Chapter 97

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

King Yin dragged his weak body out of the gloomy and smelly woods. In the moonlight, his face was pale, as if covered with a layer of wax paper. His steps were also very weak, as if stepping on the clouds, deep and shallow. Without knowing it, he thought he had drunk too much.

Eunuch Liu's condition is not much better than that of him. Although he doesn't have to run in the woods all the time, he has to pull the grass too hard in the afternoon. After sitting still for a while, his muscles are aching, especially his old waist, which seems to be broken at any time. So although he saw the king Yin who might fall at any time, he didn't have the extra strength to help him.

King Yin dragged a heavy step and seemed to have no longer belong to his body on the carriage.

Eunuch Liu raised her arm as if it did not belong to her He thought he had lifted it up, but in fact he didn't. He said weakly, "Lord You Are you all right? "

"I didn't..." Before he had finished speaking, King Yin felt a pain in his stomach, as if a pair of hands twisted his intestines into hemp. He covered some place, pale and staggered into the forest.

Eunuch Liu has no choice but to look up to the sky. This is the 27th time this evening. Just in this forest, they went in and out, went in and out, and went back seven or eight times. For more than an hour, they haven't come out of the sphere of influence of rhinoceros Village!

"Ouch -"

King Yin's vomit came from the forest.

King Yin Step on the shit.

……

King Yin left when he had something to do with him. It was because Qiao Wei and others didn't know that he was going to die soon. Jing Yun recited the lesson for Qiao Wei calmly. Qiao Wei rewarded him with a sweet kiss. His small face was slightly red and he was so shy that people couldn't help biting him.

Qiao Wei can't help but worry. Will such an honest and innocent child be bullied when he grows up?

A "pure love", may be "bullied" xiaojingyun holding Xiaobai, obediently said good night to his mother, back to the house to take care of his sister.

In the evening, Qiao Wei goes to the town to do business, and Xu Shijie follows up doggedly.

After doing farm work all afternoon, Xu Shijie was too tired to move. However, in view of the fact that the eyesore master and servant left, he was able to occupy Qiao Wei alone. How could he let go of such a unique opportunity?

Beauty, Meng Bao and sky high mission gold are all his, his, his!

Qiao Wei ignores Xu Shijie and walks out with three cans of preserved eggs in her arms.

Xu Shijie volunteered and held out his hand: "I'll come, I'll come, I'll come. How can a girl like you do such rough work Qiao Wei impolitely put two of the jars in his arms. The huge weight almost broke his slender arm. He cried: "where are the horses and carriages?"

I can't hold on

Qiao Wei smile: "no carriage, I usually walk."

Shuanzi, who clocks in on time every day, drives the carriage away in silence

Xu's finding a husband for Qiao Wei will not be too bad. Otherwise, Qiao Wei will not look up to her and refuse to talk to others. Isn't she busy for nothing?

Xu Shijie was originally from the capital. His family ran a small business handed down from his ancestors. He was not rich, but he had a rich family. Xu Shijie is the third in his family. He is not as diligent and down-to-earth as his brothers. He is not as smart and slick as his brothers. What's more, he refuses to listen to his father's words. This time, it's also a coincidence that his father arranged a marriage for him. The other party is a lame scholarly lady with a very high status. Unfortunately, he is a lame man. He really doubts how much his father hates him Objects.

His aunt's companion is a distant cousin to his mother Lin in his uncle's house. Mother Lin said that she would introduce him to a widow. As long as he got someone, he would get a good dowry.

He has calculated the dowry, which is more than what he has earned for more than ten years.

Between the widow and the lame, he almost did not hesitate to choose the former. Of course, some of them were against his father.

He's not a native farmer. He's just a delicate young master who has never done anything.

After a busy afternoon, farm work has already cost him half his life. Now I let him hold two pots that seem to weigh a thousand pounds. Aren't they killing him?

Qiao Wei glanced at him and sighed: "I can't hold it. Just go back. My son is so capable, but his father can't even hold the two jars. I wonder if he was born!"

