Yizhou, Daotai Mansion, West Courtyard, Wing.

The jade spider looked at the sky outside, and it was already the time to hold the lamp. She looked at the bronze mirror and carefully applied her makeup.

Remembering the events at noon, she blushed so much, after all, she was a virgin, and she was happy for the first time, except for the soreness, she didn't feel happy. But she is already seventeen, thinking about the two current blessings of Xiqiu and Lianqiu, thinking of Chu Yu, Amethyst and others treating Jade Dragonfly differently, that is, the four who have been married, and two of them have become her uncle's room, so she patted her face, and her expression became more and more determined.

The eight people who entered the mansion together three years ago, in terms of appearance, the jade spider is not bad. It's just that because her family was poor when she was a child and she didn't eat well, her body developed late and she looked a little inferior.

Now, after three years of raising in the Cao family, the skin is fine and tender, and the water is not good. Even if there is no such thing as noon today, there will be noon after or noon the next day. At this point, the jade spider was very confident, so when she saw the half-palm-sized porcelain bottle by the bronze mirror, she couldn't help frowning in disgust, reached out and picked it up, and wanted to throw it into the garbage basket at the door.

The hand stopped in mid-air, and the jade spider thought about it for a while, but gently put the porcelain bottle back. Then, the jade spider picked up a handkerchief and moistened it, wiped the rouge off her face, opened the powder box, and covered the pink on her cheeks with powder. She frowned and looked in the mirror, where the face was slightly pale, revealing a pitiful look. She suddenly felt a pang of depression in her heart, turned the mirror upside down, bit her lip, and didn't know what to think.

After a long while, the jade spider sighed, opened the porcelain bottle, poured some of the daffodil juice in the palm of her hand, and gently patted it on her neck and arms. Immediately, the room was filled with a faint fragrance of narcissus.

"Sister Spider!" Jade Dragonfly stood in the doorway, calling softly.

Hearing this, the jade spider got up, covered the porcelain bottle, held a handkerchief next to it in his hand, gently wiped his eyes, and then opened the door behind him, and said in a low voice: "Sister Dragonfly!" ”

Hearing her crying, Jade Dragonfly couldn't bear it in her heart, and said with a smile: "Sister, what are you doing?" My sister has always cherished her sister the most, so go to the room, I'm still waiting! ”

The jade spider grabbed the door frame, raised her head, bit her lip and said, "I'm not, my lord...... I ...... "The more anxious I was, the more I couldn't speak, and the tears had already fallen."

Seeing her pale little face, Jade Dragon remembered what happened to her back then, and sighed in her heart, a little ashamed of her suspicions. Yes, the master is the master, which one does he want, and will he discuss it with others? Isn't she the same as the jade spider she is today, what's the difference?

Jade Dragon took Jade Spider's hand, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and comforted: "Sister, don't be sad, you are a good person, and you won't treat us badly in the future!" Let's two sisters, wait for you! ”

The jade spider still looked uneasy, and looked at the upper room, looking a little afraid.

Jade Dragonfly smiled and said: "Sister, don't be afraid, just ...... for the first time" Speaking of this, she couldn't help blushing, pushed her and said: "Sister, hurry up and freshen up, go to the upper room, the master just asked!" ”

Seeing that the jade spider was just looking at herself, she didn't respond. Jade Dragon rubbed her arm and said, "I'm a little tired of needlework this afternoon, so I'm tired of my sister over there, and my sister has to rest first!" ”

The jade spider looked at the jade dragon carefully, and saw that she really didn't mean to be annoyed, so she nodded a little helplessly.

Watching the jade dragon return to the room, the jade spider retreated to the house, and did not refresh, but wiped her eyes with a handkerchief before going to the upper room.

Cao Song was lying on the bed, not knowing what to think, when he saw the jade spider walking in with his head down, remembering the spring love at noon, his spirit was lifted, and he waved his hand and said, "Come here, why did you come?" ”

The jade spider walked to the side of the bed and called out timidly, "Master", Cao Song's heart and liver trembled, pulled her to his body, closed his eyes and hugged him for a while, Fang said: "Ye misses you, do you miss Ye?" ”

Seeing the jade spider respond, Cao Song opened his eyes and looked at her, seeing her red eyes and a panicked face, he was distressed and asked, "What's wrong?" Jade Dragonfly's girl......"

