Food for the people

Qiao Ling was nervous all the way, and now that he was sure that he would be able to enter Songyu Academy, he was relieved. Qiao Yu was in a good mood, and when he went out, he rubbed Qiao Ling's head again, and said in a very proud tone: " Look, I knew you could do it."

Qiao Ling was embarrassed by his praise, but now that he had achieved his goal, he was very happy in his heart. Instead, he nodded vigorously and said, "I will definitely study hard."

The academy is about to start school, and Qiao Ling still has a lot of things to prepare. In addition, the spring clothes for the two of them have not yet been placed, and he told Aunt Qiufeng in advance that he would be home later, so he didn't go home at all, and went directly to the street to buy things. .

Qiao Yu didn't have time to ask Grandma Song when she got home yesterday, but she didn't ask Aunt Qiufeng because she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to describe it clearly, so she didn't ask at all. Now she went straight to Wanniang's shop on the street, planning to go to her place to ask.

Before going there, I bought a bowl of sweet bean curd at the breakfast shop on the street, and planned to bring it to Wanniang.

Wanniang's makeup shop has always been open relatively late, and now the sun has risen, and her shop has just opened, and she is throwing ashes with her sleeves rolled up, and when she hears someone coming in, she greets without looking back. : "Guest officer, what do you need?"

Qiao Yu said with a smile, "I need Wanniang's guidance and information."

Wanniang turned her head when she heard the voice, saw him, and said with a smile: "Why are you two, I said which girl from this family came to buy rouge so early in the morning."

After finishing speaking, he asked again: "Isn't it time for you to set up a stall? Why did you come here so early? What's the matter?"

Qiao Yu put the sweet bean curd in front of Wanniang, and said, "The weather is hot, I want to find a clothing store to buy two spring clothes, by the way, please Wan Niang, you have a bowl of sweet bean curd."

Qiao Yu has always been sweet-talking and will come to things, and he likes everyone when he speaks and does things. Naturally, Wan Niang is no exception. Seeing Qiao Yu come over to ask a question and bring her something, she thinks this child is very cute. Said: "If you ask, just ask, and bring something. I'm afraid that if you ask empty-handed, I won't tell you?"

Qiao Yu said sweetly: "It's nothing, let's not talk about it, just want to treat Wanniang to eat bowls of tofu, it's not a very valuable thing."

Wanniang stopped talking to him, and asked, "Isn't there a tailor shop on West Street? Why don't you go to his house to do it?"

Qiao Ling said from the side: "The boss hates the poor and loves the rich, saying we can't afford things."

Wan Niang raised her eyebrows and said, "I knew it. It's not once or twice that he bowed to the high and stepped on the low. We don't like to make clothes in his house. Although there are only tailor-made clothing shops on West Street, But there are still two families hidden behind the alley. You can’t wear clothes without his shop. Although the clothes of Li’s second family are not as good as his, the price of the workmanship fabrics is much more affordable than his. Come here, we Tell you how to go."

Wanniang told Qiao Yu the address of the ready-made clothing store carefully, and then told Qiao Yu to go early, saying that there are a lot of spring clothes being made these days, so if it is too late, she might not be able to buy ready-made ones and have to wait.

Qiao Yu nodded in agreement, bid farewell to Qiao Ling and left.

What Wanniang said about Li's second shop was really hidden. Wanniang said it was his own yard. At the beginning, he had no money to rent the shop, and was afraid of offending the one on the street, so he simply started business in his own yard. , Later everyone knew about it, so he didn't bother to go to the shop anymore, bought two more rooms from the neighboring house, and continued to do business together.

The clothes in this shop are indeed similar to what Wanniang described, they are not fancy, they are very simple, Qiao Yu doesn't think much about the quality, but everyone thinks it is better than the shop on West Street, so I can't be wrong.

After all, this shop was smaller than the one on West Street, and there were not many ready-made clothes, so Qiao Ling could fit into a suit.

