Mid-Autumn Festival, a good day for family reunion, but for the Xu family, it was a disaster comparable to annihilation.
In previous years at Qiao's house, she had no worries about food and clothing, and lived a prosperous life. During the holidays, she only had to sit on the official hat chair, and the servants brought the list in the same way. She nodded or shook her head, and a grand banquet could be prepared. down.
But now, let alone banquets, she can't even afford a few catties of meat.
"Go to the door and see if the master is back." She told Mother Lin.
Mother Lin understood, and went out to look around, and was about to say that the master didn't come back, when she saw a young man dressed as a drug boy jumped out of a carriage dedicated to the palace, the drug boy and the coachman explained something, and the coachman parked the carriage in the alley At the entrance, Yaotong hurriedly walked towards Mama Lin.
When he got closer, Mother Lin recognized him as Haibo, the young servant next to Master Qiao Er.
Mother Lin was overjoyed: "Hai Bo, you're here? Where's the master?"
Hai Bo froze for a moment, hesitated to speak, and said to Mama Lin, "Is Madam there?"
"Yes, yes!" Seeing that he didn't answer, Lin's mother looked behind him, but she didn't find the shadow of the master, and secretly felt something was wrong, but Xu asked if the master had returned, and it was not easy for Lin's mother to stop him Hai Bo went to answer the question, so he had to lead Hai Bo into the yard.
"Where's the master?" Xu asked expectantly.
Hai Bo hesitated for a moment, then saluted and said: "If you go back to Madam, the master is on duty at the Imperial Hospital, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go back tonight."
Xu's complexion changed immediately: "What? Why are you still on duty on such an important day?"
Hai Bo said softly: "It is because of the importance that I have to be on duty. The madam knows that because the young lady gave medicine to King Yin, the master was implicated. The emperor didn't want to talk to the master for several days, so he finally allowed the master The official has returned to his post, and the master should devote himself to it."
Xu's yin and yang said strangely: "Why don't you let others do their best?"
Hai Bo's tone was still gentle: "This is the arrangement of the Imperial Hospital. It just so happens that the master is scheduled to be on duty today. Madam, please be considerate."
Mrs. Xu laughed mockingly: "Oh, I'm afraid he doesn't want to be on duty, but he doesn't want to go back to this dilapidated home? He has shaken the pot clean! He shrinks back to the imperial hospital, like a turtle with a shrunken head. Out of mind, out of mind, it’s not like me, I work on this and that every day, and my hair turns gray!"
"Madam, please calm down. The master really can't go away. Besides, if the master does one more day of work, he can earn an extra day of money, right? During the holidays, there are rewards for the masters to ask for peace. The master also wants to get out of the house earlier." The debt has been paid." Hai Bo said, as if he was afraid that Mrs. Xu would pour bitter water on him again, he took out a money bag from his arms at an almost magical speed, "Madam, this is what the master asked the slave to bring back. Yinzi, this month's monthly money is here, let you and the young master have a good festival."
Xu looked at the two shabby ingots in the purse, and sneered, she was in such a state of desperation, a mere ten taels of silver fell on the ground before, and she didn't even bother to bend down to pick it up, but now, she Sadness gave birth to a tinge of joy.
Hai Bo finally left "relieved".
Mrs. Xu took money, took Mama Lin with her, and went to a dirty vegetable market that only the poor would go to buy a basket of oranges and two boxes of puff pastry mooncakes.
Yesterday, the academy was on holiday, and she didn't have a carriage, so she was too embarrassed to walk to pick up her son, so she asked Mother Lin to bring news to her natal family, and asked them to take Qiao Yuqi to Xu's house for a night.
Now, she wants to bring her son back.
Her parents have passed away, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law are in charge of the family.
When she was the mistress of Qiao's family, she helped her natal family a lot, and her elder brothers and sisters-in-law treated her like a god, but unfortunately, she never saw that envious and flattering expression again.
The mother in charge of the Xu family received her, and the mother in charge welcomed her into the inner house with a smile: "What a coincidence, my wife's niece and nephew gave birth to a son early this morning, and the master and wife hurried back to visit. Take the young master Biao with me, and I am afraid that my aunt will come to the door, and I will be anxious if I can't find anyone."
While speaking, the mother in charge casually glanced at the oranges and mooncakes in Mrs. Xu's hands, and twitched her lips in disdain.
