On New Year's Eve, Qi Yun went to the front hall early in the morning and brought a red cloth bag when he came back.
When it was put on the table, there was a knocking sound inside.
Ye Jiao had just inserted her hairpin, and she specially chose the jade hairpin that Qi Yun gave her. She was slapping rouge on her cheek when she heard the sound, turned her head to look, and saw the red cloth bag on the table at a glance.
Putting the rouge box on the table, Ye Jiao got up and walked to Qi Yun's side, helping him hang up his fur coat, and asked curiously, "Xiang Gong, what is this?"
Qi Yun untied the knot on the cloth bag and said, "The interest from the shop that I got this year." After speaking, he spread out the cloth bag.
Inside, there are a bunch of small silver ingots that are crooked and crowded together, as well as seven or eight strings of copper coins.
Ye Jiao's eyes widened slightly. Although she wasn't a money fan, this was the first time she saw so much silver when she came to an adult.
Looking at Qi Yun, Ye Jiao pointed at the pile of small silver ingots: "How much is this?"
Qi Yun pulled her to sit down with a smile, and then said, "One hundred and fifty-two taels of money."
One hundred and fifty two...
Seeing her stunned, Qi Yun explained: "In our house, whether it is a shop or Zhuangzi, if you get money, you will give it to the family as a fixed amount, and the rest is our own profit. The business of the wine shop is good. This year, there will be more income, and naturally more will be distributed."
What Qi Yun said was modest, but in fact, it was hard to calculate that the previous balance was at most, and the real money was only less than three months.
And in three months, he was able to run such a large industry, so it's no wonder that steward Song took Qi Yun as the god of wealth.
Ye Jiao stretched out her hand and scratched at the small silver ingots, then looked at Qi Yun.
The man looked calm, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if waiting for his wife to praise him.
In the next second, Ye Jiao said, "Xiang Gong, did you bring these ten kilograms back by yourself? Is it heavy, tired, or your arm hurts?" After speaking, the little ginseng reached out and touched it. He touched Qi Yun's arm and rubbed him.
This made Qi Yun a little dumbfounded.
If other people know that they have got a hundred taels of silver, I am afraid that it is too late to be happy, but the first concern of my sweet girl is whether she is tired of carrying it
But thinking of this, Qi Yun laughed again.
This is the sweet girl, always warm and heart-warming.
But Qi Yun wouldn't tell her that he really couldn't carry it back, and he was holding it all the way.
The man changed the subject: "Now bring some cash back, thinking that when the streets are lively for a while, there will be a lot of fun and beautiful things, and some money is easy to buy."
Saying that, Qi Yun pulled down Ye Jiao's hand that was holding her arm. He was not tired at all, and he was reluctant to overwork his wife.
Ye Jiao looked at him and asked, "If you don't take money, what will you use as money?"
"Silver note." After speaking, Qi Yun took out a silver note and handed it to Ye Jiao as well.
This silver note is a piece of fifty taels, and it is also an income, but it is not cashed in cash, but a thin piece of paper, rectangular, with a lot of words written on it and several chapters. Correctly written fifty-two.
Ye Jiao held it in her hand and felt light and thin.
In my memory, there has never been a bank note. Ordinary people live a poor life. It is not bad to save a tael of silver a year, and there is no need for a bank note at all.
This is the first time that Little Ginseng has heard this word, and it is also the first time that she has seen a silver note. She looked at Qi Yun: "Don't worry, I will help you collect it."
Qi Yun stroked her hair on the temples and smiled: "You have to put these away. I think the small box last time was not big enough, so let's put it in a bigger one."
Ye Jiao glanced at the small pile of silver ingots and nodded in agreement.
Then, she smiled at Qi Yun: "Xiang Gong is really amazing."
This is what Qi Yun had always wanted to hear, but now that he heard it, he pulled Ye Jiao into his arms with satisfaction, and touched her forehead with his lips: "Thank you."
Ye Jiao raised her head and looked at him: "Thank me for what?"
Qi Yun said softly, "Thank you for helping me manage the money," and then Qi Yun paused, "If you earn this money, it will be like a stone if you leave it alone, and you have to trouble the lady and spend it for me. "
Ye Jiao nodded with a smile, as if she had received some important task: "Don't worry, husband, I will work hard."
Then, Ye Jiao saw Qi Yun buried her face in her neck, and seemed to be smiling.