"It's natural! It has to be natural! Who said I couldn't hold it? Don't you think I hold you well? " Xu Shijie gritted his teeth and put the two pots that were about to fall to the ground into his arms again.

Qiao Wei is walking like a bird, holding the jar like nothing, walking without breathing, and humming.

Look at Xu Shijie. He's going to be a dog.

When it comes to Rongji, Xu Shijie has been basically abandoned.

Let the boss let people put away three cans of eggs: "Little Joe, who is that?"Qiao Wei took a look at Xu Shijie, who was almost paralyzed, and said with a smile: "free labor, no need to be white, no need to be polite."

Rong said angrily, "look what you said. How can I handle the people you bring? You have to arrange a decent job, don't you? "

Xu Shijie was relieved.

Let the boss grin: "then sweep the toilet."

Xu Shijie's downfall

Yao Qing has been working in the kitchen for several days, and the most important thing he does is wash and cut vegetables. Although Qiao Wei brought him in, everyone seems to treat him equally, and he is not given special treatment.

When the village head's wife heard about Yao Qing's situation, she found Rongji with her daughter in the name of eating lobster.

They sat at the stall and ordered two lobsters.

Qiao Wei brought the new pot of stewed vegetables to the stall. She saw the village head's wife. The young woman beside her was a little similar to her eyebrows and eyes, but also very intimate. She should be her daughter. Qiao Wei went forward and said, "madam, what brings you here?"

The village head's wife introduced her daughter with a smile: "this is ah Yue, ah Yue, this is what I told you about Xiao Qiao."

A Yue greets Qiao Wei.

The village head's wife looked around and asked, "Xiao Qiao, why don't you see Yao Qing? Is he cooking in it? "

Qiao Wei pretended not to see that she was asking, and replied, "he's washing shrimp."

A Yue's face was a little ugly: "he's here to learn crafts, not to do shrimp washing!"

Qiao Wei said with a faint smile: "of course, he doesn't just wash shrimps. He has to wash all the dishes in the kitchen. After washing, he has to cut them. Only when the masters are satisfied, can he put them on the pot."

Ah Yue bit the lip, pulled the sleeve of the village head's wife, and asked, "don't you mean to be a chef? How did you get to work for someone? "

The village head's wife wiped her mouth: "the chef also has to practice his basic skills well."

"I think in those restaurants, cutting vegetables is cutting vegetables, washing vegetables is washing vegetables, the division of labor is clear, the chefs are only responsible for doing it!"

It's true that some masters are not responsible for cutting vegetables, but that doesn't mean others won't. Other people's basic skills are very solid. Take master he Rongji for example. The shredded radish can wear a pin. How delicate is the knife work?

Well intentioned to introduce people to work, but when the donkey liver lung, no one's heart will be some uncomfortable.

Qiaowei's smile is also a little pale: "this meal, I buy."

As soon as the village head's wife saw Qiao Wei's cold smile, she knew that her daughter had offended her. She took Qiao Wei to one side and explained, "Xiao Qiao, ah Yue is spoiled by me and the village head. She doesn't understand, and she doesn't talk through her head. Don't have the same opinion with her."

Xiao Qiao doesn't have to be knowledgeable with her, but she doesn't like hot face and cold bottom. She doesn't owe her: "madam, if you think Yao Qing is not good for me, you can find another way for Yao Qing at any time."

The village head's wife quickly waved her hand and said, "don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong. How can I feel that Qing'er is not good here? No, I won't send him, will I? Look at your business. Every table is full and there is a line outside. The whole street is the most authentic lobster in your family. It's a blessing for qinger to learn crafts from you

Qiao Wei's way of thinking, here should be but.

Sure enough, the village head's wife turned her eyes and said with a smile, "Xiao Qiao, can't Yao Qing really be a master?"

