Qin Bai, Zhao Mo and the others stayed in the study for about half an hour before returning to the banquet.

Niu's whispered complaint to Qin Bai: "Everyone is waiting for you, it's only a long time to go, could it be that Chun Bo is addicted, and he dragged the juniors to talk about academic things again?"

Qin Bai smiled faintly: "It's just a casual chat, and when I am happy for a while, I forget the time." Madame, don't complain, today there are new dishes and new snacks that Han Zhen came up with with the kitchen people, saying that they are made especially for you, you can taste more. ”

Niu Shi said: "Isn't this for the two of us? Let's eat together, don't take my granddaughter's things to offer me courtesy." The old lady said she would never fall for him.

Qin Bai laughed at it.

Qin Hanzhen didn't come up with many dishes, among which there was a crystal cake with five grains, which was the most attentive one. This was a snack she used to eat in modern times, and it was not so easy to replicate it in ancient times. It took a lot of effort to get water chestnuts from the south and grind them, and then collect corn, red beans, wheat, red rice, purple rice and other miscellaneous grains. If it weren't for the fact that Yongjiahou Mansion still has some family background and connections, and Zhao Mo still has caravans going to all parts of the country, he may not be able to collect such complete materials. However, after such a lot of work, the effect is very satisfying. The whole grain crystal cake tastes sweet and nutritious, and is very good food for the elderly and children, and it does not feel tired. As soon as Qin Bai and Niu tasted it, they liked it. The people in the long room are also constantly complimenting.

The Yao family also asked Qin Hanzhen for a recipe, planning to let the kitchen of the Chengenhou Mansion make it himself. Qin Hanzhen gave it, anyway, he didn't plan to open a teahouse dim sum shop, and with Yao's tutor, he wouldn't pass on the secret recipe of the third room everywhere. But after Yao's got the recipe, the current materials are quite trivial, obviously not worth anything, but it is a bit troublesome to collect, what purple rice, corn, is not common, nor is it the food that they are used to eating, hesitated, or decided to take the recipe by themselves, when the elders thought about it, and then called the kitchen to do it, it is better to eat less on weekdays.

Other dishes are also very popular. This little birthday party can be said to be enjoyable for everyone. Because they don't plan to make a big deal, they only plan to treat them at lunch, and dinner is not counted. After everyone in the long room had eaten and chatted for a while, the older generation was not in good spirits, so they went back to Chengenhou's mansion, and the juniors moved to Qin Hanzhen's yard to continue playing. Lu Pu and Qin Youzhen made an appointment in advance to visit the home of one of the former's peers, and left with their children. Qin Hanzhen was a little sleepy, but in order to cope with his cousins, he still managed to survive it. It wasn't until Qin Jinrong's aunt and grandmother were too addicted to chess, and with a few routines taught by Lu Yueniang, they won a game of chess each between Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun, and then they left contentedly.

As soon as she left, Qin Hanzhen, Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun all breathed a sigh of relief. Now everyone has such a tacit understanding, and the three of them laughed.

Qin Jinhua whispered: "Amitabha, the fifth sister is rarely well-behaved today, she didn't even quarrel with us, even in front of the third aunt, she is honest, it's really rare!"

Qin Jinchun asked curiously: "I haven't been here for more than a month, and I don't know what happened." Fifth sister, is this a change of sex, I thought I was dreaming!"

Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "Thanks to Cousin Lu, I have been messing around with her these days, and I have also taught her a lot of emotional principles. The fifth sister has always liked Cousin Lu, and she can listen to Cousin Lu's words, and she really learns well. She couldn't help but sigh, "I knew that the fifth sister was a person who ate soft and not hard, and if the third aunt had treated her softer on weekdays, maybe their mother and daughter would not have been so stiff." ”

Qin Jinhua said with a smile: "The third aunt's temper is like that, and she doesn't like to worry about anything. The fifth sister has to take care of everything, and she doesn't like it when she looks at it, so she naturally wants to correct it. The fifth sister couldn't listen to other people's lessons, so she quarreled with the third aunt. Their mother and daughter are by nature, and neither of them wants to change, nor does they want to change. If you want the third aunt to treat the fifth sister softly, then it is better to expect Cousin Lu to teach the fifth sister well. ”

Qin Hanzhen shook his head and said, "Cousin Lu won't stay in the capital for long, and when Uncle Lu's new official position comes down, their family should leave." Is it possible to keep Cousin Lu behind and continue to take care of the fifth sister? Besides, Cousin Lu is just a cousin, and she is still separated from the room. I really want my fifth sister to change her temper in the past, and she still has to count on her biological parents. ”

Qin Jinhua pursed his lips and smiled silently. Seeing this, Qin Jinchun opened the topic: "Hasn't Uncle Lu's new official position come down yet? ”

Qin Jinhua nodded: "There is such a thing." But wasn't it going to be the New Year at that time? The Ministry of Officials already had a lot of things, and when it came to the sealing of the government, it became busier. Originally, if Uncle Lu was transferred to the original level, it would be easy for him to be vacant, but he wanted to strive for a higher rank, and he didn't have to stay in Beijing. There are not many foreign official positions from Sanpin, so you have to spend some effort to find out. ”

Qin Jinchun said: "At home, I also heard my father and mother mention this. If Uncle Lu can really be promoted to the third grade, then our family will really have a high-ranking in-law. Father also hopes that Uncle Lu's wish will come true. ”

Qin Youzhen now has a good relationship with her half-brother Qin Bofu, and Qin Bofu also has a close heart for Lu Pu. Although the Chengenhou Mansion and the Yongjiahou Mansion are both Qin Bofu's own uncles, perhaps because of years of hostility, even if Qin Bofu has been deliberately co-opted and appeased, he always feels that there is something between the three families. In comparison, although Qin Youzhen was raised by Changfang since he was a child, he is also a sister of the same father as him, and he seems to think about him everywhere in his words and deeds, so he is naturally closer to Qin Youzhen. If it weren't for Qin Youzhen's family living in the Chengenhou Mansion, it would be more beneficial for Lu Pu to wait for the official, and he would like to invite his sister and brother-in-law to live at home.

