“…… Last time, the Lin family didn't have parents-in-law, and I didn't tell you this, this time it's different, you listen carefully, this is still the ...... that your grandmother passed on to me back then" Old Mrs. Liu approached Qiu Chen and whispered the family heirloom secrets.

Qiu Chen didn't expect that the experience of a married girl getting along with her in-laws was actually a family heirloom, and listening to the meaning of Liu's words, it was still a treasure that had been passed down for generations!

Thinking about it, Qiu Chen understood. Women in this era lived in their mother's house for the first ten years, and spent most of their lives in their in-laws' house for most of their lives. You can be pampered and cherished by your parents and brothers in your mother's house, but when you come to your in-law's house, whether you are fourteen or fifteen or seventeen or eighteen years old, it means that you have become a human being, and no one will treat you as a child anymore...... All kinds of things, you can't help but be a little willful and do whatever you want, not to mention, in this era, there is also a saying that 'many years of daughter-in-law boiled into a mother-in-law', from a daughter-in-law to a mother-in-law, which means that from the identity of the servant to be served at once, some mothers-in-law will use the horse, will use various family methods to adjust and rub the daughter-in-law, beating and scolding are common things...... The troubles and grievances in this can be imagined. When sending her daughter to marry again, when the mother naturally doesn't want her daughter to suffer her own sins in her in-law's family, she summarizes her experience and teaches it to her daughter, hoping that her daughter's life in her in-law's house can be smoother and less troublesome.

Sighing secretly, Qiu Chen was infinitely troubled by the low status of women in this era, but he was helpless. As a result, I concentrated more on listening carefully to Mrs. Liu's teachings.

The mother and daughter talked for an hour, the sky was dark, and the old lady still had a lot to say, Zhou pulled the curtain of the door and walked in, and asked with a smile: "Mother, what do you eat at night?" ”

Qiu Chen silently watched Zhou's natural inquiry and instructions, and then looked at Mrs. Liu's face with softness and love in an instant, and raised a loving smile and said, "Take out that roe deer and make a pot at night...... The pot you eat at your sister's place tastes good, while she is at our house, let her tell you how to do it, we don't have that umami when we make it......"

Umami ...... Qiu Chen was a little amused.

She always prepares soup stock at home, and then puts a little watery scallop and dried shrimp, and then puts some dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and the taste is not good. But the Liu family doesn't have broth, she knows the truth, whether it is the Liu family or the Zhou family, they will not be willing to use a bunch of elbows, chicken and dry goods to boil all night just to get a pot of clear soup!

Laughing helplessly, Qiu Chen simply said to Liu and followed Zhou to the kitchen. If you don't have dashi, let's use scallops and dried shrimp to enhance the freshness. Fortunately, she brought some fresh mushrooms and fungus with her today, which can also make up for the lack of fresh soup.

This time, Chen didn't come along, Xiaoxi's first-hand dishes and dim sum were cooked well, and the soup was still a little too hot.

The Yang family's kitchen also added a cooking lady, but from the lunch dishes, it can be seen that the Yang family's cook is just cooking some home-cooked food, and the taste is only average, not very good. Qiu Chen didn't use her when he entered the kitchen, so he asked Zhou and Zhao to take out dried scallops, dried shrimp and other things, and asked Xiaoxi to cut a pheasant, put it in a large pot and boil it, remove the blood foam, and replace it with water and stew the chicken. Then she took dried scallops, dried shrimp and shiitake mushrooms, washed them with water, added water and a little seasoning, put them in a pot and steamed them...... Because of the tight time, there is no way to wait for a few hours or even more than ten hours to boil the soup, and I can only use this urgent method to obtain the fresh aroma of the soup base. Of course, there is no way to compare it to the soup stock that hangs the good soup, but it is enough for emergencies.

After finishing this, Qiu Chen confessed to Xiao Xi, asked her to look at the steamer and chicken soup, explained how she made the soup base, and washed her hands and went back to the room.

Taking advantage of the process of boiling chicken soup and steaming dried scallops, Zhou's Zhao took the cook to process the roe deer meat, cut it into thin slices, and handed it to Xiaoxi to marinate it for a while with cooking wine and other materials.

