Then she picked up a small handful of the remaining silk, took three copper coins, and made a shuttlecock. Of course, she cut off the parts that were too long.
Because she was making shuttlecock, she didn't go to the garden for morning exercise today.
When the time was almost up, she took the shuttlecock and went to the pavilion at the door to wait for Dugu Yu. After a while, Dugu Yu came back wearing court robes.
"Look, my dear, this is the shuttlecock I made. Doesn't it look good?"
What is a shuttlecock? What is it used for?
"Um."
"Hey, I've been working on this for quite some time! After dinner, can you accompany me to the garden to play for a while?"
"Um."
Wow, you feel so refreshed today!
Qin Qingyao took Dugu Yu's arm and skipped to the restaurant. On the way, she did not forget to pick two flowers and put them in a small vase on the dining table.
As soon as Dugu Yu walked into the restaurant, he saw that in addition to the flowers, plants and bonsai plants that Qin Qingyao was fiddling with, there was also a bottle of long young chicken feathers.
"How is it, my dear? Does it look good?"
“Not ugly.”
"Thank you for the compliment!"
How did I praise you?
After dinner, the two went for a walk in the garden, and then Qin Qingyao found a group of maids who had nothing important to do to play shuttlecock together.
The eight people including her were divided into two camps, just like playing volleyball, except they could only kick and not fight.
Seeing Qin Qingyao's positive energy, I thought she was an advanced player. But when she really kicked, it was horrible, not even as good as the maids.
After all, they do a lot of work and are very nimble.
Qin Qingyao only had a young servant named Xiao Si, who was a low-ranking servant sweeping the floor.
Qin Qingyao saw him and called him over to play together.
As a result, he didn't know whether he was too inferior or too excited. He looked very nervous and flustered. He didn't kick the shuttlecock many times, but almost hit Qin Qingyao several times, making Dugu Yu's face black.
Finally, when Qin Qingyao was once again less than an arm's length away from him, Dugu Yu went over and threw the servant aside.
Qin Qingyao looked over and said confidently, "He didn't kick well."
The shuttlecock had already been kicked over, and Qin Qingyao had no time to look for it. She pulled Dugu Yu and said, "Husband, help me!"
Then Dugu Yu hooked the shuttlecock that was about to fall to the ground with his foot, and sent it to Qin Qingyao's feet, but was kicked away by Qin Qingyao.
The rules of Qin Qingyao's game are very simple. One is not to use your hands, and the other is not to touch the ground. Then you can kick it however you like, and if you feel like it, you can even use your head to hit it.
Ever since Dugu Yu joined, Qin Qingyao's shuttlecock has never fallen to the ground.
Moreover, Dugu Yu was very good at grabbing shuttlecocks. Whenever he grabbed one, he would give it to his wife, and the other two maids became decorations.
In order to enhance the sense of participation and to maintain the honor of the other side, yes, the other side.
So they both ran to the opposite side.
The couple kicked the six opponents, and the whole garden was filled with laughter. Before they knew it, a large circle of cheerleaders had gathered around them, all cheering for the maid Xiao Si's team. They were quite brave.
But in the end, the prince and princess played better. No matter how many people there were, they could not compare to Dugu Yu's kung fu.
Not to mention such a colorful shuttlecock, he can even catch a hidden weapon!
In front of everyone, Qin Qingyao hugged Dugu Yu's neck and jumped onto his waist, drooling all over his face, "Hubby, you're so handsome, so handsome, so handsome! Mmm!"
Dugu Yu was very upset, and the servants blushed and ran away while covering their faces with their hands while laughing.
Dugu Yu thought he might be crazy. The great general, King Wu Ling! He was actually playing shuttlecock with Qin Qingyao and a group of servants at home. If this got out, he would never see anyone again!
So he went into the study with a gloomy face.
Then, in the next few days, he could hear the servants whispering wherever he walked in the palace.
"It turns out that the prince is so considerate when he is gentle. He really loves the princess so much!"
"Yes, yes, I think that since the princess married in, the palace has become more and more lively, and the prince has become more amiable!"
"While playing shuttlecock, the prince was smiling the whole time and teasing the princess the whole time. Wow, it was so sweet. I almost thought I was dreaming!"
…
Qin Qingyao had nothing to do in the palace, so she took Baizhi and Baiji out to play.
Come to think of it, she has been here for so long and hasn't had a good time shopping yet.
The last time I went out with Qin Yuelin, the result was really unpleasant.
Then, they came to a store with "Golden Swords and Iron Horses" written on the door.
"What kind of place is this? It's so lively."
"Princess, this is a teahouse. The waiters and the shopkeeper are both wounded soldiers. Our prince paid for this teahouse."
"It looks good. Come on, let's go in and sit down."
Bai Zhi grabbed her and said, "No, no! There are only men here, and who knows when the storyteller will tell dirty jokes again. I dare not let you go!"
"There are storytellers too? That's so advanced!"
"It used to be that those men would talk about what happened on the battlefield. But when the fighting stopped and there was nothing to talk about, they started talking about everything. It wasn't a place for women."
