The New Year is getting busier and busier. The entire Qi family is in full swing and starts to pack things and clean the courtyard. There are only guys in the shop who are going to make more money. Everyone else can go home for the New Year. After the holiday, I gave out silver rewards for the New Year.
The Zhuangzi was empty, so Qi Zhao went home early to help the family prepare. Qi Ming, who also returned home, did not have to go out to work because of his young age.
However, the young people who didn't have to study hard these days rarely let go of their temper, either staying in Liu's yard or going for a stroll in the back garden, holding a pen and paper in their hands, thinking about what good poems and sentences they can write.
Look at the flowers today, the grass tomorrow, always wondering what to write about.
Qi Yun asked him the reason, and Qi Ming's answer was very honest.
"I have an appointment with the third son I met before. We made a promise that we will figure out new poems when we meet next time. I lost to him last time, and I can't lose this time. "
Qi Yun couldn't help but feel helpless, thinking that his third brother really got into the book and couldn't get out. He finally got to know a friend and finally wrote a poem.
It's just that Qi Yun wasn't curious about who the three young masters were. He was just glad that his third brother finally had friends.
The liveliness of the family did not miss the subordinates, the reward was several percent more than in previous years, and Xiao Su and Tie Zi's family also got a lot.
And the two of them were very happy because they had been following Ye Jiao and Qi Yun, and they had received a reward from the owner.
Especially Xiao Su, who hurriedly sewed a dress for Tie Zi and embroidered a handkerchief for Ye Jiao, and even Xiao Hei, the big cock in the nest, got a red flower dress.
The little girl covered his tail with special care, which seemed to soothe his lack of tail hair, and the sound of the big rooster who had covered his bald tail getting up and crowing finally became louder.
It's just that when everyone was relaxing, Qi Yun didn't relax.
The shop under his command will undergo major changes at the beginning of next year, and the wine shop will expand. This is a big income, and it is normal to spend more time.
And Qi Yun also agreed to the director of Yaoyuanzi, and promised him that he would give money to the pen next year and expand Yaoyuanzi.
Although Director Dong was not as shrewd as Director Song, he also knew in his heart that the reason why Qi Yun could promise him was not because of the good business of the drugstore, but only because of the second young mistress.
His daughter Dong Shi and Ye Jiao had a good relationship, so the second young master gave him a high look.
Regardless of whether Qi Yun really thinks so or not, Director Director firmly believes that he has been exposed to Ye Jiao's light.
When the director came over today, he even brought a wild ginseng, specifically for the second young grandmother, but he did not rashly mention to Qi Yun the specific requirements for the expansion of Yaoyuanzi.
It is not easy for the second master to nod. Now he is busy for the wine shop, and the director is very winking, and he is ready to mention it together after the festival.
After the director came out of the study, he happened to see Ye Jiao who was putting paper kites in the garden.
The place where Ye Jiao put the paper kites was in the yard where the plum tree was planted before. Now the snow has been cleaned up and the ground is flat. Ye Jiao is wearing the red cloak and holding the paper kite thread in her hand, looking beautiful from a distance. Like a person in a painting.
Director Director couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Others said that Ye Jiao was married to the Qi family, but if she had seen Ye Jiao, who could say that she was not a rich man
Ordinary people can't hold up the name of these two young grandmothers. If Ye Jiao can hold on, she is blessed with her life.
Ye Jiao didn't realize that someone was looking at her, she was holding the thread in her hand, smiling and staring at Zhi Yuan in the sky.
Putting the paper kite sounds like it's just sending this thing up, there's nothing unusual about it, but when the paper kite flew up and felt the tension with the string in her hand, it felt extraordinarily miraculous.
Pull it and it will fly back again.
Once loose, you can fly higher.
Ye Jiao felt the fun inside, and turned her head to Xiao Su and said, "This is a good job, come back and teach me."
Xiao Su has been following Ye Jiao, knowing that her second young grandmother likes to learn something, and she always takes it seriously.
Whether it was learning to write from Qi Yun before, or learning housekeeping from the Liu family later, Ye Jiao could put forth enough effort.
As long as she says she wants to learn, she must learn to do it well.
But today's Xiaosu is not the little girl who was always ignorant before. If she was ignorant before, Xiaosu would have agreed immediately, but now she won't immediately nod her head.
After being with Ye Jiao for a long time, Mrs. Liu often beat her in private, so Xiao Su knew what to say and what to do.
Hearing Ye Jiao's words, Xiao Su immediately said: "Second Young Mistress, it's tiring to be a paper kite, and you've learned not to do it a few times, if you want, let me know, and Brother Tie Zi and I can do it naturally. , If the second young lady likes it, you can draw the pattern on the paper kite by yourself."