Xu received Qiao Yuqi.
As soon as Qiao Yuqi saw Mrs. Xu, she complained: "Mom, I will never come to my uncle's house again! They don't like me at all! They don't give me any delicious food! I saw everything!"
Xu did not speak, and took her son out of Xu's house.
The servant girl looked at the mooncakes and oranges on the table and asked, "Mom, these things..."
The steward's mother rolled her eyes and said, "Take it down, are you really going to send it to Mrs. Madam?"
The volume of these words was not too loud. After hearing this, Mrs. Xu clenched her fists angrily. When she was the mistress of Qiao's family, how did these bastards kneel down and lick her toes? In a blink of an eye, he was riding on her head!
An unfamiliar white-eyed wolf!
"Mother, where is the carriage?" Qiao Yuqi asked.
"Let's go back," Xu said.
Qiao Yuqi frowned resentfully: "It's so far away, I can't walk!"
There were enough troubles, but her son came to make unreasonable troubles again. Xu's heart was panicked, and she said angrily: "If you can't walk, then stay at your uncle's house until the end of time!"
"Mother! Mother!" Qiao Yuqi chased after her.
Xu didn't want to talk to him.
Qiao Yuqi grabbed her hand, looked around and said, "Mom, we went wrong, that's the way home!"
Xu was silent.
Qiao Yuqi chirped: "Mom, did you hear me? We went wrong! Not this way! It's that way! That way!"
Mrs. Xu stopped abruptly and looked at him coldly. The fierce look in her eyes made Qiao Yuqi tremble in fright.
She scolded: "You want to go back to Qiao's house? Well, go back by yourself! I will never stop you! Go away! Go!"
Qiao Yuqi shrank back in fear, no matter how naughty he was, he was only an eight or nine-year-old child at heart, who was so wronged by his mother that he almost cried.
He didn't understand that he hadn't seen her for a few days, why did that gentle and smiling mother disappear? Mother is so vicious and terrifying.
Xu took Qiao Yuqi back to the rented yard. During this journey, Qiao Yuqi didn't say a word. After entering such a dilapidated yard, her heart felt cold, but she didn't dare to say anything.
After settling down her son, Mrs. Xu took the money and went to the vegetable market, wanting to buy some fresh vegetables. She specially picked the time when the stalls were about to spread out. The vegetables were not so fresh, but they were cheap.
There was the last tenderloin left on the pork stand, she walked over: "Boss, this meat..."
"I bought it!" A fat woman stood in front of her with a huff and grabbed the piece of meat, "Boss, weigh it, how many catties!"
Xu walked over with a cold face: "What's the matter with you? Obviously I asked for it first."
The fat woman spit and said, "You want it first? Are you blind, didn't you see that I got it first?"
Xu stepped back in disgust: "But I have already shouted."
The fat woman spat: "It's yours after calling it? Is it your first day to buy vegetables?"
Xu was so disgusted by her saliva that her stomach burst into sour water: "I said, why are you so unreasonable? First come, first served!"
The fat woman smiled sarcastically: "Oh, if you want to be reasonable, don't buy it here! You go to the shop, there are plenty of meat! There is a lot of reason! They treat you as a noble person! No fight or grab Save yourself trouble!"
"You..." Xu fell back angrily.
The fat woman spat and said, "What are you? You don't have much filthy money, and you put on airs here! You really treat yourself like a dish!"
"Twenty-three Wen, count your twenty Wen." The boss said.
The fat woman opened her purse to take out money.
Mrs. Xu grabbed the hand of the boss handing the meat to her: "I asked for it first, and you heard it just now."
The boss looked at Mrs. Xu, then at the fat woman, and said helplessly, "It's just such a piece of meat, who will buy it?"
"Me!" The two said in unison.
The fat woman gave Xu a push: "My old lady is paying for you and me! If I don't teach you a lesson, you really treat me like an old lady and are easy to bully?"
Xu Shi was pushed almost to the point of falling, and stared at her coldly: "Why are you still beating someone?"
"What's the matter if I beat you? You just want to beat me for grabbing something from my old lady!" The fat woman finished speaking angrily, and pushed Mrs. Xu to the ground.
