Chapter 125: Gathering

Since arriving home, I don't know if the familiar courtyard houses have changed, Qiu Chen has always felt unclose and unreliable, until she took a pair of children into her arms, and her heart was steady, and she fell to the ground......

It turns out that at some point, these two children have become the top priority in her heart, her closest existence in this shijie, and her definition of 'home'!

I forgot where I read the saying - where there are loved ones, there is home.

The corners of her mouth slowly opened up a smile - where there are these two children, it is her home!

After making love with Fu'er Man'er, Junyan Junzhang and Junwen who was with Zuihou also came up happily to say hello, Qiu Chen touched Junyan Junzhang's head, "You have grown tall, have you grown in knowledge?" ”

Junyan Junzhang looked at each other, grinned and nodded a little embarrassed.

Jun Yan was more arrogant, and immediately said: "Today, Mr. praised me for me. Praise the third brother for his good handwriting, and praise his filial piety and filial piety ......for his filial piety."

Qiu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Lin Xiaoru and Lin Xiaojie were not the names that Mr. Pan gave to the two children! They hadn't been called on weekdays, but when she heard Junyan call her so, she didn't remember who it was for a while, and she couldn't help laughing to herself.

Listening to the handsome words, Qiu Chen smiled and said: "It seems that I haven't missed classes in the days I've been at home, so we have to praise you for working so hard...... Praise for having a meal of haode tonight! ”

Ah Fu Aman is still young, he just thinks that everything is enough to see his mother, Junwen is older, knowing that his aunt is joking with their brother, that is, Junyan Junzhang is not big, and he is still at an ignorant age, especially Junyan is counting on himself to show off, and his aunt will definitely be rewarded...... Anyway, he wanted to buy a bell for his foal, and he thought about it for a long time!

But I didn't expect that my aunt praised it, but she just rewarded a good meal, and Junyan's little face collapsed - now, every day there is good food and good food, where is there anything special to eat, where can it be more important than buying a bell for the horse!

Qiu Chen was just teasing the boys, but when he saw Jun Yan's expression, he was also interested, and asked after him what he wanted to eat? Meat? Chicken? Fish......

The more he asked, the more Junyan's little face wrinkled, making everyone around him laugh, Qiu Chen also laughed, raised his hand, patted on Junyan's light head after combing his bun, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be bitter, wait for a while, after eating, I will take the school examination one by one, if you grow up as you say, my aunt will allow you one thing!" ”

As soon as I heard Qiu Chen say that one person allowed one, wouldn't it just be a good thing to buy a horse bell!

Jun Yan covered his head, but his face smiled again, grinned, and nodded again and again: "Cheng, aunt, you can take the school as much as you want!" ”

After speaking, I didn't forget to pat my little chest to increase it, which made everyone daxiao again.

After sending a few small ones, Qiu Chen looked at Junwen, who had been standing behind with a smile, and looked at the young man's taller and thicker, honest and simple smile, Qiu Chen couldn't help but smile: "Your grandmother said that you will be left by Mr. every day to make up for classes?" Don't you feel like it's struggling? ”

Junwen smiled and shook his head: "Just make up for half an hour, don't be tired, auntie, don't worry!" ”

After talking and laughing with the children, dinner was ready, and the Daxing family came in to ask where to put the meal. Qiu Chen saw that there were so many people in the family, there were more than ten large and small, and their family was not interested in having any different tables for men and women, so he discussed with the Liu family: "Mother, it's so hot, let's still eat in the yard, right?" Order a few more lanterns, and the bright hall will be cool! ”

Liu's family has always maintained the habit of the Zhuang family on weekdays, and eats breakfast and dinner in the yard every day.

So, the Daxing family got the word and went out, Qingxing and Yufeng pulled a few small ones to wash, Lin Xu and Junwen took Daxing and Qingjiang to start moving tables and chairs, Qiu Chen also stood up and said to Liu: "Mother, I'll go to the East Courtyard to have a look!" ”

Although, when she first arrived home, she had already seen everyone, but after all, she didn't bother to say a few words, the big guys all came from the most difficult time, she still wanted to go over and have a look, talk.