Ye Jiao thought about it for a while, then nodded. Shui Liang's clear eyes looked at the paper kite in the air, and said with a smile, "Then I'll go back and write a few words on it."
Xiao Su felt that Ye Jiao's writing was similar to painting, so she happily agreed, thinking about going back to ask Brother Tie Zi if she could be a round paper kite.
Only in this way can it match the words of the second young grandmother.
At this time, Director Dong cupped his hands outside the garden and said, "Second Young Mistress, this paper kite is very well placed."
Ye Jiao heard the words, turned her head to look, and recognized at a glance that this was the director who had a relationship in Yaoyuanzi before.
Shi Yacao was found in the medicine garden that time. Ye Jiao had a good impression of Director Dong, so she gave Xiao Su the spool in her hand and asked her to put it for herself, and then walked over.
These days, Ye Jiao has learned a lot from Liu Shi. In addition to the housekeeper's methods, Liu Shi's most important thing is to tell her how to treat people.
Ye Jiao is smart, she learned quickly and remembered clearly, when she saw Director Director, she smiled softly almost unconsciously, stopped about five steps away from Director Director, and said, "Director Director But came to find your husband?"
Director Dong smiled and returned: "I just came out from the second young master, and when I saw the second young grandmother here, I remembered what my daughter told me, so I came to prepare a message."
Chunlan
Ye Jiao hadn't seen Dong's family these days. Every family had a lot of things going on at the end of the year. Ye Jiao didn't have time to go to the pharmacy to find her, and she didn't have time to come.
On the contrary, he asked someone to bring two pots of medicinal herbs flowers, but he did not ask for a message.
Ye Jiao smiled and said, "How is Chunlan doing?"
The director said busyly: "Well, my daughter is a lively character and can't be idle. These days in the pharmacy, it's even hard for me to see her. The last time I saw her, she mentioned two things to me. Young lady, let me pass the word that it is the auspicious flower that grows very well, and two more bloomed a while ago."
In a word, Dong Guan explained in advance the reason why her daughter had not come in the past few days, and also said her concern for Ye Jiao.
These are all true, but how to be better known by others depends on eloquence.
Obviously, the director's eloquence is good.
Ye Jiao was not surprised that the auspicious flower could live. After all, this flower is an aquatic plant, and it can grow by itself when thrown into the water, so it doesn't need too much care.
But listening to the words of Director Director, it is obvious that Dong has been taking care of the auspicious flowers. If you count the days, before the little fox took care of it for two months, she had the blessing of children. If it really works, Dong will not be too far away. .
That's it.
Because the New Year is coming, the director and the steward said a few auspicious words to her before leaving.
The little ginseng went back to fly the kite after he left. When the sun rose, the breeze gradually stopped, and the paper kite could not fly high, so she reluctantly took the paper kite back and forth to the yard.
As soon as she entered the door, Ye Jiao saw Qi Yun who was waiting for him to eat.
When the man saw her coming back, he smiled and waved to Ye Jiao: "Let's eat, stew chicken soup and drink some to dispel the cold."
Ye Jiao immediately took off her cloak, washed her hands, and sat happily beside Qi Yun.
Usually when the family eats together at night, most of them will sit farther away, but the last time Ye Jiao saw Liu Shi and Qi's father eating together, they were sitting face to face.
But Ye Jiao didn't like it.
Ye Jiao and Liu Shi learned a lot, but as soon as she entered the house, she couldn't hold back.
Sitting directly beside Qi Yun, he handed the bowl to Qi Yun, and Qi Yun naturally took the bowl and filled her with soup.
Ye Jiao watched eagerly, and said in her mouth, "I don't want mushrooms, I want meat."
Qi Yun immediately served her a chicken drumstick and hot soup, and put the full bowl in front of Ye Jiao.
This chicken soup has been stewed all morning, and the chicken has been stewed so softly that it can be torn off with the tip of a chopstick.
In front of Ye Jiao was a plate of dipping sauce, dipping it with Bai Shengsheng's chicken, and eating it, the mouth was full of fragrance.
The little ginseng took another sip of the warm soup and exhaled softly.
After taking another bite of chicken, Ye Jiao seemed to remember something and asked, "Xiang Gong, you won't stew Xiao Hei, will you?"
Qi Yun pointed his chopsticks, looked at Ye Jiao, and said gently, "Are you afraid I'll stew it?"
"Not really, it's just that Xiao Su just sewed clothes for it." Ye Jiao said while drinking another sip of chicken soup.
Really fragrant.
Qi Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm counting on it to work hard to grow all the hair on its tail."
