Ye Jianqiu

When the old lady heard this, she couldn't help frowning: "Enlightenment? You heard how many clever people are there in Yuelou except Liangchen? Which one didn't suffer from starvation and beating, and came out like a bastard who had been bled, wilting?" Damn it!"

Hearing what the old lady said, Bi Tao laughed along with her, and began to take the old lady's hand to pick off those big shining rings.

Annoyed by Bitao's harassment, Mrs. Cao pulled out her hand and took off all the gemstone rings on her fingers.

"Take it all! If you are clumsy, you can't learn it by grabbing it. If you become a thief, you will starve to death sooner or later!"

"Godmother, Tao'er won [-] times just now!" Bi Tao was still not satisfied, and eagerly touched the gold and jade necklace around the old lady's neck and the Liuyun Baibat mutton fat jade pendant on her waist.

Seeing this, Cao's wife, Du Shi, couldn't sit still. She said coquettishly, "Mother-in-law, why don't you reward your daughter-in-law with a good thing? Sister Bitao eats meat and I also drink some soup, right? Mother, the gem necklace on your neck is very eye-catching... ..."

"Look at all the worthless faces!" The old lady took out a heavy key chain and threw it on the table.

"Go to the warehouse to pick it yourself!"

The two women cheered, picked up the key and trotted away before disappearing.

As soon as Cao Da and Yang Xiaomi entered the room, they bumped into two happy women.Seeing the two of them, the two women hastily performed a blessing and left in a hurry.

Cao Da smiled and shook his head, went back to the house, and greeted the old lady respectfully.

"Mom, but you lost again at cards?"

"Well, losing eight times a day, I lost my temper."

The old lady sat on the drum stool as firmly as Mount Tai, and a little girl knelt on the ground with her head lowered and carefully put on the shoes for the old lady.Another little girl presented a cup of rose marinade to the old lady, and the old lady took a silver ladle and enjoyed it peacefully.

Yang Xiao smiled mischievously and pulled the messy dominoes on the table: "Auntie, sister-in-law is an old-fashioned partner with that Bi Tao sister, and it is not easy to win money from them. Didn't Auntie pay attention to their code words?"

The old lady couldn't help being amused: "Why didn't you notice? These two people cooperate really well, winking and coughing are all nonsense. Even I am anxious for them. Obviously they can win more, but they are so stupid!"

"Mother is happy to lose?"

Cao Da also laughed.

"It's okay, but they are too shallow. Those old gamblers in the gambling shop are addicted to their tricks. It's a pity that I don't want to move around. I will find a few people to play and practice."

"Yes."

Cao Da nodded. His old lady likes to gamble, winning or losing depends on her mood. When she wants to win, gods and ghosts can't stop her, and when she wants to lose, she can't even keep the hairpin on her head.Du Shi and Bitao were playing tricks in front of his old lady, and his old lady thought it was just playing with a monkey, and she was happy to lose.

"Did mother give them the key to the warehouse again?"

"Well, let them choose. These two ignorant people don't know what is really valuable when they go to the warehouse. They can only take gold and silver things at most."

The old lady ate a few cups of marinated rice and said: "Son, last time Cao Wu came, he said that the Fu Niu in Dayangshu Village was injured, do you know?"

Cao Da nodded: "My child already knows."

"How are you going to deal with that surnamed Situ? Don't forget that your uncle's family was the one who contributed the most money and effort back then. It would be inappropriate not to give an explanation."

"My child understands."

Cao Da let out a long sigh.

Po County is Cao Da's hometown. According to Qingluan's law, the county magistrate is not allowed to work in his hometown. It is very harmful to do so, but who told him that he did a good job of dredging joints?Cao's family is a big family in Zhuxian County, and there are more than 100 relatives who just know noodles. These people are not only his backing, but also his biggest problem.

Every family came to him for help, fighting, occupying houses and land, doing business, going to court, buying houses... Even to give birth to a child, Cao Da had to go to a famous doctor of gynecology!This made Cao Da miserable, but he couldn't refuse. When he was favored by others, now these relatives are of course looking for him to pay back!

Cao Da suffered from severe headaches and often avoided him with excuses, but these relatives couldn't find him, so they started looking for Mrs. Cao and several other brothers of Cao Da to do business.The Cao family's second, third, and fourth children, who couldn't bear it any longer, all hid in Mianzhou Mansion. Only the fifth, sixth, and mother stayed with him all the time.Fortunately, Mrs. Cao is definitely a one-sided character, no matter what ghosts and monsters can deal with it, Cao Da's frown, which was often tightly locked, unfolded a bit.

Cao Da waved his hand, and Yang Xiaomi got up and carried a large bag of things. After opening, there were several bolts of exquisite brocade cloth and a jar of honey in a purple covered bowl.

The old lady not only couldn't put it down for the dragon and phoenix brocade cloth embroidered with gold and red, but also had a special liking for the jar of honey.Because the altar of honey is not the fragrant Sophora japonica honey produced in Zhu County, but a kind of honey juice that is clear purple in color and exudes a strong mellow fragrance.As soon as the honey jar was opened, several bees entered the room immediately, and the fragrance was too strong.Seeing this, Yang Xiaomi immediately closed the lid.

