Chapter 034 Chapter 34

Time slipped away quietly, and this game lasted an entire afternoon.

After finishing another game, King Yong stretched his arms and looked at the sky, with a slight smile on his face: "It's almost time."

At this moment, the man in the silver mask ran in from outside, stood behind King Yong, bent down and whispered a few words in his ear.

"It's arranged, let's go."

King Yong looked at Yuan Ming: "Gobang is fun, but it's too simple. I'm almost tired of playing."

Yuan Ming twitched his mouth calmly. Just now, King Yong seemed to have more fun than anyone else on the chessboard, and he had the illusion that he was eating a horse and was completely irresponsible.

But of course he didn't dare to say this in front of King Yong, so he bowed his head and apologized: "Your Highness is right, I have a narrow vision and have never seen the world."

King Yong waved his hand: "Then you follow me, I will take you to see the world."

He stood up first and walked out of the pavilion.

The town guard was confused and said in a daze: "Where are you going, Your Highness? It's time for dinner, I have asked people to prepare a banquet, why don't you go out in the evening."

"I won't bother you tonight, Master Fu, someone said they want to treat me to dinner." He turned around and smiled meaningfully at the town guard: "I am going to Han Huaiying's house, why don't you go with me, Master Fu?"

Hearing this, the town guard's face turned pale.

Han Huaiying is the richest businessman in Shifang Town. He has more than a dozen escort agencies under his command, all of which are famous for traveling on steep and dangerous mountain roads and waterways. Shifang Town is right at the intersection of the canals. By escorting cargo ships at the dock, he has made a lot of money in recent years.

Not only that, Han Huaiying's eldest son-in-law is an official in the capital, and he can enjoy the coolness with a big tree behind him. This big snake entrenched in Shifang Town is not easy to offend even by the town governor.

It was Han Huaiying who told him the news that there was a large jade mine in Shifang Town, and Han Huaiying also intended to contract the mining of the jade mine.

The town guard had not expected that the Yong King was so well-informed. He had only been in Shifang Town for less than a day, but he had already grasped the general situation here and understood the hostile relationship between him and Han Huaiying. He took advantage of the time when they were playing chess to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, bypassing him and finding Han Huaiying in person.

The town guard was not sure what the Yong King was up to, so of course he had to follow him.

So he laughed dryly twice and said, "So you want to go to Master Han's house. I have a good relationship with Master Han. As the host, I should follow the king."

The Yong King looked at him and did not comment.

When they were about to get on the carriage after leaving the town government, Prince Yong suddenly paused, turned around and said, "I suddenly remembered that I have some important matters to discuss with the town guard tonight, so the others should not follow me."

After that, he said to Yuan Ming alone, "Tomorrow I will discuss calligraphy and painting with you again."

Yuan Ming agreed.

After that, they stood at the door and did not get on the carriage. They watched the prince's carriage gradually disappear from sight before they relaxed.

Li Qingzhou moved his body exaggeratedly, stamped his feet, and complained, "Serving the prince is such a hard job. I don't do anything all day and I'm as tired as if I had plowed two miles of land."

Yu Fei laughed, "Brother Li, your description is very vivid."

Soon, a bitter look appeared on his face, and he sighed, "No matter what, you all showed your faces in front of the prince, but I didn't say a word."

"Brother Yu, don't be ungrateful for what you have." Zhang Bixin wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, "When the prince asked me to play chess with him, my legs shook like sieve chaff."

After that, several people laughed.

Zhao Yucheng said, "From what the prince said, he doesn't plan to see us again tonight. It's a good time for us to go back and have a good rest. There is still a tough battle to fight tomorrow."

Everyone nodded, and they were all in a depressed mood.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming took out the gold bars in his pocket and said, "No matter what, the money is already in hand, which is better than nothing."

His words quickly won the resonance of everyone, and they nodded in agreement.

After that, they didn't stay here for long, and went home.

Yuan Ming went home earlier today than before after school. Before the chimney of the kitchen started to smoke, Ji Qingyue stayed in his workshop.

Yuan Ming deliberately slowed down his steps and came to the window of the workshop.

Through the window, he saw Ji Qingyue concentrating on fiddling with the newly bought equipment, saying it was used to develop perfume. Yuan Ming had never seen such a strange thing before. On the large and bulky chassis, there were several tubes standing upright. The candle flames burned on these tubes, and drops of water flowed out from the other end of the tubes and gathered in the small bowl on the chassis.

Yuan Ming watched carefully, but when Ji Qingyue turned around, Cai found him.

"Husband, you are back." Ji Qingyue's eyes suddenly lit up.

He put down the things in his hands without any reluctance, ran to the window, and leaned on the windowsill to look at him: "Why did you come back so early today? Did Prince Yong make things difficult for you? Are you hungry? I'll go make dinner now."

Yuan Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing a string of questions like a machine gun.

"You ask so many questions, which one do you want me to answer?"

Ji Qingyue stuck out her tongue, came out of the door again, ran to Yuan Ming, and threw herself into his arms.

"I heard that none of those princes are easy to serve, my husband has worked hard."

Yuan Ming nodded: "Yes, but who is your husband? How could he be easily stumped?"

Ji Qingyue giggled: "My husband is right."

The two walked hand in hand to the kitchen.

