Chapter 194

Ye Jiao's ears flushed slightly, but the smile on her face could not stop.

In ordinary times, they would have gathered together and said something about themselves with their foreheads touching their foreheads.

However, as parents, Qi Yun and Ye Jiao were still very concerned about the feelings of Xubao, and did not get together again, but slightly opened some distance, seemingly seriously fiddling with the snacks on the table, but you broke up a piece of me to feed a piece of posture and looked at the sweetness that could not be adjusted.

Xu Baoben was a smart kid. The Song of the five Sons said whether it was long or short. He read it silently twice with his eyes closed and wrote it down.

But when opened eyes, saw parents leaning together again. Xu Bao turned around cleverly, ready to recite the article again.

Seeing too many of these things is not new. Xiao Xubao knows when to talk and when to be quiet.

But just as he turned around, Ye Jiao saw it and directly pushed away her husband. Instead, she reached out and picked up Xu Bao in her arms and smiled and said, "have you finished carrying Xu Bao?"

Xubao cleverly raised a smiling face, nodded and said, "I'm done."

Qi Yun, who was pushed by his wife, sat up calmly, coughed and looked at his eldest son solemnly and said, "what do you mean? have you got it all figured out?"

Xubao immediately straightened out his small chest and said, "I got it."

Usually in front of Ye Jiao, Xubao is cute and cute, never competitive.

But in front of Qi Yun, it is very different. In the eyes of Xubao, his father is the most learned man in the world, and he is more knowledgeable than his third uncle, while Xu Bao's dream is to be an official, to be a high-ranking official, and to be in charge of his father.

Even though Xubao has given up the idea of pressing Qi Yun to read to himself every day, his ideal of becoming a high-ranking official has never changed.

Then Xubao thought that in any case, his knowledge must be higher than that of his father, and only in this way can he become a high-ranking official.

So every time Qi Yun asked about his homework, Xubao would pay special attention to it.

Qi Yun knew what Xubao was capable of, so he nodded, reached out and touched the top of his son's hair and said, "it's really smart," his voice paused. "it's really my son."

This remark is obviously Kuaoxubao, but in fact, in the end, he still praises himself.

Ye Jiao was particularly supportive and said with a smile, "naturally, the husband is very strong." then she looked at her son again, kissed her on the little guy's forehead, and said, "Xubao is also gifted."

Look at this brain. If you are older than others, you should be smarter than others.

Xubao was smiling in Ye Jiao's arms, turned his big eyes black, and said to Qi Yun, "Dad, what you said is better than Mr. Feng."

When Qi Yun heard this, he looked at Xubao and said, "as a disciple, you can't say the fault of a teacher."

Xubao shook his head and said, "Mr. Feng is already very good, but what Dad said is better than anyone else. I can understand it when you say it. Daddy is naturally better."

This compliment was sincere, and Qi Yun did not say anything more, but accepted it all according to the order.

Then I heard Xubao say, "if only Dad could be a gentleman."

Qi Yun raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect his son to have such an idea, so he asked, "Why do you want me to be a husband?"

Xubao looked up at him with a childish soft waxy voice: "the book says, 'classics are easy to meet, but human teachers are difficult.' if Dad can be a teacher and teach people, he will certainly be able to have students all over the world and Chunhui everywhere, as Mr. Feng hopes."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Yun looked at his son in surprise, and Ye Jiao looked down at Xubao.

In the heart of Little Ginseng, Xu Bao is still that soft child, always talking with overlapping words, and his voice is also milky, probably because Xu Bao remembers his notes early and speaks cleverly, which makes Ye Jiao feel that he is no different from when he was two or three years old.

Even though Xubao recited a poem to himself just now and blurted out a famous piece, Ye Jiao still thought he was still young.

But now when Xubao said these words, Ye Jiao felt that her children had grown up a lot. Even Ye Jiao did not know what good it was to be a teacher, but after listening to Xubao's words, she inexplicably felt that being a teacher was a great thing.

But soon, Xu Bao shook his head again, clutched Qi Yun's finger and said, "No."

Seeing this, Qi Yun, who had just been surprised by his own child, could not help saying, "Why, you don't like it again?"

Xubao pursed his powder lips and murmured, "Daddy is busy, he doesn't spend much time reading to me. If he teaches others, he will be even busier."

As soon as these words come out, without the maturity just now, he is still the childish little guy.

Qi Yun could not help laughing faintly, and Ye Jiao reached out and rubbed her son's little fat face.

At this time, Xiao Su knocked outside the door and said, "Master, Mama Mo said, the young master and the girl are awake."

