The Yang family had just had lunch, and before they could wait to pick it up, Lan Ying led Zhi'er Xiang'er and rushed over with a bolt on her back.

Qiu Chen hurriedly greeted him, and saw Lan Ying's red and swollen eyes and sallow and haggard face at a glance, knowing that something was wrong, and it was not good to ask in front of the Yang family, so he hurriedly let Man Ho into the house, handed it over to Yang Shuyong and Yang Shumeng's brothers to accompany him, and asked Ah Man to take Zhi'er Xiang'er into Liu's house to play, and she took Lan Ying into the West House alone.

"What's going on?" Qiu Chen waved away the girl's mother-in-law, leaving only Lan Ying and her alone, and then asked.

"Begonia, you say, how can there be such a shameless person...... Woo woo......" Lan Ying said angrily, but she couldn't contain the grief and anger in her heart, and covered her face and cried.

Qiu Chen patted her on the shoulder, he didn't persuade her, sometimes she had to be able to cry and vent, which was conducive to relief.

Lan Ying's crying voice was not loud, but tears kept pouring out of her fingers, and the suppressed whimpering sound was extremely worrying.

After a while, Lan Ying's crying gradually subsided, Qiu Chen didn't call the girl, went into the ear room, washed a towel with cold water, took it out, handed it to Lan Ying, and asked her to wipe away the tears on her face. poured another cup of tea and handed it to her, watched Lan Ying drink it in one gulp, and hurriedly added another cup to her. Lan Ying drank two cups in a row, and then put the teacup on the kang table and signaled Qiu Chen not to do it.

Qiu Chen sat silently across from her, waiting for her to speak.

"We came back yesterday, you sent a letter back in advance, those people actually made a stewed cabbage waiting for us, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, there were not even steamed buns, and what was served was sorghum noodles...... A few years ago, I obviously asked people to bring 100 catties of white flour and 20 catties of meat, and 5 taels of silver to come back! We adults and children came from afar and gave this to my children...... In front of the hoard, I didn't want to make a big fuss, so I took steamed buns and steamed buns from the things I brought this time, and then took some fried goods and meatballs to stew a dish...... You don't know how to go, I put the material in it, and I have two large pots, but it's not enough for the two of you and the three small ones to grab...... My two brothers and two brothers' daughters-in-law took their children and served a bowl of them and avoided the table to eat, and I wondered if this was the case...... When I was a child, my eldest brother treated me very well and loved me the most...... My sister-in-law was fine when she first got married, although she was a little cautious, but she was also kind...... Why is this happening now? ”

Lan Ying questioned one after another, but Qiu Chen was just silent. She knew that Lan Ying was not asking, she was just venting, and Lan Ying didn't expect others to give her any explanation, or she knew it very well in her own heart, but she didn't see it clearly before, and she had been trying hard to deceive and persuade herself.

Sure enough, Lan Ying sighed and was silent for a moment, the excitement just now had calmed down a lot.

"I asked my mother in the evening, only to find out that my eldest brother fell in love with gambling money at some point, and everything worth a little money in the family was stolen out of Lu and sold. My two brothers wanted to separate the family under the prodding of their daughter-in-law, but the eldest jumped to disagree, and my mother didn't want to split the family, she was afraid that the eldest would starve to death...... Tell me, the old lady is also confused, the boss is like this, and you still refuse to let go, don't you want to bring the second and third families who haven't sent it? How can this not be a matter of opinion? Well, since the year before last, the second and third children didn't eat in the big house, and they started the fire alone, except for the harvest in the field, the money earned by other people's odd jobs was not paid to the big house...... The old lady is over 60 years old, and she still groped for spinning threads every day and sold them for money to make up for her life. In the summer, I also go to the field every day to add some rations...... I don't even know how to ......"

As he spoke, his red eyes were about to shed tears again.

Qiu Chen patted her hand and said with relief: "What can you do if you know about this?" If your mother doesn't worry about separating your eldest brother, and if your eldest brother can't change his gambling habit, this day will only get worse and worse......"

