Chapter 131

It's the day of cleaning every month. Lvzhu arranges all the clothes in the East chamber. When she arranges Ji Mingxiu's bedclothes, she finds that one is missing.

"Mandarin duck." She called.

Yuanyang is a second-class servant girl in siheyuan. She is also in charge of Ji Mingxiu's daily life, but she doesn't have the same face as Lvzhu in front of her master.

"Sister Lvzhu, what's the matter?" Yuanyang came in.

Green bead does not understand ground to ask a way: "Lord son's bedclothes seem to be missing a son, did you see?"

"Which one?" Yuanyang asked.

The green bead says: "white, the cuffs and the hem are embroidered with the cloud pattern."

Yuanyang suddenly realized: "I know that one. It's the master's favorite bedroom clothes. Is it gone?"

"No, where did you get it?" Green Pearl asked.

Yuanyang shook his head innocently: "I put all the master's things according to your orders. My bedroom clothes are on the right and my regular clothes are on the left."

Green bead doubt way: "you didn't take, I also didn't move, how can disappear?"? Is it the siheyuan that has been stolen

Yuanyang said jokingly, "there are so many valuable things in our yard. The thief doesn't take a fancy to a bedclothes, does he?"

Lu Zhu patted her on the shoulder: "you don't understand. I'm sure they came for the owner's personal belongings. When you didn't come to Siheyuan two years ago, the siheyuan was once robbed."

It's a long time since that happened. It's not a coincidence that something similar happened. I'm afraid Lvzhu can't remember it all her life.

The official of Ji Mingxiu worships the prime minister. He is young and handsome. He must be admired by many women in the capital. Some of them are in his heart, some of them are in his mouth, and some of them are really cheeky. When he finds the pillow of Ji Mingxiu's recommendation, all of them are not as good as a daughter surnamed ma.

Ma Qianjin was originally a member of Bingzhou. His father was a cabinet bachelor, and he was also a well-known family. His father worked in the Ministry of officials, which was known as the head of the six ministries. Generally, people who worked in the Ministry of officials did not get too bad. Ma Qianjin is in her prime. It is said that she is also pretty and beautiful. With her unique background, it is not difficult to find a happy marriage.

But Ma Qianjin is going to die. He admires today's prime minister. If you admire him, you can admire him. Who didn't have a dream lover when he was young? But maybe she had a long dream. She became fat and didn't sleep in the middle of the night. She climbed the wall and turned into a courtyard.

How did she know that Ji Mingxiu had no way to think about living here? Anyway, it happened that Ji Mingxiu and Shiqi Yanfei were not there that night. There were only a few domestic slaves who could not do martial arts. No one found anyone sneaking into the yard.

Ma Qianjin has never been in a quadrangle, but it's not difficult for him to find out how to go to the bedroom. Ma Qianjin enters the East chamber and steals Ji Mingxiu's personal clothes.

I don't know what unspeakable things the other party will do with the clothes when they are stolen. I'm very afraid to think about it carefully.

But Ji Mingxiu is not an awkward little girl after all. It's all right if it's over here. If it's not too big, I'll be eaten by a dog. But Ma Qianjin didn't restrain himself. He told the story of stealing the prime minister's clothes to the handkerchief. The handkerchief was a big mouth, and it was passed on.

Once spread ten, ten spread a hundred, spread to the back, the whole capital "know" the prime minister and Ma Qianjin had an affair.

It was a big sensation at that time. Because of the clothes, the prime minister's house had a headache for a while. In order to quell the rumors, the elders of the clan forced Ji Mingxiu to bring the woman into the house as a concubine. Ji Mingxiu was willing to be manipulated, so it was not Ji Mingxiu.

Ji Mingxiu goes to the Ma family and asks Ma Qianjin to hand over his clothes. He clarifies the misunderstanding and Ma Qianjin refuses.

Ji Mingxiu was not a vegetarian. That night, he found out an enemy country's work and matched Ma Qianjin's "dew marriage".

The accusation of colluding with the enemy to capture the Prime Minister of the current Dynasty completely made the whole Ma family disappear from the capital.