As for Qiao Yu, it was not so coincidental. His figure in adult men's body was unavoidably thin, and the smaller ones would be short, so there were not many ready-made clothes, and they happened to be bought the day before.

I can't buy ready-made clothes, so I can only measure the size and choose the fabrics to make. Fortunately, Li's second wife has bought food from him and knows him. Hearing that he doesn't have suitable spring clothes at home, she said she would send her The clothes are urgently made first.

Qiao Yu chose two pieces of fabric, one blue and one emerald, and asked them to wrap the clothes bought for Qiao Ling. After Li's second wife's assurances, she thanked people repeatedly, and then left the garment shop with Qiao Ling.

Songyu Academy provides pens and inks, but students need to bring their own rice paper because the amount of rice paper used is too large. Although Qiao Yu’s family has some, it is still the leftovers that Qiao Sheng brought from Qiao’s house. It was not much. During this time, Qiao Yu practiced calligraphy and painting Changed and changed a lot, and there was not much left, so Qiao Yu went to the store to buy some.

Paper is much more expensive than other things. A piece of paper costs ten cents, and it feels rough to the touch. A piece of paper is as square as a small table, and you have to cut it to the right size when you buy it back.

After buying rice paper and preparing to leave, Qiao Yu realized that he had forgotten one of the most important things, which was Qiao Ling’s schoolbag. Help me to make another school bag, regardless of lunch at the academy, Qiao Ling has to bring food from home every day, so I specially asked the school bag to be bigger, so that it is convenient for him to carry things when the time comes.

After finishing all these, the sun had already risen to a high level. Afraid that Aunt Qiufeng would wait, the two hurried back home.

In Prince Yan's mansion, Lu Jincheng had just had breakfast.

Since Sanqi told the cook a few days ago that the prince likes to eat noodles, no matter whether it is morning or evening, as long as Lu Jincheng is at home, there will always be a bowl of chicken noodle soup on the table.

This morning's breakfast was no exception.

Lu Jincheng actually didn't like eating chicken noodle soup, so he only scooped up a bowl of soup and gave Sanchi the rest.

Sanqi was overjoyed, and secretly decided to go to the cook's place to fan the fire later, and it's best to do it more often in the future.

After the meal, Sanqi sent someone to clear the table. Seeing that Lu Jincheng had no intention of going out, he immediately brought him a cup of Xiaoshi tea with a happy smile. The chances of his prince going out of the mansion alone in the past two days are getting higher and higher. It made Sanqi feel a strong sense of crisis. He has been with his prince for so many years, and the prince always takes him with him everywhere. Now these two days are good, and he doesn't take him with him anywhere.

Although Sanqi suspected in his heart that his prince's frequent visits to the mansion might have something to do with the boy he had met, but his prince didn't say anything, and given him a hundred guts, he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he could only keep silent in his heart He scratched his head and guessed whether the young man gave his prince some kind of ecstasy, which captivated his prince's heart.

Sanqi was still thinking wildly, while Lu Jincheng put down his cup and got up as if thinking of something again, Sanqi regained his energy all of a sudden, leaned forward and asked, "Master, where are you going?"

Lu Jincheng glanced at him, and Sanqi immediately started to cry with a sad face: "Master, are you really not going to ask for Sanqi? Sanqi has been with you for these years, what's wrong, sir, you want to call me?" There is nothing wrong with punishing Sanqi, sir, you can't do without Sanqi, if you don't want Sanqi, Sanqi will not live..."

Sanqi was still crying at the beginning, but after howling twice, thinking that Lu Jin would not take him with him for anything now, maybe he really didn’t want him anymore, so the sadness that could not help but howling came from it, and the fake crying became real crying .

Lu Jincheng made him howl his head hard, and said unbearably, "Shut up."

Sanqi was like a rooster whose throat had been strangled, the cries stopped abruptly, and she asked pitifully with red eyes: "Master, are you planning to take me with you?"

