Pei Weixuan only came home at the end of summer. On the other side of the island, the colored glaze workshop has been built, and the first batch of colored glaze has also been fired. Most of the first batch of colored glaze are used to hold things, like It is a tea set and kitchen utensils. They are all in one set, colorful and beautiful.

Huo Ye looked at the first batch of utensils, and couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, these things are so beautiful, no wonder they are loved by everyone, but these utensils are not as good-looking as the hairpin made by His Highness."

Huo Ye still remembers the hairpin, the real radiance, the golden radiance flowing in the begonia color.

The hairpin was fired with a lot of heart.

And these utensils are made by the craftsmen of the workshop, they are all the black-armored guards on the island, or they are selected from Chen Yi's nest of water bandits, and they are also taught by Pei Weixuan, who has been busy for the past two months He taught these craftsmen to make glazed utensils.

Pei Weixuan said: "Go to Zhou Yan and send these glazed utensils to Tongzhou."

Although Tongzhou is not as rich as the capital city, because of its geographical location, it is well connected and things are easy to sell.

Such rare handicrafts should be given to the palace for use in the first place.

Huo Ye said: "Then, do you want to go home, Your Highness?"

"Yeah." Pei Weixuan said, "You come to guard this utensil."

"Okay, Your Highness, rest assured to go back."

Pei Weixuan didn't set off immediately, and asked how the crops were growing.

Among these crops, what Yu Niang calls potatoes and sweet potatoes have the highest yields. They can be used as food and vegetables for cooking. They are delicious either alone or with meat. The other crops, jade Mother called them peppers, and tomatoes, pumpkins, corn, and onions were also planted, but potatoes and sweet potatoes were the most planted.

"Remember that potatoes and sweet potatoes should also be harvested."

The potatoes and sweet potatoes harvested this time can almost fill the entire island.

At most, by this time next year, these two crops will be fully grown in the southwest.

After discussing the business for a while, Pei Weixuan set off to return to Yuanbao Town. The distance from the island to Yuanbao Town is a one-day journey at a fast pace.

When Pei Weixuan came back to Laixi Lane, it happened to be evening meal, and the grandmother brought Brother Feng and Sister Xian at home. The two children were practicing calligraphy. They were very happy to see him come back, and Sister Xian was stuttering. Called uncle.

Pei Weixuan asked: "Have you ever eaten evening food?"

Sister Xian nodded, "I have eaten, my aunt sent someone to deliver it."

Sister Xian is talking more and more now. Xu Qinyu hugs her and asks her when she finds time on weekdays. When she comes back at night, she will ask her about her private school and how her husband taught her. She doesn't want her aunt to be sad, and she will stutter Talk to Xu Qinyu, so now the little girl speaks a little more numbly.

Zhu said: "Brother Xuan is back, do you want to go to the restaurant to eat something? After a while, Yu Niang and your mother should go back, and Ning Jie is still busy in her Linglong Pavilion. Mother and the others go back together."

"No need." Pei Weixuan said, "I'll cook some noodles at home."

He didn't want to go over and ask Yuniang to make evening food for him.

Zhu Shi nodded and went to the backyard to cut some leeks.

She has nothing to do on weekdays, and there is an open space in the backyard, right next to the grape trellis in the backyard, so she opened it up and planted some small vegetables such as eggplants and leeks, which can be eaten on weekdays, and if they can't finish eating, they will be sent to Yu Niang's restaurant inside.

Pei Weixuan washed the leeks, cooked a bowl of leek noodles and ate them.

Just after finishing eating and cleaning up the kitchen, Yu Niang and the others went back.

Xu Qinyu was chatting and laughing with Wen Shi and Ning Jieer, just when she walked around the screen wall, she saw Pei Weixuan standing beside the wooden pavilion in the courtyard, she was startled, and then happily shouted: "Fourth brother is back. "

In the past two months, the wine shop has begun to finish. There are no wild grapes in the mountains, and the last batch of wine has just been brewed in the past two days. The previous batches of wine have been sent to the capital one after another. They are still the wines handed over by the eunuch. , did not owe any money, and did not use wine to do anything, so she paid the money readily, so Xu Qinyu has also received her own share in the past two months, 28,000 taels of silver notes. It is really unclear who in the palace bought the wine.