Ye Jiao looked at the time and thought it was time for dinner, so she thought of bringing them in for dinner.

But Qi Yun first said, "Xu Bao, why don't you go and have dinner with your brother and sister?"

Xu Bao always liked to pester Ye Jiao, but he listened to Qi Yun. Without Qi Erlang saying anything more, Xu Bao let go of Ye Jiao's hand, stood up on the soft couch, stood up by Qi Yun holding himself to the ground, and then Little Pangdun saluted to his parents, then opened the door and left with Xiao Su's hand.

When Ye Jiao saw Qi Yun pushing Xubao away, she knew there was something she didn't want Xubao to hear, so Ye Jiao asked, "Xianggong, is there something you want to say to me?"

Qi Yun nodded, but did not open his mouth immediately, but asked someone to prepare the meal first.

Because Ye Jiao is delicious, Qi's kitchens always eat in different ways, and as long as they are well done, they can get a reward, so the cooks in the kitchens work very hard.

In addition to the dishes Ye Jiao has seen before, there is another dish that Ye Jiao has never seen before.

She took the chopsticks and did not clip them. Instead, she turned her head and looked at Qi Yun.

Seeing this, Qi Erlang picked up a bowl to give Ye Jiao Sheng soup and said slowly, "this sea cucumber is very fresh. I got some from the restaurant, so I sent some to my family."

When it comes to ingredients, Xiao Ginseng has seen a lot, but she mostly stays in the mountains, birds and animals are also walking on the ground, this sea things are rarely seen, there is inevitably curiosity in the eyes.

Qi Yun continued: "Sea cucumbers are tasteless and difficult to cook, but they are very good to eat if they are handled properly." Choose small sea cucumbers, soak them to remove the sediment, then boil them in broth for three times, then simmer chicken soup and broth until well done, and finally simmer with mushrooms and fungus to make soup, which is delicious, Jiao Niang tastes. "

It is clear that it is only a slightly darker soup, Ye Jiao has no idea to eat, but after Qi Jiao said, Ye Jiao has an appetite.

It seems that every time he tasted something new, Qi Yun would tell Ye Jiao what to do, and every time he said it was meticulous and attractive, and Ye Jiao could not help sending it into his mouth.

Now she took a spoon and took a bite of the spoon, and she felt fresh and crisp, like a hamstring, but with more teeth than a hamstring.

After only one bite, Ye Jiao fell in love with it.

Seeing her smiling, Qi Yun smiled and said to Xiao Su, "who made this soup?"

Xiao Su hurriedly replied, "it was made by the master of the restaurant."

Qi Yun was not surprised, after all, this dynasty did not attach much importance to marine fishing. Sea cucumbers are rare and are not easy to get. Ordinary cooks may not have seen it, and it is normal for them not to deal with it. He just said, "send ingot silver to the restaurant." it's just the money for this dish. "

Although sea cucumbers are not common, one ingot of silver per dish is rather expensive.

However, Xiao Su knew that this was a reward for the master, so he answered and quickly went out to spread the word.

Ye Jiao, on the other hand, finished eating a bowl, and did not immediately go to hold the second bowl, but looked at Qi Yun and said, "what do you want to say before Xianggong?" Go ahead. "

Qi Yun gave her fresh bamboo shoots with chopsticks and said, "Today's man came and told me two things."

Ye Jiao nodded, but did not open her mouth, but waited for Qi Yun to speak.

Then he heard Qi Yun say, "the first thing is to ask my parents when they will come to Beijing, and the marriage between the Meng girl and Saburo will begin."

Ye Jiao always kept this matter in mind, because there were only two Qi brothers in the capital, and neither the eldest brother nor her parents were in front of her, so Liu entrusted Sanlang to Ye Jiao to pay more attention to her. Ye Jiao also cared about Qi Ming, and marriage was a major event in life, so naturally she had to think more about it.

After listening to Qi Yun's words, Ye Jiao nodded. "it's almost done. My mother told me before that the betrothal gift was ready, and as long as the emperor gave me a marriage, she could immediately send it to the capital. However, my mother also said that we should first buy a house for Saburo."

Qi Yun had a slight meal with his chopsticks in his hand, and then whispered, "this is the second thing. The emperor has given Saburo a mansion and wants to return to Saburo later."

When Ye Jiao heard the words, she smiled and thought it was a good thing, but when she saw that there was no smile on Qi Yun's face, she was a little puzzled: "Don't you think it's good?"