"It's not that you can't do it, it's that everything has a process: washing vegetables, cutting vegetables and doing chores. All the masters come here in this way. It's the same as squatting horse steps of martial arts practitioners. It's a basic skill. The cooks in the kitchen did not hide from him. He could see everything he wanted to see. If he only remembered one step, he could be a teacher at any time. If you don't think so, ask him for your own opinion. "

The village head's wife asked Yao Qing. Yao Qingqi agreed with his mother and daughter at first, and it was almost the same step. But a few days later, he found that every step was not easy to make a dish taste satisfactory. Cutting vegetables seemed simple, but there was a lot of knowledge in it. For example, the method of cutting beef and pork was different. Cutting beef horizontally and pigs vertically was wrong, Tendons and tendons will be preserved. After being cooked, the meat will be chaigen, which will not chew rotten. Pork, too, is cut wrong, which can make the meat pieces stir fried into minced meat.

Yao Qing is willing to learn from it in a down-to-earth way.

What temperament is the son-in-law? The village head's wife can't be more clear. She is noble, proud and vain. She heard that he was arranged to do chores. She didn't know how afraid he would leave If he is willing to say so, he must have really learned something.

The village head's wife said a lot of good things to Qiao Wei, apologizing and appreciating. Finally, she and her daughter happily ate a jin of lobster, insisting that Qiao Wei didn't treat them.

Busy over here, Qiao Wei into his accounting room, let the boss holding a pile of books follow.

Since I found out Qiao Wei's amazing accounting ability by accident, boss Rong is lazy and gives Qiao Wei all the calculations.

Qiao Wei is eager to control every financial situation in Rongji, so she is not in trouble.Qiao Wei's mental calculation is amazing. As soon as she glances at it, a page of accounts will automatically match the answer in her mind. She doesn't need an abacus at all, but for the sake of caution, she will check it with an abacus after the calculation.

Slender fingers on the abacus beat fast, beads crackle, in the silence of the accounting room to hear particularly crisp.

Once Qiao Wei gets serious, she will be in a state of selflessness. She doesn't even know when she stands up.

Ji Mingxiu has been here for a while. Seeing that she is devoted, I didn't disturb her.

It's hot in summer, and her forehead and neck exude crystal sweat. Ji Mingxiu looks around and finds a beautiful fan on the cupboard. He gently takes it to give her a fan. The eldest grandson of Ji's family, who has been treated by others, has never been so careful.

Ji Mingxiu took a casual look at the "beauty" on the fan. Two people, a man and a woman, were walking behind a rockery. What's more interesting is that they were women with all kinds of customs.

Little heartless like this posture?

Ji Mingxiu's lips started a playful smile. His eyes went down and looked at the man who was pressed by the beauty. A mask was forced on the man's face.

Wait, isn't this his mask?

Ji Mingxiu's eyes darkened.

Looking at the "self" who was pressed and unable to move, and the beauty who was sitting on the "self", Ji Mingxiu gave a cold smile, took a brush, sketched the beauty's face into someone's face, and narrowed the proud breast which was exposed outside the gauze to a certain size. Then he contentedly put down his pen, took the new beauty fan, and made a contribution The beauty fanned gently.

Qiao Wei finished checking all the accounts two quarters of an hour later. She yawned, stretched her arms and stretched her waist. After stretching, she leaned back in the chair and found that her head hit someone's stomach. She was so surprised that her eyebrows jumped. Without saying a word, she pulled out the dagger hidden in her sleeve and turned around to greet her.

Ji Mingxiu moved to the side of the chair, clasped her wrist, grabbed her dagger, and put her arm around her slender waist. With a single foot sweep, she tripped and fell heavily to the table behind her. Ji Mingxiu's arm served as a pillow for her, but it didn't hurt, but her head was still muddled by that solid one.

Almost at the same time, Ji Mingxiu's body came up and pressed her whole body on the table, and the breath that belonged to him covered her all at once.

Qiao Wei was stunned: "how Why it is you? When did you come? Why do you always like to play sneak attack? Do you really think your Kung Fu is too good, or my kung fu is too bad? "

Ji Mingxiu's eyes were dangerous: "I really want to see my kung fu, eh?"