What laughing
Before Little Ginseng could ask, someone outside called them to go to the front yard.
Today is New Year's Eve, and according to the custom, the whole family gets together to make dumplings.
In the past, the Qi family's food was handed over to the cook, but today is different. The noodles and fillings for the dumplings were prepared early in the hall in the front yard, waiting for everyone to go over and wrap them by themselves.
The biggest difference between this year and previous years is that there are three more people making dumplings.
Qi Yun's condition improved, Ye Jiao Xin came in, and although Xiao Shi was young, he could pinch a few decently, making Liu shi laugh from ear to ear.
The Liu family is usually the most dignified and calm, but what about any mother who doesn't pray for the health of her children and the addition of children and grandchildren
When Liu's dumplings are made, he has to look up at his son and daughter-in-law.
Even later, Liu Shi was in tears, especially remembering that at this time in previous years, she had to worry about Qi Yun's illness, for fear that the cold wind would take away her beloved son. Compared with the current liveliness, it is really heavenly. underground.
Fortunately, after all the hard work, Liu Shi turned her back and wiped her tears with her untouched wrist. When she turned around, she was still smiling, and no one noticed that she had already cried.
And the fun of making dumplings is that the day when the family gets together and chats and laughs is over.
When the wrapped dumplings were brought down to cook, Xiao Shi was kneading a piece of dough.
It was said to be making dumplings, but after all, the child's concentration was not enough, and he felt annoyed after kneading two, so Mr. Fang took a piece of dough and kneaded it for him to play.
Little Stone stood obediently on the chair, holding the dough in his chubby hands, and he didn't feel bored after playing for a long time.
Ye Jiao couldn't help but ask, "Stone, what are you pinching?"
Shitou looked at Ye Jiao and replied in a milky voice, "Pen."
Ye Jiao looked at the noodles that had been rolled into long strips and was a little surprised: "Pinch a pen?"
"Well, pinch the pen and write." Stone said while trying to shape his dough pen, looking very focused.
Qi Ming on the side heard it, and immediately praised the stone in a serious manner: "Stone, it's good that you like to read. Why don't you let my uncle teach you to read and write?"
Stone glanced at him and shook his head: "I don't."
Qi Ming was taken aback: "Why?"
Shitou rubbed the face in his hands again, and his voice was soft: "Uncle is so young, Shitou wants to learn Chinese characters from adults."
Qi Ming is a young adult. When he was in the college, he went to school with a group of people much older than him. Now he is called young by a child who is less than two years old. Qi Ming immediately said: "Where am I young? , I'm fifteen!"
Who knows, when Liu Shi heard this, he couldn't help saying: "Yeah, Saburo Fifteen, it's time to get married."
Qi Ming choked, turned his head to face Liu Shi and said, "Mother, I don't want to..."
"The little uncle is small, so much shorter than the father and the second uncle." Stone's voice was childish, but it made Qi Ming puffed up.
Ye Jiao looked at it interesting, and leaned over and said, "That stone, can aunt teach you how to write?"
Qi Ming really wanted to say, Second Sister-in-law, you really can't teach people how to speak.
Who knows, Stone actually agreed: "Okay!"
Qi Ming was stunned: "Why can she, I can't."
Shi Shi answered bluntly: "Second aunt is prettier than you."
Qi Ming: …
Ye Jiao didn't really want to teach him, she also knew that it was better not to mislead children with her circle characters.
But Shitou's words made Ye Jiao like him, so he leaned over and kissed Shitou on the cheek, coaxing Shitou to knead the dough even harder.
But before Ye Jiao could tease Shishi again, she felt her waist tighten.
Turning his head, he saw that his husband had silently embraced him.
Ye Jiao couldn't help but whisper: "Xiang Gong, what's the matter?"
Qi Yun didn't speak, just bowed his head slightly and said nothing.
Ye Jiao looked left and right, and found that in the main room, apart from herself and Qi Yun, there were the small stones who were focusing on kneading the dough, and Qi Ming who was staring at them.
However, after receiving a stare from Qi Yun, Qi Ming closed his eyes knowingly.
Ye Jiao gently stood on tiptoe and pecked Qi Yun's face.
Qi Yun was satisfied.
Then I heard Ye Jiao ask with some doubts: "Xiang Gong, do you have something to leave?"
