The stone was sent to Beijing by Qi Zhao, but Qi Yun arranged this journey.
Whether by land or water, Qi Yun ordered people to arrange it properly, so that Qi Zhao and Shishi could reach the capital smoothly along the way.
After they got off the boat, there were people from the Qi family who were guarding the ferry, and when they saw them getting on the carriage, they ran back to report the news, so that they could tell the family at the first time.
Ye Jiao didn't know about this, but she knew that her husband would arrange everything, and he always thought it through.
After listening to Xiao Su's words, Ye Jiao turned her head to Qi Yun and said, "Brother and Shito, let's go and greet you."
Qi Yun nodded and said, "It's time to go. It's almost noon now. Let's go to the restaurant and have a meal for the elder brother. We can also take advantage of this time to bring our luggage back and let the family arrange it."
As soon as Little Ginseng heard it, he leaned over to Qi Yun, looked at him eagerly and asked, "Which restaurant?"
Qi Yun spit out the salt water in his mouth, rinsed his mouth with scented tea, and dried the corners of his mouth, then leaned over and kissed Ye Jiao's forehead, smiled and said, "It's the one who hired a good cook. I also asked him to come to the house to make fish balls in chicken soup."
Ye Jiao usually likes to eat. Delicious food is often more reliable than what she remembers. She likes chicken soup and fish balls. She immediately laughed when she heard Qi Yun's words, nodded again and again, and leaned on tiptoe to peck it. Qi Yun's lower jaw, his voice was light: "Okay, let's go there, this time bring the children, and Ruyi Ningbao too."
Qi Yun nodded with a smile: "It's up to you, let the two of them get to know Shishi again earlier. And Mr. Feng, also call, and Shishi will read with him in the future."
Ye Jiao responded and took Xiao Su out to find Xu Bao.
Qi Erlang, on the other hand, bundled up his hair and dressed himself. Then he sat down at the table, stared at the casserole with soup on the table, turned to look at the sun that was approaching noon outside, and was silent for a while. He silently filled himself with another bowl of soup and poured it into his stomach.
After all, it is to nourish the kidneys... To nourish the body, drink more, there is no harm.
Ye Jiao pushed the door into Xu Bao's wing, and saw Liu Si who was sorting out books at a glance.
Usually Liusi wants to serve by Qi Ming's side, but Qi Ming is now a serious official, busy with official business, leaving early and returning late, Liusi spends more time going to Feng Xiucai to study with Xu Bao.
After getting along more, Liusi often takes care of Xu Bao, and now he is packing up the books Xu Bao has read and putting them back in the study.
Seeing Ye Jiao coming in, Liu Si immediately stood up and said softly, "Second... Second Young Master, Master Xu is asleep."
Ye Jiao was a little surprised: "Xu Bao hasn't woken up yet?"
Liu Si hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, in the morning, in the morning, Young Master Xu went to Mr. Feng to read, read, and only when he was tired... only..."
Xiao Su never found Liusi's stammering annoying, but found it interesting, but seeing that he couldn't utter the last word, she kindly connected: "Did you just sleep?"
Liu Si hurriedly nodded and smiled at Xiao Su.
Ye Jiao reached out and took the book Liu Si was holding, and said to Xiao Su, "Liu Si has worked hard too, you take him to the tea room to have some snacks and take a break, I have something to tell Xu Bao. "
Xiao Su responded, and seeing Liu Sze's resignation, she simply stretched out her hand and dragged him away.
Ye Jiao entered the inner room and looked at the little one sleeping on the bed, her heart softened.
She sat sideways on the edge of the bed, stretched out her hand, and gently touched Xu Bao. Seeing that he was sleeping deeply, Ye Jiao simply lay down beside Xu Bao, leaned on her side, and hugged her fat son directly. into the arms.
Although Xu Bao was still sleeping, he consciously leaned towards Ye Jiao, his fleshy arms softly climbed up Ye Jiao's neck, his little face rested on her neck, and his belly swelled when he breathed. With a thud, the corners of Ye Jiao's mouth turned up unconsciously.
The little ginseng essence doesn't know how ordinary people feel when they are mothers, but to her, these children are her treasures, and the more they are raised, the more precious they feel.
Even if she didn't understand what the natural motherhood that Liu Shi said was like, the little ginseng now probably understands what it means to be a mother.
No matter which child it is, when watching him grow up slowly from a young age, and when he is raised in a chubby and chubby way, when he is so soft in his arms, who would be willing to make him unhappy
However, although Ye Jiao lay down, she didn't sleep with Xu Bao, she just lay down, patted Xu Bao's back lightly, and waited for him to wake up.
