Chapter 195: Qiu Chen was angry

After breakfast, he sent the children to school, and asked Qingjiang to send Lin Xu and Yuliang to the county school, and Qiu Chen took Yufeng and Qingxing to the East Cross Courtyard.

Early in the morning, Yang Shuyong and Chengzi had already opened the door of the East Cross Courtyard, and put a cannon battle, trying to make a sign of prosperity, and when Qiu Chen came over, the personnel from all places were already in place. Qiu Chen walked around, met with Liu Zhanxiang and others, checked the number of people, except for one who broke his arm during the New Year, he didn't come, and the others all came to work on time. When everyone saw Qiu Chen, they naturally greeted each other again, and then dispersed one after another, cleaning the sheds and utensils everywhere, and preparing to start work.

In the two workshops of pharmaceuticals and soap making, the raw materials are prepared, and the floating ash can be cleaned to start manufacturing, but the work such as plastic surgery and packaging cannot be carried out for the time being. So, Qiu Chen beckoned several groups of small stewards, and even brought the six servants he had just bought over, and went to the backyard to clean up with the helpers here.

The courtyard here is located at the back of the school, a relatively narrow piece that can build two rows of houses with small courtyards. Asking these people to come over today is to clear the mess of rubble and dead grass, and then level the foundation. As for the construction of the house, it will not start until February, when the soil has been completely cultivated.

After the arrangement was made here, Qiu Chen turned back and called the four mothers-in-law and the remaining three girls. Among them, the Jia family who knows the white case is directly handed over to the Daxing family, and the Ma family who can embroider is handed over to the Qingjiang family, and the needlework and thread in various parts of the house are handed over to the two of them to manage, and the rest of the Wang family is the one who brought her husband and children together, Qiu Chen arranged for her to take the place of the Shunzi family, manage the sanitation, tidying, heating and other affairs of each room in the front yard, and guard the second door. The remaining three girls, Hongxing changed her name to Yuhe, and the other one named Hua'er changed her name to Yuegui, and together with Chunxiang, she handed it over to Yufeng Qingxing and cleaned it in the second courtyard. and announced that the Daxing family and the Qingjiang family were promoted to small stewards, with a monthly income of one or two five. Yufeng and Qingxing are first-class girls, and the monthly silver is raised to two taels. Yufeng is responsible for all arrangements, and Qingxing is responsible for the management of the inner warehouse.

These people were properly arranged, Qiu Chen swept everyone over, and said lightly: "Our family came from a poor and white family, but now, the family business is gradually getting bigger, as the saying goes, there are no rules, and some rules should be erected." Today, I will tell you the rules of this family, you all have to remember it clearly, don't commit it when the time comes, when I want to punish it, you tell me that you don't know the way. I won't say much today, just four, one, those who are on errands in this courtyard, in front of and behind people, are not allowed to chew their tongues and gossip! Second, our family is now cramped, and my uncle and cousin are also temporarily living in the second courtyard. If you violate these two or two, I won't have time to be naughty with you, so I will send it directly to Mrs. Huang; Three, where you should go, you go, where you shouldn't, you are not allowed to step in half a step! In this main house, except for Qingxing and Yufeng, the two big girls who are waiting closely, the others, without being summoned, no one is allowed to step into half a step! Those on duty in the outer courtyard are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard without being summoned. Those on duty in the inner courtyard are not allowed to go to the outer courtyard at will without permission! Fourth, if it is not a holiday license, it is not allowed to eat, drink and play money. Do not leave your post without permission. The last two committed, the first time I got two months of silver, and the second time I committed it again, I won't be naughty with you anymore, and I will send you directly to Huang Pozi, so that you can find another Gao Zhi'er. ”

After a pause, Qiu Chen swept over the people below, and said in a deep voice: "Do you understand?" ”

Everyone responded: "Yes, madam, the slave and maid understand!" ”

Only then did Qiu Chen send everyone down, leaving only Yufeng and Qingxing.

