Old man Mu looked back at Qin Zheng, looked at Qin Zheng over there holding Aman, Gu Zi talked to Aman Aman, and didn't pay attention to this side at all, so he smiled and nodded: "Good, good, good, so good!" ”

Qin Zheng raised his head at this time, stopped Qiu Chen, who was about to go out, and said, "Hugh is going, you still take the children to eat, after eating, I will take you to the Hou Mansion to have a look, and you will eat there at noon!" ”

"Hey, the chef over there is not as ...... as here" Old man Mu didn't do it when he heard it, it wasn't that he couldn't eat, he just wanted to eat the food made by the cook cooked by Qiu Chen, Qin Zheng asked him to go to the Hou Mansion, and he hadn't eaten the dishes over there, so it was better than the Liang Guogong Mansion!

Speaking of those elegant and exquisite, Qin Zheng is far worse than his father!

As soon as he heard that he was going to the Hou Mansion, Qiu Chen couldn't help but be excited, looked at Qin Zheng and interrupted Old Man Mu with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll bring a few cooks here and let them go to the Hou Mansion to cook for you!" ”

"Oh? Bring all your cooks with you? Old man Mu didn't seem to believe it, and asked again uneasily.

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded helplessly to confirm: "Bring it all!" ”

"Ha Luha, okay, this is the best, and it is saved here, and if you are worried about this and that, you can go there as you like."

Qiu Chen looked at Qin Zheng, the two looked at each other and smiled, Ah Fu Aman looked over with his eyes open, Qin Zheng leaned over and said to the two children: "Daddy and mother will take you to the house where we will live in the future." Take a good look for yourselves and pick your favorite place to stay! ”

"Oh? Great! Aman cheered.

Ah Fu came to Qiu Chen's side, pulled Qiu Chen's sleeve, and looked at his mother pursing her lips and laughing.

Qiu Chen arranged for the children to have breakfast and clean up a little, so she planned to let Qin Zheng and Old Man Mu take the children first, and she went to Hanlian Garden to say hello, and by the way, she was going out.

Qin Zheng disagreed. He asked Old Man Mu to go to the courtyard first and wait, then picked up Ah Man, took Ah Fu by the hand, and led Qiu Chen to Hanlian Garden together.

Li is sick as usual, and it is Qian who comes out to answer the door today.

Seeing Qin Zheng holding one and holding the other, Qian was full of curiosity, but he didn't dare to look at it more, so he saluted and said goodbye, "...... Grandpa and grandma, Mrs. has just taken medicine and has just fallen asleep at this moment! ”

Qin Zheng didn't need Qiu Chen to reply, nodded slightly, and said coldly: "Even so, we won't go in, Madame is awake, you tell Madame that we are going to Jingbei Hou Mansion, and we won't come back for lunch." ”

"This ......" Qian hesitated slightly, and Qin Zheng already had a cold face.

"What, what's the trouble of passing on a word?"

"Oh, don't dare, don't dare! Uncle commanded, the slave maid naturally didn't dare not disobey ......" Qian Shi bent his knees again and again and said with a respectful face, but paused, looked up at Qiu Chen, and then he was embarrassed, "It's just that in the morning, Mrs. Gu sent a message, saying that she would bring Miss Biao to visit Madame later...... If my aunt and my cousin come, it's not good for my grandmother to be there......"

As soon as Qiu Chen heard about his aunt's cousin, he couldn't help but remember the mother and daughter he saw in the cave room that day. There have been a lot of things going on these days, and I've really forgotten about that pair of best.

Just as she was thinking about it, Qin Zheng had already said coldly: "Grandma doesn't care about the family, what does it matter if she is not there?" is now Aunt Xu's director, so she naturally has her arrangement. ”

As he spoke, no matter how Qian replied, he turned around and said to Qiu Chen: "It's not too early, let's go!" ”

Qiu Chen naturally wouldn't disobey Qin Zheng on such an occasion, agreed softly, nodded slightly to the Qian family, led Ah Fu to follow Qin Zheng's footsteps, and went all the way to the second entrance door to take a car out.