My son knows for himself that the biggest difference between Xu Bao and Longfengti is that his sleep is very scattered. He can lie down and sleep when he is okay, but he will wake up in a short time.
Sure enough, in less than a stick of incense, Xu Bao slowly opened his eyes.
The little guy who just woke up was still a little confused, and shouted softly: "Mom, thirsty." As soon as he finished speaking, it was clear that he was holding his own mother, and Xu Bao immediately had a smile on his face. , leaned over and rubbed Ye Jiao's cheek with her chubby face, her voice also sweet, "Mother, kiss!"
Ye Jiao picked him up without hesitation, kissed the little guy on the forehead, then carried him to the table, picked up the water glass on the table and handed it to him: "Drink slowly."
Xu Bao obediently brought the porcelain cup to his mouth with both hands, and quickly drank it all.
After Ye Jiao sat down, let him sit on her lap and asked with a smile, "Are you still drinking?"
Xu Bao shook his head and replied softly, "Enough."
Ye Jiao took the cup and put it on the table, and said to Xu Bao, "Mother has something to tell you. Later, my mother and father are going to go out to pick up someone for dinner, so you should go with me too."
As soon as Xu Bao heard this, his face wrinkled.
He is different from ordinary children. Ordinary children like to go out and play, catch butterflies and flutter sparrows, but Xu Bao only likes to read.
When he has free time, he would rather stay in the house and read books all day, rather than go out and hang out on the carriage, it is very boring and boring, and his mother only kisses his father, which he doesn't like.
Seeing that Xu Bao was not happy, Ye Jiao touched the top of her son's hair and said, "Your younger brothers and sisters are all going, this time to pick up your uncle and brother Shitou. If you go earlier, you can see them earlier."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Bao's eyes lit up.
All his unwillingness was thrown aside. He held his head high, his little butt twitched, and said loudly, "Go, go, go pick up Brother Stone! Mother take me with you!"
Ye Jiao couldn't help but ask, "Does Xubao remember brother Shitou?"
Xu Bao immediately nodded and replied, "I remember, Brother Stone is very good, Xu Bao remembers everything."
Ye Jiao laughed: "Really?"
As if to prove it, Xu Bao grabbed Ye Jiao's sleeve with his hand and said in a clear voice, "Really, Xu Bao remembers that Brother Shitou treats Xu Bao well, and he used to study for Xu Bao before, Dad said. He will carry hundreds of family names."
Even if Xu Bao didn't talk about it, Ye Jiao couldn't remember it. After thinking about it, she remembered that it was not long after Xu Bao could talk. Qi Yun mentioned it, and Xu Bao remembered it.
The one-year-old thing, this child can still remember so clearly, if it is replaced by others, it will be scary.
But the little ginseng just became a human being, and it was the first time that he took care of the child by himself.
So Ye Jiao said: "Xiang Gong is really amazing."
As soon as Xu Bao heard this, he puffed out his face and plunged his face into Ye Jiao's arms: "Xu Bao is amazing."
Ye Jiao smiled and said, "Well, Xu Bao is also amazing."
Xu Bao: …
Xu Bao has made sense here, and it will be fine to tell Feng Xiucai over there.
As for the dragon and phoenix, the two milk dolls who can't speak yet hug it and leave. They can't say it even if they don't like it. The little ginseng makes a decision for them unilaterally.
While in the carriage, it was rare that Ning Bao didn't sleep, but sat and nibbled on a piece of orange.
This orange was sent by Shi's family. It was grown in the garden. The best choice was made. It was as sweet as honey and rich in juice. Shit, Ning Bao obediently held up his head and cooperated.
Ruyi was originally playing with Ning Bao's wool ball, and seeing that he was having a good time, she leaned over beside Ning Bao without saying a word, and looked at him eagerly.
Then Ning Bao fed the oranges directly to Ruyi's mouth. Seeing that Ruyi had eaten it, Ning Bao asked Mrs. Mo to wipe him clean. Then he slowly hugged his wool ball and fell asleep. .
Xu Bao clawed at the railing of the cot and looked inside, and suddenly said, "Ning Bao, be good."
Ye Jiao, who was talking to Qi Yun, couldn't help but turn her head to look at him and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Xu Bao replied solemnly: "Ning Bao loves his sister and is a good brother."
Qi Yun looked at Xu Bao and said, "What about Xu Bao, why do you hurt your sister?"
Xu Bao heard the words, looked at his hand, and realized that his oranges had been eaten, he thought for a while, then looked over and kissed Ruyi's face.