Lan Ying said impatiently: "Then you can't watch the old lady hungry and full...... I just go back, I can't let go of this heart! ”

Qiu Chen looked at her silently, and Lan Ying, who was staring at her, calmed down her impatience a little, and then said, "I have a way, I'm afraid that you won't be ruthless!" ”

Lan Ying looked at Qiu Chen in a daze, forgetting her anger and sadness for a while, blinking her eyes and looking at the woman in front of her who seemed to be confident in everything, and suddenly became a little strange, the person in front of her was completely different from the gentle and supple begonia she was familiar with. Although she looks the same as Begonia, she is as demure, as gentle, and even silent, but this calm and generous, this calmness and calmness are incomprehensible, but she has never seen it in Begonia.

It's just that when Lan Ying was asked to tell what Begonia looked like, she was a little vague.

Lan Ying looked at her in a daze and didn't speak, Qiu Chen didn't urge, he took a cup of tea and drank it slowly. This kind of thing, and it involves Lan Ying's mother's family, to be honest, even Lan Ying, a married girl, is a bit too much, let alone her neighbor...... She's going to have to pay attention to it herself!

After a while, Lan Ying came back to her senses and subconsciously shook her head, as if she wanted to shake away some doubts and trance in her mind.

"What way, you say, as long as I can stop my mother from suffering from sin, anything can be done!" The more solemn and firm Lan Ying became, her gaze fixed on Qiu Chen's face for a moment, expecting her attention.

Qiu Chen raised his eyes and said calmly: "This matter is actually out of your eldest brother, if you find a job for your eldest brother and can receive money to support his family, your mother will no longer worry about them not being able to survive if they are separated." …… Divide the family, each family shares the pension rations equally, well, it doesn't need much, but it is just a meaning, just the old lady alone, without the drag of others, you can also make the old man live comfortably. ”

"Well, well, the old lady is reluctant to eat or wear, and it doesn't cost much a year, and there are rations, so I can only send some change at three or five o'clock, and then take care of her clothes for the four seasons. Alas, if only you could get to me...... Alas! Lan Ying's eyes lit up and she said, but her expression darkened as she spoke.

In this era, the daughter who marries out is the person of the in-law's family, and there is no obligation to support her biological father, not to mention, the father and mother are alive, and if you take your mother, the father and mother will not be happy.

Qiu Chen glanced at her, and didn't persuade her, this is the custom and rule of this era, and she has no way or ability to change anything. What she wants is Lan Ying's attitude, as long as this is clear, the rest is not important.

"Well, now that life is better, there is no shortage of cars and horses at home, you will run a few more times in the future, and it will be enough to go three or five times a year!" Qiu Chen paused slightly, took a sip of tea, and saw Lan Ying nodding stupidly, so he continued to speak, "I have a way to find your eldest brother's work for him." Not only can he earn money to support his family, but he can also change his gambling problem...... "At least, he will no longer be allowed to harm the family at home."

"Really?" Lan Ying asked with a look of surprise on her face, and blurted out the question, only then she smiled embarrassedly, "Begonia, it's not that I don't believe you, it's true, I really think it's too difficult, and I can earn money to support my family, and I can change the problem of gambling money, such a good job must be difficult to find!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled slightly, and said lightly: "It's really hard to find, but you don't have to worry about it...... You just have to make up your mind whether to do it or not, don't do it, let's pack up and go into the city later, you remember that the old man will not run a few more times, and the old man will not suffer too much. Do it, you make up your mind, and then your mother will go to tell your mother and eldest brother, they have to be willing to do this, and they can't help it if they don't want to. ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen paused slightly, and added, "Oh, tell your eldest brother, the work is very good, five taels of silver per month, food, housing, and clothing, there is one piece, and it will be two years if you go, and you can't come back in the middle!" ”

"Two years?" Lan Ying was surprised, "What kind of work do you have to do, you have to go for two years!" ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyes to look at her, and said calmly: "If it weren't for this, people wouldn't give five taels of silver a month's wages." Of course, you will definitely be tired, but where can you earn money by working without being tired? ”

Lan Ying lowered her head and groaned, and after a while, Huo Di stood up: "That's it, I'll go back." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back." Qiu Chen nodded, "Shen Shizhong came back before, otherwise if the city gate is closed, we won't be able to enter the city." ”

Lan Ying agreed, her footsteps did not stop, and she was about to go out in a hurry.

Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to hold her, and said with a smile: "You have to wash your face in a hurry, look at your crying eyes and nose, and your hair is messed up, just go back like this, don't you worry your mother!" ”

Lan Ying blushed, smiled, obediently followed Qiu Chen into the ear room, washed her face with cold water, and combed her hair with Qiu Chen's makeup, the whole person looked much neater and more energetic, of course, the crying red eyes could still see some clues, but she was like this when she came out of her mother's house, and it was not eye-catching to be a little red at this time.

Seeing that Lan Ying was cleaned up, Qiu Chen called the Lin family again and whispered a few words, asking her to go back with Lan Ying.

Seeing Lan Ying and the Lin family go out, Qiu Chen turned around and smiled at Man Ho who was full of worries: "Brother Man Ho don't worry, Sister Lan Ying has something to do, and with Mama Lin with her, nothing will happen!" ”

Man Ho agreed to sit back with suspicion, and Qiu Chen didn't say much, and went into the east room to talk to Mrs. Liu and the children.

It didn't take long for Lan Ying to go back this time, but she turned back with a happy face in half an hour. As soon as he saw this expression, Qiu Chen knew that the matter must have been negotiated, so he didn't ask any more, greeted Lan Ying warmly, drank a cup of hot tea, packed up, got in the car and went straight to Anyang City.

The journey went smoothly, but for most of the hour, the car had already stopped in the forest house in Anyang City.

After Lan Ying and the children entered the city, they watched the people and cars on the street all the way, and there were many shops, all of which were fresh and couldn't take their eyes off, and when they entered the Lin Mansion at this time, they looked at the house that was not much wider and richer than Liu Jiaao's old house, and there was no freshness, and they followed the girl into the guest room to rest and wash, and Qiu Chen took Afu Aman into the backyard to settle.

Ah Fu Aman has his own mother-in-law, and he doesn't need Qiu Chen to take care of everything by himself. Qiu Chen finished washing and combing himself, changed into a set of light cherry red and dark flowers thin silk cotton jacket skirt, sat down on the couch in the second room, and did not finish a cup of red date almond tea, Yue Gui walked in and reported: "Madam, Master Li has come in." ”

Qiu Chen nodded, and when he came to the hall, Qin Li was already waiting at the door. As soon as he saw Qiu Chen come out, he immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"Sit down!" Qiu Chen greeted with a casual smile, and motioned to Qingxing to serve a bowl of almond tea to Qin Li, "Warm up after drinking hot tea!" ”

Qin Li thanked him, took the almond tea, blew it slightly, drank it in three or two sips, put down the teacup, raised his hand to wipe the corners of his mouth, and said: "Madam, according to your instructions, I have already told the other side, they will wait for two days, divide the family, and then they can leave." ”

Qiu Chen lowered his eyes and nodded, and said in a deep voice: "You have to follow this matter, don't let this person leak our big things." ”

Qin Li got up and solemnly responded. Qiu Chen also got up and said with a smile: "Okay, there's nothing else to do today, you can go back and rest for a while." Make chopped pepper fish heads at night and treat you! ”

Speaking of which, although he planted chili peppers, Qiu Chen was not a spicy person, and the rest of the family was not too keen on chili peppers, but Qin Li and Qin Yong were keen on this hot and spicy taste, and Qin Li loved the hot and sweet chopped pepper fish head the most. Yes, as soon as he heard Qiu Chen say that he would be rewarded with chopped pepper fish heads, Qin Li's face immediately became full of joy, and he grinned and did not hide that he was full of joy and thanked him again and again, and then he retreated.

