Qijia Saburo took the exam faster this time than last time. The college exam was two less than the county exam, but the exam place was far away from home. Qi Ming did not wait for the rankings to be released this time, but returned a letter saying that he was going home and waiting for news .
Everything at home was business as usual, probably because they didn't come back after the list was released this time. Their mentality was relatively peaceful, and they didn't have the excitement and panic they had after they got the case last time.
It's just that Liu Shi, as a mother, will still be worried.
Others worry about whether Qi Ming can win, but Liu Shi is worried about whether Qi Ming is healthy and comfortable.
Maybe even Qi Ming himself had forgotten about the fact that he came back with his arms hanging before the new year. He was trying to defraud the person who harmed him last time. When he found out that it was Cai Twelfth Lang, and the Cai family was defeated, naturally Put this thing out of your head.
But Liu Shi will not easily forget that even if she knows it is fake, she will unconsciously worry about whether her son will be injured outside, and will go to the small Buddhist hall to recite sutras from time to time. The heart of a loving mother is always particularly hot.
Ye Jiao didn't bother Liu's for the past few days, and only stayed in her yard.
The four-month-old belly has begun to show pregnancy, and the physique is different from person to person. Some people can see the bulge in the lower abdomen after two months, and some people can see the pregnancy very late.
Ye Jiao was born slender, but she became pregnant a little later than others.
At the moment, only the lower abdomen is slightly bulging, and it can't be seen with a slightly larger robe.
It's just that Ye Jiao always unconsciously puts her hand on her lower abdomen and touches it from time to time, which seems very fresh.
The weather was good today, so Ye Jiao went out for a walk with the stone sprout grass in her arms, and by the way, she could also weed and weed the medicinal herbs in the yard.
But this weeding has to be done by squatting down. In the past, Ye Jiao only thought it was interesting, and she was very happy. She didn't feel tired, but now she is a little awkward when she gets up. Ye Jiao said, "Second Young Mistress, you can just take a rest, I'll do it."
Ye Jiao looked at her and said, "I'm fine."
Xiao Su didn't listen to her this time: "Li Langzhong said before that you can't be tired this month, and the second young master also said...to listen to Li Langzhong."
Moreover, Qi Yun also told Xiao Su that if he couldn't take good care of Ye Jiao, he would pluck Xiao Hei's hair and cook it.
Xiao Su sighed in her heart, feeling that it was a miracle that the big black-feathered rooster she raised was able to survive until now, without turning into stewed chicken soup or fried chicken.
Ye Jiao didn't insist, and gave Xiao Su the small hoe, while she sat beside the stone table and looked at the stone sprouts on the table.
Originally, there was no stone table in the yard, but Qi Yun saw that Ye Jiao always liked to walk around with flower pots in her arms. She was afraid that she would fall, so she had someone bring a stone table and stone bench in, and put it in a place with sunlight. , so that Ye Jiao could sit and bask in the sun while watching the stone sprouts.
The stone bench was specially covered with thick cushions, which made it soft and comfortable to sit on after the cold.
Ye Jiao, on the other hand, was staring intently at the stone sprouts on the table, occasionally reaching out to touch them.
The three red flowers on the stone bud grass have all fallen, and now that spring has come, it is time to bear fruit.
However, when the stone bud grass bears fruit, it is not as easy as an ordinary fruit. Because the white rainbow fruit is rich in nourishment, it can save lives and cure all kinds of diseases, so it can naturally attract many creatures coveted.
In order to avoid being eaten by birds and insects before they grow up, Bai Hongguo will carefully wrap itself with leaves during the process of fruiting.
You can't see anything strange from the outside, you have to look carefully to see the three small balls wrapped in layers of leaves, swaying.
In the past thousand years, little ginseng has been accompanied by this kind of fruit. In my memory, the usual appearance is about to bear fruit.
When the result comes, there will be a strange fragrance, which is very attractive.
At that time, it must be picked immediately, otherwise it will decay soon.
