Qi Yun didn't tell the family about the golden plaque, so no one else knew about it except him and Tie Zi.
It was still early. Mrs. Liu was paying homage to the Buddha. When she heard the movement, she called Mrs. Liu over to ask. When Mrs. Liu said it was someone from the yamen, Mrs. Liu was startled and quickly helped Mrs. Liu out.
Before reaching the gate, they met Mr. Fang who was rushing forward.
Thinking she knew something, Mrs Liu hurriedly asked, "What happened? Why is there such a big commotion from the yamen... Could it be that someone in our family is involved in a lawsuit?"
When Mr. Fang heard this, his heart suddenly burst.
It's not that she doesn't trust Qi Zhao. In fact, Fang's heart is clear. Among the three brothers in the Qi family, Qi Zhao seems to be the oldest and should have an idea. But in fact, Qi Zhao is the most honest and responsible and acts cautiously. Be careful, be generous and benevolent, and never hold grudges or enmity with others.
But when it came to the front, the people from the yamen were waiting in the front hall, and Erlang's family was all on the mountain, Saburo was studying in the city, and Dalang was left in the family.
Mr. Fang lost his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and his face turned paler than usual.
Liu Shi could see her nervousness, and she knew in her heart that her eldest daughter-in-law, who was looking at outgoing, was actually a casual and very timid. I was afraid that she would not scare her anymore if she thought of something else now. , reached out and patted the back of Mr. Fang's hand, and led her to the front hall.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw red eyes.
Red has always been a festive color, but even during the Chinese New Year, the Qi family has never decorated it like this, and Mrs. Liu watched the guards wear red and festoons, and their servants were busy carrying the incense case, and they didn't understand the situation for a while. .
Qi Zhao arrived a step early and was talking to Qi Yun, while Ye Jiao helped Xiao Su come over after seeing Liu and Fang, and said, "Mother, sister-in-law."
When Liu Shi turned her head and saw Ye Jiao, she was stunned again.
In fact, Ye Jiao had only been up the mountain for less than two months, but her belly was much bigger than before she left.
Originally, the little ginseng was slender and not very pregnant, but now her belly looks nothing like an ordinary pregnant woman, but with Ye Jiao, it looks a little different.
Seeing that Ye Jiao was about to salute, Liu Shi hurriedly stretched out her hand to help her: "Don't move, be cautious, you are now a month old, don't do these false salutes, you will be tired." Then she faced Xiao Su Zhao. He beckoned, "Quick, go and move a chair for Jiao Niang to sit on."
Ye Jiao grabbed Xiao Su, smiled at Liu Shi and said, "Mother, it's okay, we still need to prepare for some time. We can just sit and wait together, we don't need to move chairs."
Only then did Liu Shi remember to look at the officers again, and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on here?"
Ye Jiao heard that Zhizhou explain the whole story just now, but now she said honestly: "I heard the leading official say that the emperor thought that the Qi family had done a good job in disaster relief, so he wrote a plaque and sent it over."
Emperor, written on the plaque
… imperial pen
Liu's body flickered, and Mrs. Liu hurried up to support her.
But this time Liu's face was ruddy and smiling, not to be scared, but to be happy!
This emperor's royal pen is not comparable to other objects, neither gold nor silver, but it is a face that can't be asked for.
The three generations of the Qi family's ancestors worked in agriculture. Even though they had acquired a large field and manor, they came from peasant backgrounds. Now they can get up because of Erlang's shop, but that's a businessman's business.
Nowadays, the court is very popular in business, but in the end it is a literati who is an official. This businessman can only say that he enjoys wealth without discrimination, but it is far less than the number of scholars who are decent.
But now it would be different if there was this imperial pen in person. Even though the plaque was covered with red cloth, the words could not be read, but Liu Shi guessed that it should be an encouragement and compliment.
No matter what it is, just hang up this plaque, and from now on, even those who are officials will give the Qi family a little face!
This is glory, and it is also a signboard, and the Qi family is about to turn around.
Thinking of the benefits brought by this matter, Mrs. Liu clenched Mrs. Liu's hand tightly and used all her strength to keep herself from getting too excited, but there was still a smile on her face.
The last time she laughed like that was when Ye Jiao was pregnant with Xu Bao.
Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Fang, and then at Ye Jiao, and finally came back to her senses, and said repeatedly: "Okay, very good, hurry up, let them be quicker. Also, go and call the master back, Tell him something big! By the way, also, go get a thick cushion, add a few more layers, and kneel later, don't make Jiao Niang too uncomfortable."
Mrs. Liu responded repeatedly and took someone to do it, but Mrs. Fang didn't respond for a while.
She looked at her younger brother and sister in a daze, and whispered: "Really, what the emperor gave?"
Ye Jiao nodded. For Little Ginseng, she didn't think the emperor had any preciousness, or else he wouldn't have stuffed the slag of Baihongguo into that person.
However, Mrs Fang covered her mouth with a handkerchief in hindsight. After being surprised, she smiled, and her round face flushed with joy.
If it was said that Mr. Fang would feel distressed for the food he gave out before, now he is not distressed anymore, and his spirit is also better, and he walks with wind.