To make chopped pepper fish head, you need to use more than ten catties of big fish, and it is best to use the head of a big bighead carp. After making the fish head, the remaining fish body and tail part of the fish body become a 'chicken rib'-like existence. Although bighead carp is delicious, there are a lot of small fish bones, and the general way to make fish is to keep spitting out the spines when you eat it, and you will be accidentally clicked by the fish bones. Qiu Chen asked the kitchen to spread the pork skin flat, and cut the fish into minced fish with the back of a knife, and at the same time the fish meat became pure, the small fish bones that could not be picked up would enter the pig skin, leaving only pure and thornless fish meat, made into fish balls, and stewed into a clear soup with the whole fish bones to boil the fish balls.

Dinner was full of hoarding with Lin Xu in front, Qiu Chen and Lan Ying took a group of children to eat in the backyard, and chatted with a smile after eating, Qiu Chen discussed with Lan Ying, and the next day, that is, the third day of the new year, went to the Iron Tower Temple to visit the temple fair, Lan Ying also proposed to go to the temple to burn pillar incense, and Qiu Chen had no choice but to agree.

Coming back from the Iron Tower Temple, Qin Li sent in a bamboo pipe, and this time the bamboo pipe sent was not a letter from Qin Zheng, but a message that Qin Li delivered. The letterhead in the bamboo tube is not large, and the thin one is full of small letters. Qiu Chen read it, pondered for a while, and then threw the letterhead into the brazier of the kang cave, and watched a flame rise from the brazier, and the letterhead instantly turned into a cloud of black ash, and then it was extinguished in a pot of charcoal, and then he withdrew his gaze.

Since Qin Zheng stabbed Tang Wenyong's actual identity with her, some things that made her wonder before became clear. After that, Qin Zheng explained some things to her one after another, and she understood why Qin Zheng and Tang Wenyong came to Anyang Mansion several times.

Anyang Mansion belongs to Nanzhili, resting in modern times should be at the junction of Shandong, Hebei and Henan, and the Yunlian Mountain in the north should be the remaining vein of the Taihang Mountains. To the east, only two or three hundred miles is the Bohai Sea. Because the Yellow River Delta did not exist at this time, and the Yellow River was diverted due to flooding, it was not in the place in memory, so the coastline was much closer than in modern times. If Anyang Prefecture is controlled, it can not only control the grain transported north from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the capital, but also firmly control the grain supply of the northern garrison and even the two governors of Liaodi, and to the east, you can be close to Laizhou Bay and the seaport of Langya, as long as you control these, it is equivalent to completely controlling the lifeblood of Jinggi and even Beidi.

Another reason is that Tang Wenyong needs silver, a lot of silver, Jiangnan is the range of the Wei family's power, Tang Wenyong can't stretch out his hand, so he has to move his mind in the Central Plains provinces of Lu, Hebei and Henan. However, I didn't find a suitable project several times, and only after the last time did I stretch out my feet in the manufacturing workshops of the three families of Yunliaolin and take some shares.

However, Qiu Chen has an excellent project, not only can he earn a lot of money, but the key is that it is especially suitable for Tang Wenyong's identity to do it, and other people who are less powerful don't dare to do this at all.

The project that Qiu Chen had in mind was nothing else, it was the opening of a salt farm.