But she was indeed relieved, at least not as nervous as the first two months.

Seeing the fourth brother at this moment, she was even more relieved, and wanted to tell the fourth brother about it, and let the fourth brother help her analyze and analyze, which one in the palace bought the wine, and whether there would be an accident.

When Wen Shi saw her son returning, she was relieved. She was really worried that if Brother Xuan didn't return, Yu Niang should go directly to Raozhou City.

A few days ago, Yu Niang also told them that she planned to go to Raozhou City to see if there were any large shops that were vacant, or if she had extra land to buy for her. She wanted to build a large restaurant, and even after returning from the restaurant every night, He also writes and draws on rice paper, which should be the drawings of the restaurant.

The corners of Pei Weixuan's lips rose slightly, and he said warmly, "I'm back."

Xu Qinyu hurriedly trotted to Pei Weixuan's side with the corner of her skirt, and asked with a smile, "Have the fourth brother ever eaten the evening meal? If not, I will cook something for the fourth brother."

There is nothing to do in the winery. The restaurant now has Dongqian and Chef Wang helping her. She is more and more free. Tao Qi and the others have gone to the mountains to pick a lot of wild persimmons to make persimmon cakes.

But even if it's making persimmons, it's just a few help from Brother Feng and the others. This year's persimmons are basically made by them, so Xu Qinyu doesn't worry much.

Last year, the persimmons sold very well. This year, Xu Qinyu still plans to sell each persimmon for five cents.

The persimmons don’t make much money, and will continue to send some to family in Beijing this year.

Pei Weixuan said: "I have eaten."

Xu Qinyu thought of wine and her marriage with the fourth brother, and planned to talk to the fourth brother.

"Fourth brother, you came back just in time. I just have something to tell you, or let's go to the pavilion and talk."

Pei Weixuan's eyes sank for two points, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

When Wen Shi and Ning Jie'er saw this, they hurriedly said, "Then let's go back first."

Even Ning Jie'er knew about the fourth sister-in-law's plan.

She is almost fifteen years old this year. Wen Shi and Xu Qinyu will discuss with her about anything at home.

She is already a big girl, so she naturally knows the relationship between the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law, but she can also see that it seems unusual for the fourth brother to treat the fourth sister-in-law.

The matter of the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law should also be solved by themselves.

The two entered the room silently, and Mrs. Zhu also brought Sister Qian and Brother Feng into the room to wash and sleep.

Xu Qinyu entered the wooden pavilion first, and the grape trellis beside it was full of lush grape leaves. Some vines climbed onto the wooden pavilion and fell down, covering half of the wooden pavilion. In addition, it was already dark. After entering the wooden pavilion, if you don't identify it carefully, you can't see that there are two people inside.

There are benches on all sides of the wooden pavilion. Xu Qinyu sat down and saw the fourth brother sitting opposite her, and she expressed her worries, "Fourth brother, this is the case, the wine made this year, Zhen Datou and Like last year, the first batch was sent to the capital first..."

She told the fourth brother about it in detail.

This is what worries her most in her heart. As for the matter of reconciling with her fourth brother, she feels that it is not a big deal, and it should be resolved easily. The fourth brother will agree to reconciliation, but she will probably not agree to move out of Pei's house. , because she would be worried about her safety when she was alone.

Xu Qinyu stopped talking about the wine.

When she had just finished speaking, Pei Weixuan said: "Don't worry, Yu Niang, it should not be the new emperor and the queen mother, but it is estimated that they should be the people of King Han Dong."

King Handong?

Hearing this title, Xu Qinyu was still a bit at a loss for a while. He calculated in his mind how many brothers of the new emperor were there. In addition to the eldest prince and the fourth brother, the remaining princes should have already been crowned kings, but if they can come out The prince of the palace, it is impossible for the new emperor to let them stay in the capital. Who is this king of Handong? He was able to leave the palace without being sent to the fief by the new emperor.

The new emperor does not have any siblings, so he is also very jealous of other brothers who hold the title of king, and usually does not let them stay in the capital.

Even if a brother of a mother's compatriot is crowned king, some emperors are suspicious by nature, and they will also send people to the fief.

