Chapter 40: Mutual Dedication

Because the men in the family were talking in the study, only a few sisters and their aunt were drinking tea around the stove in the flower hall, so Yanjie was not afraid that Mao Kunming would be annoyed when she heard her gossip, and she painted her voice and โ–กโ–ก learned the scene of her brother-in-law drinking flower wine.

Before he finished speaking, his eldest aunt Lu Shi, who was dressed in red flowers and Shu brocade on a blue background, glanced at him coldly, coughed lightly and said, "Yanjie, you can accumulate some virtue, the children are here." โ€

Where's the kids, guys? Yan Jie was stunned, her eyes glanced at the little nephew who was leaning on Li Wan's arms and still talking unfavorably, and then turned to Yan Qing, who was less than fifteen years old who was sitting silently next to her.

Yan Qing, who was raised by the Pan family, was eating dried fruits, because she glanced at Yan Bing and saw Yan Bing's dark face on the side, she immediately sat up straight, and said sarcastically to Yan Jie: "Sister has really changed, this kind of filthy thing is also taken from the family, the so-called relationship is really true, no wonder you are now blackened and rolling your eyes." โ€

Yanqing now relies on the Xingyi brothers and sisters for food, clothing, housing and transportation, not only counting on them to tell them a good family, but also a big handle in their hands, so they have to dog-legged to help Yanbing shout.

After speaking, she also glanced at Yan Jie's sleeve with malice, the corners of her lips curled slightly, and motioned for Yan Bing to also look at the hidden bruise on Siniang's forearm. Her husband Mao Kunming not only visited the Qinglou but also beat his wife, no wonder she wanted to step on her sister to vent her frustration when she grabbed a little trick.

"I can't tell you what he did?" Yan Jie looked at the appearance of the two sisters who hated the same enemy, and she grabbed her sleeve and carried her aunt's cold eyes, and still said stiffly, "What about a gentleman?" Hum. โ€

Although Yan Bing didn't know anything about Wen Yuan going to the Qinglou behind his back, he refused to weaken his momentum in front of Yan Jie, and also snorted coldly: "My husband went to Pingkangli to investigate the case, and my brother-in-law should have promoted the Chinese army to seek excellence in the army the year before last, and now he is a member of the army, why did he go?" You don't want to go to the couch to train the soldiers, right? โ€

"Yan Bing!" Lu Shi frowned and shouted that she was not allowed to continue, hating that iron could not become steel, "You sisters are really going back more and more, can't you say something good about the New Year?" Yanqing, you haven't been out of the cabinet yet, you are not allowed to interject in this kind of topic in the future! โ€

"Yes." Yanqing put her hands on the rose-red skirt and bowed her head softly, and she didn't say anything again, afraid that she would be scolded for not knowing how to be polite and bumping into her sister again.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about something else, we sisters haven't played together for a long time, why don't we come and play with the pitcher?" Li Wan hugged his son and smiled heartily, and said in a round field, "Move your muscles and bones so as not to freeze your hands and feet." โ€

"Well, that's a good idea." Yan Bing immediately stood up and called the maid to bring the copper kettle and arrows, she was already wearing a silver and red embroidered gold stand-up collar and narrow sleeve jacket, which was very convenient to move, and she was also good at throwing pots and didn't want to worry about her husband's affairs, so she was naturally willing to give Li Wan a cheer.

Seeing that Yan Bing should be harmonious, Yan Qing naturally smiled and stepped forward to play together, Yan Jie was not good at sitting on the side, so she was unwilling to participate in the two rounds, because Yan Bing pulled Nuan Xiang and other maids to make up the number, and at a glance, it seemed like they were happily gathered together.

When several men in the family returned to the backyard after talking about the affairs of the DPRK and China, they saw a few sisters playing silly. Later, when he was eating, Wen Yuan was quite surprised and quietly asked Yan Bing, "Are you reconciled?" Don't get too close to your sister, beware of being counted again. โ€

"......" Yan Bing was silent for a long time, and then looked up at her husband with resentment in her eyes, "She has already calculated." โ€

I wish we were closing the door and fighting a few times like her husband and wife.

"What's wrong?" Wen Yuan looked surprised, it was hard to imagine that under the eyes of the Lu family during the Chinese New Year, that Yanjie could still be a demon.

Yan Bingzheng raised his chopsticks to eat, and seeing that he was puzzled and didn't want to say that it affected his appetite, he only whispered softly: "I'll talk to you in detail (well) when I go home." โ€

"Okay." Wen Yuan saw that his wife didn't want to say anything, so he didn't ask much, but only accompanied his grandfather and Li Xianjiu to drink fruit wine, gossiping about homely ......

At the end of the dinner, it was still dark, and after saying goodbye to her grandfather, uncle and others, Yan Bing and his wife did not go home directly, but turned to the West Market to hang out.

Not long after, the carriage stopped at Mrs. Yejun's restaurant, and when they reached the door of Mercure, the two of them immediately got out of the carriage and pretended to be ordinary diners and slowly stood at the door.

Perhaps because everyone has returned home on the first day of the Lunar New Year or visited relatives and friends, there are few customers in the store, and only three tables are sporadically seated in the huge hall.

Yan Bing then looked at the outside window on the side, the three words "Zhiwei Zhai" on the plaque looked particularly eye-catching, and the shopkeeper who was sitting and dozing off in the window was also very eye-catching.

