After disposing of Zhong's affairs, three watches have passed.

Ai Qiaoqiao was sleepy, and sat on the chair and dozed off.

The official was still talking to Ye Liyan in the house.

Ye Liyan turned her head to look at Ai Qiaoqiao from time to time, and saw that her head was about to hang down to her chest.

"Gone." The purple cloak fell on her head.

Ai Qiaoqiao opened his eyes with a strong spirit.

"Can I go back?" Ai Qiaoqiao said confusedly.

"Let's go back first, the official will go to you to look for me if he has something." Ye Lixian said lightly, and at the same time fastened the strap of the cloak.

Seeing this, Ai Qiaoqiao also got up, wrapped his cloak around his body indiscriminately, and the two left the Ai family's compound.

After walking a long way, Ai Qiaoqiao turned around.

In the darkness, there was a faint light in the courtyard of the Ai family, like a huge monster lurking in the shadows, ready to open its mouth and devour those who approached it at any time.

The night wind blew, Ai Qiaoqiao shuddered, but turned his head and suddenly bumped into Ye Li's body.

"What are you looking at if you don't have a good walk?" Ye Liyan took the lantern in her hand with her left hand, and naturally raised her right hand and rested it on her shoulder.

Such a posture...... It's too intimate, isn't it?

Ai Qiaoqiao felt a little unnatural, and she ducked to the side, trying to distance herself from the night.

Ye Liyan's wrist was weak, but her arm was very tight, and she struggled twice, but she didn't break away.

"Don't move, it's too dark to walk." The night left the lantern higher to illuminate the road ahead.

After walking for a while, Ai Qiaoqiao felt that Ye Liyu was just walking, and the hand on her shoulder did not move, so she gradually got used to such an intimate posture.

Where she couldn't see, there was a smile in Yeli's eyes.

If it were possible, he wished that this journey would be longer, and he was willing to go on like this forever, thinking about nothing but the warmth in his arms so real.

The next morning, when he woke up, he couldn't find the two children beside him.

When he left the east house, he followed the sound until he found the garden behind the house, and saw his two little boys rolling up their sleeves and hands full of mud, planting vegetables in the garden.

The night passed leisurely, and his hands were in the wide sleeves of his coat.

"What are you planting?"

Tingyu looked up and saw him excitedly, "Miss Qiaoqiao said that she would plant some small radish, and when she waited until winter, she could make radish stewed mutton, which was very nourishing." ”

Ye Liyan looked around and didn't see Ai Qiaoqiao's figure.

Winter......

Unexpectedly, it had been almost a year since he left the Medicine King Valley in the blink of an eye, and I didn't know if his master was still blaming him, and if they were still looking for the stolen medical book.

"Childe, Miss Qiaoqiao said that she would make an eggplant pot at night, and she would steam and sell it to us." Listen to the rain excitedly.

"What is siu mai?" Ye Lixian had never heard of this kind of eating.

"We don't know, anyway, it was made by Qiaoqiao girl, so it must not be wrong."

Ye Liyan pursed the corners of his lips and reprimanded: "Doglegs." ”

Listening to the rain didn't care, and continued to follow the wind and turn over the ground hard.

"Where's Miss Qiaoqiao?" Ye Lixuan couldn't help but ask.

"She went into the city, saying that she was going to buy some meat and cloth and come back, and that she was going to make winter clothes."

Ye Liyan thought for a while, "If you have time, you can also go back to Yicaotang and bring some charcoal and braziers." ”

Listening to Yuxi, "Childe, can we really live here until winter?" ”

Ye Liyan glanced at him, "You are in a hurry to go back?" ”

"No, no, I think it's good to live here." Listen to the rain and smile.

"Remember to go to Ruo Huaixi, ask for a few more jars of good wine, and let people make a few more thick clothes......," he paused, and added another sentence, "Pull some brightly colored materials and make a few sets of winter clothes for Qiaoqiao girl." ”

Listening to the rain and listening to the wind, they looked at each other and smiled, and responded loudly.

