Ye Pingrong won and returned to Korea, so there was a lot of excitement in the capital for a while, and when the excitement was over, it was July.

The people in the capital began to decorate again for the Qixi Festival.

On this day, Qixi Festival is not only unmarried women to beg for marriage for themselves, married women will also get together for a banquet game, and Jinling drunken, which has just been put on the market, quickly flourished and demand fell short of supply.

Qin, who was in charge of the business, walked with a breeze over the past two days, and even though he was able to maintain his usual gentleness and gentleness in front of Qi Yun, he spoke much faster than usual: "the second young master expected it to be exactly the same. Qixi Festival is really good these days."

Qi Yun was sitting in his study fiddling with the wind wheel when he heard the words and said, "what's the good thing?"

I thought that Qin steward had a heart-pleasing woman, but who knew that Qin steward blurted out: "of course, Jinling is drunk and sells well, which is the greatest good thing."

Qi Yun:.

Well, what was he expecting? The temper in the eyes of the money in charge of the family will probably never be changed for the rest of his life.

While the iron on one side tried to hold back his smile and stretched out his hand to pull the rope at hand.

This rope drives the newly installed wind wheel in the study these days.

Because of the previous merger of the original Wen family house, Qi Yun's study was also changed, with emerald bamboo planted in front and running water drawn. Even if it was not as refreshing as the cool house, it was much better than the previous study.

Originally, Qi Yun was not afraid of heat. In the past, he was always cold. In summer, he could be held by Ye Jiao and used as a bamboo lady. He was always afraid of the cold and not the heat.

But now Qi Yun's body is much healthier, the body is much warmer, and it is hard to avoid feeling summer heat in summer.

However, Qi Erlang still could not eat cold things, and Ye Jiao stared at him all the time, for fear of provoking his body repeatedly, so Ye Jiao had to find another way to relieve the summer heat, so Ye Jiao specially asked someone to find a craftsman and put a wind wheel in his room.

Hanging from the roof of the house was a row of large silk fans, which were drawn down by a rope, and the iron was pulled slightly, and the fans shook slowly so that they could fan out the wind.

Tiezi was originally holding the ledger in one hand and the wind wheel in the other, but after Qin came in, he focused his attention on Qin.

Now that Qin was in charge of talking about the drunkenness of Jinling, Tiezi looked at Qi Yun and said, "second young master, I'll go and see if the apricot cheese is ready."

Qi Yun, on the other hand, waved his hand and said in a gentle voice, "you follow, you don't have to go out."

Tiezi then sat still, straightened his back and listened attentively to what they said.

The manager of Qin did not mind, but said with a smile, "three hundred bottles of Jinling were sold, but they were bought by people from all walks of life. Many high-ranking women asked people to queue up early for this begging festival, and most of them were sold to them."

Qi Yun was not surprised: "originally Jinling drunk taste lighter, import Huigan, will not be too spicy, women like it is very normal." Then Qi Yun paused, "but you still have to be careful to do business and seek money instead of gas."

Qin responded with a smile on his face and handed the account book to Qi Yun.

Instead of opening it immediately, Qi Yun put it aside and said to Qin, "have you replied to me about doing this business with Princess Huanning?"

Qin steward heard the speech, her face slightly straightened up, said respectfully: "her Royal Highness the eldest princess has come to talk about it before, because the general Ye is busy with the military, so she can't handle it for the time being, so her Royal Highness has to take matters into his own hands." It has been said twice before, and the constitution has been drawn up, and it will be agreed upon after a few days when her Royal Highness the eldest princess is free. "

Qi Yun could not help glancing at Qin in charge and said, "you seem to be a little concerned about this?" It is clear that Qin was particularly unwilling to be in charge of things at first.

This person is used to being a money junkie, while Jinling's drunkenness is profiteering, so he will only get more and more money.

Co-operation with people is to hand over the benefits that can be obtained, but the money that falls into the palm of the hand has to be helplessly watched as it is taken away. Qin is naturally not happy to be in charge of the business.

Qi Yun was curious about what changed Qin's mind.

As soon as this remark came out, Qin's manager smiled: "before, I was unfathomable about my boss's mind, but now I think that if there is her Royal Highness the eldest princess, it will do no harm to this business."

It was only in the last few days that he figured it out.