Qi Yun was slightly taken aback: "Where am I going?"
Ye Jiao tilted her head: "Then why did you let me kiss you?" Isn't this only done before separation
At this moment, Qi Erlang realized what it means to lift a stone on his own feet.
Fortunately, at this time, everyone returned to the main room one after another, and the dumplings were steaming out of the pot.
When the dumplings were served in the evening, the family sat around the round table. Father Qi smiled and said, "Stone, do you know the story of the Nian beast?"
Little Stone is just over a year old, he is ignorant, his eyes are full of dumplings, and all he smells is the aroma of dumplings, he just shook his head blankly when he heard what his grandfather said.
Father Qi immediately told him a myth and legend of the Nian beast, and when he talked about how terrible the Nian beast was, the little stone shook.
Seeing this, Mrs Liu immediately stretched out his hand and pinched Father Qi's waist secretly: "How old are you to scare children."
Father Qi has always been extremely majestic in front of his son, but in front of the Liu family, he is obedient. Although he was pinched, he still smiled and said: "Okay, listen to you, I won't say it."
Xiao Shitou was sitting in Mrs Fang's arms, looking left and right, staring at Ye Jiao.
He already liked Ye Jiao, but now he also leaned over and asked Ye Jiao softly, "Second Aunt, aren't you afraid?"
Ye Jiao blinked: "Nian beast, don't be afraid."
Xiao Shi immediately widened his eyes, looking like two small black grapes.
He stretched out two fleshy little hands and shook it, trying to make himself look super fierce: "That's a big monster, I'm especially afraid, oooo!"
Ye Jiao was amused by him, not only Ye Jiao, but all the adults laughed.
It's just that other people looked at the cute little stone, but Ye Jiao thought of the fine birds, animals, flowers, birds, insects and fish that she had been with before.
Speaking of strange shapes, Ye Jiao had seen with her own eyes the strange appearance of a fox's head, a human body, and a big tail when the little fox was not fully transformed into a human.
She couldn't help feeling Xiao Shi's head, thinking in her heart, there are some things that you won't be afraid of if you see them too much.
But sometimes it is because of the thousands of years that I have seen so many times that I feel how precious today's days are.
Ye Jiao looked at the dumplings again and thought sincerely that it is really good to be able to eat dumplings.
She doesn't want to eat dirt anymore.
At this time, Qi's father took the chopsticks first, Liu's also picked up the chopsticks, and the others picked up the chopsticks to pick up the dumplings in front of them.
Bai Shengsheng was slippery, and he couldn't tell from the outside what the filling was inside, only when he bit it open would he know.
And here, a lot of tricks are included in the package, all to be able to make a fortune tonight.
If it is said that among all the people, only Ye Jiao would like to eat it the most.
She has never eaten, this is the first time, she is naturally curious.
Ye Jiao took one, brought it to her mouth and blew it, felt the temperature with her lips, opened her mouth and bit off half of it when she felt it was not too hot.
The next second, she frowned slightly, feeling a strange sweetness in her mouth.
Rolling her tongue, Ye Jiao spat out a date pit.
Mrs. Liu, who was beside her, had a very good look and responded quickly, and immediately said loudly, "Second young grandma will give birth to a precious son early in the new year!"
As soon as these words came out, Qi Yun covered her mouth and coughed lightly, while Ye Jiao was stunned.
It turns out that eating jujube is an early birth of your son
Who gave birth, I gave birth
But the taste of this dumpling was really unpalatable. Ye Jiao poked Qi Yun and whispered, "Xiang Gong, can you not eat it?"
When Qi Yun heard this, he stopped coughing immediately.
Where can I not eat
Must eat!
Qi Yun originally wanted her to endure it for a while, but then she thought about it, this is what Jiao Niang likes to eat, and it will definitely be uncomfortable to eat it.
It stands to reason that we can't share the dumplings, but Qi Yun looked at the half red dates left in the dumplings, and after all, he couldn't bear to feel wronged.
Qi Yun pointed to his bowl: "Give it to me."
Ye Jiao didn't put it in his bowl, but directly put the remaining half of the dumplings to Qi Yun's mouth, Qi Yun was stunned for a moment, glanced at their own family as if they were watching a good show, and her ears were flaring. The red mouth ate.
Ye Jiao didn't feel that she had done anything unusual, so she happily went to pick up the second dumpling.
