's bright smile, he realized that Ye Jiao probably didn't lie to him...
The little ginseng has a lot of his own reasoning: "You are in better shape now, but you can't toss. Before Xubao was one year old, and the Saburo Academy exam, I was already busy, but now I finally relax, and you have to eat and sleep regularly. That's good."
Qi Yun nodded, he knew that Ye Jiao was doing it for his own good, so naturally there was nothing wrong.
Hearing Ye Jiao continue: "Look at Xu Bao, apart from eating and sleeping, he eats several meals a day, so he is white and fat."
Qi Yun: …
Inexplicably, I feel that this sentence is more appropriate if it is said when raising pigs.
Qi Erlang glanced at his son, Xu Bao immediately smiled at him, looking very cheerful, Qi Yun reached out and squeezed his face, feeling it felt good, so he squeezed again.
Xu Bao has a good temper, let him squeeze, his eyes are still fixed on the pot.
In order to apologize to his wife, Qi Yun took the meat into the pot and rinsed it, and put it in Ye Jiao's bowl.
Ye Jiao was not polite, she blew and ate it.
Today's Qi Erlang is no longer the sick seedling who eats two more bites and makes his stomach uncomfortable. Even if he is weak, he is gradually becoming more and more like ordinary people.
It's just that Qi Yun's appetite is still not large, and he will soon be full. The rest of the time is to serve Ye Jiao with vegetables. Ye Jiao didn't even move his chopsticks at the back, just waited for Qi Yun to cool the meat before feeding it to herself. That's it.
In front of outsiders, Ye Jiao would never be so lazy, but when it was only herself and Qi Yun, Ye Jiao liked to use his hand as her own.
There is always an inexplicable joy.
But this beef can't be eaten too much, and it's not cut too much.
I left a few slices for Xu Bao to make porridge, and after eating the rest, I cooked some vegetables, and the rest of the vegetables and meat were sent to the small kitchen and stewed into soft porridge, which was brought back to Xu Bao to eat.
The child didn't know whether it was hot or cold, so when the two adults finished eating, Ye Jiao walked to the soft couch with the porridge bowl and sat down. Sitting there, looking at Ye Jiao with her head held high.
Ye Jiao smiled and touched Xu Bao's little face.
Just now Qi Yun fed her, and now she is feeding Xu Bao.
The little ginseng took a spoon, scooped a spoonful of soft and rotten porridge, blew it, and tested the temperature with his lips. When he felt that the temperature was right, he handed it to Xu Bao to eat.
Xu Bao was also patient, not making noise or making a fuss, he waited for Ye Jiao to blow it and handed it to him before he opened his mouth.
After taking one bite, then wait for the next one, and anyone can be seen with a soft-hearted look.
When he finished eating the porridge, he reached out to Ye Jiao again: "Mother, hug Xu Bao."
Ye Jiao didn't extend her hand, but asked him, "What does Xu Bao want to do?"
Xu Bao's eyes were exactly the same as Ye Jiao's, clean and transparent, crystal clear: "Sleep."
Ye Jiao carried him and went to the side room to coax him to sleep, but how could a child fall asleep so easily, climbed into the crib, and had to play ball and roll, Ye Jiao just watched, I just thought that my son was round, and everything was fun, so Ye Jiao would accompany him to make trouble.
But after such a toss, what 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 it at a glance: "Osmanthus cake?"
"Yeah." Qi Yun said, put the plate in Ye Jiao's hand, sat beside her and looked at the fat son in the crib together, seeing that his eyes were closed, he said softly, "He's too lazy. "
Eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, and even talking lazily, is not at all different from that little thing that persevered and wanted to turn over when I was a child.
Ye Jiao reached out and gently patted Xu Bao's back to coax her to sleep, with a smile in her voice: "It's okay, Xu Bao is smart."
Usually this child likes to stick to Ye Jiao, but Qi Yun has no chance to find out his cleverness, so he can't help but ask: "How clever?"
Ye Jiao squeezed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth, her voice murmured, "It's quick to remember what to eat."
Qi Yun: …
At this moment, Xu Bao, who was about to fall asleep, opened his eyes, looked at the cake Ye Jiao was holding in her hand, and murmured, "Mother, eat."
Ye Jiao lifted the sweet-scented osmanthus cake a little higher and coaxed him in a low voice: "Sleep well, eat it tomorrow, and the lady of sweet-scented osmanthus cake will keep it for you."
Xiao Xubao closed his eyes again and muttered, "Osmanthus cake cake..."
Ye Jiao heard this and looked at Qi Yun with a proud face.
Look, this is not remembered as soon as it is said.
But Qi Yun didn't think there was anything to be happy about. He never forgot it, but when it came to his son's memory, he used it to remember the name of the dish
However, Qi Yun didn't have the kind of ambition to have his son become a dragon and a phoenix in the world, and Xu Bao has always been very good, so Qi Erlang will not help him with books.
Qi Yun was now coaxing Xu Bao with Ye Jiao. Seeing that the child was breathing long and sleeping deeply, he asked his mother-in-law to come and watch, while the husband and wife left the wing and returned to their bedroom. .
I ate some beef in the evening, which is what makes people angry. In addition, there are many things during this time, and I feel tired at night. Most of them fall asleep. Qi Yun has been vegetarian for a long time, and the little ginseng also thinks very much. .
When the two looked at each other, they understood each other's thoughts. It was a night of frolic once the clothes were removed, and the treetops gradually quieted down when the moon was over.