It's her who wants to draw him on the spring palace map. It's not enough for others to blaspheme him so boldly.

Qiao Wei didn't hear his overtones for a moment. She only felt that the last "um" tune was seven turns and eight turns, which made her feel up and down, as if she had been caught by him.

But she didn't do anything!

Qiaowei patted him: "you get up, dead again."

Ji Mingxiu took her for a turn, and she sat on the chair, while she sat on his lap.

Qiao Wei was surprised by the sudden change. Her eyes were round and big, and her mouth was long enough to plug an egg: "you, you, you What are you doing? I warn you, don't go too far, I haven't promised to be you Well - "

the lip is blocked.

They all drew him on the spring palace map. They said they didn't covet him for a long time. How could it be?

At the thought of this little heartless man thinking about how to sleep him every day, Ji Mingxiu got angry and bit her soft red lip.

Qiaowei had a pain and slapped him on the shoulder.

Ji Mingxiu released her lips, and her eyes looked at her deeply, with a cold smile: "there are so many eyes in my heart, Lord Qiao."

Qiaowei raised the back of her hand, wiped the lip he had kissed, and said bitterly, "what are you doing? It's not proper when it comes. "

Ji Mingxiu took the fan: "who is unruly?"

Qiao Wei accidentally found this fan when she went to the stall. As an adult woman, she can't buy a little yellow book. What's wrong with buying a little yellow fan? Breaking the law?

She doesn't believe that his family doesn't have it. She can't point to the complete set of it!

However, he is so angry, probably not because of her fan, but because she drew the man in it into his face.

The conscience of heaven and earth, she didn't mean to. The man on the fan was too ugly to look at. She wanted to cut off the face, but the fan broke down. She thought of changing the face for the man, but she couldn't draw well. After a long time, she couldn't help but draw a mask on it.

In ancient times, she only saw his mask. Who didn't draw his painting?

"Don't be angry. I didn't mean to be with you."

Although, in fact, YY has been a little bit, who let him grow handsome, good figure, is a woman want to see him as good? But she swears, it's just a little YY who doesn't count. There's no real idea of how to be with him.Ji Mingxiu didn't believe the little liar: "he was very angry."

It's not kind of him to do this. How can he infringe upon his right of portrait? As early as I knew, I could easily order a few flowers on the mask, which was also different from him.

What's strange is that you can't draw others by yourself, but you can catch him by hand when you draw his mask. It's really evil.

Qiao Wei is still sitting on his leg, this posture is too ambiguous, and the tip of her nose is full of his bewitching breath. Her heart beats a little fast: "then how can you calm down?"

"What do you say?" Ji Mingxiu asked.

Qiao Wei takes a look at him. The heat in her eyes is as hot as fire. It falls on her face like a hot iron. Qiao Wei's eyelashes tremble. She plucks up her courage and kisses him at the corner of his lips.

"Is that all right?" Qiao Wei asked in a low voice.

Ji Ming xiuleng hum.

Qiao Wei pursed her lips and gave her another kiss, this time on her lips.

Unfortunately, the prime minister, who had been pressed in the fan for many days, was not satisfied. When she was ready to leave, she buttoned the back of her head and asked her to stick it up again.

Xu Shijie finally dragged his tired body to clean the toilet. Exhausted to the extreme, he wanted to go upstairs to ask Qiao Wei to do some good work. By the way, he heard that Qiao Wei was alone in the room. He also wanted to find a chance to kiss Fang Ze. But as soon as he opened the door, he saw this beautiful scene and was so surprised that he quickly backed out!

When he goes out, he will be alert. No, the woman inside seems to be his "mother", right? How did you sit on another man's lap? And kiss!

"Lady!"

He slammed the door open and glared at the man who held his wife in his arms. "Who are you? Let go of my mother

Ji Ming corrects the taste of eating marrow and is suddenly interrupted, and the negative pressure of her whole body comes out. He agreed on Qiao Wei's lips, and then swept his eyes coldly towards Xu Shijie.