Xiao Ruyi didn't know what happened, but when Xu Bao kissed her, she was happy and clapped her hands cheerfully, showing her little front teeth that had just grown out, which was very cute.
Ye Jiao couldn't help hugging Qi Yun's arm and said softly, "The name Ruyi is really good."
When Qi Yun heard her praise herself, he first smiled, and then asked, "How is it?"
Ye Jiao leaned on his shoulder and said softly, "Xu Bao loves to read, and Ning Bao is also clever. With them around, everything will go well in the future."
Qi Yun hugged Ye Jiao's shoulder and said in a soft voice, "Of course, my daughter, of course, it's just that everything goes well."
Little Ginseng smiled and asked, "What about the son?"
Qi Erlang looked at Xu Bao, then Ning Bao, and after a while he said, "Bai Lian Jing Gang."
Ye Jiao didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but before she could ask, the carriage had already stopped, and Tie Zi said from outside, "Second Young Master, Second Young Mistress, the restaurant has arrived."
They did not go to Shiliting to pick up people, but met at the restaurant.
Since it was the owner's banquet, the third floor and the first floor of the restaurant were all vacant to hold a banquet for Qi Yun. As for the first and second floors, they were still open as usual, and many guests came to eat.
When Qi Yun's family entered the store and went upstairs, many people were looking this way, some recognized and some did not recognize, but no one came up to talk.
In the past, when Qi Yun appeared, there would always be people around him who wanted to have a relationship with him, but now, Qi Saburo has an official position and lives in Qi Yun's house. Qi Jiapan's relationship is about to weigh his weight.
This also allowed Qi Yun to take his wife and children upstairs smoothly.
And there, Qi Zhao and Stone had already arrived.
When Qi Dalang saw Qi Yun, he immediately stood up, went up and hugged his second brother.
When we lived together before, I didn't feel such a feeling of longing. On the contrary, after we separated, Qi Dalang's daily diary hung on his second and third brothers. He clearly knew that they each had their own abilities, and they also had a future in the capital, so they would never suffer. , but he has become a habit as the eldest brother to protect his younger brother, and he is thousands of miles away. Intellectually, he knows that everything is going well, but emotionally, he still misses all kinds of things.
Now that he saw his second brother, he was naturally overjoyed. After letting go of Qi Yun, Qi Zhao said with a smile, "Looking at the second brother's life, he should have a good life, and his complexion is much stronger than before."
Qi Yun smiled and said, "It's all taken care of by Jiao Niang."
Ye Jiao heard this, blinked her eyes, and asked Qi Yun in a low voice, "Xiang Gong, don't you say that you practiced well?"
As soon as Qi Yun heard it, he knew that his wife still didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but he couldn't explain it, so he could only whisper back with red ears: "I'll tell you later when I go back."
Little Ginseng smiled and nodded: "Okay."
The adults sat down and talked together, and the children gathered together.
After all, the stone is a little bigger, even if he doesn't have as good a brain as Xu Bao, but when Xu Bao left, he already remembered things, and now he is naturally happy when he sees it. He quickly stopped his voice, for fear that Xu Bao would not meet him.
On the contrary, Xu Bao smiled and grabbed the stone first, and dragged him to the dragon and phoenix tires.
When I first went upstairs, the little bed of the dragon and phoenix was also moved up, and now the two children are put in it.
Ruyi leaned on the railing and looked out, while Ning Bao sat lazily in the corner, holding a ball of wool, patted left and right, and glanced at Ruyi from time to time.
As for Xu Bao, he pulled Shito over to take a look, and then said triumphantly, "Brother Shito, look, my younger brother and sister."
It sounds like it's showing off, and it's actually worth showing off.
Stone fell in love at the first sight of the grown-up twins, squatted down and looked at them, then turned his head to look at Xu Bao and said, "It's so cute, Xu Bao, you are so happy."
Xu Bao smiled and said, "Let's play together in the future," then Xu Bao said to the dragon and phoenix, "This is Brother Stone, there are a lot of milk cakes, so be nice to him."
The dragon and the phoenix are still young, no matter whether they can understand it or not, they have not learned to speak anyway, so there is no echo.
However, Ruyi was very curious about this unfamiliar brother, grabbed the railing and leaned up, stared at the stone with big eyes, then smiled, and was about to reach out.
But at this moment, Ning Bao, who was still lazy just now, suddenly threw away the ball of wool, quickly crawled behind Ruyi, and pulled Ruyi back.
The chubby Ruyi was a little confused. When the two were lying on their arms, Ruyi looked at Ning Bao in a daze, and when she met Ning Bao's equally chubby face, Ruyi laughed and opened her mouth to bite. Ning Bao's face.
