Zheng Qijun only thought that he had mentioned this matter when he sold ink last time, and he didn't care, but he thought this girl was very interesting, laughed again, and said: "It's really not this time, but my little nephew has more than two bottles, but I don't dare to take it, for fear of making me cry." ”

Cai Yuran vaguely heard Shen Qin say that the sister he married into the Mi family gave birth to a daughter, and the one in the palace did not make a sound, this little nephew can only be Jiang Sheng, thinking of Jiang Sheng's excellent appetite, and the mouth full of millet teeth when he opened his mouth wide, Zheng Qijun's description is even more concrete.

Cai Qiran was so amused that she wanted to laugh, covered her mouth and coughed lightly, and said: "The berry jam last time was sweet and sour, my sister-in-law has been greedy for this taste recently, and last time I bought a bottle back and let her eat it, so I asked me to buy some more, but it was gone?" ”

It turned out to be a woman who was happy, Zheng Qijun nodded a little embarrassedly, looked around again, and said: "Since I like to eat sweet and sour, this dried apricot is good, it is an apricot from the western region, it is sweet, you don't need to spend a lot of honey to dip it, you only smell fruity." ”

Zheng Qijun beckoned, a little maid who was specially serving distinguished guests hurriedly walked over, Zheng Qijun saw her holding a white porcelain plate in her hand, waved her hand and said, "Bring the set of small plates I brought from the south, and pick an interesting one." ”

When the maid came over, Cai glanced at it and saw a yellow apricot painted on the gold-burning porcelain plate, which was not very exquisite, but it was very naïve.

Cai said in his heart, "This person is a refined and tasteful person. ’

Zheng Qijun selected a lot of preserved fruits and put them on the plate, handed them to the maid beside Cai Qiran, and said to the little maid: "Lead the nobleman to the private room to taste." "He didn't come with him, and he was very measured.

Cai Qiran ate a few bites of dried fruit, and the little maid served tea to clean her mouth, and gave her cheese and poured orange sauce on it.

The little maid stood aside seriously and said: "If this orange sauce nobleman eats well, you can buy some back today, and you can calm your throat by drinking tea." Our host said that there is really not much orange sauce, not to bluff the girl. ”

This orange sauce is different from ordinary shops, it is salty and sweet, Cai Xuanran estimated that her sister-in-law would not like to eat it, but it was right for her grandmother's appetite.

"Okay, then wrap a jar of orange sauce." Cai Qiran tasted Fang Cai's preserved fruit for a while, and said, "Don't want that licorice olive, take two packs of the rest of the fruit." ”

When Cai Qiran came out after tasting the preserved fruit, Zheng Qijun was no longer here, and the maidservant paid the silver and took a small bamboo basket.

The white porcelain jars and oiled paper bags were put away layer by layer, and red seals were pasted on them, each with its name, dried apricots, dates, dried pears, etc., as well as a bag of jasper raisins.

"Is this misplaced?" Cai said suddenly.

The shopkeeper smiled: "The price of this jasper raisins is too expensive, but the nobles think of this bite from time to time, but ordinary people can't afford it, and they sell it in the store for a few taels or taels. ”

Jasper grapes are unusual grapes, the taste is much sweeter, if it is fresh, even dignitaries and nobles can not enjoy it several times.

Although the price of drying is cheaper, the price of this bag is a few taels of silver, how can you use such an expensive thing as an add-on?

Although Cai Qiuran thought so, it was not like to stand in the store and push around for this bag of dried fruits, so he only said: "Then thank you for me." ”

"Eh, you walk slowly." The shopkeeper said politely.

Cai Qiuran sent things back to Cai's house, originally wanted to go directly, but it was always bad to pass through the door without entering at the door of his own house, and when he was hesitating, he heard a playful female voice outside the carriage: "Sister is here?" ”

The corners of Cai Qiuran's lips hung up, and he barely raised them, so he could only lift the curtain.

Her stepmother's sister smiled sweetly at her, and the two pear vortices seemed to be sweet and could drip honey, and she called out affectionately: "Sister! "I miss her so much.

"Ran'er is here, come in and sit down." A middle-aged beautiful woman walked over with a smile and said to Cai Qiran.

The mother and daughter have always been inseparable, and they are really in one place, even the dimples that laugh are the same.

"I'm coming to see my sister-in-law." Cai Qiran can be regarded as able to pretend, but the smile on his face is really stiff compared to that of this mother and daughter.

Stepmother Liu was born in Er'er and was just a small merchant in the city, which is not the reason why Cai Yuran did not want to see her, although the Cai family is an official, what can be done is also business.

is really called Cai Qiuran can't let go, this Liu entered the Cai family just after the filial piety period, and he was pregnant, which means that when the filial piety period is not completed, the father and stepmother have a head and tail.

This sister said that she was born prematurely, but when she was born, even her hair was black, and she opened her eyes within two hours.

If that's just the case, although Cai Qiran can't be relieved, she won't be disgusted with the Liu family so much, after all, at this age, she knows that there are some things that are wrong on both sides, and as far as this matter is concerned, her father makes her even more disgusted.

