Chinese New year is often much busier than usual.

The Qi family is a wealthy household nearby, with many people in charge and shopkeepers, who usually have their own owners, but when it comes to the Spring Festival, these people will bring some things to pay New year's greetings, and the women will also walk around each other.

Because the door of the Qi family is simple, there is no clan behind, ordinary and distant relatives do not move, Liu does not go out very much.

The communication between women is different from that of men. even when men get together in their spare time, they are errands at hand. only their best friends talk about human feelings, and most of their wives can get together because their husbands are closely related to each other. this will make the houses move around with each other.

Since the stewards make a living under the Qi family, they naturally have to run here more often.

However, Liu did not let Ye Jiao and Fang come out too much to join the excitement. They each had children to take care of. Liu also felt sorry for the hard work of the two daughter-in-law. Most of them just let them play for a while, and let Ye Jiao and Fang plan for themselves the rest of the time.

Fang's side how Ye Jiao does not know, for Ye Jiao, these days in addition to staring at Xubao do not let him have nothing to eat, is to talk to Dong about the medicinal flowers in the yard.

"Chunlan, why didn't you bring Huzi?" Ye Jiao put down her small hoe, stood up and asked while taking a handkerchief and wiping her hands.

Dong smiled at Ye Jiao and said, "this is probably the first time he went out. He played with Xubao for a while yesterday. When he got back, he was noisy and not Rest. He didn't fall asleep until the moon set. He probably couldn't wake up when I got back, so he didn't bring it with him."

When Ye Jiao heard the speech, she was surprised: "does he stay up at night?"

Dong nodded, went into the wing with Ye Jiao, closed the door, held tea when it was warm, smiled and said, "it's okay, it's easy for children to stay awake when they're happy, and it's inevitable that they don't sleep at night and cry, it doesn't matter, just make it up during the day."

The little ginseng also noticed that Dong's present was dark and swollen. Ye Jiao went out with her cloak again, went to the yard, looked around in the flower bed, then pulled a piece of yellowish petals, pinched them a little, and made the petals softer a lot. when she came back, she pressed one side at the front of Dong's eyes.

Immediately, Dong felt cool and his eyes were much more comfortable.

This surprised Dong and immediately thought of the usefulness of the medicinal flower.

She hurriedly took out a book from her arms, took a brush on the table, filled it with ink, and said to Ye Jiao, "tell me, Niang Niang, what is the name of this flower and what is it used for?" I'll write it down. "

Ye was spoiled because she knew that Dong was crazy about medicine. Every time she came, she would bring a pamphlet and wish she could find out the use of these medicinal flowers from Ye Jiao every day.

But little ginseng has nothing to hide. She used to be a ginseng, and what she did was to save lives. She would be happy if these herbs could help others, and Dong was the owner of her own shop, so it would be good to know more.

Just now looking at Dong's eyes affixed to the yellow petals, inexplicably some sense of joy.

Ye Jiao walked over and grabbed her with a smile: "I'll tell you later, wait a minute, and then write when the fundus is not swollen, otherwise the petals will be picked in vain."

Hearing the speech, Dong nodded, temporarily pressed the mood of excitement, put down the pen, and Ye Jiao sat back at the table again.

Xubao's cradle was on the side, and the little guy was awake, reaching for the black feathers hanging from the cradle, amusing himself and having a good time.

When he saw Ye Jiao coming, he shouted "ah", muttering in his mouth, muttering for a while and laughing. He didn't know what to laugh at, and his chubby face rubbed against the quilt, particularly happy.

This made Dong envy: "Xubao is good-looking and sturdy, and looking at those who wake up during the day and sleep at night, it must not be too difficult to take care of it."

Ye Jiao blinked: "he usually sleeps, and sometimes he sleeps all day."

Dong couldn't help withdrawing his eyes and said curiously, "it shouldn't be. If you sleep during the day, you can't sleep at night."

But little ginseng sleeps soundly at night and doesn't know what his fat son does at night.

On the other hand, Xiao Su said, "second mistress, the young master sometimes doesn't like Rest very much at night, and he will still be hungry at night."

Ye Jiao was stunned.

Hungry?

