Qin Mo has a smile in his eyes, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that this smile is a laugh and a laugh, just to ridicule you, Qin Mo's face is warm and cold, she just can't get used to seeing him take a big look in front of her and then mock her, as if she doesn't know how to fight back.

"Yes, the national teacher is well-informed, this king admires, what the national teacher just said, this king has been taught-!"

And the man sneered.

Qin Mo raised his head, snorted lightly in his nose, what if you comprehend, you don't understand anything.

"If there is nothing superfluous, this king will go first-!"

Qin Mo stood in place, her white skirt fluttering, the autumn wind was cold, and her beautiful face under her veil was emotionless

"Lord Wang, please take care of yourself-!"

Then the king nodded, and bowed again, and departed.

*

Qin Mo returned to the house, Xiao Tao was making snacks in the small kitchen at the back of the house, and Gui'er was by his side, and when he finally got free, Qin Mo went back to the hall and sat in front of the bookcase to practice calligraphy.

Her words have always been flawed.

Gui'er brought ginseng tea.

In the middle of the afternoon, there were people in the Qin Heavenly Prison who asked about the spring ploughing of the coming year.

Because this is the second year that the new calendar and some new ways of growing grain have been implemented, there are still some remote places that have not been popularized, and besides, there are always some people who are resistant to the new rules and regulations of the new calendar, and these things are not achieved at one touch, Qin Mo also knows, just chatting with the deputy envoy of the Qin Tianjian while drinking tea.

Drafting some new provisions.

Originally, these matters should have been resolved in the palace after the next dynasty, but Qin Mo went down to the court too early, and the deputy envoy didn't find anyone, so he drove directly to Qin Mo's mansion.

It just so happens that Qin Mo is a national teacher again, and he can be regarded as a visit.

Before dinner, in front of the Qin Mansion, there was a purple brocade curtain pear wooden carriage parked at the door, after parking, two pretty little girls came down from above, one purple and one green were wearing satin clothes, dark flower materials, gold thread piping, headed by a jade collar around their necks. and inlaid with gold and silver.

The next is made of crimson embroidered shoes.

The man came down, and the coachman took the carriage away.

The gate of Qinfu was opened, and the woman who came out of it combed a light bun, with a few beads in the bun, blue beads made of shells, and a green skirt underneath, the material was good at a glance, like water, the woman's appearance was beautiful, and her complexion was like snow, especially that pair of eyes, obviously apricot eyes, it was full of affection, if there was a water color, although it was amorous and charming, but the look was very serious.

The little girl below ran over with joy when she saw her.

"Sister-!"

Qin Mo hugged Xiangxiang in his arms.

Then let go and snort

"I'm fourteen years old, and I'm about to get to the end of my life, but I'm still coquettish-!"

Xiangxiang held one hand in Qin Mo's hand, and she entered the house step by step, still looking alive, and the sound of urns from her nose

"Sister, don't talk about it, and the grandmother wants her mother to pull her hair, my sister and the grandmother at that time, it was my grandmother who gave my sister hair, and now my grandmother is seriously ill and can't move into Beijing, I think my grandmother's posture may not last this year-!"

As soon as Xiangxiang said that, her eyes were red, she was not young, and she knew that life was old, sick and dead.

"I know that my grandmother is seriously ill, and I have seen the letter several times, and I am not in a hurry, but my sister has been in Beijing this year, and she is also powerless, although your third cousin is a jinshi, in the end, the emperor has not decided what official he is, these times, I am anxious, help send money everywhere, pull relations, it is estimated that the ministers in Beijing are also useful.

Our two sisters said in this capital that they now have no worries about food and clothing, wearing fancy clothes, and eating delicious food, but there are no people in this court force, I am afraid that we will not be able to support the overall situation, we have so many shops, and there are no people of our own in the officials, if you pick on you one day, the foundation that you have worked so hard to lay will be confiscated, and this is amazing, you little girl doesn't understand."

For example, last time, this time Qin Min tried to fall off the list, although it may be related to Qin Min's own performance, in the end, it is difficult to guarantee that someone is behind his back.

"It's just okay for everything, I hope your third brother doesn't let it out.!"

"Sister said this, Xiangxiang didn't understand, Xiangxiang only knew, as long as she listened to her sister's words, it was right-!"

After the girl finished speaking, she jumped up the stairs step by step.