Qiu Chen looked at the two girls who followed him first, both of them had joy on their faces, but Yufeng was dignified and calm, standing respectfully, and Qingxing was more lively, looking at Qiu Chen with a smile on her face. Qiu Chen is satisfied with Yufeng, he is thoughtful at a young age, and he also knows his duty, and he advances and retreats to a certain extent. Qingxing is relatively delicate and lively, arithmetic is faster, and the mouth is also sharp, if you know the rules, you will not lose a good helper.

Raising his eyes to look at Qingxing, until this girl finally came to her senses, she lowered her head nervously with a smile, Qiu Chen cleared her throat and said: "You two are the earliest with me, and I know the truth about my loyalty, so today is a good name for you, and I will mention it." But whether you can do this position or not depends on whether the two of you are fighting for yourself. Since you are a big girl, you should have the bearing and endurance of a big girl, the little girl and the mother-in-law have mistakes, you can give advice, and even teach a lesson, but you have to think about how to make them convince you, respect you, and will not agree to do it again behind your back...... Use your brain more before doing things, and if you can't handle people and things that you can't handle, just use them for me to deal with, don't be noisy and make people laugh. ”

Yufeng should be steadily. Qingxing looked at Yufeng and agreed. Qiu Chen glanced at her, didn't say anything more, and sent two people down to arrange for the three little girls.

Except for the six male servants, the affairs of the family are basically straightened out. Qiu Chen cleaned up a little, asked Qingxing to pack two gifts, and was about to go to the village to take a trip, but Lan Ying came from the east courtyard.

As soon as she saw Qiu Chen's posture, Lan Ying immediately said, "Begonia, are you going to go out?" ”

Qiu Chen pulled Lan Ying and said with a smile: "I just want to go to Yu Guiye's house, don't be in a hurry." ”

As he spoke, he instructed Qing Xing to make tea.

Lan Ying stopped Qingxing with a smile and said, "Don't be polite to me." Let's go, I'll go with you, and we'll talk on the way. ”

Since the east and west courtyards were divided, Lan Ying had been staring at the east courtyard almost all day long, and she rarely came to the second courtyard when she didn't have anything to do, but now that she came, Qiu Chen guessed that she must have something to tell her. Hearing her say this, Qiu Chen didn't object, so he walked out together with a smile.

There are eighteen more people in the family, except for Xiaoxi who is busy in the kitchen and can't see it, some other people are scattered in the inner and outer courtyards, this trip over, it is really a lot more popular, even the Wang family is also following the Shunzi family, the bedding in the front yard and the east and west wings, etc., to the backyard to dry.

Lan Ying smiled and said, "This family is getting more and more prosperous. ”

Qiu Chen was the most relaxed in front of Lan Ying, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Sister Lan Ying knows the situation of our family best, these people are the ones in our family, it turns out that the Yang family shop sent Junwen and them over to help, but we can't just look at the little profit in front of us, we have to think more for the children, now that we have the conditions, let them study hard for a few years, it is best to participate in the scientific examination, if you can't participate in the scientific examination, you can write and calculate after reading, and you are not afraid that they will not be able to help in the future." This stall is too fast and too big, and I can't do it with eight hands alone, and there is no way to add some people. ”

Lan Ying patted Qiu Chen's hand and said, "I know the way, I know the way, it's a good thing to be prosperous these days, but it's too tired to watch you...... Alas! I'm clumsy and illiterate, and I can't help you if I want to. ”

Qiu Chen was moved in his heart, but he smiled easily and said: "I know that Sister Haitang loves me, and if you take care of the items in the East Cross Courtyard for me, you will save me a lot of heart." ”

Lan Ying grinned: "I want to tell you something today......"