She also went to pull the stone out, so that her son would also be happy.
In the hearts of ordinary people, worshiping the emperor is similar to worshiping the Buddha in the temple, and if you touch it, you will be blessed.
Ye Jiao walked slowly to the side and sat down, letting Xiao Su bring some snacks, and waited while eating, but everyone was busy, and her food was not too conspicuous, so she occasionally stretched out her hand and squeezed a piece of ice cream, Quickly put it in his mouth, and then put it down pretending to be nothing.
But Xiao Su watched from behind, but felt that the second young grandmother was more obvious.
Especially the appearance of the bulging cheeks, anyone who sees it knows that he is stealing food.
The little ginseng, who thinks it is very secretive, patted the glutinous rice flour on his hands with a handkerchief, looked left and right, then covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and asked Xiaosu in a low voice, "Why haven't we started yet? Wait, Xu Bao is afraid that about to wake up."
Xiao Su immediately bent down and replied in a low voice, "The young master was taken away by Mo's mother, so don't worry about the second young mistress. I should be waiting for the master at the moment. He can start when he comes back."
At the moment, Father Qi was on his way to Zhuangzi.
Due to the previous torrential rain, not only the downstream water was flooded, but also a lot of land in the upstream Qijiazhuangzi was flooded.
The water receded later, but the seedlings fell a lot. Recently, the tenants of the Qi family have been making up for it.
Today, Father Qi is going to go over to see the progress.
But before he could go far in the carriage, he saw someone running in the direction of his house facing them. Father Qi was a little strange, so he asked the driver to stop the car. He came over and said, "Master Qi, why are you still here? Go back quickly, something big has happened."
Father Qi hurriedly asked, "What's the big deal!... Could it be that the second daughter-in-law gave birth? No, it's still a few months away."
The man waved his hand and replied, "No, no, I heard people say that it was the yamen who sent things over, or something that was given by the royal family! Master Qi, hurry back to receive the reward, and congratulate Master Qi."
When Father Qi heard this, he didn't even have the time to go to Zhuangzi. He said "Happy and happy together" a few times, and then directly climbed into the carriage, urging people to go home quickly.
As soon as he got home, he was supported by the boy who was waiting at the door, and quickly entered the door together.
In the front hall, the Qi family had gathered in one place, the incense table and the plaque were placed. As soon as Father Qi entered the door, someone took him to the throne.
Then, it was a set of procedures for accepting the royal gift, setting the incense table, lighting the incense, bowing and kneeling to thank God, and finally unveiling the red cloth on the plaque.
Zhigao Xingjie.
The Qi family who read these four big characters were all surprised, especially Qi Yun. Even though he knew that Chu Chengyun had bestowed the golden plaque, he did not know that he sent these four characters.
Not to reward behavior, but to reward virtue.
This is already a supreme honor, and the presence of this plaque is of great significance.
See who will look down on him because of his businessman status in the future.
It's just that Qi Yun didn't know if Chu Chengyun had thought about this when he gave the royal gift, but for Qi Yun, no matter what Chu Chengyun's original intention was, he remembered this kindness.
After the completion of the royal gift, everyone got up, Liu Shi and Fang Shi took Ye Jiao to rest aside, while Father Qi smiled and greeted the servants to go out to entertain guests and friends, and put on a big banquet.
If the cook is not enough, he will go to the restaurant and ask the cook to come, and he must have a lively table with running water for a day!
It's not just to keep those watching the fun from returning empty-handed, but more importantly, Father Qi wants to show off that he has got the imperial pen.
This is a glory that no one has ever received in the eight townships and even the entire state capital. Qi Father naturally has to be very proud to be happy.
However, Shao Zhizhou didn't leave immediately, not to get together at Qi's house to fight the autumn wind, but because he still had business to do.
Someone came over with Qi Ming's bookcase, and Shao Zhizhou walked around Qi Zhao and Qi Yun after turning around.
From Shao Zhizhou's point of view, Qi's father is old and doesn't care about anything. The big things in this family have always been managed by the eldest of the family.
In addition to the previous disaster relief work, it was clearly done by the big brother Qi Zhao, and only a few people knew that Qi Yun was taking the ideas inside, so Shi Tianrui chose to entertain Qi Yun after inquiring so earnestly. Shao Zhizhou, who came in a hurry, just dragged Qi Zhao to talk.
Lord Zhizhou was certain that Qi Zhao was the one who got the emperor's eyes, but he didn't know that Qi Dalang didn't know what he was talking about.
Shao Zhizhou smiled at Qi Zhao extremely amiably and said, "The eldest man of the Qi family is young and talented. At first glance, he knows that he is a heroic and decisive person. If he thinks about it, he is also broad-minded." The implication is that Qi Zhao should not be too much. Pay attention to what you have done before.
Qi Dalang didn't understand the meaning of the words at all, but smiled heartily, and said to Shao Zhizhou: "Thank you for the praise, Mr. Zhizhou, Qi is ashamed to be worthy of it."
"Qi Dalang doesn't have to be overly self-effacing, it must be an extraordinary ability to manage the family business so prosperously."