The Jingbei Marquis Mansion and the Liang State Mansion were both given by the Taizu to follow him to the southern and northern wars and made great contributions to the mansions of the lords who were in the vicinity of the imperial city, forming two noble gathering areas, one on the east side of the imperial city, and the other around Shichahai.

The capital is located in the north, the water source is scarce, and the Shichahai Sea is connected with the forbidden water system, and living on the shore of the Shichahai Sea has become a symbol of identity and status. It's just that the area of Shichahai is limited, and there are only a few places to build houses around this Shichahai. At first, when the emperor was rewarded for meritorious service, it was just that, that is, several nobles and princes of the top families got this treasure land. The world has changed, the founding of the noble family is withering, the guilty are convicted, the continuation of the continuation is broken, and the mansion on this side of Shichahai is also vacant, but most of the houses that have been replaced have been taken back by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then awarded to the meritorious ministers by the emperor, only a few houses have not changed hands by the emperor, but they are also either powerful or noble, not to mention ordinary people, that is, the local officials of the six departments, and it is rare to be able to buy the next house here.

At the time of the founding of the country, Liang Guogong's exploits were not ranked, and the Liang Guogong Mansion was located in the east of the imperial city, and for more than 100 years, it was not able to move the land. Unexpectedly, Qin Zheng was given a mansion because of his military exploits, and it happened to be on the shore of Shicha Sea, and there was an empty house nearby, and the Jingbei Houfu was settled on the shore of Shichahai.

Sitting in the carriage, almost all the way around the root of the imperial city, the surrounding buildings and modern times have no reference value, she was also a little dizzy, and she couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest. When the car came to the Shicha beach, Qiu Chenfu suddenly found a sense of direction.

The location of the Jingbei Hou Mansion turned out to be the Mansion of Prince Gong, that is, the residence of the big corrupt official He Shen!

Can it be favored by He Shen, and then selected by Prince Gong's mansion, can it be bad?

She said that it was no wonder, even Tang Wenyong, no, even Yongwang Yang Jingyong mentioned the Jingbei Hou Mansion with a sour face. Although Yang Jingyong's Yongwang Mansion was not assigned to the corners of the inner city like the Prince Yong in history, it was only in a clan gathering area in the north of the imperial city, not to mention places like Shichahai, and even the Xungui area of the root of the Eastern Imperial City was not fished. Can Yang Jingyong not be sour?!

After getting out of the car, Qiu Chen followed Qin Zheng all the way through the Wujin courtyard in front of him, went straight to the back garden, looked at an inner lake in the courtyard, and then boarded the Donglai Xuan in the corner of the garden, and actually found that there was a large area of water and lake outside their yard......

Qiu Chen pondered for a while, and subconsciously said to himself, "...... I remember not to be near the lake! ”

Qin Zheng was standing behind her, Qiu Chen's whisper was a little vague, he didn't hear it clearly, and when Qiu Chen hadn't come, he was strange to a large piece of water behind, so he said: "Behind is the Ten Temples Sea, named because there are ten ancient temples around." The water here is connected to the Taiye Pond in the Forbidden West Garden. ”

Qiu Chen nodded confusedly, "Shichahai, it turns out that it is so named!" ”

Qin Zheng nodded, because when he arrived at his own yard, he was also interested in introducing it, and raised his finger to point to the surrounding courtyard mansions and said: "Standing here, you can take a look at the mansions around Haizi, in addition to the ancient temples, they are mansions...... Because of the special location of our yard, it is surrounded by water on three sides in the south, east and north, and there is also a corner tower in the southeast corner of the yard, which can see Qianhai. This place has a panoramic view of Houhai. If you like, there is a pier down to board a boat to cruise the lake...... When it comes to the Qixi Festival, there will be river lanterns on the lake, at that time, the blue waves are lit up, just like the stars hanging upside down, the Milky Way hanging, extremely beautiful! ”

