"Ah..." Yang Haiyan screamed.
As Yang Haiyan screamed, Nanny Lian and Aunt Yu woke up. They didn't even put on their outer clothes, but ran out in their inner clothes.
Qin Fang was wiping his face when he heard his wife's cry. He quickly ran over and hugged her: "Yan Yan, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare? Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Yang Haiyan was gasping for breath in Qin Fang's arms. Her heart was beating a little faster, thump, thump. Just a moment ago, she opened her eyes and saw someone sitting in front of the bronze mirror with his back to her. She was really scared to death.
Originally, she couldn't speak, and she was counting sheep until she was confused, but when she turned around, she was frightened to death.
As for Qin Fang, he came in very quietly and tried not to make any noise for fear of waking up Yang Haiyan, so that the dazed Yang Haiyan didn't even know that Qin Fang had entered the room.
Boom boom boom…
Aunt Lian knocked on the door outside: "Mr. Xiangjun, are you okay? Mr. Xiangjun?"
Qin Fang said to the outside: "It's okay, you just had a nightmare, I'm here."
After hearing this, Nanny Lian felt relieved and said to Aunt Yu, "Go downstairs." Then she turned around and saw guards coming outside the yard. Nanny Lian said to the guards outside the yard, "It's okay, it's okay..."
Hearing Nanny Lian's voice, the guards continued their patrol.
Inside the house, Qin Fang gently patted Yang Haiyan's back: "Yanyan, are you feeling better? It's just a nightmare, don't be afraid."
Yang Haiyan finally calmed down and pushed Qin Fang away: "Are you sick? What are you doing sitting in front of the bronze mirror in the middle of the night? Do you know that scaring others can kill them?"
Qin Fang: "... I... I didn't know I scared you. I'm sorry, Yanyan, I'm sorry, my wife, I thought I fell asleep." The wife didn't have a nightmare, but was scared by him? Qin Fang suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue.
Yang Haiyan was really furious. The shock just now made her angry: "You are sick, a psychopath."
Qin Fang flattered, "Yes, yes, it's my fault." He stepped forward cautiously, "Yan Yan, don't be angry. It's not worth it to get yourself hurt by being angry."
Yang Haiyan said angrily: "Of course I'm going to get sick from being angry..." Wait, she moved her nose, "Come here, get closer."
Qin Fang approached: "What...what?"
Yang Haiyan grabbed his clothes and pulled him to her side, then leaned forward and sniffed his face. Suddenly, the thought from dinner came to her mind again. She reached out and touched his face. The smooth touch was just as expected: "Qin Fang..."
Qin Fang knew he was exposed when Yang Haiyan pulled him to kiss her. He quickly said, "Wife, I can't explain. I have my reasons. I didn't use your things on purpose."
"Shut up." Yang Haiyan calmed down, "I recently found that I have less stuff on my face. Is it you who used it?"
Qin Fang gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I do have my reasons." Otherwise, why would a grown man like him put this stuff on his face? He would feel uncomfortable even if he smelled good every day.
Yang Haiyan: "So you also apply this when you sit in front of the bronze mirror at night?"
Qin Fang also felt aggrieved: "Yes." Is it easy for him to do it secretly
Yang Haiyan recalled what he said about whiteness during dinner, and felt that she had discovered a big secret: "Do you feel that you are darker, so you want to make yourself whiter?"
Qin Fang nodded, then shook his head: "Yes... No, I'm not doing this for myself, I'm doing this for our daughter."
Yang Haiyan was originally very angry, but when she heard his answer, she was completely stunned: "For our daughter? What does that mean?"
So, Qin Fang told Shen Lixian about what he said about sons taking after their mothers and daughters taking after their fathers: "I... I'm worried that our daughter will take after me after she's born and grow up too rough, so I... I just..." Qin Fang's face, which was tanned several degrees, was a little red, but it was at night and Yang Haiyan couldn't see it.
Seeing this, Yang Haiyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She wanted to say that even if Qin Fang rubbed her face to make it smooth and tender, it would never be like his daughter's. In the end, she could only sigh heavily: "Don't worry about this, this is what I should worry about. Lord Shen is teasing you. You are so smart, how could you be fooled by him?" Moreover, she had already selected vitamins and calcium tablets suitable for pregnant women on the platform, so it was enough for her to worry. If Qin Fang was worried, she felt that her good daughter would become a rough man.
Qin Fang was stunned: "Really? Then...what if my daughter follows me?"
Yang Haiyan looked at his tall and strong figure, and her daughter followed his words: "What's wrong with you? It's up to your daughter to grow taller. And look at Siya, Qiuya and the others. None of the daughters in our Qin family are ugly."
Qin Fang thought about it and realized, "If it's really up to me..."
Yang Haiyan: "... How about this, don't apply it secretly on your face from now on. I'll prepare some whitening products for you tomorrow. If you can't change your appearance, then at least make your face whiter, don't you think?" In other words, she was just trying to comfort this silly father. People say that women become stupid after pregnancy, but why is it that when it comes to her, she is not stupid, but Qin Fang is
Qin Fang smiled as he saw it, "Yes, yes, that's it."
