The wealthy man who wears books

Moreover, Qin Huai saw that Zhong Xin's description suddenly changed, and his words changed obviously, so he knew that he was always on guard, and he had sharp ears and eyes, so he must have noticed something strange outside the house.

I remembered that Zhong Xin faintly mentioned to himself last time, saying that in Po Chunyuan, besides Bier from the second room, there were people peeping in the dark, but he didn't know where the "monster" would be now.

Since he knew it, he reacted naturally and was not slow, so he followed Zhong Xin's words and deliberately said in a reproachful tone:

"Uncle has a very bad heart. Since he knew that this secret recipe was going to be used at this moment, why didn't he let me take off the chastity lock in the bedroom just now, and now take off this troublesome thing here, and your eyes will occupy others again. It's cheaper."

As he spoke, he pretended to fiddle with the buttons on the clothes with his hands, and deliberately made some rustling noises, as if he was taking off his clothes.

Zhong Xin knew that he was just cooperating with his own pretentiousness, but the words in his mouth and the movements of his hands, in his own eyes, had a different style.

There was a thought in his heart that felt dirty and wanted to be suppressed quickly:

If one day my sister-in-law really undresses me, with affection in her eyes, but I don't know if I can pass this test.

After a while, the two people who had covered themselves came to the side of the case. Qin Huai looked at Zhong Xin with his eyes, waiting for him to come up with the Zhong family's most precious ancestral secret recipe.

Seeing that Zhong Xin had no expression on his face and seemed to be muttering something silently, he picked out the places where the incense sources were placed.In the blink of an eye, he had already picked out more than a dozen kinds, and quickly mixed them in a large copper basin, but he was still reciting silently in his mouth. Obviously, there were still many more incenses to choose.

Qin Huai was startled.

He didn't expect that he still underestimated the seventh son of the Zhong family.

You know, it hasn't been long since the secret recipe came into his hands, but obviously, he has firmly remembered the recipe in his mind.

Undoubtedly, Zhong Ren's ability to hide the secret recipe in the chastity lock worn by his husband and wife is considered treacherous and cunning, but compared with Lao Qi who memorizes it in his head, it is naturally inferior.

Qin Huai felt ashamed subconsciously.

Thinking of every night, when I rolled over and couldn't sleep at night, I would secretly look at Lao Qi on the floor.At that time, I still felt that when he was sleeping, he was much more honest than those roommates in college.Not only was she motionless, but she also didn't have sleep talk and teeth grinding and other human horrors. She just slept peacefully and soundly all the time, but the corners of her lips trembled slightly with her breathing, but there was no abnormality.

Thinking about it now, he was busy with affairs in the house during the day, with people coming and going, he never had the chance to recite this secret recipe.The only time to recite silently is naturally the time when you sleep at night.

So every day he seems to be asleep, but he must be secretly reciting the things recorded in this prescription.And he propped his chin up from time to time, admiring his "sleeping" face, probably already perceived by him.

In his heart, this sister-in-law...

Before he knew it, Qin Huai's face became a little hot.

While he was thinking wildly, Zhong Xin over here has already quickly picked out nearly a hundred kinds of incense sources.

"Sister-in-law, this is all the things on that prescription."

Qin Huai regained his composure, walked to the fragrance source, and looked carefully at everything.

He didn't expect to use so many fragrances to refine a small bottle of "Chronium Osmanthus", many of which are rare in the world, so it's no wonder that it can produce such a classic and wonderful taste.

It's just such a complicated selection of materials, which naturally involves a lot of mutual generation and mutual restraint, as well as the unique processing of different fragrance materials.

And Qin Huai secretly estimated that this was probably the reason why the Zhong family, which had secret recipes, occasionally had quality problems.

Because this kind of family business developed from a workshop in the old days, in order to firmly guard its own prescriptions, only [-]% to [-]% of the prescriptions will always be handed over to the factory. , they will privately make the stock solution of the confidential part they have, distribute it, and mix it together.

This method can indeed keep the ancestral secret recipe from being leaked, but it deviates from the principle that in the recipe, various materials should be mixed, transformed and synthesized in a timely manner, so it is very easy to deviate in taste in the finished product.