At this moment, Qiu Chen recovered from his surprise. With Qin Zheng's guidance, she determined her location, which was indeed similar to the location of the modern relics of Prince Gong's Mansion, but at this time, the area of Shichahai was far wider and vast than that of modern times, and as far as Qiu Chen's eyes could see, she could only see the faint flowers and trees on the other side of the lake, and the eaves of the corners of the houses could not be seen clearly. The visual distance must be at least more than 1,000 meters, right? She remembered clearly that the modern Shichahai, the widest place, was only two or three hundred meters, and it could not be compared with the Shichahai at this time, and she had lost five or six times or more. The expansion of the area of Shichahai made the lake no longer have the enchanting curve of Shichahai, but the pearl was round and jade, so that the Jingbei Hou Mansion monopolized this excellent location between the front and back seas.

Qiu Chen silently looked at the sparkling lake, full of excitement and joy. Living near the water, for a northern city, no matter what era it is, is a luxury, not to mention, it is still surrounded by water on three sides!

After being excited for a while, Qiu Chen finally determined that what was in front of him was not illusory, and turned around and said to Qin Zheng: "Are there many buildings on the side around the lake?" ”

Qin Zheng was a little inexplicable when asked, but he still answered honestly: "Well, there is a cross-courtyard in front of it, and there are several side rooms. ”

Qiu Chen was overjoyed when he heard this, and took Qin Zheng's hand and said, "Then let's build a verandah along the wall near the lake, okay?" Well, it's the raised verandah, and it's good to see the lake walk along the verandah. ”

"Verandah?" Qin Zheng did not have high requirements for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and subconsciously repeated it when he heard Qiu Chen's plan, and at the same time began to imagine in his mind what the so-called 'verandah' looked like.

"Well, it's the kind of upper and lower floors, the first floor can be used as a warehouse or anything, and the second floor is built into a verandah with transparency on both sides, at that time, people can take in the sparkling lake of Qianhai and Houhai as long as they walk along the verandah...... "Qiu Chen tried to organize the language, wanting to depict the wonders of the 'verandah', "Along the verandah, plant some big trees, there are peaches in spring, hibiscus in summer, chrysanthemums in autumn, and plum blossoms in winter...... It's nice to think about, isn't it? ”

looked at Qiu Chen's face with excitement, excitement, and anticipation...... Since entering Beijing, she has been cautious, rarely showing such a happy appearance, Qin Zheng didn't feel anything, looking at the little woman in front of her with such an eager expression, where can she still say a 'no' word?!

"Good!" Qin Zheng agreed, but without waiting for Qiu Chen to cheer, he reached out and grabbed her shoulder, and the two stood side by side on the railing, staring at the rippling blue waves of the Shicha Sea, Qin Zheng said again, "I said, this is your home, whether it is repairing the house or picking up the house, it's up to you, as long as you like it!" ”

Qiu Chen looked back at the tall man beside him, and smiled sincerely, a smile poured out from the bottom of his heart, surged into his eyes, and overflowed his entire face.

After staring for a moment, Qiu Chen didn't speak, just raised a smile and looked at the beautiful and clear Ten Seas.

Here, it is the mansion he earned; In the future, this will be her home, the children's home, and their family's home!

This mansion, covers a wide area, the original population living here should be more, in addition to the five into the main house, there is also a small east courtyard, the same is also the five, the main courtyard and the courtyard after the most coarse, and then synthesized a huge garden, there is a wave of blue lake from the sea of ten brakes in the garden, as well as the rockery of the rockery, a crown of big trees, is also the symbol of the profound historical accumulation of this mansion.

The two children looked at the lake for a while, and then they couldn't bear to run to the garden to play, Old Man Mu was not good at being a light bulb here, so he played with the two children, leaving Qiu Chen to let Qin Zheng hold her waist, come down from Donglaixuan, and stroll along the green trees along the way.