Qiu Chen nodded in response: "Hmm." ”

Lan Ying didn't have anything to do with this matter today, and said very happily: "I just want to discuss with you, give me a literate girl, and help me keep accounts." Ha Luha, you also know that I am stupid, I can't do it, pick up the book, the word recognizes me, I just don't know the word, I take the book every day and ask Brother Quan and Linzi, let them teach me, a day to recognize two words is a lot...... I've been studying for months, and I've learned a hundred and ten by now, and I've forgotten what I learned later, let alone pick up a pen to write, and I can't do it if I'm too embarrassed to die. I always asked Brother Quan to take the time to help me keep accounts, but after a long time, I can't always let my children help me with the work, and the children themselves have their own work, and they are tired. I pondered and pondered, or I asked you for a person, and I didn't have to follow me every day, just buy things and come back to the warehouse and go out every morning to help me for a while. ”

Speaking of this, Lan Ying smiled and said: "Don't stare at me like that, I won't leave it behind when I learn to read and write, and strive to be able to recognize it as soon as possible, be able to read the accounts, and know that I can eat ten catties and forty catties of noodles for fifty catties." I really can't do anything else, it's useless for you to stare at me again! ”

Looking at Lan Ying's completely tricky attitude, Qiu Chen couldn't help but laugh.

She handed over the warehouse of the East Cross Courtyard to Lan Ying to manage, although there were not many things in and out, but there was also a book. She thought that Lan Ying would learn to learn, she could read and write, and she could calculate simply, in other words, she could read and keep accounts, and she didn't expect the accounts at the end of the month and the end of the year...... She also knew that Lan Ying was a strong person, she wasn't really embarrassed, and she wouldn't come over to talk to her.

Alas, this thing...... Really!

Qiu Chen patted his head, stared at Lan Ying and smiled: "You tell me the truth, are you optimistic about which girl?" ”

Lan Ying smiled a little weakly, "Your girl, of course you have the final say......" Speaking of this, seeing Qiu Chen staring at her completely unmoved, he smiled, and said: "I think Qingxing girl is good, she can write and calculate, and her temperament is also refreshing, and she has a temper with me!" ”

Qiu Chen turned his head to look at Qingxing who was following them, and smiled slightly, Qingxing's face was a little red, but his eyes did not dodge, he only smiled and shrunk his neck.

"You also heard it, your Aunt Lan Ying wants you to go over and help her keep the accounts, you said yourself, can you do it?" Qiu Chen simply blamed the problem on Qing Xing herself.

This girl has a good mind, but she is a little reckless in speaking and doing things. If you give her more work, get busy, let her play to her advantages in arithmetic, and get busy, it can be regarded as making the best use of people.

Qingxing didn't answer immediately, but turned to look at Lan Ying and said, "Aunt Lan Ying doesn't like Qingxing, so Qingxing will try?" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and said: "If you can do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it, just keep an account, why are you so unconfident?" ”

Qingxing pursed her mouth, looked at Qiu Chen aggrievedly, and said, "Mrs. Hui, Qingxing will definitely try her best to do a good job!" ”

This time, without waiting for Qiu Chen to speak again, Lan Ying laughed and said continuously: "Okay, good, I've seen Qingxing keep accounts, the words are written properly, and the accounts are clear, much better than me." ”

Qiu Chen glanced at her, smiled but did not answer.

At Lan Ying's level, she is a person who can write, and she is much better than her, okay!

After this matter was over, Lan Ying changed the topic: "Hey, do you know that the old Liu family in the west has moved away." Moved away years ago. The people in the village didn't know what to do, but they still went to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Bolt and Daddy Bolt, only to find that there was no one over there. On the second day of your trip to Fucheng, someone saw more than a dozen carriages coming from the Liu family in the west, both men and women, all wearing silk and satin...... The people in the village couldn't understand, they didn't know where the Liu family had gone, and where did these people come from...... You say, how did such a rich family come to our small mountain village? What are they coming to live in our village for? ”

Qiu Chen was also confused when he heard it, but he didn't pay so much attention to Lan Ying, Liu Bingshan's family came to beg her to buy a house and a field, and then there was no movement. Looking at the way she looks at this moment, it is estimated that she has left her to find a better successor. As for who bought the Liu family's house and land, and what they came to do, as long as those people don't pay attention to her and her family, she won't pay much attention to those people.