Jade Spider hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, the jade dragon is very good to the slave and maid, where will he give the slave and maid a face because the master lifts the slave and the maid?" ”

Cao Song listened to it and said with a smile: "Ye thinks about it, just her surname, where does she seem to be able to bully people, and it will be impossible not to be bullied!" ”

When the jade spider heard this, her expression froze, and her face was a little aggrieved: "Ye is right!" ”

It's a pity that Cao Songzheng is closing his eyes, smelling the fragrance of flowers on the jade spider's body, where will he carefully look at her joy and anger. Put down the tent, and naturally it will be lingering again...... When the room was silent, Jade Spider asked softly, "I heard that Uncle is going out tomorrow morning, does Master get up early?" Do you need slaves and maids to get up earlier and wait? ”

Cao Song hugged her to his chest, closed his eyes and responded: "Don't get up early, Ming'er won't go anywhere!" Eventually, the voice grew quieter, and after a while, the snoring began to grow.

The jade spider only felt a little cold, and tightened the quilt behind her, but she still couldn't close her eyes for a long time, and she fell asleep until dawn.

* Or because it is located on the north-south artery, Daxing Town in Tancheng County is very prosperous. The whole town is scattered left and right along both sides of the official road. On both sides of the official road are shops and restaurants, and there are 180 of them as far as the eye can see. The travelers who come and go, the traveling merchants and hawkers who carry the burden, and the villagers who come to sell mountain goods from ten miles and eight villages, bring together a picture of the market.

Listening to all kinds of shouts, Cao Hao really had the feeling of seeing the prosperous age. Because he was worried about the rise in grain prices, he deliberately paid attention to the beggars and others in the streets and alleys. Although his clothes were tattered and his face was dirty, he did not fall to the ground hungry. The imaginary situation of buying rice and selling children and daughters because there was no money did not appear, and Cao Hao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Looking back at Mr. Zhuang, Cao Hao regretted a little, after all, he was old, what did he do when he was pulled out? Mr. Zhuang noticed Cao Hao's eyes, and said with a hint of annoyance: "What's the matter, I don't like to hold you back?" ”

Cao Hao hurriedly said: "Where, where, I'm just afraid that Mr. will be tired!" ”

Mr. Zhuang touched his beard and said leisurely: "It's only seventy miles, what is this?" Have you forgotten the idioms of being old and strong, and being old and strong? The old body is still healthy, and it shouldn't be a problem to watch Niuniu get married and have children! ”

Cao Hao saw that although he was a little tired, he was full of energy, and said with a smile: "Old should be strong, old and strong, or something, has Mr. forgotten an idiom?" ”

Mr. Zhuang believed in the reins, looked at the guests in front of a rice store not far away, and asked casually, "Oh, what is it?" ”

"Old but not ashamed!" Cao Hao replied with a smile. Mr. Zhuang turned his head to glance at him, turned around and smiled himself.

This time, in addition to Wei Hei and Xiaoman, there are also Wu Sheng, the second eldest of the Wu brothers, and seven long-term followers. Wu Sheng's brother is now married, and he is married to a hairpin who worked as an errand by Cao Hao's side, and the two got married at the end of last month. Cao Hao saw that although he was young, he was steady and proper, so he made him the head of the hospital, so he did not follow.

A total of 12 people were counted, and Mr. Zhuang felt that the number of people was a bit eye-catching, so he divided the people into two groups. Xiao Man and the other two tender-faced Chang Entourage followed Cao Hao and him, and Wei Hei and Wu Sheng took five other people. Everyone went one after the other, looking not all the way at all.

On Cao Hao's side, it is the rich young master with the housekeeper; Wei Hei's side is full of strong men, and he looks at it with a bit of a fierce spirit, even in the Shandong realm, where the martial arts are very strong, looking at it also makes people retreat. Especially Wei Hei, who is tall and burly, not to mention, also covers one eye, and his face is full of fierce flesh.

Cao Hao followed Mr. Zhuang's line of sight, and also saw that the rice shop, where people came and went, and the business was really prosperous.

The two looked at each other, a little puzzled, for some reason the situation in Daxing and Yizhou was worse. On the Yizhou side, many rice shops have no grain in stock; It's still open, and because the price is too high, there aren't so many customers.

There was a strong aroma of wine in the air, and Cao Hao and the others came out early in the morning and couldn't help but feel a little hungry.

Just in time, in the rice shop, it was a two-story restaurant, Cao Hao pointed to the signboard, and said to Mr. Zhuang: "Sir, let's go over and have dinner!" Mr. Zhuang also planned to do so, and immediately said yes.

Entering the restaurant, Cao Hao looked at the table of guests who were already sitting next to the window, and motioned to the young man behind Xiao Man to ask.

The young man's surname is Ren, his name is Ji Yong, and he is the fourth son of Hu, the director of the Yizhou Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Museum. The Huwei Martial Arts Hall is the place that Cao Song must go to every day now, the largest martial arts hall in Yizhou City.

