Cao Yingze's concerns were not unreasonable, Su Yuming thought for a while and agreed, but she proposed to hope that Xiao Tingxiu would accept all the money from the sale of their boats, and use it as the travel expenses of their master and servant. Xiao and Cao knew her temperament, and if she refused, she would never agree to go with her, so they readily agreed.

In order to sell the ship, the group and others stopped in Binzhou for three or five days, so that the cargo ship of Dingtaihui became more and more farther away, and the chance of re-encountering was much smaller, so Su Yuming was able to calm down and rethink Cao Yingze's persuasion of her to re-enter the business world. On this day, the weather was clear, it was a good time for the warbler to fly and the grass grew in the late spring, Su Yuming and Du Juan were tidying up their bags in the guest room of the painting boat, and the more than 300 taels obtained from the sale of the boat had already been handed over to Xuecheng and asked him to transfer it to Cao Yingze.

After several days of tension, he was finally calm, and Du Juan also had the mind to laugh with Su Yuming, "Miss, according to me, then Gongzi Cao will not let you go easily now." I thought you were looking for a lover, Qin Se and Ming, so I retreated. Now that I know that your husband is Lord Ye, and in the eyes of the world, Lord Ye is no longer alive, and you are a 'widow', he will not let go easily. These days, you can be diligent. ”

Su Yuming said with a smile, "Hugh wants to talk nonsense, if this word reaches Ci Zhun's ears, maybe he will be angry." ”

"How can the Ninth Master be angry? Didn't you blow your beard and stare at it one moment, and then quickly hug your wife the next moment? Haha......"

Su Yuming blushed suddenly, and said to Du Juan, "I see that you and Xuecheng have been together for a while, and after a while, you have become more and more restless, and your speech has become more and more unserious. That being the case...... Why don't I find an old gentleman in a few days to choose a good day and an auspicious day, and marry you off in a beautiful way, okay? ”

This time it was the cuckoo's turn to blush, turn around and ignore her young lady, and continue to clean up, "The young lady always makes fun of the slave maid. ”

Both the master and servant laughed.

Cao Yingze was blowing the wind outside the cabin, listening to the laughter of the master and servant, his heart was a little shaken, and he was absent-minded, Xiao Tingxiu walked over when he saw his appearance, patted him on the shoulder and sighed, "Oh, I said Lao Cao, I have seen it in my eyes all these days, what do you think of this Mrs. Ye...... Hehe, it's not my brother I deliberately want to pour cold water on you, not to mention whether this Mrs. Ye is willing to commit to you, even if she is willing, will the Jingyang Hou father in your family let her, the daughter of a businessman who has been married twice, enter? ”

"He can't control what I'm going to do. It's a big deal, just don't want the identity of this son, anyway, he doesn't lack a son who inherits the title. ”

"Yo, Lao Cao, are you really willing to throw your life together for her?!"

"Uncle Xiao, there are things you don't understand." Cao Yingze turned around and patted Xiao Tingxiu's shoulder back, raised his foot and left.

"Knock, knock", there was a knock on the door outside, Su Yuming and Du Juan hurriedly stopped the fighting, "Madam, is it convenient to come in below?" ”

Su Yuming tidied up her appearance before returning, "Young Master Cao, please come in." ”

Cao Yingze pushed the door in when he heard this, only to see the beautiful woman's skin like condensation, smiling and smiling, and thinking of Yu Ming's hands like soft and beautiful eyes when she played the piano, she couldn't help but be a little stunned, and only came back to her senses when Su Yuming asked him what was wrong.

"Oh, oh, it's nothing, I'm thinking that I'm going to set sail tomorrow, I don't know what else Mrs. has to buy, take advantage of today's warm spring, it's better to go to the town on the shore and buy it together."

Su Yuming thought about it, this trip is far away, because it was his own boat before, he could stop and buy at any time, but now since he is taking someone else's painting boat, he can't be so casual, so he does have some daily sundries that need to be purchased, so he nodded and agreed, and went ashore with Cao Yingze to visit the town market.

This place is located in the suburbs of Binzhou, on the bank of the Beijiang River, merchants gather, although the place is small, but all the goods are ready, the shouts of the hawkers in the market, the talk of pedestrians, the sound of gongs and drums of juggling, are endless, very noisy and lively. Su Yuming since leaving Haizhou, either lost her freedom, or was forced to hide, has never had the opportunity to live back to the life of ordinary people, and now in this southern town can finally put aside the sorrow in her heart for the time being, and have a good time to be free, so her daughter's lively and delicate heart is exposed, and she looks at commodities and talks about the market everywhere with Du Juan, so happy.

Cao Yingze followed behind her, listening to her and the cuckoo talk about the way of business, one would say how much this thing costed, where it was the most prosperous, when it was most needed, what was the best price, and then how the texture of the object, what the craftsmanship was, where the market went, etc., and was very amazed.

The three of them wandered around the market for two or three hours until nightfall, and returned to the boat. Cao Yingze helped Su Yuming onto the boat and stopped her, "Madam, stretch out your hand." ”

Su Yuming was puzzled, but still stretched out her slender hand. Cao Yingze took out a delicately carved silver bracelet from his arms as if he were juggling, and then put it on Su Yuming's wrist with lightning speed.

