Ye Jiao was playing with Xu Bao's little fleshy face, and when she heard the sound, she wanted to stick her head out to take a look.
Qi Yun gently helped her and said in a low voice, "I'll go take a look." Then he pushed open the door of the car, stepped on the low stool and got out of the car, looking at the smiling man standing in front of him. The unfamiliar man said, "Which Meng mansion is it that you haven't asked yet?"
Although there is only one Meng Mansion that is related to the Qi family, but the capital is so large and there are many people with the surname Meng, it is better to ask more clearly.
The man said with a smile: "The young master is Prime Minister Meng, and I came here on the order of the master. He made a special trip to wait for Young Master Qi, and I also hope that the second Young Master Qi will have a talk at the residence. My master has an important business to discuss with him. "
When Qi Yun heard the words, he nodded, and reached out to accept the invitation.
After he left, Qi Yun turned around and saw Ye Jiao pushing open the car door to get down, she hurriedly put the invitation in her arms, and quickly walked over to help.
Ye Jiao didn't let him support her, and instead put the fat Xu Bao into Qi Yun's arms: "Hold him well, be safe."
Qi Yun put his fat son in his arms and let Xu Bao sit on his arm, Qi Erlang hesitated for a while and said to Ye Jiao: "I always feel like I've been back home, and Xu Bao is better than Xu Bao. I gained a lot of weight before…”
"It's not fat, it's strong!" Xu Bao protested immediately, holding out his small chest, reaching out and grabbing the fur on Qi Yun's coat to try to correct his name.
Ye Jiao laughed when she heard it, leaned over and kissed Xu Bao on the face, comforting: "Yes, our Xu Bao is grown up, not fat."
Only then did Xu Bao feel happy, hugging Qi Yun's neck with a smile, leaning on his neck with his face sideways, directly occupying his father.
Because the family is going out these days, the dragon and the phoenix are younger than Xu Bao, so naturally they have to hold them first.
Xu Bao loves his younger siblings and never fights for them, but he still wants his parents to hold them.
Finally got a chance to let daddy hug him, even if Xu Bao prefers to be hugged by Xiangxiang's soft mother, but it is good to have daddy, Xu Bao does not choose.
Sitting in the carriage for a long time is actually very tiring, especially for the children. Even if it is just past noon, the children soon return to their rooms to sleep.
It's that Xu Bao also turned over and transferred over and refused to sleep.
Ye Jiao stretched out her hand and patted the little guy's back, her eyes turned to Mrs. Mo, and asked, "Where's the stone, can you rest?"
Mrs. Mo replied, "There is a guest at home, and Young Master Shishi is talking to that person, and he has just sent someone to deliver snacks."
Ye Jiao was stunned for a moment, thinking that a housekeeper from Meng's house had just called her husband away, and now another guest came to find the stone.
Xu Bao turned over, looked at Ye Jiao and said, "I know, it must be Sister Wu looking for him."
Upon hearing this, Ye Jiao smiled and touched Xu Bao's face, and asked, "How did Xu Bao know?"
"Because Brother Stone kept talking about Sister Wu..." Having said this, Xu Bao stuck for a moment.
Because he remembered that what Shitou said was that he wanted to swoop with Wu Miaoer, but in the books Xu Bao had read, only men swore swastikas and women sworn swastikas. How could this man and one woman swoop?
Xu Bao stopped talking, and Ye Jiao didn't ask anymore, but turned her head to Mrs. Mo and said, "Who is there for Shishi?"
"Second Young Mistress Hui, it's the breeze."
Ye Jiao nodded, Qingfeng was still in place, and said, "Take more care, I'm afraid I'm exhausted today, so I'll have someone give me something to digest later."
"Yes, Second Young Mistress, I wrote it down."
Afterwards, Ye Jiao rubbed Xu Bao attentively, consuming Xu Bao's energy, and when he fell asleep, Ye Jiao returned to her bedroom.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the room had been tidied up properly, and the items that were taken away were quickly returned to their original places. Only a box with three locks that Ye Jiao always carried with him was placed on the table. Up, no one moved, not even Qi Yun.
Seeing her coming back, Qi Yun said softly to her eyebrows: "Are you all asleep?"
Ye Jiao nodded: "Well, they all fell asleep." Then Ye Jiao walked to the table and sat down, put the box aside and poured herself a cup of hot tea.
But soon Qi Yun handed a cup of tea that had been dried early to Ye Jiao: "The new flower tea, try it?"