Green bead sighs: "you see, this is a murder case caused by a dress."

Yuanyang didn't expect that the master was so cruel. She couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for the thief who stole the bedroom clothes. However, it's wonderful that the prime minister's office didn't steal so many good things, and only stole one bedroom clothes.

While talking, Ji Mingxiu stepped into the courtyard.

The two bowed to salute.

Ji Mingxiu nodded lightly and went to the study.

Lu Zhu hesitated for a moment and said, "master, I want to report something to you."

"What's the matter?"

"Your bedclothes are missing. I don't know if they were stolen..." Green bead lowers a head, it is she is not good, did not defend the thing of good master.

Ji Mingxiu's eyes moved: "where are the bedclothes usually placed?"

"Here." Lvzhu went to the wardrobe, opened the door, and hung her bedroom clothes in the most prominent place. From left to right, the color changed from light to dark.

Ji Mingxiu touched his chin: "where are the profane trousers?"

Lu Zhu didn't understand why the master suddenly asked him about his pants. She was immediately stunned and quickly replied, "there are no fewer profanity pants. I've counted them."

"I asked where it was."

"In the drawer."Green bead says, pull open the drawer under the wardrobe, altogether three layers, what the bottom layer just put is Ji Ming Xiu's profane trousers.

"So hidden?" Ji Mingxiu frowned.

Concealment means

Without waiting for Lu Zhu to reply, Ji Mingxiu said, "hang it out, hang it in the most prominent position."

……

On the mountain, Qiao Wei gets up early in the morning and makes breakfast for the children. Jing Yun is as diligent as ever. Qiao Wei gets up soon after she gets up. Wang Shu and Xiao Bai sleep on the soft bed in a big shape, with their heads and feet in the same direction. Their small bellies are also exposed, and their purrs are coming one after another.

Jing Yun spread out the white paper and drew their bear like pictures. Then he looked around and picked his eyebrows. He went to the bedside with a brush and drew two big pig heads on the bare belly of one man and one beast.

Qiaowei is making carrot omelette in the kitchen. Suddenly, she hears Wangshu crying in the room. Qiaowei quickly covers the pot and goes to the bedroom.

Wang Shu was standing in front of the bronze mirror in the Babu bed, weeping.

This cry awakens Xiaobai, and she looks at her in a confused way.

Jing Yun is sitting by the bed reading a book with a calm expression.

"What's the matter, Wangshu? Fall out of bed? " Qiao Wei stepped forward anxiously and wiped her daughter's tears.

Wang Shu cried: "I, I have a pig in my stomach!"

Qiao Wei looked down and saw that there was a grinning pig's head on Shu Yuan's tummy. As she sobbed, the pig's head moved. Qiao Wei couldn't help it: "poof -"

my mother laughed, and Wang Shu was even more sad. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

Xiaobai sees a pig head on Wangshu's belly and looks down at his own.

Why?

It also has?

Xiaobai's mouth water is flowing and he bites the pig's head!

"Ouch -"

Xiaobai's hair was blown up!

Qiao Wei turned to her son and said, "did you do it, Jingyun?"

"What?" Jing Yun said

Qiao Wei said, "the pig's head on my sister's belly."

"Is there a pig's head on my sister's stomach?" Jing Yun's expression is very calm, "not me."

It's not you. There's a second person in the room besides you? How brave are you to tell this kind of lie? I don't know who I learned it from.

"Don't cry, my mother will wash it for you." Qiaowei puts Wangshu down and goes to the kitchen to fetch water.

Wangshu came to his brother and let him see his little pig head: "brother, I have a pig in my stomach. Will it eat me?"

Jing Yun touched his sister's head: "no, just wash it."

"Why do I have pigs in my stomach?" Wang Shu asked pitifully.

Jing Yun looked at her small belly: "piglets like you, it will come to your stomach to rest."

Wangshu said wrongly, "but I don't like it. Brother, get it away quickly."

Qiaowei hit the water to come in, see the son is still cheating sister, patted the son's little ass: "don't bully sister."