This Jingbei Hou Mansion, after Qin Zheng took over, almost never moved, but simply repaired and cleaned up and then moved in.

Now, Qin Zheng took Qiu Chen all the way over, and saw that there were two roads and five entrances outside the house in front of him, and there were also several courtyards in the garden. Moreover, these courtyards were probably inhabited before, and most of them were practical houses, regular courtyard houses, and some ancillary buildings, which were very inconsistent with the spacious atmosphere of the whole garden.

Qiu Chen looked at it, and he was a little disturbed, but he didn't say anything. Her habit is still thrifty, and besides, these buildings are at least a few decades old, the materials used are also exquisite, and the carpentry construction technology is also exquisite, and each of them can be protected as a first-class cultural relics in modern times. Although she looked a little crowded, she didn't expect to demolish and rebuild, and the first thing that made her think of that was some projects that had been demolished, built and demolished, but because the planning was not in place repeatedly, and the construction and investment were always repeated, which meant wasting manpower and material resources over and over again, as well as the taxes paid by the majority of taxpayers.

Qin Zheng didn't know what Qiu Chen was thinking, and as he walked, he said: "When you move over, let Fu'er Man'er pick their favorite yard here, if you like it, you can also come and choose a place to live at will, it is cooler than the courtyard in front in summer." ”

This is decent, there is nothing wrong with it, but Qiu Chen is thinking of the use of these courtyards from the waste of modern construction...... Generally, in the gate of the mansion, the main room is located in the main courtyard, and the children of the concubines live in the courtyard and courtyard next to the main courtyard, and then the children of the concubines are on the periphery, and the courtyard in the garden is generally for the concubines, kabuki and dancing girls to live in...... Thinking of this, Qiu Chen's heart became even more crooked, but Qin Zheng proposed at this time to let Ah Fu Aman and Qiu Chen come to the garden to choose a courtyard to live in......

Hey, is this to send her to the garden and leave the main courtyard to someone else?

It is said that women's brain structure is very different from ordinary people, and sometimes there will be unreasonable thoughts in the mind! This is the nature of women, and it has nothing to do with knowledge, and it has nothing to do with being rational or not.

No, as soon as Qin Zheng's words fell, Qiu Chen turned around and said quietly: "Isn't it, find a few more sisters, and then get some green-headed brand, and ask you to lift a sign or something every night?" ”

Qin Zheng was stunned, and even his footsteps involuntarily stopped.

The inner palace of the Ming Kingdom did not implement the flop system, and Qin Zheng didn't know what the green-headed brand was, but it didn't prevent Qiu Chen's words from understanding him, and the obvious sourness in the words was also clearly perceived...... This, it's too inexplicable, he just said to let her choose a place in the garden to live near the water, first, to see that she likes water, and secondly, he also said that living near the lake in the garden is much cooler than the yard in front...... He didn't understand enough or what, why did he misunderstand her?

Qiu Chen can be regarded as highly educated and rational, as soon as she said this, she noticed it, but unfortunately it was too late to take it back.

Undoubtedly, he took two steps before he noticed that Qin Zheng had stopped, Qiu Chen paused, after all, he had no habit of escaping, turned around, calmly went back, and met Qin Zheng's eyes, seeing the doubts and worries in those eyes, and even faintly revealing unhappiness...... Her mood suddenly brightened.

It was obviously a word of concern, but she misinterpreted it like that...... However, she doesn't regret it, she is still very satisfied and happy to see that the man cares so much about her words.

With a bright smile, his eyes were full of joy and cunning, Qiu Chen tilted his head slightly, looked at Qin Zheng with a smile and said, "Could it be that I have a joke in my arms?" ”

Qin Zheng is not stupid, not stupid, otherwise it would not have been possible to grow rapidly from a noble son to the most meritorious general after the founding of the Ming Dynasty in just ten years, and even because of his outstanding military exploits, he was awarded the title of Marquis in his twenties! His wisdom is unparalleled on the battlefield; His plan can also be used in the court's officialdom, and he can also be at ease......

