After all, Man'er is young, tired all the way, lying on a warm and comfortable kang, snuggling up to her mother's side, this sleep is naturally very sweet and peaceful. I slept for an hour, and before the end of the day, the little girl woke up from a sweet dream, blinking her eyes, and seemed to be a little confused when she woke up just now.

"Awake?" A question with a smile made Man'er wake up all of a sudden, and a pair of big eyes completed two crescents in an instant.

The soft and glutinous children's voice of "Niang ......", the end note is still dragged on for a long time, with a strong sleepy and coquettish taste, which makes people's hearts soften into water.

Qiu Chen leaned over, lowered his head and kissed the little girl's forehead, raised his body and dropped his hand, stroked the little girl's sleeping red face, and said with a smile: "Get up when you wake up, Xiaoxi made osmanthus glutinous rice lotus!" ”

"Oh, oh, this is up, this is up......" The little girl was overjoyed when she heard this, turned over neatly, and stood firmly on the kang the next moment.

Qiu Chen was slightly stunned, and then burst into laughter. How can there be a girl's chastity and quietness like this...... Later it will be bigger...... Alas, it's still young now, let's talk about it later!

Seeing her mother's face with her mouth slightly open and her eyes wide open, Man'er smiled, threw herself into Qiu Chen's arms, rubbed Qiu Chen's neck with her little face, and said a little smugly: "Mother, Man'er is amazing, right?" The master said that after two more years of practice, Man'er would be able to fly to the treetops on the roof...... When the time comes, you will be able to fly the eaves and walk the wall! ”

Uh, flying to the treetops on the rooftops? Still flying cornices and walking on the wall?

What the hell is that damn old man Mu going to do? Is this to train her daughter to be a female snitch or a river thief?

Stroking his forehead, Qiu Chen sighed silently, and had to encourage his little girl: "Well, Man'er is very powerful, and she grows quickly...... However, if Man'er hugs his mother and doesn't let go, the osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root will be cold, and it won't taste good if it's cold! ”

"Mother, Man'er has already gotten up......" Man'er's little girl put her arms around Qiu Chen's neck and declared unruly.

Qiu Chen smiled and pressed his daughter's cheek, and hugged the little girl into the ear room to freshen up.

Waiting for the mother and daughter to come out of the ear room with a smile, Qiu Chen applied a little facial grease to the little girl's face, and then took the comb himself without pretending to be someone else's hand, but the action was absolutely careful and gentle to mature two of Man'er...... Pigtails...... She doesn't know how to comb her hair and wrap her hair.

The braid is tied with her newly customized flower-shaped red gold bell, and the root of the braid is wrapped around the small fingernail size of the flower golden bell, and in the braid is a small golden bell that is not much bigger than a grain of rice.

Man'er bent his eyes, shaking his head in the mirror with joy and joy, it looked like a scarab shaking two long tentacles! Smart and cute!

Qiu Chen was dizzy by her, turned around and saw Qingxing coming in with a plate of glutinous rice lotus, glanced at Man'er, and deliberately raised his voice: "Did you add osmanthus nectar?" ”

Qingxing pursed her lips and smiled, nodded again and again, and said: "Add it, according to my wife's instructions, when I made glutinous rice lotus, I added sugar osmanthus, and after slicing it out of the pot, I poured some osmanthus nectar a little...... It smells so sweet and delicious! ”

The two asked and answered, Man'er naturally heard it, and no one needed to hug him, he jumped down from the brocade stool, swayed his two braids and rushed over, climbed up the kang neatly, looked at a plate of glutinous rice lotus with golden osmanthus nectar hanging on it, and smiled and bent his eyes, but he didn't forget to tilt his head to greet Qiu Chen: "Mother, come and eat, it's so fragrant, so sweet......"

Qiu Chen walked over with a smile on his face, sat next to the little girl, took the little silver fork and shared two pieces with the little girl, and felt tired. The little girl loves sweets, her little mouth is bulging, and the glutinous rice lotus on the plate is rapidly decreasing, and there is no piece left at the bottom.