"I'll cook tonight, Qingqing, just tell me what you want to eat."

"Well, I want pork chop soup, egg fried rice, and cold cucumber salad."

"Are there any leftovers from last night?"

"...I've eaten them all."

"Then you can't make egg fried rice. Let's have rice first today. I'll make some more, and I'll make egg fried rice for you tomorrow with the rest."

Ji Qingyue looked up at him, with a smile in her eyes: "Okay, I'll listen to my husband."

During this period of time, Ji Qingyue's cooking skills have undergone earth-shaking changes. Yuan Ming knew that he was not good at this, so you can imagine how much effort he put in, and he was very moved. Today,

he said he would cook by himself, and he didn't let Ji Qingyue interfere at all.

But Ji Qingyue was not idle either. He learned a method of making fruit tea from Song Yan.

There happened to be some apples and pears at home, so he took some out and started to fry them in front of the small stove. Yuan Ming saw it but didn't say anything, letting him do whatever he wanted.

Yuan Ming's cooking skills were very stable. The two big pots of food were eaten up cleanly. There was still a lot of rice left, which he shoveled out and put in a basket for ventilation, to be used for making egg fried rice the next day.

It was still daylight after dinner, so the two of them moved a recliner and sat under the fruit tree in the middle of the yard. The autumn breeze brought a little coolness, and they were covered with a thin blanket, which was neither cold nor hot, and very comfortable.

Ji Qingyue lay in Yuan Ming's arms. Yuan Ming stroked his hair from time to time and suddenly felt drowsy.

"Husband, I want to ask you something."

Yuan Ming nodded casually.

Ji Qingyue pursed her lips, turned to face him, and was in a bad mood: "Sister Yan Zi is pregnant."

Yuan Ming suddenly opened his eyes and asked in confusion: "Isn't this a big happy event? Why don't you look so happy?"

Ji Qingyue sniffed: "Sister Yan Zi said she doesn't want it."

Yuan Ming was silent.

With the current situation in Yang Chao's family, it is indeed not a good time to raise a child. The noodle shop has just started, and it owes a lot of foreign debts. The entire kitchen depends on Song Yan.

If Song Yan were to give birth at this time, she would not be able to help in the store for a long time, and the business would probably plummet.

Ji Qingyue continued, "Sister Yan Zi said that the business in the store is very good, and they will be able to pay off their debts in two months. But the rent of the store is not low, and they must ensure that the business in the store continues to be so good so that they can survive."

Ji Qingyue grabbed his sleeves and said in a harsh tone, "That's his and Brother Yang's child. If they have an abortion like this, they will definitely feel uneasy for the next few decades."

Yuan Ming touched his head, "I understand, but this is someone else's family matter after all, and outsiders can't interfere."

"I know, so I didn't say anything in front of them. Sister Yan Zi was very sad, and Brother Yang was also very sad."

"Think about it from another angle. If they really give birth to the child, but the business in the store is bad, they don't have enough money to raise the child, which may not be a good thing for the child." Yuan Ming said.

Ji Qingyue nodded, put his head in front of Yuan Ming's chest, and wiped it twice.

After a while, he finally made up his mind, raised his head and said, "Husband, let's not do that again in the future."

Yuan Ming: "???" What does this have to do with him?

Yuan Ming was extremely puzzled and couldn't help but speak out the doubts in his heart.

Ji Qingyue said, "Because if I have a baby with my husband, I will definitely not be willing to abort him."

Yuan Ming: "?"

Ji Qingyue did not see his expression change, and said to herself, "My husband has not passed the examination for a scholar yet, and he will have to take the examination for a juren and a jinshi in the future. You have to be busy studying and earn money to support the family. If we have a child, it will be a big burden."

Yuan Ming's mood was a little complicated. A month ago, he would never have thought that these words would come out of Ji Qingyue's mouth.

In the time he could not see, Ji Qingyue really grew up a lot silently.

But Yuan Ming did not feel happy at all. If it were not for marrying him, Ji Qingyue would still be the willful and ignorant county magistrate.

Suppressing the bitterness in his heart, he held Ji Qingyue tightly in his arms and soothed her softly, "My dear Qingqing, I won't let you abort the child. If you are really pregnant, I will be happy and thank God. How could I let you abort him? And my mother will never agree to this happening."

"But..." Ji Qingyue hesitated, "My husband hasn't achieved fame yet. If we have a child, won't it be a burden to you?"

"Qingqing, do you have so little confidence in me?" Yuan Ming pinched his cheek and continued, "And this nonsense about being a burden is simply said by those scholars who want to abandon their wives through fame and fortune and smoothly marry ladies from prominent families. To me, neither you nor the child are a burden."

Ji Qingyue widened her eyes. She didn't expect it to be like this.

"Abandon your wife who has been with you through thick and thin?"

Yuan Ming looked at him and wanted to tease him. He deliberately said, "Yes, if you have been married for many years and have no children, no matter what the reason is, you can divorce her based on the seven grounds for divorce."

Ji Qingyue grabbed his hand and said angrily, "Will your husband abandon me after he becomes successful?"

"Are you my wife who has been with you through thick and thin?" Without giving him time to answer, Yuan Ming said firmly and solemnly, "I am marrying a woman of high status."

After that, he lifted him up and walked into the bedroom.