Chapter 174
Jiaojiao was carried down from the carriage by her father, and she immediately saw the two stone lions at the door and the four servants guarding the door.
Jiaojiao looked at the stone lion, her dark eyes shining with a hint of curiosity, as if she didn't understand why such a big creature was placed at the door.
The servant saw Liu Jingcheng coming back and hurried forward to greet him: "Third Young Master, knowing that you were coming back, the eldest young master had the servants clean the yard early. I originally wanted to pick you up today, but the second young master had some trouble at the academy, so the eldest young master went to deal with it."
Hearing this, Liu Jingcheng was not dissatisfied, but felt relieved.
The eldest young master is his elder brother, the legitimate son of the main branch. He seems to have been stripped of all emotions since birth. He is absolutely rational. In his eyes, everything must be done according to the rules. Everyone in the clan is afraid of him.
It stands to reason that a person like him is not suitable for officialdom, but at certain times he has an indescribable tactfulness. In short, he is a person who attaches great importance to rules but is not bound by any means.
Although Liu Jingcheng did not commit any major mistakes, he accidentally dragged Yin Zheng and others to the capital, and caused Yin Zheng to miss the entrance examination of Qingshan Academy. If his eldest brother knew about this, he would probably not escape punishment.
Liu Jingcheng planned to hide this matter from his elder brother Yin Zheng, but he felt stressed when he thought about lying to his elder brother.
"It's good that my brother is not here, it's good." Liu Jingcheng couldn't help but grinning, turned around and took Jiaojiao and the others into the mansion.
As soon as you enter the mansion, you will see a screen wall. After passing the screen wall, you will see that the mansion is connected to other buildings, with carved beams and painted buildings and lush flowers and trees everywhere.
Yin Zheng glanced at him and then looked away. Jiaojiao, who was lying in her father's arms, was a little curious. As for Qin Mianmian, he looked calm. Shi'an didn't feel anything because he couldn't see clearly. Moreover, his face was wrapped tightly and no expression could be seen.
Along the way, Liu Jingcheng kept his eyes on Youyou, his eyes full of admiration. This deer was so beautiful, and every aspect suited his taste. Unfortunately, Brother Yin didn't seem to intend to sell it. He offered a price of three thousand taels but he didn't budge at all. He just said that the deer belonged to Jiaojiao and asked him to ask Jiaojiao.
In his opinion, this was definitely an excuse to shirk responsibility.
When facing adults, you can use money to lure them, but when facing children who have no concept of money, no matter how much money you offer, it is just a number with little probability in their eyes.
Thinking of this, Liu Jingcheng sighed in his heart and asked the servants to take Jiaojiao and the others to the guest house.
The courtyard where Jiaojiao and her friends were staying temporarily was called Hefengyuan. It faced south and although it was not very spacious, it was very elegant. There was a room on each side, an octagonal pavilion and a very tall tassel tree in the courtyard.
After entering the yard and washing up, it was completely dark. After eating the dinner brought by the Liu family's servants, Jiaojiao pulled her father's trouser legs and strolled in the yard to digest the food.
"Jiaojiao." Qin Mianmian ran forward and took Jiaojiao's hand: "Can you go home with me tomorrow morning? I'm afraid I'll be kidnapped on the road again!"
Being kidnapped by a kidnapper on the Shangsi Festival left a huge shadow on Qin Mianmian. Although he was eager to go home, he was afraid of being kidnapped again and did not dare to go back alone. He suppressed his anxiety and planned to ask Jiaojiao to accompany him back tomorrow morning.
Uncle Yin never lets Jiaojiao out of his sight, so if Jiaojiao agrees, it means Uncle Yin also agrees. With Uncle Yin around, he is not afraid of any kidnappers. Uncle Yin is super awesome.
"Don't be afraid." Jiaojiao shook Mianmian's hand: "Jiaojiao and Dad will take me home tomorrow morning, don't be afraid."
Qin Mianmian felt relieved and gave Jiaojiao a smile with dimples on her cheeks. "Thank you, Jiaojiao."
Jiaojiao said cheerfully, "You're welcome."