Because Qixi Festival arrived, Jinling sold very well drunk, some want to drink, some want to give away, and after running out of goods, there are no longer a small number of noisy people.

Even though the Qi family is one of the best among the merchants, the capital is full of powerful families. They are really hated by others, but I am afraid it will not be easy to end.

That is to say, in the past two days, there have been a lot more people looking for trouble in the Qi family restaurant than usual.

Even though Qin loves money like life, he knows what is right and what is wrong.

With the support of the eldest princess, this business can be done for a long time. Anyone who wants to make trouble should consider whether they have the courage to offend Princess Huanning.

The purpose of making profit is to make more profits in the future, and it is particularly cost-effective to use some money to buy Ping an. Having figured this out, Qin is naturally willing to take charge of the matter.

Seeing what he said, Qi Yun nodded and looked at the iron to one side.

Tiezi also nodded and kept in mind what they said, which will always be used in the future.

However, about Ye Pingrong, Qi Yun did not say much. He had speculation in his mind, but this guess could not be known by outsiders.

Others may not know, but Ye Jiao often goes in and out of Huaning, and is also very concerned about her eldest brother, so she can find out that Ye Pingrong went to the palace not long ago to ask for war, as if she wanted to reinforce Liu Rong.

But in the end, Chu Chengyun did not send him, but let another older and experienced old general lead his troops.

When Ye Jiao heard it, she felt that there was nothing unusual in it and didn't care, but Qi Yun listened to it in her ears, but she remembered it in her heart.

Now that Ye Pingrong had become a great general, it was only a matter of time before he returned from the border, and it was time to rest and recuperate, but he was going to ask for reinforcements. The only reason Qi Yun could think of was that he had a strong personal relationship with Liu Rong. I'm afraid Liu Rong is already in trouble.

As for what the trouble is, just looking at Ye Pingrong's nervousness, we can see that it is only big or small.

But Qi Yun would choose to be silent, even to Ye Jiao, he never said one more word.

It was not only because he speculated that it could not be true, but also because close people knew what happened between Liu Rong and Shi. Shi even went to Shi Tianrui to talk about it, which provoked the bad face of that Lord Shi for several days. think that as long as Liu Rong returns, the two will get married.

Now Liu Rong's side is not going well, ordinary people do not know, but the people involved must know.

Ye Pingrong is a general, while Shi Tianrui is in charge of military and political affairs. They should all know it, but they both choose to hide it from Shi, and they have their own reasons.

It is useless for those behind to lead troops to fight a war, no matter how worried they are. It is better not to talk about it, to avoid that worry, and to save the thoughts of those who are involved in the front line.

And this kind of news can be concealed as long as you want to hide it, just keep your mouth shut, and there is either a grudge or something wrong with what you have to say to Shi.

Qi Yun did not do this hated thing, so he no longer thought about anything, just picked up the account books and looked through them.

Qin, on the other hand, sat aside and occasionally opened his mouth, talking about the drunkenness of Jinling.

Qi Jing listened carefully, and when the account was clear, he put it aside again.

The manager of Qin was about to leave, but he heard Qi Yun say, "there is something I want to talk to you about in detail."

Ordinary Qi Yun said that most of them had the idea of making money again.

As soon as the Qin steward's eyes lit up, his smile was still gentle and gentle, and his voice was gentle and gentle: "Please speak, master, and the villain is all ears."

Qi Yun waved to Tiezi. Tiezi let go of the wind wheel and pulled the rope, trotted over and stood aside. Qi Yun said, "now we have done enough business on the river. Even if the court is now ready to open a new port, it will still take a long time, so I think we should take a longer view."

As soon as Qin was in charge of the matter, he seemed to be puzzled.

Tiezi, on the other hand, remembered what Qi Yun had said to Chu Chengyun and looked straight at Qi Yun.

I heard Qi Yun say, "if we can sail by sea, shall we send a boat to try shipping?"

The sea has not been touched by anyone so far, and ordinary people's awe of the sea is like awe of the sky. Even if some people wonder what the other side of the sea is like, they usually go to sea only nearby, and no one dares to go far away.

If he were someone else, he would say that he was whimsical when he heard what Qi Yun said.

But Qin is in charge of things differently.

Qi Yun was convinced that this man was a money buff and an extraordinary string of money. as long as he had money to earn, Qin would have unlimited courage and imagination.

