Chapter 42: Warm the Stomach

Yan Qing listened to the praise, but in fact, she knew in her heart that her painting skills were really beyond the reach of the masters present. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's just that the things she paints are so novel and rare that they think her painting skills are too good.

Gong Wenshen accepted the painting with great interest, and also prepared a return gift for Miss Yan.

When Hongsheng brought a gift box tied with red silk and handed it to him, he turned to Su Jin and Yan Qing and said with a smile: "This is the gift I got from the emperor for painting in the palace, and I will give it to Mr. and Mrs. Su today."

Yan Qing looked at a boxy gift box in front of him, and guessed what it contained.

When Su Jin heard that it was rewarded by the emperor, it must be a valuable thing, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Gonggongzi..."

"Alas, Brother Su doesn't need to say much!" Gong Wenshen smiled and said with a look of shame: "In that painting competition, the emperor's competition topic was new, but I saw these two paintings painted by Mrs. Su in the past two days, and my one is not worth mentioning."

Saying this, Su Jin had no choice but to understand, and sat down with a ashamed smile.

As an old painter, Wei Ting, for the novelty of Miss Yan's painting, he felt ashamed and a little relieved at the same time, hehe!

Gong Shengxiang saw that the wine and food were all ready, and he said with a smile: "Come, let's eat first, and after the meal, let's talk about the paintings."

"Dad is right!" Gong Wenshen responded, picked up the wine cup and toasted Wei Ting first, which was regarded as washing the dust for the master.

After a few people finished the meal, except for Yan Qing and Aunt Li, who didn't drink a drop of wine, the rest of the four people were slightly drunk.

Su Jin was applied to the Feihe Pavilion by Gongwen, and the two chatted about their attainments in painting, and also said a few words concisely about the imperial examination.

It was late in the afternoon.

Gong Wenshen instructed Hongsheng to arrange a carriage to send Mr. Su, Mrs. Su, and Aunt Li back.

Outside the courtyard gate, Aunt Li got out of the carriage first and hurriedly opened the courtyard gate, and Yan Qing helped Su Jin to follow.

Now her husband has finally come back from prison, thanks to Aunt Li by her side these days.

Yan Qing saw that Aunt Li was still busy with them, so she hurriedly persuaded Aunt Li, who was about to take a bucket to the well to fetch water, and said with concern: "Aunt Li, let you be tired, you can go back and rest first!

"It's okay!" Aunt Li walked to the edge of the well with the bucket, put the bucket rope and threw the bucket into the well, looked back at Yan Qing and said with a smile: "You quickly help Mr. Su lie on the bed and rest, I will boil the hot water and call you."

"Lady, I'm fine! you go and help Aunt Li!" Su Jin has always been a person who doesn't drink a drop of alcohol, and once he drinks alcohol, the amount of alcohol is not as good as that of Mr. Gong and Mr. Wei.

During the conversation with Gonggongzi after the meal, Yan Qing could see that her husband was holding on to the whole process in order not to spoil the fun.

She looked at her husband's handsome red face, and said worriedly: "Husband, don't talk, I'll help you go to bed, and I'll help Aunt Li again."

As she spoke, she helped Su Jin into the bedroom.

She put her husband on the bed, undressed him, took off his shoes and socks, covered the bed with a thin bedding, and then went out of the bedroom and went to the kitchen with confidence.

Aunt Li was already boiling two pots of hot water, and after Yan Qing came, she persuaded her to go back to rest, but Aunt Li couldn't help but agree to go back.

Yan Qing set up two sticks of firewood and boiled the water, and when the water was halfway hot, she hurriedly scooped a basin of hot water and brought it to her husband to wipe his face.

After going back and forth, Yan Qing served her husband well, and took the clothes on his body to the courtyard to wash while Su Jin was asleep.

It was the second half of the Shen hour.

After Su Jin woke up in a heavy mood, the sky outside was almost setting, and the moment he got up, there was a splitting headache in his mind.

Yan Qing seemed to guess that her husband would wake up at this time, and happened to come in with a bowl of something.

When Su Jin saw his wife coming, his heart eased up, and the pain gradually improved.

"Lady!" he said.

Yan Qing smiled and hurriedly put the bowl on the table, returned to the bed to help her husband get up, and asked intimately, "Husband woke up from sleep, do you feel better?"

"Hmm!" Su Jin sat on the edge of the bed and looked at his lady and replied with a smile: "It's better"

"That's good!" Yan Qing took back the bowl on the table, used a spoon to pluck it in the glutinous rice porridge and said, "Husband, open your mouth, drinking some glutinous rice porridge after drinking is to warm your stomach"

Su Jin looked up at her, and immediately opened his mouth without listening, he held Yan Qing's hand, his heart was full of gratitude and love and the concern of the past few days, he looked at his lady affectionately, and his heart had never made him feel so satisfied as at this moment.

Even the fame he has been longing for for a long time is not as important as a lady at this moment.

Yan Qing saw that her husband always looked at her like this and didn't say a word, she smiled shyly and asked, "I said Mr. Su, do you still want to eat this bowl of glutinous rice porridge?"

Hearing this, Su Jin smiled heartily, opened his mouth, and let his wife send the porridge into his mouth.

The two of them finished drinking a bowl of glutinous rice porridge while feeding, Yan Qing helped her husband put on his clothes and belts, and then went to the study with Su Jin to read.

To say that her husband hadn't dealt with those poems and books for a few days, during the hours when her husband was reading carefully, she went to Aunt Li's house to chat with Aunt Li.

An hour passed quickly.

Aunt Li saw that it was not too early, thinking that Mr. Su would not see Xiaoqing after reading the book, and it was time to come and pick her up and go home.

Yan Qing smiled when he heard it, and had to listen to Aunt Li's words, go back tonight and rest early, and get up early tomorrow to go to the stall, otherwise the silver will not be enough to spend.

No, Aunt Li had just sent Yan Qing out of the courtyard gate, and in the courtyard, Su Jin happened to come out as well.

"Hehe, you see I'm right!" Aunt Li said to her with a smile.

"Mmmm!" Yan Qing nodded, told Aunt Li to go back to the house and rest early, and went back to the house with Su Jin.

This night, the two of them went to bed early.

Because Su Jin slept for a while yesterday afternoon, he slept early last night, and in the early morning of the second day, he got up early when he heard the first sound of the rooster crowing.

When Yan woke up, he saw that the weather outside was sunny and the sky was clear.

And her husband didn't call her when he got up, she hurriedly climbed out of bed and got dressed, thinking that she was going to wash rice and cook porridge in a hurry.

She hurriedly walked out of the hall, and saw that her husband was sitting in the courtyard reading a book, she said "husband is early" and hurriedly walked to the kitchen again.

"Lady's morning!" Su Jin turned to look at her.

Yan Qing stepped into the kitchen with her front foot, and before her back foot touched the ground, she smelled the aroma of rice that had been boiled, and she lifted the lid of the pot to see that the porridge boiled by her husband was much thicker than the porridge she boiled on weekdays.

After serving two bowls of porridge and preparing radish pickles, Yan Qing went out and called Su Jin to come to the hall to eat.

After breakfast, Yan Qing went to the study to pack up briefly and prepare to set up a painting stall.

She saw that it was resting on the desk, and the gift that Gonggong Gongzi gave back to her and her husband yesterday, although she guessed what was inside, but what the emperor rewarded, as his husband said, should be very valuable.

Thinking about it, she wanted to take it apart and take a look.