Yang Shuyong and Yang Shumeng had already accompanied the old man back, but the old man was still angry, and did not enter the back room, but sat on the chair in the hall.

Zhou's Zhao looked at his father-in-law with a calm face, and then at his husband, they all blew their eyes and pretended not to see it, beckoned to set up pots and ingredients, and asked the children to wash their hands and eat......

Qiu Chen didn't arrive at the hall this time, so he sat on the kang with Junyi in his arms, teasing Junyi's chubby fingers, watching him clench his fingers clenched clenched awkwardly, luckily, and then unceremoniously sent it to his mouth.

Xiao Liu'er Junyi had already grown four front teeth at this time, Qiu Chen had just washed his hands, so he didn't dodge back, but he didn't expect this kid to be a ruthless character, as soon as he stuffed Qiu Chen's fingers into his mouth, he gnawed them away with all his might.

"Whew......" Qiu Chen snorted softly, and in a panic took an apple and stuffed it into Junyi's hand, only then did he save his fingers, looking at the two pairs of red tooth marks on his drooling fingers, Qiu Chen really couldn't cry or laugh.

Zhao happened to come in with a plate and saw this scene, hurriedly turned around and took a clean cloth towel and handed it over, and asked repeatedly: "It doesn't matter if Haitang's hand is right?" Wipe it quickly and see if it's broken......"

Qiu Chen took the cloth towel and wiped the saliva from his fingers with a little embarrassment, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, the second sister-in-law doesn't have to be so tight, how old is Junyi, how strong can she be, she can't bite it......"

Zhao shook his head with a wry smile, looked at Qiu Chen and said, "Ah Fu Aman didn't bite you when he was a child?" …… This kid is teething, he gnaws on anything, bites people hard, and I let him bite it several times...... Be careful not to bite again! ”

Qiu Chen smiled stunned, a little confused, and couldn't understand how the Zhao family could be bitten by Xiao Junyi several times......

Zhou smiled next to him and whispered, "I bit it when I was feeding!" ”

Qiu Chen was stunned, and his face became even more embarrassed. No wonder Zhao asked her if Afu Aman bit or not...... I see! But who knew that she was not a begonia at all, and she had no experience in breastfeeding at all......

Embarrassed and embarrassed, he lowered his head and saw Junyi's two little fat hands holding the apple and gnawing hard...... Oh, the little guy's teeth are quite destructive, looking at the miserable condition of this apple, I also know that what Zhao said is not an exaggeration.

However, Qiu Chen clearly remembered that the former senior sister told her that the child was too young to eat the whole piece of fruit, and she had to use a spoon to dig into apple puree and feed it to the child, because the whole thing is easy to choke into the child's trachea and cause foreign body suffocation!

Ah Fu Aman Junli was also playing on the kang, and at this time he also noticed the difference here, Aman was most interested in this only little brother, and heard his aunt mention himself, so he hurriedly came over and asked, "Mother, haven't you fed Man'er?" ”

Qiu Chen's face froze for a moment, and then he burst into a smile: "How could it be that you haven't fed it, Man'er is a mother's little girl!" …… Come, come, get a spoon, let's feed Xiao Junyi apples! ”

Qiu Chen replied vaguely and quickly changed the topic. Fortunately, Man'er was curious, and was instantly attracted by such a meaningful thing as feeding Junyi, so he hurriedly went to the dinner table and brought a porcelain spoon over, and tilted his head to discuss with Qiu Chen: "Mother, shall I feed the little sixth brother?" ”

Qiu Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and touched Man'er's head, took the spoon in her hand and said with a smile: "Man'er hasn't fed his brother, has he?" Mother feed it once, give Man'er a demonstration, and when she feeds it again tomorrow, let Man'er feed it, okay? ”

Man'er nodded very kindly and agreed. Qiu Chen also took the apple in Junyi's hand, endured Xiao Junyi's dissatisfied snort, cut it in half, and then took a spoon and scraped out the apple puree little by little and fed it into Junyi's small mouth. There is apple puree to eat, Xiao Junyi is grinning with a small mouth, a pair of little white teeth are clearly exposed, accompanied by a drop of saliva at the corner of the mouth, it is really ridiculous and cute, to express it in a modern word, that is--cute!