Jing Yun opened the book as if nothing had happened and read it seriously.

Wang Shu's temper came and went quickly. When he washed his belly, he stopped crying and ate some egg cakes happily. He flew up in a good mood and took his brother's hand out of the yard intimately.

"Brother Zhong, go to school!" Wangshu looked at the courtyard and cried.

Last night, the Feng family was so noisy that they didn't sleep well. In the morning, they got up late. Hearing Wang Shu call him, Qi Niang quickly put the steamed bread into his hand: "eat while walking. The water bag is in your bag. Remember to drink water."

"I know, mother." Zhong Ge'er went out obediently.

Feng happened to wash his son's face in the yard. He saw Zhong Ge'er carrying a book bag and Jingyun brothers and sisters go down the mountain: "bi'er, what are they going to do?"

"Go to school." Bi'er washed her clothes and hung them on the rope.

"Where are you going?" Feng asked curiously.

Bi'er replied, "there is a private school in the village where all the children have lessons."

"Can a girl go, too?" Feng's tongue, she had the impression that the girls in class will master please go home, not with the young master to study together.

Bi'er was the first to know that Wangshu was also in the private school. When she was in the private school, her reaction was the same as Feng's. generally, private schools don't accept female students. Maybe the old man is good.

Feng stretched his neck, looked at the back of the three children, and said enviously, "private schools are very expensive, aren't they? Why did brother Zhong go? Is it for the little master? "

At first, Feng thought that bi'er was a remote place when she was working, and the master was certainly not very good. Until she lived here and ate the food, she found that it was not what she thought.

Bi'er dried the clothes on the rope and smoothed them out: "brother Zhong went to study by himself. The old man is kind and doesn't accept any money."Feng's tongue smacked even more: "don't you stop it? Why is there such a good thing? You said that the old man would not be a man without... "

Bi'er interrupted her: "Niang, what do you think? The old man is a scholar in the village. He is highly learned. If people don't accept him, they don't dare to accept him. They just don't want to. "

A scholar is a learned man in Feng's eyes. How can he be a poor man in a small village who doesn't accept shuxiu? Feng said regretfully, "he goes to the city to do some work. No matter what else, any accountant will get two liang silver a month."

It's not for money.

Bi'er doesn't want to talk to Feng, so that she won't quarrel at last.

Bi'er brings the wooden basin back to the house. Feng calls her, "bi'er, do you think your brother can go to school?"

Bi'er gives her a look that she can't even think about and goes back to the room.

Feng patted his son: "go to the cottage by yourself."

Bi er's brother has gone.

Feng ran into the room and looked at his daughter with a smile: "bi'er, how much do you pay a month?"

Bi'er watched her warily: "what do you want to do with this?"

Feng said, "look, it's a good place for you to eat well, live well and study in private schools. My mother wants to know if you have any work to do."

Bi'er said, "you and Dad don't have to work. I'll buy you a house and let you enjoy your life."

Feng's face sank: "what to raise? That money must be kept for your brother to study and marry his daughter-in-law! I can do it with your father! "

Bi'er's chest is really blocked: "that sum of money is enough to buy you a house and study for your younger brother. As for getting a wife, won't he earn it when he grows up? Don't go out to work now that you are all old. "

Feng shouts: "don't think about that money. It's your brother's money. You can't move a cent!"

How did the money she earned become her brother's? She is a elder sister, and can supplement her younger brother, but do you want to give her blood to drink? Meat for my brother?

Why didn't you find her mother so unreasonable before?

Bi'er put down the basin angrily: "I went to work!"

Feng grabbed her and said, "well, I haven't finished. Is there any work to do?"

As far as my mother's temperament is concerned, she has to be pressed by countless mothers. How many holes can she make in her villa?

"No!" With that, bi'er went out without looking back.

Feng's teeth: "dead girl!"

Although bi'er rejected Feng, Feng didn't give up. Feng's original expectation of the mountain was too small, but when he got here, he was dazzled by all kinds of surprises. Except that the mountain was not prosperous enough, everything was better than the city.