"Never mind."
Qin Qingyao looked at the opposite side of the Golden Swords and Iron Horses, which was also a three-story building. It was quite large and was not inferior to the Wangjiang Tower. However, the view outside the window was not as good, and the business was bleak.
Especially when compared with the house opposite, it looks even more desolate.
Dongfang Li suddenly had the idea of opening a store opposite Dugu Yu's Jin Ge Tie Ma.
What can you sell if you just open a store?
She would be so embarrassed if her business was not as good as the one across the street.
But it is recognized by the whole city that the business of Jin Ge Tie Ma is booming. A group of old men with nothing to do spend the whole day there talking about family matters, listening to books and chatting.
They have already formed their own fixed customer base and in-store culture.
When talking about culture, Qin Qingyao thought of the Internet, but there was no Internet here.
There was no Internet when she was a child, but she still wrote letters and made pen pals!
"Yeah, pen pals! I can try setting up an offline one using the forum format!"
"Princess, what are you talking about?"
"Baizhi, go to the store and ask the boss if they sell it and how much it costs. Don't tell him you want to buy it, just tell him your master wants to buy it!"
Bai Zhi went in for a look and quickly came out, still a little angry. "Princess, they're going too far. They're asking for two hundred thousand taels, and they won't allow us to delay payment. Even the powerful cavalry on the other side would think two hundred thousand taels is too much!"
Two hundred thousand taels is indeed not cheap!
"Do you know who owns this store?"
How would these two little girls know about such things?
Qin Qingyao went back and planned to ask Dugu Yu about the people living across from his shop; there was no way he didn't know about them.
Dugu Yu really knew.
"Across from the Iron Horse? That's the Hou family's. The Taifu has no intention of managing the business, and his three sons only know how to spend money. It's inevitable that his subordinates are lazy and idle. Such a good location is wasted."
That’s right!
After lunch, Qin Qingyao went out again in the afternoon.
She went to see the Grand Tutor, and luckily, the Grand Tutor and his eldest son were at home.
The second and third sons of the Taifu family have already joined the military camp. As for the eldest son, he is too old. Even if he is sent in, it will cause trouble to his superiors and make him lose face.
But the Grand Tutor was determined to find him a proper job. He didn't ask him to bring honor to his family, but only asked him to stop being idle and harming the people.
In order to understand what the eldest son really wants to do, no matter if it is a legitimate business, any of the three hundred professions will do!
The Grand Tutor sincerely wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Hou Hongtu and listen to his wishes.
But this day came too late. Hou Hongtu was already 30 years old and a father himself. He was no longer at the age to talk about his ideals with his father and have a heart-to-heart talk with him.
So these days, the Taifu couldn't even take care of the Crown Prince, and he went home on time every day to have awkward chats with his eldest son.
When Qin Qingyao came over, Hou Hongtu's face was dark and the Grand Tutor's cheeks were twitching.
It seemed that the father and son were about to return to the situation where he used a rattan stick to communicate with his son.
"Master, Young Master, Princess Wu Ling is here."
"Princess Wu Ling? She came here on her own? Has she arrived?"
"She came with two maids and is already waiting at the door."
Hou Hongtu, "Isn't this nonsense? He was asking whether the prince had come. Who asked the maid?"
Taifu: It turns out that my son can understand what I say!
The messenger Xiao Si was terrified and said, "No, the prince didn't come. The princess came by herself."
Taifu, "Hurry up and invite the princess in!"
Hou Hongtu wandered around the streets all day long, and the various rumors he heard about the Wuling Palace made him feel ashamed of himself. So he also wanted to meet the princess, but was driven away by his father.
"Why don't you get out of here quickly, or you'll bump into the princess..."
"No need to go away, this princess has already seen him!"
Grand Tutor, Eldest Young Master: "..."
"Hello, Uncle Taifu. I'm so lucky to have you at home!"
The master trembled his face. "You didn't know I was at home, and you still came? Are you here to look for my son?"
Hou Hongtu looked at Qin Qingyao with his eyes wide open without any reservation. She was just a little girl, not a supernatural being as the legend said.
Qin Qingyao saw a grown man staring at her straight in the eyes, but she didn't show any fear. She smiled and asked, "This is the eldest brother of the Hou family, right? What do you think? Do you think I look good?"
Taifu Hou's face flushed with shame, what a disgraceful boy!
Even the usually shameless Hou Hongtu had to turn his head away after what Qin Qingyao said, and was too embarrassed to look.
She is indeed very fresh and I don’t know how she maintains her face, it looks so white and tender that I really want to pinch it.
Grand Tutor, "The princess is visiting my humble abode today..."
"Oh, the prince and I caught some crabs in the river a few days ago, and I brought a few for Uncle Taifu to try."
"Crab?"
"Well, let me talk to you about something serious!"
After Qin Qingyao finished speaking, he handed the eight crabs in his hand to the steward of the Taifu Mansion and gave him orders without any politeness.
"Rinse it twice with clean water, then chop some green onions and ginger, and steam it directly in a steamer over high heat for 15 to 25 minutes. Got it?"
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