In the back house, Qi Su Niang and Chen Yan got up in the afternoon, and were in the bathroom, when they heard the sound of banging outside, Chen Yan said strangely: "What's wrong?" Wang Xiancheng and Yundian Shi can't come up with an idea, so they have to come to me? "Then he hurried away.

After Qi Su Niang finished washing, she was boiling porridge in the stove, and was making green onion cakes with noodles, when she heard Chen Yan running back, and shouted happily: "Su Niang, Su Niang, Brother Qi Qiang has a letter, he has been in Jiangning for a while, and he will come to visit relatives in a few days, and he will stay in our house for a while and then return to Beijing." ”

Qi Su Niang was overjoyed in her heart, and said angrily in a blink of an eye: "I haven't gotten any news for a year, and I don't know how to inform him, if it weren't for Qin Daoran patting his chest and guaranteeing it, I would really think he would die outside!" As he spoke, he shook off the dough under his hand, hurriedly scooped up the water and washed it, ran to the yard to look left and right, and grabbed Chen Yan and said: "Brother Chen, there are only five rooms in the house, and the dowry can't be moved, so I'll clean up the study first and let my brother live, okay?" ”

Chen Yan said with a smile: "Naturally, I can read in our house, but Brother Qi Qiang is used to living in the prince's mansion, I'm afraid I can't stand it." Do you want us to go back to the county government and move back when he is gone? ”

Qi Su Niang crossed her waist and snorted: "The two of us are serious brothers and sisters, there is no reason why I can live, he can't live!" He was full of bells and whistles and messed with money, he couldn't get used to his problem, and he had to live if he didn't want to! Besides, I don't look at him, he has to go to the back street of the county every day to be the uncle in charge, if this continues, when will he be able to marry and have a son, and when will I take my eldest nephew to kowtow to my father's tomb? As he spoke, he remembered Qi's mother's advice before she left, and her eyes turned red.

Chen Yan was stunned by his pungent appearance, and before he could speak, he saw that she was sentimental, and hurriedly coaxed: "It's going to be okay, Su Niang, it's good if Brother Qi Qiang marries, you find a powerful wife for him, are you afraid that no one will cure him?" ”

Qi Su Niang smiled, tiptoed and kissed Chen Yan on the face, and said with a smile: "Hungry, the porridge is almost ready, you go to read the book first, I will call you." ”

Chen Yan went with a smile, Qi Su Niang hurriedly steamed the cakes, served the porridge, and ate with Chen Yan, and began to clean up the house.

"Su Niang, what are you turning over?" Chen Yan looked at Qi Su Niang, who was busy in the dowry pile, and asked strangely.

"I just suddenly remembered that the weather is going to be hot, he must change his clothes often, I'm afraid he doesn't have much with him, he loves to wear a few bright clothes, I remember that the Queen Mother gave more than a dozen palace-made kudzu yarns, usually under the Dragon Boat Festival to reward the princes and ministers, cool and decent, first to find him to make clothes."

While speaking, Qi Su Niang walked out holding two lake-colored kudzu yarns, one oil green silk, and one Yuexueluo, Chen Yan looked at the kudzu yarn, it was really thin and finely woven, Qi Su Niang tilted her head and smiled: "Brother Chen, I will also make a few for you, it is easy to wear when it is hot." With that, he put it on Chen Yan's hand and turned around to clean up the study.

However, in two days, the study was cleaned up, and it was also divided into internal and external rooms, sleeping in the inner room, and a boxwood large shelf bed was placed, and a lotus lotus-colored Shu brocade pillow, lotus lotus-colored Shu brocade cover, gauze tent, a boxwood screen, a red lacquer toilet, a black lacquer hanger, two mahogany boxes, and two drawers.

The outer room sits and stands to meet guests, and there is a boxwood standing, a four-immortal desk, a circle chair, four one-word chairs, and two coffee tables. Other hexagonal basin stands, lamp stands, wind lamps, tin pots, warm bowls, comb boxes, shoe dials, shoe brushes, etc. are readily available, which are not much worse than the furnishings in the small courtyard of the capital.

In addition to the boxwood furniture is new, most of these furnishings are Qi Su Niang's dowry, Qi Su Niang knew that he was good, and specially bought the Jiang Yan ink, Xuanhua paper, Chaozhou inkstone, and millizhou pen that he usually used, and placed them neatly on the table of the four immortals.

After the study was cleaned up, Qi Su Niang suddenly remembered that Qi Qiang was still accompanied by a small servant when he went out last year, so she hurriedly cleaned up an ear room outside the middle gate, found a green cloth, and sent it to the most practical tailor in the county with the moon white luo and oil green silk to make clothes and socks for their master and servant.

Qi Su Niang rushed to pickle Qi Qiang's favorite three miscellaneous pickles during the day, sprinkled powder and cut yarn at night, burned buckets and ironed clothes, and was busy for more than ten days.

An Sheng was only twelve or thirteen years old, he was quite handsome, but he was a little thin, he entered the middle gate with a smile, and when he arrived at the hall, he asked Qi Su Niang to ask for peace at the door, and said: "The little one asks my aunt to say goodbye, and the uncle asks the little one to bring a message to my aunt and grandmother, and the day after tomorrow the boat arrives at the Qinghe Wharf, and when I get to the wharf, I meet, and I beg my aunt and grandmother to give me a few decent shares, and I will go home and teach a lesson." ”

Qi Su Niang listened in the hall, and immediately laughed, took a sip of An Sheng, and said: "Little monkey cub, I have been messing around with your uncle for a year, and I have learned to be so flamboyant, what are you doing at the door, don't come in quickly, and talk to me carefully." ”

An Sheng also smiled, walked in, was pressed by Qi Su Niang to sit on the chair, drank half a cup of tea in one go, and then said: "Auntie, there is nothing to say about the hard work of the uncle outside this year, the Qin official family wrote a letter to say that the ninth master got a six-grade thousand households for the uncle, bought a three-entry mansion in the capital, sent two girls, and waited for him to go back." Stood up and thanked Qi Su Niang for the osmanthus sandwich small rice balls, whistling, and said with a smile: "The uncle returned to the ninth master, spared three months of leave, came to see the aunt, only said that the aunt and grandmother got married by mistake, and wanted to come over to make amends to the aunt, the ninth master didn't say a word, no, the slave waited for the uncle to come." ”

Qi Su Niang was worried and happy in her heart, worried that there must be a reason for such a heavy reward, Qi Qiang didn't know how much hardship he had endured and what he had done. Happily, he was able to come to live at home for two months, and their brother and sister husband and wife shared their family.

There was nothing to say that day, and three days after arriving, Qi Su Niang sat in an official sedan chair, let An Sheng, who had changed into new clothes, lead a horse, and came to Qinghe Wharf early, waiting for Qi Qiang under the shade of the willows by the river.