However, Qin Zheng has a shortcoming, that is, he has very little experience in contact with women. It's not that he hasn't seen a woman, not to mention more than ten years in the barracks, just that since he was a child, there have been groups of mothers-in-law and girls around him, but the girls and mother-in-law are just subordinates in his mind, and he hardly needs to bother.

His wife is different, he chose the woman who will live hand in hand with him for the rest of his life, husband and wife, help each other, and love each other...... We all need to understand each other tacitly and integrate with each other...... It can be said that Qiu Chen is the only woman he faces, and he is the woman he has probably and the only woman who has made him spend so much effort so far.

Before, he boasted that the two had a lot of contact, and compared to those couples who only saw what they looked like when they lifted their hijabs on their wedding nights, they not only knew each other for a long time, but also knew each other and understood each other......

Today, Qin Zheng suddenly discovered that there were many things he didn't know about this little woman......

Restrained his expression, Qin Zheng regained his usual indifference, looked at the smiling woman steadily, and after a long time, he gently spit out a question: "What is the green head brand?" ”

The smile on Qiu Chen's face froze, and he quickly pulled out another smile and said, "I've just read it once in the miscellaneous words, and I don't know what it means, so I just said it...... Well, didn't you just say that you picked a place to live in the summer? Let's take a look...... Well, you look at these yards, they are so small and there are so many small houses, and you feel aggrieved when you look at them, let's just discuss how to rebuild them...... This is for us to live together, and you can't leave it alone, come, and tell me your opinion......"

With that, Qiu Chen stretched out his hand and grabbed Qin Zheng's arm, laughing and walking all the way to a courtyard in front of her, and the topic of the 'green head brand' had already been taken by her to a strange place.

Qin Zheng was just puzzled for a while, he didn't really care about these meaningless topics, and when he heard Qiu Chen pointing to the houses in the courtyard and talking about the renovation, he also focused on paying attention.

He didn't really care much about whether he was rebuilt or not, but Qiu Chen's natural sentence of 'living together' made Qin Zheng quite useful, and he couldn't help but seriously ponder the relayout and transformation of the house.

After this stroll, Qin Zheng noticed that although these courtyards in the garden have their own names, they are either Yuexuan or Linlang Pavilion...... But if you look closely, there are almost no features, and almost all of them are carved out of a mold. Moreover, the original layout of mountains, rocks, flowers and trees in many places has been destroyed by the courtyards of the houses that have been shoehorned into, cramped and crowded, as Qiu Chen said, looking at it is aggrieved and panicked.

So, Qin Zheng waved his hand very generously and said, "You didn't say that you want to plant corn and potatoes?" Watch as these eyesore spots are demolished! ”

Qiu Chen blinked before he regained his strength...... I don't know the location of the Jingbei Hou Mansion is good, this is known that the Jingbei Hou Mansion is built on the shore of Shisha Sea, which is likely to be the location of Prince Gong's Mansion, and she can still grow corn and potatoes without any psychological barriers?

Also, Qin Zheng promised that he would not take concubines or raise Kabuki Tongfang or the like, such a big garden, not to mention whether she can raise it again, even if she regenerates one or two, most of it will be free......

Species, for what not to plant?

Plant corn, grow potatoes, build a glass greenhouse in winter, plant out-of-season vegetables, not to mention anything else, it's convenient to eat and use by yourself!

The garden was very large, Qiu Chen didn't wait for a short walk, his legs were sore, he couldn't walk, and when he saw that the hour was approaching noon, he simply sat in the nearest waterfront pavilion, and instructed the girl who followed him to pass the word, let Old Man Mu and Afu Aman come over, and let the kitchen pass the lunch here.

The girls moved quickly, Qiu Chen and Qin Zheng walked to the pavilion, someone had already come in in advance, spread brocade mats and tablecloths on the stone drum bench and stone table, the two sat down for a while, tea and snacks were delivered, and a rare plate of cherries was served. At this time, the cherries in the open air have just passed the flowering season, and I think this is also the product of special cultivation in the greenhouse.