Wiping the little girl's mouth, Qiu Chen lit the tip of the little girl's nose and said, "If you eat such a plate, you shouldn't be able to eat dinner!" ”

Man'er shook his head decisively, the bell was thin, and the child's voice said crisply: "No, no, Man'er will go to practice in a while, and after practicing, he will be hungry again!" ”

Qiu Chen was stunned and laughed silently.

As Man'er said, the little girl was about to practice after eating glutinous rice lotus, and was held in Qiu Chen's arms and talked for a while, about two quarters of an hour, and the food in her stomach was digested some, so she let the little girl go.

This time, it wasn't until before dinner that the little girl ran back sweaty. Qiu Chen looked distressed, but he had nothing to say, so he just took a bath for the little girl and changed into dry clothes.

Not long after, Chengzi also changed into a cocoon silk straight embellishment of azure gray, wearing a square scarf of the same color on his head, slightly dark skin plus good facial features and a figure that has been drawn, he is really a young man with calm and neat manners.

Looking up and down, Qiu Chen nodded with a smile: "This dress seems to have changed, but it fits!" ”

Chengzi smiled and saluted, "Yes, thanks to Aunt Shunzi and Mama Chen, they rushed to change my body while I was taking a nap, it's just right!" ”

"Well, both of them are good at needlework! One exquisite, one meticulous! Qiu Chen nodded, beckoned Chengzi to sit on the chair under the kang, and asked carefully about what happened after leaving home.

Chengzi asked and answered, and explained to Qiu Chen in detail how to volunteer to keep up, to the main things that happened along the way, and then to where he went. Man'er tilted his head and listened quietly beside him, interjecting a sentence from time to time, adding or reminding, Chengzi was not annoyed when he was interrupted, so he looked at it with a smile and doting, waited for the little girl to finish, and then continued to narrate.

Qiu Chen watched coldly from the side, only feeling that Man'er and Chengzi were neither like masters and servants, nor like friends, but very much like brothers and sisters. Chengzi looks at Man'er as tolerant and pampered, isn't it like a brother who loves his sister!

After all, there is a man who said it in advance, and some things can be skipped and not discussed, and after talking about two teas, it is almost finished. It was getting dark.

In a hurry, Lin Xu walked in briskly from outside, lifted the door curtain, didn't care about anything, and looked at the little girl on the kang with crooked eyebrows and shouted: "Man'er!" ”

"Hey, second uncle!" When she saw the second uncle, the reaction was no worse than seeing her own mother, she jumped up and rushed into Lin Xu's arms, hugging Lin Xu's neck and not letting go.

"Second uncle, Man'er misses you! Think about it every day! Man'er's little girl's mouth was like smeared with honey, and her little face rubbed against Lin Xu, sprinkling glutinously.

It's so sweet, and it's not too boring! Qiu Chen was a little surprised, but he couldn't help but smile all over his face, and repeatedly instructed the girls to serve the food and arrange the dinner.

Although the family is not complete, this meal is the most pleasant and joyful reunion dinner of the year. The family was happy and happy, and Man'er chatted with Lin Xu about what he said to Qiu Chen in the afternoon, but what Qiu Chen thought of it, the little girl's flying look and bright eyes were full of pride and swagger!

This meal talked a lot, naturally ate slowly, and ate for an hour before it was considered full, so that the girl and the mother-in-law removed the leftovers, and the family of four drank another cup of tea and talked for a while, the night was already deep, Lin Xu took Chengzi to kiss Man'er with some reluctance, and said goodbye to Qiu Chen and went back to Erjin.

The next day, Chengzi and Man'er resumed their routine at home. Get up early to exercise, and in the morning and afternoon, Chengzi and Man'er read and write together. Exercise the night before dinner. After dinner, Lin Xu explained the sentences of the article to the two people that they didn't understand.

After breakfast, Qiu Chen sent Man'er and Chengzi to study in the western room, and instructed Yuegui to take Meizi and Ling'er over to serve the charcoal, tea, and pen and ink.