Qi Zhao shook his head bluntly: "No, it's my second brother who is more capable."
Shao Zhizhou laughed: "Qi Dalang is such a brother and brother, he is really a role model for the people." Later, when Shao Zhizhou saw that he was polite, he thought that his persuasion had worked, and the smile on his face became more real. " Previously, this official caught a group of gangsters on the street, grabbed a box and brought it back with the name of Saburo of your house, so I thought about sending it back."
When Qi Zhao heard this, he hurriedly said, "I have troubled your lord for your hard work. I thank you idiot on behalf of the idiot."
"you are welcome."
"Where."
On the side, Tie Zi's eyelids jumped.
Even though he didn't know exactly what happened, Tie Zi felt that the eldest young master and the insatiable greedy Lord Zhizhou were not talking about the same thing.
When he turned to look at his second young master, he saw Qi Yun was talking with Ye Jiao.
Tiezi asked Liusi, who was standing obediently, to take over the cage, and then the two walked towards Qi Yun together.
Qi Erlang was patiently coaxing Ye Jiao to drink some hot water to warm up, but the little ginseng was already hot, and it was summer again. Even if drinking hot water was good for the body, it might not be comfortable, so Ye Jiao kept hiding. Do not drink.
When she saw Tie Zi and Liu Si coming, Ye Jiao hurriedly said, "What are you carrying?"
Six thoughts stammered, he didn't like to talk, he just stared at Tie Zi.
Tie Zi replied, "Second young lady, this is the cage used by the third young master to study. It was lost on the street before, and I just found it now."
Ye Jiao became interested when she heard that it belonged to Qi Ming, and in order to avoid the water cup that Qi Yun handed over, she ducked to the side, pushed Qi Yun's hand away, and just waved at Liu Si: " That's right, hurry up and see if the things inside are still there."
Qi Yun also looked over when he heard the words.
Although he thought that things would be lost and found, he didn't expect that Shao Zhizhou's reaction was quite fast. I was afraid that he had also seen the inscription on the copybook, and most of them ran away in fright.
As for what was inside, Qi Yun was certain that Shao Zhizhou would not dare to deduct.
Since he was able to take the initiative to go down the steps, Qi Yun never thought that he would really have trouble getting along with Zhizhou.
Sure enough, Liusi opened it and looked at it, and said, "Hui, Hui Er's words are all there, not lost."
Qi Yun thought to himself, sure enough.
But at this moment, Liusi looked again, took out a copybook, didn't open it, just looked in the box and said, "I lost... I lost it, the third young master kept the copybook, bag, bag, no. already."
Tie Zi said: "It's just a bag, nothing to worry about."
Liu Si shook his head again and again: "Then above, yes, yes, the tassels from the second young lady."
Ye Jiao remembered that she had indeed called Saburo, and it was her heart, but if she lost it, it was nothing, she could just fight again.
But Qi Erlang has always cherished Ye Jiao very much. No matter what she does, in Qi Yun's eyes, it is like a treasure.
Tie Zi couldn't ask clearly, so he whispered a few words to Qi Zhao.
Qi Dalang is an upright man. He didn't turn around and asked directly: "Master Zhizhou, you can find the box and cage for Yudi. I'm very grateful, but I don't know if the cloth bag is still there?"
Hearing this, Qi Yun looked over, Ye Jiao took the opportunity to pour the hot water in the cup aside, and just picked up the warm honey water to drink. Seeing that Qi Yun didn't notice her little movement, Ye Jiao smiled and raised her eyebrows. , and then looked at Shao Zhizhou.
The next moment, Shao Zhizhou said with a smile: "Well, this officer remembered that it had a very ugly fringe, and it was probably lost. This officer thought that it was not an important item, so he didn't pay attention."
The little ginseng was stunned for a moment, then didn't say anything, just drank the honey water silently, staring at the purse tassels that Qi Yun was hanging on for a long time.
Qi Yun didn't say anything, still with a gentle expression on his face, gently stroking Ye Jiao's back, and after hanging up the plaque, he helped Ye Jiao go back to the yard to rest.
Because of Ye Jiao's weight, she didn't need to worry about the running water seats in front of her, and someone else would take care of it.
Ye Jiao didn't take what happened to her mind. Maybe she would be a little awkward when she heard someone say that her tassels were ugly, but the little ginseng is a person who doesn't remember anything in her heart. Xu Bao fell asleep after playing for a while.
After she fell asleep, Qi Yun fanned her for a while, and when Ye Jiao fell asleep, Qi Yun gently threw the fan, went out to the outer room, sat behind the desk, picked up a pen, and wrote to Ye Pingrong long letter.
In the letter, he first expressed his gratitude to Chu Chengyun by citing the scriptures. The writing was extraordinarily simple, and the words were clever but not so flowery that it made people feel hypocritical, and it seemed extraordinarily sincere.
Later, the conversation changed and he wrote about Qi Ming. Qi Erlang also described the matter in detail, without omission of any details, especially about Shao Zhizhou and the Shao family, Qi Yun did not have any details. hidden.
Then, he handed it over to Tie Zi with a cold expression: "Let someone send it to General Ye's mansion in the capital, let's go."