Qin Huai looked at Xiangcai in front of him, calmed down for a while, and then quickly started his actions.

While looking out the window, Zhong Xin silently watched the male sister-in-law in front of him.

It can only be said that the man in front of him who was first wife and then wife is really unpredictable.

This time, his focused expression and quick movements are different from what he usually sees.

In Zhong Xin's slightly confused heart, at this moment, he suddenly remembered the Four Seasons Brocade in the yard full of flowers and trees.

The male sister-in-law in front of her is really inexplicably similar to this strange flower who changes with the times.

After all the fragrant materials were classified and combined according to their respective characteristics, and some of them were baked or pickled, Qin Huai re-selected the utensils on the table and prepared to prepare them after heating.This time, he did not choose the copper pot used by Zhong Xinsu, but found a little alcohol, and chose a transparent glass cup, which can be used as a beaker.Because under normal circumstances, below this boiling point, it is impossible to burn and burst the glass.

The flames were sizzling, and unconsciously, a strange and fragrant smell gradually emerged in the room.

It is a taste very similar to "Zhong Osmanthus".

Zhong Xin's and Qin Huai's gazes met slowly, and Qin Huai found that there was a strange gleam in Lao Qi's eyes.

"Sister-in-law, to tell the truth, Lao Qi, you are the best. What I think in my heart is exactly this taste, but no matter what, I just can't get it out!"

Qin Huai wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled.

"With the recipe, try some more, and you can finally get it out. I just don't know if you feel that, in fact, this taste is not exactly the same as Zhong Osmanthus fragrans."

Zhong Xin closed his eyes and took another deep sniff.

"Sister-in-law is right. Although the two flavors are very similar, they are not the same. It's just that I like this flavor more when I smell it."

The corner of Qin Huai's mouth twitched, he wanted to laugh, but held back.

The aroma wafted in the room and spread out from the window lattice.

In the dark night outside the window, someone sniffed and smelled deeply with a sensitive nose, with a look of surprise in their eyes.

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The next morning, Bi'er got up quietly, took nearly twice as much time as usual to wash and dress, and wrapped a red sweat scarf around her waist desperately under her coat, strangling her already slender waist to the point of being so weak. General willow branches.

She originally sneaked into the living room of the main house of Bo Chunyuan last night, and quietly dialed a confidential number on Zhong Ren's phone, and the other party was An Xingsheng, the young master of the An family.

When Zhong Xin got up early to go out, Bi'er asked Qin Huai for leave, she only said that she was going out to buy girls' rouge and gouache, and she went out the back door like a gust of wind.

When she arrived at the market outside the back door, Bier's heart was like a wildfire, she no longer cared about being as cautious as before, and rushed to the sugar shop eagerly.Unbeknownst to her, there was a thin figure behind her, which appeared very deep in the crowd, and was staring at her back with wide-eyed eyes.

These days, according to what An Xingsheng said, Bi'er was as honest as possible, and only found every opportunity to eavesdrop on the corner between Zhong Xin and Qin Huai.After all, she is still a girl, she is not a human being, how can she stand the half-truth and intentional whispers in the room between the two of them, she often hears her face red, surprised that the old seventh is so sullen in private, and Sure enough, the eldest young mistress was very obsessed.

Therefore, every time he returned to the room after listening to it, his heart would be overwhelmed and his heart would be full of spring. He would only think of An Xingsheng's handsome appearance over and over again, wishing he could immediately follow him and become An's aunt.

Right now, as soon as she entered the private room on the second floor of the Tangshui shop, An Xingsheng glanced at her pink face, and heard her panting breath, he had already seen her through, and only smiled at her: "It came so urgently, but I missed me very much."

Bi'er's face turned even redder with embarrassment, she gave him a sideways glance, took a sip of sugar water, and said:

"I'm just a girl, but I'm just afraid that Master An will be anxious to wait, and I don't think so, but I always stay up all night to find out news for the uncle. No one thinks about the hard work, anyway, only God knows. "

An Xingsheng seemed to take a deep breath before he stretched out his hand reluctantly, patted the back of Bi'er's hand, and said with a smirk: "I know your hard work, and I always think about it when I'm free. Looking at your slender waist, it's just that you are so anxious to find me this time, but what's the matter?"