Liu attaches more importance to the neighborhood relationship than Qiu Chen, so naturally he will not refute it, and immediately agreed.

Qiu Chen went back to the house for a while, put his completely dried hair in a bun on the back of his head, patted his body, and went straight through the moon gate of the first courtyard and the east courtyard, and entered the east courtyard. Since the house in the west courtyard was built, and there were no short-term workers who built the house, Lan Ying and the three of them moved the kitchen to the east courtyard.

The easternmost one is a small warehouse for the ingredients, the two next to each other are the kitchens, and the next two rooms are the places where the helpers can rest and eat.

However, the weather was not cold at the beginning of July, so the helpers from the farms naturally preferred to eat in the courtyard.

Qiu Chen stepped into the East Cross Courtyard and saw that the helpers in the two places had basically finished their work and were packing up their belongings and cleaning up. In front of Nanwu Gen'er, Lan Ying was taking Yuxiang and Xiu'er to serve food outside, and the courtyard was full of strong medicinal fragrance, food fragrance, and loud laughter from men and women, which made Qiu Chen feel familiar and friendly all of a sudden.

After such a while, Brother Quan and Lin Zi, who were carrying a basket of medicinal powder to the East Courtyard, had already seen Qiu Chen and immediately shouted happily.

"Sister-in-law!" This is Brother Quan.

"Aunt Begonia!" This is the forest.

The Lin family is a single-family family, and the people in the village are just villagers, and no one cares what they call it.

Qiu Chen responded with a smile, and the other people naturally greeted with a smile.

Qiu Chen looked down at the medicinal powder carried by Lin Zi and Brother Quan, and sent the two of them over, while she continued to walk inside, came to the shelf where Luo Bu Ma was dried, and looked at the fried and kneaded haode Luo Bu Ma tea in the bamboo basket, and saw that the leaves were slightly larger than those in spring, and the frying and kneading were very good, so she was relieved.

"Now this Luo Bu Ma has harvested a lot, so much...... It must have more than 600 pounds, right? ”

Qingshan's family finished frying just now, and also cleaned up the pot stove, but they were helping to dry the medicinal tea on the churning bamboo spoons, and when they heard Qiu Chen say this, they immediately smiled and said: "The fresh goods sent by the Daxing housekeeper at noon are seven hundred and sixteen catties, and now the leaves are old, and there are many shipments, less than three catties out of one catty, these are dried, how can you get two hundred and fifty catties of medicinal tea!" ”

"That's a lot!" Qiu Chen nodded, then smiled and asked Hezhi'er Dazhuang of the Qingshan family, "There are so many days in one day, can you be busy?" …… Hey, why didn't Qinghe's sister-in-law come, and is there any happy event in her family? ”

In the first half of the sentence, Qiu Chen's concern didn't wait for an answer, and then when he asked about Qinghe's family, the smiles on the faces of the Qingshan family disappeared.

Qiu Chen knew that something was wrong at a glance, said hello to Liu Zhanxiang and Er Kui, asked about the physical condition of Er Kui's family, and turned around and went to the kitchen.

Just now when she entered the East Cross Courtyard, Lan Ying saw it, but because she was busy serving food and food, she didn't come over, and only said hello from afar.

When Qiu Chen walked to the two large tables in front of the kitchen, the food had already been arranged. On both tables are a stew, a stir-fry, plus a strip of pickles and a cold cucumber. There was a basket next to the table, Qiu Chen lifted the cage cloth on the basket, and saw that it was half a two-sided roll and half a white-faced roll, and estimated that the number was also slightly surplus, so he only smiled and did not make a sound.

Lan Ying came out of the room with a large handful of chopsticks, rested on the table, pulled a stool in her hand, and beckoned Qiu Chen to sit down. Reaching out and taking a steamed bun leaning on the pot from the basket, he broke off a piece of golden steamed bun and handed it to Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen was not polite, took it in his hand, took a bite of the fragrant steamed bun, chewed it slowly, tasted the original wheat noodle aroma with burnt aroma, and said, "What is the matter with the Qinghe family?" ”

Since this happened, Lan Ying knew that Haitang would definitely come to ask her when she came back, and she had already thought about what to say, so she sighed and told her about the quarrel between the Qingqing family and the Qingshan family.

