If it was said that the first name of Qijia Saburo's county examination last time, others just complimented two words of Wenquxing, and now Qi Ming only ordered the first name of the government examination two months later, then it is really spread like a god.
Father Qi set up a banquet immediately after the announcement of the good news, not caring how much money was spent.
Liu Shi, who is always very careful about these things, is also extraordinarily generous, and the smile on his face never stops.
Ye Jiao did not go with her this time, but stayed in the courtyard.
There are many people in front, so it is inevitable that there will be a collision. Ye Jiao is not a person who likes to stab people in the crowd. Liu Shi also takes care of her and gives her a portion of the dishes at the banquet. The little ginseng is also I'm so happy that I don't have to go to the front to join in the fun.
But at the time of the banquet, Ye Pingrong came to Ye Jiao.
Ye Jiao was eating at the moment, and when she saw her eldest brother coming, she said to Xiao Su, "Go and add a pair of chopsticks."
Xiao Su responded, took the bowls and chopsticks and set them up.
Ye Pingrong was not polite to his sister. After sitting down, he set aside the box he was holding, and then accompanied Ye Jiao to lunch.
It was only when he put down his chopsticks that Ye Jiao hadn't finished eating.
Ye Pingrong's worries are different from others. He is an unmarried man, and he doesn't know how much a woman eats when she is pregnant. He just looks at Ye Jiao's pleasure and follows him happily, thinking that eating is a blessing, it's pretty good.
But Ye Jiao drank two bowls of sparerib soup before she threw away the bowl contentedly, and made people withdraw from the table, looking at Ye Pingrong with a smile on her face: "Brother, why are you coming to see me today?"
"I'm here to send the master, and I'll come and see you." With that, Ye Pingrong handed the box he was holding to Ye Jiao.
Probably because everyone who came to see her recently gave something, Ye Jiao was not surprised this time, she thanked her with a smile, stretched out her hand to take it, opened it, and saw some children's favorite toys inside.
Although there are many things, it can be seen that they have been carefully organized.
On the left is the Cuju pony that boys like, and on the right is the flower rope shuttlecock that girls like. The preparation is very complete.
Ye Jiao asked Xiao Su to put it away, and then smiled at Ye Pingrong: "There are still several months before the birth of the child. Big brother is a little early to prepare."
Ye Pingrong looked at Ye Jiao gently, obviously she had a calm and stern temper in front of outsiders, but when she came to Ye Jiao, her voice softened a lot: "I have something to do, when my nephew or niece is born. , I'm afraid that I haven't come back yet, so I thought about getting ready for the meeting ceremony early, which is my uncle's intention."
Even if Little Ginseng had never seen a woman give birth to a child before, but Liu Shi and Fang Shi were with her every day, and they talked a lot, Ye Jiao could estimate that she was born in the first month of the year. It's September and October, but it's not even May yet.
In this way, Ye Pingrong will be away for at least four months.
Little Ginseng is a pure and kind-hearted person, whoever treats her well, she will remember who, if someone else is gone for four months, Little Ginseng will not care what he does, but after hearing Ye Pingrong's words, she is a little worried: " What's going on for so long, isn't it going to be another war, right?"
Seeing that she was worried, Ye Pingrong hurriedly said: "Why is it going to be a war? Now that the border is stable, the previous battle can keep Rong and Di away from fighting for ten years, even if the eldest brother wants to earn military merit, there is no chance."
Ye Jiao was relieved when she heard that she didn't have to go to the battlefield.
She could hear that Ye Pingrong was very shy about the things he was going to do this time, and he didn't ask any questions, just said: "Then eldest brother must remember to take care of yourself, if you really can't do it, just resign and come back, even if you do something. Business is also good."
Official affairs are not things that are said or not done, just like Ye Pingrong, even if he wants to make a fool of himself now, King Duan will not let him go.
And the thing to do this time is to go back to the capital to see Duan Wang's father-in-law, Prime Minister Meng. Ye Pingrong doesn't know when he will be back.
He couldn't even tell whether it was the cold and chilling border battlefield that was more dangerous, or the more sinister in the splendid capital.
However, Ye Pingrong said what Ye Jiao said, with a smile, and nodded in response: "Okay, if it really can't go on, I'll go to my little sister."