The tidal flats of northern Lubei are the earliest places in history to 'boil the sea into salt'. The Changlu Salt Field along the coast of Tanggu, Hebei Province, has now begun to take shape. But the main production area of salt in this era is still in the Lianghuai salt field, and what Qiu Chen wants is not Changlu or Lianghuai, but Laizhou Bay in Shandong. There is also a long coastline that is suitable for building high-quality salt farms, and more importantly, Qiu Chen is not thinking of directly 'boiling the sea for salt', but pumping underground brine to make salt. Although the equipment and technology required to extract brine to make salt are much higher, the salt yield is high, the quality of the salt produced is high, and the refining is simple in the later stage, but the economic benefits are more considerable than that of directly boiling the sea for salt. However, in this era, no one in the coastal salt field has yet used the method of extracting brine to make salt, and the technique of refining salt is relatively primitive, and the so-called refined salt produced is very rough in Qiu Chen's opinion, far from reaching the level of refining. If it is refined with her process, the product is definitely high-quality and high-purity refined sodium chloride, and the price can naturally be sold much higher.

And Qiu Chen's previous actions in the fishing village now seem to be quite prescient. Not far to the north of Haipuzi is the birthplace of 'boiling the sea for salt'. It is only more than 200 miles to the east, which is Qiu Chen's destination.

The news that Qin Li came back today was fed back by the people sent over there, there were some small private salt kilns over there, which had not formed a scale, and most of them were owned by some small local forces...... In this way, it will be much easier for her to buy a large area to develop salt farms along the beach.

After being silent for a long time, Qiu Chen picked up the pen and wrote a few words, stuffed it into the bamboo tube again, sealed it with fire paint, and summoned Hanguang, asking her to give the bamboo tube to Qin Li, and let Qin Li send it to the capital as soon as possible. With the people of Chengying and Hanguang, it is about these secret things, and she will no longer let Yufeng and Qingxing come into contact.

Steady down, Qiu Chen got up and went to the backyard.

Before the school was on holiday, she sent back the bolts and stones of Erkui's house, and at this time, after Lan Ying brought the children over, the two families did not see each other for a long time, and the adults and children were very close. When I went to the Iron Tower Temple today, I also brought a bolt and a stone, and after I came back, Lan Ying took the children to Erkui's house to talk.

Qiu Chen walked to the courtyard of Erkui's house, and a little yellow dog in the yard was lying in the wooden shed in the corner, and when he saw Qiu Chen, he just looked up and wagged his tail to meet him. Every time Qiu Chen came over, he would always bring some snacks to October and the bolt stone to eat, and when he saw the little yellow dog, he would throw one or two pieces over, and over time, he was also fed, and the Erkui family said that this dog was closer to Qiu Chen than to her.

Qiu Chen took a piece of jujube paste cake and threw it over, the little yellow dog snorted lowly, devoured it, and then raised his eyes to look at it. Qiu Chen took another piece of fried chicken and threw it over, clapped his hands, and then walked towards the house with Qingxing and Hanguang.

The door of the hall was open, and a half-worn indigo cotton curtain hung from it. Hanguang moved quickly, and after three or five steps, he took a few steps forward and opened the curtain for Qiu Chen. Qiu Chen smiled, lowered his head slightly, and was about to enter the door, when he heard a sound of talking coming from the inner room with the door curtain.

Erkui's voice came out slowly: "...... I don't know what's going on with Lu Dao, two days ago his uncle came to our house to ask for money, but three or five days later, Erkui suddenly came back to tell me that he was arrested by the yamen, saying that he immediately hit 20 boards and sent them to the salt works in the south. ”

"The saltworks to the south?" Lan Ying's surprised voice whispered, "Ouch, that's not a place for people to go...... I heard that none of the people who went there made it back alive. ”

The smile on Qiu Chen's face froze, and the raised leg retracted silently. Qing Xing and Hanguang were a few steps behind, and they didn't hear the conversation in the back room, but they also stopped at the door without making any sound.

"Huh? It's true? Erkui's frightened voice.

"Yes, why not, last year, oh, it was the year before last, that is, when the flood was blowing, Man Hoard came back to tell me that the salt field in the south took advantage of the disaster and famine here to recruit people, and a man in the prime of life gave two taels of silver, and some people followed in order to let the old and young in the family escape for their lives. Man Ho saw it and came back to me and told me that those people had sold their lives, and none of the people who went to the salt field in the south to dry salt came back alive! ”

"Ah, isn't his uncle ......" Erkui's frightened voice stopped abruptly halfway through speaking, but the worry leaked in it could be heard very clearly.