But these will only go well when she is still ginseng.
But now that she is human, she only has ginseng essence, and she is not sure if she can raise this fruit for Da Yejiao.
Looking at it, Ye Jiao felt bored.
She said to Xiao Su, "Bring me a plate of melon seeds, I want to eat them."
Xiao Su responded, went to wash her hands, and then took out the plate placed in the wing.
The melon seeds are the newly learned skills of the little ginseng. The sunflower seeds are used, which are fried. It seems that the sugar has been omitted. The fried taste is burnt and sweet, and the melon seeds are also fragrant.
It's just that it's easy to get angry, Ye Jiao only eats less than 100 pills a day, and won't eat more.
But ordinary people like to enjoy the process of eating melon seeds, but small ginseng just likes to eat this taste.
On the contrary, she found it very troublesome to open the melon seeds.
Looking at the melon seeds in front of her, Ye Jiao couldn't help but stretched out her fingers and stirred it, as if she wanted to find a melon seed that popped out after peeling off her coat.
At this moment, Qi Yun sat beside her.
Ye Jiao looked at him a little surprised: "Master, why did you come back so early today?"
Qi Yun smiled and said, "San Lang is going home tonight, and my parents said that we will get together for dinner tonight, so my elder brother and I came back earlier."
Ye Jiao tucked her soft hand into the man's palm: "You seem to be going out with eldest brother recently."
Qi Yun held Ye Jiao's hand with a backhand, and nodded, "I want to use the food from my eldest brother Zhuangzi this year, so I need to take a look."
"Are you going to Zhuangzi?" Ye Jiao was a little worried.
The Qi family's Zhuangzi is not small, and the tenants in it are honest, but there are inevitably bumps on the road, Ye Jiao doesn't like the bumpy carriage, so she is not willing to let her husband suffer.
Qi Yun said, "It's not in the way, just let someone bring the food to see it, I don't have to go by myself."
Ye Jiao responded and looked at the melon seeds on the plate again.
Qi Yun could see that she wanted to eat, and knew that Ye Jiao was impatient to peel the melon seeds, so she dragged the plate in front of her, and asked Xiao Su to bring an empty plate and put it aside, and picked up a melon seed , gently knocked open, then peeled off the shell, and put the melon seeds in a small plate.
Ye Jiao watched eagerly, and heard Qi Yun's voice in her ear: "Are you sleepy?"
"Sleepy." Ye Jiao's eyes were still staring at the melon seeds in Qi Yun's hand, and her eyes moved to and fro following his movements.
Qi Yun put another melon seed kernel on the plate: "If you are sleepy, go to sleep later, I will call you before dinner."
Ye Jiao couldn't hear what he said now, she almost instinctively replied, "I want to eat ice cream."
Of course Qi Yun would not refuse her request: "Okay, there will be."
At this time, there were already about twenty melon seeds in the plate, neatly placed in it.
Then Qi Yun quietly peeled off about forty pieces and placed them inside.
The tips of the sunflower seeds are all facing the same direction, arranged in four rows, which look square.
Then, Qi Yun picked up the plate, but his eyes kept looking at Ye Jiao.
This was originally eaten by his wife, but Qi Erlang wanted to tease her and pretended not to give it to see how Ye Jiao reacted.
But when he picked up the plate, Qi Yun saw Ye Jiao's mouth open.
There was no mouth grease on her mouth, only the original pink color. When she opened it slightly, her clear eyes stared at Qi Yun, looking very sincere.
This made Qi Yun suddenly reluctant to tease her, and naturally handed the plate to Ye Jiao: "For you."
Ye Jiao took it and directly poured the melon seeds into her mouth. After eating, she drank a mouthful of white water and squinted her eyes and smiled contentedly.
Qi Yun took the opportunity to lean over and lick her lips, but the little ginseng didn't dodge, and even leaned over to Qi Yun and licked his lower lip.
For a while, Qi Yun couldn't tell who was teasing who...