The girls held a basin towel or something, Qiu Chen cleaned his hands, took the cloth towel and wiped his hands, and when he turned around, he saw that the few beautiful girls around Qin Zheng were actually unfamiliar faces.

After a moment of staring, Qiu Chen turned around indifferently and handed the towel in his hand to Hanguang, on the other side, Qin Zheng also cleaned his hands, raised his eyes and saw Qiu Chen, he walked over calmly, and beckoned Qiu Chen to sit down: "After walking for a long time, you must be tired, sit down, just the two of us, there are not so many rules." ”

Qiu Chen smiled slightly, nodded and sat down, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a trace of surprise flashing on the face of a beautiful girl in a spring green jacket and skirt, and then hung her head and retreated with a few girls.

Qin Zheng took the tea, looked back and saw Qiu Chen's gaze, so he said casually: "That's my original girl, called Qing Kite." There are three more, Qing Harrier, Qing He, and Qing Ping. When you move in, I'll leave it to you. They are not young, the green kite is the largest, and they are eighteen years old after this year, you think about it, let's see if you choose someone to marry them! ”

Qiu Chen held the teacup and lowered his eyes.

Let her find someone to marry? How many people did she know when she just entered the capital? As for her eldest girls, Yufeng and Qingxing, she is still married to Qin Li and Qin Yong. Could it be that these four are also married to Qin Zheng's guards?

The key is not this, the key is that there is an unwritten rule in this era, the big girls who serve before marriage are generally the girls who have a room, if she just marries into the door, she will marry a few big girls in a hurry, what she knows is Qin Zheng's meaning, but she doesn't know what she wants to say is that she is jealous and does not tolerate others, and when she enters the door, she will send the girls around Qin Zheng clean! It's easy to do, but it's not good.

In the past, whenever she read ancient books, she would always see a sentence that said, 'A woman's reputation is more important than life', although she still does not recognize this sentence now, and will never approve of it, but she feels more and more clearly that this sentence is by no means groundless. A woman with a bad reputation, in this era of extraordinarily demanding women, it is really difficult to live!

However, at this time, in front of a girl's mother-in-law, Qiu Chen would not refute Qin Zheng, she raised her head, smiled faintly, and looked under the pavilion.

Aman's vitality seemed to never run out, and he smiled and shouted loudly: "Daddy, mother, look, the master took Man'er and his brother to catch a lot of fish, and also caught a lot of snails......

Children's joy is always the simplest and most infectious.

Qiu Chen, who was still in a dull mood just now, suddenly felt better when he saw the two children rushing over.

She got up with a smile, took a step in the direction the children were running to, and then stopped and looked back at Qin Zheng. I saw that Qin Zheng also stood up, and walked up to the two children without being sluggish at all.

Qin Zheng walked outside the pavilion, and the little girl also ran over, laughing and flying directly into Qin Zheng's arms, regardless of the dirty little hands, she hugged Qin Zheng's neck and kissed her twice, giggling: "Daddy, look at the fish and snails we caught...... Would it be good to ask my mother to help us make fish soup and spicy snails? ”

"Good, good!" Qin Zheng pasted the little girl's cheek, raised his hand to comb the sweaty hair of the little girl's sideburns, and turned back to face Ah Fu, who was two steps behind.

Ah Fu paused, still panting slightly, but he still bowed in an orderly manner, and shouted, "Father! ”

"Well," Qin Zheng nodded kindly, raised his hand to touch Ah Fu's head, and said with a smile, "Go, your mother is waiting for you!" ”

Qin Zheng held Ah Man in one hand and Ah Fu in the other, and the three of them entered the pavilion intimately, Chen and Qingxing had seen each other, and they were not much surprised. However, several girls in the Jingbei Hou Mansion over there all showed unbelievable expressions. The green kite was even more surprised to set her eyes on Chen, as if she wanted to seek an answer!