The next morning, Ye Jiao got up first, went to carry Xu Bao who had woken up, coaxed him to play on the soft couch, and let Xiao Su stare at it, and Ye Jiao went to call Qi Yun. I saw that there were several red Daozi behind the man.
You don't have to think about it, you know that this was caught by yourself yesterday when the love went deep.
Ye Jiao hurriedly went to get the medicine in the porcelain bottle, and patted him beside the bed: "You lie down."
Before Qi Yun could react, he subconsciously said, "I don't have a sore waist today."
When Ye Jiao heard this, she simply put her hand into the quilt and squeezed the flesh on his waist: "Don't squeeze your waist today, I'll put medicine on your back."
Just mentioning this, Qi Yun felt a stabbing pain in his back.
He also thought about the absurdity of last night, so he didn't say anything more, and he had nothing to hold in front of his wife.
Ye Jiao sat on her side, picked out a white ointment with a small flat silver spoon, applied it to the man's wound, and then slowly rubbed it open with her fingertips, and said in her mouth, "Xu Bao is really easygoing. Because of you, I have never loved to cry since I was a child, and I don’t cry when it hurts.” Speaking of which, the little ginseng couldn’t hold back and patted him, “I caught you yesterday, why don’t you say anything?”
Because Qi Yun was lying on his stomach, his voice was a little dull: "I didn't remember."
Ye Jiao couldn't help but pat him again: "Don't you know it hurts?"
Qi Yun turned to look at her: "When I kissed you a red seal, you didn't say no."
As soon as these words came out, Ye Jiao put down the medicine bottle and covered his mouth with her hand: "Speak less, Xu Bao is here, what should I do if he learns it?"
Qi Yun grabbed her wrist and looked at her with a smile: "Okay, I won't say it, I'll say it later when it's just you and me."
It was originally a joke, but who knew that Ye Jiao looked at him and agreed, but it made Qi Yun's ears a little red.
In fact, counting down, Qi Yun felt that all the jokes he said before should be on himself in the end, and he didn't provoke his wife at all.
After getting the medicine, Qi Yun put on his clothes and got up, went to wash his hair, tied his hair, and put on his robe again. 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 a thrush. Bar."
This is already a common thing between the two of them. Qi Yun immediately went over to take the Qingdai in his hand, bowed his head slightly, and asked Ye Jiao, "Want to go out?"
Ye Jiao closed her eyes slightly, probably because Qi Yun was close, her voice unconsciously softened: "Go to see mother, Shishi is also here today, Xu Bao said that he missed him last time."
After Qi Yun finished painting one side, he went to paint the other side, and said softly, "I heard from my eldest brother two days ago that the stone has begun to recite hundreds of family names, and is now reciting 'Lu Weichangma, Miao Fenghuafang', although It's a bit slower than Saburo at the beginning, but it's not bad."
Ye Jiao couldn't help laughing: "That's great, then I'll bring some cakes later."
"Why do you bring cakes?"
"Stone can carry hundreds of family names, and my sister-in-law will definitely let him show it. I will encourage him by bringing some cakes to him."
After hearing this, Qi Yun felt that what Ye Jiao said made sense.
Mrs Fang has a temperament that likes to show off, and showing off children is probably what every parent likes to do.
After the eyebrows were drawn, Qi Yun put down his hand, lifted Ye Jiao's chin lightly and looked at it, then nodded with satisfaction: "This time the drawing is good."
Ye Jiao didn't look at the mirror, she bent her lips and smiled: "If the husband said yes, then it must be good."
Xu Bao, who was sitting on the soft couch holding the cloth ball, tilted his head and looked at them without speaking. He threw the cloth ball and reached out to catch the cloth tiger.
At this moment, Tie Zi said from the door: "Second Young Master, Second Young Mistress, Madam asked someone to come over and say that she doesn't have to go to her yard today. There are guests in the front hall, and Madam can't get out."
When Ye Jiao heard the words, she looked out, while Qi Yun turned her head and asked, "Who?"
It would not be an ordinary family who could let Mrs. Liu meet in person.
Then Tie Zi said: "I don't know the specifics, but I looked at it as if it was a kiss, and I brought a lot of courtesy. I just heard the doorman say that this family's surname is Lu."
Lu
Qi Yun couldn't help frowning. There were not many people with the surname of Lu around here. The most famous one was the Lu family in the east of the city.
Isn't this Lu family wanting to buy his family's brewing recipes, why did they come to propose marriage
When things go wrong, there must be demons.
Seeing that he was silent, Ye Jiao asked, "Master, who is the Lu family?"
Qi Yun was about to answer, but suddenly saw Xiao Xubao lost the cloth tiger in his hand, and then looked at them with a smile, opened his mouth and said, "Lu Weichangma, Miao Fenghuafang."
Ye Jiao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Qi Yun subconsciously.
When he saw that the sadness had disappeared from his husband's face, he put on a slightly self-satisfied look, and his voice was slightly raised: "Well, it's really smart, just follow me."
Ye Jiao blinked, she didn't understand, she said yesterday that Xu Bao had a good memory, and he remembered the sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus cake after listening to it once.
Qi Yun smiled and let Ye Jiao and Xu Bao have breakfast, but he walked outside the door, stopped Tie Zi, smiled, and said in a low voice: "Go to the front hall and listen, what they said and done. Come back and tell me everything, remember, you must listen word for word, go ahead."