At night, Old Man Yang still didn't seem to be angry, and instructed his eldest daughter-in-law to clean up the kang in the West House for him, and he walked into the back room with an angry face to move the covers, and no one paid attention to him and turned around and went to sleep in the West House.

Qiu Chen and Mrs. Liu glanced at each other, and the mother and daughter smiled knowingly. The old man is angry and stubborn, and he is really cute!

In the evening, Mrs. Liu naturally and thoughtfully imparted countless experiences of living with her mother-in-law's family, and even explained to Qiu Chen how to be a mother-in-law and how to regulate her daughter-in-law in the end, and finally said in a summary manner: "...... Fu'er is a child brought in the past, and she will be the heir of the Lin family in the future, and it will be even more difficult for you, who is a mother-in-law, to do it...... But don't think about Ah Fu's life experience, it's too partial. After all, the Qin family is your future destination, and it is also Fu'erman's future dependence...... You have to treat Chengfu'er well, don't let them be bullied, but also teach them more, you must know how to be content, you must also know how to be humble, you want to open up everything, don't learn from those who are cautious and calculating...... It's not good for them! ”

Every sentence of Mrs. Liu's advice was full of seriousness, carrying all the concerns and worries of a mother about marrying her daughter, Qiu Chen was moved in his heart, and naturally nodded without hesitation. Listening to Mrs. Liu talk about Fu'er Man'er, Qiu Chen nodded and said: "Mother don't worry about them, I have already thought about it, these workshops and Zhuangzi that I bought before will be given to Fu'er Man'er two, and when Man'er marries in the future, Fu'er will have a foundation for starting a family and business, and there is no need to envy anyone, what to worry about!" ”

Old Lady Liu pondered for a moment and nodded solemnly.

Then, Qiu Chen explained to Mrs. Liu what he had planned before: "Mother, plus Nannuma Lake, there are five Zhuangzi. I thought about it, and the Nannuma Lake side was handed over to the eldest brother and sister-in-law to manage, and I and the eldest brother and sister-in-law were half of the share. The second brother guards Liu Jiaao's workshop and more than 200 acres of land over there, and I split 20% of the income in the workshop to the second brother, which is about the same as the eldest brother and sister-in-law. With these two places, I don't have to worry about this family regardless of whether I marry into the capital and live in the capital for a long time! ”

Liu Shi was silent for a long time before he sighed softly and nodded: "Well, I know the truth, I will tell your father about this." ”

Qiu Chen nodded, and handed the two thousand taels of silver tickets he brought over this time to the Liu family: "Mother, this is two thousand taels of silver tickets, you put it away, don't tell anyone...... Put it in your hands for an emergency, in case there is an urgent need for silver, and there is nowhere to grasp it in your hand. ”

Liu didn't answer this time, looked at Qiu Chen and sighed: "You girl, your father and I are very good, your two brothers and sisters-in-law are very good, very filial, and we can still lack food and clothing...... When you get married, we don't have anywhere to think about, and when you use the silver, it must be indispensable, so you can keep it for yourself, and you don't have to ......give it to us."

Qiu Chen didn't wait for Liu to finish speaking, he put the silver ticket in his hand into the innermost drawer of the kang cabinet, closed the drawer, and then said: "Mother, I have laid it out, and I have enough silver in my hand, you don't have to worry about me...... I negotiated with the Liao family Yun a year ago, and I have to open a new business after the New Year, and I can't do without silver! ”

Liu put his mind at ease, but still advised: "Trading is a matter of mountains and rivers, and there are times when you make money, and there are also losses...... Ahem, there are times when it is not so profitable, and it is still the most reliable ...... After you marry into Beijing and stabilize your footing, you will see if there are any Zhuangzi that you can buy in Beijing, buy a few Zhuangzi, and exchange the silver for acres to be the most reliable! ”

In this era, people have a feeling of almost worship for the field, everything is not the most reliable and most important thing to farm, Qiu Chen has been here for three years, and he has long been aware of the commonality of this society, and she is not surprised at all to hear Mrs. Liu say this. But she wouldn't really go to the outskirts of Beijing to buy any blockbuster Zhuangzi...... She married this time, although she had a good reputation and became Mrs. Hou, but I am afraid that she must try her best to be low-key and cautious in her life, so as not to attract open guns and hidden arrows that I don't know where to go, which will harm herself and drag Qin Zheng down.

