In fact, if it weren't for the Fang family, Ye Jiao would have forgotten that the Lu family wife told Saburo the marriage.

After all, both the Liu family and the Fang family didn't really want to make this family. Since the mother-in-law and sister-in-law were not happy, Ye Jiao felt that it was impossible, and naturally wouldn't take it to heart.

Now that she suddenly heard it, Ye Jiao also reacted for a while before she recovered.

Liu's squeezed the beads in his hands, covered his mouth with a veil, tilted his head slightly, and said softly to them: "Wait for you two to remember to speak, and if you don't, don't talk."

Fang Clan responded, and Ye Jiao also responded.

Then the little ginseng saw that Liu had put on a smile, and said to Wu Wen who was walking over: "Wuniang, you are here too, it's a coincidence."

"So Sanniang, you are here too." Wu Shi smiled and walked forward, reaching out and gently holding Liu Shi's hand. He looked up and looked very kind, "I originally wanted to take my daughter out to worship. Yes, I didn’t expect to meet Wu Niang again. This is the Seven Girl, she has a beautiful face, and San Niang is so lucky."

Liu's smile remained the same, while Fang's standing behind her with Ye Jiao, whispered: "What a coincidence, today is not the right day, it would be surprising if it is a real coincidence."

Fang's words were small, only Ye Jiao could hear them.

However, after careful calculation, today is indeed not the right day for incense, there are always many pilgrims here, but today I look a little clean.

Liu's still specially picked a clean day, and this can only happen deliberately.

Ye Jiao didn't speak up, but looked at the girl Lu Qi led by Wu clan.

This Lu Qi girl looked unhappy, but she still showed a shy look when she was facing the Liu family, her speech and behavior were also very regular, and she looked pretty like everyone else.

It's just that Miss Lu Qi only saluted the Liu family, but did not give Fang and Ye Jiao half of her eyes.

The Fang clan was mellow, but he had a stubborn temper. People ignored her and did not speak, and followed the Liu clan obediently, and Ye Jiao followed Fang clan to keep quiet.

But Wu did not notice this. She smiled at Liu and said, "It's also fate to meet today. Why don't we have a sip of tea after the incense is finished? The spring water in Qingquan Temple is a must. The tea is also exceptionally clear and sweet."

Liu's smiled and nodded, and then they went uphill on two different mountain roads.

When he was sure that the other party could not hear his own voice, Fang frowned: "Is she so sure that we will agree to this marriage?"

The Liu clan seemed much more peaceful: "Other people's affairs have nothing to do with us." But Liu clan looked at Ye Jiao, "Jiao Niang, what do you think?"

Ye Jiao didn't expect the Liu family to ask herself, she blinked, and then replied: "San Lang is going to prepare for the rural examination, and Xiang Gong also asked him to write 30 characters every day. I think it is very busy."

Liu thinks that this is a very good reason, that is, for a while, I haven't figured out why his youngest son writes 30 characters every day...

On the other hand, the Wu family is determined to win this marriage: "They will naturally agree. This is a great thing. Who wouldn't like it?"

The woman who followed Wu's family first glanced at the Seventh Girl who was walking behind, and then whispered to Wu's: "But I'm not very happy looking at our girl."

Wu's mouth twitched: "Don't worry, she knows the importance. I'm all trying to hide her ugliness now. If she said two years ago that she was happy with Wu Dalang from my natal brother, then I would be happy to do good things for them. But now, Da Lang has married the Qian family, and my sister-in-law is the idiot of the Zhang family. My daughter absolutely has no reason to be a concubine."

"But the girl might not look down upon the Qi family."

Wu used a kerchief to block the corner of his mouth: "Even though the Qi family is a merchant family and his ancestor was born with mud legs, his Saburo is still good. He reads well and looks good, and he is worthy of my daughter."

The woman lowered her head and lowered her voice: "But last time we caught in the yard... When we met Miss and Young Master Wu, that scene... If the Qi family knows about it in the future, let's Lu What about the reputation of the family?"

Wu couldn't help but think of the bad things that day, and the thought of her got a headache.