Ye Jiao also smiled and nodded.
However, before Ye Pingrong left, Ye Jiao stopped him, and also found a brocade bag with the tassels that he had struck, ready to give to Ye Pingrong.
But for some reason, the little ginseng still went to pinch a leaf of the stone bud grass and stuffed it in, and then gave it to him.
Ye Pingrong put it away and left.
The banquet in the front yard didn’t end until it was dark. Mrs. Liu went to the temple the next day. Because she made a wish before Qi Ming’s scientific examination, and now her wish came true, Saburo ordered the desk, and Liu Shi naturally wants to repay.
Mrs. Fang accompanied Mrs. Liu, and it was considered to be able to keep up with the joy.
But Ye Jiao didn't follow. After all, there was a lot of incense in the temple, but the smell was not something that someone with two bodies could smell, so the Liu family let Ye Jiao stay at home.
Also staying at home is Qi Yun.
However, Qi Erlang did not go to the study to handle official business today, but dragged Ye Jiao around the garden at home.
"Xiang Gong, can't we just walk around in our yard?" Although Ye Jiao likes to go out for a walk, she doesn't want to delay Qi Yun's affairs. "With Xiaosu here, I won't get in the way."
Qi Yun tightened her hand with a smile, and said slowly, "Li Langzhong told me last time that it's good for your body to move around a bit more, so you don't get tired at that time."
Li Langzhong was very attentive to his owner, and he told him everything in place. Qi Yun didn't let him tell Ye Jiao all these things. Qi Erlang thought that it was hard for a wife to conceive a child. That's what she remembered.
In Li Langzhong's advice, there was a mention of Ye Jiao's drowsiness.
Compared with the woman next to her, Ye Jiao just likes to sleep and has a good time, and suffers less torture.
It's just that if you sleep a lot, your body will inevitably be lazy, and you will not be willing to move. However, if a pregnant person does not move much, it will be somewhat difficult during birth.
Qi Yun remembered this, and only then did he find time to accompany Ye Jiao around, and yesterday, the managers of various shops came to Qi's house for a drink, and the large jars of golden wine that Qi Yun brought back were all empty. Now, most of these stewards went back when they were drunk, and most of them didn't have the heart to discuss things today.
Today is a good day, and taking the lady for a walk makes Qi Yun feel at ease.
But while walking, Qi Yun looked at Ye Jiao's hand: "Where's the stone sprout grass? You usually take it with you when you go out."
Ye Jiao replied with a smile: "If he bears fruit, he doesn't need to bask in the sun, he can just leave it in the house."
Qi Yun nodded. He didn't ask much about the fruit of Shi Ya Cao, he just breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
The flowerpot is heavy, and Ye Jiao's holding it every day is always worrying, so it's better to save it now.
The man asked Ye Jiao to hold her, and Ye Jiao was also willing to lean on him. The two walked along the corridor in the garden without any hassle. Ye Jiao would step from time to time to make her shadow stick to Qi Yun's, and occasionally turn around. When they overlap, they can make the little ginseng smile.
This is obviously not a funny thing, but looking at Ye Jiaole, Qi Yun also curled the corners of his mouth, inexplicably happy.
Now that spring is returning to the earth, it is the time when everything is recovering, and the flowers and plants in the yard are also blooming brilliantly.
Although Qi Yun was naturally weak and didn't like to go out, the more he was bored like this, the more he liked the splendid eyes outside, otherwise he wouldn't have planted so many precious flowers in his yard before.
Even when he was the most ill, he would find an opportunity to see those flowers and plants, very precious.
But now that Ye Jiao is here, Qi Yun has sustenance, and his eyes are full of his own wife.
He didn't feel bad when the newcomer replaced the old flowers, but he didn't feel bad for all the medicinal herbs. Now, looking at the flowers and plants on both sides, he naturally didn't have any appreciative thoughts, and his heart was full of Ye Jiao.
Little Ginseng can't say that she likes these things, she is just happy to do something with Qi Yun.
Even just walking around in the garden is very interesting.
At this time, a gust of wind blew.
The wind in spring is different from that in winter.
In the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, the wind that blows is bitter, and it blows on the body like a knife, blunt pain.