Qiu Chen only silently nibbled on the steamed buns, listened intently, and did not interject. Hearing Lan Ying's pause, he asked again: "What happened later?" Qinghe's family himself won't come? ”

Lan Ying only knew at this time that Qiu Chen didn't know about this at all, and she just thought that she had come to her for confirmation after hearing from Yang Shuyong or the Daxing family.

Slightly stunned, Lan Ying also understood that it must be Qiu Chen's arrival at home for too short a time, and he didn't have time to talk about it. She couldn't help but feel a little lucky in her heart, if she took advantage of the fact that Begonia didn't listen to others at this time, and talked to Begonia well, would she be able to help Qinghe's family...... It's just that the Qinghe family is confused, Chunhong is so haode a girl, but now she has fallen to that point, it's really ......

Thinking in her heart, Lan Ying said: "Although the Qinghe family was confused and the Qingshan family quarreled once, but I thought about mixing together every day, and it was not a big deal to quarrel with each other, and I also thought that after that, I would go to Qinghe's house and talk about her, and let her accompany the Qingshan family...... Unexpectedly, the next day, the eldest brother of the Yang family and Daxing found out, saying that it was not someone else who robbed our family Luo Buma with two pennies, but Chunhong's son-in-law...... After another two or three days, the maiden brother in front of Chunhong's son-in-law went to the yamen and sued Chunhong's son-in-law and Chunhong's mother-in-law, saying that it was their Wang family who killed their eldest sister back then...... Soon, Chunhong's son-in-law and Chunhong's father-in-law and mother-in-law were imprisoned...... Now, Chunhong's mother-in-law has sentenced her daughter-in-law to her daughter-in-law, and Chunhong's son-in-law and father-in-law have sentenced Liangzhou Wei to exile and have been escorted away......"

Liangzhouwei, located at the junction of modern Ningxia and Qinghai, goes deep into the plateau, and is the Gobi Desert...... When he came here, Qiu Chen hadn't been that far away, and he didn't know what the situation of this Liangzhou Wei was, but as long as he thought about it, Ling Shanwei, who was only fifty miles away from Huairong Town, was still like that, how good could Liangzhou Wei be in the Gobi Desert?

Chunhong's son-in-law is a delicate and frail person, and he is afraid that there will be no turning back.

sighed in his heart, but Qiu Chen would not really move any senseless kindness. If those people hadn't coveted money and robbed other people's business, how could they have ended up like this?

It's just that she has also inquired about some of the situation of the Wang family before, and she also knows a little about a few people in the Wang family, the Wang family is the head of Chunhong's mother-in-law, but she only points to more than 200 acres of land, although she runs two small shops, but it is only barely maintained, it can be seen that she is not good at management, not to mention the father and son of the Wang family, if you have the intention to do business, you will not let your own shop operate dismally. Helping others to inquire, the young master of the Wang family is also incompetent, and he never asks about the field shop...... How could such a person suddenly have the mind to snatch his own Luo Bu hemp business?

There must be something else and reasons for this. Qiu Chen felt that this Chunhong son-in-law was only afraid that he would be used as a gunman. It's just a use, and naturally no one will come forward for him if something happens.

With this doubt written down in his heart, Qiu Chen basically understood the situation of Qinghe's family, and basically lost interest in continuing to talk.

It's just that Lan Ying is still looking forward to helping Qinghe's family again, so she continued: "The Wang family's shops and fields have been confiscated and sold, and Chunhong has nowhere to go with the girl in front of her, so she has to come back to her parents' house......"

"Chunhong is back? Still with the daughter of the Wang family? Qiu Chen asked in surprise.

As far as she knows, Chunhong's life in the Wang family may not be too easy, the daughter of the Wang family was born to his ex-wife, and she has no blood relationship with Chunhong, in this case, Chunhong did not throw the girl away, and was able to bring the little girl back to her parents' house together, which was really unexpected by Qiu Chen.

