I'm just a dude

After this day, Qi Yuan was "grounded" by Mrs. Peng.

Mrs. Peng caught a "wind-cold" that night, shivering all night long, and invited a doctor to come over for treatment the next morning.The doctor repeatedly said that the disease was strange and strange, although he prescribed medicine, he was not sure that it would be effective immediately.The old lady was afraid that Mrs. Peng was suffering from a bad disease on the road, so she avoided it these few days and didn't let Mrs. Peng go to set up rules.

The substitute attack was also put aside for the time being, and it was considered to be barely escaped.

Qi Yuan was still a little worried at first, but after receiving Yun Lan's tip-off, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief after knowing that it was a fake illness. He thought that although this Peng family was wronged, but he was able to pull a pair of children so much, it seemed that he was a little wise .

There was no major matter there, Qi Yuan stayed quietly for half a day, and couldn't help but start to miss home again.

The shabby room in this small courtyard has cold windows, and the wind blows at night, he is not acclimatized, and he has to get up to practice calligraphy in the morning--it turns out that Qi Yuan always gets up at the end of the night to study, and the maids don't know that the little master changes After losing his soul, he still came in before dawn to spread paper and grind ink.

Qi Yuan didn't dare to act too abnormally, so he had to get up every day with his arms pinched and his eyes staring.

Of course, the handwriting is not good enough, and after a few pretentious writings, he will drive the maid out, saying that he wants to meditate, but in fact he will lock the door and go back to sleep.After getting enough sleep, I get up again and scribble with a pen and ink, throwing it on the ground, pretending that it is a waste copybook I wrote.

Although the maids didn't see any abnormalities, Qi Yuan himself felt a little overwhelmed.He has been sleepy since he was a child, no matter how angry Master Qi is with his ineffectiveness, he will not be willing to let him get up early.As for the rough clothes and food now, it was even beyond Qi Yuan's imagination.

He endured quite a lot of hard work every day, and thinking about it, if he never returns to the Guozijian, he might as well have escaped early.

Today, with two dark bags under his eyes, he was thinking about going back to Yangzhou with his head drooping.

In fact, little brother You Ji talked a lot that day, and there are only two things that matter most when going to Jiangnan.

One is the guide.There is a rule in this court that people who are hundreds of miles away from home need to have a guide issued by the government to travel, otherwise they are considered refugees, and once they are seized by the inspection department, they will be sent to the judiciary for punishment.Only the students with meritorious reputation are not subject to this restriction.

Qi Yuan was worried at first, but after thinking about it, now that he is a scholar, he can travel all over the world with the scarf on his head, so his worry turned into joy.

The second thing is the money spent along the way.From the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, you need to travel by water from Tongzhou. Needless to say, rent a car or hire a boat. There are many obstacles along the way, and you have to eat and dress.

Qi Yuan doesn't even have a few copper coins on him now, thinking about going out to earn some money, but he has no connections.When I want to sell some things, the original body only has an ear-piercing hairpin, and I can't get a few copper coins back if I sell it.

I was worrying here, but suddenly I heard a little maid talking and laughing outside.

Qi Yuan opened the window to look, and saw the little girl Yun Lan excitedly coming to play again.

Ever since Qi Yuan scolded the old lady angrily that day, Yun Lan admired him as an elder brother, and came to see him every now and then.Qi Yuan is the youngest son at home, and even with the uncle's children, he is also the youngest, so facing the sudden appearance of his younger sister is extremely uncomfortable, and he doesn't know how to get along with him.

Yun Lan picked up the curtain and came in, and a gust of cold wind rushed in at the door.

Although it was mid-February, the cold spring was still outside, Qi Yuan shivered from the cold, squinting at her: "Why are you here again?"

Yun Lan smiled and said, "Why can't I come? My mother didn't restrain my feet."

She has reached Jiji's age, although she is dressed plainly, she has a gentle and lovely apricot face and peach cheeks.Now tilting his head and looking at Qi Yuan with a slight smile, Qi Yuan couldn't say anything unpleasant, he just flipped the book and pretended to read: "I thought you were honest."

Yun Lan sat down with a smile, and looked at him narrowly: "I thought you were honest too, but that day you scolded the old witch until her face turned green." She couldn't hide her excitement when she said this, her eyes sparkled Liangdi praised him again, "Brother was so good that day, my sister admired him so much!"

Qi Yuan couldn't stand this kind of compliment the most, and seeing the cute little girl's eyes filled with admiration, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, and said, "Don't worry, if someone dares to bully you in the future, big brother will scold you!"

Yun Lan shook her head: "Brother is a great scholar after all, what are you doing cursing all day long?"

Qi Yuan said: "Who says a scholar can't scold others? The more you read, the better you scold."

Yun Lan was stunned for a moment, then burst into a "puchi" laugh: "Brother, why did you look like a completely different person when you came back this time?"

This is the second time someone has said that.Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat, he turned his head and asked, "I just want to open up a bit, is there such a big difference?"