However, the Wu family was very calm on the face: "It is for this reason that I chose the Qi family. Their family is a small family and can't overcome the storm, and Qi Saburo wants to enter the official career, he must have a personal support. Our family has a Beijing official as a backer, even if the Qi family knows it, they have to take into account the future and pinch their noses."

The more Wu said this, the more confident she became, and she didn't think the Qi family would refuse from the beginning.

The reason for focusing on the Qi family is that the Lu family is now glamorous in appearance, and the inside is empty. It costs money to eat and wear, but the book is empty and can’t last long.

Wu is the wife from the Lu family, who is not confident enough, but has no son, only one daughter, and there is no way to make money out of thin air through repeated plots.

Later, the Lu family focused on the Qi family's wine recipe, and the Wu family focused on Qi Saburo. The more they pondered, the more they felt that the Qi family was the most suitable family to take over their daughter.

She even thought that if she married her daughter, Qi Saburo would get an official backer, and the Lu family could come from the Qi family to come to the shop as a betrothal gift to make up for the shortfall, and her daughter would be able to cover up the ugly affairs with Wu Jiadalang. It is a good thing that kills three birds with one stone.

As for Qi Saburo's face, Wu never cared about it.

When the incense was finished, the two families met again at the stone table in the courtyard.

Ye Jiao looked at the tea set that had been placed there, and knew that her sister-in-law was right. The Lu family had come prepared for the mother and daughter, otherwise they would not have made such a comprehensive preparation.

Girl Lu Qi is not as good at covering up as Wu's, she is still young, and her face always brings out some arrogance.

However, her tea art studies are not bad, and she is quite pleasing to the eye. Even Liu's nodded.

But when she was about to pass Mei Ziqing's teacup to Liu's, she shook slightly as soon as she was together.

Ye Jiao quickly reached out to support her, held her hand bowl with one hand, and held her arm with the other hand, helping her to stand firm, and the tea in the cup did not spill out.

Girl Lu Qi glanced at Ye Jiao and slowly thanked her.

Ye Jiao didn't reply immediately, but frowned slightly, and when she let go of her hand, she gave a bow and sat down again.

The Liu family took a sip of the teacup, and he said some polite remarks with Wu family. Most of them were flattering. As long as Qi Saburo was involved, the stubble was blocked by Liu family.

But Ye Jiao seemed a little silent, until the three of them returned to the carriage, Ye Jiao said nothing.

Fang couldn't help asking her: "Sister, what do you think?"

Ye Jiao looked up at Fang's family, then at Liu's family, but didn't say anything, she reached out and took a piece of red bean cake and put it in her mouth.

Liu's smile: "I'm afraid I'm hungry," then she pushed the plate toward Ye Jiao, "eat some, and have dinner later when I go."

Ye Jiao nodded and took another piece.

At the Qi family, Qi Yun was counting the things he brought back yesterday in the small room of his yard.

Tie Zi is already a very capable person next to Qi Yun, especially his planning skills, even Song Guanshi can't compare to him.

But Rao is so capable of Tiezi, and after checking his account all afternoon, he feels his arms are sour.

However, his face was always excited. When the last sum was credited, Tiezi's cheeks were flushed, and his voice was full of joy: "Second Young Master, this trip has made a lot of money!"

Qi Yun was not too surprised. In other words, he had thought of the profit of the caravan early: "These gouache rouge are not top-grade, but they are more expensive than gold when they are sent out."

Tie Zi nodded his head again and again, just looking at the book, the usual five-dollar rouge is sold for fifty tongs, and someone wants it. This business is really good.

Qi Yun's voice was calm: "Ordinary caravans like to bring porcelain tea. Even though these are easy to sell, they are easy to break, and they are worthless if they bump. These rouge gouaches are different. They are packed in wooden boxes and are not easy to bump. The price is fixed. People will buy it at any higher level, and it will naturally be profitable."

Tiezi remembered these words in his heart and nodded while listening.