Seeing his happy look, Yin Zheng couldn't help but bend down and touch the back of his round head, then lowered his eyes and pondered something.
Now that I have come to Beijing, it is impossible to go back, so I have to think about how to make money.
Although he had some money on him, it was only more than three hundred taels. Although this was a huge fortune for ordinary people, Yin Zheng was not sure how long these more than three hundred taels of silver could last in a place like the capital.
He stayed at the Liu family only because he had just arrived in the capital and was unfamiliar with the place. Moreover, with Youyou around, it was more convenient to stay at the Liu family than at an inn. But this was only a temporary stay. After resting for two days, Yin Zheng planned to go out and rent a yard.
Renting a house and studying all cost money, but it is obviously not possible to live off the savings with just over three hundred taels of silver.
Yin Zheng thought about it and walked around the yard twice. When he thought the food was almost digested, he bent down, picked up Jiaojiao and walked into the house.
The next morning, Qin Mianmian got up in high spirits as soon as the sky was light. Her whole face was filled with excitement about going home. She couldn't help humming a little tune while washing her face. Shi'an, who was pulled up because he was sleepy, felt a little helpless, but thinking that he was uncontrollably excited about going home, he didn't care anymore.
After washing up, Qin Mianmian couldn't sit still, so she ran to Jiaojiao's door and squatted there excitedly. She squatted there for half an hour. When she heard Jiaojiao wake up, she took the initiative to run in and help Jiaojiao put clothes on.
Jiaojiao, who was reaching out to help her father put on clothes, said "Huh?" Although she didn't understand why Mianmian suddenly wanted to dress her, looking at his shining eyes, Jiaojiao thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Before being abducted, Qin Mianmian's clothes were all dressed by the nanny. He didn't know how to dress himself. But after being abducted, no one dressed him, and he was embarrassed to ask Uncle Yin to help him, so he learned to dress himself.
When he first arrived at Jiaojiao's house, he would spend half a day in the house struggling with his clothes every day. When Yin Zheng went to call him for dinner, he would find that his clothes were in a mess, so he would start to put them on him again. After a few days, he finally learned to dress himself.
At this time, Qin Mianmian held Jiaojiao's little hand and imitated Uncle Yin's movements to carefully put clothes on Jiaojiao. After successfully putting on one sleeve, he breathed a sigh of relief and went to put on the other sleeve for Jiaojiao.
Qin Mianmian's movements were a bit slow, and Jiaojiao's neck felt sore from tilting her chin up to cooperate with him in buttoning the buttons. He hadn't even buttoned the first button yet.
Yin Zheng stretched out his hand to support the back of Jiaojiao's head so that he could have leverage. Jiaojiao curved his eyes towards his father and rubbed his hand coquettishly.
After finally getting Jiaojiao dressed with some effort, Qin Mianmian pulled Jiaojiao out happily, ready to have breakfast.
The breakfast at Liu Mansion is very rich, including lamb wontons, steamed sea bass, crystal dumplings, pigeon porridge, bean soup and other foods.
The Liu family thoughtfully prepared chairs for children, and Jiaojiao could just sit on the table.
Yin Zheng filled a bowl of wontons and put the spoon in Jiaojiao's hand.
Jiaojiao scooped up a wonton, blew on it to cool it down, and then opened her mouth to eat the wonton. The delicious flavor of the wonton spread in her mouth. Before Jiaojiao could swallow the wonton in her mouth, she quickly scooped a wonton from the bowl and raised her hand to feed it to her father, mumbling, "Eat it!"
Yin Zheng lowered his head and ate the wontons, then patted his head: "Well, eat it yourself."
As she spoke, she also served herself a bowl of wontons. Seeing that her father also had something to eat, Jiaojiao buried her head in eating the wontons with satisfaction.
Jiaojiao is always very focused when eating. No one can distract him except his father. No matter what he eats, it seems like he is eating the most delicious food. The way his cheeks move and his satisfied little face make people wonder, is it really that delicious?
Qin Mianmian and Shi'an, who originally didn't plan to eat wontons, couldn't help but fill a bowl and eat them.