Yang Xiaomi said: "This is the purple jade nectar that is abundant in the prairie in the valley of the Chi country. It is said that it is watered by rainwater that melts from sea water, and collected from purple dew fairy grass flowers. The output is only five hundred altars a year. The altar needs a thousand taels of silver."

The old lady's eyes lit up: "Purple jade honey? I heard it can rejuvenate your youth!"

Cao Da shook his head: "It's not that exaggerated, but it's the best tonic. It can prevent hair loss, strengthen your body, and prolong your life... Mother, even the emperor doesn't have to drink it. This altar honors mother."

"Where did these things come from, but that Situ Jin?"

"Yes, he now has as many as a hundred altars in the warehouse."

The old lady knew in her heart that the two seemed to be starting to cooperate.

The old lady said: "Fu Niu, I will go to comfort you in person. Situ Jin is a martial artist and not good at business. Since everyone wants to get rich, they should get along well. It is best to find a chance to put on a table Wine, everyone drinks well, the relationship will be close. In the future, he will be more or less scrupulous about those who fight and kill. Our Cao family has been bullied by him enough!"

"Yes."

Cao Da nodded.

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In the evening, the setting sun reflected half of the sky red, and it also reflected the yellow sand hills in the distance. A group of tired birds in the sky returned to their nests, flapping their wings and leaving a series of songs.

In Situ Jin's mansion, Ye Jianqiu was still sweeping the fallen flowers with his head down.The flowering period is finally coming to an end, and the stamens scattered on the ground are dry and yellow stamens, like a group of fine paper scraps...

For fourteen days, Situ Jin did not show up.

Ye Jianqiu felt empty in his heart, and lived day after day without any taste.Ye Jianqiu began to think, should he go?

The money sold these days is probably about the same. Back then, the mansion bought him and Ye Xiaoxi for only three pennies, so he was only worth half a penny, which is 750 copper coins.If Ye Dashan hadn't stopped him at the market every day, asking for money for various reasons, he would have accumulated faster!

In the past half a month, Ye Dashan has taken a full ten taels of silver from him.Anyway, these ten taels of silver are enough for him to resist for a while, how come there is no silver for him every day?Is the old man's illness really serious?Ye Jianqiu secretly planned to go back and have a look when he had some time, and he couldn't always be a fool's ATM.

However, Ye Jianqiu was still reluctant to leave.

The endless waiting makes people feel disappointed. He doesn't know what he is waiting for, what he is looking forward to, or even what he is expecting...

At this moment, the hooves of the fierce horse finally sounded exciting again. Situ Jin, who rushed into the mansion from outside the door, sat tall on the horse's back, and rushed straight to the locust tree in the yard .

Ye Jianqiu turned around, held the broom and looked at him with a smile.Situ Jin's horse was about to bump into his nose before it stopped, and Ye Jianqiu could even feel the violent breathing from the horse's nose on Ye Jianqiu's face.

Situ Jin felt annoyed in her heart, why didn't this servant know how to avoid it?If you miss it, you will die!

Situ Jin raised his whip and pointed at him, "Why don't you hide?"

"You won't hit me."

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Not afraid."

"That's why you trust me?"

"Yes."

Ye Jianqiu looked at him and smiled sweetly, and Situ Jin also smiled.

The two people under the locust tree looked at each other deeply. At this moment, the world was so colorful, and thousands of birds were singing.

Seeing Situ Jin lead the horse to the stable, Ye Jianqiu threw the broom far away: "I'll cook!"

Seeing the broom thrown aside, Mrs. Ma couldn't help shaking her head as Ye Jianqiu hopped into the kitchen. She knew a long time ago that this kid took the initiative to take up the sweeping job and was waiting for someone.

Ye Jianqiu happily came to the kitchen and prepared dinner meticulously with all her skills.

He made a bowl of red bean and glutinous rice porridge, served it with a few small spring onion rolls, baked a few lotus leaf cakes, fried a few pumpkin crisps, and steamed yam and red date cake.I also fried hot and sour potato shreds, and stewed a fish-flavored eggplant stew. After thinking about it, I mixed two dishes of small pickles with sesame oil.

It was getting dark, Situ Jin settled his horse, washed up, and came to the dining room feeling refreshed.

Ye Jianqiu had been standing at the dining table waiting for a long time.

Ye Jianqiu's eyes lit up when he saw Situ Jin who had changed into a moon-white uniform.

Different from the majesty of the military uniform, Situ Jin put on a long white gown with a round neck and wide sleeves with a silver edge, giving it a bit more elegance and purity.He came to the table, flipped the hem of his robe chicly, and sat down firmly.

Ye Jianqiu immediately presented him with tooth chopsticks and set the dishes.

After Situ Jin silently finished her meal, she stood up and said to Ye Jianqiu who was cleaning up the dishes, "You will serve me close to me from now on."

After finishing speaking, Situ Jin went out, leaving Ye Jianqiu with lingering eyes behind him.