Little Ginseng didn't think there was anything wrong with it. When Qi Yun held her hand again, Ye Jiao rubbed her eyes and yawned.
Qi Yun took her to take a nap, but while sitting beside the bed, Qi Yun took this opportunity to hand over the banknotes that he had received in the past two months to Ye Jiao: "Take it, our private room."
Ye Jiao took it over and looked at it, one hundred taels, a total of five pieces, that is five hundred taels.
This number is definitely a large number. I am afraid that ordinary people will not be able to save this silver in a lifetime.
But Ye Jiao gave Qi Yun the habit of managing money. The shop was booming and had a lot of income. In her opinion, the money was just a number, nothing to be surprised about.
She opened her money box, put it in and locked it, Ye Jiao turned her head and pecked Qi Yun's mouth: "Master Xiang is really amazing."
Qi Yun hugged her with a smile, rubbed her forehead with his face, then pulled the quilt to cover her and coaxed her to sleep.
Originally, Ye Jiao didn't need anyone to take a nap, she just lay down and slept by herself.
But after her stomach got a little bigger, the little ginseng didn't dare to turn over, for fear of pressing her stomach, but the more careful she was, the harder it was to fall asleep. After Qi Yun found out, she often came back to coax her.
You don't have to do much, just lean on the bed and pat her and wait for her to fall asleep.
Today, Qi Yun held a pharmacopoeia in his hand, and was going to read it to her and put her to sleep, and happened to turn to the page of ginseng.
A man's voice has always been low and sweet, as quiet as a bamboo forest after wind and rain: "Ginseng, also known as yellow ginseng, divine grass, is sweet, slightly cold in nature, non-toxic, nourishes the five internal organs, calms the spirit, calms the soul, and stops panic attacks. , remove evil, cure all deficiency diseases of men and women, brighten eyes and be happy..."
This happiness originally referred to the opening of the heart, but Ye Jiao was half asleep and half awake, listening vaguely, and seemed to hear ginseng and happiness, so she muttered: "Well, it's very happy... "
Hearing this, Qi Yun thought she was talking in her sleep, so she smiled and patted her on the body gently, her voice kept going.
She didn't stop until she felt Ye Jiao's breathing was smooth.
Qi Yun took a closer look at Ye Jiao and made sure that the person was really asleep, so he put the pharmacopoeia on the low table beside him, carefully got out of bed, and lowered the bed curtain, seeing that it was still early, went out the door.
Although the current Qi family Erlang still looks paler than ordinary people, his body has been getting better day by day.
In the past, he could only stay at home and listen to the stewards coming to the door to talk about things at the shop. Now, Erlang of the Qi family can go to the street by himself and walk around the shop.
Today, he went to the wine shop to find steward Song, and was going to talk to him about the caravan.
After entering the wine shop, as soon as Qi Yun was seated, Steward Song began to vomit bitterness.
Among them, the business of the caravan was the most difficult thing for Song Guan to handle.
Shopkeeper Sun has given Qi Yun a lot of help. He is not young, and he can see that Qi Yun is a person with seven skills, and what is even more rare is that this person is much more decisive than others.
In fact, there are many people who have the ability, but there are not many people who have the ability and the idea.
Before, the Sun family really hated the Cai family, but they never thought that the Cai family could really fall down, or even uprooted and nothing left.
Qi Yun did it, and he did it neatly, so shopkeeper Sun knew that this was not something in the pool.
Originally, he just wanted to invite Qi Yun to join the caravan, but now he suggested to Qi Yun to form one by himself.
Forming a caravan is not just a matter of saying, in addition to having an experienced leader, having enough coveted goods, and more importantly, having enough money.
Once the caravan goes out, there is not a year or a half that can't come back. If it goes out to sea, it is not uncommon to come back once every three or four years.
This requires a lot of money to be invested, and it is unknown whether it can be recovered.
Ordinary people think that 1,800 taels cannot be spent in a lifetime, but for the caravan, these 1,800 taels cannot be silver, and must be replaced by gold to ensure the composition.