Qi Yun has always felt that it is good to be addicted to people's money, or at least he has the courage to do so.

Sure enough, instead of being shocked, Qin slightly bowed his head and began to think about the feasibility of the matter. after thinking about it for a while, he said to Qi Yun, "if it can be done, it will naturally be very profitable, but there are also a lot of risks." relying solely on the current ability of our shipyard, I am afraid there is no way to build a ship that can sail for a long time at sea. "

Qi Yun said faintly, "what if the court supports it?"

As soon as Qin's eyes lit up and his face was overjoyed, he stood up and said, "this is excellent. If the court supports it, it will work!"

Qi Yun slightly warped the corners of his mouth, while Tiezi looked at Qin in surprise. He didn't seem to think that the man in charge, who had always been dressed like a literati, was so bold.

But think about it, Qin board of governors kung fu, before in front of the Qi family, in order to get rid of Shen big girl, Qin steward with one enemy ten, think he is only deceiving people in this scholar costume.

Then suddenly the manager Qin, who had a goal, left, ready to prepare for his sailing dream.

Qi Yun, on the other hand, looked at Tiezi and said, "you just keep everything you said in mind."

Knowing that Qi Yun was cultivating him, Tiezi naturally said very seriously, "Yes, I wrote it all down."

Qi Yun nodded, picked up the tea on one side and sipped it. "this milk tea tastes good," he said. "where's Niao Niang?"

Tiezi replied, "Mrs. Shi is here. She should be in the garden now."

"prepare a pot of milk tea and send it to Niao Niang."

"Yes."

In the long corridor of the courtyard, Ye Jiao was holding Ruyi and Shi Shi was holding Ningbao. The two were smiling and watching Xubao chasing butterflies all over the place.

Today is the begging festival, Shi held a banquet in his orchard, but the banquet will not begin until the sun sets.

Now it is still in dog days, the sun is hot, we seldom go out during the day, and all the begging and skillful things are arranged during the period from evening to night, so that the air is cooler so that we can be lively together.

Shi clasped Ning Bao, who was yawning in his arms, and smiled at Ye Jiao and said, "it's a little hot today, but the weather is excellent. The rain stopped a while ago, and the dark clouds dispersed, so it was naturally a clear sky."

Ye Jiao didn't care much about whether it rained or not. she didn't even pay too much attention to the begging festival. after all, Little Ginseng didn't ask for marriage like an ordinary woman. when she was an adult, she sat on the sedan chair married to Qi Yun. There was no need to ask at all. The marriage was decided.

However, she still liked the custom of the Qiqiao Festival. Now Ye Jiao stretched out her hand and looked at the flowers and plants crushed into mud on her fingernails. she shook somewhat strangely, looked at Shi and asked, "will there really be color?"

Shi smiled and nodded, reached out and gently pulled her wrist: "you have to wait to get the color, don't worry."

This nail dyeing is a custom of the Qiqiao Festival, but don't know what Shi represents. just thought it was interesting to dye nails, so came to play with Ye Jiao.

Ruyi is still young, and he knows nothing about the affairs of these daughters' families. Now he just takes the cakes and eats them.

If you see your mother's fingertips look good, you will put them into your mouth when you grasp them.

Ye Jiao quickly took a piece of milk cake to feed her, which was regarded as a break from the ideal idea, and Ruyi's attention was soon attracted by the dragon and Phoenix fetal brother holding the ball, and smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch Ningbao's little leg.

Ning Bao is the one who doesn't like to be rubbed. No one else is allowed to touch him except those who are close to him. In addition, his strength is much stronger than that of children of the same age, and it hurts to kick people.

It's just that Ruyi is the exception. Ning Bao will not object to what Ruyi wants to do. Even if Ruyi pinches his leg and rubs his stomach, Ning Bao just looks at it and lets it go.

Shi thought they were funny, covered his lips and smiled, with love in his eyes.

Ye Jiao, on the other hand, saw much more. Knowing the temper of her children, she did not restrain them. Although she held Ruyi steadily and did not let her fall, Ye Jiao looked at Mrs. Mo and said, "go and ask Xubao to come in and eat some melons to relieve the heat." always run outside and don't let her get caught in the sun. "

Mrs. Mo responded and went down the steps to talk to Xubao.

