Chapter 207 No Future

As soon as Gu Yunyi finished speaking, Xu Qingmeng's pounding heart calmed down a little.

The next second, she felt his arms reaching out and a pair of hands on her stomach. It wasn't the first time, but she didn't know why this time was different from the previous ones.

Gu Yunyi obviously noticed her stiffness and whispered softly in her ear, "Go to sleep quickly. I won't touch you until the baby is born."

call!

The spineless Xu Qingmeng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. Without the pressure, a feeling of fatigue suddenly surged up over him.

I adjusted myself to a comfortable position and soon fell asleep.

In the darkness, Gu Yunyi looked at her and sighed deeply.

I kept comforting myself in my heart, thinking that everything would be fine once the baby was born.

After a good night's sleep, Xu Qingmeng rarely woke up early and had a good sleep.

When Xu Qing woke up from his dream, Xinting and He had already prepared breakfast.

It was simple, with white rice porridge and steamed buns. I also made steamed eggs for Xu Qingmeng, and boiled eggs for the rest of the people.

After dinner, Xu Qingmeng asked Gu Yunyi and Zhou Yuanjia to go to the next door to ask who signed the contract for the two courtyards and whether there were any problems.

One really doesn't know what stories these two courtyards have. Gu Yunyi nodded and said he would find out.

Afterwards, He took Xinting out again and bought a lot of things, while Xu Qingmeng looked after the two children in the yard.

He and Xinting went back and forth twice before they finally bought all the basic things.

It was not until noon that Gu Yunyi and Zhou Yuanjia came back. Of course, Huang Boyang also came with them. Although Xu Qingmeng did not cook, she had Xinting.

Huang Boyang smiled and said to He as soon as he entered the room: "Aunt, I'm here to eat for free."

"Welcome, welcome. I was lucky this morning. I bought some mutton. Meng Niang is teaching me how to cook it. I also bought some fish."

"I smell it. Madam Gu and Miss Biao's cooking skills are absolutely amazing."

He welcomed them into the backyard. In the kitchen, Xinting was cooking and Xu Qingmeng was instructing her.

The main course for lunch was braised lamb.

Wash the mutton with hot water, add onions, ginger, cinnamon, star anise, spices and other condiments to the pot.

"Xinting, in this case, you need to boil the water before putting the mutton in, so that the mutton will not become mushy when stewed. Add more rice wine and cook for a quarter of an hour."

"yes."

Take out the blanched mutton, clean it, drain the water, put the mutton into the pot without adding oil, stir-fry until the oil comes out, then add the onion, ginger slices and other condiments and stir-fry until fragrant.

Add rice wine when stir-frying. When the mutton is browned, you can change to a stew pot. Add boiling water until the water level covers the mutton. Then add radish and simmer for about an hour. Add a little salt and it is ready to serve.

There are also boiled fish, minced meat eggplant, home-cooked tofu, stir-fried pork, cold cucumber, cold lotus root, and Gu Yunyi's favorite sweet and sour pork.

The sweet and sour pork was made by Xu Qingmeng.

Cut the tenderloin into slices of the same thickness, soak them in water for a quarter of an hour, and pour out the blood.

First add a little salt and mix well, then put in starch of the same weight as the meat, slowly add water and mix until it becomes a viscous state.

The water should not be too much, and then add a little rice wine to remove the fishy smell.

Pour oil into the pan, and start frying the meat slices when it is 70% hot. After all the meat is fried, fry it again and it is ready for use.

Leave a small amount of oil in the pot, pour in some shredded ginger, and then pour in the prepared sweet and sour sauce "sugar, white vinegar, soy sauce, salt". When the sauce thickens, pour in the fried meat slices, stir evenly, and coat each piece of meat with the sweet and sour sauce before serving.

The main course is Gu's Restaurant's specialty pie made by Xinting.

Huang Boyang hadn't eaten for a long time. He ate two at once before starting to taste other dishes.

Zhou Yuanjia, on the other hand, had often come to the Gu family for meals since he got engaged, so he wasn't that fond of pies anymore. Instead, like Gu Yunyi, he couldn't put down the sweet and sour pork.

This caused the two children, Yun Sheng and Yun Mo, to look at him with resentment.

“Ahem.”

Xu Qingmeng coughed twice, reminding the two to be more restrained, and then the two turned to other things.

After the meal, He and Xinting were tidying up the yard, Xu Qingmeng was getting ready to take a nap, and Gu Yunyi and the other two were going out, saying they were going to meet someone.

Because of Xu Qingmeng's health, the He family and their colleagues took three full days to put everything in place. Zhou Yuanjia didn't want to pack anything as he lived alone and came to the Gu family for meals.

The Gu family bought quite a lot of things, but they were all commonly used items.

According to Gu Yunyi, the previous owner of this courtyard was a businessman, and he had more than one house. After buying these two houses, he rarely lived in them and only sent servants to guard them.

He wanted to go to Beijing recently and had no intention of coming back, so he planned to take inventory and sell all the courtyards under his name. The price was not high, so they got a good deal.

The couple who look after the yard are also honest people. They did not occupy the other's home. Everything in the backyard is new, so they don't need to buy anything else.

Of course the most purchased items were for the kitchen, such as pots, pans, and utensils. Even though they were insignificant, all in all, it cost nearly twenty taels of silver.

He said it was too expensive!

After all, Gu Yunyi was not idle during these busy days. He first went to the provincial school with Zhou Yuanjia.

Although it is not the official enrollment time for the prefectural school yet, it is no secret that people get attacked on the official road. In addition, the prefect has already given instructions.

There was no problem for the two of them to enroll in school now. They went to the provincial school to get familiar with the route and communicated about the time of enrollment. Zhou Yuanjia enrolled the next day and Gu Yunyi five days later.

Huang Boyang did not enter the provincial school, Fang Ziheng seemed to be delayed because of something happening at home, but Jiang Mingyu did enter the provincial school.

Gu Yunyi chose to start a few days later, mainly because he wanted to find a teacher to teach Yun Sheng and Yun Mo.

"There are many scholars in the city, and naturally there are many teachers. I have inquired these days and found that there are many private schools that specialize in teaching children. However, I only know the names of them. I still need to consider carefully which one is good."

When Xu Qingmeng went out, he did not forget to inquire about it. After all, Yun Sheng and Yun Mo's education had been delayed for a long time.

"I asked around before and heard there's a pretty good teacher on our street, his last name is Li, and he has a pretty good reputation. How about I go and ask him tomorrow?" said He.

"I have met this Master Li before. If he teaches me some Chinese characters, there is no problem. But if I talk about his character and words and deeds, there are still some..."

Gu Yunyi didn't finish his words, but the disapproval in his eyes was obvious.

Hearing this, Xu Qingmeng asked, "Could it be that you already have someone you like?"

"I know this. There are many scholars living around the provincial school. Yesterday, Brother Gu, Brother Huang and I went to visit several of them. Among them, there was a Mr. Zhou who was willing to come, right?" Zhou Yuanjia said quickly.

My child at home was sick, so I didn’t have time to update. I’m sorry everyone!

(End of this chapter)