So far, the only impact of this incident on Qiu Chen is that she originally wanted to change under Liu Jiaao's plan to build a family foundation. She needs to ask elsewhere if there is a contiguous piece of fertile land for sale for her to buy as a permanent guarantee for her and her children.

However, this matter is not in a hurry, after all, there are very few people who get rid of the large area of fertile land, and she also has to consider the right location, otherwise it will be too far away and it will be too troublesome to manage.

After talking about the Liu family in the west, Lan Ying talked about some things that happened in the village, and Qiu Chen just listened to them most of the time, occasionally echoing them.

After talking for a long time, Lan Ying finally talked about her own affairs, and her face became gloomy: "You also know that I came back for a day during the New Year, and left early in the morning of the second year of junior high school." Her grandmother was so anxious that she wanted to talk to Mancang and ask the matchmaker to tell him something, but Mancang didn't give him any time to speak, so she left...... Tell me, Mancang is twenty-six years old after the New Year, and he doesn't say that he has become a family, so he just mixes it up, what's the use of making so much money? Just a girl, there will always be an old day in the future, do you still expect her to go? ”

For this topic, Qiu Chen didn't want to get involved, but it can be seen that Lan Ying looked at her and waited for an answer, so she had to say: "Mancang opened a shop in the county, maybe there are people in the county who are optimistic about Lu...... It's better for you to ask your aunt. ”

"Hey, I really should ask." Lan Ying slapped her face and said, "But even if there is someone in the county who likes it, you should also tell your family, you are here, you should ask a matchmaker to trust a matchmaker, what should you do, what is the matter with being so vague!" ”

Qiu Chen couldn't answer this, so he found a topic to be vague, and the two of them talked, and soon arrived at Liu Yugui's house.

After entering the door, Liu Manyin and Ji Shi greeted them with a smile, and after a few words of greeting and entered the main house, Qiu Chen greeted Liu Yugui, sat down with Lan Ying, and Ji Shi made tea.

Lan Ying took the tea and put it down, took Ji's hand and said, "I just have something to talk to my sister-in-law about." ”

Ji also smiled: "Let's go, what's the matter, go to my house!" ”

The two of them said hello and walked out, and Qiu Chen said to Liu Yugui and Liu Manyin.

Last year, when Qiu Chen got up from the house, he originally planned to live in one for his family and one for his servants in the two courtyards, but the three of Mrs. Lin accidentally threw in, disrupting her plan. Nowadays, the population of the family has increased repeatedly, and the layout of the house is not enough. Not to mention anything else, just Junwen lives in the second courtyard together, and meets those girls every day, although it seems that the children are not so confused, but the young boys and girls are the first time to fall in love, who knows if something will happen to Lu Dao, not to mention, compared to the daughters of those Zhuang families in the village, although the girls of the Lin family are not too good-looking, they will be much stronger in terms of dress and complexion......

Yes, Qiu Chen planned to expand it again as soon as it was opened, and add a three-entry courtyard to the main courtyard, and she and Afu Aman moved into the three-entry courtyard, and also restrained the girls in the three-entry courtyard to prevent it from happening. Then build two rows of small courtyards for the servants, and if there is a family, they will naturally live in one set first. The girls and boys in the family, like Qingxing Yufeng and Yinliang, Guiliang, and Xiliang, are also fourteen or fifteen years old, and they can talk about marriage in just one or two years.

Hearing that Qiu Chen wanted to buy the hillside land behind the house, Liu Yugui naturally had no objection and agreed. It was only said that Qiu Chen should consider how much land he wanted, and let Liu Manyin measure and demarcate the boundary.