Now when he is still breast-feeding, Ye Jiao naturally feeds him when he is hungry, but the little ginseng never remembers feeding him in the middle of the night.

Xiao Su saw that she was confused and said, "it is the second young master who gets up every time. If the young master is hungry, the second young master will take the child to the inner room. It must have been fed at that time."

As soon as these words came out, Ye Jiao knew that she didn't have to be woken up at night, thanks to her husband.

No wonder sometimes she felt that her chest was being tampered with in the middle of the night. She always thought it was Qi Yun who was busy and made trouble with her. Ye Jiao had always been left to him and never woke up. She never thought that it was her fat son who was messing with her in the middle of the night.

Ye Jiao could not help looking at Xubao, reached out and poked his fleshy little face.

I know how to eat small things, but I don't know if I am tired enough to eat.

She couldn't help thinking that she should also stare at Xubao Rest during the day.

Ye Jiao knew that Qi Yun was always looking out for her and didn't want to wake her up, but Ye Jiao also knew that Qi Yun had to take good care of her body in order to be healthy. These days, the business of the caravan made him even busier than usual, so he should always have a good Rest in the evening.

When Xubao was poked in the face, he was not angry, but showed a soft smile. He turned around and bit Ye Jiao's finger in his mouth and sharpened it.

Because she had not yet grown her teeth, Ye Jiao only felt itchy when she was bitten by him, which made her laugh and bowed her head on Xubao's forehead with a loud kiss.

Watching from the side, Dong's face was full of admiration that could not be concealed.

There are many good men in this world, but there are too few such as employers.

Dong thought to himself that he would talk to Fang Li when he got home. Didn't he think his employer was strong? Let's start with the beloved lady.

Before long, Ye Jiao reached out and removed the petals from Dong's face.

Dong touched his swollen eyes, smiled, took out a pamphlet and told Ye Jiao in detail about the usefulness of the flowers.

When Dong left, Ye Jiao also sent her a pot of yellow flowers and asked her to go back and study carefully.

On the other hand, Ye Jiao changed her clothes, pasted flowers, and went out to Mrs. Gong Sun's tea party with Fang.

This is the first time that the two lovers have gone out together, and Fang is still a little nervous.

It is true that they usually get along well at home, but more of them meet at Liu's place, or play with their children together, but seldom get together.

It's not that we have a bad relationship, but we just can't find one.

Fang likes to read and practice calligraphy, and Ye Jiao likes to eat and drink, so there are few people who can talk together.

Before getting on the carriage this time, Fang also prepared a lot of plans in mind, thinking about what to do if he was left out later.

Who knew that as soon as got on the bus, smelled waves of sweetness.

Like red dates, but also like sweet-scented osmanthus.

Ye Jiao got on the bus and waited early. This time, the two of them went out to drive a bigger car. The car was spacious. Ye Jiao simply moved a low table, carried a food box, and was taking it out one by one.

Seeing Fang coming in, Ye Jiao smiled and waved to her: "Sister-in-law, come and sit down."

Fang slightly lifted her skirt and sat on the cushion next to Ye Jiao, and then she saw several plates of refreshments on the table. think the sweet smell just smelled came from these snacks.

Ye Jiao finished the plate, put the food box aside and said, "I asked my mother that it would take more than half an hour to go to the county Chengjia carriage, and I might not be able to eat anything after going to the tea party, so I wanted to bring something to cushion my stomach."

Fang went several times, smelled the speech and nodded: "well, to go is to drink tea and chat, there is no food at all."

When he said this, Fang was a little disgusted.

The Qi family is a wealthy family, even if Fang is stingy, he will not be aggrieved. When he comes to a guest, he also knows to take out something to entertain him.

However, the lady of the county prime family is an iron rooster and does not take out a dime. She usually used to ask people to only eat tea, never take charge of meals, and even avoid refreshments.

But in the past, the wives of Chuang Tzu and Chuang Tzu always had to bring some gifts, and it was time for the county magistrate to make a fortune for himself.

Fang looked at the red brocade box in the corner of the car and couldn't help grinding his teeth in his heart.

It's really infuriating that can't even eat a hot meal after giving something away.