But in spring, no matter what the temperature is, it is always the spring breeze that brings warmth and comfort.
Ye Jiao stopped, probed out the porch, turned around and said to Qi Yun, "Xianggong, this weather is suitable for kite flying."
Compared with the paper kite without a whistle, I also like kites more, and it whirrs when flying, which is very interesting.
When Qi Yun heard this, he looked at Xiao Su, and Xiao Su immediately replied: "The two I made before are broken, and the color is not bright. In the next two days, Brother Tie Zi and I will make another one."
Ye Jiao smiled and reached out to touch Xiaosu's hair: "Remember to tie a whistle."
"I got it."
Naturally, Qi Yun wouldn't stop her from playing around, but only instructed: "You can fly a kite, but you can't move it, just let them hold you after you put it up."
Ye Jiao knew that he was worried that she would fall, and replied with a smile: "I was not willing to let go by myself, and I can't let go even if I run and run, and I will be happy when I pull the strings."
"Why is this?" Others like to fly kites in the sky, but when they get to their wife's place, it becomes a chore.
Ye Jiao replied calmly, "I'm afraid of being tired."
Qi Yun couldn't help but smile: "How could I forget, my wife has always been afraid of being tired, both tired and hard. I really can't think of a time when I won't be afraid anymore."
The little ginseng really thought about it carefully: "There are times when you are not afraid."
Qi Yun asked casually, "When?"
"When I was studying the book, I didn't say I was afraid of what you would do, Xianggong."
Qi Yun: …
It was estimated that the two of them could understand these words, and someone else couldn't understand it, but Qi Yun unconsciously felt that he could be choked.
It was clear that he had done everything, and it wasn't that he had not done it when it should have been bad, but every time he heard Ye Jiao talk about it so calmly, Erlang Qi's ears felt hot.
With a light cough, Qi Yun said softly, "You can't tell others about this."
Ye Jiao also learned from him and lowered her voice: "Don't worry, I'll only tell you."
Qi Yun smiled and didn't speak any more, but after walking for a while, he still couldn't hold back: "We haven't finished our research yet, and we'll think about it when the child is born."
Ye Jiao responded with a smile on her face.
However, with her prestige, Ye Jiao couldn't help but put her hand on her stomach, touched it, raised her head and looked at Qi Yun: "Last time Huiniang came to me and talked about naming the child, I kept forgetting to ask, Xianggong, you Are you ready?"
Qi Yun nodded, naming the child was a big deal and should have been thought of early.
Although it is customary for a child to be named after four months of birth, there is no harm in preparing it earlier, so he told Ye Jiao: "If it is a daughter, it is good to be called Qian'er. If it is a son, follow the instructions. When it comes to family tree arrangement, when it comes to our children’s generation, it should be the beginning of bamboo, with a single name and a strategy.”
Ye Jiao was stunned: "Bamboo prefix? Small stones are clearly called stones, where did the bamboo come from?"
This made Qi Erlang stretch out his hand to squeeze her face, and said slowly: "Stone is just a nickname, and a nickname is easy to support. His real name is Qi Du, which means loyalty."
Ye Jiao was the first to know that the stone had a big name today. She was used to the name of the stone, but she didn't mention the name very much.
I thought about the two words Qian and Ce that Qi Yun was thinking about. Ye Jiao didn't know whether it was good or not. After all, the little ginseng literate not long ago, and being able to recognize all the words was already an improvement, but since it was what Qi Yun was thinking of, it was not. It would be wrong, Ye Jiao read it smoothly, and there was a smile on her face.
But Shitou is a nickname, and their children should also have a nickname: "Since sister-in-law's child is called Shishi, what is our child's nickname? Shizier?"
Qi Yun frowned.
Although it is usually a cheap name to make a living, if he gives birth to a child named Shi Zi'er, I am afraid that he will have to laugh a few times before calling it every time in the future.
With a light cough, Qi Yun said, "There's no rush to get a nickname, just take it after birth." Afraid of Ye Jiao's insistence, Qi Yun changed the subject, "Looking at the weather today, it's better to eat some hot pot at night, I'll let you go. Would you like to make chicken soup in the small kitchen?"
Ye Jiao laughed, nodded, rubbed her stomach, and temporarily put aside the idea of taking a nickname.