Bi'er's face showed some excitement and complacency, but also a cunning.

"Of course it's what you care about the most. I've figured it out now. If you promise me something, I'll tell you. If you don't agree, I'll talk to Second Miss first."

An Xingsheng grabbed her hand and put it in his palm to touch, but there was a trace of cunning and disdain in his eyes, "You don't need to say more, I will make a statement right now, no matter what happens between me and your second young lady. What will happen, I will marry you to be the little aunt of the An family in the future, do you think so?"

Bi'er was caught in his mind by what he said, and she became shy for a while, and hurriedly took her hand from him and said:

"Master An, I'm honest. Once you say it, I'll take it seriously. I'm just a girl. I have nothing to restrict you. If you find out that you're lying to me in the future, I'll hang myself here On the door of your bedroom, so that you can't live in peace every night!"

An Xingsheng's complexion changed, but he still coaxed her and said, "Say something stupid, hurry up and get down to business."

Bi'er said seriously: "You guessed right. I eavesdropped every night, and finally found out that the ancestral secret recipe of the Zhong family was indeed hidden in the chastity lock. And that day in the fragrance room, the two of them According to this recipe, it seems that the smell of Zhong's perfume has been adjusted. The only thing is, although you said that you would let me steal that recipe if you have the opportunity, but that thing is worn in the private place of the young mistress every day , locked again, a girl like me can't touch it at all."

An Xingsheng had doubts about the secret recipe hidden in the chastity lock, but now that it was confirmed, he was overjoyed.But after being happy, but as Bier said, how to get the prescription in the chastity lock from Qin Huai is really difficult.

Even a girl like Bi Er who has a chance by his side has no chance to take advantage of it. As the lover of the second wife, how can she have the opportunity to have too close contact with the seventh young lady.

He continued to touch Bi'er's hand with some reluctance, and while he was pondering, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile.

"I forgot an important event. I was about to visit Zhong's house in person. Just because my old lady's [-]th birthday will be in three days, I invited the wives, grandmas, and gentlemen in each house to come and visit Zhong's house. Come to our home for a gathering, the widow of the big house, the current Seventh Young Mistress, will naturally be invited."

Bi'er was stunned for a moment, then reacted quickly, her complexion changed, and she said suspiciously:

"Master An just invited Seventh Grandma to come to the door, but on that day, there are so many people, what can you do?"

An Xingsheng narrowed his eyes and smiled, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pick her chin, "I have my own arrangements, but your cooperation is indispensable, that's all."

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As expected, An Xingsheng personally came to the door of An's birthday invitation the next day and delivered it to Mrs. He Yiru of the Zhong family.

After all, they belong to the same family of spices, and for such a big event as the old lady's birthday, these rich and powerful families naturally want to support each other.What's more, An Xingsheng is Zhong Xiu's well-known and strict lover, and he may be the future son-in-law of the Zhong family. Therefore, the Zhong family will give this face out of love and reason.

He Yiru knew that under such circumstances, those rich wives and young ladies in the mansions love to gossip about other people's privacy.

Because the relationship between Zhong Xin and Qin Huai is a younger uncle marrying a sister-in-law, and Qin Huai himself is a man of bad background, so she knows that if the two of them go, they will definitely become the talk of everyone.At that time, I will not be able to avoid embarrassment.

Therefore, she found some excuses and excuses to evade and not let the two of them go.

Unexpectedly, An Xingsheng's face changed slightly when he heard her words. Not only was he extremely persistent, but he also emphasized that everything was not going well in the big house. If it is, doesn't it seem that the eldest son of the Zhong family has no successors, and it is a joke of others.At this point, if you can't refuse what you say, you have to agree.

When Zhong Xin saw the Anjia Banquet post that Ju Sheng had brought, he was calculating the income and expenditure account for the season in the account room.Hearing that the young master of the An family almost broke his mouth in front of the eldest wife in order to invite Grandma Seven to the banquet, Zhong Xin frowned, and met Ju Sheng's eyes.

He put down the ledger in his hand, but took out a piece of snow wave paper from the drawer, and daubed it seemingly carelessly.

After he drew in a muffled voice for a while, Ju Sheng stretched his neck to look, but saw that what Zhong Xin drew was actually a chessboard of the Chu River and the Han Realm.On the chessboard, another pawn was drawn about to cross the river, but I don't know what it means.

