Strange love across time and space

Jiang Shi and Su Qing hurried forward to greet them, and saw the leader, a fat eunuch in his thirties, saluting the two with a smile and saying, "My slave Kang Youquan has met Mrs. Su, Miss Su." Jiang Shi helped him weakly. After a while, he smiled and said, "Eunuch Kang, you are so polite. Please come in quickly!"

After the two welcomed Eunuch Kang into the main hall, Eunuch Kang introduced the two young eunuchs behind him to Jiang and Su Qing, "These are my two apprentices. The tall one is called Xiao Linzi, and the short one is called Xiao Haizi." If I come to the Su family again to talk about purchasing soap, if the slaves are not available, let these two people come." The two young eunuchs hurriedly bowed to Jiang and Su Qing. Mrs. Jiang asked them to stand up and winked at Nanny Lin beside her. Nanny Lin immediately stepped forward and stuffed a purse into each of the three eunuchs. Eunuch Kang secretly weighed his purse and smiled politely and said, "Mrs. Su, you are so polite. How can I be so embarrassed?" Jiang said, "It is really hard for the three of us to travel all the way. I will use this little money to treat my father-in-law." Let's have tea, there will be many opportunities for us to interact in the future." Eunuch Kang immediately understood, "That servant is not welcome."

After Jiang asked Eunuch Kang to sit down, Su Qing asked Qingzhu to go to the backyard where the soap was made and brought four soaps with different scents for Eunuch Kang to look at. Eunuch Kang picked up the soap, touched it one by one, and smelled it. Su Qing also asked someone to bring water for the three father-in-laws to wash their hands. Among these three people, only Eunuch Kang had seen the soap once when he was called to Weiyang Palace by Concubine Xian. At that time, he only took it into his hand and touched it. The other two had never seen it. They only heard from their master that Concubine Xian felt that it was This soap is very useful, so I asked them to go to Su Mansion to buy it, so they followed. At this moment, when they saw this soap that was a hundred times more effective than pig's soap, everyone showed a look of surprise and praised Su Qing for her ingenuity. No wonder the emperor liked it! In the end, Eunuch Kang followed Concubine Xian's instructions and ordered ten thousand pieces of soap, with four scents. Jiang and Su Qing suppressed their excitement and signed the order with Eunuch Kang. Eunuch Kang took out a five hundred soap on the spot. He handed the two taels of silver notes to Jiang, saying that he would give the remaining money to the Su family after the soap was made and delivered to the palace. Before leaving, Su Qing gave each of the three people five pieces of soap, and happily praised Jiang for giving birth to a good daughter. Mr. Jiang also smiled so hard that his mouth reached to his ears.

After sending Eunuch Kang and the others away, Jiang and Su Qing immediately sent more people to make soap, and asked Li Qiang to purchase more raw materials. Su Qing felt that making soap at home was not an option, so she discussed with Jiang whether they could set up a small workshop to make soap. Jiang thought for a while and said, "If the workshop is built outside, it will be easy for someone to sneak in and learn the method of making soap." The Su Mansion was originally a remodeled palace. It was not only a large place, but also had many courtyards, mainly courtyard walls. It's tall and strong, so it's not easy for outsiders to get in. Su Qing thought about it and felt that what her mother said made sense. The main reason was that in the Su Mansion, with the Phantom around, he could always feel if there was an intruder. So he said, "Well, there is a vacant yard in the southwest corner of the house. It is larger than the yard where we make soap, but it is a bit shabby. Let's repair it and turn it into a small workshop for the maids who make soap. Do you think this is a good idea, mother?" Mrs. Jiang knew about that yard. When she first moved in, Mrs. Jiang felt that there were too many vacant yards in the mansion and didn't take care of them. Now she heard from Su Qing It seems feasible to say so. He nodded in agreement. Call Butler Li and ask him to do this.

The afternoon passed quickly. During dinner, Su Qixuan and Su Rui asked about what happened that day. After hearing what happened to Nanny Zhang, they were angry that the queen was deliberately looking for trouble, and at the same time told Su Qing that Nanny Zhang was by the queen's side after all. You are an old man, so be careful with your actions. Su Qing naturally agreed and asked Qingzhu, "Has Grandma Zhang's itching been cured?" Qingzhu replied, "I don't know, I just sent someone to deliver food to Grandma Zhang, but the maid came back and said that Grandma Zhang didn't let anyone in. Ask someone to put the food at the door." Jiang sneered, "Then don't worry about her, we didn't treat her harshly, and the Queen can't catch us."

After the meal, Su Qing returned to her courtyard. Xiu'er came forward and said, "Miss, Grandma Zhang has eaten all the food. She just went out to go to the toilet. I saw that she only looked a little tired, but nothing else." Su Qing curled her lips and said, "I know, don't worry about her."

It was a cold day in the twelfth lunar month. Since the beginning of winter, Su Qing no longer went for a walk in the garden to eat after dinner. Instead, she lit a charcoal basin and played chess with Phantom in the house. In her previous life, Su Qing had never played Go. The only things she knew were backgammon and flying chess. Just because the candlelight was dim at night, Su Qing vowed to protect her eyes in this life and never become short-sighted again. Therefore, other ladies spent the evening painting or reading, but she chose to play chess and studied with Phantom for a few days. , felt that his temperament was really not suitable for Go. The Phantom sat across from him and looked at Su Qing, who was bored and dealing with business, and said softly, "If you don't like it, don't play. Why don't you go to bed early." Su Qing shook her head, it was dark in winter. It was early in the morning, and it was already dark at midnight. In the previous life, it was not even seven o'clock in the evening. Su Qing couldn't sleep, and there was no other entertainment. She looked at the Go on the table and suddenly thought of poker. Then he asked Qingzhu to take a piece of thick drawing paper, cut it into a rectangle half the size of a palm, and use the thinnest brush to gently write the numbers and letters of the poker in his previous life on it. However, she wrote in Chinese characters instead of Arabic numerals in her previous life. After finishing writing, she asked Phantom to sit across from her and tell him how to play poker. At the same time, Xiu'er and Qingzhu listened carefully. Su Qing said that it would be more fun for four people to play. The phantom was smart, and he remembered it after Su Qing told it once. Then Su Qing messed up the poker cards and put them in order, and tried to play with the phantom. In the end, Su Qing won. The phantom said to do it again, and Su Qing said proudly. Agreed, but Su Qing lost the second time. Su Qing was not convinced and played with Phantom three more times, but lost each time. Su Qing leaned back on the chair like a deflated rubber ball. "No more playing!" Phantom said dotingly, "How about I lose to you on purpose this time?" Su Qing glanced at him sideways. "Who cares? I am not the one." I can't afford to lose. If you lose, you lose." She just felt depressed for a while, then stood up and let Qingzhu and Xiu'er try playing poker while she went to drink tea. The two maids were already watching impatiently, so they quickly sat down and started playing. Su Qing turned back to Qingzhu and said, "Tomorrow, let the carpenters outside make some thin wood chips and make more than a hundred. Cut the edges into arc shapes. Don't hurt your hands. It's better for us to play poker with that. This paper After playing with it a few times, it becomes too soft!" Qingzhu responded quickly.