Qi Yun didn't hide it from her, saying directly, "I can't say whether it's good or not, but I think the house is a little hot and I can't hold it firmly."

Chu Chengyun said that it was because Qi Ming gave him advice that it was necessary to give Qi Ming the house.

However, what is the idea, will cause trouble to Qi Ming, these Chu Chengyun did not say, Qi Yun is not easy to ask, just feel that the house is not easy to live.

Ye Jiao did not know so much. She always said what she had in mind, and this time she was equally magnanimous: "before, the husband said that the emperor was kind to Saburo, just like an elder brother to his younger brother. I thought he would never push Saburo into the pit."

When Qi Yun thought about it, he felt that his wife was right.

Now Qi Ming has stood firmly behind Chu Chengyun, and it is bound to be tied together in the future, whether it is good or bad.

To say the least, Chu Chengyun is not the same as in the past, he can protect Queen Meng ruthlessly, and naturally he can find a way to protect Qi Ming.

This time the Xiao family is in the front, isn't it in Baoqiming?

When he thought of this, Qi Yun felt a lot more open-minded and whispered, "each has his own future."

Ye Jiao was eating bamboo shoots intently. Smelling Yan, she looked up at Qi Yun and wanted to ask what she wanted to ask. When she saw that Qi Yun handed her another quicksand bag, she could not remember to ask, so she smiled and ate dinner.

After eating, Qi Yun went to study for the two Qi family elders and invited them to Beijing. Ye Jiao sat beside her with a fan for herself, then a fan for Qi Yun, and got up to grind the ink for Qi Yun.

Ordinary people will find it annoying to grind with a grinding block, but Ye Jiao takes it as fun and works very hard.

Qi Yun also enjoyed the fragrance of tea. Although his wife's body is not as fragrant and fragrant as written in the book, it has the sweetness of sweet-scented osmanthus and the smell of milk just after drinking a bowl of milk, which makes Qi Yun feel more comfortable.

This makes Qi Yun, who is writing letters, always look at his wife from time to time, but staggers his eyes when Ye Jiao looks over.

The man seemed to divide himself into two halves, half of which was writing a letter from home solemnly, without any omission in the wording, while the other half was looking at the lady in front of her, and a lot of words describing beauty came out of her head, but he felt that nothing could be better than hers.

There are thousands and thousands of good wives of their own, which can be reached by unusual words.

After Qi Yun finished writing the letter, he picked it up and blew it, and when the handwriting on it was dry, he handed it to Ye Jiao and said, "Jiao Niang, help me to see if there is anything left behind."

Ye Jiao took it and was ready to sit and watch, but Qi Yun held Ye Jiao's wrist with his backhand, without exertion, but held it vainly, and seemed to be able to separate it with a little income.

But Little Ginseng naturally turned down, sat on Qi Yun's lap, found a comfortable position, leaned against the man's chest, grabbed Qi Yun's arm around her waist, so that she would not slip, and Ye Jiao's eyes were always staring at Xin.

It is obvious that what she is doing is beautiful, but Ye Jiao's face has no meaning at all.

Qi Yun didn't do anything more, just hugged her and read the letter with her.

Ye Jiao looked intently at Qi Yun's words, then murmured, "when will I be able to write as beautifully as Xianggong?"

As soon as Qi Yun heard her mention it, he thought of Ye Jiao's words that always lay on the ground in a mass. She could not help bending the corners of her mouth and said, "Jiao Niang writes very well, don't force it."

Ye Jiao stared at him, her cheeks slightly bulging: "Xiang Gong deceived me, where is it good?" Obviously, she knows that she can't handle her own words.

Qi Yun replied calmly: "easy to recognize, Niang Niang's handwriting is unparalleled in the world, and no one can write like this anymore."

This was like a compliment. Ye Jiao laughed first, but soon felt something was wrong.

How does that mean her handwriting is good? Obviously laughing at her!

Even Ye Jiao acquiesced that her handwriting was not good-looking, but now she straightened up and bit on the back of the man's hand.

But she was reluctant to use her strength, so she just wanted to nibble on it and let go.

Who knows, Qi Yun suddenly stood up, so that the little ginseng subconsciously stretched out his arm and hugged the man's neck tightly.

Qi Yun, on the other hand, hugged her horizontally and said faintly, "Lady, are there any omissions in the letter?"

Ye Jiao looked at the stationery that Qi Yun had put on the table and shook her head.

Qi Yun looked down at her and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "then you don't have to look at it any more. it's already late at night, so let's have a rest."