Ye Jiao smiled, took it and drank it, neither cold nor hot, and felt a lot more comfortable after drinking it.
Qi Yun took out the invitation, looked at it again, and said, "I'm going to Meng Mansion later, you should have a good rest, sleep, and I will be back when you wake up." Then he handed the invitation It was given to Ye Jiao for her to see.
The little ginseng took it, opened it and looked at it, a little surprised: "This invitation is a bit different."
It's not that there is anything peculiar in the appearance of the invitation, but the characters written in it are beautiful, but the number of words is not many.
Usually, when you invite people to your door, you need to make excuses. It's not that you want to see the flowers together or admire the moon together, but this is very simple and direct.
The corners of Qi Yun's mouth curved, and said lightly, "I want to come, it was a post written by the Prime Minister himself."
Ye Jiao couldn't help looking at Qi Yun, thought about it, and asked, "Is it related to Saburo?"
"Approximately yes." Qi Yun put the invitation back into his sleeve and said slowly, "Meng Wu and Saburo's marriage is already a sure thing, just waiting for the emperor's decree, the parents will be able to enter the capital for full ceremony, Meng Wu The girl is ready to get married, but the two haven't met so far, so I can't say it, the Prime Minister came to me just to ask about the situation at home, it's not in the way."
Ye Jiao didn't say anything more when he saw that he had a good heart. She got up and went to find a dress for Qi Yun to put on. She specially picked a belt inlaid with jade. When he was ready, she stood on tiptoe and kissed Qi Yun. on his cheeks, smiled and said, "Be careful on the road."
Qi Yun nodded with a smile, took Tie Zi and left.
After he left, Ye Jiao felt tired, but did not go to sleep, but asked Xiao Su to call Steward Qin over.
Today, there is no housekeeper in the Qi family, and Tiezi takes care of most of the big and small matters. He can be regarded as the proud person by Qi Yun's side. Although he is not a housekeeper, he does the work of a housekeeper.
When he returned to his hometown for the Chinese New Year, Tie Zi followed him, and the affairs of the house were handed over to Steward Qin.
Manager Qin said that he was the manager of the wine shop, but just like Manager Song at the beginning, there was only one shop on the bright side, but in fact he helped manage many industries in Qi Yun's hands, and Manager Qin was much younger than Manager Song. , It is when you are young and strong, and you can't get tired if you have a lot of things.
Qi Yun also determined that this person could not get out of the money, as long as he gave more monthly money, Manager Qin would be able to catch up with the work.
At this moment, steward Qin heard that the young lady was invited, and immediately rushed over with the task at hand. After entering the door, he said to Ye Jiaowen: "Second young lady Fu'an." Then he respectfully put the account book on the table, " This is the running water in these Tianfu, and I would like to ask Second Young Mistress to take a look."
Qi Yun is in charge of the ordinary shop, but Ye Jiao holds all the money and money in the house.
Naturally, she wanted to read this ledger, but she was not in a hurry. Ye Jiao just smiled and said to Guan Qin, "Mr. Qin sit down beforehand, I have something to ask you."
Steward Qin sat down according to the words, still with a gentle smile on his face, and his voice was gentle: "Don't dare, young lady, please speak."
"I asked you to send the items to various households in the capital, but have they been delivered?"
"Deliver it, except... the one who asked His Royal Highness to send it on behalf of the eldest princess, I personally sent the fat ones." When Steward Qin spoke, his smile did not change, but he felt a little emotional in his heart.
He usually works with Qi Yun, but Qin Guanshi admires Qi Erlang's skill and scheming.
As for Ye Jiao, Steward Qin didn't know much and had little contact, and usually didn't know who his young grandma was in contact with.
After delivering things to Ye Jiao this time, Steward Qin realized that it was no wonder that these two people got married, and their respective abilities made Steward Qin speechless.
Ye Jiao didn't think about it that much, she smiled when she heard the words, and said, "That's good, but do you have something to bring back?"
Steward Qin hurriedly said: "Yes, His Royal Highness the eldest princess mentioned it specifically. Now that she is getting older, she is not eating and sleeping well. If the second young grandmother has time, I hope to meet up there, so that I can talk about myself."
This kind of invitation is simple and straightforward. There is neither a post nor a certificate. It's just that the two are now sister-in-law and sister-in-law.
Ye Jiao said, "I see, I'm sorry to bother you."
"Don't dare." Steward Qin stood up and cupped his hands, then sat down, and continued to Ye Jiao, "These days, while the owner is going back, the family hired craftsmen to renovate Mr. Feng's bookstore. This is when the second young master was leaving. What I ordered has now been repaired almost, but there are some details that need to be carefully considered by Mr. Feng after returning."