Seeing Yuniang's appearance, Pei Weixuan told her, "The King of Handong is the queen mother's direct brother."

Xu Qinyu was shocked. You must know that in the Dasheng Dynasty, no matter how much credit you have, there is no king with a different surname, but only a knighthood. The Empress Dowager's natal family, her father has long been named the Duke of the State, and she unexpectedly became the king when her son ascended the throne. In the end, he named his natal brother as a king with a different surname.

Xu Qinyu murmured what was on her mind.

Pei Weixuan told her that because of this incident, the queen mother was read one after another by the officials in the court, but the queen mother didn't care at all.

And not only that, some things have happened in the capital recently, but the southwest side is far away, and the people in the southwest side don't know much about it.

In fact, it is not a big deal, but the new emperor and empress dowager in the palace built a palace, extravagance and waste, and even built a palace for the King of Han Dong, which is full of extravagant gold, silver and jade, even the pavement is extravagant white jade, Even the glazed crafts that Pei Weixuan brought back from Erlai last year ended up mostly in the palace of King Dong of Han. King Dong of Han is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, and his food and clothing are the same as those of the new Emperor and Empress Dowager in the palace. Yes, there are crowds of servants in the palace, and the princes in the mansion are even more domineering, bullying men and women, and dare to snatch back the women they like, even the granddaughter of the Duke.

Thanks to the great reputation of the former emperor, he accumulated a lot in the early years and filled the national treasury, but with the extravagant and wasteful appearance of the new emperor and the empress dowager, I am afraid that the treasury will not be able to last for a few years.

Even the military salaries allocated to the military camps in the border towns, some officials dared to embezzle them. This year, the military salaries in the military camps in various places have been reduced by half, which made the soldiers guarding the border towns very dissatisfied. Handed over the fold.

Zhu Taishou was also very busy with this matter.

Xu Qinyu heard the fourth brother talk about the movement in the capital and other matters, and felt a little uneasy in her heart, muttering: "Isn't there going to be an increase in taxes and corvees in the future?" Why does she feel that the world is going to be chaotic.

You must know that the people in power like the feudal dynasty are so extravagant and wasteful, and there is a little famine. If the people in power refuse to use the money from the treasury to relieve disasters, and when the money in the treasury is wiped out, taxes will naturally increase, making the people miserable , the world can easily become chaotic.

Xu Qinyu felt that there was something wrong with the queen mother and the new emperor in the palace. If it was for pleasure, how happy would it be to be a concubine and an idle prince? If he was born to seek power and even harmed the late emperor and the first prince, he would also ascend to that position.

Pei Weixuan chuckled, even Yuniang could see through it, but the new emperor and Empress Dowager Fu in the palace didn't understand.

Because they not only want to enjoy themselves, but also want the greatest power in the world, so that everyone will prostrate at their feet. They want the most honorable position, not for the sake of a prosperous future for the Dasheng Dynasty, or for the people to live in peace I am happy, just for my own selfish desires, and it is only a matter of time before something goes wrong, and it has already begun to show signs.

Since the wine was entrusted to the king of Han Dong, he was greedy for pleasure and gave back the money, and if he didn't make a fuss about the wine and hurt the Pei family, Xu Qinyu had nothing to worry about.

She then said again, "Fourth brother talked to me, and my heart settled down. I am looking for fourth brother today, and I have another matter to discuss with fourth brother. My marriage with fourth brother is only between Xindi and Dechanghou. The scheme of the old lady and Xu Qinhui, but I have never blamed the fourth brother and the Pei family. We are all quite innocent. It has been almost three years since I came to Biancheng, and my fourth brother, my mother and sister Ning have been in the past three years. I have long regarded fourth brother as relatives, but fourth brother is already in his twenties, so I should think about myself, so I thought about reconciling with fourth brother, and I just plan to open a bigger restaurant in Raozhou City There is also a restaurant."

"When this year's wine is sold, I will have more than 50,000 taels of silver notes on me. I will go to Raozhou City to have a look. Xuji Restaurant has Dongqian and Chef Wang here. I don't have to worry. If I go to Raozhou For Zhoucheng, Xu Feng and the others will also be brought along, so the fourth brother doesn’t have to worry about it.”