Mrs. Xu never thought that she would fight with the National People's Congress for a piece of tenderloin. This is the cheapest market, the cheapest stall, and the last piece of meat. If you don't buy it, the whole family will not be able to eat meat dishes tonight.
As soon as she thought of this, she didn't know where the strength came from, and she rushed over and threw the fat woman to the ground!
She rode on the opponent, tore at the opponent's hair, shaved one ear on the left and shaved the other on the right, until the fat woman's nose was bruised and her face was swollen.
The fat woman was not easy to provoke, after a brief "defeat", she raised her knees and gave Xu's back a heavy blow.
Xu was in pain, the fat woman took the opportunity to tear her off her body, then stood up and punched and kicked her.
Xu hugged her leg and bit her hard.
"Ah—you stinky bitch! How dare you bite me?" The fat woman bled from the bite, and looked at Xu Shi who was stunned, her heart skipped a beat, she didn't dare to fight anymore, grabbed the purse that fell on the ground, ran away.
Gasping for breath, Mrs. Xu wiped the bleeding corner of her mouth with her fingers, and stood up in embarrassment: "Boss, I want tenderloin..."
"You take it." The boss handed the tenderloin to another strong man, and the strong man scattered the copper plates on the table.
A piece of tenderloin that was fought for with his life was finally bought by a third person...
Autumn is refreshing.
Qiao Wei took a pair of small steamed buns, got into Shuanzi's father's ox cart with Aunt Luo, and went to the town to buy vegetables.
Except for Bi Er who went back to town to spend the holiday with her parents, the rest stayed on the mountain for the holiday.
Qiao Wei was not a person who liked festivals very much in her previous life, but when she gets here, things often develop differently.
This time, she was looking forward to it.
The carriage soon arrived in the town, probably because of the festival, today's bazaar was almost overcrowded, Qiao Wei grabbed a child in one hand and rubbed shoulders in the crowd.
Aunt Luo was carrying two big vegetable baskets, and there were too many people, so she couldn't walk through, so she had to lift up the vegetable baskets: "Why are there more people today than when the Chinese New Year was coming?"
Qiao Wei smiled: "It's not that there are more people buying, but that there are fewer people selling, and they're all crowded together."
Aunt Luo stood on tiptoe and looked around: "It's true!"
"What do you want to eat?" Qiao Wei asked Jing Yun and Wang Shu.
Jing Yun thought for a while: "Braised pork."
The braised pork cooked by Niangqin is very fragrant, salty and sweet, very delicious.
"Okay, braised pork." Qiao Wei touched her son's head with a smile, then asked her daughter, "Where's Wang Shu?"
Wang Shu said: "I want to eat candied chestnuts!"
Candied chestnuts are not available now, they will be on the market at the end of autumn and early winter, Qiao Wei said: "Candied chestnuts can't be eaten as a meal, what do you want to eat at night?"
"Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar." Wang Shu said.
This kid is on par with stir-fried chestnuts, but he doesn't seem to have eaten it at all, right
"Master taught me again?" Qiao Wei asked.
Wang Shu smiled.
Jing Yun explained: "The master said in the "Book of Songs", 'The chestnuts are outside the east gate, not between the gardens, and there are trees along the way'. My sister asked what chestnuts are and can I eat them? The master said that sugar-fried chestnuts are very delicious. .”
"You girl!" Qiao Wei nodded her forehead angrily and amusedly. Everyone was comprehending the artistic conception of the poem, but she was fine, thinking about how to eat it.
"But, I want to eat." Wang Shu said coquettishly.
Qiao Wei said: "There are no ones for sale here, only in the south. When the weather gets colder, mother will buy them for you."
Wang Shu smiled and said: "Mother is so kind!"
Qiao Wei hehe: "I don't buy anything for you anymore, is it okay?"
Wang Shu said without hesitation: "Okay! Mother is the best!"
Little sycophant, this is neither like meditation nor her, and I don't know who inherited it.
Qiao Wei and Aunt Luo bought a catty of fresh pork belly, a catty of beef, and six crucian carps, each weighing less than two catties, which was when the meat was at its most tender.
It is worth mentioning that the definition of taels in ancient times is quite different from that in modern times. In modern times, taels of a catty are ten taels per catty, and every two or fifty grams, but in ancient times, a catty was sixteen taels. It's really eight taels.