The mother-in-law asked for beheading, and the father-in-law and husband were assigned to the border, and all the family property was confiscated and sold...... Chunhong had nowhere to settle down and had to return to her parents' house, it can be said that the situation was already very bad, but she was able to bring back the daughter who was not related by blood...... I have to say that this incident really made Qiu Chen more or less grateful for Chunhong.

Lan Ying didn't know what Qiu Chen was thinking, just because Qiu Chen was simply surprised, after all, what Chunhong did was really unexpected, so she sighed and said: "Yes, that little girl is half a year older than a bolt, you haven't seen it, the thin one has two big eyes, and it looks more impressive than Lingzhi." Since this happened, the Qinghe family has cried with me a few times, only saying that I was confused at that time, and I didn't persuade Chunhong's son-in-law, and now I have only come to this point......"

Hearing this, Qiu Chen frowned suddenly, although Chunhong's son-in-law was rectified by the Liao family because of robbing the Luo Buma business, but in this matter, in addition to being involved, the Lin family did not contribute much, and there was no benefit, listening to the words of the Qinghe family relayed by Lan Ying, how could it sound as if the Lin family had broken the Chunhong mother-in-law's family?

Although he thought so in his heart, Qiu Chen said: "Chunhong's mother-in-law's family is because of the first complaint of the former daughter-in-law's mother's family, right?" Qinghe's sister-in-law didn't recognize people's ...... at that time."

Lan Ying pursed her lips and said, "Why don't you say it, the Qinghe family is confused, and they think that it was because Chunhong's son-in-law robbed our Luo Bu Ma business that it caused the trouble." I said it to her at the time, don't say that our family doesn't point to this Luo Bu hemp business now, even if there is no other business, even Brother Yang's kind man can't do this. The Wang family has fallen to the point where it is today, and it is not because of the daughter-in-law that it did at the beginning, this is retribution, and it has nothing to do with our family. Qinghe's family was scolded by me, and I figured it out...... I just said that I was confused, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to fall into this field now, not only would I have to raise Chunhong who returned to my mother's house, but I also had to raise children for the Wang family......"

When Qiu Chen arrived at this meeting, she basically heard what Lan Ying meant, but she didn't want to agree.

If the Qinghe family only quarreled with the Qingshan family and didn't come to work, then Chunhong came back with the child, and she really had the heart to pull it up. But the more I listen to this Qinghe family, the more confused he is, his mind is not right, he doesn't say what he did, he resents others first...... With such a mother, who knows what Chunhong is thinking, besides, that little girl is the only child of the Wang family, listening to the rumors outside, who knows if she will think in her heart that the Lin family has harmed her grandparents and father......

She has a good heart, but she also has her own principles, and she will never risk burying hidden dangers for herself and her family.

Hearing that Lan Ying was still babbling, but the Qingshan family and the helpers over there had already finished their work and came here for dinner, Qiu Chen also stood up: "Okay, if there is anything to say, let's talk about it another day, the hour is not early, hurry up and let everyone eat." After a day's work, everyone is tired, so it's better to go home early to rest after eating. ”

Lan Ying agreed, but there was inevitably a hint of disappointment in her eyes, and Qiu Chen also turned her eyes away, pretending not to see it.

Lan Ying is a haode, hearty and enthusiastic, but sometimes confused. At the beginning, she introduced the Qinghe family to the Lin family to work, but it turned out to be like that, she didn't learn a lesson, and came to help talk about it...... Alas, it really makes Qiu Chen not know what to say about her.

She can't say much about this in front of people right now, she plans to go to Lan Ying's house after dinner, and talk to her well. After all, if it weren't for Lan Ying's deep affection for the Lin family and Begonia, when the Lin family couldn't eat, she would not have helped the Lin family from her own rations......

Qiu Chen will not forget this kindness. Similarly, Lan Ying is really not a bad person, although she sometimes complains that she is confused, she still hopes to maintain this sad sisterhood in her heart.