When he walked to the door, Qin Mo suddenly remembered something

"Fortunately, you came today, I marinated the meat early in the morning, I was supposed to make Dongpo elbows today, if your carriage can't catch up, put it tomorrow, the meat will stink, you come today, I made it for you to eat, and now my sister can't cook it herself, you have a good taste again-!"

Xiangxiang jumped up, tilted her head, leaked out one side of her delicate side face, and said coquettishly

"Thank you, sister, I like to eat my sister's cooking-!"

Qin Mo pinched his round little face and smiled dotingly

"I'll give you this good mouth, no one else has a share-!"

Qin Mo's house was originally divided into the front yard and the back yard, the backyard was east and west wings on both sides, and the back was the backyard, each wing courtyard had its own garden, and there were some ear doors, partial rooms, corner doors and the like, Qin Mo's two sisters were not there on weekdays, Qin Mo lived in the backyard alone, the wings on both sides, and the east wings were given to the two brothers of the Qin family to live.

Qin Rui, Qin Min, and Xixiang gave Sima Wenyu to him.

His identity is not ordinary, although he is employed, he is also used internally, and he has no place to go, Qin Mo saw that the West Chamber was empty, so he saved this additional expense.

Fuzhong Gate also has a gate, a side door, and a side door, so although they live together, when they are busy, they don't see each other much.

Qin Min and Qin Rui are not outsiders, so they naturally live together.

The east and west wings are equipped with a small servant, and two maids are waiting to clean it. When it was busy, the whole house only saw the maid for a day, but did not see the master.

Now that this fragrance is here, Qin Mo will cook it himself tonight.

In the small kitchen in the backyard, the food in the house is generally made by maids, and it is ready and distributed everywhere, Qin Mo made some dishes that he hadn't cooked for a long time tonight, sauerkraut fish, braised button pork, steamed pork, and a big Dongpo elbow.

When the houses were distributed, the sisters ate together.

The two sisters were in front of the hall, on the big red round table, with red silk curtains on both sides, and Xiangxiang sat on the empty round pier of the begonia, holding the meat dishes on the table with chopsticks and chopsticks.

Especially Dongpo elbows, steamed for three hours on high fire, steamed crispy, fragrant and fragrant I haven't eaten my sister's dishes for a long time, my sister's cooking taste is different from what others do, my sister's dishes have a special style and are delicious.

Xiangxiang feels that in this world, no matter what big fish and meat he has, the most important thing is that the dishes made by his sister are the best, which is definitely not blowing.

Qin Mo himself also faced the plate, picked up a large piece of tender and juicy elbow meat, and put it in the bowl for Xiangxiang, Xiangxiang still ate the same thing as when she was a child, especially the things she liked, and stuffed it into her mouth in a big gulp.

Qin Mo chuckled beside him, "Look at you like this, it's like you've never eaten—!" ”

A mouthful of juicy lean meat was stuffed into his mouth, Xiangxiang raised his head, and said vaguely, "Originally, where can I eat such a delicious meal in Linshui, Linshui is all Jun Niang cooking, although Jun Niang said that she was capable, but the dishes she made really couldn't even compare to the taste of my sister's little finger!" ”

Qin Mojiao was annoyed, and pinched the girl's cheeks again, "Just your mouth is sweet!" ”

After a meal was eaten, the table was like a war, there was oil soup and juice everywhere, the maid cleaned up, and Xiao Tao also ran out of food, so Qin Mo came to get the purple clay pot to make tea.

Tea to relieve fishy meat.

Green tea, after the tea was boiled, Qin Mo called Xiangxiang to come over and drink it, and after Xiangxiang drank the tea, he jumped and jumped and wanted to go out in a hurry.

Qin Mo shouted and asked, only to know that she was going to the West Wing Courtyard.

There is Sima Wenyu there, and she likes to play with him.

Qin Mo also thought, just play, in short, Xiangxiang hasn't grown up yet, in the end, it is the heart of the little girl's family, so he asked Xiao Tao to pick up the tea set on the table, and at the beginning of the night light, he returned to the study, and looked at the expenses of this month's account under the lamp.

*

Qinzhou's letters are one after the other. Qinzhou is Zhou's housekeeper, there are a few girls, the grandmother lives in Qinlu, Xiangxiang is in the water, she used to accompany her more, there are housekeepers, girls, and servants to take care of her, but in the past two years, Qin Mo is not around.

With my aunt around, my grandmother is old and has always been sick, and my aunt will always come to Qin Lu to take care of her.

For so many years, it was Xiangxiang who was here to help take care of her grandmother.

