The busier the Chinese New year, the more busy the whole Qi family began to pack up their belongings and clean the courtyard. There were only men in the shop who were ready to earn more monthly money, and everyone else could go home for the Spring Festival. Chuang Tzu also gave the tenants a holiday and gave out a reward for the Spring Festival.

There was some emptiness in Zhuangzi, and Qi Zhao went home early to help with the preparations. Qi Ming, who also returned home, did not have to go out to be busy because he was young.

However, the young people who do not have to study hard these days have rarely let go of their temper, either staying in Liu's yard or walking in the back garden, with pen and paper in hand, figuring out what good poems and sentences they can write.

Look at the flowers today and the grass tomorrow, always thinking about what you can write.

Qi Yun asked him why, and Qi Ming's answer was very honest.

"I have an appointment with the third Childe I knew before, and we made a promise that we would figure out new poems when we met next time. I lost to him against the pair last time, and I can't lose this time. "

Qi Yun couldn't help but feel helpless, thinking that his third brother really got into the book and couldn't get out. He finally got to know a friend and finally wrote a poem paper.

It's just that Qi Yun was not curious about who the three sons were, but he was glad that his third brother finally had friends.

The excitement of the whole family also did not miss his men, the silver reward was several percent more than in previous years, and the families of Xiao Su and Tiezi also got a lot of money.

And the two of them, who had been following Ye Jiao and Qi Yun, took a reward from their employer, so they were naturally overjoyed.

In particular, Xiao Su hurriedly sewed a dress for Tiezi and embroidered a veil for Ye Jiao, so that even the rooster Xiao Hei in the nest got a red flower dress.

The little girl took special care to cover his tail, which calmed the feeling that he had no tail hair, and the sound of the big rooster who covered the bald tail got up early and crowed loudly at last.

It's just that when everyone was relaxing, Qi Yun didn't relax.

His shop will have a big change at the beginning of next year, and the wine shop will expand. This is a big income, so it's normal to take more pains.

On the other hand, Qi Yun also agreed to the director of the medicine garden, and promised him that he would give him a sum of money in the coming year to expand the medicine garden.

Although Dong was not as shrewd as Song, he knew in his heart that Qi Yun was able to promise himself not because the business of the drugstore was so good, but only because of the second wife.

His daughter Dong and Ye Jiao had a good relationship, so the second young master looked highly at him.

No matter whether Qi Yun really thought so or not, Manager Dong firmly believed that he was exposed to the light of Ye Jiao.

Today, when Manager Dong came over, he specially brought a wild ginseng, which was specially for the second wife, but he did not hastily mention with Qi Yun a specific request for the expansion of the medicine garden.

It is not easy for the second young master to nod. Now he is busy for the wine shop. Dong is in charge of the business with a wink and is going to bring it up together after the festival.

When Manager Dong came out of the study, he happened to see Ye Jiao, who was putting a paper kite in the garden.

The place where Ye Jiao put the paper kite is the yard where the plum blossom trees were planted before. Now the snow has been cleaned up and the ground is smooth. Ye Jiao looks as beautiful as the person in the picture in the distance, wearing the red cloak and holding the paper iris thread in her hand.

Manager Dong could not help feeling in his heart that others said that Ye Jiao was married to the Qi family, but if he had seen Ye Jiao, who could say that he was not a rich man?

Ordinary people can't hold up the name of the second mistress. If Ye Jiao can hold up, she is blessed with her life.

Ye Jiao didn't realize that someone was looking at her. she was pulling the thread in her hand and staring at the paper iris in the sky with a smile.

It sounds as if the paper kite is just sending it up, and it's not unusual, but when the paper kite flies and feels the pull with a thread in its hand, it feels particularly magical.

Pull it and it will fly back.

If you loosen it, you will be able to fly higher.

Ye Jiao felt the interest in it and turned her head to Xiao Su and said, "this is well done. Teach me later."

Xiao Su has been following Ye Jiao, knowing that her second daughter-in-law especially likes to learn something, and she always studies very carefully.

Whether she was learning to write from Qi Yun before or learning to be a housekeeper with Liu later, Ye Jiao was able to make enough efforts.

As long as she says she wants to learn, she must learn to do well.

But now Xiao Su is not the little girl who was always ignorant before. If she had been ignorant before, Xiao Su would have promised, but now she would not nod at once.

Having been with Ye Jiao for a long time, Mrs. Liu often beat her in private, and Xiao Su knew what to say and what to do.

After listening to Ye Jiao's words, Xiao Su immediately said, "second Lady, it's hard to make a paper kite, and you don't do it a few times. If you want to tell me, brother Tiezi and I can naturally make it. If the second young lady likes it, you can draw the pattern on the paper kite yourself."