But when they got close, Ruyi became a kiss, and he smiled and tied Ning Bao with his hands and feet, hugging him firmly.
At this time, Qi Yun turned his head to look at them and said, "Stone, Xu Bao, come over to eat."
Shitou has been afraid of Qi Yun since he was a child, and he has never forgotten the fear of being pressed by his second uncle and being pressed by the Three Character Classic. Hearing this, he immediately ran over and asked him to be put on a chair, very well-behaved.
On the other hand, Xu Bao walked slower. After all, he had short legs. He didn't want to be helped. He walked to the chair and grabbed Ye Jiao's trouser legs and said, "Hello, mother."
Qi Yun wanted to let him eat by himself, but Ye Jiao had already taken him into her arms and fed him with a smile.
Qi Yun didn't say anything after seeing it, just said to Qi Zhao, "The luggage has been sent home, and someone will arrange it. Big brother, don't rush back and stay in the capital for a longer time." Seeing Qi Zhao hesitate, Qi Yun He added, "The wine shops in the capital are doing well, so I use the grains from our village for the Jinzun wine. If the eldest brother stays for a while, it's better to have a plan in mind."
Hearing this, Qi Zhao nodded and responded.
Qi Yun introduced Steward Qin and Feng Xiucai to Qi Zhao, and then asked someone to open a new jar of wine.
The wine is fragrant, and it smells fragrant when you smell it. It is not like the pungency of ordinary wine, but it is a bit sweet and intoxicating.
Qi Zhao wanted to say that he didn't drink alcohol today, but when he smelled it, he said "Huh", "What kind of wine is this?"
After Qi Yun poured Qi Zhao a glass, he said softly, "Brother, try the new wine."
Qi Zhao took a sip, and felt that the taste was a little lighter, less spicy, but more sweet, and couldn't help but say, "It's not like a man's drink, but a woman's favorite."
Qi Erlang turned to look at Steward Qin who was beside him, Steward Qin immediately cupped his hands and told Qi Zhao about the wine.
And when the adults talk about things, the children can't wait.
Xu Bao and Shitou were both young and had small appetites, so they were full after eating a little.
Ye Jiao didn't care about them, she smiled and said, "Go and play, just don't run around," and then said to Mrs. Mo and Xiao Su, "I don't need you to wait here, just watch them. "
The two responded and left the dining table with the other in their arms.
At this moment, Tie Zi ran upstairs and whispered to Qi Yun, "Second Young Master, someone downstairs said they wanted to find you."
"Who?"
"Wen Liulang, he said that he knew the third young master of our family, and he had to come to see you."
Qi Yun slammed his chopsticks for a while, but immediately put the dish in the bowl in front of Ye Jiao calmly, and said in his mouth, "No, blast it out, he will go to whomever he knows, what does it have to do with me?"
Tie Zi actually knew the purpose of Wen Liulang's visit. Now that the Qi family and the Wen family don't deal with each other is nothing new, but the Wen family has a blood-sucking concubine, moved the husband's family's money, and made false accounts and money. In addition, the waterway was blocked, the supply of goods was cut off, and several shops were collapsed at once.
And it is the Qi family who is in charge of waterway shipping.
The Qi family has made it clear that they are not going to get along with the Wen family. The neighbors are now the focus of the capital. Everyone is curious, but they think that the two families are very strange.
The Wen family refused to admit defeat before, but now Wen Liulang can stare at the Qi family's carriage and chase all the way here.
The third young master is now on the job, and in the Hanlin courtyard, he wanted to see him but couldn't see him, so he found the second young master.
It's just that Tiezi knows and knows, but he is more aware of the dross things the Wen family has done before, how many innocent businessmen have been cheated, and people have been killed. Well, they deserve to be unlucky now.
Hearing Qi Yun's words, Tie Zi immediately cupped his hands and walked downstairs.
These did not attract the attention of others, and the table was still happily seeing relatives, while Shitou and Xubao were staring at the dragon and the phoenix.
In fact, Xu Bao wanted Shitou to read to him, but Shitou was new to his younger siblings, so Xubao accompanied him to watch.
It was as if the two dolls were some kind of rarity.
Originally, Ning Bao didn't know Shishi, so he was on guard and wouldn't let him touch Ruyi, but now that Shishi is eating with his parents for a long time, he lost the care he had just now and returned to his lazy appearance.
Ruyi was rather lively, and soon became familiar with the stone. The hand holding the stone was placed with his own hand, and he tilted his head as if thinking about why the hands were so different in size.
After a while, Shi Shi's eyes turned to Ning Bao.