Sanqi excitedly knocked on the door of Songyu Academy.

It was not easy for him to come out with his prince today, even the Academy, a place he usually doesn't want to enter, is quite pleasing to the eye.

"Jiang Lingxiao, come out and open the door, my prince is here."

Panax notoginseng knocked and yelled, as proficiently as in his own yard.

After a while, the Jiang Lingxiao he was talking about opened the door, poked his head out from the inside, holding a piece of pastry in his hand, his cheeks puffed up when he ate it, it was the boy Qiao Yu and the others saw when they came .

Jiang Lingxiao stuffed the pastry into his mouth a few mouthfuls, wiped his hands on his clothes casually, then opened the door completely, walked out to Lu Jincheng and bowed his hands together, "Prince Yan."

Lu Jincheng hummed and said, "Where's your big daddy?"

Jiang Lingxiao pursed his lips in the academy: "I just came back, I'm cooking inside, please come inside, my lord."

After finishing speaking, he led Lu Jincheng into the gate of the academy.

They walked all the way into the backyard of the academy, and saw that Mr. Songyu, who had just met the two brothers of the Qiao family in the morning, was sitting at the stone table and writing. There was a plate of pastries beside him. More than half of them had been eaten, and there were still a few pieces left Lying alone on a plate.

Jiang Songyu was so engrossed in his writing that he didn't hear it when everyone came up to him. Jiang Lingxiao called out "Daddy" before he raised his head. When he saw Lu Jincheng, he straightened his expression and quickly got up to give him a hand. present.

"Prince Yan."

Lu Jincheng waved his hands and said, "There's no need to be too polite."

Jiang Songyu asked: "Did the lord come to find Qiwen? Xiaoer, go and call your father over."

Jiang Lingxiao wanted to leave when he heard the words, but was stopped by Lu Jincheng.

"Don't call, I'll go find him."

Jiang Songyu still wanted to stop him again: "The prince should not go to places like the kitchen, so as not to get his clothes dirty, just ask Qi Wen to come out."

But Lu Jincheng smiled as if thinking of something, and said, "It's okay."

Not only did he go to the kitchen, but he went there many times. Not only did the man not stop him, but he also had to do work for him.

Seeing that he persisted, Jiang Songyu couldn't stop him anymore, so he had to let him go.

Lu Jincheng walked to the door of the kitchen, and sure enough, he saw a man inside who was cooking with his sleeves rolled up, probably because he had just changed his court clothes, and he was wearing only a black uniform. His face was hidden in the rising mist, but his appearance was extraordinary.

Hearing someone approaching from behind, he said without looking back: "Chu Xi, pass me the bowl."

Lu Jincheng got used to working recently, so he didn't make a sound when he heard the words. He found a bowl in the cupboard and handed it over.

When Meng Qiwen took the bowl, he even touched the back of his hand, his expression changed and he turned around quickly.

"Prince Yan! You also have nothing to do, are you looking for me?"

Lu Jincheng raised his eyebrows, and said with a half-smile: "Did I ever say that I am your Jiang Chuxi? You touched it without saying a word. I didn't punish you for the crime you committed above. How dare you ask about it?" Mine is not here."

Meng Qiwen was not afraid of his harsh words at all.

Angrily, he put the sashimi porridge into a bowl, and said: "Then, please punish me quickly, see if I have been punished, who else can enlighten you."

Lu Jincheng's face turned pale, and he said, "Why do I need your help?"

Meng Qiwen took a sip of the porridge, it was light and salty, it was tender and smooth, and it was delicious, and then he said, "There is no need to explain why the prince came to me at this time."

Lu Jincheng pondered for a while, then clicked his tongue for a long time and said, "You are smart, I do need your help with something."

Meng Qiwen's face also became serious, "The prince is out of love."

Lu Jincheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well, I can't hide it from you."