He sighed again: "Although you say that you have a better feng shui on the east side, it is not as good as the one in the west of the village, which is flat and bright, not to mention building a yard, even if you cover ten or eight yards, there is also a field, which is cheap." It's a pity that Bingshan does things...... I didn't say a word about selling a house or selling a land! ”

Hearing Liu Yugui's words, Qiu Chen was sure of the news that Landlord Liu's family sold the house and land, but she was still a little puzzled, so she asked: "Could it be that their family sold the house and the land without your old hands?" ”

Liu Yugui raised his eyes and looked at Qiu Chen, but did not speak, Liu Manyin next to him was very angry and said: "Dad, then Liu Bingshan didn't take your clan uncle in his eyes at all, what face do you have for them." ”

Then, he turned his head to Qiu Chen and said: "Liu Bingshan's family doesn't know if it's lard blindfolding, they don't want to live in a good house, they don't even say a word, they don't even move, until someone in the village went to the county seat before they knew that Liu Bingshan's family bought a small courtyard in the county, and more than 30 people, old and young, were crowded in that small house, and most of the girls and servants in the family, except for Steward Liu, were sold...... Looking down, I really don't know what happened to Lu Dao and fell to this point......"

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, did not speak, but pondered in his heart, I don't know who bought the Liu family's property, if it was just as Liu Manyin and his son said, if it was because of the trouble and debts and sold the property, Liu Bingshan and his son would not be silent, if it was sold at a normal price, the income from the sale of the Liu family's property would not make the Liu family fall into the embarrassing situation now......

After a few quick circles in his mind, Qiu Chen sighed a few words with Liu Yugui's father and son, and made an appointment with Liu Manyin to measure the time of the hillside, so he greeted Shang Lanying and took Qingxing to say goodbye.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Manyin took two men to the Lin family and measured a large hillside behind the Lin family. This time, Qiu Chen simply bought more land and bought a small mountain bag behind the house. Barren mountains are different from fertile fields, they are both roughly estimated values, Liu Manyin turned around, discussed with Liu Yugui and gave Qiu Chen a very low price, a mountain bag, a radius of more than ten miles, and only received a hundred taels of silver. and signed the white deed very happily, just waiting for Qiu Chen to send someone to the county to exchange it for the red deed.

On the same day, the two workshops of pharmaceuticals and soap made products had their products, and the helpers who were dispatched returned to the workshop, and from the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the workshop operated normally.

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Qiu Chen arranged the work of the six new slaves who had finished tidying up the backyard, and one replaced Shunzi to take charge of the gatehouse and clean the front yard and front of the door; Two are responsible for horse feeding and vehicle maintenance in the backyard, piggybacking on feeding sheep and roe deer; A gardening person is responsible for taking care of the lotus pond, fish pond and the flowers and trees at home; The other two, one was sent to Qingjiang, and they went to Nanmara Lake with Daxing. The other gave Yang Shumeng as an entourage. Next, he bought raw materials, reconciled with the shopkeeper Chen of Huichun Hall, settled the profits due to the Lin family, and asked the shopkeeper Chen to inquire if there was a suitable large area of land for sale in Qingshui Town. He also arranged for people to make spring clothes for his family and the helpers of the workshop; During this period, Manho also came to visit, saying that the tenants on the Zhuangzi had a thin foundation, the fertilizer could not be used, and the harvest could not be raised, so Qiu Chen gave a way, bought some fertilizer from his own family, and gave it to the tenants on credit. This is simply a loss of money to make up for it, and Man Hoard naturally readily agreed to do it......

After being busy for nearly ten days, Qiu Chen's busyness came to an end as he entered February.

Everything was arranged, on the second day of the second month of February, after dinner, Junwen and others went to read and write, Qiu Chen explained everything to Yang Shumeng, and called the Daxing family and the Qingjiang family to give instructions again, and then got up and went to the front yard.

Since coming back from Anyang Mansion, Qiu Chen has been very busy day by day, and Qin Zheng has only been reading books and playing chess in the house in addition to going out to exercise with the children in the morning and evening, and he is very quiet. Speaking of which, this is the first time in half a month that the two have sat together.