Now, Qin Mo is an adult, and his grandmother is getting older and older year by year.

Qin Mo is rich, what valuable medicinal materials, ginseng soup bird's nest has a heavy investment, and he never leaves his mouth all day long, but after all, he is old, and no tonic medicine will work.

It is estimated that it will not be long in life, alas.

Thinking of Qin Mo was very sad.

I asked the emperor for three months off, in the end the capital to Qinzhou is a long way, and then prepared a carriage, from Xiangxiang to the capital on the second day, when I came on the road for more than half a month, and immediately went back for more than half a month.

Qin Mo went back and saw his grandmother lying on the bed, sure enough, she was dying, her grandmother's illness, Qin Mo also took the pulse, and also made various diagnoses, knowing that she was powerless to return to heaven after all.

The old man had inconvenience in his legs and feet at an early age, and later his lower limbs were paralyzed.

In the end, it's because the aunts didn't treat them well.

The old man's lower limbs were inconvenient, so he broke the house and made it cold, so that the old man could lie in the wet quilt for a few days.

Thinking of this, Qin Mo's nose was sour.

"Mo'er. Mo'er. Don't cry! ”

Finally, in front of the hospital bed, my grandmother's withered hands like dry wood pinched Qin Mo's hands like eagle claws...

At the head of the bed, Qin Mo only heard the old man's hard panting.

"Mo'er. Don't cry. Don't cry...! ”

"My wife, in my lifetime, I am very satisfied to see my granddaughter who can take care of herself without worrying about food and clothing. Mo'er, I have enjoyed it even if other wives have not enjoyed it, I have lived in a big house, I have eaten ginseng bird's nest, if it is still the first half of my life, I only think I am dreaming, but I am now very sober, I am not dreaming, old woman, I have died without regrets in this life-! ”

Xiangxiang held the old man's hand and cried

"Grandmother, don't say that, my sister and I still want you to live well-!"

"Mo'er. Fragrant. It's useless, people are alive, how can they not die, don't be sad, don't be sad.! ”

The old man struggled to raise his thin hand. I wanted to help Xiangxiang wipe her tears.

"I went, there is still one wish unfulfilled, I can't see the lifelong events of your two sisters, but your father, you have to find him, he may still be alive, there is no grandmother, only you two sisters are left to depend on each other, if you can find your father, then at least there is a close relative, grandma is also rest assured-!"

Qin Mo wiped a handful of tears and looked at the old man on the bed, his half-raised eyelids...

In fact, she has long lost hope in her father, what if she can't find it in this life, and what if she finds it.

If he wanted to come back, he himself would have come back a long time ago, and if he didn't come back now, it means that he has long lost the love of father and daughter for them.

"Grandma, now you have to recuperate, don't think too much about the rest, father, we don't remember it for a long time, it's the same thing with him or not-!"

For a moment, all I heard was the gasp coming from the head of the bed

"Silly boy, after all, your father is a father, your father, with a long face and long ears, in fact, at the beginning, in your village, he was still a beautiful man, we all looked at him pleasing to the eye, but, his temperament is good, but he is not liked by your grandmother and grandfather, by the way, there is a mole at the end of his right eyebrow, and there is also a mole on the back of his neck, before, before your mother got married, we saw the portrait of your father, and he was a person, but, after a long time, the portrait was gone, in short, you remember, there is an obvious mole on the right eye, When he left, you and Xiangxiang were still young, and the mole, some people say that it is a tear mole there, and some people say that it is a peach blossom mole, which is liked by men and women of the opposite sex. There's a mole in your father's place! ”

Qin Mo choked, "Qin Mo remembers-!" ”

Then, my grandmother closed her eyes and nodded in satisfaction...

After talking about this for a long time, the old man has not said so much today for a long time, and it seems that he is very tired.

Although Qin Molai served the decoction at the bedside all day long when the old man was dying, and he also tried all kinds of efforts to maintain the old man's life, but half a month later, the old man still went...

At that time, my grandfather and uncle's family were kneeling outside the room where my grandmother was recuperating.

Although Qin Mo has been away for the past two years, at the last moment, he finally came back in person and was able to serve left and right.

It can be regarded as filial piety.

The old man's coffin had to be transported back to the original place, which was the village where the old man lived before his death, and then set up a mourning hall, looked at feng shui, and looked for a cemetery, because he knew that it was Qin Mo's maternal grandmother.

Linshui, officials in the Kham area came to the door to offer condolences in person.

The old man died laughing in the end...