Xu Shijie swore that he had never seen such cold eyes, like a bloodthirsty blade. He could feel the strong murderous air across most of the room. The other party was well dressed, strong and powerful. He had no doubt that he would break his neck if he said one more word.

He swallowed his saliva: "I I I've got the wrong person. You go on. "

He turned with weak legs.

"The door." Ji Ming practices Taoism.

Xu Shijie didn't dare to look back, so he stretched out an arm and touched it behind him. Finally, he touched the doorknob and gently closed the door

"Lady?" Ji Mingxiu looks at Qiao Wei jokingly. Her eyes are smiling, but it's dangerous and creepy.

Qiao Wei licked his lips, which were red and swollen. She said solemnly, "you don't know I've been married."

"Just that bag?" There was a trace of contempt in Ji Mingxiu's eyes.

Qiao Wei couldn't help laughing. In fact, from the beginning, she knew that Xu Shijie couldn't be his father. They all said that the Dragon gave birth to the dragon and the Phoenix gave birth to the Phoenix. The mouse gave birth to a child who could make holes. Jing Yun was so excellent. How could his father be such a mediocre person as Xu Shijie?

Wang Yin is a bit of a jerk, but at least he has won the first place in the child prodigy test, and he has royal blood. On the contrary, he is more likely than Xu Shijie.

However, she really hated King Yin, so she left Xu Shijie to block him.

"It's not him, it's someone else. My man may not be dead, but he's separated from me. One day he'll come to me."

"You're looking forward to it?"

"Of course not." What do you expect from a man who has left his mother and son for several years? Besides, she's not the original owner. What's the matter with her if the original owner marries or not? Let her run with a man who is not masked and muddle through for a lifetime, she might as well be widowed for a lifetime.

Ji Mingxiu touched her soft lip with his thumb: "just don't expect."

Otherwise -

he has never been a kind person.

……

Ji Mingxiu doesn't come here to take advantage of someone. The prime minister's office has just arrived at one hundred kilos of lychees and sent them to Ji Wan and the old lady. The rest is brought to Qiao Wei by Ji Mingxiu.

Qiao Wei gave some to the restaurant, and gave Chen Dadao ten jin. When she left, she asked Ji Mingxiu to take five Jin, and took the remaining large basket of fresh lychees back to Luo's home.

In ancient times, the logistics was underdeveloped, and the litchi could be transported to the capital, which was not very fresh. But Ji Mingxiu sent them all with full grains, red fruits and green leaves, as if they had just been picked from a tree.

Luo's family had never eaten litchi, let alone steamed stuffed buns. When they got up early the next morning and saw a large plate of red fruits on the table, they were too surprised to close their mouths.

Wang Shu blinked his eyes and said, "mother, what is this?"

"Litchi." Qiao Wei peeled one and fed it into her daughter's mouth, "sweet?"

Wang Shu ate a mouthful, eyes is a bright: "sweet! How sweet

It would be sweeter if it was iced. Unfortunately, there is no ice cellar at home. Even if you remember to move the ice, it will melt in just one hour.Qiaowei peeled one for her son.

Jingyun also likes the taste of litchi, which is more delicious than the most delicious wild fruit on the mountain.

Aunt Luo, Luo Yongzhi and Cuiyun also tasted some of them in turn, and they all loved the sweet fruit very much.

"Sister, where did you get this? It's delicious! " Asked Luo Yongzhi.

"From a friend." Qiao Wei peels one to Wang Shu. Jing Yun sees that his mother peels it several times and has learned to peel it by herself.

Luo Yongzhi didn't ask who his sister's friend was. His sister had great ability. It's not strange to know a noble man. He asked, "is litchi very expensive? I don't even see anything in town. "

Qiao Wei didn't buy litchi in ancient times, and she didn't read the relevant literature, but it's rare and expensive. Litchi is certainly not very cheap in Beijing, but she didn't think it could be expensive: "next time he comes, I'll ask."

Everyone loves to eat so much. If it's not expensive, buy some by yourself.