Ye Jiao also curved the corners of her mouth: "Yes, it still looks good when it's not bald."
Qi Yun wanted to tell her that it was because Ye Jiao's shuttlecock had been kicked for a long time, and some of the feathers on it had fallen off.
But after looking at Ye Jiao, Qi Yun swallowed the thought back.
Holding Ye Jiao a chopstick of sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root, Qi Yun said, "It's been a lot colder these days. It would be good to drink some chicken soup to make up for it."
Ye Jiao blinked and nodded with a smile.
In fact, the little ginseng feels that these things add up to nothing by themselves.
But the chicken soup is so delicious, and the chicken is so delicious, of course you have to eat it!
Qi Yun also served himself a bowl of soup, and the two of them would talk while they were eating.
Eating without speaking, sleeping without a word is used outside, and living with the door behind closed doors is really deserted.
Qi Yun had had enough of a lonely life before, and now that he is a woman with a wife, he naturally has to say something, and no one can restrain him.
After eating almost, Qi Yun remembered something: "Today, a director and steward came and brought something."
What he said was the wild ginseng sent by the director.
The quality of this mountain ginseng is very good, otherwise the director would not have sent it to Qi Yun eagerly.
Qi Yun knew that he was trying to please him, so he did not refuse, but accepted it.
As for why the director came here at this time, I am afraid that in addition to the expansion of Yaoyuanzi next year, the director wanted to see with his own eyes whether Qi Yun was still in good health.
Thinking of this, Qi Yun lowered his eyes slightly.
Last time Liu Shi misunderstood Qi Ming's arm injury, and hurriedly called someone to ask for a doctor. The person who sent it was also anxious, and only shouted that the young master was injured, but did not say which young master.
Li Langzhong used to take care of Qi Yun's body. When outsiders saw it, they would only say that Qi Yun fell ill again.
This is not a new thing. After all, Qi Yun has been drinking medicine as water all these years, especially in winter, when it comes to New Year's Day, he has to make a fuss. His family is used to it, and outsiders should not be surprised.
But this time, I don't know who made the news big, from "the second young master of the Qi family is ill again" to "the second young master of the Qi family is going to die"...
It was so vivid that it was as if I had seen it with my own eyes.
Although Qi Yun never went out, and others were hiding it from him, Qi Yun naturally had his own channels for inquiries.
He had no intention of clarifying, and he was too lazy to manage, but he didn't expect to scare the stewards under him.
Today, I saw the director and the steward accepting things, which can be regarded as reassuring his heart.
But Qi Yun never likes to talk about these outside things to make Ye Jiao worry, he just smiled and said, "The manager Dong brought a wild ginseng, it's in very good condition, I'll cook it for you sometime later. "
Qi Yun had good intentions, but when Ye Jiao heard this, a mouthful of chicken soup choked in her throat, unable to get up or down, she coughed several times!
The man was startled, and hurriedly put down his chopsticks to give her some relief.
Ye Jiao covered her mouth with a handkerchief and leaned on Qi Yun's shoulder, her eyes a little blank.
Stew ginseng for me to eat...
I eat myself
Ye Jiao suddenly felt a little confused, grabbed Qi Yun's wrist and said, "I don't drink ginseng soup, you don't need to drink that either."
She didn't eat it, because it was unnecessary, so she didn't let Qi Yun eat it. Ye Jiao thought that no matter how good ginseng was, could it compare to the nourishment of thousand-year-old ginseng
My husband already has me, so what other ginseng are you looking for!
And listen to the name, wild ginseng... It's not a good family ginseng!
Ye Jiao knew that she was being idle, but she still insisted.
Qi Yun didn't ask Ye Jiao why. In Qi Yun's heart, if his wife was unwilling, don't do it, and immediately replied, "Okay, I'll just put it away."
Ye Jiao looked up at him, blinked, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to drink?"
Qi Yun smiled: "It's not... um."
Before he could finish speaking, Ye Jiao straightened up slightly, put her hand on his chest, raised her face, and bit Qi Yun's mouth precisely.
The soft tip of the tongue swept the man's teeth, and Qi Yun could vaguely taste the faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus in the woman's mouth.
But before he could react, Ye Jiao let go of him.
The little ginseng sat upright, picked up the chopsticks again, and said to him with a smile: "Okay, you've had it." As if to emphasize, she added, "No other ginseng soup is allowed in the future."
Qi Yun held the chopsticks and stared at Ye Jiao for a long time, not thinking about why Ye Jiao kissed her.
But Qi Erlang was relieved quickly and decided to save the wild ginseng.
It doesn't matter whether you eat it or not, after all, the ginseng soup given by my darling mother is much better.