However, every tael in ancient times rarely reached 50 grams, and the specific number varied with dynasties. For example, one tael in the Western Han Dynasty was only 16 grams, and one catty was two hundred and fifty-eight grams; Thirty-seven grams, a catty is less than 600 grams... The measurement unit of the Daliang Dynasty was similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, and fish that weighed more than one catty was actually only one catty in modern units.
There are chickens, ducks and side dishes at home, so I won’t buy them.
After leaving the bazaar, Wang Shu suddenly pointed to a small stall and jumped up: "Mother, mother! Look!"
Qiao Wei followed the sound and saw that it was a small stall selling sugar paintings. His sugar paintings were all made of syrup, including chubby dolls, puppies, kittens, and little birds... crystal clear and lifelike.
Qiao Wei remembered that she had eaten this kind of sugar painting when she was a child. It was bigger than a face plate, but it only sold for 20 cents each. The taste is actually very ordinary, but the small animals that can't stand the painting are lifelike, and it feels very novel to eat.
"Want to eat that?" Qiao Wei asked with a smile.
Wang Shu sucked in his saliva, and Jing Yun couldn't resist the temptation of Tang Hua, so he swallowed his saliva in a low voice.
Qiao Wei brought the two of them to the side of the stall, there were already many people standing there, the master was very skilled, he could draw whatever the customers wanted, soon it was Jing Yun and Wang Shu's turn.
Jing Yun simply asked for a monkey.
"Okay!" The master scooped up a spoonful of syrup and began to draw on the slate, asking Wang Shu while drawing, "What do you want, little girl?"
"I want a monkey too! No, no, I want a tiger! Uh... I want a butterfly... I want Xiaobai... Oh! I, I, I want..." What exactly
Wang Shu asked for it for a long time but still didn't come up with anything.
Qiao Wei smiled and said, "Be a monkey too."
It's different from my brother's, and later I will be greedy for my brother's and despise my own.
The master made two sugar-diluted little pearls, one for each of the little buns, and couldn't wait to lick them.
so sweet!
In ancient times, sugar was expensive, but sugar paintings were not cheap. Fifteen cents a piece was considered a very luxurious snack.
Qiao Wei also brought one for Brother Zhong and little Bai Zhuer.
A group of people went back to the village in Shuanzi's father's bullock cart.
Xiaobai and Zhu'er seemed to know that Qiao Wei would bring them delicious food. They sat side by side at the entrance of the villa, looking down the mountain like two stones.
Qiao Wei gave the baby sugar snake to Xiao Bai, and the sugar peach to Zhu'er.
Er Beast hugged his little sugar painting and gnawed on it.
Qiao Wei gave the last candy tiger to Brother Zhong, who belongs to Tiger.
Eight-month-old Jun Geer stretched out his arms, wanting too.
Qiao Wei pinched his chubby little face: "You are still young, you can't eat this."
Brother Jun curled his mouth and cried with a whoosh!
It's not greedy, it's painful.
It hurts my aunt to pinch someone!
Cuiyun carried Brother Jun back to the house to nurse, and the younger ones stayed in the yard to play, while Qiao Wei and Aunt Luo went to the kitchen to cook.
The Mid-Autumn Festival in Daliang Dynasty was second only to New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival. Except that Uncle Luo couldn't take leave due to his busy schedule, even Luo Yongnian came back from the iron shop.
I haven't seen him in half a year. Luo Yongnian has grown taller again. He used to be only one finger taller than Qiao Wei, but now he has more than half of his head. the taste of.
Aunt Luo looked at him, barely recognizing him at first glance.
"Mom!" he laughed.
His voice has also changed, he is really an adult!
Aunt Luo was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes, and she wiped her tears with her apron: "Why did you come back without even saying hello? At least someone sent a message so that I can ask your brother to pick you up!"
Luo Yongnian smiled and said, "It's not that I don't know the way!"
"Ma'am, is this your youngest son?" Qiniang who was chopping vegetables asked.
Aunt Luo smiled through tears, took Luo Yongnian's hand and said, "As I always tell you, my little rascal!"
Talking about Popi, but smiling so hard that he can hardly see his eyes.
Qiniang greeted with a smile: "It's Yongnian."
Luo Yongnian didn't know Qiniang. When he left, it was just a dilapidated house on the mountain. Now not only a beautiful new house has been built, but guests he doesn't know have also come in.