The servants in the city want to have a big meal of fish and meat. Dream about it. It's good to give you some fat and meat. It may also mean that the master doesn't want anything left. Just eating food, Feng is reluctant to leave the mountain.

If you look at the private schools, you can't accept any money. In Beijing, the most broken private schools have to be repaired with three Liang silver in a month. How much money can be saved here!

With this in mind, Feng would like to have a try.

After breakfast, a GUI went to the workshop. Feng had nothing to do. He took a broom to sweep the yard. The yard had been swept clean by Qi Niang, and there were no fallen leaves. She just pretended to do it in the backyard, but the man in the house couldn't see it. Feng went out of the yard with the broom.

In front of the workshop, there were a lot of grass scraps. Feng happily swept the grass scraps and went to the door of the villa. He wanted to go in and sweep Qiao Wei's front yard.

Qiao Wei was about to deliver the goods to boss Rong in the town. When she went out, she saw a woman in purple sauce. She guessed that it was bi'er's mother and said, "Auntie, it's been swept here. Don't bother."

Feng's family is only the last servant in Enbo's house. She hasn't met Qiao who is raised in the boudoir, so she doesn't recognize Qiao Wei's identity. However, she vaguely thinks that the lady's face is a little kind. She smiles and says, "I'm Bi ER and her mother."

"I know." Qiao Wei said.

Feng said with a smile, "I've heard from bi'er. My wife takes care of her very much. I'm here to thank her for her."

It's so painful for bi'er. Why did you beat and scold her yesterday? Qiaowei laughingly looks at her and makes up with her.

Feng grinned and pinched the broom: "we used to work in the city. I was in charge. Her father was the housekeeper."

Steward, steward.

Qiao Wei still just a faint smile, did not speak.

"After living in the city for a long time, I come to the countryside occasionally. I think the countryside is quite interesting." Feng kept putting money on his face. "Originally, her father and I wanted to work in the house for a few more years so as to save some dowry money for her. She didn't allow us to do it. She wanted to buy us a house to live our life. We are not old enough. Where can we let her keep it? I'm the most busy person. There are hundreds of servants in the house. I'm the most diligent one. If there's any work in the lady's room, don't be embarrassed to speak. Just tell me. "It's like how much Qiao Wei wants it.

Qiao Wei laughed: "I'm sorry, madam. I don't have much work to do in my room. If you really can't spare time, you can make bi'er two clothes. Bi'er is broken except for her new clothes."

Feng choked.

……

But Xu said that after he got the recipe, he immediately found manager Cui in the palace and told manager Cui what he wanted to do You can rest assured that my preserved egg is the authentic recipe, which is hundreds of times better than what you buy in the countryside. "

Xu's husband Ren Tai hospital envoy, in front of the palace master son is still face, Cui manager quietly drank a cup of tea, eyebrows smile said: "as far as I know, this egg is a secret recipe."

Xu zhengse said: "of course, it's a secret recipe from my family. The village woman bribed my servants and stole my recipe. I just got the news two days ago and immediately turned out the servant girl's family."

"So the recipe used to be Madame's?" Manager Cui asked with a smile.

"Yes."

Manager Cui laughed: "since it's the same formula, why is your one hundreds of times better than hers?"

"I..." Xu choked for a moment and said, "the formula is the same, but some medicinal materials that are difficult to buy in the market will be used. She is a country woman who can't buy them. Only our Lingzhi hall has the financial resources."

Manager Cui thought deeply: "it's delicious to eat that Songhua egg."

Xu sighed: "the taste is good, but it is harmful to the body. If you eat it for years, you must have something wrong with it."

There was a trace of consternation on manager Cui's face. He thought for a moment and then said, "I don't know where Madame's recipe comes from?"

Xu Wensheng said with a smile, "does Mr. Cui still remember my elder brother and sister-in-law?"

There was a trace of respect on manager Cui's face: "Uncle Zheng and doctor Shen, I remember. Is this the recipe..."