Ye Jiao understood what Qi Yun meant and had no objection at all. instead, she hugged the man more tightly and nodded with a smile.

Then Qi Yun carried Ye Jiao into the inner room.

A few years ago, Qi Erlang could never hold Ye Jiao. Even if Ye Jiao was a non-fat body, she was lighter than an ordinary woman, but at that time, Qi Yun, who would have flashed to her waist with a cough, was more fragile than a paper lantern, not to mention hugging people. You can't get up even with a little effort.

Now it is different. Qi Yun's body is well adjusted, and Ye Jiao also raises him well. even though he still has to be careful all the time, it is not a problem to hug Ye Jiao.

Ye Jiao was worried at first, but watched Qi Yun hold herself for a few steps without shaking, so she let him.

But after entering the inner room, none of them saw a little Trojan horse on the ground.

This was just played by Xubao and was casually placed on the ground. If we say that this little Trojan horse is not a small object, it can usually be seen, but Ye Jiao is staring at Qi Jiao, while Qi Yun is holding a person and can't see his feet. Neither of them noticed.

So Qi Yun kicked into the little wooden horse, and the next moment he stumbled and unconsciously took a step forward.

It was not easy to settle down steadily, but Ye Jiao in Qi Jiao's arms jolted out from the man's arms.

Fortunately, there was the bed ahead, and the mattress on it was soft enough. Ye Jiao didn't feel any pain when she was "laid" on it, but she was a little confused.

Unluckily, Ye Jiao forgot that she still hugged her husband's neck, and the result was that Qi Erlang, who finally stood firm, was dragged to the bed by Ye Jiao before he had time to pull back Ye Jiao.

One lay down, the other lay on his stomach, and no one said a word when he looked at each other.

Qi Yun read from Ye Jiao's eyes the pity that "my husband, you still need to raise more." Qi Erlang wanted to defend himself, but the next moment, he felt tight around his waist.

Then, when the position changed, Qi Jiajilang, who had always been calm and self-contained, lay on the bed blankly, looking at Ye Jiao sitting on his waist, and asked, "Niang Niang, how did you." I'm not. "

Ye Jiao felt tired to her husband just now, and she only felt particularly distressed.

So she reached out and took Qi Yun's face, leaned down and kissed her, comforting and saying, "you might as well, I know. Take your time. Don't worry."

Qi Yun:.

"Don't move this time, I'll do it, but remember to rub my waist tomorrow."

Qi Yun was stupefied for a moment, then thought of a picture, and his ears turned red.

And all his explanations were swallowed by Qi Erlang himself, just nodded and agreed.

Since it is a good thing, Qi Yun has no reason to refuse.

In the end, the night was very unforgettable, and the only thing that puzzled Qi Erlang was why the energetic wife rubbed his waist the next day.

My wife, is she really a leprechaun who picks yang and tonifies yin?

A few days later, when the cicadas in the capital began to sing, the house that Chu promised to Qi Ming was finally renovated.

The courtyard was originally confiscated real estate, used to live in a four-grade official, was banished from Beijing when cleaning up the officials, and the house rewarded to him was taken back by the royal family.

Although it is rewarded to Qi Sanlang at this time, it still needs to be renovated if he wants to live in it.

When it comes to repairs, in fact, the craftsmen sent are only responsible for the general revision of the courtyard, repainting the walls and columns, it looks like a brand-new house, but the flowers, tables, chairs, stools, pots and pans and other small objects inside, everything has to be rearranged.

On the day Qi Ming moved, Qi Yun and Ye Jiao also went to help Qi Ming make arrangements.

Because moving is a mess, Ye Jiao did not bring her children, but only her capable wife and boy. Ye Jiao directed people to arrange the furniture in the house.

When the big piece was finished, the trivial Ye Jiao did not take care of it any more, but called the human tooth to choose the young man to serve Qi Ming.

Originally, I had to pick and choose some girls, but Qi Yun said that Qi Sanlang was not so fastidious in his life. In the past, he used to serve him personally, but he didn't need a servant girl in the future.

"when Saburo gets married, let Meng Wu choose his servant girl again." Qi Yun's words are light, but only he understands the meaning.

His own Saburo counted as fragrant steamed buns. Before, Zhu four girls could all give up their faces and fall on his doorstep. Who knows if anyone will make trouble in the future?!

Qi Yun, who had almost been touched into the study by a servant girl, felt that it was a good thing to be vigilant about everything.

When Meng Wu girl is watching from time to time, it is better to kill the possible evil that endangers the marriage of the two people as soon as possible.

