Ye Xiaotian hugged Yaoyao, who was holding his arm coquettishly and screaming in pain, to her thigh, and while gently rubbing her bruised knee, asked Maozhi: "Is there anything to eat at home? I just visited at a banquet , didn’t eat a few bites.”
Mao Wenzhi scratched the back of his head, and said, "Uh...we went to a restaurant at night, and we didn't have anything to eat at home."
Ye Xiaotian sighed, put Yaoyao on the beauty's couch, and said to Yaoyao: "Yaoyao, if you are sleepy, go back to sleep first, brother will stutter first."
Yaoyao shook his head and said: "Yaoyao is not sleepy, wait for brother Xiaotian to sleep together."
Ye Xiaotian hummed, touched her head affectionately, stood up and looked around, and asked, "Where is the rice vat?"
The tycoon said: "Rice vat? Ah! Rice vat!"
Ye Xiaotian was funny and angry, and said: "Do you want to sing or what?"
The tycoon laughed dryly and said, "Oh, the rice should be put in the jar, right? I forgot to buy a rice jar."
Ye Xiaotian shook his head and said with a smile: "As expected of a child from a rich family, the girl from a rich family doesn't touch the spring water with her fingers, and the young master from a rich family doesn't know oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar tea..."
The tycoon was suddenly stunned, and hesitantly said: "Oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar tea..."
Ye Xiaotian was startled, and lost his voice: "You didn't buy all these things, did you?"
The tycoon said slowly: "I bought it..."
Ye Xiaotian breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Okay, you still have to do something serious."
The tycoon said awkwardly: "It's just that tea... I bought it. I bought authentic Montgomery stone flowers, good tea. But oil, salt, sauce and vinegar... I didn't buy it."
Ye Xiaotian smiled wryly, and said, "Okay, then I'll cook some rice."
The tycoon coughed and said, "Mi... I also forgot to buy it."
Ye Xiaotian was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Young master, you are really a young master. Forget it, I won't eat tonight."
"Ah!" Luo Daheng suddenly thought of something, pulled the schoolbag towards him with a smile on his face, and then picked it up inside. His schoolbag was like a treasure bag, filled with things in a mess.
Luo Daheng rummaged inside for a long time, found a piece of oil-paper-wrapped thing from the bottom, and said to Ye Xiaotian like offering a treasure: "Ha! Let me just say, Si Niang would stuff a few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus into my bag every day Cake, I ran around this afternoon and didn't take care of it, so I probably haven't finished eating yet."
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Osmanthus cake? Not to mention, your habit is pretty good, at least I don't have to go hungry today."
Ye Xiaotian tore open the oil-paper packet and took a bite, his face suddenly changed.
The tycoon put his fat hands together on his chest, and said in a chant voice: "Ah! The white and crisp sweet-scented osmanthus cake is just like the beautiful body of a young girl. Just looking at it is already intoxicating. Take a sip of the fragrance of the flower, Take a bite, soft and oily, soft and glutinous, sweet but not greasy, and delicious. The fragrance of rice and oil is wrapped in the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, just like you are peeling off her clothes layer by layer... "
Ye Xiaotian grinned and handed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in front of him, the tycoon quickly declined and said, "No, no, I can taste such a delicacy every day, although I am already salivating right now, but...Brother, you should take it for a cushion Pad your stomach."
Ye Xiaotian said with a bitter face: "I think this sweet-scented osmanthus cake must have been in your bag for more than ten days!"
The tycoon was shocked and said: "What? Could it be that one day, I missed a piece of delicious osmanthus cake?"
Ye Xiaotian slapped him hard on the back of the head, then grabbed a cup of tea. His tongue was already numb from the stale osmanthus cake...
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In the end, Ye Xiaotian still didn't have a full stomach, but his appetite was already lost by the broken piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake. The tycoon lingered in Ye Xiaotian's house for a long time, and finally said that he would not go back tonight. He wanted to sleep with Ye Xiaotian and talk at night by candlelight, but Ye Xiaotian kicked him out of the house.
Looking at the main room, which was piled up like a warehouse, Ye Xiaotian shook his head, and he didn't bother to tidy up, so he asked Mao Wenzhi to put out the incense and prepare to rest. Dong Dong and Mao Wenzhi went back to the West Room, and Ye Xiaotian took Yaoyao's hand into the East Room.
Fortunately, Ye Xiaotian was fully prepared for the tycoon's incongruity, so he was not overly surprised when he entered the east room. In the east room, there is a rosewood canopy bed with Chengchen on it, gold hooks on the left and right, fence posts, everything is available, the curtain is crimson, and it can be used as a wedding bed with two happy words on it.
A solid wood screen of huanghuali stands beside the bed, and behind the screen is a toilet. There is a ottoman beside the bed, a set of huanghuali tables and chairs opposite, a dressing table against the wall, and a slender bronze mirror as big as a window. There is also a standing cabinet on the wall on the left hand side as soon as you enter the door. Because of the limited space, it blocks half of the chairs placed by the wall.
This room is not as spacious as a big family's house. A wide and luxurious canopy bed has already taken up half of the room. With the addition of screens, tables and chairs, and the toilet area, there is only two steps left in the middle. Yes, but in such a small space, there is actually an oval bathtub.
Yaoyao happily said: "Brother Xiaotian, there is still hot water in the pot, do you want to take a bath, I will rub your back."
Ye Xiaotian was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I won't wash today, I'm very tired, let's rest early." At this time, Ye Xiaotian found that Yaoyao was wearing a set of small clothes for home use, her hair was slightly damp, and her face was pale. Turned red, I think I have already bathed in the afternoon.
