What Xiao Su said was something that Xu Bao had neither seen nor heard.
The water vapor that had not yet started to condense in his eyes dissipated slightly, Xu Bao raised his head and whispered: "Kite?"
"Yes, it can fly, and there is a sound."
Xu Bao wasn't actually hungry, he was just a little angry just now, and now he was happy when he heard something new, and nodded again and again: "Okay, let's see the kite!"
The next day, Ye Jiao saw Xiao Su brought a kite.
There are whistles and patterns on it, but the most striking thing is that there are several long black tail feathers attached to it.
Ye Jiao couldn't help but ask, "Did Xiao Hei do something wrong again?"
Xiaosu nodded heavily, and then assured Ye Jiao: "Second Young Mistress, don't worry, I will definitely close it this time, and don't let it come out for a stroll."
After Xiao Hei went bald this time, it is estimated that he himself will be unwilling to appear for a while.
But being bald is better than turning into soup.
Duo Ye Jiao didn't ask, just smiled and took Xu Bao to the yard to watch the kite flying.
The kite with chicken feathers is not as light as an ordinary kite. Fortunately, the stickers are symmetrical, and it is also conspicuous after flying up. Xu Bao is very happy to see it.
Xu Bao maintained his enthusiasm for kites for a long time, dragging people to fly kites for him for several days.
Before going to the magistrate's house for tea, Ye Jiao asked Mrs. Mo to stay at home to take care of Xu Bao, and she took Xiao Su and Qi Yun to the carriage to the town.
The carriage was covered with soft cushions. For the sake of stability, Qi Yun had specially made a carriage and sat on it. Even if he was holding water, he could only see a few ripples and would not spill out.
This horse-drawn carriage is expensive to build. The usual one only needs 30 pieces, but this one needs a full 100 pieces.
But for Qi Yun, Ye Jiao's needs must be considered first in everything. Probably the most important thing Qi Yun lacks now is money.
The little ginseng is sitting on the carriage, and it is rare to have nothing to eat.
She held a round fan in her hand and fanned it gently, her eyes lifted the curtain of the window and looked out with a smile on her face.
Qi Yun couldn't help but stretched out her hand to stop Ye Jiao's waist, gently touched her slightly bulging belly, and said softly, "Have you been suffocated recently?"
Ye Jiao never concealed anything from him, and nodded bluntly: "Yes, I even counted the number of pillars in the corridor in the yard."
Qi Yun smiled, tilted his head and rubbed her cheek, and said softly, "Well then, now your body is stable, and the flood disaster has been dealt with in the same way. I will have someone go to the garden on the mountain to take care of it and wait for it to be cleaned up. Okay, let's live there for a while, okay?"
Ye Jiao's eyes lit up and she nodded immediately.
I said that I was going to go, but it was delayed because of a lot of things in the middle, and now I mentioned Ye Jiao again and naturally agreed: "I was worried that the heavy rain earlier would wash away all the herbs I just planted, so I just went over to take a look. "
Qi Yun kissed her, but didn't tell Ye Jiao, she really rushed.
There is a small stream in the middle of their village. It is usually very narrow, but it widens when it rains heavily. The land on both sides, including the half-built bridge, is flooded. Go, nothing left.
However, Qi Yun asked people to re-plant the medicinal materials these days, and try to plant them according to Ye Jiao's previous arrangement. Among them, Dong's help was indispensable, but both of them concealed Ye Jiao.
Looking down at his wife's smiling eyes, Qi Yun felt that everything for her was worth it.
When he arrived at the magistrate's house, Qi Yun got off the carriage first, then stood beside the carriage and stretched out his hand to help Ye Jiao down.
I don't know how many wives and wives who also came to the banquet envied this scene.
However, the two were not together, Qi Yun was going to the front hall to see Shi Tianrui, the magistrate, while Ye Jiao was going to the back house.
Fortunately, Mrs Dong had been waiting at the door, and when she saw Ye Jiao coming, she stepped forward and gently took Ye Jiao's arm, her eyes looking at Qi Yun and said, "Don't worry, Second Young Master, I will take good care of it. Second young grandma's."
Qi Yun nodded, whispered a few words, and then went to the front hall, while Ye Jiao went to the backyard with Dong's.
Walking in the corridor, Mrs. Dong approached and whispered to Ye Jiao, "I just met Mrs. Zheng, the wife of Shizhi County, she is a very straightforward woman, but please don't ask her where she came from, Jiao Niang. ."
Ye Jiao blinked: "Why?"
