The inn business in Bianfu City was booming that year. Qin Yao and his wife visited three medium-sized inns in succession, but none of them had ordinary guest rooms to choose from. They either had dormitories or the super luxurious No. 1 room.
This time, Qi Xiangun was not treating us. Qin Yao focused on saving money and said with a big wave of her hand, "Continue with the next one!"
She just couldn't believe that it was so difficult to stay in an inn.
Liu Ji had little money in his pocket and had no say, so he resigned himself to his fate and continued driving around the city in the cold wind.
This city is obviously further south than Kaiyang County, but the temperature is unexpectedly lower. Because there is a river in the city, the humidity rises, and the coldness feels like it penetrates into the bones.
After visiting two more empty inns, the couple finally found an ordinary room in the inn where they stayed for the first time in the city and successfully checked in.
But after all the trouble, it was already evening.
Qin Yao quickly sent Liu Ji out to deliver the visiting card so that she could visit him tomorrow.
She stayed alone in the inn, packing the New Year gifts she had brought with her.
The two baskets of local eggs were intact, and the deer antler Ganoderma lucidum were also lying safely in the gift box. Only the four fat local chickens were frozen and looked a little wilted. Qin Yao always felt that they would not survive the night.
She played with the rice for a while, trying to get them to run around to get their blood flowing. A quarter of an hour later, the four chickens in the coop hadn't even left the coop. They were huddled on the pile of straw in the coop with their eyes half-closed.
"If you're lazy again, I'll kill you all tonight!" Qin Yao threatened.
Four chickens: “.”
Obviously, this threat only works on Liu Ji, who can understand human language.
Qin Yao heard brisk footsteps behind her and someone humming a little tune. She turned around and saw that it was Liu Ji who had returned after delivering the visiting card. He was holding a bag of hot buns in his hand and smiling.
The couple looked at each other, and Qin Yao's expression became even uglier.
Liu Ji glanced at her suspiciously, "Madam, I didn't offend you today, did I?"
He just used his own money to buy a few meat buns. She shouldn't be unhappy about such a small thing, right?
Qin Yao naturally snatched the paper bag from his hand and stuffed a bowl of brown rice into Liu Ji's hand. "If these four chickens don't get out of the cage and run out of energy today, I will kill you tonight!"
Liu Ji understood what they were saying and shuddered all over, but soon he couldn't help laughing out loud, "Hahaha, it turns out that these four chickens made my wife unhappy. I was scared to death."
As for her words about wanting to kill him, Liu Ji said that he had heard them so many times that his ears were almost callused, and she loved it so much that she wouldn't!
"My lady, please go into the house and warm yourself up. Eat two buns to fill your stomach. These meat buns are so delicious. Leave these disobedient beasts to me." Liu Ji smiled faintly, feeling that he looked handsome and elegant. He lifted up his robe and squatted down in front of the chicken coop.
"Coo, cho, cho--" he called while feeding rice.
Qin Yao opened the door of the guest room, sat in the room eating meat buns, and suddenly felt that the world was beautiful.
If Liu Ji could always be so obedient, she wouldn't mind giving him a few more sweet treats.
pity
"Madam, this chicken seems to be hard." Liu Ji came to report nervously, holding an old hen that was motionless with its eyes closed.
Qin Yao held her forehead and took a deep breath. In the cold winter, the words coming out of her mouth sounded even colder. "Let's stew it."
Liu Ji grinned and hurriedly took the chicken that had just been frozen to the kitchen of the inn.
Fortunately, the remaining three finally ran out of the cage at the temptation of food, and were chased around the yard by Liu Ji, and finally regained their vitality.
At night, the couple drank delicious chicken soup while looking at the three lively chickens in the corner of the room. They frowned and said in unison:
"Three is unlucky. How about killing another one?"
A smile at each other says everything.
Qin Yao had a big appetite, and one pot of chicken was not enough for her. So Liu Ji stewed another one for her as a midnight snack. She went to sleep only after she was full.
Liu Ji felt that sleeping on the floor was just fine for his eyes, and he didn't want to become a one-eyed dragon when he went to meet the nobleman tomorrow.
Write on the visiting card that you will be visiting at noon, which gives the host time to have breakfast and avoid dinner.
After getting up from a good sleep, the couple tidied up their appearance. Qin Yao held the gift box, and Liu Ji carried the chicken coop in his left hand and eggs in his right hand. They walked out of the guest room in a very down-to-earth manner and prepared to visit Magistrate He's home.
As the two walked out of the inn, a low-key green carriage stopped in front of the inn.
A little head popped out of the car. It was a cute pink and white girl wearing a bunny-head hat.
"I remember you, the strong female rower!" He Zhanghua said with a smile.
Qi Xiangguan then got out of the carriage and called out "Madam" and "Junior Brother". Only then did Qin Yao dare to repeat what the little girl had just said to herself.
"Brother, are you here to pick us up?" Liu Ji asked excitedly.
Qi Xianguan nodded and introduced the girl next to the couple, "My cousin, He Zhanghua."
The couple bowed politely together, "Miss He."
"You're welcome. Get in the car. My cousin and I are here to pick you up on our mother's orders." He Zhanghua didn't act like a lady at all. She was like a warm-hearted little girl next door. She opened her big eyes and looked at Qin Yao and his wife.
When he saw Liu Ji, there was a flash of amazement in his eyes, but he was soon attracted by the chickens in the cage.
Qi Xianguan said with a hint of pride: "These are fed by the villagers using insects they caught themselves."
He Zhanghua frowned. What's there to show off?
But I still can't suppress my envy.
Last night, when she heard Qi Xianguan tell her mother that he had built a lotus courtyard that belonged just to him in Liujia Village, she was almost crying with envy.
When she heard Qi Xiangun say that his junior brother's wife was the female strongman who helped her win first place in the dragon boat race during the Duanwu Festival, she couldn't wait any longer and begged her mother to let her come out to receive the guests so that she could see her as soon as possible.
Because He Zhanghua was a girl, Liu Ji consciously stayed outside the carriage, leaving only Qin Yao and Qi Xiangguan in the carriage.
He Zhanghua stared at Qin Yao and asked her expectantly, "Madam, do you still remember me?"
Qin Yao nodded, "Of course I remember."
"We are so destined to meet." He Zhanghua said excitedly, "I didn't expect that you not only helped me win first place, but also saved my cousin and that old man Gong Liangliao."
That old man? Qin Yao secretly curled the corners of her lips. This name is quite interesting.
Qi Xianguan glanced at He Zhanghua with dissatisfaction, "Don't be so rude to the gentleman."
"That's your teacher, not my teacher. He said bad things about me to my father. So what if I just called him old man?" He Zhanghua was disgusted with the whole family and even disliked Qi Xianguan, the disciple of the great Confucian scholar.
The cousins started arguing again, and Qin Yao just watched without saying anything.
Finally, the carriage stopped in front of the side door of the He family, and the driver said, "Miss, cousin, we're here."
The arguing cousins suddenly realized that the guests were still there.
Qi Xianguan didn't care, since he and Qin Yao and his wife had already gotten along very well.
He Zhanghua seemed a little embarrassed, and he didn't feel like saying anything as he led the guests in.
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