After breakfast, Qiao Wei packed four catties of litchi, two catties for the old scholar, two catties for Jingyun and Wangshu to share with the children in the class, and then asked Cuiyun to send some to the Zhao family.

Cui Yun gratefully thanks, take litchi, let parents and brothers taste.

After that, Qiao Wei loaded a basket and brought the mung bean soup to the masters who were working hard to build houses.

Master Zheng jokingly said, "don't always send such delicious food! Make everyone embarrassed, work hard every day, shorten the construction period by half! If you go on like this, you won't make any money! "

The wages are settled by the day. The longer the delay, the more expensive it will be. Occasionally, everyone will discuss a ceiling. It is appropriate to finish the work before the ceiling. But this time, the master on the construction site is really like playing chicken blood, which improves the efficiency to a higher level.

Qiao Wei can't help but smile: "who let the masters take care of me!"

"Ha ha." The crowd laughed happily.

At this time, they didn't know how expensive lychee was. They only felt that Xiao Qiao was kind-hearted, well paid and well fed. She was respected and respected by the masters. What's more, it was not easy for her to work in business, farm, hunt and take care of her children.

"I tell you, you can't buy this fruit! Xiao Qiao came from Beijing at a high price! Work hard after eating! You can't be sorry for other people's litchi! " Master Zheng is usually serious and inspiring.

Qiao Wei went down the mountain with a smile, and two cheap "husbands" came again.

King Yin vomited all night, and the emperor was shocked. He thought his son was infected with a plague. He was so scared that he sent someone to his house to check. If he got the plague, he sent him out of the capital to isolate him. To prove that he was strong and strong, he stood up before dawn, and his face was as white as a ghost.

Qiao Wei looks at her, apricot eye a stare: "Li young master! Are you evil? You look so ugly

Is he evil? He had a bad stomach at her house!

I really doubt if she added something to the soup, but the soup came from Jingyun. Not only he drank it, but also Xu Shijie. Xu Shijie is OK. I don't think it's the soup.

He would never believe that Jing Yun had done something in the soup. In his opinion, Jing Yun liked him. As long as he came a few more times and dealt with the relationship with Jing Yun properly, he could take Jing Yun away even if the woman didn't come back with him.

King Yin steadied himself and looked at her coldly. "I just read all night and didn't sleep well."

"Mr. Li is so diligent." Qiao Wei casually said that, then ignored him, went to a chair, opened the food box, and began to enjoy her litchi happily.

King Yin looked at the big red litchi on her desk and frowned inconceivably: "is this litchi?"

"Yes, Mr. Li, would you like to try it? Although you have offended me, I still have the mind that the visitor is a guest. " With that, Qiao Wei pushed the food box into the middle very generously.

Ji Mingxiu sent dozens of Jin, she sent out half, there is still half left, how waste is not distressed.

King Yin's look was a little complicated. Every year, the South would send fresh lychees into the palace. The biggest and the best were given to the emperor and empress. Then, they were given to several favored concubines and their imperial heirs. When they were divided to him, there were often not a few left. But here, she was full of a big box. No, there was a big basket beside her, which was full of grains.

So many fresh lychees, where did they come from?

King Yin looked at her quietly: "do you know that this year's litchi tribute to the court has not yet arrived?"

"Oh." She doesn't work in the imperial court, and the imperial court won't send her a few.

King Yin saw that she didn't understand her meaning, so he said frankly, "the emperor hasn't eaten lychee yet." You, a village girl, have already eaten it. Not only have you eaten it, but also have the best litchi. In his previous years, the emperor has never eaten such a good one.

Qiao Wei carelessly Oh, the emperor eat not eat, do her shit?

"Where did you get your lychees?" King Yin asked suspiciously.Qiao Wei vomited litchi stone: "where do you care about me? It's not going to be from you. "

Xu Shijie came forward and tasted a litchi. It was really sweet and delicious!

Qiao Wei chooses the big ones, but the small ones dislike them.

The frown of Yin Wang is deeper. What he got in the past years is what Qiao Wei didn't want to eat Little litchi.