Ye Jiao thought for a moment, then nodded. Looking at the paper kite in the air with bright and clear eyes, Ye Jiao smiled and said, "then I'll go back and write a few words on it."

Xiao Su felt that Ye Jiao's handwriting was similar to the painting, so she happily agreed and wanted to go back and ask Brother Tiezi if she could make a round paper kite.

Only in this way can it match the words of the second mistress.

At this time, Manager Tung said outside the garden, "the second daughter-in-law put this paper iris very well."

Ye Jiao smelled the words, turned to look, and recognized at a glance that this was the manager of Dong, who had met once in the medicine garden before.

Sprout grass was found in the medicine garden that time. Ye Jiao had a good impression of Dong, so she gave the spool on her hand to Xiao Su and asked her to put it for herself, and then went over.

These days, Ye Jiao has learned a lot from Liu. In addition to the means of the housekeeper, Liu's most important thing is to tell her how to deal with others.

Ye Jiao was intelligent and learned quickly and remembered clearly. When she saw Manager Tung, she smiled softly almost unconsciously, stopped five paces away from Manager Tung, and said, "Manager Tung is here to see the husband."

Director Tung smiled and replied, "as soon as I came out of the second young master, when I saw the second young lady here, I remembered what my daughter had told me, and then I came over to deliver a message."

Chunlan?

Ye Jiao hasn't seen Dong these days. Every family has a lot of things at the bottom of the year. Ye Jiao doesn't have time to go to the drugstore to find her, and she doesn't have time to come over.

I did ask someone to bring two pots of medicinal flowers, but didn't send a message.

Ye Jiao smiled and said, "how are you these days?"

Director Dong said hurriedly, "I'm fine. My daughter is lively and restless." I'm so busy at the drugstore these days that it's hard for me to see her. The last time I saw her, she told me about the second daughter-in-law and asked me to send a message that the auspicious flowers were growing very well, and that two more flowers had opened not long ago. "

In a word, Dong Guan explained in advance the reason why his daughter did not come in recent days, and also said that she was concerned about Ye Jiao.

All these are true, but how to be better known by others depends on eloquence.

Obviously, Dong is very eloquent in charge.

Ye Jiao is not surprised that auspicious flowers can live. After all, this flower is an aquatic plant. It can grow by itself when thrown into the water. It doesn't need much care at all.

However, listening to Dong's words, it is obvious that Dong has been taking care of auspicious flowers. Counting the days, Little Fox was lucky to have children after taking care of them for two months. If it really works, Dong will not be too far away.

That's good.

As the Spring Festival was coming, Manager Dong said a few words of auspiciousness to her before leaving.

Little ginseng went back to fly the kite after he left, and when the sun rose, the breeze gradually stopped and the paper kite could not fly high, so she reluctantly took the paper kite back and forth to the yard.

As soon as she entered the door, Ye Jiao saw Qi Yun, who was waiting for him to eat.

When the man saw her coming back, he smiled and waved to Ye Jiao: "eat, stew chicken soup, drink some to dispel the cold."

Ye Jiao immediately took off her cloak, washed her hands, and sat down happily beside Qi Yun.

Usually in the evening, when the family eats together, most of them will sit far away, but last time Ye Jiao saw Liu and Qi Fu having dinner, sitting face to face.

But Ye Jiao didn't like it.

Ye Jiao and Liu learned a lot, but as soon as they entered the house, she couldn't hold it.

He sat down next to Qi Yun and handed the bowl to Qi Yun. Qi Yun naturally took the bowl and gave her soup.

Ye Jiao looked longingly and said, "I don't want mushrooms, I want meat."

Qi Yun immediately gave her a chicken leg and hot soup, and put the full bowl in front of Ye Jiao.

The chicken soup has been stewed all morning, and the chicken has been so soft that it can be torn off with the tip of chopsticks.

And in front of Ye Jiao is a dish dipped in sauce, dipped in white raw chicken, eaten in the mouth, full of incense.

The little ginseng drank another mouthful of warm soup and gently exhaled.

After eating another mouthful of chicken, Ye Jiao seemed to remember something and asked, "Xiang Gong, you didn't stew Xiao Hei, did you?"

With a sharp meal of chopsticks, Qi Yun looked at Ye Jiao and said gently, "are you afraid I'll stew it?"

"No, it's just that Xiao Su has just sewed his clothes." Ye Jiao said, taking another sip of chicken soup.

It smells good.

Qi Yun said with a smile, "Don't worry, I still count on it to work hard to grow all the hair on its tail."

Ye Jiao also bent the corner of her mouth and said, "Yes, it still looks good when it's not bald."