Aunt Luo said: "This is your elder sister Gu, who is now in charge of the workshop, and she is very powerful."
That's right, his sister opened a workshop and invited half of the village to do the work. He heard it at the entrance of the village just now.
His sister is amazing!
Luo Yongnian called sweetly: "Sister Gu."
Qiniang smiled: "Just call me Qiniang."
Luo Yongnian said a few more words to Aunt Luo, and his eyes turned: "Where is my sister?"
Aunt Luo waved her hand and pointed, "I wash the vegetables in the backyard."
"I'll go take a look."
Aunt Luo patted his hand: "Go."
Luo Yongnian went with big and small bags.
"The relationship between the siblings is really good." Qiniang said with a smile.
Aunt Luo picked up a piece of mushroom: "That's right? He's the most ambiguous Xiaowei."
Luo Yongnian went to the backyard, stood far away on the porch, and saw that familiar figure, his heart started beating thumping, and the roots of his ears turned red instantly.
Qiao Wei was killing fish, and felt that someone was watching her, so she hurriedly turned her head away, and saw Luo Yongnian, who was blushing. Of course, because his skin was sun-tanned, the blush was not obvious. Qiao Wei's eyes lit up slightly: " Yongnian? You're back!"
"Yes, yes, I'm back!" Luo Yongnian wished he could have his ears scratched, isn't it just a few months since we last saw each other? How can you stutter? What a shame!
Qiao Wei didn't mind. She looked at the knife in her hand and the half-killed fish, and said with a smile, "Go sit in the room first."
Luo Yongnian said nervously: "I, I, I... I have nothing to do anyway, my butt hurts from sitting in the carriage all morning."
Qiao Wei smiled: "Okay then, you stand for a while, I'll kill the fish first."
Luo Yongnian watched her hands as tender and white as milk cutting back and forth among the fish, and said incredulously, "Let me do it."
"No, it will be fine soon." Qiao Wei cut out the internal organs with a knife.
Luo Yongnian looked at her bloody hands, then at her white neck slightly exposed under her hair, and his throat moved: "I brought you something."
"What?" Qiao Wei removed the fish scales, washed the fish and put it in the basket, and grabbed another live fish from the water basin.
Luo Yongnian lifted the package in his hand: "Something to eat."
Qiao Wei said: "Why are you spending so much money? Is your monthly money enough for yourself?"
Luo Yongnian hurriedly said: "Enough is enough, of course enough, I am now a master, and the monthly salary is higher than that of my brothers."
Qiao Wei glanced at him, and said sincerely: "My family Yongnian is capable!"
Luo Yongnian was a little overjoyed by the praise, put the things into the main room, walked back to the yard, took out a silver bead flower from his bosom, which was the monthly money he had saved for several months, exchanged it for silver, and melted it in a furnace He made it himself, he purified it, and the purity is better than the purity of the silver jewelry outside.
What he made was a rose, with silver petals layered on top of each other, the texture of the pattern was clearly visible, with a pearl as the stamen in the center.
This pearl was given to him when he was repairing the iron gate of a rich family when the door smashed it.
He knew that his sister was not short of money now, but she didn't wear any jewelry on her head, so this gift was just in time, right
"sister."
"Huh?" Qiao Wei finished killing the fish, washed her hands with soap soap, stood up and looked at him, "What's the matter?"
Luo Yongnian pinched the silver bead flower in his palm: "I..."
Qiao Wei looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong with you? Are you hesitating? Did you do something bad?"
Luo Yongnian blushed: "No! I'm good."
"Then what can't be said?" Qiao Wei said.
Yeah, what can't you say? Isn't it just that I made a bead flower for you, and I hope you wear it every day
Luo Yongnian took a deep breath, and was about to take out the bead flower, when suddenly, a low and magnetic voice sounded from behind, so good that even he, a man, felt his bones crumble.
"Xiao Wei."
Qiao Wei heard this sound very familiar at first, but what the hell is that Xiao Wei
Luo Yongnian turned his head, and saw a man wearing a mask slowly coming from the main room. The man was tall and muscular, his wide sleeves were blown by the breeze, his clothes fluttered, his aura was dusty, the mask covered him Most of the face, but just looking at the deep eyes and the perfect chin without any blemishes, it is not difficult to guess that there is a face that is astonishing as heaven and man under the mask.