Meizi went to the west ear room to serve boiling water to make tea, and Yuegui took Ling'er to study the ink and wash the pen. Ling'er went out with Shui Cheng to pour water, and Yuegui stepped forward to open the heavy cotton curtain for her. The curtain of the door was raised, and at a glance, I saw the Erkui family holding October in one hand and carrying a basket from the backyard in the other.

Yuegui hurriedly reported to the house: "Madam, the second aunt is here with October!" ”

On the one hand, he hurriedly ran over and picked up Xiao October in his hand, picked up the door curtain, and entered the house with Erkui's house.

Although the Erkui family signed the deed, the Lin family knew that Qiu Chen did not treat them as subordinates. The two of them are also honest and kind, and they are both diligent, so their popularity in the Lin family is very good.

Qiu Chen heard the words and came out of the east room, smiled and took October over first, kissed the little girl's face, and said with a smile: "It's such a cold day, why did you come here with her......"

Erkui's family smiled: "It was dark last night, and his father went back to tell me that Man'er was back, so late, thinking that Man'er was tired all the way and would definitely rest early, so he didn't come." No, it's dragged on until now. This little girl has been very hypocritical these days, and she doesn't let go of me every day, and she doesn't know what's wrong with Lu Dao, so she cries and looks for her as soon as she puts it down...... I had to bring her too. ”

The two talked and entered the back room, Qiu Chen teased October to call his aunt, while taking a yellow orange and handing it to October, and said with a smile: "This is still brought back by your sister Man'er, and I will bring a few tastes to Shanzi and the stone later." ”

"Ouch, such a big little person, he still knows how to bring things home...... "Erkui's family exaggeratedly admired.

Qiu Chen shook his head with a smile, and didn't say anything. Where is Man'er thinking about home, it's not all the old man Mu, in order to exonerate himself, he collected a lot of good things along the way. However, Qiu Chen took care of the things, and she would never let go of Old Man Mu!

October hugged the orange and looked up and down, but he was not in a hurry to eat it...... Qiu Chen felt that something was not right, and hurriedly raised his hand and touched October's forehead, the tentacles were slightly cold, and he was not feverish. I checked it around again, but I didn't see anything...... She secretly laughed that she was suspicious, so she peeled off an orange, gave half of it to Erkui's family, took half of it herself, broke off a petal to remove the orange, tore a little soft skin, and put it on October's little mouth, so that she could suck the orange juice inside.

The strong sweet smell of the orange attracted October, and the little pouting opened and took the orange petal in his mouth and sucked it hard...... Qiu Chen was relieved, but before she could finish her breath, she cried out loudly, and the orange petals in her mouth also fell on the kang......

Qiu Chen was stunned, handed the child to Erkui's family, but did not let it go, but took advantage of October to cry, turning the light to look at October's little mouth.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, Qiu Chen was simply startled, the ulcers in the child's mouth were very serious, and the oral mucosa and tongue were red and swollen ulcers, and some places had white heads, and some places had bursts...... With such a severe ulcer, the child will hurt badly if he eats something and drinks some water, how can he endure it? And what made her extremely depressed was that the Erkui family, who was a mother, didn't know anything...... Yesterday I was in a hurry

"The ulcer ...... in the child's mouth" Qiu Chen's words almost roared out, but he just roared to the point, looking at the Erkui family who was full of anxiety and overwhelmed, but he couldn't say it anymore.

She knows the situation of Erkui's family very clearly, there is a sick father-in-law who has to serve, and two boys to deal with, and she has to serve Erkui and the family's food and clothing, and she also feeds the chickens and ducks, picks up the housework, and now she has added vegetables in the greenhouse to plant...... In addition, from time to time, she will take some needlework and let her do it...... This kind of piece and piece has to be done by the Erkui family, and no matter how much energy a person has, it is not enough!

Alas......!

Sighing secretly, Qiu Chen eased his tone, and tried to calm his voice and said, "The child has a mouth sore, no wonder you said she pestered you!" The child is not comfortable and will not speak ......"

