At the entrance of Qiao's courtyard, Zhou Yanqing's large carriage was parked steadily there.
Qiao Mingjin looked up at the sky. This seemed to come earlier than yesterday.
Looking at Zhou Yanqing's side, she hugged Wan'er for a sweet and cozy intimacy. Then she looked at Qiao Mingjin who was standing at the courtyard gate with a smile on her face.
It's only been a day, but the more I look at it, the happier I am. It looks a little more colorful than before. Sure enough, is there beauty in those eyes? Zhou Yanqing feels beautiful in her heart.
He carried Wan'er into the courtyard gate. Shitou and the driver followed behind carrying several parcel baskets.
"Ms. Qiao, where do you think these things should be placed?"
Qiao Mingjin glanced at Zhou Yanqing: "What are they?"
"I'm not very sure, I just asked my servants to prepare it."
As he spoke, he ordered a baggage, took it and placed it on the low couch in the side room, while Shitou and the coachman placed the other baggage on the table respectively.
Qiao Mingjin opened it casually and was stunned when she saw what was inside.
“Where does the seafood come from?”
Yesterday I just said it casually, but today this guy brought a few packages.
Zhou Yanqing came over with Wan'er in her arms, took a look at the opened baggage, and said: "They are all dry goods. We rarely buy fresh ones here. Didn't you say you like to eat seafood yesterday? I went home last night
Let them dig it out in the storehouse. We don’t have fresh food in the house, but these dry goods are often available."
Qiao Mingjin flipped through and found kelp, seaweed, squid, sea cucumbers, various snail meats, shrimps, dried shrimps, and some dried fish.
Qiao Mingjin smiled: "There are quite a lot of varieties."
Zhou Yanqing also flipped through it a few times: "This is nothing. There will be more varieties in spring and when the weather is cool. Now the weather is hot and the house can't keep it. They are all used up. Plus
The weather is hot and there are few goods shipped from the coast."
"Is it expensive?"
"It's not very expensive. There are a lot of these things along the coast, and they're not easy to store, so they're very cheap. Sometimes you get a lot of them, and they're even cheaper than our chicken and pork. It's just a long way to transport them to us.
The edges have become rare goods. Some of them were bought by the government from dry goods stores, and some were brought back from the coastal areas by the government's caravans. So they are not worth it. I went back late yesterday, so I just let them
I dug it out, but I didn’t pick it carefully. I’ll bring it over next time if there’s something good.”
Qiao Mingjin smiled at him. He left Xiahe Village just before noon last night. He was probably holding a lamp when he returned to the house. He still remembered what she liked to eat, and asked his servants to rummage in the treasury overnight. Today he
Go out early in the morning...
Zhou Yanqing saw her gaze and looked back.
He also looked at him steadily.
This woman finally stopped being hesitant about the things he sent her as before. She no longer treated him as an ordinary guest. She was secretly happy.
He pinched Wan'er's cheek. After putting her down, he rummaged through several bundles on the table, turned around and shouted, "Didn't you bring the fish balls you ordered the kitchen to make last night?"
As soon as Shitou heard this, he scurried in and loudly replied: "Take it, take it."
As he spoke, he dug things out of a bamboo basket.
He opened it in front of Qiao Mingjin and said, "These are the fish balls that I ordered the kitchen to make overnight yesterday. They have no spines."
Zhou Yanqing raised her leg and kicked him weakly: "Talk too much."
He took a look into the oil paper bag and said, "Why do you only have these?"
Shitou said with a bitter face: "My Lord, we returned to the mansion at the same time yesterday, but we were lucky. These fish were left over from the female relatives of the county magistrate who were invited to the mansion yesterday. Otherwise, there would be no fish.
"
"Don't you know how to buy it now?"
"My lord, where can I buy it in the middle of the night?"
"Damn slave, you don't understand anything! The stalls at the market have been closed, why don't you go to the wine shops to buy them? I don't believe that the wine shops have used up all the fish they prepare every day."
Shitou buried his head in his chest, feeling aggrieved.
Qiao Mingjin glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "I've worked hard for you all night. If you don't reward me, I'll punish you. Why do you prepare so much? It's hot today, and I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you."
Zhou Yanqing glanced at Shitou and said, "Don't go out yet! You've been with me for so long and you haven't made any progress at all. You won't leave until I show you the way."
When Shitou heard that he was being pardoned, he ducked out.
In addition to some dried seafood and a few small packages of fish balls, there was also a basket of seasonal fruits and several pieces of brightly colored cloth on the table.
Qiao Mingjin was very interested in the basket of fruits. She grabbed a dozen and handed them to Wan'er and Mingqi: "Let's play with them."
The aunt and nephew nodded to them, then held hands and went out happily holding the fruit.
"Don't bring so many things every time you come here. There is no shortage at home. Besides, someone in your house should talk about it."
Zhou Yanqing disagreed and leaned on the chair, saying: "What are these worth? There are only a few taels of silver in total. Is there any room in the house that doesn't have relatives from the natal family? But our room has never received anything from the warehouse all year round.
thing."
Then he patted the pieces of cloth and said: "These pieces of brocade have just been sent to the house, and they are also the most fashionable materials. You can cut them and make clothes to wear. I see that you are dressed in plain clothes all day long.