His grandmother died, his grandfather cried into tears, Qin Mo had never seen his grandfather, an old man who never liked to talk very much, and in the end he cried miserably.

After burning the first seven, Qin Mo bowed in front of the grave, and then arranged a carriage to take Xiangxiang all the way north to the capital.

*

It's been busy for two or three months, and during this time when I went back, Qin Mo didn't cry less, and when he came to the capital, his eyes were red, but they added a little pink and graceful feeling.

When Qin Mo came back, the first thing was to see the emperor, and she had already returned from vacation.

When the emperor saw Qin Mo coming back, he was naturally not happy or unhappy, and he was as before.

This time, Qin Mo came to the capital, sorted out some of his grandmother's personal things before leaving in Qinzhou, and then brought them to the capital, put them by his side, and looked at them every day, which was regarded as nostalgia.

When he left, he also gave his uncle and uncle a large sum of money, which was regarded as a resettlement fee, and besides, Minsheng's tuition fees in the private house were all exempted for them, and Qin Mo was paying for so many years.

Originally, my uncle and aunt had some fields in their hands, and with this money, they had a comfortable life.

Xiangxiang came to Beijing to live for a long time, Qin Mo took care of her personally by her side and taught her, after all, this girl has been out for so many years, and she has never enjoyed the joy of family.

Now that Qin Mo is in the capital, the situation is stable, so he took her to the house.

Qin Mo lived in the backyard, so he gave her another yard, and this girl was also big, so she was assigned her own room.

It's just that, from time to time, this girl still likes to grab a pillow every night, and wants to come to Qin Mo's room and sleep with Qin Mo, saying that she is afraid alone.

Fourteen years old, still scared.

It just so happens that Nian'er has been by Xiangxiang's side for so many years, but she is still a stake. Not clever at all.

I went to Linshui, and when I came back, it was the New Year of the lunar calendar, this year's New Year, Qin Mo wanted to participate in the palace banquet, and I saw many civil and military ministers in the court, as well as some royal relatives and nobles, and the night banquet in the palace could bring family members, Qin Mo didn't have any family members, so he only brought Xiangxiang.

It just so happened that both of them were women.

Qin Mo is in the main hall, and Xiangxiang can only be at the banquet held by the queen inside.

After the dinner, Qin Mo came to see Xiangxiang, there was a Huainan county lord, he was very happy to see Xiangxiang, and he deliberately pulled Xiangxiang down to his side, and gave a lot of rewards, and on the other hand, he specially praised Xiangxiang in front of Qin Mo and said, I like Xiangxiang, she is cute, beautiful, and said that Xiangxiang looks like her niece, it is really similar, and it is very funny.

Qin Mo smiled politely when he heard this, and he didn't take it to heart, after all, there are many people in the court who want to slap her up now, and they want to stick to her for all kinds of reasons.

Qin Mo was already surprised.

I thanked the reward that night, and then took Xiangxiang out of the palace gate, and along the way, the eunuch and father-in-law led the way, and when I reached the back door, a rosewood carriage was parked there, and the little man who drove took several naps.

*

Just after the Spring Festival, it is the second day of February, the dragon raises its head, many flower temples worship the god of flowers is also this day, on the dam on the outskirts of Beijing, there are people who compete there to ride horses, archery, and there are many girls who come out to show their love, and there are others, on this day, the young man makes an appointment with his favorite girl to come out.

Prince Qing's Mansion in the capital is also the emperor's elder brother, and the little prince and county lord in the palace invited most of the county lords and county lords of the royal family in the capital and the princess of the minister's family to go out for spring, and Xiangxiang also received an invitation.

Qin Mo can also be regarded as an important minister.

Xiangxiang wants to go out to play, she grew up in the township since she was a child, and she has never played with the young lady in Jingli, not to mention, she has never seen such a big formation.

Qin Mo thought that she liked it, so let her go.

didn't want to be compared to those nobles and royal relatives in other mansions, for fear that Xiangxiang would be laughed at and bullied when she went out, Qin Mo let Xiangxiang drive the most luxurious carriage in the mansion out.

This time, the people who can be together are some royal relatives, not to mention a marquis, the son of a heavy minister, in the end, it will be good for Xiangxiang in the future.

This is also the reason why Qin Mo wants her to go.

Xiangxiang is not too young, and she will be married next year, according to the customs of ancient women.

Qin Mo is such a sister, so she naturally wants to find a good husband for her sister, and she has a good personality.

If you happen to see one, the royal family, it's fine