Going down, Qiu Chen didn't say anything, paused and said, "Hurry up, this can't be delayed." What we see is a mouth sore, and we can't keep it, maybe there is something we can't see...... This is the set of cars, and quickly take the child to the hospital to find Lang Zhong to see, what should I do with the medicine, how to ...... No further delays! ”

At this time, the Erkui family also saw the mouth sores in the mouth of the crying October, and a burst of distress and anxiety made her blur her eyes instantly, and also made her almost completely lose the ability to deal with it, just listening to Qiu Chen's arrangement with trust, and nodding her head again and again.

"Hurry up and call Erkui to set up a car...... Tell Junko to come in and accompany you! Qiu Chen commanded in a loud voice.

Chengzi and Man'er heard the crying and ran over from the West House, just in time to see such a scene of a child crying and an adult anxious. After just a moment, Chengzi spoke: "Auntie, let me accompany Erkui's aunt!" ”

Qiu Chen turned his face to look at Chengzi, and nodded after a little groaning. Here I took a bag and was wrapped by Erkui's family for October, and sent it out of the door, Qiu Chensai gave a purse to Chengzi, who was one step behind: "There are ten taels of silver here, don't worry about money when you get to the hospital, first give the child a good look at the disease!" I went to Huichun Hall and found Wu Langzhong, he came from Anping and was the best at pediatrics! ”

Chengzi took the purse, agreed again and again, arched his hand, and hurriedly chased the mother and daughter of the Erkui family out of the house.

Qiu Chen also followed to the front yard, sent the mother and daughter of the Erkui family to the carriage, and she carefully instructed: "You can rest assured at home, I will send someone over to watch the uncle, the mountains and stones will also let people take good care of it, you don't have to come back in a hurry, the most important thing is to take care of the child at the moment!" ”

The second Kui's family hugged October, and her crying eyes were red and swollen, but she nodded when Qiu Chen said a word, and she couldn't care about anything else.

This trip went smoothly, but after a few hours, the Erkui family returned with October. The child did not have any other symptoms except for mouth sores, Wu Langzhong gave the medicine powder, and took a pack to Erkui's family, and told her to come back and blow the child every other hour, and it would be almost the same for two days in a row. I just told the child not to eat hot things in the past two days, and try to eat as much light rice porridge as possible.

Qiu Chen knew that it was best to drink some cool juice for mouth sores, so he made a special trip to take a basket of pears and sent them to Erkui's family, asking her to press out the pear juice for Man'er to drink, and also sent more than a dozen catties of good japonica rice to make porridge in October. He also sent someone to take care of Shanzi and Shishi, which can also relieve some of the burden and pressure on the Erkui family.

If so, after a day and a night, October's mouth sores have greatly improved, and the two families can be regarded as relieved.

October's illness was cured, and Qiu Chen had nothing to do in Anyang, and the reason why he didn't go back before was just to wait for Aman and Chengzi to come back. Now, because of the two-day delay in October, October's illness was cured, and they also planned to plan their return journey.

In October, the weather was as cold as a day, and for two or three days it was very gloomy, and if a heavy snow came down and closed the road, it would be a great trouble for them to go back.

Hands and feet, the luggage was packed quickly, and the things were packed before dinner.

When Lin Xu came back, the family got together for dinner, and Qiu Chen told him about going back. Lin Xu is not the original now, in the past two years, he has lived alone in Anyang Mansion for more than half of the time, Man'er is back, and it stands to reason that he will also go home, Lin Xu naturally will not object, but just hugged Man'er and sighed: "You are all gone, and I am left alone!" ”

Man'er smiled and hugged Lin Xu's neck, and counted with a little fat hand: "It's October now, and after entering the lunar month, the second uncle will be able to go home after the exam, and it will only be a month and a half in total!" ”

Lin Xu smiled and put Man'er's forehead on top of it, and said with a smile: "You little girl is so conscienceless, you don't feel sorry for the second uncle at all!" ”

Man'er struggled to hide backwards, giggling filling the room.