As a result, when I bite it, it tastes strange again...
The little ginseng is helpless, she really just wants to eat dumplings, delicious and meaty dumplings, how can she eat strange things!
I looked at it this time, and found that the brown sugar that slipped out of it was.
Madam Liu said again: "Second Young Mistress's new year is sweet and beautiful!"
The color head is good, but the dumplings are not delicious.
Ye Jiao didn't say a word, and fed the remaining half to Qi Yun, only to feel that she was unlucky and couldn't even eat a delicious dumpling.
As everyone knows, in the eyes of others, Ye Jiao has great luck.
Liu Shi and Qi's father looked at each other, and both saw the smile in each other's eyes. Qi Zhao and Fang Shi just saw how interesting the two couples were getting along. No.
The results of it
No matter how hard the stone is, it will eventually become soft.
Only Qi Ming and Xiao Shishi were eating dumplings with perseverance, hoping to get some good luck, just like playing a game. Children always like this very much.
However, when Ye Jiao picked up the third dumpling, she didn't bite down.
It used to be dates, and then it was brown sugar. These are all normal things. What if I bite into something strange
After thinking about it, Ye Jiao wanted to put it back on the plate, but heard Qi Yun whisper, "You can't put it back if you pick it up."
Ye Jiao immediately withdrew her hand, instead of eating, she stared worriedly.
Seeing her like this, Qi Yun quietly stretched out the bowl, and Ye Jiao immediately put the dumplings into his bowl, which made Qi Yun feel amused when she saw it.
It seems that the ordinary joy here is not as comfortable as eating a good dumpling.
Just thinking about it, Qi Yun picked up the dumpling and put it in his mouth.
"Um… "
Qi Yun also frowned and took off what his teeth had caught.
It's a copper coin.
"Second Young Master's new year's wealth will be prosperous!" Mrs. Liu's words were particularly loud and fitting.
Qi Yun is now in business, and what he wants is to make money.
However, Qi Yun turned to look at Ye Jiao, thinking that there is a certain destiny in the dark, and everything that he has now started from the day Jiao Niang got married.
She stretched out her left hand and gently grabbed Ye Jiao's left hand and squeezed it.
Ye Jiao looked down at the hands they were shaking, and looked at him with some doubts.
Then I heard Qi Yun whisper: "Wait a while, the dumplings that come in the second round will have no lottery. If you don't like the lottery, just wait."
Ye Jiao smiled and nodded.
Then, one after another, the colorful dumplings were found, and a meal and He Lele passed.
After dinner was over, each family went back to their yard to keep the year old, and it was only possible to endure the child's hour.
Qi Yun had something to discuss with Qi Zhao and Qi Ming, so he asked Ye Jiao to go back first.
This is something to do every year. The three brothers will spend the first half an hour or so get together to chat about the past of the year and greet each other. Especially for Qi Ming, this is Qi Yun's examination and education. When he was doing his homework, he couldn't be sloppy.
Ye Jiao didn't ask any more questions. She went back to the room and sat on the soft couch.
This was probably the first time when it was dark, she was the only one in the room.
Even though she knew that Qi Yun would be back soon, Ye Jiao felt a little uncomfortable after the brief separation.
I don't know what to say, and I feel empty.
The little ginseng doesn't understand this, it's called loneliness, she just wondered, did she forget to kiss him when they just separated
I'll make it up when my husband comes back later.
With nothing to do and unable to sleep, Ye Jiao stood up and went to the bookshelf to find a book to read.
Then she saw the book that she had put on the shelf by herself.
It was sent by Dong's, wrapped in a blue cloth, and it seemed that she hadn't opened it since Dong's gifted it to herself.
If I hadn't met now, I'm afraid the little ginseng would have forgotten about it...
Reaching out, he took off the blue cloth bag from the bookshelf, and opened the cloth bag neatly.
Feeling a little dark, Ye Jiao took a pair of scissors and gently cut off the wick of the candle on the table, and the light became much brighter.
Ye Jiao just sat down and looked at the words on the cover.
"Six Oddities of Flower Array", does it tell you how to grow flowers
Little Ginseng's light-white fingertips turned over the pages of the book, turned a few pages slightly, and tilted his head in confusion.
As a gift, this book is very well bound, the paper is also finished, the words and pictures inside are vivid, and it can be seen that it is a good book.
But... why don't the people here wear clothes