Of course, there is no need to explain these to Mrs. Liu, which will make her worry. So, Qiu Chen nodded again and again with a smile on his face, and Mrs. Liu also showed a relieved smile.

After breakfast on the second day, Qiu Chen brought a gift to Lan Ying's mother's house. The conditions of Lan Ying's house are much worse, the adobe house is low and old, the furnishings in the house are simple and old, and even the clothes on the people in the family, although they are not bright during the New Year, are also old.

Lan Ying took Qiu Chen into the door with a calm face, Qiu Chen was very surprised when she saw that her face was not good, she hadn't returned to her parents' house for many years, shouldn't she be happy to come back this time?

However, she didn't want to ask in front of Lan Ying's mother's family, so she only politely said a few words to Lan Ying's mother's family, and told Lan Ying about the time to leave, and then said goodbye and left.

Back at the Yang family, Qiu Chen was surprised to tell Mrs. Liu what he had seen, and Zhou and Zhao were also there, and before Mrs. Liu could answer, Zhou had already said quickly: "Alas, her maiden family ...... Last year, this was called the year before last, the winter wheat was good, and Lan Ying came back with a few taels of silver to survive the spring famine, no, last year her eldest brother came to me and your eldest brother and said that he was going to work on the lake, your eldest brother and I were thinking about the neighborhood, and you and Lan Ying wanted to be good, so I agreed. I thought there was something difficult, so I took 800 dollars a month for a month, who knew that Lu Dao was annoyed at the time, and he was afraid to give him a little, saying that his sister was in the Lin family a month but ten taels of silver a month......"

Qiu Chen was sweating secretly, Brother Lan Ying really dared to say, don't say that Lan Ying's monthly money is not ten taels, even if there are ten taels, it doesn't mean anything, his sister's ten taels of money, as an elder brother, it must be worth ten taels of money?

Frowning, Qiu Chen said, "What about later?" Such a person still keeps him? ”

Zhou pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Where do we need to keep it, people think that we give less money, so we leave by ourselves." Phew, before leaving, I didn't say a word, and I took the 800 money...... If it's too little, he'll take it! What a shame! ”

It's really superb! Qiu Chen rubbed his head, but breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that the eldest brother and the Zhou family would not be able to erase it and be embarrassed to pick up people, it was best to leave by herself, at least the Yang family was not sorry for him!

Raising his hand and patting Zhou's arm, Qiu Chen smiled: "Okay, let's go!" In the future, you will use people in the lake, you and your eldest brother must be optimistic and then use them, this is your own way, if you meet those dead faces, let's not talk about it, and maybe something will happen. ”

"Well, well, your eldest brother and I have been going through it since then, where do you dare to use people casually." Zhou replied with a smile, and said with a smile, "I didn't know when I came back that you asked for your son's house, why didn't you see it, where did you put her?" ”

Qiu Chen didn't want to mention this, so he waved his hand and said, "She's going to be a cook, I'll send her to learn cooking......"