Mr. Dong lowered his voice again: "I have inquired, Mrs. Zheng was originally the daughter of the lord's family in the capital, and she was originally promised to another wealthy family, but I don't know why that family regretted the marriage, so she married Mr. Shi. Master Shi was originally a civil official in the capital, but this time he came here to be a small county magistrate because he was reprimanded. I'm afraid he's holding back his anger, so don't ask them about the past, just say something else. "
Ye Jiao has always been frank, and she treats people the same way, but she also knows that being kind to others is not always poking people's pain points back and forth.
Nodding her head and writing it down, Ye Jiao smiled and said: "It's okay, I don't talk much about what tea party and flower banquet I go to, and this time is probably the same."
But Mrs. Dong looked at Ye Jiao silently, wanting to say that the Qi family is different now, it has attracted a lot of people's hearts, and it has relieved the court's urgent needs. Even if the previous magistrate concealed it and failed to report it, but now the person has changed, do you want to come? will be easily skipped.
I'm afraid it's just a pretense to invite others this time, the Shi family couple really want to invite only the second young master and the second young grandma.
But before Dong Shi and Ye Jiao could explain clearly, they had already left the corridor and entered the backyard hall.
The sun is just right at the moment, the sun is pouring down obliquely, neither hot and impetuous nor cold and bleak, looking at everything is warm.
When Ye Jiao walked over, she saw the women sitting in the hall talking.
Among them, some Ye Jiao knew each other, and some Ye Jiao didn't. Fortunately, there was no need to say hello one by one, and it was okay to not know their names.
She didn't recognize anyone else, but everyone else recognized her. Seeing Ye Jiao coming in, they all stood up and greeted Ye Jiao.
Ye Jiao's stomach was slightly bulging, she just nodded lightly as a return gift, and then she wanted to go behind.
"Miss Ye, sit next to me." At this time, a brightly dressed woman sitting on the main seat got up and looked at Ye Jiao with a smile.
Mrs Dong whispered, "That's Mrs Zheng." Then she let go of Ye Jiao's hand.
Little Ginseng thought for a while, then took Xiao Su and walked in front of Mrs. Zheng, with a dignified and generous face that had been trained by Mrs. Liu: "Madam's well."
Zheng Shi smiled and stretched out his hand, gently held Ye Jiao, and helped her sit down before saying, "You are heavy, so you don't need to be so polite," then Zheng Shi said to the maid beside her, "Change for Lady Ye. A cup of water, she can't drink these tea soups now."
The maid responded and changed the cup, while Ye Jiao thanked Zheng Shi with a shallow smile.
After doing this, Mrs. Dong, who was sitting not far away, was amazed in her heart. She felt that Jiao Niang learned really well, and Mrs. Dong's teaching was also good. She can still hold back her chopsticks at the dim sum. It is rare.
But at this moment, Ye Jiao heard someone talking to her with a smile: "We just said that the second lady is pregnant now, so she looks lucky."
Then, someone picked up the conversation: "No, the Qi family's previous righteous deeds are well known, and naturally they have accumulated merits."
But in these touts, a voice sounded: "I'm afraid, our magistrate's wife should thank Mrs. Qi Er."
As soon as the words came out, no one spoke.
It's nice to say, but it doesn't sound good.
In fact, none of the people present here are blind and deaf. They all know that the former magistrates and county magistrates suddenly resigned from their posts. I am afraid that it has nothing to do with the response to the flood relief.
Even though the Qi family didn't get a compliment, it's no secret that what the Qi family did indirectly drove down two officials.
But picking it out so clearly seems to be complimenting Ye Jiao, but in fact, he broke the window paper and asked the magistrate to thank a commoner. If there is no provocation, no one will believe it.
Ye Jiao didn't take it to heart, didn't even look at the person, she just drank water from a cup.
When she tasted the sweetness in it, she knew it was with honey, she drank two more sips, and smiled at Zheng Shi: "This tastes good, but if it can be mixed with warm water, it is better than direct hot water. It's delicious to drink."
Zheng Shi immediately asked someone to come over to do it, but when he tilted his head, he lost his smile, and a pair of phoenix eyes looked coldly at the source of the voice.
After all, this is the banquet of the master's house, and it must not be disturbed.
After recognizing that person, Zheng Shi said lightly: "Ms. Shao, since you know Mrs. Qi's body is precious, why don't you say a few words to keep the family clean?"
After that, Mrs Zheng greeted people with the same smile as they tried the new refreshments, and even made people throw pots for fun. The atmosphere that had just cooled down soon became lively again.
Even though Ye Jiao couldn't take part in it, she watched them play with interest, and tasted the refreshments from the magistrate's house, and she lived at ease.
On the other hand, Mr. Zhu, who was embarrassed by Zheng's words, blushed, squeezed the handkerchief with his fingers, and did not speak any more, but his expression was a little unconvinced.