She rambled about her plans for the future with her fourth brother.

From the moment she spoke, Pei Weixuan's face had already faded. He lowered his eyes and remained motionless, listening to the rest of Yuniang's words.

After Xu Qinyu finished speaking, seeing that the fourth brother didn't move or speak, she couldn't help but glanced at the fourth brother, but it was completely dark, she couldn't see the expression on the fourth brother's face clearly, and felt vaguely uncomfortable. That's right, the fourth brother didn't move at all, like a statue in the dark.

The atmosphere doesn't seem right.

"Fourth brother?" Xu Qinyu couldn't help shouting.

"Yu Niang."

Xu Qinyu heard that the fourth brother finally spoke, he said, "Don't make up."

His voice seemed to tremble a little.

Xu Qinyu was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the fourth brother meant by this.

But when she heard fourth brother's words, she didn't know why, and her heart trembled.

"Fourth, fourth brother." Xu Qinyu stammered, "If you reconcile, fourth brother can also marry a wife. Fourth brother is already twenty-three..."

She felt that in the darkness, the fourth brother finally raised his head, and his eyes were firmly fixed on her.

She heard the fourth brother say, "Yu Niang, don't get divorced. From the beginning to the end, the only person I want to marry is you."

His voice trembled a little, with a hint of imperceptible prayer.

Even if he knew that he would help Dasheng in the future, he would lead the army to fight, and he didn't know what his fate would be in the future, he didn't want to let Yu Niang leave. , he just wanted to keep Yu Niang by his side.

The moment he heard her talk about He Li, he had an urge to destroy the world, and even wanted to take Yu Niang away, lock her up, and keep her by his side.

But he was even more afraid of scaring Yu Niang, so he forcibly endured these thoughts in his heart.

Xu Qinyu felt like she was struck by lightning and her heart was beating so fast Fourth brother likes her?

Xu Qinyu only knew that her heartbeat was abnormal, and she finally stammered, "Fourth, fourth brother, you mean you want to be a real husband and wife with me."

Pei Weixuan snorted, staring at Yu Niang's somewhat flustered eyes in the dark, "Will Yu Niang be a real couple with me?"

Hearing him speak so bluntly, Xu Qinyu felt a little dry for some reason. She was a little dazed. She had lived two lives, and it was the first time she had experienced such a thing, so she felt a little overwhelmed, but She didn't seem to reject the fourth brother's words.

It's just that it's a bit sudden. She has always warned herself before that she is actually twenty-eight years old. When she first came here, the fourth brother was only nineteen, and the difference was nine years old. She couldn't be confused by the beauty of the fourth brother. She complied with the thoughts she shouldn't have, and every time she saw the fourth brother's face, she had to warn herself not to be confused.

As a result, now the fourth brother suddenly said such words.

Xu Qinyu thought about it and said, "Fourth brother, give me some time to think about it."

She didn't know what to think for a while in her heart, but now she feels like a mush in her mind.

"it is good."

After a long while, the fourth brother finally returned a good word.

Xu Qinyu got up in a hurry, "Then I'll go back to the house to wash up first, the fourth brother is tired from the boat, so wash up quickly and go back to sleep."

"Um."

When Yu Niang entered the room, Pei Weixuan sat in the wooden pavilion for a while before slowly getting up. His tall figure merged with the darkness.

He thought, if Yu Niang must reconcile tomorrow, if Yu Niang really doesn't like him at all, and just treats him as her brother, what should he do?

His palms hanging on the outside of his thighs slowly tightened into fists.

...

Xu Qinyu went back to her room, it was dark in the room, she couldn't see anything clearly, her heart was beating so fast, and after a while, she fumbled for the fire book on the table, opened the fire book, and a faint light appeared in front of her eyes. Being able to see, she lit the oil lamp with a torch, and the room began to slowly reveal light.

She was fascinated by the lights.

After three years together, is it really just a brother and sister relationship?

Suddenly there was a crackling sound from the wick, Xu Qinyu came back to her senses and calmed down. She sat at the table below, looking at the inkstone, ink, and rice paper on the table. On it were the drawings of the restaurant she drew, and she began to continue. painted.