Xu nodded and said, "yes, this prescription was brought by my sister-in-law from the medicine valley. Duke Cui also knows that my sister-in-law is a person in the Jianghu. She is not of high birth and can't get any valuable dowry. They are all medical books, medical classics and prescriptions. This Songhua egg is one of them."

Shen is a miracle doctor who cured the prince and the former queen. She left Fang Zi to be excellent.

Manager Cui didn't believe Xu, but as soon as Xu moved out of Qiao Zheng and Shen, manager Cui was silent.

"You see, if you want to return her, I'll take it from my family instead?" Xu asked cheekily.

It's his business whether to return Qiao's order or not. Why should others tell him? Manager Cui is not happy, but over the years, many people have gone. He never refuses to associate with him because he doesn't like someone. You know, opportunities don't all appear in the people you like.

Manager Cui said with a smile: "the miscellaneous family has signed a contract with her for a whole year. You can't break your promise. However, if my wife has the goods in hand, I can order another batch from her. "

as like as two peas, Qiao Wei wants to find more of Qiao Wei. How can he make ten thousand of his monthly output? If he can get the same goods elsewhere, it will be a good thing.

Xu's sneer, OK, let the little slut free for a year. After a year, she takes over all the business in the palace and let the little slut go!

Xu said with a smile, "how much does Mr. Cui need?"

Manager Cui thought about it in his heart and said, "twenty thousand a month, is it possible?" Some of them went to the palace, and the other part he sold privately, which was also a good income.

It's only twenty thousand. More people are invited. Without thinking, Xu replied, "some of them are on me!"

That afternoon, manager Cui signed an agreement with Xu.

Xu happily rented a workshop in the capital and began to hire people and buy materials. He spent money like water.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Almost as soon as Xu and Cui meet, Qiao Wei gets the news, which is not rare. After all, it's not a shameful thing for Cui Gonggong to ask Xu to buy goods. In shangrongji, when he asked Qiao Wei for goods, he mentioned Xu's order by the way.

"Oh, I didn't expect her to smear me so much." Qiao Wei sighed with great hurt.

Compared with a country widow, Xu's persuasiveness was obviously stronger. Cui Gonggong said with a smile: "Mrs. Qiao, don't worry. I'm not interested in who made the recipe. I just need my goods."

As soon as Qiao Wei hears this, she will know that Cui Gonggong doesn't believe that the recipe is hers. Qiao Wei doesn't blame Cui Gonggong. In fact, Cui Gonggong is sincere enough to show her clearly.

Qiao Wei also said with sincerity: "Lu Yao knows that horsepower will see people's heart for a long time. Whose formula is it? Duke Cui will understand it one day."

After a pause, Qiao Wei said again: "however, 20000 is not a small sum. My father-in-law is not afraid that she will not be able to hand it over at that time?"

"This..."

Qiao Wei coaxed: "Mr. Cui wants so many goods. I don't think it's completely in the palace, is it? There are always a few cases that need to be circulated to the market. The shelf life of Songhua eggs is limited. You can't wait until you have them. In case of unsalable, you will lose a lot. You'd better sign a contract with several restaurants in advance, so that they can do a good job of publicity and preparation. "Songhua eggs have a good reputation in Beijing, so Mr. Cui didn't think about the shelf life at first. But if it's really like what Mr. Qiao said, if it's not sold out after the shelf life, wouldn't it be a big loss for him?

Qiao Wei saw that Cui Gonggong's look had loosened, and quickly filled in firewood: "Rongji's business is not achieved overnight, at first it was 50 eggs a day, slowly 50 eggs a day, now it's only 80 eggs a day. Does Cui Gonggong think that you can sell better than Rongji without doing anything?"

To be honest, Mr. Cui can trust the market demand of Songhua eggs, but his heart is a strange thing. After being beaten by Qiao Wei for several times, he has no bottom in his heart.

It's safer to establish sales channels ahead of time. In this way, the delivery date is much stricter. After all, people have to sell on the day they publicize.

On that day, after returning to the capital, Cui Gonggong found Xu and drew up an additional agreement with her that if the goods could not be delivered on time, he would have to pay three times the amount of compensation.