Ye Jiao was holding a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the plate and put it in her mouth when she heard the words: "Mr. Feng rarely goes home, and the husband gave him a big holiday, I'm afraid it will take half a month to come back. Say it then."
"Yes."
"There is another matter. During the Chinese New Year, the family will send wax money. I don't know if there is such a rule in the capital. I discussed it with my husband and felt that it would be better to treat them equally."
As soon as he heard the money, Steward Qin's eyes lit up immediately, and his smiles were genuine.
Ye Jiao also knew this steward's temperament to be desperate for money, so she didn't take it at all, she just smiled and said, "It's said to be wax money, but the twelfth lunar month has passed, so it is regarded as a reward for his subordinates, you go and pay attention to it first. I'm going to make a list, and you can discuss it with my husband after he comes back."
Steward Qin got up immediately, seeing that Ye Jiao's face was a little sleepy, he said goodbye consciously and left, as if he was carrying the wind when he left, and the whole person was very energetic.
Ye Jiao really felt sleepy, so she threw down the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and yawned.
Xiao Su hurriedly brought some fragrant tea, let Ye Jiao rinse, and helped Ye Jiao take off the jacket and skirt she was wearing. He covered the tent under the mattress, and then lightly went to the outer room.
Ye Jiao fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow. When she woke up, it was dark outside and a person was sitting beside her.
The little ginseng originally half-squinted his eyes, felt someone beside him, and subconsciously reached out to touch it.
After her cool fingertips were caught by her, Ye Jiao said softly, "Xianggong, you're back."
Qi Yun tightened her fingers, took Ye Jiao's hand, tugged gently, and said, "Get up and wake up, I'll let someone make dinner, get up and eat."
"Yeah." Ye Jiao rubbed her eyes, then took Qi Yun's hand and sat up.
It's just that the little ginseng wants to wake up slowly, even if he opens his eyes, his head is still confused, he just lies in Qi Yun's arms and doesn't move.
Qi Erlang was also accustomed to Ye Jiao's temperament, he put down the book in his hand, wrapped his arms around Ye Jiao, and reached out to gently stroke her back.
After waiting for about half a cup of tea, Ye Jiao finally woke up, put on her clothes and got up, and asked with a smile, "Xianggong went to see that Meng Wu girl?"
Qi Yun first twisted the warm and wet handkerchief to wipe her face, and then the two of them sat at the dining table together, pouring soup for her, and said, "I haven't seen it, but I haven't seen it, it's not too much, I know what it is. A girl with temperament is enough."
Ye Jiao stretched out her hand to take the soup bowl, and looked at Qi Yun curiously: "You can know without seeing each other? Xiang Gong is really amazing."
Hearing this, Qi Yun raised the corners of his mouth, picked up his chopsticks and served Ye Jiao a dish: "Try it, the freshly roasted mutton is best eaten while it's hot."
Usually Ye Jiao doesn't eat mutton very much. Although she is not picky about what to eat and drink, but when she was in her hometown, the mutton was not fresh enough, and it would inevitably have a smell of mutton. No matter what spices are used to cover it, there will be a faint taste, and the little ginseng will not go down. mouth.
But after entering the capital, it should have been less and less fresh mutton here, but the more expensive the place, the more extravagant the choice of ingredients. For a fresh dish, no matter how much manpower and material resources are spent.
This time the sheep were raised by Qi Yun at the village outside the city. They picked a place with lush water and grass. The sheep were very particular about eating and drinking. The meat was not only not stinky, but rather sweet and fresh.
Ye Jiao tried to take a sip, and then smiled and narrowed her eyes: "It's delicious..." Then the little ginseng paused, reached out and took a sip from the tea cup, her eyes slightly rounded, "This, spicy, no Like the usual spiciness."
Qi Yun said: "This mutton should be cut into large pieces, forked with an iron fork and roasted on the fire. The spice sprinkled is not only the usual ones, but also brought back from the customs by the caravan this time. If you like it, I will later Let people stay more."
Ye Jiao nodded again and again, smiled and used chopsticks to pick it up, before giving up after eating three pieces in a row.
She just ate something delicious but didn't let Ye Jiao forget about it, so she looked at Qi Yun and asked, "You haven't said it yet, how is the fifth girl?"