Although Xiao Xubao had not yet caught the butterfly, he obediently followed Mrs. Mo into the promenade. As the child usually sat in the room reading, today it was a great amount of exercise. As soon as he sat down, he began to gasp for breath.

But Ye Jiao could see that Xubao was having a good time, and there was a smile on her face. She wiped his sweat with a veil, pointed to the plate with melons on it, and said softly, "here, it's all cool in the well."

Xubao took a piece and took a bite, and his mouth was bulging. After swallowing it, he asked Ye Jiao, "Niang, aren't there frozen fruits?" This is not cold enough. "

Ye Jiao pinched the small meat face of Nii Xubao and said in her mouth, "you can't eat more of what's in the ice book, or you'll have a bad stomach."

Xu Bao answered, and stopped asking, just continued to eat melons.

This made Shi feel particularly surprised and whispered to Ye Jiao: "you are so well-bred, you are very reasonable, and you listen as soon as you say it. It is not easy for a child of this age to be so obedient."

Ye Jiao did not feel that she had taught Xubao too much, and she was not greedy for meritorious service. She just said, "when Xubao was a child, he remembered what was said in the book, and he thought what was right in the book." then Ye Jiao looked to Xubao. "what do you think of Xubao?"

Xu Bao is nibbling melons, although the ears have been listening to the two people talking, but there is no time to pick a fight.

When Ye Jiao asked himself, he put aside the clean melon peel, wiped his mouth with a cloth, and said, "A loving mother loves her son, not for retribution." My mother naturally loves Xubao. What she says is always good for Xubao, so of course you have to listen to it. "

When Shi heard the words, his eyes were surprised and envious.

It is wonderful for Xubao to be so clever, but how many children can utter poems casually when they are so old?

When really don't know whether envy Ye Jiao or Xubao's talent and intelligence, it seems that Wen qu Xing has come down to earth.

Ye Jiao, on the other hand, smiled and touched the top of her baby's hair, looked at the hour and asked, "normally you would go to Mr. Feng to read at this time. Why didn't you go today?"

Xu Bao was holding the second piece of melon, and before he took a bite, he looked up at Ye Jiao and said, "Sir, he wants to print the book, saying that he won't read today."

Post a book?

Ye Jiao was puzzled, and Shi explained, "Today is not only Qixi Festival, but also the birthday of the legendary Kuixing. Scholars will post their books on this day and worship Kuixing. I think many scholars have gone out to party today."

On hearing this, Xubao could not remember to eat melons, but sat up straight and asked, "Auntie, what does it mean to worship Kuixing?"

Shi smiled and his voice slowed down when he spoke to the child: "it is expected that Kui Xing will bless himself as the top student in high school in the imperial examination."

On hearing this, Xu Bao immediately had a reaction in his head.

The number one student in high school is to be an official, a high official and a prime minister!

Xubao, who took being an official as his goal in life, immediately lost his mind to eat melons. He came down from the stone bench, saluted Ye Jiao and Shi, and trotted to find Feng Xiucai, ready to post books with him, and then came back to take the top prize in the exam.

Mrs. Mo hurriedly followed for fear that Xubao might fall.

Ye Jiao didn't ask any more questions, but smiled at Xu Bao as she walked away. She looked down at her fingernails and said, "can you get rid of it?"

Shi felt that the time was about the same, so he asked people to take Ningbao and Ruyi to one side of the cot, and she took a handkerchief to get rid of the flower mud on Ye Jiao's fingernails.

Then, Ye Jiao saw that her fingernails were covered with a layer of red, which was not as thick as scarlet, but this layer of red attached to her nails was also very good-looking.

Ye Jiao looked at it and thought it was fresh, fiddling with it all the time.

Shi Shi said: "this color can last for a few days, but if you wash too much, it will be gone. If you like this color, you can buy more flowers that dye your nails. The colors are all different."

Ye Jiao smiled and nodded, and then she took Shi's hand and helped her get rid of the mud.

Because the flower paste used by two people is the same, when placed together, the color of the fingernails of the two hands are very similar.

However, Shi's hands are no longer as delicate as those of a young girl, while Ye Jiao's hands are still as white and smooth as satin.