Hearing Ye Xiaotian's answer, Yaoyao obediently agreed, leaned over from the side of the bathtub, stepped on the pedals, took off a pair of small shoes, put them in order, climbed onto the bed and sat cross-legged, and took off a pair of snow-white walking socks , neatly folded and placed at the end of the bed. He took off his outer clothes again, untied his hair, only wore a small coat, and knelt on the couch with bare feet, staring at Ye Xiaotian with a pair of big black and white eyes.
Ye Xiaotian said: "Okay, go inside and go to bed early."
Yaoyao said earnestly: "No, brother just wants to sleep inside."
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "Why? Are you afraid that your brother will fall off the bed if he doesn't sleep well?"
Yaoyao smiled and said: "Of course not, brother is an adult, how could he fall off the bed. But, mother..."
Having said this, Yaoyao's expression darkened, she bit her lips, and changed her words again: "Aunt Shuiwu said that women cannot sleep in the bed. It is disrespectful to climb up and down on men when you wake up. It's not good for men either."
Ye Xiaotian touched her soft hair, and said softly: "It's not her fault that Shui Wu left you. It's not that she doesn't want you anymore, it's just... oh! You are still young, and you don't understand many things after talking about it. Just know that she still loves you."
Yaoyao bit her lip and nodded slightly.
Ye Xiaotian said again: "Of course what Shui Wu said is good, but you are still young, so it is not a taboo. You are light, sleeping inside, even if you climb over your brother, it will be light, and you will not disturb him. If your brother sleeps Inside, I'm sleepy and staring, if I press you at night together, it will hurt so much."
Yaoyao tilted his head and thought for a while, and seemed to agree with Ye Xiaotian's statement, so he nodded and agreed with a smile, crawled inside and lay down, pulled the quilt over his body, and still blinked at Ye Xiaotian with his big moving eyes.
Ye Xiaotian said: "Go to sleep!" Turning around, he blew out the lamp, climbed into bed in the dark, then took off his outer clothes and got under the covers. Lying far away next to him without speaking, breathing softly, Ye Xiaotian could clearly feel her close at hand, but could not touch her small body at all, that feeling was very strange.
"This little person will grow into a big girl one day..." Ye Xiaotian suddenly wandered, but he immediately stopped his spirit: "Don't think about it, she is a little girl, Amitabha, she has committed a lot of sins..."
Early the next morning, Ye Xiaotian woke up, opened his eyes and saw that Yaoyao had turned over honestly when he was sleeping last night, with one arm and one leg on his body, and his little face was flushed and sleeping soundly.
Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly, gently removed her hands and feet, covered her with the quilt, got up and put on his clothes and went to the ground. The main room was still so chaotic, Mao Wenzhi was still soundly asleep, he could hear his snoring from the west room, the door was open, and Winter, who got up earlier than him, was slowly punching in the yard.
Ye Xiaotian stood under the eaves for half of the winter and didn't see him. I don't know if he was too focused on punching or his eyesight was really bad. Ye Xiaotian felt hungry, so he went back to the main room and lifted the lid of the pot to see that it was indeed a pot of clear water with a visible shadow.
Ye Xiaotian intends to go out for breakfast, but if he wants to go out, he has to bring the whole family with him, Yaoyao is soundly asleep and he can't bear to wake him up. In desperation, Ye Xiaotian suddenly missed Hua Yunfei's kindness. When Yunfei was here, why did he ever worry about food...
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When Ye Xiaotian arrived at the county government office, Dianci and several subordinate officials had already arrived.
Ye Xiaotian is a new official, and Huazhi County and Xu County Cheng are clearly aiming at Ye Dianshi. Who dares to touch his bad luck at this time, so when Ye Xiaotian walked into the signing room, several subordinates were already sitting in danger , writing at the desk, I don't know what I'm busy with.
"My lord Dianshi, Huke please get ten pieces of Maotai paper, ten pieces of Lianshi paper, twenty pieces of Xuan paper, one knife of bamboo paper, three pairs of inkstones, ten pieces of ink ingots, and ten brushes."
Ye Xiaotian looked at it, picked up a pen and signed his name in a hurry.
"Master Dianshi, please receive two stones of charcoal and a tin kettle for the delivery room."
Ye Xiaotian looked at it, picked up the pen and signed his name again.
"Master Dian Shi, please get five volumes of books, two ink ingots, and two brushes for the warehouse."
"Master Dianshi, Qian Ajiu, the jailer in the punishment room, paid two liang of salary in advance because of his mother's serious illness. The master Wang has approved it, and I will pay you two liang of silver..."
This morning Ye Xiaotian dealt with these trivial matters.
He is Dian Shi, in charge of arrests and prison affairs, equivalent to the captain of the criminal police and the warden of the prison. However, it is not because Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi deliberately made things difficult for him when the subordinates asked him for instructions on these miscellaneous matters, because Dian Shi is also in charge of etiquette. The cashier, requisition of office supplies, and the cashier are all under his control.
The division of labor in this era is not as detailed as in later generations, and usually an official has to hold many positions. For example, the county magistrate is responsible for the collection of taxes and taxes for the entire county, decision-making on punishment and prison, persuading farmers to harvest crops, disaster relief, cultural education, worshiping gods and Confucius, etc., all-encompassing.
As his deputy, the county magistrate is mainly responsible for the county's documents, archives, warehouses, food and horses, taxation, and is also responsible for the supervision and management of the political and legal department. The master book is mainly responsible for the county's civil affairs, in charge of the county's household registration, document handling, household affairs and so on.
So it's not wrong to come to Ye Xiaotian for these things, but it's a bit unusual that there is no case related to arresting the prison for the whole morning. Ye Xiaotian raised his head suspiciously, noticed the evasive gazes of the subordinates, and gradually understood: "First evade my people, and then I will evade my authority!"