After eating, Lin Xu took Man'er to check his schoolwork, and Qiu Chen left Chengzi to speak.

"You've been gone for almost a year...... In the summer, your father asked someone to ask for news of you...... Ming'er is going to go through Anping when she goes back, do you want to go home and take a look? ”

Chengzi was silent, hung his head, and shook his head for a while: "I'm not going back!" ”

Qiu Chen was silent, knowing that this child's knot was not so easy to eliminate, and she didn't think about promoting this child to forgive anything, just looking at such a sensible and intelligent child, every time she looked at Man'er and her coquettishness, she would reveal a touch of envy, she couldn't help but feel distressed and sad......

Perhaps, his envy is only subconscious, and even he doesn't know what to do. However, Qiu Chen knew that there was no child in the world who did not want to be loved and cared for by his parents. It's just that, sometimes, this almost basic natural requirement cannot be satisfied!

Chengzi is like this, why is Fu'er Man'er not like this? Although they tried their best to give them enough maternal love, they couldn't make up for the fatherly love they lacked.

Father's love is like a mountain, father's love is like the sea, the father's love is as thick as the mountain and as vast as the sea, and the mother's love is very different from the mother's love that moistens things silently and gurgles like a clear spring.

Qiu Chen sighed, but Chengzi had calmed down his emotions and raised his head, looked at him calmly, and said, "Auntie, that person gave birth to me...... Raise me, I will do my best to fulfill the responsibility of the son of man, and give him a pension to the end. But I don't want to go back to that home. ”

Qiu Chen didn't have anything to say about such a decision, so he nodded helplessly, and changed the topic instead: "You have been here for nearly a year, although you have seen a lot more, your schoolwork has been delayed a lot. Now that I'm back, don't think about anything else, concentrate on studying, and strive to make up for the missing schoolwork as soon as possible...... Well, next year, Chunri Junwen Junshu will take the county exam, and you don't know how much your current schoolwork has been delayed, so make up for the class first, and let Mr. test it for you, if you can take the county exam, it's also very simple, and you don't have to worry about it when the time comes......

Chengzi showed a touch of joy on his face and more perseverance, got up solemnly, and thanked him for his whole clothes.

Qiu Chen waved his hand again and again: "Sit down, sit down, the family doesn't have to be so polite!" ”

Nariko smiled and sat back in her chair.

Qiu Chen took a sip of tea, put the teacup back on the kang table, and instructed Qingxing to take out a small box from the kang cabinet and send it to Chengzi.

Chengzi didn't take it immediately, only glanced at it, and looked at Qiu Chen suspiciously: "This is ......"

Qiu Chen smiled silently, and only motioned for Chengzi to open it and take a look.

Chengzi no longer hesitated, took the box and opened it, and saw two pieces of paper thinly placed in the box. Chengzi looked up at Qiu Chen, and under her gentle and encouraging eyes, he picked up the two pieces of paper in the box and opened them.

A Chengzi is very familiar, that is, he signed the deed when he first invested in the Lin family, and the other is a red deed, which has passed the official, and the big red seal letter of the government has been issued - the content is actually a dividend deed, according to the deed, Chengzi will get 20% of the income of Zhuangzi in Qinghe Town of the Lin family every year, although 20% of more than 100 acres of land is not much, but Qiu Chen vigorously promotes vegetable planting and the planting of new species in Zhuangzi, and the annual income is much higher than that of Zhuangzi, who planted traditional food crops, and only planted vegetables last year. These included tomatoes and peppers, and Zhuangzi's annual income was nearly two thousand taels of silver. According to this figure, the income of 20% is also 200 taels. In addition, Chengzi also has a monthly silver in the Lin family, the same as Junwen Junshu, it is five taels of silver per month, and the two together are almost two hundred and sixty or seventy taels of silver, not to mention the half-sized child who has almost no money, that is, a family of seven or eight people, the income of nearly three hundred taels of silver a year is enough to live a very wealthy life.