The smile on Qiu Chen's face was gone, and he was silent for a moment, and the two people in the room were also silent for the time being.

She sighed secretly, took a few steps back, came to the door of the house, and shouted, "Erkui sister-in-law?!" ”

"Whoa! Well! The Erkui family agreed, and came out of the house, although there was a smile on her face, Qiu Chen was sensitive to see the reluctance of her smile.

"Sister Lan Ying is also with you, right? I saw that you hadn't seen you for a long time, and when I came back, I came to you, and I didn't go back after talking for a long time! Qiu Chen smiled and went straight into the back room, laughed with Erkui's family and Lan Ying, and went to tease the little girl in October who was sitting on the kang and playing with two little clay figures. This little clay figurine was bought at the Iron Tower Temple Fair, and Qiu Chen didn't shirk it when he wanted to pay for him, saying that it was a thing he bought for his sister.

After laughing at Erkui's house, Erkui's family finally couldn't help but ask: "Aunt Haitang, let me ask you something, you said, is there no way back if you really go to the salt farm in the south?" ”

Qiu Chen showed a hint of surprise, looked at her and asked, "What's the matter...... Have you heard about Dakui? ”

The Erkui family nodded a little embarrassed. At the beginning, she was bullied, and she could barely survive several times, and Qiu Chen reached out to help, and now I heard that Da Kui was exiled to the salt field for his own crimes, but she couldn't help but worry...... "I don't mean anything else, just ask, in case his grandfather asks, I also know how to explain!" ”

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "You watch the children do housework and needlework at home every day, and you don't go out at all, where do you know how to go, if his grandfather asks, you just don't know how to do it." ”

The second Kui's family opened their mouths, and they wanted to say something but didn't say it.

Lan Ying said in a loud voice beside her: "Yes, that's it, you are a woman's family, and you don't know anyone in this city, where do you know how to go." ”

The Erkui family looked at Lan Ying, then at Qiu Chen, and nodded for a long time.

Qiu Chen smiled, took a piece of preserved peach and fed it to October, and said, "I remembered it when I heard you talk about this." I originally brought your family here because your family was in a difficult situation, but now, since the Dakui family is like this, you don't have to worry about anything else, do you want to go back......"

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen's gaze swept over Erkui's family and Lan Ying, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about Sister Lan Ying living in your house...... Your old house is still there, the location is good, just renovate it, and it won't cost a few taels of silver. After going back, Erkui was willing to catch a car or go to the workshop to work. When you are old in October, you can also get a job, and you are not afraid of having a hard time......"

Erkui's family was very surprised, looked at Lan Ying, and then looked at Qiu Chen, and only after a long time did he say: "This, I can't be the master, when Erkui comes back, I'll talk to him, let him have an idea......"

Speaking of this, I was a little embarrassed: "But, we signed ......"

Qiu Chen didn't wait for her to finish, then interrupted her and said, "I told you a long time ago, it was just a temporary trick. As for the rest, you don't have to worry about it...... Well, when Erkui comes back, you can discuss and give me a word, if you plan to go back, I will also talk to Daxing, transfer Erkui's work out, and let him have the time to go back to pick up and pick up, this time to prepare the materials, and wait for the first month to start work, and at the end of February, early March can live in, no delay at all. ”

The Erkui family carefully looked at Qiu Chen's face, and saw that she was calm and natural, and she kept smiling on her face, without any hint of annoyance, so she secretly put her mind at ease.

After saying two more words, Qiu Chen kissed her for October and sent her back to Erkui's arms, then said goodbye to Lan Ying, and went to find a group of leather children in the greenhouse in the backyard and went home for dinner.

I went to the Iron Tower Temple on the third day of junior high school, and I went to the Fayuan Temple outside the city on the fourth day of junior high school.