Ye Jiao just chose the boy, and found a few capable women from home to look after them in the kitchen, which can be regarded as worthy of placement.

Qi Ming followed Ye Jiao all the way, especially clever.

Although he had a rough understanding of how to be an official, he knew nothing about running household chores. Qi Ming was particularly grateful that his sister-in-law could help. Naturally, he would not say a word no, just be the little tail behind Ye Jiao. He said whatever Ye Jiao asked, very clever.

When everything was ready, they were free to have a rest in the vestibule.

As soon as Qi Yun sat down, he saw Qi Ming stand up, saluted him and solemnly said, "Thank you for renting the yard to me."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Yun subconsciously looked at Tiezi.

The courtyard is the private property of Qi Yun, and not many people know about it. Ye Jiao can't say it, so it can only be Tiezi.

Tiezi immediately covered his mouth and shook his head, trying to prove his innocence.

Qi Yun picked his eyebrows and suddenly thought that the one in the palace also knew. Chu Chengyun revealed to Qi Ming that it was reasonable, and there was nothing to investigate. Qi Yun said faintly to Qi Ming, "it doesn't matter, you rent a house with money, and I rent it to you. It's a business. There's nothing to thank."

Having said that, Qi Ming knew in his heart that the location of the yard was good and the location was good. I'm afraid it would be very difficult to buy it.

Even though his second brother often messed with him, all that should be considered was taken into account, and Qi Ming even felt that writing big characters in a box was the training of Qi Yun.

The second elder brother is really a wonderful person.

Looking at Qi Ming's face moved, Qi Yun said nothing, but drank tea without saying anything.

Just then, Liu Si came in and said, "Master, Lord Xiao is here."

On hearing this, Qi Ming said, "ask him to wait for me in the study." Then Qi Ming said to Qi Yun and Ye Jiao, "Brother Xiao came to me on business."

Qi Yun nodded, looking the same: "you go."

Qi Ming just left.

After he left, Qi Yun said softly, "this Lord Xiao, I think he is the former number one scholar, Xiao Yuanbai."

Ye Jiao smiled and said, "Last time in front of Saburo's house, I saw them sharing a car. Later, Saburo also asked me for peach blossom cakes to give to Xiao Dahren. I think the relationship is very good."

As soon as these words came out, Qi Yun was silent.

Because Qi Yun paid more attention to this period of time, he could vaguely find out that Qi Ming's idea was to reform the imperial examination, add the law, and employ only talents.

This was not achieved overnight. The late Emperor was slowly implementing it while he was alive, and now it just needs to be determined.

Among them, it is naturally dangerous, and talent-only employment will naturally infringe upon the interests of some high-ranking families. It is normal for them to be unwilling, and they will also interfere with the interests of many scholar-officials, and these people will inevitably hold a grudge against Qi Ming.

However, the person on the top fold is Xiao Yuanbai, the name of Qi Ming is only followed, and the one who advocates the implementation is Meng Chengyun, and Zhu criticizes Chu Chengyun.

When these people are in front, they are iron walls, and no one can move them.

In particular, the Xiao family, who started in Hedong, are one of the most powerful families in the capital, and many powerful families follow their lead. As long as the Xiao family says so, the matter is half done.

Originally, Qi Yun thought that Xiao Yuanbai stood in front of Qi Ming to help him block most of the sharp arrows, which was probably hinted by Chu Chengyun, but now he sees that Xiao Zhuangyuan has a strong relationship with his third brother.

When Ye Jiao saw that he did not speak, she was curious: "what are you thinking, Xianggong?"

Hearing the words, Qi Yun held Ye Jiao's hand and whispered, "I thought that Saburo's ability to make friends is much better than his ability to read."

Go out to recognize a brother is the future emperor, Yamen work colleagues are Hedong dignitaries, and even across the Mayou Street love at first sight is the prime minister.

Saburo doesn't have many friends, but they are all useful.

Ye Jiao heard vaguely and was about to ask when she saw Tiezi trotting into the door.

Qi Yun looked at him and said, "Don't speak until you breathe."

The obedient Tiezi stood up straight, took a few deep breaths, and then said, "Master, her Royal Highness Princess has just sent someone to say that General Ye has won and is stationed in Shili Pavilion. He will enter Beijing tomorrow."

The author has something to say: Qi Ming: the second elder brother treats me very well. I must write big characters in order to sharpen my will!

Qi Yun: no, I just want to punish you

Qi Ming: the second elder brother must have taken care of my ideas, so that's why he said so!

Qi Yun:. Oh.

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