After turning another corner, Tie Zi trotted over and said, "Second Young Master, there is a woman in front of me who said that she has something to ask to see the master's house."
Qi Yun's expression was indifferent: "Can you say who's it is?"
"No, but looking at the woman's dress is particularly eye-catching, colorful."
Nowadays, the people with flat heads are dressed in plain and bright clothes, and most of them are rich people, but rich people can't wear colorful clothes. Most of the people who dress like this are the three aunts and six women who are doing some business affairs.
Qi Yun knew that it was a matchmaker after a guess, and now Qi Sanlang is the only one in the Qi family who has not married.
Without thinking about it, he refused: "I just said that the master is not around, and each has his own business, so let her come back on another day."
Tie Zi didn't ask much, just answered and left quickly.
Ye Jiao was a little curious: "There are so many people at home recently, what do they do?"
Qi Yun continued to pull Ye Jiao forward, his voice slowed down a bit: "Our family is very eye-catching now, Saburo has two cases, no matter what the future is like, there will be many people who want to be relatives. Ordinary mothers At home with my sister-in-law, we don't have to worry if someone comes to the door, but if they happen to be away, they will inevitably bring things to you."
Ye Jiao looked at Qi Yun: "Sanlang wants to marry?"
"According to mother's meaning, I'm not very happy to tell him about marriage so early." Qi Yun gently supported Ye Jiao's waist, making her walk easier.
Ye Jiao thought about Qi Yun's words carefully: "I listen to you, if it's like today, if my mother and sister-in-law are not here, I'll be fine if someone comes to my door."
Qi Yun nodded and said with a smile, "Jiao Niang is so smart."
But there was another word that Qi Yun didn't say.
He married Ye Jiao, and Ye Jiao married him. In fact, the two of them could be regarded as a blind marriage. Even Qi Yun brought He Li Shu to worship him. If he hadn't heard Ye Jiao say that he was eating dirt at Ye's house , Qi Yun was afraid that he would have taken out the book Heli long ago, and this jade-like lady would be gone.
This is a good marriage, and Qi Yun is even very lucky that he can marry Ye Jiao.
But not everyone has their own good luck, and not everyone can have the good luck like Ye Jiao.
As his second brother, Qi Ming's marriage should not have been involved, and Ye Jiao didn't understand this, so he just left it to his parents.
After turning another corner, he came to the yard where the livestock were raised.
The Qi family is a wealthy family, and they have made a lot of money recently, so they have a lot of extra money that they can use to repair the family.
The original yard for raising livestock was enlarged, and more fences and walls were added. It should be stable.
But at this moment, there was a black thing standing proudly on the fence, walking in all directions with great scenery.
Qi Yun stopped and narrowed his eyes.
Ye Jiao looked over and was a little surprised: "Isn't this Xiao Hei?"
When Xiao Hei heard his name, he stopped and looked down curiously.
Seeing that it has no desire to survive, Xiao Su can't wait to take something to blast it down!
Didn't I hear the second young master say that he wants to eat chicken soup at night? If he doesn't leave, it will be stewed!
But what Qi Yun was looking at was not the meat of the big cock, but the hair on its tail.
The last time Xiao Hei had stripped off his tail hair to make a kite, he had been bald and his tail was bare. If it weren't for the cockscomb, he would be no different from those little hens.
But this time, Qi Yun looked at Xiao Hei, but it was a beautiful tail feather, and he looked at him with great air.
Qi Yun suddenly looked at Ye Jiao: "Jiao Niang, didn't you say you wanted to fly a kite before?"
Ye Jiao nodded.
"That's right." Qi Yun looked at Xiao Hei, "It's hair has grown out, so pull it out."
Xiaosu: ... oh.
In the end, Xiao Hei couldn't keep his tail hair, and became a little bald again, but Xiao Hei's recent hair growth rate was much stronger than before, and it grew long after plucking, just like a leek, picking one after another.
There are seven or eight feather shuttlecocks tied up, Ye Jiao thought, I'm afraid that in the next year, she won't have to worry about no shuttlecock kicks.
The days passed so leisurely, and in a flash, it was midsummer, and the Qi family caravan also arrived at the day of departure.