After having breakfast and taking a short rest, Jiaojiao and the others followed Qin Mianmian to the Qin Mansion.
Since Qin Mianmian didn't often go out in the capital, and mostly stayed in the carriage when he did, he was not very familiar with the roads in the capital. The group took the wrong path several times before they arrived at the street where the Qin Mansion was located. When they got here, Qin Mianmian became familiar with the street and led Jiaojiao and the others to run towards the Qin Mansion.
As soon as Qin Mianmian arrived at the gate of the Qin Mansion, before she could say anything, the servant at the gate of the Qin Mansion said with a smile: "Young Master Zhou, you are here."
Qin Mianmian stopped and looked up at the servant with doubt in her eyes: "I'm not Young Master Zhou, I'm Qin Zhiyi. Is mother here? I'm back."
The older servant beside him looked at Qin Mianmian carefully, and after realizing something, he immediately turned around and ran back to the mansion.
After a while, a lady with a gentle temperament and luxurious clothes came quickly with more than ten maids and servants. When she saw Qin Mianmian at the door, she stopped and her body became stiff and unable to move, as if she was afraid that breathing would make everything in front of her disappear like bubbles.
When Qin Mianmian saw her, her face lit up with joy: "Mom, I'm back!"
Mrs. Qin's eyes reddened: "Mianmian!"
She cried and shouted, ignoring the people present, rushed over and hugged Qin Mianmian tightly in her arms, tears falling on the spot: "Mianmian! My Mianmian!"
She hugged Qin Mianmian tightly like a madman, tears streaming down her face: "You're back? You're back? Isn't this a dream?"
Qin Mianmian was so tightly embraced that she was almost out of breath. When she heard her mother crying, she couldn't help but burst into tears. She buried her head in Mrs. Qin's arms and sobbed softly.
Zhou Chenxu, who was walking towards Qin's house with a book box, stopped when he saw this scene. He pursed his lips, tightened the earrings on the book box, was silent for a while, turned around and walked away slowly with the book box that was as high as his waist.
Qin Mianmian, who had cried with her mother, wiped her tears embarrassedly. When she turned around to introduce Jiaojiao and the others to her mother, she found that Jiaojiao and the others were gone.
Yin Zheng took Jiaojiao and the others away as soon as he saw Madam Qin come out.
On the busy street, Jiaojiao pulled at her father's trouser leg and looked around with her little head at the various novel stalls around her. When she saw a stall with many little people in different poses in front of it, she pulled at her father's trouser leg and walked forward, looking at them curiously.
The vendor was an elderly grandfather. When he saw Jiaojiao, he smiled and said, "Little one, would you like to make a clay figurine?"
Jiaojiao tilted her head: "Clay figurine?"
The old man picked up the clay figurines on the stall and said, "These are the little clay figurines. You can make any kind you want."
"Can I make a Jiaojiao?" Jiaojiao pointed at herself.
"Can."
Jiaojiao pointed at Yin Zheng again and said, "Pinch another daddy, and Shi'an and Youyou."
The old man's gaze lingered on Youyou for a while, with a look of wonder in his old eyes. It was the first time he had seen such a big deer.
"Okay, please wait a moment, little guest. I'll make it right away."
Jiaojiao nodded, ran to the side and squatted obediently to watch the old man make clay figures.
The old man had a kind smile in his eyes and took a small stool for Jiaojiao to sit on.
Jiaojiao gave her father her seat and then snuggled into his arms.
The old man's hands and feet were very nimble, and he made the clay figures of Jiaojiao and Yin Zheng in no time.
"It looks like it!" Jiaojiao had a little surprise in her eyes, and then handed her clay figure to her father, exchanging her father's clay figure for herself, holding the clay figure that looked like her father and looking at it lovingly.
"How much is this deer?"
Suddenly, a haughty voice came from the side.
Jiaojiao and Yin Zheng, who had never thought of selling Yoyo, did not think that the voice was asking them, so they ignored it.
Until the man came to Yin Zheng with four or five servants and asked again impatiently: "Are you deaf? I want to ask you how much this deer costs?"
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