novelden Chapter 134 Qi Yao
Chapter 134 Qi Yao
During these three days, Lin Jiaojiao took meticulous care of Fu Qi. After seeing the doctor for a check-up in the morning and finding nothing wrong, Fu Ling quickly went to buy the earliest boat ticket back home.
While everyone else went back to the inn to pack their luggage, Fu Muben didn't bring anything with her, so she just packed up casually.
Lin Jiaojiao, on the other hand, had ten large boxes, half of which were filled with fish and other dried food ingredients, and the remaining half were all seeds. Mother Lin was puzzled, could the extra-terrestrial things be grown well in Qingzhou?
It’s not like no one has grown it before, but it either sprouts and blooms but doesn’t bear fruit, or the yield is very low and the taste is not good.
But her daughter-in-law is very mysterious, so it's hard to say for sure.
After spending three days together, I found that there was no obstacle in communicating with her about business issues. Instead, she had her own novel and unique understandings, and her methods were totally beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Moreover, he is a very upright and generous person. If it were someone else, even a relative, they would avoid talking about these things and keep them secret, but before he officially married her, he already treated her as his own, answering any questions he had and even coming up with many new ideas.
This suddenly enlightened them. They thought that their store had enough types of makeup powders, creams, and tools, but they didn't expect that there were also lip balms, eyelash curlers, and various powder brushes. They were stunned by what they heard.
When she asked Lin Jiaojiao, why not open her own shop and make money with these ideas and methods?
Lin Jiaojiao said that there is no end to making money, she just wants to take care of her small family and make some money from small business, and she wants to be with her family more.
She just wanted to say that it was a good thing her son didn't hear it, otherwise he would be so moved that he would cry and love her even more. She, as his mother, would probably have no place in his heart.
"Mom, there's a boat leaving in half an hour. I bought three tickets. You guys go back first. I'll come back after I've arranged everything here. I'll definitely be there in time for Xiaoqiu's wedding."
Fu Ling had made up her mind on the way to buy the ticket. She was still worried about leaving the rest of the matters entirely to Manager Cao. At the very least, she had to arrange the crew for the ship going to Jinwan first and see that they set out to sea smoothly.
Mother Fu stretched out her hand and placed it on her shoulder, saying with relief: "Okay, Mom believes in you, I'll leave this place to you, come back soon."
Here, Lin Jiaojiao took down the last wooden box, and Fu Qi followed behind her.
After learning that Fu Ling would not go with them, Lin Jiaojiao felt a little regretful. In the past three days, she went to the lumber store and ordered 144 small rectangular wooden signs of the same size.
She did not ask the master to carve the patterns, but she brought back the ready-made wooden plaques from the wood store over the past two days, and she and Fu Qi drew the patterns in the house. As for the dice, she bought them ready-made.
Oh wow.
Four missing one.
...
It would take five days to reach Qingzhou, but the weather was bad and it started to rain heavily, which seriously affected the movement of the carriage.
We were supposed to go to the post station to rest at night, but the heavy rain delayed our progress. Finally, before it got completely dark, we found an abandoned temple.
However, this place had already been occupied by someone, and a luxurious carriage and several horses were parked outside the door.
Before their carriage got close, it was hit by a sudden dart and stopped, and a serious and cold female voice sounded.
"Back off! Do not disturb the Third Prince's rest."
Lin Jiaojiao had already opened the car curtain to look at the scene outside. When the dart hit the wood next to her, she almost lost her soul.
She quickly said loudly: "Sorry, we'll leave now!"
After saying this, she urged the coachman to hurry up, for she was afraid that if she ran too slowly she would lose her life.
"Sister Jiaojiao, are you okay?"
She and Fu Qi were in the same carriage. Seeing that he looked worried, she hurried to comfort him. Just as the carriage turned around, the woman's voice rang out again.
"Wait, the Third Prince is merciful and allows you to come in to take shelter from the rain. Please do not make any noise and disturb His Highness."
Lin Jiaojiao just wanted to cry after hearing this. How could she refuse? She was really afraid of losing her life if she stayed with such a big shot.
"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you for your gift..."
The carriage stopped under the eaves. The coachman and the escorts stood under the eaves to avoid the rain and did not go in. Fu's mother also got off the carriage and signaled Lin Jiaojiao and the others to stay in the carriage and not get out.
Lin Jiaojiao thought so too. They could shelter from the rain in the carriage anyway, but she couldn't do as she wished.
"Everyone, it's cold, there's a fire in the house, come in and warm yourself by the fire."
Everyone looked towards the gentle voice coming from the door. The man was quite handsome and judging by his clothes, he should be the third prince's servant.
Everyone looked at each other, thanked the waiter, and walked carefully into the house. They saw that half of the room was separated by a gauze curtain, and there were two fires on the side they entered.
There were guards with swords sitting around a campfire. They had no expression on their faces when they saw them come in. Some even frowned, which made them feel scared.
The veil on the other side was tightly wrapped, and only the firelight inside could be vaguely seen.
Seeing that everyone had gone in and only the three of them were left, and the servant was still guarding the door, Lin Jiaojiao had no choice but to get off the carriage first, and then helped Fu Qi, who was already wearing a veil hat and a green silk cloak, get off the carriage.
The young servant led the three of them to the other side of the gauze curtain. They were startled. Although they didn't know what the third prince meant, this situation was no different from the Hongmen Banquet.
When they arrived at a fire, the servant nodded to them and walked into the veil.
Because there was only a layer of gauze here, a red figure could be vaguely seen lying on its side through the gauze. The little servant bent over and whispered in his ear.
Qi Yao stared at the black figure in the gauze with interest. He didn't expect it was really her. He thought she really wasn't interested in men. Tsk tsk, it turned out that her body was not attractive at all.
He exhaled a puff of smoke and waved at Lan Qi. Lan Qi stood up and walked to Lin Jiaojiao and the others.
"His Highness said that you can leave once the rain stops. You are free to do whatever you want with the rest, but you must not cross the line."
Lin Jiaojiao felt like she was being stared at by a snake as she stood there. She felt a chill on her back. When she heard that everything was fine, she quickly thanked him.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness. We will not disturb Your Highness's rest. We will take our leave now."
The three of them followed Lan Qi out of the veil and came to the groom and the others where they were warming themselves by the fire. However, after all, Fu Qi was the only man and it was impossible for him to sit among a group of women.
So under the watchful eyes of the guards with swords, Lin Jiaojiao picked up some dry wood and built a small fire in the corner.
Then he went to the carriage and took down Fu Qi's cushion, blanket and a box. He went back to the corner and put the cushion on the ground, let Fu Qi sit on it and cover his abdomen with the blanket.
It was indeed much warmer here because of the fire. It was getting colder the closer we got to Qingzhou.
She took out three teacups from the box and picked up the kettle to pour a cup for each person. Fortunately, the water in the kettle was still warm.