Just can't write anything. She still can't calm down, but at this moment she doesn't know if the fourth brother is washing and sleeping. She has to go to the kitchen to fetch water, and she is worried that the fourth brother will be embarrassed, so she can only listen to the movement outside, intending to hear After the fourth brother washed up and returned to the house, she went to the kitchen to get hot water.

Just listening to the movement outside, a knocking sound came from the doorman, and someone knocked on the door.

Xu Qinyu was startled and asked, "Who is it?"

Pei Weixuan's voice came from outside, "It's me, bringing hot water to Yu Niang."

Xu Qinyu responded, carried the corner of her skirt and opened the door. It was the fourth brother. He was carrying a bucket of warm water and stood in front of the door with the lights in the room. She saw the fourth brother still looking on his face. As usual, the eyebrows are handsome and gentle, and the fourth brother has always been very gentle in front of her.

The fourth brother was at home on weekdays, and it was the fourth brother who brought her bath water.

At this moment, Xu Qinyu felt a little embarrassed.

Pei Weixuan asked, "Can you help Yu Niang bring the water in?"

It would be even more strange to let the fourth brother carry the water at this moment.

Xu Qinyu nodded, "Thank you fourth brother."

Pei Weixuan made two trips to fill the tub in the house with water, and then said, "Yu Niang wash up and rest early." He glanced at the rice paper on the square table and said, "Don't paint for too long at night, it will hurt you. Eye."

The light of the oil lamp is still a little weak, and it will hurt the eyes.

Xu Qinyu nodded obediently, indicating that she knew.

When the fourth brother left, she took off her clothes and went into the bathtub.

Although it was the end of summer and it had cooled down slightly, she was sweating while staying in the back kitchen of the restaurant during the day.

Xu Qinyu got into the tub and couldn't help raising her snow-white arm. She smelled the smell of sweat. She was worried that the fourth brother could smell the sweat just now. Just thinking about raising her arm, Xu Qin Yu Mian froze for a moment, then put down her arms embarrassingly, she was half-lying on the rim of the bathtub, revealing her snow-white and lustrous shoulders, and a head of jet-black hair was scattered on her neck and beautiful white shoulder blades.

Her two shoulder blades are like beautiful butterflies, with slightly outstretched wings, slender and weak.

She always felt that her appearance was incomparable to the fourth brother. Although her appearance was not bad, the fourth brother's appearance was the most beautiful she had ever seen in her life.

Xu Qinyu didn't know how captivating her appearance was at the moment.

Lying on the edge of the tub and thinking for a while, Xu Qinyu washed her head and body, put on soft silk clothes, and went to sit under the window.

After washing her hair on weekdays, she would go to sit in the wooden pavilion outside to slowly wipe and dry, but now she is embarrassed to go out to the wooden pavilion outside, so she can only push open the window of her house, sit under the window and watch. starry sky outside.

She had a lot of hair, and it was already half an hour after she finally wiped and dried her hair. But he still needs it, sleepless all night, just wake up with a headache and a groggy head.

It seems that it was caused by her falling asleep yesterday before her hair was completely dry.

After a while at the restaurant, give me more shredded ginger when cooking porridge, and eat a bowl of steaming ginger shredded fish porridge, which will basically make me feel better.

Xu Qinyu rubbed the back of his head, and tugged at the clothes and put them on. After all, he had a headache and was not very energetic.

When she went to the kitchen, Pei Weixuan was there, heating hot water, and when he saw her, he asked, "But I slept before my hair was dry last night, so I have a headache?"

It seemed that there was nothing to hide from the fourth brother, Xu Qinyu nodded shyly.

She thought it would be weird to see the fourth brother, but it's actually fine. It's no different from normal. She doesn't know what to do, but there's no way to talk about Heli. She has to wait until she understands her own. Mind to say.

Pei Weixuan stretched out his hand towards her, "Come here, I'll squeeze it for you and it won't hurt."

After hesitating, Xu Qinyu walked over and sat down on the little tumbler in front of the fourth brother.

Even if Pei Weixuan was sitting behind her, he was more than a head taller than her.

He loosened Yu Niang's unsightly bun as usual, and her blue silk was scattered behind Yu Niang's back with a faint fragrance.