Yun Lan thought for a while: "That's not true. When I was young, you played with me, but since that year, you have been bored all day long, and you don't talk to me very much. Every time you talk, you want me to read" Boudoir Fan."

Only then did Qi Yuan gain confidence, and he took out the previous excuse: "I survived a catastrophe this time, so it's naturally different from before. Besides, I don't want to talk to you now, you've been running towards me all day What are you doing?"

Yun Lan snorted softly when she heard the words, and called out to Qu, "If you dare to give me something, there are still people who don't care about it!"

Having said that, he still excitedly greeted the little maid behind him.

The maid stepped forward and spread her hands cautiously.In the palm of his hand was a small glass bottle.

Qi Yuan was taken aback: "Rose water?"

Yun Lan gasped and faced out of the window, but her eyes turned around, quietly looking at Qi Yuan's face.

Qi Yuan used to brush his hair with high-grade rose dew all day long, and he didn't think much of it.This kind of ordinary rose water is naturally not very eye-catching, so I just flipped through it casually.

It was still Yunlan's little maid who was clever, and when she saw this, she hurriedly said: "Master, this rose water was bought by the lady begging someone, and the rose water alone costs a tael of silver. The girl asked for this glass bottle again for the sake of the young master's dignity. It cost three taels of silver."

Qi Yuan was taken aback: "How much?"

"What do you think?" Yun Lan snorted, "Before we set off that day, didn't my elder brother wonder what the phrase 'dropping real pearls from Revlon' looked like? This is it. I entrusted sister Fu to buy it. In February Things are in short supply, and Sister Fu entrusted someone else to find a bottle. I just got it and brought it to you. You are good, as if you are not rare at all."

Qi Yuan was really surprised—he used to use his own rose water, and he didn't sell it much, so he didn't think so.Who would have thought that in the capital, a small bottle would cost so much.

Hu Fu said that day that Yun Lan's regular money is only one tael in total, and the mansion will not give extra hair money, so her clothes, jewelry, rouge and gouache all come from here.This money may be fine in ordinary people's homes, but their home is the uncle's house, and Mrs. Peng will inevitably take her daughter out and about, so the money is not enough.

Ever since Qi Yuan saw Yun Lan, the girl's clothes and jackets were all old, even the clothes she wore when meeting guests were outdated.

But now...

Qi Yuan laughed hurriedly: "How could it not be rare. It was just given to me, what do you use?"

Yun Lan pursed her lips and smiled, puffing her cheeks and said: "My sister doesn't go out much on weekdays, so there's no need for this. Isn't it because you are going to Dongchi meeting in two days, and our family's sachet can't be handed out. It's decent for you to use some rose water. Besides, you have to go to the Imperial College next month to be imprisoned. I heard that the room is shared by two people. At that time, everyone else will be dressed in brocade clothes, and their skirts will smell fragrant. You don't even have a fragrant pill, what should you do if you are laughed at again."

Qi Yuan had already asked Hufu about the Dongchi Society, and he was suffering from a headache, and now he is even more dizzy when he hears about the Guozijian.

Yun Lan didn't know what was going on in his mind. Seeing him bow his head in thought, she comforted him: "Mother has already found a shop to make two new clothes for elder brother, and it will be finished in a few days. I also made new shoes. Socks, I'll bring you a piece when the time comes, and I won't let big brother lose face outside."

Qi Yuan smiled wryly, scratching his head not knowing what to say.Everyone has high hopes for him, but he only thinks about how to rush back to Yangzhou to enjoy the blessings.What's more, even if he doesn't go back to Yangzhou, he won't be able to pass the exam, and he will show his feet sooner or later if he stays.

But Yun Lan only thought that he was shy and was worried about delaying his study, so she wanted to take her maid back first, and before leaving, she asked Qi Yuan: "Tomorrow's Spring Society Temple Fair will open early in the morning, brother, do you have anything to buy?"

"What can I buy?" Qi Yuan shook his head.

Yun Lan said: "Go and buy some beautiful sachets, in case there is a girl giving incense on the Flower Festival, brother must have something to put away!" After speaking, she smiled narrowly, "My sister is learning these few days As for the fragrance, if it can be done, brother can pretend it on the day of Huachao Festival, and send it to someone when he sees a girl he likes."

Qi Yuanhe felt it even more amused: "Is it still necessary for you to adjust the fragrance?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

During the Flower Festival in this dynasty, there is a custom of presenting hairpin flowers to beauties and friends. Therefore, in February every year, the prices of incense products in various places remain high.

Although Qi Yuan is not good at school, he has memorized the hundreds of incense recipes in the Qi Mansion since he was a child, and he knows it by heart.He was still worrying about how to save some money, but now he suddenly thought, why not make some Xiangwanxiangbing cakes and sell them?

At that time, as long as he saved enough 30 taels of silver, he would immediately go back to Yangzhou Mansion to recognize his relatives.After the matter is completed, someone will send some money to the couple, not to mention the excess, he can get out thousands of taels of silver by himself.