"Hey, it doesn't look like this business is going to be too good." Yan Bing sighed as she spoke, then turned her head to look at Nuan Xiang and asked her to buy a box of pastries at random.

"How can it be bad? It opens for business before the New Year's Festival, just in time for everyone to buy as a souvenir when they are looking for relatives and friends. Wen Yuan shook his head, Xiao Yanbing shouldn't be worried.

"I thought that after the pre-publicity, there would be a lot of people queuing up to buy it, alas, I really thought too much." She first laughed at herself, and then took her husband's hand back to the carriage and sat for the warm incense.

Who would have thought that she would walk for a while before coming back in a hurry and handing a small square wooden box to Yan Bing.

At the same time, Nuan Xiang said with excitement on her face: "Lady, it's not that Xiao Er is lazy, it's that three kinds of nineteen pastries have been sold out!" The last box of snacks left was what he wanted to bring back to his family, but the slave begged for a long time to buy it. โ€

Hearing this, Yan Bing's originally anxious heart finally let go, and she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.

"I'll just say don't worry about it, right?" Wen Yuan also smiled and unveiled the food box in the slowly moving carriage.

I saw that there were four pieces of light pink dim sum in it, which were made into coin-sized peach blossoms, plum blossoms, begonia flowers and apricot blossom dim sum, each delicate and chic.

"Hundred flowers and red bean cakes, there are only four colors left...... There should be sixteen kinds. Yan Bing felt both regretful and happy, and couldn't help but taste everything in one bite on the street.

Sure enough, it melts in the mouth, soft and slightly sweet, no worse than the freshly made by yourself.

"It's done exquisitely and the right materials are chosen, of course there are many buyers," Wen Yuan also took a red bean cake from Yan Bing casually as he spoke, and put it in his mouth to taste it.

Then, he couldn't help but smile lightly: "Red beans are also called acacia beans, and it is said that some people nicknamed this dim sum 'Acacia Cake', which has been popular in Fengyue Restaurant in Pingkang for several days. If there is a benefactor who is willing to give a sixteen-color brocade box, it is quite a happy event in the eyes of all the beautiful girls. โ€

Hearing this familiar word from Ping Kangli, Yan Bing's heart suddenly panicked, and after thinking about it for a while, she decided to ask: "Ping Kangli, are you very familiar with the affairs of that Fengyue Land?" โ€

Although she wanted to pretend not to care about the understatement, she felt uncomfortable as soon as she opened her mouth.

A sour smell bubbled out, and instantly permeated the carriage.

Wen Yuan listened to her sudden question, and suddenly looked at it with some surprise, and then saw his wife squirming and avoiding looking at him, and finally understood the true meaning of this matter.

He immediately confessed and said leniently: "Well, I have been there a few times recently to investigate the matter of Dou Niangzi." Don't worry, I didn't do anything, I didn't even dare to take a bite of tea. โ€

"Really? Ke Yanjie said that my brother-in-law had a drink with you. Yan Bing's lips pursed as she spoke, and she turned her head to look to the side, as if she was angry.

Seeing her demeanor, Wen Yuan couldn't help but smile at the corner of his lips, he was used to seeing his wife always looking old and dignified, and it was rare to eat a little vinegar today, but it looked more touching.

"How could I drink with him?" Wen Yuan asked casually, and then pressed Yan Bing's shoulder, forcing her to look at him face to face and say, "It's better to have a drink with him than to go home and have a drink with you." I still remember the Tongxin wine when I was newly married, it was the sweetest and most mellow wine I have ever drunk in my life......"

Gazed at affectionately by his deep eyes, Yan Bing's cheeks burned hot.

At this moment, the two of them are close at hand, exhaling to each other and pouting with red lips and flesh, as if they are tempting to pick.

"Don't move...... Wen Yuan suddenly buried his head and hurriedly licked and sucked like a dragonfly.

Yan Bing only felt that her lips and tongue were warm and moist in the blink of an eye, and when she looked up again, her husband was already looking serious again, and he coughed lightly and explained with a smile: "Well, just now you had dim sum residue sticking to the corner of your lips, and I helped eat it." โ€

Seeing that Yan Bing's face was flushed and silent, he added: "It tastes good." โ€

...... "You also have a little scumbag at the corner of your mouth, why don't you let me taste it too?" Yan Bing wanted to say this, but she still couldn't let go.

In the end, he simply responded: "The red bean cake I developed is naturally delicious." โ€

"Well, that's good." Wen Yuan couldn't understand why he talked about pastries again in this good atmosphere, but the topic had already turned a corner, so he could only continue to talk about it.

The husband and wife chatted all the way home, and just entered the east chamber of the inner courtyard to wash and go to bed, Wen Yuan suddenly saw a lacquer box on the table outside, and hurriedly called someone to ask.

"This is a New Year's gift from Dou Niangzi, saying that she made a pastry by herself." Yaxiang, who was cleaning her hands for Yan Bing, replied.

"What is this?" Yan Bing lifted the lid and looked at it, she was speechless, speechless, why is this color, this flower shape so familiar, pink and delicate peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, faint floral fragrance, isn't it exactly the same as what she ate before?

"Acacia cake? Hehe, is this a copy of your own hands, or is it a ready-made one to offer treasure? "Originally, I thought that this girl would honestly not go out of the house all day long, and it was not too threatening to come, but I didn't expect people to be waiting here?

After speaking, she looked at Wen Yuan with extremely unkind eyes, waiting for him to explain.