Gently, with an old-fashioned look on his face."
Qiao Mingjin looked at him and said with a smile, "Isn't this too disgusting?"
Zhou Yanqing touched her nose and said, "That's not true. But if I add one or two more points, I will be very happy."
Qiao Mingjin glanced at him sideways. Men are indeed good-looking.
Avoid him and go to the table to clean up.
Zhou Yanqing kept staring at her, naturally not missing the expression on her face, and said with a smile: "Don't misunderstand me, I give you these, naturally I don't want to wrong you. It makes no sense that I am a glamorous person, but I am
It's bitter, right? All the girls in my courtyard wear silk and satin. Besides, I am a normal man, and he is naturally good-looking. Of course he knows how to marry a good wife, but if you look at him at first glance, he is a crooked melon.
I'm afraid no one will know what is virtuous and virtuous if you keep me around."
Qiao Mingjin looked at his matter-of-fact look and couldn't laugh or cry.
It’s rare to see people express their preference for colors like this, which is quite candid.
He smiled and said, "What do you mean by 'can be considered a normal man'? Have you never been a normal man? Besides, flowers last forever, and beauty fades away. Are you planning to just put it away after just one spring?"
Zhou Yanqing straightened up and said sternly: "Of course normal men have the right to pursue beauty, but I have never heard of any man who specifically pursues ugliness. The good man Huawu Bairi naturally knows that he has such a noble and graceful appearance.
, handsome and unrestrained, he will naturally grow old with time, and naturally he will not dare to dislike others."
Hearing his remark, Qiao Mingjin laughed so hard that tears almost flowed out. Is there anyone so narcissistic? He is also suave, handsome and unrestrained.
I didn't know that this guy could also joke casually.
Zhou Yanqing's eyes did not move, staring at the woman in front of her who was smiling happily to herself, and she felt her eyes soften and her heart soften.
Like the reeds blown by the breeze, gentle and soft.
Zhou Yanqing took a step forward, supported Qiao Mingjin's unsteady body from laughing, and stared at her face intently.
He reached out and scraped her face, and it was smooth. Seeing that Qiao Mingjin did not dodge, she leaned forward, and her warm lips were printed on Qiao Mingjin's slightly cold lips...
Qiao Mingjin was stunned, eyes open, looking at him blankly, not knowing how to react.
Fortunately, Zhou Yanqing only tasted it briefly, and soon left her lips.
Looking at Qiao Mingjin's frightened look, and remembering the soft touch just now, she felt happy.
He said: "Isn't it possible? I'll have to close my eyes properly next time."
Qiao Mingjin's face burned and she felt a little unnatural. She glared at him, lowered her head and ducked to the table to continue cleaning up.
Zhou Yanqing looked at her somewhat panicked figure, raised the corner of her mouth with a nice curve, and said, "Let's just have fish balls for lunch? I'm afraid I won't be able to keep them."
Qiao Mingjin responded in a low voice: "Okay. It's okay. Blow it up, roll it in salt, and put it in a well to dry. It can be kept for two days."
"Well, that's good. You can try it at noon. If you like it, I'll bring more next time."
Qiao Mingjin responded. Then he looked at the dried seafood and said, "Do you like seafood?"
Zhou Yanqing stared at her and said, "I like everything you like."
Qiao Mingjin's face, which had finally cooled down a bit, started to feel hot again.
I grabbed the things on the table and hurried to the adjoining room where the sundries were stored.
It took a long time before he turned around and came back.
"I thought you were going to sleep over there." Zhou Yanqing joked, staring at her who was immersed in packing the cloth.
Qiao Mingjin had recovered and glanced at him.
This made Zhou Yanqing laugh loudly.
"This is for you too."
"What is it."
Zhou Yanqing didn't say anything, and just handed her the small bundle on the couch.
There are two boxes in the bag, one is wide and flat, and the other is long and thin. They are made of wood with excellent workmanship and carving. Just looking at the boxes, you can tell that they are good things.
Inside the wide and flat box is a set of gold and jade noodle dishes, with gold threads and beads inlaid with precious stones, making it extremely glorious. The slender box is wrapped in a circle of soft cloth, and when opened it reveals a row of pearls of various colors as big as longan eyes.
Although there are only about ten of them, they come in several colors. What’s rare is that they are round and similar in size.
"This is too valuable. I can't take it."
Every pearl inside is worth a lot of money.
Zhou Yanqing came over to play with the jewelry in the box, picked it up and compared it to her head, nodding from time to time.
Said: "It was too late to go back to the house last night. I only rummaged around in the private treasury. This golden jade noodle was bought in Beijing the year before last. It has been kept in the treasury and has not been sent out. I don't know whether you like it or not.
I liked it, so I picked out this box of beads. They are great for you to keep for fun or for making jewelry in the future. I also got them in Beijing that year. It is useless for me to keep these things around as a man. Just show your kindness.
, and help me clean up my private treasury. There are really some good things in my treasury, but I have never had time to clean it up. When I have time, I will go through it carefully and find some good things for you."
"Don't. I don't have any need for these things in the countryside. Now that I have a workshop and a farm, I can't go hungry. I don't have to send me things often, which makes me feel ashamed." (To be continued. If you like this movie
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