Qi Yun was a little moved by this suggestion. After all, it was safer to hold the caravan in his own hands. It was better to borrow from others than to have the freedom to have one.
But where did the money come from, Qi Yun hesitated.
Manager Song sighed: "Shopkeeper Sun said he could lend it to us, but the interest he wants is not low, and it is unknown whether the caravan can make money or lose money. ."
Qi Yun shook his head: "If we ask Shopkeeper Sun to borrow money, he will definitely agree, and he won't say anything even if we don't get it, but we can't say that."
Manager Song didn't quite understand: "Why?"
If you ask him to borrow it, he will borrow it, and it's fine if you can't pay it back, so why not borrow it
Qi Yun's tone was calm: "In this world, the best thing to pay back is money, and the hardest thing to pay back is favor." His voice paused, and he explained the matter to Manager Song clearly, "We asked Manager Sun for it before. The caravan, we helped them bring down the Cai family in exchange for mutual benefit, but now Shopkeeper Sun wants us to owe him favor."
Manager Song thought for a while, and then turned the corner.
Shopkeeper Sun is not short of money. He runs a bank, and money is never difficult for him.
But he took the initiative to help the Qi family, so he couldn't be a sudden attack of kindness.
If Qi Yun really opened the door now and borrowed this money, I'm afraid that after the debt of renqing is owed, no matter whether the money can be repaid in the future, the renqing will not be returned.
At this moment, Qi Yun saw someone entering the wine shop.
After Qi Saburo's test, he came back with Chu Chengyun.
In fact, Chu Chengyun said that being on the same road with him was just a pretext. Duan Wangye is very busy now and has nothing to do. After finally handing over a virtuous brother, he naturally wants to take a look with him, especially when Qi Ming is here Many political opinions coincide with Chu Chengyun, and the two have something to say.
When I went there, I talked about it all the way, and when I came back, I talked about it all the way. Just talking about the reform of agricultural business is a big talk, which is really enjoyable.
When the chat started, Qi Ming suggested to sit in the wine shop.
He was still young and could not drink, and Chu Chengyun seldom drank. Because Meng Shi was weak and could not smell alcohol, Chu Chengyun seldom drank.
The two went to sit and sit just because they were talking about political affairs, and it was taboo for the common people to discuss politics.
Who knew that as soon as he entered the door, he saw Qi Yun who was talking with Manager Song.
Originally, Chu Chengyun wanted to leave when he saw someone.
Who knew that the gold fan bag tied around his waist suddenly fell off, and what was inside was the one that Ye Jiao gave him the chance to draw before. Duan Wang hung it, just reminding himself not to ignore Luck Dao every day. .
Seeing that it fell, Chu Chengyun went to pick it up.
But just when Chu Chengyun bent over to pick it up, Qi Yun had already stood up and walked towards the door. When Chu Chengyun saw someone coming, he couldn't turn around and left. It was rude to stand there.
Qi Yun had heard Ye Jiao talk about their affairs before, but now that he saw Ye Pingrong, he knew that this was the third son in front of him.
Before, because Qi Yun was full of Ye Jiao at night, he didn't take a close look at Chu Chengyun.
Now it seems that although the third young master is just wearing a long gown, there is nothing special about it, but the material is not cheap, and there are dark embroidery, which is not an ordinary embroidery craftsmanship.
Sure enough, this person should have the surname Chu.
country name.
The thoughts in his heart were strengthened, Qi Yun stood up and said to Qi Ming first: "Why don't you go home quickly, what are you doing here?"
What Qi Ming was most afraid of at home was Qi Yun, who was just a lively appearance just now, but now that he saw Qi Yun, he immediately fell silent, stood up obediently and replied, "I'm on the same road as my righteous brother, and I'm thinking of finding a place to rest for a while. "
Then Qi Yun looked at the other two, got up, cupped his hands and said, "Third Young Master, I'm going to Qi Yun." Then he looked at Ye Pingrong, "Big Brother."