Coming back from the East Cross Courtyard, Liu, Yang Shuyong, Yang Shumeng, and the children were already sitting around the dining table, but they were still waiting for Qiu Chen to come back to eat.

Qiu Chen washed his hands and said, "I won't be on time when I go out, don't wait like this in the future, it's a hot day, and it's not good to eat cold rice and cold dishes." ”

The others just smiled and didn't speak, but Lin Xu got up to greet Qiu Chen, who came back from washing his hands, and said while serving soup to Qiu Chen: "Sister-in-law hasn't gone out, so she should wait to eat together." ”

Qiu Chen looked at the uncle with a sincere face, and didn't say anything else, only beckoned Lin Xu to sit down and eat quickly. She habitually moved the full seat to herself, and began to take care of the children to eat together.

Compared with the meals in the east courtyard, the dishes on the Lin family's table are naturally much richer. There are not only a few dishes brought back by Qiu Chen for Daxing's family to cook, but also dishes prepared at home, a big fish, a chicken, and a kelp stewed pork ribs...... It's just that, obviously, although the living standard of the Lin family has improved, the children don't eat enough meat like they did at the beginning, and the ribs and chicken have moved twice, but the big fish has only been eaten by the Liu family and the Yang brothers twice, and the children are almost no one touches it!

Qiu Chen put a chopstick into his mouth, frowned slightly, and swallowed. No wonder no one eats this fish, the fish is too marinated, the stiffness is stiff, and the fishy smell has not been removed...... It tastes so bad!

Thinking that Ming'er would teach Daxing several tricks for making fish, Qiu Chen inevitably remembered the best ingredient for making fish-chili, and immediately asked Yang Shuyong: "Big brother, are the things I planted in the vegetable garden in the west courtyard still there?" How's it going? ”

Yang Shuyong just took a sip of soup and swallowed it before saying: "Qingjiang takes care of it every day, it is better than when you were at home, you can rest assured!" ”

Qiu Chen was naturally happy when he heard it, and he heard from his words that this Qingjiang seems to not only grow flowers, but also vegetables!

"Hey, I heard my eldest brother say this, Qingjiang still has a hand in growing vegetables?"

This time, without waiting for Yang Shuyong to answer, Liu Shi answered next to him: "Qingjiang looks at those who don't like to talk, and his mind is smart, you can see these flowers and plants in our yard, as well as the fruit trees in the garden in the west courtyard, have been taken care of by him...... Hey, look at me, isn't the Qingjiang family like this, what's the matter with you, just ask her. ”

The Qingjiang family got Liu's words, and hurriedly walked to the opposite side of Qiu Chen and said, "The old lady has lifted him, our mouth is stupid, except for planting something, there will be nothing else." ”

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "Your Qingjiang family can plant flowers, vegetables, and fruit trees, don't you think he knows anything else...... You're too greedy! ”

The family laughed, and Qiu Chen said again: "Okay, don't be here, the children are hungry, hurry up and take them to eat." Just clean up after eating! After speaking, he pointed to Qingxing and Yufeng behind him, "You two sisters should go together!" ”

The Daxing family and the Qingshan family naturally thanked them gratefully and retreated with the children.

Without these people, only his own family members remained, and he spoke more casually.

Liu smiled and said: "It seems that there is really no such life to be served, but I still feel that such a family is clean and comfortable to eat together!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Yang brothers and Qiu Chen all laughed, and the little ones also laughed.

Qiu Chen gave Liu a pair of chopsticks to burn the deer tendons, and said: "Mother, I tasted this, it was burned softly, and the taste was enough, you eat two more bites!" ”

Liu responded with a smile, but he was used to eating vegetables in small bites and eating in large gulps, Qiu Chen saw it in his eyes, and he was not reluctant. The old people have been diligent and thrifty all their lives, and some habits have been engraved into their bones, even if they have a comfortable life, their almost stingy habits of restraint and thrift cannot be changed in a day or two. What's more, the thrifty and stingy of the old people is often only aimed at themselves, but they are much more lenient with the children.

------Off topic------

The eldest aunt is here, and life is better than death......

I wrote these first, and if my body allows it in the morning, I will add more......