When Min Fangqi returned to the house, Min's wife, Mrs. Kong, greeted her.
"Master is back, are you tired?" Kong asked gently. Kong was over forty years old, but he took good care of himself and had good skin. He looked much younger than his actual age.
"Well, it's okay. Where is mom, are you feeling better?" Min Fangqi asked. The old lady is getting older and her health is not as good as before. She has been sick these days. She can't eat well, can't sleep well, and is not in good spirits.
"It's still the same. I barely ate half a bowl of rice at noon." Mrs. Kong said worriedly, "My mother has lost a lot of weight these days and has been sleeping for a while. Let's wait for her to wake up before we start dinner." The kitchen has already been prepared. Meal, just wait for the old lady to wake up.
"Okay, I'll take a look at my mother when she wakes up. Change her prescription to nurse her back to health." Min Fangqi didn't object, and was a little worried about his mother's condition.
"Where did these vegetables and fruits come from?" Mrs. Kong was extremely surprised when she looked at the vegetables and fruits brought by the maid. The vegetables were bright and green and very pleasing to the eye. The apples and pears were also bigger than usual. Fresh and delightful.
"Didn't I go to Junior Sister Xiao's house today? It's a return gift from her family." Min Fangqi sat down, looked at the fruits in front of him, and ordered, "Come on, send some fruits and this chrysanthemum tea to the old lady's room, and get the vegetables." Cook it in the kitchen."
The maid at the door answered and divided half of it and sent it to the old lady.
"It's Miss Xiao, she's a good girl." Mrs. Kong praised. There were many gifts at home, but most of them were valuable items. She didn't expect Xiao Ming to give some farm specialties. She knew that Xiao Ming's family was not well off, But instead of randomly giving some valuable things to cling to, I gave him this farm specialty, which made people feel very comforting.
"Today I asked specifically to hear that the situation at her family is very bad. My eldest brother and sister-in-law passed away last year, and there are no elders in the family. She also has a nephew who is also poor. I invited her to go to the drug store for a consultation, so that she can have a few taels per month. The money is coming in." Min Fangqi sighed, his words full of support.
"My master is really kind-hearted. I hope Miss Xiao can understand." After decades of marriage, Mrs. Kong still doesn't understand. The master cherishes his talent and wants to support her.
"Madam, didn't Brother Xiwen say he was resigning and returning home last month? Now he's back." Min Fangqi suddenly thought of his friend Wu Tongxuan in the Imperial College.
"I'm afraid I'm still on the road at the moment. What's wrong?" Kong asked with a smile.
"It's nothing, I just want to ask Brother Xiwen if he still plans to accept a disciple." Min Fangqi said, "Today I saw Xiao Ming's younger brother and nephew, they are both good children. Her younger brother studied in a rural school. , I have read a lot of books at home, and his nephew is also pretty good. Xiao Han teaches me how to memorize a lot of books, and he also writes well."
"If that's the case, I think Mr. Wu will definitely like it." Mrs. Kong said. Wu Tong, also known as Xiwen, was a classmate of Min Fangqi, but later Min Fangqi gave up writing to become a doctor. Wu Tonggang obtained the honors and worked his way up to the Imperial College to teach, and became the sixth official Pin, the two of them had frequent contacts in Beijing.
While they were talking, a young man in a brocade robe came in, holding an apple in his hand and chewing it without any image. He didn't even say hello when he entered the room and just found a chair and sat down, which showed that the relationship was very good.
"Sister, brother-in-law, I'm back." It was Kong Lin, Kong's younger brother.
"Where have you gone?" Mrs. Kong said strangely. She could not do anything about this young brother. Kong Lin was an old man and was very spoiled by his family. He did not like to study and do business. He did not want to get married when he was old. He actually wanted to hide The married couple came to hide from her in the capital.
"I'm just going out for a walk. I'll see where it's suitable for me to open a restaurant." Kong Lin didn't care and said casually.
"You really want to open a restaurant here, the location is not good." Min Fangqi said.
"It doesn't matter, aren't you here? If the business is not good, you can take care of it. I will go back to the capital." Kong Lin didn't care. He was not good at studying and had a good talent for business. He had made a lot of money by opening a restaurant over the years. Now he is in There are three semicolons in Beijing.
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The Min family has a simple population. Min Fangqi has an old mother who is still alive. She only has one son and one daughter. Her daughter is married to the capital, and her son is also an official in the capital. They have two sons and one daughter. Their two grandsons are studying at the Imperial College in the capital. Only the youngest is left. Granddaughter Cheng Huan is the daughter of the Min family. From Mrs. Min to Mr. and Mrs. Min, everyone in the Min family is kind-hearted and does not pay attention to formalities.
In the evening, the whole family, except Min's mother, ate alone in the room, the youngest granddaughter Min Yao and Kong Lin sat at the same table and the family chatted and laughed over the dinner.
Min Fangqi always felt that there was something different tonight. His granddaughter Min Yao, who had never liked to eat in the past, was actually eating obediently. She especially liked the vegetables Xiao Ming sent, and she almost got into a fight with her brother-in-law over the last piece of vegetables.
"Uncle and grandpa, Yaoyao is the youngest, give this piece to me." Yaoyao said coquettishly. I held the end of the green vegetable with my chopsticks and tried to pick it up. Unexpectedly, he was not as strong as Kong Lin and was robbed by him.
"Uncle and grandpa are elders, so you must respect them." Kong Lin said cheekily. I ate the last vegetable happily.
"Hmph! My uncle is a bad guy, I won't pay attention to you." Min Yao pouted her mouth in anger, her face full of displeasure.
Min Fangqi and his wife couldn't help but laugh at the scene in front of them. They didn't expect that the vegetables given by Xiao Ming tasted so good, which caused the two of them to fight over each other. They couldn't help but eat a few more chopsticks, but they abided by etiquette and could not argue. The robbery is coming.
Mrs. Min's eldest daughter, Biting, came in with a happy face and said, "Madam, sir, I had an extra bowl of rice for dinner. The old lady said that the vegetables tonight tasted particularly good, so I asked her to make them and send them to her tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, mother likes to say yes, let the kitchen do it tomorrow." Min Fangqi said happily, his mother could actually eat an extra bowl of rice, he had to thank Xiao Ming.
"Sister, where did you buy this dish? It tastes so good. I will use these dishes in the restaurant from now on to keep the business going well." Kong Lin said, this taste is really good. Even the chefs in restaurants in the capital cannot cook it. With such a good dish, if his restaurant introduces such a dish, his business can go to a higher level. He is sensitive and smells the unlimited business opportunities in it.
Mrs. Kong pursed her lips and smiled and said, "You can't buy this. It's a gift from your brother-in-law's junior sister." Kong Lin and Min Yao ate most of the plate.
"Really, then I'll buy it tomorrow." Kong Lin said excitedly.
After the meal, I heard that the chrysanthemum tea given by Xiao Ming was delicious, so Kong Lin shamelessly took a bag with him, along with a lot of fruits. Min Yao said that she wanted to beautify her face, so she coquettishly begged for a bag, and even My old wife said that she had to drink chrysanthemum tea because she couldn't sleep well at night. She even sent someone to ask for help after meals and took away the last bag of tea.
Min Fangqi looked at the empty basket and was about to cry. What kind of excuses were he looking for? After all his hard work, he didn't even leave any tea foam for him. He hadn't tasted the fruit yet.