On the other hand, Qi Yun picked up another roster with his mouth turned slightly. He was not moved by the thousands of silver coins, but this roster made Qi Yun smile: "The most rare thing is this caravan When I went out, only a few were injured and no one was lost. This business will be easy to do in the future."

Ordinary caravans go out to fight for their lives, and they will easily be wiped out when they encounter a ditch.

Now that the caravan of the Qi family has gone back, it can be as safe as possible, especially if he is caught by a deserter, but he can still be saved. After that, if he forms a caravan again, there will be more people who want to join than now.

The benefits must be endless.

But when two people were discussing business matters, one of them felt bored.

Xu Bao looked at Qi Yun with a small face and threw away the cloth tiger in his hand a little unhappy.

He has a good temper and is quiet. He can have fun playing with himself, but Xu Bao will be unhappy if someone next to him ignores him.

But even though Xu Bao is small, he has a long memory. He knows that his act of acting like a baby is useful for Ye Jiao, but it has no effect on Qi Yun.

So Xu Bao chose to strive for attention.

He walked to the bottom of Qi Yun's desk with his short legs, and in Qi Yun's suspicious gaze, he hugged Qi Yun's calf, and his small fleshy hands worked hard to grasp Qi Yun's trouser legs.

Then, using both hands and feet, I want to climb up.

It happened that he was short and chubby, and he didn't move after a long time.

Qi Yun:...

For a while, Qi Yun didn't know what to do. If he pushed him away, he was afraid of hurting his fat son's heart, but if he ignored him, Xu Bao couldn't climb up.

At this moment, there was some movement outside.

Tiezi went over and opened the door to take a look, and then turned to Qi Yun and said, "Second Young Master, Second Young Grandma is back."

Qi Yun got up hurriedly, picked up Xu Bao, who was walking on the spot, and went out.

Ye Jiao carried a few paper bags in her hand, which she bought when she accompanied Liu's Fang family to the shop. The contents were all pastries bought from Fengshengzhai. As for the other Ye Jiao, they didn't like it.

Seeing Qi Yun coming out with Xubao in his arms, Ye Jiao hurriedly walked a few steps, opened the door for them, and said, "Hurry in, it's cold outside."

Xu Bao stretched out his hand when he saw Ye Jiao, and shouted his mother softly.

No one heard this voice softened, and Ye Jiao was no exception.

She took Xu Bao and held it in her arms, but she looked at Qi Yun with her eyes.

Qi Yun understood this, knowing that this was what his wife had to say, but he was not in a hurry. First, he played with Xu Bao with Ye Jiao for a while, and when Xu Bao fell asleep, they left the inner room lightly. Sit down at the table in the outer room.

There was still warm inside the paper bag on the table, Qi Yun touched it, and picked one that was still hot and opened it, and he saw that there were chubby **** inside.

I picked the best looking one and handed it to Ye Jiao. The little ginseng didn't stretch out his hand, but took a bite with Qi Yun's hand.

The outside is made of glutinous rice, which is crispy fried, and the filling is made of sesame sugar crumbs inside. It is especially soft and waxy, and it feels sweet and fragrant after a bite.

After taking a bite, Ye Jiao stared at the tooth marks on the mat and smiled and said, "Like the moon."

Qi Yun also took a bite with Ye Jiao's tooth mark, and lifted the remaining puffballs and shook them: "Then it is the crescent moon now."

In fact, this kind of little joke is not funny when you say it from other people’s mouths. It is partial to the depths. Even if you just stay together, it feels funny. Now such a not-so-funny joke can make the little ginseng buried his face Qi Yun smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Because he was holding the hemp ball in his hand, Qi Yun was afraid of contaminating Ye Jiao’s skirt, so he could only slightly raise his hand, stop Ye Jiao’s waist with his other hand, pat gently, and bow his head to taste Let's see what the lips of the girl's lips taste like.

But before that, Ye Jiao had sat up straight, took a sip from the tea cup, diluted the inner sweetness with the fragrance of clear tea, and said to Qi Yun: "I have something to tell you. "

It's rare for Qi Yun to hear Ye Jiao's serious speech, nodded, put the hemp ball aside, wiped his hands with the kerchief, and said: "Okay, Jiao Niang said, I will listen carefully."