Ai Qiaoqiao went to Huai'an City and came back with some ribs and fabrics.

Zhang Wu accompanied her, and the two of them returned with a full load.

"My dad has been able to walk around the ground these days, but thanks to the divine doctor, my father has been thinking about coming to thank the divine doctor."

Ai Qiaoqiao smiled, "Ye Gongzi won't mind, you still let your father take care of his body more, and he must take care of his body before winter, and he can't fall into the root of the disease." ”

The two talked and laughed and entered the village, and Ai Qiaoqiao suddenly slowed down.

"Brother Xiao Wu, you go back first, I want to go to Aunt Ji's."

Zhang Wu wanted to help her take her things back to the old house, but Ai Qiaoqiao refused, Zhang Wu had no choice but to go back first.

Ai Qiaoqiao went to knock on the courtyard door of Aunt Ji's house.

Not long after, the courtyard door opened a crack, and Aunt Ji appeared in the door.

"Is there something wrong?" is still a cold tone, even if Aunt Ji helped her a lot before, but every time she sees Ai Qiaoqiao, she still has an extremely unfamiliar expression.

Ai Qiaoqiao had already found out that this Aunt Ji was cold-faced and hot-hearted, and she didn't mind, and said with a smile: "I went into the city to buy some fabrics, and I wanted to make a winter coat for Aunt Ji, but I didn't know your size......

Aunt Ji glanced at the big bag she was carrying in her hand, and said lightly: "No need, I don't lack winter clothes." "As he spoke, he was about to close the door.

Ai Qiaoqiao was anxious, "I still have something to ask you." ”

Aunt Ji's action of closing the door stopped, as if she was hesitating about something.

"Can I go in?" Ai Qiaoqiao looked at Aunt Ji's face cautiously.

After being silent for a long time, Aunt Ji moved away, opened the courtyard door a little, and let Ai Qiaoqiao enter.

"What do you want to ask?" Aunt Ji got straight to the point.

Ai Qiaoqiao plucked up her courage, "I want to know about my father." ”

Aunt Ji lowered her eyes and was silent.

Ai Qiaoqiao sat opposite Aunt Ji obediently, "I heard that my father took the family heirloom from Lao Ai's family when he eloped with my mother...... I wonder what kind of baby is that? ”

Aunt Ji suddenly looked up at her, "Even if there really is any treasure, do you think your father will take it?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao shook her head categorically, "My father often said that you have to rely on yourself to be a man, and he will never take this kind of thing." ”

A smile crossed Aunt Ji's lips, "Your father taught you very well." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao said tentatively, "I heard my second uncle say...... Seems like that baby is a family recipe? ”

"It's handed down from the Lao Ai family." Aunt Ji said bluntly, "It is said that the ancestors of the old Ai family were businessmen, opened a restaurant, had a prosperous business, and was even summoned by the emperor to cook in the palace, which can be described as a great time." ”

"And then?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked.

"Maybe it's because the cooking skills are so good, and I got the jealousy of some people in the imperial dining room, there was a problem in the dish, and a prince was poisoned, and the emperor killed the ancestors of the Lao Ai family, and also sealed their family property, and then the recipe was sealed and didn't dare to use it again."

The more Ai Qiaoqiao listened, the more shocked she became.

It turned out that he was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of the well rope for ten years.

The ancestors of the Lao Ai family are on this, and the losses are also on this.

They sealed the recipe for fear of causing trouble again.

It's just that I don't want to pass it on to this generation, and some people still have the recipe in mind.

"How did Lao Ai's recipe disappear?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked, "Why do they all say that my father took it?" ”

"I don't know." Aunt Ji frowned, "I also only found out about this after your father left, he came to inform me before he wanted to take your mother away, but not long after he left, your father had an accident and somehow broke his leg...... It is rumored in the village that your father robbed the family heirloom treasure when he left, and injured your grandfather......"