Qi Yun wanted to tell her that it was because Ye Jiao's shuttlecock had been kicked for a long time and some of its feathers had fallen off. He was going to pull out a few more after Xiao Hei grew his hair again.

But after looking at Ye Jiao, Qi Yun swallowed the idea back.

Another chopstick for Ye Jiao sweet-scented osmanthus honey lotus root, Qi Yun said: "these days a lot of cold, drink some chicken soup is also good."

Ye Jiao blinked and nodded with a smile.

In fact, little ginseng feels that none of these things add up by themselves.

But the chicken soup is so delicious, the chicken is so delicious, of course you have to eat it!

Qi Yun also served himself a bowl of soup, and the two would talk when they were eating.

Eating without talking and sleeping without talking is used outside, and it would be desolate to live a life behind closed doors without saying a word.

Qi Yun had lived a lonely life before, and now he is a man with a wife. Naturally, he has something to say, and no one can detain him.

When he had had enough to eat, Qi Yun remembered something: "Manager Dong came here today and brought something."

He was talking about the wild ginseng sent by Manager Dong.

The appearance of this mountain ginseng is excellent, otherwise the steward Dong would not have been eager to send it to Qi Yun.

Qi Yun knew that he was trying to please himself, and instead of refusing, he accepted it.

As for why Manager Dong came at this time, I am afraid that apart from the matter of expanding the medicine garden next year, it was also because Manager Dong wanted to see with his own eyes whether Qi Yun was still in good health.

At the thought of this, Qi Yun lowered his eyes slightly.

Last time, due to a misunderstanding of Qi Ming's arm injury, Liu hurriedly called for a doctor, and the person sent was also anxious, only shouting that the young master was injured, but did not say which young master.

Li Lang is used to taking care of Qi Yun's body. When outsiders see it, they can only say that Qi Yun is ill again.

This is nothing new, after all, Qi Yun has been drinking medicine as water over the years, especially in winter, when it comes to the Spring Festival. His own family is used to it, and outsiders should not be surprised.

Unexpectedly, I don't know who broke the news this time, from "the second young master of the Qi family is sick again" to "the second young master of the Qi family is going to die".

The biography comes alive, as if had seen it with own eyes.

Although Qi Yun never went out and others kept it from him, Qi Yun naturally had his own channels to find out.

He didn't want to clarify, and he didn't bother to care about it, but he didn't expect to frighten the managers under him.

Today, when saw the steward Dong, took something away, which was a peace of mind for him.

But these external things, Qi Yun never likes to talk about it to make Ye Jiao worry, but said with a smile, "Manager Dong sent a wild ginseng with excellent appearance. I'll stew it for you sometime later."

Qi Yun meant well, but when Ye Jiao heard this, she choked on her throat with a mouthful of chicken soup, and she coughed several times.

The man was startled and hurriedly put down his chopsticks to cheer her up.

Ye Jiao covered her mouth with a veil and leaned against Qi Yun's shoulder, her eyes a little dazed.

Stewed ginseng for me to eat.

I eat myself?

Ye Jiao suddenly felt a little confused, grabbed Qi Yun's wrist and said, "I don't drink ginseng soup, and you don't have to drink that either."

She didn't eat it because she didn't have to. It was Ye Jiao who thought that no matter how good ginseng was, could it be as good as the nourishment of ginseng for a thousand years?

Since my husband has me, what other ginseng is he looking for?

And listen to the name, wild ginseng. It's not a good family's ginseng!

Ye Jiao knows that she is idle, but she still insists on it.

Qi Yun did not ask Ye Jiao why. In Qi Yun's mind, if his wife didn't like it, he should not do it. He immediately replied, "OK, I'll just put it away."

Ye Jiao looked up at him, blinked, and asked in a low voice, "do you want to drink?"

Qi Yun smiled and said, "not really." Mm-hmm. "

Before he could finish, Ye Jiao stood up slightly, put her hand on his chest, raised her face, and accurately bit Qi Yun's mouth.

The soft tip of the tongue swept through the man's teeth, and Qi Yun could vaguely taste the faint taste of sweet-scented osmanthus in the woman's mouth.

Just before he realized it, Ye Jiao let him go.

The little ginseng sat up straight, picked up the chopsticks again, and smiled and said to him, "all right, you've had it," as if to emphasize it, she added, "Don't drink anyone else's soup anymore."

Qi Yun took chopsticks and stared at Ye Jiao for a long time, but didn't think about why Tong Ye Jiao kissed herself.

But Qi Erlang was soon relieved and decided to save the wild mountain.

It doesn't matter whether you eat it or not. after all, the soup given by your own wife tastes much better than ginseng soup.