On March 3 last year, Qiu Chen followed Mrs. Tang Wu to Fayuan Temple to worship the Buddha and lit an everlasting lamp for Man'er. Now that Man'er has returned safely, she also has to repay her wish and renew the lamp oil money for another year. Of course, Aman lit the ever-bright lamp, and he couldn't deviate from Afu, so he lit one too.

In addition, the three views of Fayuan Temple's 'stepping on the snow and appreciating the plum blossoms' are just in time, although there has been no snow recently, but the plum blossoms should bloom just right, go to appreciate the plum Buddha, take the children to scatter joy, and have a day of leisure.

On the fifth day of the new year, I took the children to visit Anyang Mansion, and rushed back to Liujiaao on the sixth day of the new year, just not to delay the start of the workshop.

It's not the first day of the new year, it's not the Buddha Festival, there are not many pilgrims in Fayuan Temple, and Qiu Chen is not used to doing something special, so he didn't send people to clean the temple, but just let Qin Li and Qin Yong all four of them accompany them, and there are Hanguang Steaming Snow and Lin's Wang Clan following Gong Wei closely, ordinary people can't get close at all, and they are not afraid of any small people.

The presiding monk of Fayuan Temple was vigilant, and did not come to the mountain gate to greet him, but smiled at the door of the main hall, and greeted Qiu Chen and his party into the main hall where there were no other pilgrims.

After offering incense to the Buddha, Qiu Chen took out two silver tickets of one hundred taels and handed them over, and said with a smile: "Trouble the great monk to light a lantern for all my sons and daughters!" ”

The host took it with a smile, clasped his hands together and pronounced the Buddha's name: "Donor, please rest assured!" The little boy and the little lady are all noble faces with a long life, and there are countless merits accumulated by the donor's life, and they will definitely meet misfortune and become auspicious! ”

Qiu Chen also returned the salute: "Thank you Great Monk Jiyan!" ”

Coming out of the main hall, the host no longer accompanied him, but sent a teenage novice to lead Qiu Chen and his party into the retreat in the backyard, and after a little rest, went to the back mountain of the temple. A large area of pink and white snow, red plum blossoms spread out in front of you. Qiu Chen was very surprised, she had the impression that this hillside seemed to be also a place where apricot blossoms bloomed.

Looking closer, Qiu Chen found that the plum tree and the apricot tree were not in one place, the plum forest was below, and the apricot forest was above and outside.

The children, however, had never seen such a scene, and sighed in amazement, picking up the petals that had fallen on the ground, and running among the plum blossom trees, playing hide and seek......

Looking at the excitement of the children, Qiu Chen smiled with Lan Ying: "Just because the children like it, we should also plant plum trees on the hillside behind our house......

Lan Ying's eyes were also a little insufficient, and she was amazed when she looked at the sea of flowers in this cold season, but when she heard Qiu Chen's words, the first thing she thought of was: "This tree bears fruit, right?" ”

Qiu Chen sneered, took Lan Ying's hand and said, "Knot, fruit, fruit is still of great use!" No less than peaches and apricots sold for money! ”

Lan Ying didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her words, and nodded when she heard this: "If you can bear fruit and sell it for money, then plant it." If you can't sell it for money, what's the use of planting it? No matter how good it looks, it will only take a few days to fall, and it can't be eaten or drunk. ”

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's it!" ”

The group stayed in Meilin for most of the hour, turned back to the temple and ate vegetarian food, and then returned to the city.

When he got home, Yun Jichen was already waiting at the Lin family.

Lan Ying took her children to the guest room, Qiu Chen took Lin Xu into the main room together, saw Yun Jichen, and after a New Year's greeting, without waiting for Qiu Chen to sit down, Yun Jichen handed a simple pine box to Qiu Chen, and said, "Liao San just sent it, and it has arrived a year ago." It's just that it's very cold over there, and he can't build a house in less than three months, and he can't build a house. ”