Sitting down opposite Qin Zheng, Qiu Chen didn't go around the corner, and said directly: "I will go to Fucheng tomorrow to prepare for the construction of Fucheng's workshop, and it is estimated that it will take half a month and twenty days to go this time......

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen paused slightly, raised his eyes and looked at Qin Zheng and said, "On the days when I am not at home, General Qin lives in peace, if there is anything to do, send someone to find the second brother, or go to find my girl." ”

After saying this, it seemed that there was nothing more to say, Qiu Chen looked at the person opposite who didn't say anything, pursed his mouth, and decided to leave.

"Okay, I'm just here to say hello to General Qin, and I'll get up early tomorrow to hurry, so I'll leave!"

As he spoke, Qiu Chen was about to get up, but he heard the person opposite say lightly: "I'm going to move out in a day or two." ”

Qiu Chen paused as he got up, and turned his gaze back to look at Qin Zheng in surprise. Although I had been looking forward to this person's return to Beijing as soon as possible years ago, I had lived in it for more than two months, and it seemed that I had become accustomed to the existence of this person, so I said that I wanted to move out so violently...... It seems like a bit of a surprise!

"Hey, move out?" Qiu Chen's brain was not knotted, and he suddenly grasped the key point. This person didn't say to return to Beijing, didn't say to leave, but said to move away...... It seems that she has moved from here to live in another place, and it seems that it is not far away......

Qin Zheng nodded indifferently, still looking indifferent: "I live here, after all, it is not good for your reputation, yes, I bought a house a few years ago, these days, the renovation is being started over there, and now the repair is basically completed...... You don't come, I'm just going to go over and talk to you......"

Bad reputation?

Somehow, as soon as Qiu Chen heard this word, a nameless fire surged in her heart, her usual calm and rational mind was burned in an instant, her hand slapped on the kang table, stared at Qin Zheng and sneered: "General Qin really thinks about me everywhere?" ”

Bad reputation? This means that she is a widow and should not leave a foreign man at home, right? She's a widow, isn't it today? Zhilu Dao is not good for her reputation, and she is not invited, she still lives in the Lin family for two months, and she still celebrates the New Year in the Lin family, and she also goes to Fucheng to look for her to enjoy the lanterns together...... The reputation is not good, why do you care about it a long time ago?

He said that his reputation was not good, did he ridicule her for being shameless, ignoring etiquette, and leaving a group of his foreign men at home...... What did she just say, she also said, 'And live in peace', why is she so cheeky? No shame, no shame! It was a kind take-in, but it was ridiculed and shameless?!

Anger rose in her heart, Qiu Chen had already stood up after saying a word, and almost at the same time, she picked up a cup of tea on the kang table and splashed it with her face!

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At the same time, Liao Wenqing's master and servant, who returned from the capital, were delayed on the road because of the snow.

After this delay, Liao Wenqing's master and servant, who were originally able to return to Anyang around the twentieth day of the first lunar month, were about to rush to Qingshui Town when it was dark in early February. Although Qingshui Town is only half an hour's journey away from Liu Jiaao, and although Liao Wenqing can't see Qiu Chen immediately, the matter of the soap auction is very important, and he can't afford to ignore it at all. The next day, the third day of the second month, is the day when he made an appointment with Yun Jichen to go south, Liao Wenqing has to rush back to Anyang Mansion from Qingshui Town, and make some necessary preparations for going south, leaving home for more than a month, he has to go home to visit his parents, and discuss with his father, the specific operation plan of the Liao family next. The second brother had a new son after the year, and he, who was the third uncle, always had to send a congratulatory gift......

Although he was very unwilling, Liao Wenqing had no way at all, he really lacked the skills to divide (forbidden words). had to leave myrrh, and the gifts he bought from the capital, and let myrrh go to Liujiaao instead of him. Liao Wenqing himself, but only rested in Qingshui Town for an hour, and hurried back to Anyang Mansion overnight.

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