When Peng's mother and daughter have money, they can go out and buy another house, at least they don't have to look at the old witch's face.He could even discuss with his father to recognize Peng as his adoptive mother and provide for her until old age, which would be considered a good relationship.

The more Qi Yuan thought about it, the better he wished he could go back to the Yangzhou Mansion immediately to settle this matter.

After Yun Lan left, he couldn't wait to go back to the house and dig out his money bag.The original body didn't have any money left, the odd silver and the copper plate, the total was less than two taels of silver.

Most of those high-quality incense prescriptions use borneol musk and other ingredients, Qi Yuan couldn't buy them now, so he had to think hard for a long time, and wrote two recipes with a list of ingredients.I looked at it again, copied it again, and tore up the original two sheets.This time, only the name of the fragrant medicine was written, not the quantity, and it was mixed on two pieces of paper.

This is the cautiousness of his family background - Xiangfang is the source of their wealth, and there are so many people outside, he doesn't want others to copy it.

There are two lists, one of which is kept by myself, and all of them are good materials that need to be carefully selected. A layman is easily deceived, so he can only choose by himself.The other one was given to Hufu to buy some ordinary fragrant medicine.

After Qi Yuan finished writing the list, he called Hu Fu in and gave him detailed instructions.

Hufu wondered: "Young Master, are you going to buy it for cooking? This fennel, cardamom, sesame oil, lotus leaf..." After reading it, I didn't understand it. It was all aconite, angelica, Dingpi and the like.

Qi Yuan didn't intend to hide it from her, so he said: "I want to try to combine some incense pills, so I asked you to buy some ingredients and come back and try."

It is a common practice for Chinese people in North Korea to make incense, and people often make some fragrant cakes among the people. Hufu didn't think it was unusual, but just sighed: "I'm afraid it's not easy to make. My wife copied a piece of "Bypassing Incense" from Mrs. Xu Hanlin before. "Picture" came back, but Madam Zhou smelled weird when she came out, because of this, the old lady even scolded the lady, saying that the lady wasted things."

Qi Yuan sneered in his heart, Mrs. Peng must have used his own money to buy the fragrant medicine, and the old lady would chase after her and scold her, so it's really not a thing.Of course, making incense is not simply a matter of combining incense and herbs. There are many details from the processing to the combination of incense. It is true that ordinary people can't do it well.

"Then you can keep it a secret, and don't let anyone know about it. Not even Madam and Lan'er." Qi Yuan said, "The old lady is looking for my fault now, if she finds out, pay attention to the things in the yard." All unlucky."

Hu Fu looked solemn, and immediately said: "Your maidservant knows."

There is no incense market in the capital city, but there should be many stalls selling incense medicines at the temple fair tomorrow, if not, go to the shops to buy them.

Qi Yuan made up his mind and gave the other two little maids in the courtyard a holiday that day.Early the next morning, he and Hu Fu locked the yard, sneaked out through the back door, and went straight to the temple fair.

The location of the temple fair is on Xingbu Street, the westernmost part of the capital.Uncle Zhongyuan's Mansion is located in the easternmost part of the capital. The master and servant walked for a while, called a donkey cart from the street, walked around the Yuhe Bridge, and turned west all the way to Chang'an Avenue.Qi Yuan didn't get enough sleep in the morning, he leaned into the car and dozed off little by little, he was sleepy when he felt the car suddenly stopped, he staggered and almost rolled over.

The coachman outside was busy driving the donkey to hide aside.Qi Yuan was puzzled, looked out of the car, and saw a few princes in brocade clothes and jade belts riding past in the distance, pedestrians, carriages and horses on the street hid on both sides, as if they were afraid of disturbing those nobles.

He was secretly annoyed, thinking that the dandies in the capital were more domineering than those in his hometown. He had more servants since he was a child, and he was more ostentatious, but he didn't dare to do this kind of thing like galloping around the city with so many people. If you step on it, you might die.

Contemptuous in his heart, his face was also exposed, looking at those young masters through the broken car window.The two in front are nothing to look at, but they are dressed in light gauze and brocade, with gold and jade hats, which are brighter than ordinary dudes.Only the young man in blue in the middle, with handsome features and upright posture, is boasting of a white horse with a red mane, which is majestic and majestic, with gold petals and carved apricot leaves hanging on his chest and autumn belt, which makes both man and horse look attractive. Come out with an honor that is different from others.

Qi Yuan unconsciously remembered the phrase "Bright as a jade tree facing the wind", but the majesty of the jade tree is far less than that of the person in the distance.He was stunned for a while, then secretly compared that person's appearance with his own body, and after a while, he hummed secretly in his heart, and retracted his head again.

Several sons and brothers flew past quickly, followed by several servants, each carrying pots and wine.

Qi Yuan vaguely saw that You Ji was among them, but the group of people passed by too quickly, he couldn't see clearly, so he poked his head around and saw that everyone was running away, so he had to give up.

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