Whether Lu Pu was promoted to a foreign official from the third rank, or a Beijing official who stayed in Beijing to be a fourth-rank official, he has become a future boost in Qin Bofu's mind. In terms of the ministry, the clerk who ordered him to take the crown to live idle has come down after the year, and now he has really become an idler, with empty ranks, but no real job, and it is difficult for others to look down on him, and in the circle of magnates in the capital, he is even more uncountable. He was still at a loss as to where he would go from here. With the help of the long house and the third room, he still felt that it was not enough, and with one more brother-in-law with real power, he felt more at ease. If one day, Brother-in-law Lu can be promoted to two more levels and become the governor of the second rank, then he will be a feudal official, and it must be very easy to take him to be a prefect or something, right? With Brother-in-law Lu's current age and qualifications, if he can be promoted from the third rank, and with the help of two uncles, it is only a matter of time before he becomes the governor of the second rank. Qin Bofu looked at this brother-in-law, as if he had seen a mountain of gold. Lupu's career prospects, he probably looks at it more seriously than Lupu himself.

Regarding Qin Bofu's mentality, Changfang and Sanfang have discussed it in private, and what they say will naturally not sound good. Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua didn't say anything with a tacit understanding, just silently bowed their heads and drank tea.

Qin Hanzhen put down the teacup and asked Qin Jinchun again: "How is the second uncle and grandmother?"

Qin Jinchun sighed: "Grandmother's injury is slightly better, but she still doesn't dare to move easily, and she doesn't dare to go to the ground, she has to drink bitter medicine every day, except for bird's nest porridge and ginseng soup, she can't eat anything." The more the family spends, the more the Xue family has not moved...... My mother mentioned it to me privately, saying that she was a little tight on money, and told my father that my father didn't care about it, and only asked her to deduct money from the public account. But...... Many properties on the public account are taken care of by the Xue family, and since the New Year, we have not sent a penny of silver to our family. The mother didn't dare to tell the truth to her father, for fear that he would be even more angry with the Xue family, and she wouldn't even allow her mother to contact her mother's relatives in the future. ”

Qin Jinhua was surprised: "Since it is an industry under the name of your second house, is it possible that the Xue family can still swallow it privately?!"

Qin Jinchun sighed and said: "It is our family's industry, but in fact, I can't tell it myself." Many of them are under the name of our family, just because my father has an official position, he can reduce some taxes for them, and he can rely on them more. Now that my father's official position is gone, and he has fallen out with the second room of the Xue family, I don't know what the charter is over there. Previously, they didn't send money to our family under the pretext of New Year, and my mother couldn't say anything. I just hope that my grandfather and grandmother can come to the capital as soon as possible, and quickly sort out the bad things in the second room of the Xue family. Otherwise, my father will be angry, and my mother will be difficult to do, and I will still have my grandmother in the middle, so tired that my mother will not please both sides, and it will be more difficult to be a person. ”

She didn't want to talk about the Xue family, so she asked Qin Jinhua instead: "My sister...... Is there any news over there? Is she still honest?"

Qin Jinhua just asked about this a few days ago, so he replied: "At first, she was not very honest, she was ill, and after she got better, she wanted to run away, bought the little girl in Zhuangzi, and asked someone to send her a letter home." But Zhuangzi is so far away, how can a little girl have the ability to go a long way? The family knew the opportunity and reported it to Zhuang Tou overnight, and Zhuang Tou reported it again. My mother was busy with the New Year at the time, and she didn't have time to pay attention to these things, so she just let the head of the village pay close attention to people. Furthermore, it is necessary to let the doctor treat the eldest sister's injuries. Other than that, she doesn't have to bother with anything. She can't walk horizontally, so keep a closer look, don't let her really buy any helpers, just escape. However, the two of them, Hualou and Langying, were waiting beside her, and even asked her to take advantage of the loophole, which was suspected of dereliction of duty, so they were both punished, and each of them was punished with ten boards. Those who have been in the New Year have all recuperated from their injuries. There is no one waiting for the eldest sister, so she can be regarded as enduring the inconvenience for a few days. The village women in Zhuangzi don't have a girl at home who will wait for people. ”

Qin Jinchun was silent for a while before asking, "Her legs ...... How's the injury?"

Qin Jinhua said: "The doctor has seen it and said that she should have taken care of it, but if she hadn't moved, I am afraid that she would have been better a long time ago." Now that the injury is getting worse, whether it will be lame depends on luck, you can only raise it first, and only when the bones are well can you say anything else. The eldest sister may have been frightened by the doctor's words, but she is much more honest these days, and she doesn't even dare to get out of bed. ”

Qin Jinchun sighed and said: "If she is really honest from now on, everyone can be considered worry-free." The family is still hiding the truth from my grandmother, and I don't know how many days I can hide it. When my grandmother healed and learned the truth, the sky fell. If the eldest sister had been more sensible at that time, we would have not taken the risk in vain. ”

After saying that, the second room sent someone to pick up Qin Jinchun and go back. Qin Jinchun originally wanted to get together with Qin Jinhua more, but her mother urged her to do so, so she had to leave. However, the three daughters also agreed that they would have time to get together again. After Qin Jinchun left, Qin Jinhua also left.

Qin Hanzhen sent the sisters away, and immediately called Feng'er to go to the front to investigate: "Look where the king of Suning County is, and ask him if he is free?"

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