The man walked up to his sister, called Xiaowei softly, and pressed her ear to her sister again, saying something, his sister pursed her lips and smiled, her cheeks were blushing.
Luo Yongnian had never seen such an expression on Qiao Wei's face.
Luo Yongnian felt a sense of loss in his heart.
"This is Yongnian. I used to live in the courtyard, but you two haven't seen each other." Qiao Wei introduced it to Ji Mingxiu, and then said to Luo Yongnian, "Yongnian, this is Mr. Ming. The courtyard we lived in before is his." .”
I stayed here once during Chinese New Year, and it turned out that it was his house that time, and they knew each other so early.
Luo Yongnian's heart suffered a critical blow of 10,000 points, and the bead flower in his hand could not be delivered no matter what.
Qiao Wei asked, "Yongnian, what did you want to tell me just now?"
Luo Yongnian scratched his head and smiled brightly: "It's nothing, I just wanted to ask you where Jing Yun and Wang Shu are? I haven't seen them since I entered the house for so long!"
Qiao Wei smiled slightly and said, "They're in the small courtyard behind the workshop, go find them."
"Hey, okay, I'm going!" Luo Yongnian smiled and left the villa.
When the person walked away, Qiao Wei turned her head and looked at Ji Mingxiu seriously: "Did you do it on purpose?"
Ji Mingxiu couldn't deny it, freed a hand that was not carrying anything, and gently clasped her waist, pulled her into his arms, and pecked her moist lips: "Dare to covet this young master?" The Lord's woman, every insinuation is light."
Qiao Wei glared at him: "Otherwise, what else do you want?"
Ji Mingxiu narrowed his eyes: "Are you admitting that you know what he's thinking? Knowing that, you're still flirting with him. Does Sect Master Qiao want to stay out of bed for three days?"
Qiao Wei smiled: "Your ability is only three days?"
Ji Mingxiu's eyes darkened, he pinched her delicate chin, and said meaningfully: "Sect Master Qiao, you will pay for these words."
Qiao Wei stood on tiptoe, blowing hot air in his ear, and said silently, "I'll wait."
The prime minister's blood spurted from being teased, and his heart almost exploded.
Sect Master Qiao, who finally managed to win the game, was extremely happy, stroked his neckline charmingly and charmingly, and walked into the kitchen with a smile in his eyes, wishing he could swallow her up in one gulp.
Ji Mingxiu took a deep breath and looked down at the young prime minister who was about to rebel.
back down.
The truth orders you to step down.
Do you hear me
Step back for the truth!
If you don't quit, your monthly benefits will be gone!
…
At sunset, dinner was ready.
The children washed their hands and ran to the kitchen to serve the dishes.
Fearing that they would be scalded, Qiao Wei only gave them a few plates of cold dishes. Wang Shu was carrying cold beef, drooling as he walked, Jing Yun and Brother Zhong each served a plate of peanuts.
The dining table was placed on the lawn in the front yard, with a wide view, where you can enjoy the moon and the scenery. The two large tables were put together, covered with clean and tidy tablecloths, and chairs were brought in. The whole family sat down lively.
Aunt Luo and Ji Mingxiu sat at the table, beside Aunt Luo were her two sons and Cuiyun, on the other side of Cuiyun were Qiniang and Agui, next to Agui were three little buns—Brother Zhong, Jingyun , Wangshu.
Next to Wang Shu is Qiao Wei, and then Ji Mingxiu.
Ji Mingxiu has never had dinner with so many common people. The Luo family is a native farmer, the Agui family is a complete sin slave, and that little brother Zhong is a bastard...now he is an adopted son.
But his son has no class consciousness at all, and he talks happily with Brother Zhong.
The same goes for the daughter, one mouthful and one uncle, calling her very affectionately.
Hey, hey, you don't have an uncle, so your grandmother gave birth to your mother!
Ji Mingxiu's heart was sour, he could call a fake uncle, but his real father was just an uncle.
"Young Master Ming, there are no good dishes in the countryside, so don't dislike them." Mrs. Luo said with a smile. After meeting a few times, her impression of this young man changed. She also retired the marriage for Xiaowei's sake, and she welcomed anyone who was sincere to Xiaowei from the bottom of her heart.