Ye Pingrong nodded, knowing that he was following Ye Jiao to call him big brother, so he returned a salute.
And when Chu Chengyun saw Qi Yun, he felt a little emotional.
In fact, Qi Ming mentioned to Chu Chengyun more than once about his two older brothers, especially Qi Yun, who was blown away by Qi Ming.
There are many geniuses in this world, but often geniuses have bad luck. In Chu Chengyun's eyes, Qi Yun naturally brings some tragic colors.
He was born weak and sickly, but he had a mind with seven orifices, well-known and strong memory, and was omnipotent, but he was always on the edge of life and death.
It would be embarrassing for such a character to be placed in any dynasty or generation.
But now, Chu Chengyun looked at the man in front of him who looked like a zhilan and jade tree, and became more and more emotional, and said with a smile on his face: "This must be Erlang of the Qi family, and Saburo often mentions you."
Qi Yun nodded to Chu Chengyun, with the same light expression as always, as if he didn't think much of Chu Chengyun because of his speculation about his identity, and his voice was calm: "My family's Saburo has been taken care of by the third son, and I am grateful. "Speaking, he said to Steward Song, "Bring me some tea."
Since Qi Yun said so, Chu Chengyun and Qi Ming sat at another table, ready to chat again.
Ye Pingrong stood at the door with a calm face.
But before Chu Chengyun and Qi Ming could speak, they heard Qi Yun's voice faintly sounded on the other table: "For the caravan, I just sigh that the luck is not good. I have all my enthusiasm, but I can't do it."
Originally, Steward Song thought that when a stranger came, he would take a break from this matter, stop for a while, and don't speak in a hurry.
But seeing that Qi Yun didn't want to stop, Manager Song sat back again and said, "Second Young Master, don't worry too much, there will always be a solution."
Qi Yun didn't mention the matter of money, but said in a quiet voice: "I originally thought, to open a caravan, to be able to educate the barbarians with the calligraphy and painting of my dynasty, and to communicate business routes, I also hired a painter, If I want to outline the terrain along the way, if the court needs it, I am willing to provide it for free without taking a penny.
Having said that, Qi Yun suddenly stopped and sighed softly, but it was only a short sound, but he could hear the helplessness inside.
On the contrary, Manager Song was dumbfounded.
When did you talk about calligraphy? Don't you sell alcohol
When did you talk about drawing? They didn't ask for a master
What, I don't understand what the second young master said.
But just when Manager Song didn't know how to respond, Chu Chengyun had already stood up.
He listened to what Qi Yun said, but Chu Chengyun obviously thought much more than Song Guanshi.
Today, there are many caravans, but most of them are tools for the common people to compete for profit, and they have no other use.
On the contrary, many caravans came and went secretly, never paying taxes, which became the heart of the court.
But now Chu Chengyun listened to Qi Yun's words and suddenly had other thoughts.
If it is really possible to act in this way, it will benefit the court a lot, and it can spread the culture, benefit the common people, and prepare in advance for the war. Wouldn't it be a great thing
As soon as this idea came up, Chu Chengyun said to Qi Yun, "Erlang, can you tell me about the caravan?"
Qi Yun turned his head to look at him, and seemed a little hesitant.
But in the end he stood up and walked to the chair opposite Chu Chengyun and sat down.
Qi Yun's demeanor has always been excellent, and every move has the air of a gentleman, but looking at Qi Ming, today's second brother seems to be more... elegant than usual
Before he could understand, he heard Qi Yun talk about the caravan.
Originally, Qi Yun had made some plans for the caravan, and all kinds of preparations were also comprehensive. In addition, Qi Yun had been sick since he was a child, and he had no other entertainment at home except reading books. It became more and more suitable for Chu Chengyun, the bookworm's ears.
After listening to Qi Yun finished speaking, Chu Chengyun unconsciously touched his palms and smiled: "Okay, Erlang's idea is very good."
But what Qi Yun returned to him was a smile.