But Liu's person, from the beginning to the call, made Cai Qiran dislike it. A face is worn from front to back, and everyone in the house praises her well.

Cai Qiran is very smart, although she doesn't live at home all the year round, she knows how many benefits the Liu family has in her hands. Otherwise, with her mother's annual income, she can buy two small houses with independent courtyards for her two younger brothers?

I heard my grandmother say that the Liu family did not have an idea about the dowry left by the Chen family, but when Mrs. Chen took Cai Qiuran back to live, she moved back with the dowry and put it under Cai Qiuran's name, and the Liu family didn't even have a single hair.

I don't know if it was because of the failure to profit from Chen's dowry, so he was so desperate to hold money and power, but Liu's good days came to an end after Cai Qiran's sister-in-law Zhou entered the door.

Although her sister-in-law is not ranked among the ladies in the capital, she is always a lot higher than Liu's, she is gentle, can read and paint, but she is a choking pungent character.

In less than two years, the money and power in Liu's hands were squeezed out little by little, lest she jump off the wall in a hurry, but there was still half a leeway, and more was naturally gone.

In front of Cai Yuran, Zhou's disgust for Liu was not concealed at all, when she first entered the door, she saw that it was a golden house, but she didn't expect everything to be hollow. Even Cai Yuran's brother, the sister-in-law of the Cai family, was able to ask the Liu family to be deducted quietly.

The silk cotton clothes he wore were smooth to the touch, they were not good materials at all, the silk threads were very sparse, and it didn't take long for them to break, Liu didn't say that he was not wearing them carefully, and hurriedly ordered someone to make him one set after another, looking attentive and thoughtful, but it really didn't cost a few dollars.

In addition, the man didn't care about these small things, and his mind was only on the business outside, and Liu's trick was played for many years without him noticing. The Cai family also has two children, a boy and a girl, the girls are more careful, and they are treated more harshly, plus they have contact with Liu's biological daughter on weekdays, although they found the clues early, they dare not say it.

Zhou loved his husband, and when he saw him being bullied like this in his own home and didn't know it, a wave of anger rose up and burned for two years. Every time the Liu family is forced to hand over a right and a money, he can extinguish it somewhat.

The Zhou family is not stingy, and even the younger siblings who took out the two concubines have also benefited, and they are grateful for the good of the Zhou family, and they go to the Zhou family courtyard more often than they go to the Liu family's hospital.

Cai Qiran blocked Liu's not to let her into Zhou's courtyard, but he didn't stop this sister.

is obviously not born to a mother, and this sister has to be called Cai Wanran.

Zhou once pouted and said, 'Huh! I'm afraid that people will think that her name is not right, so she has to be next to you! Dip some light into the Chen family! ’

said that Cai Suiran was preconceived, and she had prejudices, but she didn't like this sunflower-like sister at all, and she was not as good as the soft-spoken sister Cai Suisui.

In Cai Qiuran's memory for the first time, the old lady of the Chen family didn't like Cai Wanran either, Liu brought the children of the family to see her, everyone called her grandmother, she responded with a smile, and she didn't care about the stupid and poisonous thoughts of the Liu family in the early years, but the gifts that could be divided were high and low.

Cai Wanran weighed the fluttering gold plaque in his hand, and looked at the droplet-shaped jade pendant that Cai Suisui had obtained, and finally sank his face in front of people for the first time.

Old Madam Chen didn't realize it, and she could still greet Cai Wanran and Cai Suisui for a snack. It was at that time that Cai Suiran saw that the mother and daughter had the same temperament, Cai Wanran no longer saw the unpleasantness, but the hand holding the pastry was always one step faster than Cai Suisui, picking up the expensive food.

Later, Cai Suisui never wore the jade pendant, and later talked about it with Zhou, Zhou slapped the table and said, "I have seen it on Cai Wanran!" ”

On weekdays, if Cai Yuran comes, there is always laughter and laughter in the Zhou courtyard, but today everyone doesn't talk much, there are only a few words of gossip on the tea table, but eye contact is frequent.

Cai Suisui is also here, Zhou is bored during pregnancy, treats her as a primary school student, and teaches her to manage accounts.

"Sister-in-law also teaches me, why only teach Suisui?" Cai Wanran said coquettishly.

Zhou hooked the corners of his mouth, his tone was gentle, but his words were not gentle at all, "My mother-in-law used to be used to abacus, and my sister is close to the water, so she still needs me to teach?" ”

"Two people are having fun together." Cai Wanran said with a smile as if she didn't understand.

"It's lively, but my sister's crisp throat like a yellow bird, I can't help it now."

Zhou's dislike for Cai Wanran is almost too lazy to hide, she married into the Cai family for two years before she became pregnant, although it is not very late, but she has also heard a lot of gossip in the past two years, Cai Wanran seems to be a child's words, but she has embarrassed Zhou a lot in front of others.

Zhou's temperament, how can he not hold grudges?

"Also, my sister-in-law should take care of her pregnancy, isn't it a good time for my mother to share my sister-in-law's worries?" Cai Wanran looked at Zhou with a smile.