"Alright!"
Luo Pinzheng raised his hand to interrupt her as she tried to continue showing off.
"Over the past few years, I have always kept some of the fruits of pregnancy that the court has harvested and sent them to the prince. This time, they were prepared two months ago. You can send them back along with the money when the time comes."
Seeing that she didn't take her seriously at all, Zhao Xin was a little displeased. She frowned and continued:
"There is one more thing that the Prince has instructed you to do."
...
Su Qinghe returned to the restaurant around noon, where she was greeted by the Ji brothers as usual.
Where is Xiaoxi?
She opened her arms and let Ji Yuan take off her cloak. Today, the air was misty and drizzling, and her cloak was already damp from her journey back.
As the weather grew colder, a charcoal fire had already been lit inside the house. The glowing embers cast a warm light inside, creating a stark contrast with the dark sky outside the window.
The warm indoor temperature, coupled with the soft sizzling sound from the charcoal brazier, created a truly cozy scene.
Looking at the two obedient men beside her, Su Qinghe couldn't help but squint her eyes, tilt her head back, take a deep breath, and exhale slowly, feeling extremely comfortable in both body and mind.
As soon as he finished changing his outer robe, Ji Qingyu handed him a cup of hot tea.
"Brother Xiaoxi hasn't gotten up yet. It's almost lunchtime. Should we go wake him up?"
He held up his teacup, his eyes fixed on the tips of Su Qinghe's shoes, quietly waiting for her to come and take it.
Hearing the man's originally clear and crisp voice suddenly turn into a high-pitched, affected tone, Su Qinghe couldn't help but shudder and get goosebumps all over.
She lowered her head slightly, first taking the tea from his hand, then raising her hand to give him a flick on the forehead.
"Speak properly!" she couldn't help but scold.
Ji Qingyu cried out in pain as she was hit on the head, her face, which had just been smirking, instantly contorted into a bitter expression.
He looked up at Su Qinghe with a wronged expression and protested.
Wasn't my voice pleasant just now?
He remembered that all his close female friends spoke to their beloved ladies in the same way. And one of his mother's concubines, whom he called Third Uncle, was the most favored of all the concubines.
Su Qinghe frowned as she looked at him, speechless for a moment.
"I find it uncomfortable to listen to, and aren't you tired of speaking with your voice cut off?"
She drank the tea in one gulp and handed it to Ji Yuan next to her, gesturing for him to pour her another cup.
“Your original voice is still the best,” she said, looking down at him.
"oh!"
Hearing her say she didn't like it, Ji Qingyu lowered his head in disappointment, feeling somewhat defeated. This was something he had practiced all morning to achieve.
Seeing that he seemed to be discouraged, Su Qinghe smiled helplessly and walked towards Ji Yuan, patting his butt as she did so.
"Alright, stop standing there like an idiot. Go and call your brother Xiaoxi to get up and eat. It's getting chilly, the food will get cold in the wind."
Several months later, his buttocks were attacked again. Ji Qingyu's body stiffened, and his face turned slightly red. The disappointment he had just felt was instantly forgotten.
"knew……"
Afraid of being hit again if he reacted too slowly, he responded softly, clenched his fists, and rushed out.
"Is Brother Yu heartbroken?"
Ji Yuan, who had just finished pouring the tea, turned around and saw Ji Qingyu's seemingly flustered back.
He turned and looked at Su Qinghe with a worried expression.
Yu Ge'er finally took a liking to his wife, but unexpectedly, he spent the whole morning tinkering in the room practicing this, and even received such an evaluation from his wife.
"Don't worry, he's shameless!"
Su Qinghe took the teacup, pulled him to sit down, and looked at him with a probing gaze.
"Why hasn't Ah Yuan been saying anything good about Yu-ge lately?"
She and Ji Qingyu have had many arguments in the past month or two. In the past, Ji Yuan would always scold Ji Qingyu and then come to persuade her, but in the past month, he has rarely spoken.
Not only do they not help, but sometimes they even kick someone when they're down.
“Because it’s no longer needed!” Ji Yuan revealed a gentle smile.
“In the past, Yu-ge’er didn’t take his wife seriously. Although she was tolerant, I was afraid that one day he would really anger you, so I often advised him.”
“But things are different now. Now that Yu-ge’er has realized how good his wife is, he will pay extra attention to her. Even if you scold him, he will not argue with you like before, so there is no need for me to persuade him anymore.”
Ji Yuan stood up and slowly moved behind Su Qinghe, raising his hands to massage her shoulders.
“Yu Ge’er is indeed stupid and doesn’t know how to work hard.”
"Now that he cares about his wife, I can no longer protect her when she says things to me. This can encourage him to improve himself, learn more now, and serve his wife better in the future, so that he will cause her less trouble."
After Ji Yuan finished speaking, he was met with a strange look from Su Qinghe.
"W-What's wrong, my lady? Did I say something wrong?"
Ji Yuan paused in his massage of her shoulders, wondering if he had said something that upset her.
"no."
Su Qinghe smiled and pulled the person from behind into her arms.
"I'm just surprised that you think so clearly."
Through these months of getting to know each other, Ji Yuan's impression on her has always been that of a gentle, polite, weak, and self-conscious rich young man who relies on her for everything.
But I never expected him to be so meticulous.
"Am I always seen as an unreasonable person by my wife?"
Ji Yuan wrapped his arms around Su Qinghe's neck, looking somewhat disappointed.
"How could that be?" Su Qinghe said, somewhat embarrassed.
...
With only half a month left until the end of the year, Su Qinghe's restaurant earned her a considerable sum of money after a month of rest.
With her wallet now warmed up again, Su Qinghe went to the brokerage and bought a group of servants, both men and women, and arranged for them all to live in the newly purchased mansion.
The house had been uninhabited for a long time, and even though Qin Anmin arranged for people to clean it every year, it was still overgrown with weeds and covered in dust.
The huge mansion is too much for Su Qinghe's family to manage. Since those people are going to stay there, it's a good opportunity to arrange for them to clean it. She can move in in half a month without any problem, and she can spend the New Year in the new house.
After thinking for a moment, before leaving, she picked out two more young men who looked smart, around fifteen or sixteen years old.
Considering that Ji Yuan and Lin Xi will definitely need someone to take care of them when they become pregnant, and she alone is not able to be in two places at once, it would be best to assign them a personal servant.
After paying, Su Qinghe stuffed a large stack of indentures into her bosom, and led a large group of people to rent several oxcarts at the street corner and head to the mansion.
She picked someone from the group who seemed capable and temporarily put him in charge. After giving all the instructions, she returned to the restaurant.
She didn't bring the two servants she had specially chosen to serve her, and only mentioned them briefly to Ji Yuan and Lin Xi when she got back.
Ji Yuan didn't react much, after all, he was used to being served since he was a child, but Lin Xi was somewhat resistant.
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