After saying a word, Qiu Chen changed the topic. Zhou also followed Qiu Chen to talk about Nannuma Lake: "Qingjiang is thoughtful, this time we will come back for the New Year, and we will hand over everything in the lake to him, and rest assured." After the New Year, you can help me cut the salary, choose a suitable daughter-in-law to come out, and help me take care of the affairs over there......"

seemed to open the chatterbox, Zhou simply put down the work in his hand, leaned in to Qiu Chen and said: "I also think about it, our father and mother are getting older, and there will be more and more people in the future, and I can't always grow up in Nanmar Lake and throw the family to Junzhang Niang alone." ”

Qiu Chen smiled when he heard this: "It's right that the eldest brother and sister-in-law can think like this." How much work can a person do when he is exhausted? Our family business in the future is getting bigger and bigger, just rely on where we are tired and hard, we have to learn to use people, use others to do work for us, we will manage people, when the time comes, go around and see, know in our hearts, don't let people fool us, or do something under our banner. ”

Zhou nodded again and again when he heard this: "Well, well, that's what I said." When I came back for the Chinese New Year, your eldest brother always talked to me about it. said that he handed over the matter to Qingjiang, he saved a lot of worry and effort, and the matter was done very satisfactorily. ”

Qiu Chen nodded and asked casually, "Since Qingjiang is in charge, then I'll give him the monthly money." According to the monthly money of the chief steward, five taels of silver per month, and when the account is calculated at the end of the year, he will be given 10% of the extra money compared to last year! ”

Zhou's eyes widened, and he looked at Qiu Chen in a daze, and didn't speak for a long time. Qiu Chen thought that the salary of Qingjiang he said was too much, and Zhou, who was accustomed to being diligent and thrifty, was reluctant, and was about to speak, but Zhou clapped his hands and said in surprise: "That's it, that's it." I always felt that there was something wrong before, but now I remembered as soon as you said it, you let Man hoard Zhuangzi and give him 10% every year, then it is not for others to work, but for yourself, where can you not care? Take a look at a few Zhuangzi who let the hoards take care of it, and the water does not leak! ”

After speaking, without waiting for Qiu Chen to answer, he hurriedly stood up, raised his feet and walked out: "That's it, I'll go talk to your eldest brother and let him say hello to Qingjiang too...... Seeing that the spring is about to start after the New Year, I have already told people about the salary, so that people can take care of things with peace of mind! ”

Seeing that the Zhou family left in a hurry, and looking back at the Liu family, the mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled.

Liu said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law has always been such a fiery temper, and she is still like this when she looks like a mother-in-law and a grandmother." ”

Zhao smiled and said beside him: "I just see that my sister-in-law has a good temper, what do you say, she is straightforward and fast." And to say one is one and two is two...... The best! ”

Qiu Chen glanced at Zhao, stepped forward with a smile and took Junyi, who was turning his head and looking around, teasing the fat boy, and no longer interjecting casually.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law are now standing in Nanmarsh Lake, lotus root, fish, lotus seed, water chestnut, chicken head rice, as well as water chestnuts, incense, reeds, all kinds of water chestnuts, incense, reeds, a year down than the serious good fertilizer field income is higher, Yang Lin and the two families split in half, last year the Yang family got more than 2,000 taels of silver. On the other hand, the second brother Yang Shumeng, although he has been watching the workshop in Liu Jiaao, he has always received a monthly salary. If it is not high, it will only be three or five hundred taels of silver a year, although it is much higher than when I was driving the car before, but it can't be compared with the eldest couple at all...... Besides, the two big ones will go to the county exam in the spring of next year, and if they pass the exam, there will be the government examination, the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination...... That's a serious reader, and the Yang family has also changed its door!

It's just that what she thinks in her heart can only be thought about in her heart. If you let people know the truth, don't talk about others, your own baby and his father can't agree!

Qiu Chen hung his head and was silent for a moment, got up and got off the kang with Junyi in his arms, and said to the old lady of the Liu family while walking out: "Mother, I'll take Junyi outside to toast grandpa...... Take advantage of this moment, you can talk to your second sister-in-law! ”

Liu lowered his eyes, Qiu Chen smiled with Zhao: "Second sister-in-law, you are waiting for our mother in the house, I will take Xia Liu'er to feel the feeling outside, that is the seat where a man should sit......"

said, didn't wait for Zhao's interface, only nodded slightly, and took Xiao Liu'er Junyi out of the inner room, and while walking, he teased Junyi and said, "Xiao Junyi is a man, but in the future, he will set up a household and become an inspirational ......."

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Friend's child has passed away...... That's all, work hard tomorrow and try your best to compensate more!