Mingxiu nodded slightly: "Godmother, you're being polite."
Even the godmother was called.
Who told you to call? !
Qiao Wei blushed and stomped on him under the table!
Ji Mingxiu remained motionless, his eyes as gentle as a pool of lake water.
Everyone winked, Aunt Luo laughed so hard she couldn't see her eyes: "Xiaowei made it all, Qiniang and I just fought, let's eat it while it's hot!"
Qiao Wei's dishes are naturally tasteless.
But Ji Mingxiu didn't start it for a long time. He scanned the table with his eyes, and then scanned again. His eyeballs were almost wiped out, and he didn't find a pair of serving chopsticks.
it's just—
"Eat it, young master." Qiao Wei stuffed a spoonful of corn fried meat into his mouth, taking advantage of his unpreparedness.
It was Qiao Wei's own spoon. After "feeding" Ji Mingxiu, she took another spoonful from the bowl and fed it into her mouth.
Ji Mingxiu licked his lips, it tasted good.
Under the tablecloth, Ji Mingxiu held Qiao Wei's left hand with his right hand.
Qiao Wei was taken aback: "You don't want to eat anymore?"
Ji Mingxiu accurately took a meatball that Wang Shu hadn't picked up, and put it into Wang Shu's bowl: "I can eat it with my left hand."
Genius is so capricious.
Qiao Wei is sweet in her heart, holding hands after eating, my boyfriend really likes me very much!
Luo Yongnian was very sad that he didn't send out the bead flowers, but after a few chopsticks of delicious food, the sadness disappeared. The meatballs are delicious! Mushrooms are delicious! Crabs are also delicious! Everything is delicious!
Accidentally, the spoon fell to the ground.
Luo Yongnian bent down to pick it up, glanced at Qiao Wei's skirt, and then saw the pair of interlocking hands, you pinch me, I pinch you, it's so sticky, Luo Yongnian's heart was hurt again 10,000 crit hits.
Still let people have a good meal? Let it go or not? !
After eating, Qiniang and Cuiyun cleared the table, and took out the mooncakes that Qiao Wei made by herself. Since everyone was too full for this meal, one of them might not be able to finish, so they cut them into pieces.
Ji Mingxiu picked one with yellow in the middle: "Egg yolk?"
Qiao Wei nodded: "Salted egg yolk."
Ji Mingxiu took a sip, the skin was soft and delicate, the lotus seed paste was sweet, and the egg yolk was slightly salty, and the combination was very good.
"How is it?" Qiao Wei asked.
"You'll know if you try it?" Ji Mingxiu fed her.
Everyone looked at the moon collectively, and we saw nothing!
Qiao Wei blushed and took a small bite.
Ji Mingxiu killed her leftover half of the mooncake without hesitation.
Luo Yongzhi and Agui drank too much, hooked their shoulders together and chatted drunkenly. Aunt Luo took the hand of the youngest son and asked him how he had been in the capital for the past few months. The three children squatted with little Bai Zhuer Hit marbles on the ground.
No one paid attention here, Ji Mingxiu quickly kissed Qiao Wei's face!
As soon as the kiss was over, Wang Shu clattered over with the trophy: "I won, I won!"
Qiao Wei's face was a little flushed, her eyes were full of autumn waves, and the moonlight fell into it, like a lake of pearls shattered, shining brightly.
Ji Mingxiu was extremely calm, and rubbed her little head: "It's amazing."
Wang Shu rubbed against his father's palm, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction. Although he didn't know why, Uncle Ming's hand was really comfortable, so comfortable!
Ji Mingxiu smiled lightly and said, "Uncle Ming brought something for you and brother."
"What?" Wang Shu asked curiously.
Ji Mingxiu said, "It's on the table in your mother's room."
"I'll get it!"
Wang Shu ran away, and after a while, brought back a small bulging paper bag: "What's in it? It smells so good!"
Ji Mingxiu wiped her sweat with a handkerchief, then opened the paper bag, and a refreshing chestnut aroma wafted out.
Qiao Wei's eyes flickered.
Wang Shu swallowed hard, looked at the small shiny round fruit inside: "What is this, Uncle Ming?"
Ji Mingxiu said, "Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar."