It wasn't that Ye Jiao was too curious, but that Liu Shi told her carefully when she came. Even though the marriage was settled, Liu Shi still hoped that Ye Jiao would take care of Qi Ming more. As a sister-in-law, Ye Jiao naturally had to pay more attention.
Qi Yun didn't hide it from her, and said slowly: "She is definitely a good person. Although I didn't see her appearance, it doesn't matter what she looks like when marrying a wife and a virtuous person. I went to pay special attention to this. The character of a girl," Qi Yun paused, "it's an excellent one."
After hearing this, Ye Jiao leaned over to Qi Yun and asked with a smile, "Mr. Xianggong tell me in detail."
Qi Yun gave Ye Jiao another chopstick of green vegetables, and then said: "Prime Minister Meng's first wife passed away early, and now she is the successor, but she is in charge of the affairs of the house. One is the wife of the eldest son born to the first wife of Prime Minister Meng. The other is this Meng Wu girl."
Ye Jiao has been in charge of family affairs for a long time now. After hearing this, she immediately reacted, "Being the mistress of the house doesn't care about the house, but letting her daughter-in-law and her first wife stay in charge of the house is something new."
Isn't this just emptying the successor room?
Qi Yun said: "How the Meng family's family affairs have nothing to do with us, I didn't inquire too much, but this Meng Wu girl has never heard of any sages before, I think she is very strict, and she doesn't steal the limelight outside. The Empress can make plans for him, and the Prime Minister recognizes our family, I am afraid that this kind of thinking is not comparable to ordinary women."
Ye Jiao was drinking the soup. After hearing this, she put down the spoon and asked, "How about the comparison with the third brother?"
The corner of Qi Yun's mouth moved: "I'm afraid it can be taller."
My younger brother knows that Qi Saburo is all about the family and the world, and he is afraid that it is a matter of court.
Ye Jiao didn't find it strange. She smiled and said, "Huiniang is smart. Her sister is a compatriot, so it's normal for her to be smarter."
These words left Qi Yun speechless for a long time.
Yes, the elder sister is smart and the younger sister is smart, but why is Saburo different from himself?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Ye Jiao couldn't help but ask, "Is this bad?"
Qi Yun restrained his mind and shook his head: "No, it's good, very good. Saburo only understands court affairs, but he is too upright. It is a good thing to have a worthy internal assistant."
Having said that, Qi Yun couldn't help but look in the direction of the palace.
Don't ready-made examples sit in there?
This dude did a good job.
Ye Jiaozhu believed in him. Since her husband said it was right, it was right. Thinking that this was a good marriage, it could be considered that it lived up to Liu's expectations, so he relaxed and concentrated on eating.
After the meal was over, someone brought the tub in to take a bath, and it was already time to clean up.
Ye Jiao washed first, and after drying her hair, she lay down on the bed, and the bed tent was dropped. Qi Yun was ready to go to sleep after cleaning up. Who knows that as soon as she opened the tent, what she saw was not her own lady lying down. , but Ye Jiao, who was sitting cross-legged and looking up at him.
The room was hot from the charcoal pan, Ye Jiao was still wearing a coat and sitting on the quilt, so naturally it wasn't cold, but what Qi Yun saw at a glance was a green tube top and two white legs. Immediately, the man's ears were dyed red.
Ye Jiao didn't realize it, she smiled and said to him, "Master, don't go to bed yet, I forgot to put the contents in the box in the secret compartment, you can fetch it."
The secret compartment for the two to put important things was on the bed, so Ye Jiao didn't sleep at the moment because she wanted to put things.
instead of...
Qi Yun spat on herself, who was full of confusion, in her heart, and went to the table to bring the box over. Ye Jiao took it, took the key, came out and opened the box.
There, there are three things.
One is the white rainbow fruit in a cowhide bag, two of which were used before, and the one left now is naturally important, and Ye Jiao will take it with her when she travels far.
The other is the account book, which not only contains the running accounts of the mansion, but also the whereabouts of Qi Yun's money. Since Qi Erlang's money is all in charge of Ye Jiao, the little ginseng always feels that managing the accounts for him is to relieve Qi Yun. Therefore, every account is done very meticulously.
There is also a book, buttoned at the bottom of the box, I can't see what it is.
Qi Yun thought that Ye Jiao was going to put it in the hidden compartment, but saw that Ye Jiao just put the cowhide bag and the account book in and then closed it, and the book was not stuffed inside.
He was about to ask, but saw that Ye Jiao had already taken out the book.
The little ginseng looked up at him, then lowered his head and flipped through the book, and soon turned to a page, nodded to himself, then turned around and handed it to Qi Yun.