Ye Jiao was open to it, and when the carriage was moving, she handed Fang a pair of chopsticks: "then eat some first, so as not to get hungry later."

Fang usually doesn't eat at night, but now Ye Jiao handed over the chopsticks, and she couldn't refuse, so she sandwiched a piece of peach blossom cake, and her round face hesitated, not knowing whether to eat or put it down.

As soon as he looked up, Fang saw Ye Jiao, who had already stuffed her cheeks.

Little ginseng has always been straightforward, eating and drinking if you want, and you don't care about anything else.

She eats food very straightforward, neither holding nor hiding it. She is taught by Liu to have a good demeanor, which is also pleasing to the eye. The most valuable thing is that Ye Jiao never picks her mouth and tastes good when she eats anything.

Fang stared at her and suddenly understood why his mother-in-law Liu liked to let Ye Jiao come to accompany her for dinner.

In addition to being delicious, he also ate too much because of the way his brother and sister ate.

There was a smile in the eyebrows and a slight bulge in the cheeks, with every mouthful of satisfaction.

Even if Fang made up his mind not to eat more, he could not help but have an appetite and silently put the peach blossom cake into his mouth.

Delicious is really delicious, Fang stretched out his chopsticks again.

When the carriage stopped and looked at the empty dishes on the table, Fang could not help crying and losing his face.

I'm afraid I'm going to get fat again.

But soon she laughed again, the peach blossom cake is so delicious, the worst thing to do in the future is to walk around more, and you can't treat yourself badly.

After the two men entered the door of the county magistrate, they sat in the back rows and did not move forward.

Even though the status of businessmen has been improved nowadays, the families of officials still have to be looked down upon.

The Qi family is now an upstart, but these women in the back house have formed their own circle, each with its own door. Because the Qi family is new and has not been integrated into it, there is nothing to do.

As a matter of fact, Fang had her own friends, and she also had little sisters she knew in the boudoir, but this time she talked with Ye Jiao and never left.

Maybe Fang will be a little hot-eyed at home, but as soon as she leaves home, Fang can still tell the difference between inside and outside, and she is very clear about the truth that both prosperity and loss are lost.

Since entering the door, Fang has been staying with Ye Jiao, telling her who the ladies who come here have their surnames.

Ye Jiao held the tea and listened. Because she was full, Ye Jiao also had the strength to remember it. Even if she could not remember it all, it would be nice to be able to write down what might have something to do with the Qi family.

No matter how lively the people around the wife of Xian Cheng were, neither of the daughter-in-law of the Qi family leaned up.

Fang has his own reason: "now, all three of them have their own future, and we don't have to flatter anyone, otherwise if any of them make a fortune in the future, what we do now is to embarrass them." It would be better to hide in peace, get to know each other a little bit, don't offend it, and talk about the rest later. "

Ye Jiao could hear that Fang was relieving herself. she smiled at Fang and whispered, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I don't care."

Little ginseng has a small heart, and all she can hold is the people she cares about, and those who don't care are none of her business.

It is most important for others to be happy with her.

She whispered to Fang, "I just want to go and see the lights when it's over early."

Fang smiled and nodded and asked her to wait patiently, but when Ye Jiao turned her head and looked away, Fang's round face was a little puzzled.

In the past, even if I would not be too warm at this kind of tea party, I would not ignore anyone, but today it is too deserted.

It's more like. As if it had been shelved by someone.

When the tea party was over, when he was about to go out, Fang finally noticed that something was wrong.

The young woman standing next to the county prime minister always looked at them with cold eyes and seemed a little bored.

The little ginseng also saw the man. She tugged at Fang's cuff and asked in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, who is that?" Why do you always look at me? "

Fang frowned slightly, but because the powder on the young woman's face was thick and far away, she recognized it carefully and whispered to Ye Jiao with a handkerchief covering her mouth, "she is the daughter of the Lin family who sells pottery in the east of the city. I remember that she was promised to the son of Xian Cheng to be his wife, but when you were in the month, you were not asked to eat wine."

When the county prime family marries daughter-in-law, anyone with a little face around will go over to celebrate.