Her husband's surname was Shao, and he was a good businessman. However, the Shao family had a cousin who was a prefect. No matter how far or near, they were relatives.
In the past, the Shao family had a reputation in this neighborhood. Shao Zhizhou's position was stable, and they were also stable, firmly holding the title of the largest household in the city.
But now this position as stable as Mount Tai is about to be taken away by the Qi family!
In fact, last time they asked someone to give the Qi family a show, but no one thought that the words would be blocked before they reached their ears.
Later, after the flood, Shao Zhizhou asked the Shao family to give out some money, at least to gain a good name, but the Shao family was stingy at all.
In the eyes of others, the Shao family is stingy, but in the eyes of the Shao family, it is the Qi family who stole their benefits!
To say that in the past, Zhu Shi didn't care about the tea party organized by the magistrate. If it wasn't for the magistrate's background and the new appointment, I'm afraid she wouldn't come.
As a result, she came. Not only did she not sit next to the magistrate's wife, but she also watched the young Ye Jiao sit there. How could this convince her
His heart was blocked, and his face was brought out. Although Zhu Shi was still socializing with the ladies around him, he threw his eyes on the main seat.
But she ran into Ye Jiao, who didn't take outsiders seriously, and Zheng Shi, who was deep in her thoughts, and she turned her eyes to the blind.
Zheng Shi smiled and talked to Ye Jiao.
The usual chat between women is just a few things, husbands, children, family background, can not escape these circles.
But Zheng Shi is not willing to talk about this. She has a good family background, but the price of her good family background is that she is resigned from her relatives by another better family for no reason. Even though Zheng Shi still has contacts in Beijing, she is reluctant to talk about it at this moment.
Husband Shi Tianrui is happy to return, but it is always inappropriate for women in the back house to talk about county officials.
As for the children, Zheng Shi has only one daughter. She is still young and weak, and she can't help but talk about the disease every three days.
Fortunately, Zheng's mind was clever, and he had people prepare the objects for the game early, as well as a few pots of beautiful flowers, there is always something to say.
Zheng Shi had found out early that Ye Jiao had grown a lot of medicinal flowers at home. She thought that she was a flower cherisher, so she moved out a few pots that she liked.
After all, as a county magistrate, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the local gentry and wealthy households. Even though the Zheng family is a big family, she is now married to Shi Tianrui. effort.
But when Ye Jiao held up those pots of delicate flowers, she glanced at them and thought they looked good, but the others were not interested.
For Ye Jiao, what she likes is medicinal herbs, and what she cherishes is Qi Yun, who wants to replenish her body, not flowers.
There are also many beautiful ones at home, but most of them were removed or pushed by her, which is not a pity.
Zheng Shi saw that she didn't care and didn't mind, but talked about these snacks with Ye Jiao.
The little ginseng liked it very much, and had a somewhat genuine smile at the Zheng family.
Zheng's scheming is true, but it was forced out of the high-stakes family. After all, he is straightforward and generous in his bones, and his favorite is the person who can see the bottom line at a glance.
One was deliberately courting her, the other was following her heart, and chatting was pleasant. Zheng Shi also took the opportunity to change her name and call her Jiao Niang, which showed that the relationship was close.
When the tea party was over, Zheng Shi took Ye Jiao and left.
It's just that in Zheng Shi's mind, what she thinks more about is how much benefits the Qi family can bring to her husband, and she has her own calculations in her heart. Even though she likes Ye Jiao's temperament, the truth is a bit deliberate.
Most of the guests dispersed, and only Mrs. Dong followed them. The two of them were still talking about "five ways to eat sand cakes" along the way. However, when walking through an archway, Ye Jiao paused in her footsteps and stared straight at him. Looking at the flowers, he looked a little surprised.
Seeing that Ye Jiao seemed to like it, Zheng Shi smiled and asked, "Which one does Jiao Niang like?"
Ye Jiao wiped the corner of her mouth with the handkerchief, looked at one of the pure white flowers in the flower bush, and asked softly, "I don't know what kind of flower this is?"
Zheng Shi glanced at it and smiled lightly: "This is Folan. It is named because the flower looks like a Buddha in meditation. My daughter likes it the most." With a slight pause, Zheng Shi said to Ye Jiao, "If Jiao Niang If you like it, you can take a pot with you."
Ye Jiao glanced at Zheng Shi and hesitated before saying, "I'm afraid I can't take it away."
Zheng Shi was surprised: "Why?"
Ye Jiao looked at Zheng Shi again, and said softly, "This flower is so poisonous that you can't get close to it easily."