When Qi Erlang saw it, not only his ears were red, but his face was flushed.
This is the fire escape map he bought is not fake, and this is not the first time Qi Yun has been put on his face by his wife holding a book and painting, but... If you are caught off guard, anyone will feel astonished.
Ye Jiao was very calm, she neatly stretched out her hand and grabbed Qi Yun's collar and dragged him over, and then dropped the bed tent, she smiled and said to Qi Yun, "I originally wanted to take it back to take advantage of the Chinese New Year. I watched with Xianggong, but these days are very busy, even if there is some fragmentary time to accompany the children, it has been useless."
Qi Yun was stunned for a while. Just now, he thought that he was thinking crooked. As a result, his wife had been thinking about this all the time?
Ye Jiao was lying on top of Qi Yun, holding the man's face in both hands, and she said with a smile, "It's free now, Xianggong, do you want to?"
In response to her, it was the man who came over and kissed her for a long time.
When the lips parted, Qi Yun's slightly low voice sounded in Ye Jiao's ear: "I think, of course I think, me and Jiao Niang have always been able to think of one place."
The little ginseng put his arm around the man's neck and wanted to say something, but at the next moment, the man turned over and pressed him on the mattress.
Soon she couldn't think of anything, and couldn't utter a sentence. Ye Jiao could only narrow her eyes and think when she was comfortable. There are so many benefits to being a human being.
The next day is much more leisurely than the New Year’s day. You don’t have to go to countless tea parties, and you don’t have to be busy with things every day without touching the ground. Instead, you can do your own things leisurely, or just sit on the reclining chair and watch Playing with the children is really comfortable for the little ginseng.
And if she left the house, she would mostly go to see Hua Ning.
Although Ye Pingrong and Hua Ning lived together, Ye Pingrong was still Ye Jiao's eldest brother, but Ye Jiao couldn't think of Ye Pingrong at all at the moment, and he always went straight to Hua Ning's house and stayed with her to talk.
Not only because the two have their own words, but also because Ye Jiao wants to spend more time with Hua Ning to help her make up, so that the future production will be smoother.
Hua Ning also likes Ye Jiao to come often. She doesn't have many friends that she can make friends with, and it's too much trouble to enter the palace. It's naturally good to have Ye Jiao to talk to her.
When Ye Jiao came that day, she saw Hua Ning eating kiwi fruit with a silver fork.
Ye Jiao also likes to eat this. Its shape is like a pear and its color is like a peach. When it is ripe, it will be picked and put away. It is as sweet as honey and very delicious.
Seeing her coming, Hua Ning greeted with a smile, "Come on, Jiao Niang, have a taste."
Ye Jiao took a fork, poked a piece into her mouth, and then her face was wrinkled with sourness.
Hua Ning was stunned for a moment, and then reacted a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, Jiao Niang, I forgot that my current taste is a lot biased, are you alright?"
Ye Jiao shook her head, but her face was still wrinkled, until Hua Ning took a piece of caramel and stuffed her mouth.
With the candy in her mouth, Ye Jiao rubbed her cheeks and looked left and right: "This is what Yingxiu brought to you, right? Where's her?"
Hua Ning was rubbing his lower abdomen, and when he heard the words, he said, "She was here just now. She said she wanted to go out for a walk, so she went out." After a pause, Hua Ning said, "Young lady can go and have a look, I have it. A parrot, so beautiful, it hangs under the peach tree in the backyard."
Ye Jiao had never seen a parrot when she became an adult, so she got up with a smile and said, "How about you, Hua Ning?"
"It's windy outside, I won't go, I'll wait for you here." Hua Ning stuck a piece of sour kiwi into his mouth.
Ye Jiao felt her teeth fall when she saw it, so she went to touch the quick candy and put it in her mouth before going out.
Ye Jiao was a frequent visitor to this mansion, and she could find the place without being led.
After passing a moon gate, you can see the peach trees, but Ye Jiao stopped after passing the moon gate.
She stood under the peach tree, stretched out her hand to hold the peach branch, blinked her eyes, and said nothing.
Seeing that Ye Jiao wasn't leaving, Xiao Su looked around with a puzzled look, and at a glance she saw Shi Shi who was wearing a blue cape, and opposite Shi Shi... Hey, isn't that Liu Rong, Master Liu?
The author has something to say: Xu Bao: I am not fat!
Qi Yun: …
Ye Jiao: Yes, yes, not fat, just a lot of meat
Xu Bao: … qaq