Wang Shu's big eyes lit up: "Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar? Are they really fried chestnuts in sugar?"
Qiao Wei was surprised. In the morning, this girl was clamoring to eat candied chestnuts, but he brought them here in the afternoon. Is it really a father-daughter bond
"Thank you, Uncle Ming!" Wang Shu patted Ji Mingxiu's face, and went to elder brother and elder brother Zhong with the chestnut in his arms.
Looking at her bouncing little figure, Ji Mingxiu unconsciously smiled, thinking of something, and asked, "How is our father?"
Qiao Wei looked solemn: "It's my father."
Ji Mingxiu raised his eyebrows slightly: "How is your father?"
Qiao Wei sighed helplessly: "The pulse condition has improved, but I just don't wake up. Is it because the two fruits are not right?"
Ji Mingxiu said: "If it's not right, his pulse condition won't improve."
Qiao Wei was thoughtful: "That's right, but why didn't he wake up? His pulse is completely normal..."
With that said, Qiao Wei looked at the villa behind her, stood up and said, "I'll go see my father."
"I'll go, I'm calling you over there." Ji Mingxiu pointed in the direction of the workshop.
The night was dark, and Qiniang was anxiously looking at Qiao Wei.
Qiao Wei stood up: "I'll come as soon as I go, you wait for me here."
Ji Mingxiu had a half smile but not a smile: "Don't let you see your father-in-law?"
"No." Qiao Wei said firmly.
"Oh." Ji Mingxiu raised his eyebrows, "I admit it's my father-in-law."
This man! Can you stop digging holes for her to jump in? ! Don't bully science students know how to stick to words? !
There were too many pink bubbles a second ago, but now they all exploded. Qiao Wei glared at him, and walked to Qiniang's side.
Qiniang glanced guiltyly at Agui who was not far away, and anxiously pulled Qiao Wei into the corner.
Ji Mingxiu's eyes wandered around for a while, and fell on the little white ferret. Xiaobai happened to look at him too, and he waved to Xiaobai.
Xiaobai ran over in a hurry.
Ji Mingxiu grabbed it without saying a word, and carried him into Qiao Zheng's room.
The back of Xiaobai's neck was grabbed, and his four paws thumped like a dog pawing!
Ji Mingxiu pulled out the dagger from his arms: "Stretch out the claws."
NO!
Xiaobai hugged his little paw tightly.
"If you stick out one knife, if you don't stick out two knives."
snort!
Xiaobai hugged his paw even more tightly.
"I'll count to three, don't force the truth to be violent."
Xiaobai hugged his paw even more tightly, preferring death to submission!
Ji Mingxiu said playfully, "Let you rub your chest."
Xiaobai rolled his eyes, do you have hair on your chest to rub against? If you have the ability to make a bird!
"Ow—"
His butt was pierced, and Xiaobai screamed.
"Only paws can bleed? Naive." Ji Mingxiu said casually, put away the dagger, pinched Qiao Zheng's chin, forced Qiao Zheng to open his mouth, and mink blood dripped into Qiao Zheng's mouth.
A quarter of an hour later, Qiao Wei returned to the front yard, Ji Mingxiu was sitting on a chair, Xiao Bai obediently (forced) lay on his lap, and he stroked her fur.
"Are you back?" Ji Mingxiu smiled harmlessly, "Is something wrong with your steward?"
"It's nothing. Her hairpin fell off. Let me find it for her. It's too dark to see anything. Let's look for it tomorrow." After a pause, Qiao Wei looked at him vigilantly, "You didn't bother my father. Right? Didn't you talk nonsense in front of him? Although he can't wake up now, he can hear him!"
Ji Mingxiu smiled, revealing a mouthful of neat and white teeth: "Absolutely not. I've been sitting here with Xiaobai admiring the moon. I'm so good, aren't I, Xiaobai?"
Xiaobai: Woohoo, the baby is in pain.
Qiao Wei felt that one person and one beast were weird, but she couldn't tell where she was to blame: "Then I'll go see my father."
"Go." Ji Mingxiu smiled.
Qiao Wei entered the villa, and when she opened the door, she saw a man. Qiao Wei subconsciously felt that she had made a mistake, so she backed out silently.
It's Qiao Zheng!
Not lying down, but sitting on the head of the bed, looking at her tenderly and dotingly.