Although Ren Hu is a martial artist, he is an authentic official fan. Because he had never read since he was a child and could not read a few large characters, he put all his hopes on his four sons. These boys not only inherited their father's good skills, but also inherited their father's pasty head, and studied for several years, but they just knew "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text".

In order to force his sons to study and improve, Ren Hu used a whip to give his sons "tight skins" and "long lessons". However, after beating the eldest and beating the second, beating the second and beating the third, until the fourth child is fifteen, I don't see them growing, after all, I can only extinguish the idea of letting my sons gain fame.

However, the arrival of Cao Song made Ren Hu feel like he was "in a desperate place".

As the old saying goes, "the prime minister's concierge is a seven-grade official", although the Cao family is only a platform at the moment, and it is still far from the prime minister, but this is an inaccurate thing. Even if you can't be promoted to prime minister, it shouldn't be a problem to stay up for a few years to be promoted to a third-grade and second-grade grade. In that case, it's not the same as being a prime minister, even if the porter can't be counted as a seventh, there should be an eighth or ninth grade.

Thinking like this, Ren Hu was extremely flattering to Cao Song, and wanted to send the third and youngest children, who were not married, to Cao's house as concierges.

Although it is not a big deal, Cao Song did not respond casually, only said that he brought the two brothers to introduce him, and as for whether he wanted someone or not, it was difficult for him to make up his mind.

Cao Hao was because his entourage was either from the capital or from Jiangning, and he wanted to hire a few local long-term entourage, so he had nothing to do and went to wander around, pretending to be locals.

The arrival of the two brothers, Ren Shuyong and Ren Jiyong, was exactly what he wanted. Besides, it was Cao Song who brought it in, and he knew the roots, and after casually asking a few words, Cao Hao nodded and asked them to stay.

Ren Shuyong and Ren Jiyong were the first to see such a big official as Daotai, and they originally thought that even if they were young, they should be in their forties, so they could make Cao Song respect like an elder. I didn't expect it to be such a young official.

If it weren't for the fact that he was at the Daotai Yamen, and heard a few wardens who were going back and forth respectfully call him "Lord", Ren Shuyong and Ren Jiyong would have suspected that Cao Song was looking for someone to pretend to be the Daotai to tease the two brothers.

When Cao Song was not angry with the surprise of the two, and proudly told the glorious history of his brother as a royal guard, the eyes of the two brothers immediately changed. The imperial guard, that is the legendary master, the two of them worship Cao Hao so much, they secretly made up their minds to follow Cao Hao and come out with a mixed appearance!

* Xiao Er saw a few people's eyes, and thought that the past sharp guests were still thinking about how to slaughter a meal, so he heard the little guy say with a local accent: "Xiao Er, is there a private room upstairs by the window?" My young master wants to find a clean place to eat! ”

Xiao Er immediately put his thoughts away, and said with a smile: "This has just arrived at the meal, and the upstairs is still empty, a few masters upstairs, please!" As he spoke, he led them to the second floor.

Wei Hei had already arrived, looked at Cao Hao's back as they went upstairs, threw a piece of broken silver into the arms of another Xiao Er who greeted him, and said, "Find a private room for the master and put some wine and food well!" ”

Xiao Er saw that the silver was half a tael, and his face was about to bloom with joy, and he pointed to the stairs, "There are a lot of private rooms on the second floor, a few masters on the second floor, please!" ”

Standing in front of the window, Cao Hao sniffed hard, the aroma of wine seemed to be greater than Fang Cai, and he couldn't help but wonder a little, what was wrong? Could it be that there is a pot near here, which will make the wine fragrant?

Mr. Zhuang stared at the door of the rice shop, and saw that most of the customers were holding big pockets, a bit of a hand-to-shoulder, and the business was not booming.

A middle-aged man with a slightly thin figure came out of the rice shop with a bag of things, and fell to the side of the road because he wanted to avoid a speeding carriage, and the contents of his pocket were scattered halfway to the ground, looking very embarrassed.

Looking at the pieces that were very unfamiliar, Cao Hao couldn't help asking, "What kind of food is this?" "Nowadays, most of the local people eat millet and sorghum as their staple food, and the richer people eat rice and white flour. But at the moment, I don't know if it's food.

Mr. Zhuang saw that the middle-aged man put all the local things in his pocket, and said with a slight heaviness: "That's not food, it's sake lees!" ”

There was no hunger in the prosperous era, but the sake lees that were only used to feed the pigs became the rations of the people!

(To be continued)