"Three times." Qiao Wei sneered, "let you steal my formula, compensate you to death!"

Xu doesn't know that he's gone forever on the road of losing money. In order to catch up with the goods, Xu has invested a lot and spent all the money he gave his son to marry his daughter-in-law.

Qiao Wei sat in Rongji all afternoon, helped to count the accounts of the past few days, and went to the small kitchen to see her brewing beer, ready to go home.

But suddenly, master he screamed from the kitchen: "where's my shrimp? My shrimp! My shrimp is gone

Qiao Wei picked an eyebrow oddly, turned round and went to the big kitchen: "what's the matter, master he?"

Master he said, "the crystal shrimp ball I just put here is gone in the blink of an eye! In the blink of an eye, I found a spoon in the cupboard, turned around and the shrimp disappeared. "

The plate was bare, with a little shrimp sauce left.

Xiao Liu said: "master he, you can't eat it yourself, can you?"

"I can eat a plate at a time! You really look up to me Master he drank angrily. What did he want to pour? His eyes narrowed. "Did you steal it, Xiao Liu?"

"Me? What do I do with your shrimp? Your shrimp is not as delicious as master Hai

Master Hai frowned: "you stole my shrimp balls yesterday?"

"Your shrimp balls are gone, too?" Master he was surprised.

Master Hai said: "yes, I also put it on the stove. I went to get two fistfuls of green onions and the shrimp disappeared. I thought it was one of you who ate it."

"I didn't." Xiao Liu raises his hands.

Yao Qing shook his head: "I don't have either."

Another master also said, "I thought it was a fool."

Master he was stunned: "what do you mean? Yours is also... "

The master nodded: "yes, the shrimp balls I made are gone! Just the day before yesterday

They found two fools. They were stupid and did some rough work in the kitchen. But they were not bad. They couldn't steal food.

"Second in charge, what's the matter?" They all look at Qiao Wei.

Qiaowei touched her chin: "in addition to crystal shrimp balls, are there any other dishes missing?"

The crowd shook their heads.

Jovi pause: "the kitchen in addition to you, anyone else came in?"

Everyone shakes their heads again. Rongji often develops new dishes. The kitchen is a forbidden area, let alone outsiders. The employees inside Rongji can't enter if they want to.

Qiao Wei frowned strangely: "that's strange. It's not what you eat or stolen by outsiders. How can it disappear?"

Small six complexion a change: "is haunted?"

The crowd was so frightened that they were held together.

Qiao Wei looked around, pondered for a while, and said: "you go out first, close the door and the window tightly. You are not allowed to come in without my orders."

They thought she was going to catch a ghost and went out with wind on her feet.

Qiao Wei first opened the cupboard, then turned over the firewood pile, and then opened all the pots and rice jars. She got nothing: "I see you. Come out to my aunt. As long as you are willing to change your ways, my aunt will spare your life."

There was no movement.

Qiao Wei grabs a few shrimps from the basket, goes to shell and thread, fried a plate of shrimp balls with green peppers, and then pretends to look for chopsticks in the cupboard.

On the beam of the house, a small black figure hung upside down on the cloth strip and slipped down quietly. One hand held a bag, and the other hand grasped the plate. Just as she poured the shrimp balls into the bag, Qiao Wei suddenly turned around and pinched the hand!

That hand quickly a draw, Qiao Wei only choked a cloth bag.

What a quick hand!

Qiao Wei Mou Guang Yi Li, grabs dustpan to cover toward the other side.

The little figure quickly jumps to avoid Qiao Wei's claws. Then the little figure opens the door and flies out.

Everything happened so fast that all the people saw a black shadow passing by. They thought that Dabai was innocent and scared to scream.Qiao Wei catches up with the figure.

Little shadow flies over the eaves.

Qiao Wei is familiar with the terrain. Qiao Wei can't climb the roof, but Qiao Wei can get into the alley.

In silent pursuit, Qiao Weimo turns left and right, and finally catches the shrimp thief in front of a dilapidated courtyard.

"Squeak --" cried pearl.