But this smile is a bitter smile, with helplessness: "It's just that the amount of money to be spent is unknown."
As soon as these words came out, Chu Chengyun said, "If you want money, I have it."
Chu Chengyun is not short of money. As a royal family, he has more money than he has.
Since he was crowned a king and had his own fief, this money is like running water, and this is what Chu Chengyun lacks the most.
But this idea is someone else's, not his own. Chu Chengyun hesitated for a while. He couldn't use his own money to steal Qi Erlang's idea, right
He is a dignified prince, how can he compete with the people for profit.
Qi Yun glanced at him and said lightly: "This is just an idea of mine. It's normal for the young master to hesitate. After all, I'm just a sick person, and my thinking is a little too naive, and there will always be some omissions."
Qi Ming: …
As Qi Ming, who had been cleaned up by Qi Yun since he was a child, he could more or less guess what his brother wanted to do.
This is clearly to use words to deceive the third son!
Qi Ming couldn't be more clear about his own righteous brother's behavior. He was extraordinarily straightforward and extremely enthusiastic. The most difficult thing to hear was the suffering of others.
And Qi Ming said a lot of good things about Qi Yun in front of Chu Chengyun before, most of them were true, but that didn't include his second brother Yuren who was a good player...
It's just that Qi Ming is a little uncertain. It is true that the third son is his righteous brother, but Qi Yun is his own brother, and it is clear at a glance which is more important.
But seeing that the righteous brother he just recognized was going to be surrounded by Qi Yun, Qi Ming was still a little hesitant.
Just when he hesitated, Chu Chengyun had already said, "Mr. misunderstood me, this is a good plan, and it should be implemented."
Chu Chengyun preconceived that Qi Yun was the most elegant and intelligent person. When I heard Qi Ming say it before, it might have been unbelievable. After all, no one could think of how capable a man who was always sick could be, but really When I saw it, especially Qi Yun's behavior just now, it was very eye-catching. Anyone who looked at him would think that this person is trustworthy, and that he is a very sincere man.
Looking at Qi Yun's face, no one could have imagined that he would have other thoughts.
In addition, every word Qi Yun said touched his heart, but Chu Chengyun didn't care about money, so it was natural to hit it off.
And when Chu Chengyun changed his title, Qi Yun knew that half of the matter had been accomplished.
And when Qi Yun looked at Chu Chengyun, he already had the intention of appeasement: "Alas, the plan is a good plan, but after all, Qi is too shy to support this idea, it is really not according to people's wishes. It can only be done in vain. Young master, just listen to it, don't take it to heart."
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Chu Chengyun agreed: "Since Mr. has such an ambition, I naturally want to help you, and we will discuss it again. If it is really feasible, I will give the money, if I get it. Lee, five or five…”
Qi Yun sighed softly, neither light nor heavy, with that slightly pale face looking a little desolate.
Chu Chengyun's words changed: "Three or seven points is enough, I am three, you are seven."
I thought in my heart that he was a royal family, and he shouldn't have competed with the people for profit. Now he is still a helpless move for fear of revealing his identity.
Qi Yun showed a surprised look, and then gradually turned into a smile.
He stood up and bowed his hands to Chu Chengyun respectfully: "The third son who is for the country and the people, and who does not compete with the people for profit, is really rare in the world, and it is a blessing to the court."
Chu Chengyun didn't care about the money, and no matter how much he wanted to be an idle prince, after all, the court surnamed Chu belonged to his family, and Chu Chengyun was naturally happy if he could do something for his family.
Hearing this, Chu Chengyun also stood up and supported Qi Yun: "Erlang is a great talent, he is in the business world, but he does not have the treacherous habits of businessmen, but instead thinks for the country, a businessman like you is the imperial court. blessing."
"you are welcome."
"How dare you dare."
Qi Ming looked left and right, only to feel that the corners of his mouth could not stop twitching.
How did his second brother develop the ability of the empty-gloved white wolf? Why is it all raised by one mother and one father, but this ability has not been passed on to me at all