However, Ye Jiaosheng sat on Yuezi after finishing Xubao, and then went to the courtyard on the mountain, all of which was unknown.

But the Lin family. Ye Jiao has no impression.

But Lin over there stared at Ye Jiao, angry.

Her family was originally rich, but because his fifth brother contracted a dirty disease, Qi Jia Erlang directly cut off his contact with the Lin family, directly causing the Lin family to lose the biggest source, and other shops also intermittently cut off his family's business, making it particularly difficult for the Lin family to live recently.

Lin's family came to cry with her and asked her to help her, but the Lin family could not say that it was because of Lin Gorang himself every night. He said that Qi Jia Sanlang encouraged him to go, and as for the family's business, Qi Jia Erlang was unkind first.

The Lin family originally meant to talk about their own sufferings, so that their daughter could put in a good word in front of the county magistrate and give his family some benefits to make a comeback.

Who knows that Lin only remembers the feud of the Qi family, but forgets all the things they told him to do.

In addition, Lin's life was not easy after he got married, and his husband went out to play and didn't bother to go home at night, so Lin became more and more frustrated.

Lin hated him very much, not only because Qi Yun had cut off his business, but also why his fifth younger brother was suffering from a dirty disease.

According to her mother's family, Lin Wulang was going to go to the brothel with Qi Ming. If Qi Ming didn't go there himself, why not stop his fifth younger brother from going to the brothel? wouldn't it be all right if he didn't let his fifth younger brother go?

If Qi Ming had a little classmate friendship, he wouldn't have to let his family suffer this disaster.

Everyone defended his faults, and so did Lin. Coupled with the fact that she believed her mother's words, she could not admit that it was her own fault. It was someone else's fault. Qi Yun and Qi Ming happened to be brothers, so Lin pinned all the mistakes on them.

Now that Qi Jiaerlang's wife is coming, Lin is trying to find her unhappy.

It happened that Ye Jiao did not move forward and did not give her a chance.

In addition, at the tea party just now, someone said that the delicate woman sitting over there was Qi Yun's wife, that she was being thrushed by Qi Qi Yun, and that she envied Ye Jiao's beautiful face and figure, and Lin's heart became more and more uncomfortable.

The more uncomfortable, the more indifferent, and even to stop others to talk to Ye Jiao, but Ye Jiao does not care about the comfortable appearance, making Lin particularly bored.

In the past, when she was in the boudoir, Lin didn't have much calculation, but the Lin family was restless, and she had heard of many tricks, even if she hadn't done it.

Today, she is the principal wife of the prime minister of the county, even if her mother-in-law is a little cold because of her maiden style, but since she occupies a position, she has the strength.

Thinking of this, she left the hall quietly, immediately beckoned a servant and said to him, "do you see the frame of those two men?"

This servant worked in the county prime minister's mansion, and now he dared not refuse to accept what the young lady had to say. He immediately looked at the carriage pointed to by Lin, nodded and said, "I see it."

Lin said softly: "now that the Spring Festival is coming, it is not surprising that there will inevitably be some horse overturns." Then Lin stuffed the officer with a purse and said, "take it and go to the two officers and say that I bought them a drink and made it with other reward money."

The servant jolted quietly, and there were at least three taels of silver in the purse.

He understood, put away his purse with a smile, turned his head and left to greet people, which was obviously not the first time he had done such a thing.

On the other hand, thought that this young lady was much more generous than the wife of the county magistrate, and it was worth doing.

As for whose frame it was, he didn't care. He was just doing something a little bit, with the support of the county magistrate around, as long as nothing big happened.

However, after Lin returned to the hall, he heard the ladies who had not yet left murmur, "look at Qi Jiaerang, who knows to pick up his wife and take her home."

"Qi Jia Erlang, I know that the one who is good-looking is it, but who is the tall and strong one next to him?"

"it is not clear that he is Ye's brother."

"that rotten-hearted Ye er?"

"No, it was Big Brother who just heard Ye yell. I think it was Ye Da."

"it's really good. Seeing that her mother's family has something to rely on, Ye is really lucky."

Lin listened to their words and said nothing, but he sneered in his heart.

How proud is it? We'll see who cries and laughs later.