Shi was not angry when she looked at the comparison. Instead, she felt lucky. In the Wen family, her hands were delicate, but her life was almost in. Now, when she was fiddling with the orchard, she fell in love with wild things such as fishing and boating, and she lived a carefree life. I don't care what's going on with her hands.

But looking at Ye Jiao's good-looking hand, Shi could not help but hold it, pinched it, and felt that it felt very good.

Ye Jiao let her pinch and said with a smile, "it's almost time for me to look at it. Let's go to the orchard."

Shi nodded, stood up, walked to the gate with Ye Jiao and got into the carriage.

Because today is a begging festival, there are many pedestrians walking around in the street, and there are also many vendors on both sides. Instead of sitting in the carriage all the time, Ye Jiao and Shi will come down and have a look when they see the objects they like.

Whether they are roadside vendors or merchants sitting on both sides of the shop, they will take a look. If they like the small pieces, they will buy them and give them to the girls who follow them. If they like the big ones, buy them first and let the store send them to your house later.

When they were tired of walking, they went back to the carriage, which ran all the way to the orchard on the outskirts of Beijing.

Shi's orchard is in the suburbs, not far from the Zhuangzi that Qi Yun bought. Ye Jiao looked at it as she passed by and saw that it was almost relaxing. She thought it would be cooler to move here later than in the capital.

When you get outside the orchard, you can see a lot of carriages parked nearby.

Although there are few brands on the outside of each frame, most of the cars of large families are customized, no matter inside or outside, they have to be carefully decorated, using different materials and different patterns, and you can recognize whose carriage it is if you see it more times.

Ye Jiao is not as unforgettable as Qi Yun and Xubao, but she can recognize the tea parties and banquets she attended in the capital.

At a glance, we can see that most of these families are high-end families, but there are few merchants.

Among them, Shi knew in his heart that now Shi Tianrui rose from the wind and water in the imperial court and firmly held his official post. before, everyone said that the position of Privy Master was poisonous, and several had been changed in three years, but now Shi Tianrui could control the Privy Council. can also be appreciated by the emperor, discerning people can see that Shi Tianrui's future is limitless.

There are not many relatives of Lord Shi, and the Zheng family is an honorable family, but Shi is his own sister and is happy to make friends, so now every family will naturally come to the banquet.

Shi has always been a long-sleeved dancer, even when the Wen family was having a hard time, as long as he went out, he was a regular at many tea parties and was particularly familiar with these scenes.

Now she took Ye Jiao on her arm and said with a smile, "Let's go. I've prepared a lot of good fruit, as well as new lychee trees, which are very rare. They all have to be eaten when they are fresh."

Ye Jiao is addicted to sweetness and naturally likes litchi, so she smiles and enters the door with Shi.

However, Ye Jiao did not socialize with others with Shi. The villain is not a person who is happy with this way. She only came to Shi and this table of fruit.

She answered when someone talked to her, but no one paid any attention to her, but she was happy to eat lychees.

Shi went around and then returned to Ye Jiao and said, "those unmarried girls are begging for luck, and some games are particularly interesting. Although you and I don't have to ask for marriage, it's fun not to go and have a look."

Ye Jiao put a freshly peeled lychee into Shi's mouth and said with a smile, "OK, I'll see it later."

Just then, someone came over and said, "the old slave greets Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Shi. I wonder if the two ladies are free?" My master wants to come and talk to the two ladies. "

Ye Jiao looked up and felt that the man looked familiar and thought about it before remembering that this was the woman who had kidnapped Miss Zhu outside Qi Mingmen.

At that time, the woman said that her master.

Shi obviously recognized the woman and said with a smile, "if you are free, invite your girl to come." After waiting for her wife to leave, Shi whispered to Ye Jiao, "her master is Meng family five girls, Meng Zhilan."

Ye Jiao blinked, then remembered that she had never seen Meng Wu girl before, and now she finally wants to see it?

But before Miss Meng Wu came, a woman drew a curtain, stepped forward quickly and whispered to Shi, "Ma'am, go out and have a look. There are two girls quarreling outside."

The author has something to say: Ruyi: pinch your brother

Ning Bao: well, here you are

Xu Bao: pinch your brother

Ningbao: squeeze it back with your backhand

Xu Bao:. Huh?

Today, the wind is blowing here and I want to go out for an outing, but in order not to be blown away, I choose to stay at home.

It is expected that it will be a fine day tomorrow.