Chengzi stayed for a moment, his face was full of emotion, his eyes turned red in an instant, he held the two deeds in both hands, walked up to Qiu Chen, knelt down and choked up: "Auntie, the deed has not expired yet, and Chengzi can't ask for another bonus, please take it back." ”

Qiu Chen sighed, took a handkerchief and wiped the eyes of the eldest child in front of him, stretched out his hand to support Chengzi's arm, and said in a loud voice: "You kid, what are you kneeling on, get up, let's talk." ”

Chengzi stood up, but the two deeds in his hand were still like hot hands, held high and sent directly to Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen didn't shirk either, reached out to take it, comforted Chengzi and sat down again, raised his hand to tear Chengzi's body deed, and threw it into the brazier in the kang cave.

Turning his head and looking at Chengzi with surprised eyes, Qiu Chen smiled and said: "The reason why you were asked to write this deed at that time was just because I was afraid that it was a rebellious personality, after more than two years, my aunt also understood your character, where is this still needed, I haven't mentioned this before, and I ignored this matter, in fact, my aunt has long regarded you as the same as Junwen Junshu." ”

Chengzi wiped his eyes and lowered his head: "My aunt is good to me, I know everything...... Du Zhi Lu Dao ......"

"Your kid is a distressing and distressing ......" Qiu Chen paused slightly, and said with a smile, "Needless to say, I believe that in your heart, you have already regarded this place as your home, and I and Fu'er Man'er, Junwen Junshu and they are all your family." ”

Chengzi choked his throat and didn't speak at all, only nodding his head vigorously to express what he meant.

Qiu Chen poured a cup of tea, handed it to Chengzi, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I have saved your previous salary in the workshop, as well as the monthly silver for this year, and now it is more than three hundred taels." This deed was made a year later, and you suddenly left before you had time to show it to you...... Now, if you can study with peace of mind, I will keep the deed for you. However, you should also pay attention to the important seasons of the New Year's Festival, ploughing, and harvest in the Zhuangzi...... Well, these should also be learned by Fu'er and Junwen Junshu, and when the time comes, you can all go together. Although it is important to study, you can't be ignorant of general affairs, and there are a lot of key skills, and some of them are not something that can be understood thoroughly at one time, so you can start learning it now, and in the future, whether you are an official or an official, you can handle official affairs, or farming and business, these are all useful. ”

Chengzi raised his red eyes, as if he was about to say something, but Qiu Chen gently patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, you don't have to say anything more." My aunt treats you as my own nephew, and I have to plan for your future. Although this village is small, after a few years of accumulation, you should also buy some industries, buy shops, buy acres of land, and always have a basic foundation to settle down and start a business. Hehe...... But these are limited after all, just start your business! ”

When Qiu Chen said this, he treated Chengzi as his nephew, and this was what he planned for him...... If Chengzi didn't accept it, it would not only disappoint Qiu Chen's concern, but also not treat Qiu Chen and the Lin family as relatives.

Chengzi couldn't say anything anymore, he nodded his head again and again, and the tears in his eyes were like rain, and he couldn't stop it.

Early the next morning, when the sky seemed to be bright, Qiu Chen took Man'er and Chengzi, and told Erkui's family that they had brought Shanzi and Shishi together, plus the girl's mother-in-law, and the group took three carriages, and two carriages followed behind to pull luggage, and went out of Lin's house, through the streets and alleys, all the way to the West City Gate.

Qiu Chen took Man'er to Nannuma Lake to meet his uncle Yang Shuyong, and asked Man'er to play in the lakeside pavilion, where he had lunch. In the afternoon, I left for Yang's shop to visit Mr. Yang Liancheng, as well as his second aunt and little cousin Junyi. At night, the group stayed in Yang's shop.

The next day, the group continued to set off from Yangjiapu to rush back to Liujiaao, the weather was more and more gloomy, and after the carriage passed through Anping County, a large area of snowflakes finally fell like a flocculent.

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That's all for today, let's work hard tomorrow......