However, there was a lot of sesame oil, and the wipe was not clean, so Ye Jiao went to take the soap ball to wash his hands, and said after washing his hands, "Sir, I went to incense with my mother today and saw Miss Lu Qi."

Qi Yun took a cloth towel and wiped his hands, and heard the words: "The Lu family is very anxious."

Ye Jiao looked at him, and then said: "She also made tea, and my mother said it was good, but..."

"what?"

"Msang-gong, in fact, I will get the pulse."

Qi Yun was not surprised by this. After all, his wife was full of medicinal flowers in the yard, and she could save people by rubbing a ball. It was not surprising that she would go to the drugstore often and get her pulse.

Ye Jiao gently shook Qi Yun's hand and whispered, "I touched Miss Lu Qi's pulse. She seems to be pregnant for more than a month."

As soon as he said this, Qi Yun frowned.

Ye Jiao didn't tell Liu immediately, because Xiao Renshen couldn't understand why she had to marry after she was pregnant, and she always came back to ask her husband if she didn't understand.

But Qi Yun was different. From the very beginning, he believed that the Lu family was uneasy and kind. Now that he heard what Ye Jiao said, the window paper that had been vague before was finally torn.

Seeing that his expression was different, Ye Jiao couldn't help but ask, "Whose child is this child?"

Qi Yun hugged her: "No one belongs to Saburo, but it's better not to tell others about it for the time being, I'm afraid that Miss Lu Qi's parents don't know that there is such a child."

If they knew, they would never let this child stay.

This is not a child, but a handle.

Seeing Qi Yun said a word and fell silent, Ye Jiao couldn't help but patted him: "Then should I tell my mother?"

Qi Yun lowered his head to face her and smiled softly: "No, don't worry my mother, we don't have to do anything about this. There are people in the Lu family who are more anxious than us."

Ye Jiao really left the matter behind and didn't think about it anymore.

In the next few days, Ye Jiao was dragged by Qi Yun to learn to look after the books and manage affairs. After all, Qi Yun was the one who wanted to buy mountains. There were two villagers on it, and they would naturally be entrusted to Ye Jiao.

However, Qi Yun quietly sent people out, surrounded Lu's house, and bought another teahouse.

Little Ginseng didn't inquire about this, as long as he studied seriously with the account book, his life passed quickly.

Until the twelfth lunar month, Ye Jiao learned a general idea, and Qi Yun also handed over the land deed to the manor on the mountain to his wife, and made an appointment to see it together.

But when they went out, Ye Jiao found that Fang had also gone out with someone.

She couldn't help asking Qi Yun: "Msang Gong, where is the sister-in-law going?"

Qi Yun kissed her with a soft voice: "Watching the show."

The little ginseng was a little curious when he heard the words: "My mother asked me once and let me follow, but I don't understand it well, is it good-looking this time?"

Qi Yun squeezed Ye Jiao's fingertips, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "Good-looking is good-looking, but it will probably smear your eyes, so it's better not to go."

Ye Jiao looked at Fang's carriage leaving with a pity, and then went with Qi Yun to the mountain to look at the yard.

On the other hand, Fang took the people aggressively, suffocated his stomach, and talked about it. After getting into the carriage, he bit his back teeth and said to the woman next to him: "Is the news handed by Erlang accurate? "

"Quiz, the second young master of the nearby teahouse has already been taken down. Someone is staring at it, saying that the girl Lu Qi often goes in and out of a garden not far from the teahouse, and Wu Jiada Lang followed it many times. , But now it's starting again somehow."

Fang smiled angrily, but after all he took a deep breath, held it back, and whispered: "Then we handed over to the Lu's post, did you pick it up?"

The mother-in-law replied: "I took it, and said that Mrs. Lu would come in person, but the girl Lu Qi felt cold and should not go out."

"That's right, doesn't the Wu clan of the Lu family like to climb relatives with my family? Then I asked her to have tea this time, which is considered to be her kindness."