He likes Ruyi, but he also likes Ning Bao very much. At this moment, Guanghe Ruyi seems to have left Ning Bao in the cold, so Shishi leaned in beside Ning Bao and reached in and hugged Ning Bao.
Now that Shi Shi is seven years old, he is much taller and has some strength in his hands, it is impossible to hold Xu Bao, but it is still easy to hold Ning Bao.
Ning Bao also hugged him, yawned, and looked indifferent.
Madam Mo, who was beside her, hurriedly squatted down and stretched out her hand, thinking that in case Master Shishi fell, he would not be able to bump into his own Master Ning.
Shitou shook his face with a smile on his face: "Ning Bao is so good, it would be great if my mother gave me such a good brother or sister in the future."
Xu Bao raised his head proudly: "Xu Bao has a younger brother and a younger sister!"
Stone looked at him enviously, and was about to speak, but felt his arms warm.
Some dazedly, he lowered his head and met Ning Bao's innocent eyes.
Madam Mo was stunned for a moment, then held back her smile and took Ning Bao, looked at the large wet stain on the front of the stone, and said, "Probably just now, Young Master Ning ate a lot of oranges and drank milk porridge... There are clothes on the carriage, just go and change."
When Xiao Su went to tell Ye Jiao, Xiao Ginseng was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said to Qi Yun, "It seems that Ning Bao likes stones, otherwise why would he find you two?"
Thinking of the experience of being drawn by Ning Bao at the beginning, Qi Yun coughed lightly and couldn't bear to mention it again, and said to Xiao Su, "Take them to change their clothes, remember to bring the servant, and be careful."
Steward Qin got up and said, "Second Young Master, let me go with you."
Qi Yun nodded: "That's fine."
Afterwards, Steward Qin picked up the stone, while Mrs. Mo held Ning Bao, and a few others followed, going down the stairs at the back, ready to go to the carriage.
After changing clothes on the carriage, just as he was about to go down, he heard a voice from outside: "I don't know what the hell is wrong with Qi's family, you have to make trouble with my family!"
Madam Mo was stunned for a moment, and looked at Manager Qin subconsciously.
Manager Qin knew that it was Wen Liulang just by hearing the sound, and then he thought that the carriage was parked in the backyard of the restaurant. He was afraid that he had come in over the wall, so he ran into him.
I want to go back and forth to talk to the owner, and add more guards to this restaurant.
But at this moment, it is better to do more than one less thing. The little servants on the left and right are not far away, and there will be no major incident. If they really meet, it will be troublesome. Manager Qin gestures to Mrs. Mo and silences her.
The stone also understood, but did not speak quietly.
Wen Liulang, who was outside, was still complaining to his little servant: "Isn't it just for Shi's sake? That woman has nothing to do, she should be divorced, it's just that Heli is already my father Rende, and the Qi family has to do it for this. When people are in trouble, I really don’t know what the hell is going on.”
The servant whispered: "Master, please be quiet, we are here to ask for help today."
Wen Liulang snorted angrily, and squeezed out a sentence from his teeth: "My father is also a sinister, and my mother is just being urged by her mother's family to be in a hurry, and her heart softened for a while, so she took some money from her own house, and he insisted on pursuing it. , I still don't straighten my mother, I'm a fool."
"Master, stop talking..."
"What's the matter? It's all out of the house, so I'm not allowed to have a good time? Later, I'm going to cry and kowtow while hugging the leg of the short-lived ghost of the second brother Qi, so can't I be at ease now?"
Having said that, Steward Qin's brows finally wrinkled.
Just now I thought that the two were irrelevant, but who knew that the more this person said, the more outrageous he was, and he even mentioned Qi Yun's head.
Qin Guanshi didn't look down on the Wen family at first, but now he thought about going out and having them gag them and throw them out, so as to save the ears of the second young master's family.
But at this moment, someone moved faster than him.
Ning Bao is a quiet person, and usually no one bothers him except Ruyi.
However, Wen Liulang's voice became more and more shrill and harsh. Ning Bao has always been favored, when did he suffer such a crime
When Manager Qin lifted the curtain, Ning Bao grabbed the wet trousers he just changed and threw them out.
He wasn't very strong, and Bento was not far away, but Wen Rokuro was standing next to the carriage, and when he heard the movement, he looked back, and he was thrown in the face after such a throw.
Manager Qin was stunned for a moment, but he didn't care about Wen Liulang's situation, but looked back at Ning Bao first.
Then he met the clear and innocent eyes of his own young master Ning, quietly, and showed him a soft smile.
Then, the little guy turned his head and leaned against Mrs. Mo's arms, closed his eyes and fell asleep.