He thought for a while, and couldn't help asking quietly:

"Brother Seven, look at the movement over there. They want to take the initiative through the banquet, but we don't know how to deal with it."

Zhong Xin's pen sketched randomly beside the pawn crossing the river, and said in a low voice:

"Since he wanted something from the Zhong family so much, he gave it to him, that's all."

Ju Sheng asked in surprise, "Give it to him?"

Zhong Xin threw the pen aside, reached into the drawer and grabbed a box of matches.

"If you give him what he wants, he will naturally calm down for a while. At this time, he can only do so first. If the old saying is reversed, it will be regarded as the first thing to do when you are in trouble."

As he spoke, he stretched out the paper on which the chessboard was drawn onto the drawn match.Ju Sheng's eyes were sharp, and he looked at the place he had just painted next to the pawns crossing the river, but unexpectedly his face turned pale.

It turned out that there was only a small Chinese character written there:

sister-in-law.

Ju Sheng saw the white paper burned to ashes in an instant, gritted his teeth, and finally said:

"Although I don't understand the various schemes in Seventh Brother's mind, I would like to ask one question. I don't know how Seventh Brother wants to get that thing into the other party's hands?"

Zhong Xin was stunned for a while when he heard his sudden question, and said calmly:

"Naturally, one has to let nature take its course, so as to make him think that the one who can make a plan must be the real thing."

Ju Sheng's face turned pale again, and said:

"If this is the case, wouldn't it be true to get this thing from grandma? But Seventh Brother, I have followed him secretly for many days and know his hobbies. He is... a very masculine person..."

Zhong Xin raised his eyes to look at him, there seemed to be an extremely strange light flashing in his eyes, but in the end, he didn't say a word.

In the past few days, Zhong Xin suddenly practiced brush calligraphy hard at night.

Qin Huai felt strange in his heart, he knew that he was always good at copying paintings, but looking at his small script with hairpin flowers, it was actually very beautiful.Moreover, the handwriting he wrote seems to be very similar to many inscriptions left by Master Zhong's family before his death.

It's just that what makes people puzzled is that Zhong Xin writes here and there, but they are all strange words in the eyes of outsiders.

Osmanthus stamens, sweet pine nuts, Suhe, Anxi, turmeric, Nado, Heluo, cloves, agarwood, sandalwood, musk, black agarwood, white brain, angelica, frankincense, canaan incense, water Anxi, rose petals, Pearls, ice flakes...

It's just that in Qin Huai's eyes, these things don't feel strange, because they are clearly all kinds of fragrant materials in the secret recipe of "Zhong Osmanthus".

Seeing that he wrote it over and over again, and then burned it all on the stove, Qin Huai couldn't help asking in a low voice:

"Uncle has already memorized the prescriptions in his heart, and now he has repeatedly practiced these incense materials, but why?"

Zhong Xin had just finished writing the last flavor, and was setting the paper on the fire, when he heard him ask, he suddenly gave Qin Huai a strange look, and said:

"Recently, the weather has been getting colder, and the shadow of early autumn has gradually appeared. I can't help but remind Lao Qi of the words 'eventful autumn'. So I want my sister-in-law to wear that chastity lock on her body again, and that In the lock, I also hide the prescriptions I wrote down, not for other reasons, but when there are unpredictable things, it can also ward off some autumn cold by confusing the fake with the real."

Qin Huai looked at him in a little astonishment, seeing him nodding slightly towards him, his mind turned sharply, as if he understood his intention.

But for some reason, he always felt that Zhong Xin in front of him seemed to be hidden by clouds in Wushan Mountain, half-lit and half-dark, which was somewhat unpredictable.It's not like the flower watering man with clear eyes a few days ago under the four o'clock brocade.

For a moment, Qin Huai was inexplicably in his mind, and he thought of the lonely Zhong Xin who climbed to the high place at the end of the novel.

This association made him feel a little cold, and it was really like what the other party said, feeling a sudden chill in autumn.

After all, does he care for Qiu Han as he said to himself, or does he treat himself as the four seasons brocade, whichever changes, so as to surprise people with flowers?