Su Yuming was stunned, withdrew his hand and looked puzzled and asked, "Gongzi Cao, this is ......?"

Cao Yingze said with a smile, "A silver bracelet is not worth much, but you can accept it with confidence, madam." When I traveled in Kannan Province and Jingnan Province, I heard a local talk about a southern custom, saying that this side is very miasma, it is difficult for outsiders to adapt to it, and it is easy to adapt to the water and soil, and silver jewelry has the effect of removing filth and clearing miasma, so I just bought one for you at the market and wear it. Su Yuming burst out laughing, "How can Gongzi Cao believe in these superstitious things?" In fact, it is just that the climate in the south is warm and humid, which is easy to breed epidemics and hurt people's bodies. ”

Cao Yingze laughed at himself, "Ahem, I'd rather believe it, you can wear it all the way, and then take it off when you return to Luo'an." ”

Su Yuming knew that she couldn't resist him, and she didn't intend to dwell on these little things, so she nodded and thanked him and accepted the thing.

The maid on the painting boat had already prepared the food to eat, and Xiao Tingxiu saw a few people coming back, so she hurriedly invited them to take a seat and beckoned everyone to eat. Xuecheng and the others were about to leave, but they were pulled by Xiao Tingxiu and pressed, "Don't be a master or servant here, you ask Qi Xu, when did you sneak out and eat with us at the same table?" Sit it all out! The host's family was gracious, and Xuecheng and Du Juan were not easy to push, so they sat down happily after getting Su Yuming's nod and permission.

Su Yuming took a look at the hundred flavors during the banquet, there are cloud leg northern mushroom steamed star class, steamed nine sections of Qingming shrimp, stewed sturgeon dragon fish in soy sauce, sweet and sour mountain pond rice carp, red stewed tea pepper sesame chicken, as well as fresh and refreshing abalone fillet, etc., all of which are famous Haihe fresh food in Binzhou, and also use the Huaiyang cuisine techniques of Haidong Road, the freshness and sweetness of the ingredients complement each other with the cooking skills, which makes people appetize.

Cao Yingze looked at Su Yuming's face with a surprised face, and was very happy, he didn't expect Xiao Tingxiu to really have some way, and actually found an authentic Huaiyang cuisine chef according to the conditions he listed, so that he could please the beauties, and it was not a problem to come to Su Yuming's diet this way, and he really had to thank this Xiao Shizi when he returned to Luo'an.

Xiao Tingxiu took out two bottles of wine and said, "A few days ago, Mrs. Tuoye's blessing, I saw such a good thing as Jianzhan, the so-called 'cast with a peach, repay it with a li', I don't have a treasure like Jianzhan, but I also collected some good things in Binzhou." Everyone, please see, this is Binzhou's wine, Yuji alcohol, this wine is not simple, the brewing method is very peculiar, everyone taste. Anyway, it's getting late, so if you're drunk and fall asleep, don't be restrained. ”

Cao Yingze picked up the wine jug and poured it for Su Yuming, and said to her, "This jade alcohol is a little different from the wine in our north, but it is a little similar to the rice wine brewed from glutinous rice in your east." The wine in the north is mostly made from wheat, sorghum and other things, but this wine is made from the rice that grows twice a year in Jingnan Province, and what is even more strange is that after two or three years of aging, a large piece of pig paste is added to the wine, and it is aged for a period of time before it becomes wine. ”

Everyone was very surprised when they heard this, in this way, isn't this wine greasy, how can it still be drunk? But looking at the wine in the glass, although it is slightly yellow, it is clear and transparent, clean and abnormal, and there is no oil at all!

Cao Yingze smiled, "This is the beauty of this wine, after the wine is full of wine, the wine will be sent to be filtered, and the ancestral recipe will be used to filter out the oil without any leftovers, and the remaining liquor will be clear and transparent." The pig paste absorbs the impurities of the wine during the aging process, so the wine is very clean and does not have a trace of turbidity. ”

Su Yu took a sip, and suddenly a strong sense of familiarity came to her heart, isn't this a southern wine that Ye Cizhun happily brought to her to taste some time ago! At that time, he also sold a pass to himself, saying that when this wine settled in Taixiangsheng and led a wave of trends, he would reveal the answer to her. Originally, this wine was called Yuji alcohol...... Su Yuming held the wine glass, stared at the wine, and fell into the thoughts of Ye Cizhun again, forgetting the surrounding boiling voices for a while, until Cao Yingze persuaded the wine again to wake up and integrate into the banquet.

Su Yuming has always been too strong to drink, so he only took a few sips to show respect, but Du Juan drank a few more glasses, some wine, and accidentally knocked down Su Yuming's wine glass at hand when picking up vegetables, seeing that the wine was about to be spilled on the skirt, Du Juan hurriedly apologized and wiped it with a handkerchief.

Seeing the cuckoo's panicked appearance, Su Yuming smiled and comforted her, and also took out a handkerchief to wipe it together, but after a while, the sharp-eyed cuckoo found that the silver bracelet stained with wine on her wrist had turned black!

"Miss, look, why did the bracelet change color?!"

Hearing the cuckoo's exclamation, everyone looked at the silver bracelet, and they were shocked when they saw it, obviously it was stained with venom! It seems that this banquet was drugged at some point!