So when Qin got up the next day, under Yang Haiyan's instructions, he washed his face with rice water and applied cucumber to his face.
Nanny Lian was shocked by the situation. If Xiangjun had not acted calmly, she would have almost thought that the general was possessed by a ghost last night. Nanny Lian quietly walked to Yang Haiyan's side, looking at the general lying on the couch with cucumber slices on his face, she pulled Yang Haiyan's sleeve and said, "Xiangjun, the general..."
Yang Haiyan patted Aunt Lian's hand and said, "It's okay, just let him have fun."
After Yang Haiyan said this, Aunt Lian stopped asking questions: "My dear, I've cooked some red date soup today. You can have a bowl of it later. You had a nightmare last night and got scared. We said you should drink a bowl of red date soup to calm your nerves."
Speaking of nightmares, this was really a beautiful misunderstanding. But Yang Haiyan didn't want to explain. Could it be that she was frightened by Qin Fang? "Thank you, Aunt Lian. Thank you for your hard work." Aunt Lian was really good to her. If she didn't serve her sincerely, how could she think of cooking red dates soup for her to calm down
Nanny Lian smiled and said, "It's not hard, not hard at all." As long as the host knew her intentions, nothing would be hard.
Fortunately, the noise yesterday did not alarm Liuxinyuan, otherwise Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin would be very nervous and would be scared to death. However, Qin Fang probably would not be able to get away with it, and would be criticized.
In the blink of an eye, it was August and the watermelons were ripe. Not only were the watermelons ripe, but the first batch of potato flour and sweet potato flour from the Royal Grain Factory was also produced. The factory was piled with potatoes and sweet potatoes from various counties in Hedong Prefecture, but the largest number came from Yunxiang County. After all, other counties would not come from thousands of miles away to sell potatoes and sweet potatoes unless they were close to Yunxiang County.
As for the people of Yunxiang County, they were extremely happy. In the past, they had been planting potatoes and sweet potatoes in their fields. After the crops were harvested, they would sell them directly to the General's Mansion, and the money would be settled on the spot.
With the successful launch of the Yunxiang County Royal Grain Factory and the ripening of watermelons, the Ministry of Industry finally produced Huo Yao. The Ministry of Industry produced Huo Yao, which meant that Wei Ting would return to Beijing.
That day, Wei Ting came to say goodbye to Qin Fang: "General Qin, I've been in Yunxiang County for a few months, thank you for taking care of me. When you come to the capital another day, I'll treat you to a drink."
Qin Fang said, "Come back another day. Lord Wei has important business to attend to, so I won't let Lord Wei stay for a few more days."
Wei Ting said, "Then there will be a deadline." Wei Ting left on his own. The Ministry of Industry's team was still at the Beast Mountain Taoist Temple, waiting for the emperor's next instructions. He was bringing the finished medicine back to the capital, and it was possible that Wei Ting would be back in a few days.
Qin Fang sent Wei Ting away, and a few days later, Du Ke and Shen Lixian were also leaving. The matter of the Royal Grain franchisee in Hedong Prefecture had come to an end, and they still had to go to other prefectures.
When Wei Ting left, Yang Haiyan didn't come to see him off. Du Ke was leaving, so Yang Haiyan and Qin Fang came together to see him off. They saw off Du Ke and Shen Lixian... and they took away a basket of watermelons.
Looking back, Yang Haiyan said to Qin Fang, "Tao Shan should have arrived in Beijing by now, right? He brought cucumbers, watermelons, broccoli, cauliflower, and tomatoes this time. I don't know if everything went well."
Qin Fang said: "There are ten private guards escorting us. We are taking the official road, so there won't be any problems."
The Tao Shan they were talking about had indeed arrived in the capital. Tao Shan brought a lot of things with him, and as soon as he entered the capital, he attracted the attention of the guards: "Who is he, and what are these things?" Tao Shan brought too many things this time, not only for the emperor, but also for the Du family. This was not just a matter of one or two baskets. So it was normal for the guards at the gate of the capital to check.
Tao Shan handed over his pass: "Big brother, this is my pass."
The guard looked at Tao Shan's pass and found nothing wrong with it. He just said, "What is this? We need to check it out."
Tao Shan said: "No problem, no problem, these are for the emperor."
"Wait..." The guard stopped Tao Shan from picking up the item. "Is this a tribute to the emperor?" How could the guards be qualified to check a tribute to the emperor? Wouldn't that cost them their heads? The guard was shocked.
Tao Shan explained: "This is not a tribute, it is given to the emperor by our general."
Even if it wasn't a tribute, they couldn't check the things given to the emperor. But the guards were afraid that there was something wrong with it, so they said, "Big brother, wait a moment, I'll call our captain."
In Qi State, the Wucheng Bingmasi was in charge of the capital's security. The one guarding the gates of the capital was the Jingjiao Command Camp, whose commander was a fifth-rank officer, the same rank as Qin Fang, the general who guarded the status quo, but... their actual power was different.
Of course, the “Nature” the guards were referring to was not the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp.