Chapter 140: Trade-offs

Sure enough, what the Wang family said was the Qinghe family and the Chunhong lady.

Qiu Chen said with a difficult face: "Auntie...... Well, you also know that Qinghe's family made such a fuss before, and it was on its own...... And Chunhong's son-in-law......"

Wang also moved forward, approached Qiu Chen, patted Qiu Chen's hand and said, "Auntie knows that you are awkward, but auntie told you, if something happened at the beginning, auntie would not tell you about it." Maybe at that time, if you want to let them go into the Lin family to do work, your aunt will stop you and persuade you. At that time, I also chatted with your uncle a lot, and I used to look at the Qinghe family, although they had a more spicy temperament, but they were not the people who didn't look at things and didn't know how to be polite, why were they confused, and they did such a foolish thing...... Later, Qinghe's family came several times to compensate me, your uncle, and your sister-in-law Lan Ying, so she said that she was confused and did something like that. He also said that he really didn't have the face to see you...... Later, when I came, I didn't say anything, I just cried. At first, I was annoyed, and I did it twice...... But looking at it from the side, she is now pointing to the three acres of land at home, because Chunshang is working with you, she has not rented the land of the Liu family, three acres of land, how much can you collect if you are tired and tired? Now, not only Chunhong is back, but also brings back a small one, the small body is not good, three days of illness at both ends, if you are sick, you have to ask Lang Zhong to take medicine...... The little money I saved from you in the first few months was first distributed to Chunhong, and then I spent it on the medicine for the small doctor...... Alas, when you were working there, Qinghe's family ate red and fat, you don't see it now, you can't recognize it when you see it, and your thin cheeks collapsed, and your eyes were 66...... I saw it again the day before yesterday, and my hair was gray...... Not to mention anything else, Guang Chunhong's big and small ones look at it every day, and this heart is also rotten! Alas! ”

When Wang said this, Qiu Chen also felt pitiful. But pitiful doesn't mean that she will compromise unprincipledly.

Hanging his head and thinking about it, Qiu Chen still didn't let go. She said to Wang: "Auntie, you let me think about this again......

After speaking, he didn't talk to Wang anymore, said a few words with a smile, and resigned.

The Wang family sent Qiu Chen out of the door, and saw Qiu Chen's elegant dress and black hair disappear into the high gatehouse of the Lin family's blue bricks, and then he sighed and returned to the house. I don't complain that Begonia doesn't agree, whoever is hurt like that has to have a long memory.

Alas, the poor Qinghe family not only lost the Lin family's work, but also didn't even have the face to collect and sell medicine...... didn't dare to go, just about her things, Begonia didn't speak, and no one dared to accept her.

When Qiu Chen returned home, he found Daxing and arranged for him to be in charge of the project follow-up logistics of the West Hospital. went to find Lan Ying again, took Qingjiang to catch a car, and drove Lan Ying to the town to buy vegetables.

If you want to rush the project, you can't save on the meal. Eat well, the craftsmen are in good spirits, and the work is beautiful and profitable, even if you drive the night train at night and work overtime, there will be no one who slacks off.

After the two groups of people arranged, Qiu Chen went back to the backyard and sent the Daxing family, the Qingjiang family, and the Shunzi family to help in the kitchen of the East Cross Courtyard. At home, she and Qingxing and Yufeng will just cook something to eat.

So busy, Qiu Chen went into the East Chamber at noon and said a few words to Mrs. Lin, unlike when she first saw her yesterday, Lin Xianniang just stood next to Mrs. Lin with a smile and waited, but she didn't say anything to Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen was not reluctant, greeted him twice, and then said goodbye.

In the evening, the second entrance of the west courtyard was plastered with the wall skin, the ceiling was hung, and even the doors and windows were installed. Qiu Chen went in to take a look, although the work was in a hurry, the work was done beautifully. So he took out two jars of wine and thanked the craftsmen. He also said that after the autumn, it would be possible to add three courtyards, and then invite the masters to come and help.

The craftsmen of the style were excited, and they all said that they could rest assured that they were working or something...... Qiu Chen thanked him with a smile and took Lin Xu back to the East Courtyard for dinner.

The people in the east wing are still eating in the house, not that they still insist, but that Qiu Chen didn't ask their opinions at all, and when the time came, he sent in all the soup and porridge with haode meals. Others, such as sending boiling water and toiletry water, are not delayed at all. As for what to clean and clean, they can only rely on themselves.

Now, the Lin family, that is, Qiu Chen's room and the living room in the front yard, are cleaned at fixed points, and Lin Xu and Junwen's rooms are also cleaned by themselves! It's not like I'm waiting for those few slowly.

The next day, after breakfast, Qiu Chen entered the east chamber and asked about the interior walls of the house in the west courtyard, such as sticking paper and hanging curtains.

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Your child can give our ladies a place to live is enough to make us admire, how can you not move, just waiting for you to work." My body can't help if I don't fight, but Xian Niang and Shuyu can help. You take them to see what they can do, and leave it to them! ”

When he said this, Qiu Chen naturally welcomed it in his heart. Of course, it is best to decorate the house, and it is best for the person who houses it to make his own ideas.

So, he politely said two words, and called into Daxing's house, so that the old lady of the Lin family recognized the person, "Daxing's family is in the courtyard, and if you have anything to tell them, it will be done." ”

Mrs. Lin responded with a smile, and Qiu Chen led Lin Xianniang and the Huang family to the West Courtyard.

The layout and structure of the houses in the east and west courtyards of the Lin family are the same, the difference is that the west courtyard is long and narrow, and the backyard is slightly smaller, but there are also four or five acres of vacant land, and some original livestock sheds, industrial sheds and so on. In comparison, the backyard of the east courtyard is almost twice as large, and even the back of the workshop yard and the school are included to the east. This is also because the East Courtyard bought the land late, and the land bought at one time is wider.

However, as far as the current layout specifications are concerned, Lin Xianniang and the Huang family can't find anything. looked inside and outside, because there were many trees in the west courtyard and a large vegetable garden, it looked more lush and heavy than the east courtyard, which added a touch of joy to the faces of Lin Xianniang and Huang.

After looking at it, Lin Xianniang and the Huang family still chose to be white to the end, and took the initiative to ask Ying to paste the wall by themselves.

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "You don't need to do the work of pasting the wall to climb up and down...... Alright, go back, I still have work for you! ”

Laughing, Qiu Chen took the two back to the east courtyard, and instructed Qingxing and Yufeng to take out the brocade cocoons of various colors that had been prepared before and send them to the east chamber, so that Mrs. Lin, Lin Xianniang, and Huang made their own choices, and used materials such as curtains and tents, and discussed with Mrs. Lin about their rooms, so as to measure the size of the tents.

There is almost no need to think about the room, and there is no choice, Mrs. Lin naturally lives in the east room of the main house, and Lin Xianniang lives in the west room of the main house. Although the Huang family chose the east wing, she had to serve Mrs. Lin every day, and when the time came, she was afraid that Mrs. Lin would live in the inner room, and the outer room of the main landlord would probably be where she usually lived.

The materials for the tent curtain were also quickly selected, Mrs. Lin chose a kind of autumn-colored plain brocade, and she was very interested in picking a sandalwood plain brocade for Lin Xianniang, and Huang followed Mrs. Lin's meaning and picked a primrose-colored plain brocade.

Qiu Chen immediately calculated the dosage according to the size, and sent Daxing to the town to buy it back.

The sewing matter will be handed over to Lin Xianniang and the Huang family, plus the two girls of the Qingjiang family and Qingxing Yufeng.

There are many people, and the curtains and the like are not too delicate, and they are not embroidered but stitched quickly, and at night, they have already sewn up the bed tents used by Mrs. Lin and Lin Xianniang, and the curtains in the inner room. With these, it is okay to move over for the time being.

So, when the day turned again, Lin Xu cleared a morning vacation, installed the ancestral tablet of the house god and the Lin family - now, the tablet of the Lin family is no longer the lonely one of the previous Lin Sheng, although the family tree was destroyed when copying the house, but the old lady Lin who pushed up for four or five generations remembered clearly, and yesterday the carpenter master piggyback on a lot of tablets, and wrote the name with lacquer.

Then, a firecracker was put at the door of the house, and Lin Xu and Lin Xianniang helped the old lady of the Lin family to come out of the east courtyard gate and enter the west courtyard gate, and the house was finished. As for the bedding supplies, Qingxing Yufeng had already moved over and laid them properly, and even the curtains that were made in a hurry last night were hung up, so when Mrs. Lin walked into the snowy cave-like room, there was a rare sincere smile on her face.

At noon, two tables of tables were set up in the west courtyard, and the village elders and neighbors were invited, and Mrs. Lin went out to meet the guests, and in the afternoon, the village opened a certificate, so that Daxing went to Qingshui Town, and the old lady of the Lin family, Lin Xianniang and Huang's household registration fell under Lin Xu's name, and these three people settled here.

For dinner, it was some meat, vegetables, rice, noodles and other things sent by Qiu Chen, and Huang's kitchen could be regarded as starting to live by himself.

During the day, the fifth grandfather watched the door in the gatehouse, cleaned the door and cleaned the yard when he entered the yard, and the fifth grandmother was responsible for cleaning the various rooms in the courtyard and cleaning the yard in the second courtyard, and she did not need to go in to serve in the house.

The two old men were cleaned and clean, wearing the cyan cotton clothes that Qiu Chen had brought over, although they looked older, they were clean and spirited, and they couldn't see that they had done that kind of pickling work before, and Mrs. Lin was very satisfied with this honest couple.

After dinner, Qiu Chen held a box in his hand, and Yufeng behind him carried a burden and passed the West Courtyard together.

In the main room in the backyard, the three members of the Lin family also had dinner, and Mrs. Lin was crooked on the Luohan bed in the hall, leaning on a cushion and gossiping with Huang's Lin Xianniang, while Lin Xianniang and Huang's were still sewing unfinished curtains.

“…… That's fine, our Lin family already owes a great favor to others, and if it continues to be involved, it won't be able to pay it back for the next eight lifetimes...... I still have a few pieces of jewelry in my hand, only two pieces are left for Brother Xu to spend when he takes the exam, and the rest are taken as pawns, looking at some of them are bought into acres, and the rent is collected every year, and we ourselves are also diligent and thrifty, and it is enough to do some sewing and mending work......" Mrs. Lin said with a lot of plans for the future.

Huang and Lin Xianniang both listened with a slight smile, and responded from time to time.

Although today's life is far from being compared with before being convicted, compared to those who failed to survive and died in prison, on the way to distribution, and Ling Shanwei, the three of them are already very lucky. Now they have such a life of food and clothing, peace and tranquility, but what they have been looking forward to in Ling Shanwei almost every day and night all these years is now much better than they imagined.

As she spoke, Mrs. Lin's eyes involuntarily fell on Lin Xianniang's body, looking at Lin Xianniang, who was still very thin, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Although this child was not born to her, over the years, she has followed her all the way to Ling Shanwei, and she has worked hard together every day, so she has naturally accumulated some feelings. What's more, Xian Niang's daughter is better for her, and even ......

Now, although he has been granted amnesty, his family business has failed, and his family wealth is not to be talked about...... As far as their mothers and sons are concerned, the three old and weak women, who have no power, no money, and no one, where can they go without being bullied? If she hadn't taken refuge here, she would have been afraid that the few pieces of jewelry in her hand would not even be able to find a place to live.

Xian Niang is now more than fourteen years old, and she is almost fifteen years old when she sees the year, but because of the hardships of her previous life, she was already thin and weak, but she suffered that again, and almost starved to death in Yanyun Valley, but fortunately she was rescued from this life, but after all, she was injured badly, this time, she didn't raise it well for a year and a half, but she was afraid that she couldn't raise it back.

It's the body that comes back, and it's Xian Niang's family affair...... Not to mention that there are not very good families in this poor country, even if there is, their family can't even get a dowry...... Alas!

Just as he was talking, Qiu Chen's voice came in from outside the door. "Old Mrs. Lin, I'm coming to see you!"

Because in August, mosquitoes are basically extinct, and before the three members of the Lin family moved over, Qiu Chen took the curtain prepared by the east courtyard and hung it here. This curtain is made of cyan brocade, and the Qingjiang family is also embroidered with a flower pattern, and a wooden plywood is used in the middle, which looks dignified and elegant...... There is no way to do this, when I was preparing these before, the news that Lin Sheng was not dead had not yet come back, and all the products were plain.

Fortunately, with Mrs. Lin here, this elegant color is quite suitable.

Huang glanced at Mrs. Lin, and saw that she nodded in agreement, so he got up and walked to the door, raised his hand and raised the wooden splint to open the curtain, and said to Qiu Chen with a smile: "Grandma, please come in!" ”

Lin Xianniang had already stood up at this time, took a few steps forward, and took Qiu Chen in with a smile.

Old Lady Lin had also sat up and patted the Luohan bed and motioned for Qiu Chen to come and sit. Huang bent his knees and smiled and went to the kitchen to make tea.

Qiu Chen didn't shirk either, walked to the side of Luohan's bed and sat down, smiled and took the burden held by Yufeng, put it on the kang table, and then opened it, revealing six brocades, four fine cotton, and a large ball of silk in the baggage.

"Old lady, I should have made cotton clothes for you as a junior, but I was clumsy, and I really couldn't handle the needle and thread. Yesterday, I saw that the needlework of my fifth sister and Aunt Huang was haode, so I took some cloth and cotton, and let my sister and aunt suffer and make cotton clothes. Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, it will be cold in the morning and evening, and the cotton clothes have to be prepared. ”

Mrs. Lin naturally smiled and thanked her.

Qiu Chen handed it to Yufeng again and asked her to follow Miss Fifth to send it in.

The two left, and only Mrs. Lin and Qiu Chen were left in the house, so Qiu Chen opened the box she brought and pushed it to Mrs. Lin. As soon as she saw the things in the box, Old Lady Lin couldn't help but be moved, and subconsciously raised her eyes to look at Qiu Chen: "This is ......"

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "I grew up in the village, I have a straight intestine, I don't have any heart, I can't speak, don't laugh at me, old lady, don't laugh at me......"

"In this box is the title deed of one hundred and fifty acres of fertile land, the title deed of this house, and three hundred taels of silver...... The title deeds are all in the name of Brother Xu, and they have been left with me before. Although I was born in the village, I don't know much about the management of the fields...... Now that the old lady is here, I'm looking for an excuse to be lazy! Hehe, if you put them in the hands of the old lady, you will definitely have a few more profits than I manage, and I will not give in to this fertile field...... With the old lady in charge, Brother Xu can study with peace of mind. Hehe, the two gentlemen are optimistic about Brother Xu, and they also said, let Brother Xu end this autumn! ”

Mrs. Lin boasted that she had experienced a lot, but Qiu Chen did this, and she had to be moved. She knew that the Lin family had a total of more than ten acres of land before, and it was said that more than half of it had been bought one after another. Now there are less than 300 acres of land, and this woman bought it with money from doing business. At this moment, he took out 150 acres at once......

If it is said that just let them live in this house, it can also be said that for the sake of Lin Xu's affection, but this one hundred and fifty acres of land plus three hundred taels of silver is a small two thousand taels of silver, even before the Lin family was raided, she took out two thousand taels in one hand, and she had to think about it carefully a few times.

But the woman in front of her, who was born in a peasant family, was still wearing the most simple clothes, and had almost no jewelry on her body, was able to take out two thousand taels of silver with a shot......

Old Madam Lin took a deep breath in her heart, she raised her eyes, she felt that she should reacquaint herself with the woman in front of her.

Before, she may have left this quilt at home, in her impression, and even in the impression of many people, the most ordinary and lowly peasant girl, it is too simple to see!

Qiu Chen smiled calmly and calmly, meeting Old Lady Lin's scrutinizing gaze.

After a cup of tea, Old Lady Lin withdrew her gaze from Qiu Chen with some dejection and turned to the small box. The most ordinary, in Mrs. Lin's opinion, even a very simple and simple small box, the materials are not exquisite, there is no carving, and there is not even a fine lacquer surface, a simple layer of varnish, retaining the original color of wood light brown and yellow, but it makes it a little difficult for Mrs. Lin to choose.

However, this thing is so timely and impossible for her to refuse for the Lin family.

With these things, the Lin family can be called truly settled, as the woman in front of her said, as long as the business is done well, you can have no worries about food and clothing, and even have the conditions to supply this Lin Xu, the only heir of the Lin family at present, who is studying and even ...... May revive the Lin family!

After thinking about it a thousand times, Old Lady Lin finally raised her eyes and smiled at Qiu Chen: "It's really hard to worry about you." Since you say so, then I have to hold on and take care of Brother Xu for a few more years. ”

Qiu Chen nodded and smiled: "You are Brother Xu'er's mother, so naturally you love Brother Xu the most." Hehe, okay, now I can be lazy! ”

He added: "This has just been settled, if the old lady has any orders, use people and objects, just tell me in the past." I believe that there is an old lady in charge of you, who are the people and objects here, and they will soon come to hand. ”

After speaking, Qiu Chen didn't say anything more, got up to say goodbye, and saw Huang coming out of the kitchen with two cups of tea.

"Hey, why don't you sit down longer? That's it? Surprised, Huang said again, "I'm not afraid of the young grandmother laughing, I burn this new stove today, and some of them are not very good at burning, so the boiling water will be slow......"

Qiu Chen also smiled slightly, and said, "Aunt Huang is tired...... Hehe, I still have a lot of things to do over there, and the children are waiting for me to go back, so I won't sit anymore. In the future, they will live next to each other, and Aunt Huang will go to my side to sit more often. If the old lady and aunt have anything to do, just go over and tell me! ”

Aunt Huang wanted to say something with emotion on her face, but Qiu Chen didn't give her a chance, called Qingxing, who was waiting at the door with Lin Xianniang, and said goodbye with a smile.

The day after Qiu Chen sent the silver ticket to the land deed, Mrs. Lin sent Aunt Huang to come over early in the morning to pick up someone from Qiu Chen and go to the county seat to find someone to buy someone. Qiu Chen did not hesitate to arrange for Daxing to catch a car. After that, she was busy with her own business and did not follow along.

In the evening, Daxing came back and sold his leave to Qiu Chen, and Qiu Chen learned that Mrs. Lin did not follow, but was followed by Aunt Huang to the county seat, and bought two thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls and two eight or nine-year-old girls. It is said that it turned out that the merchant was in charge of the acres of land, and he could write and calculate. One of the two little girls is the daughter of this housekeeper.

Qiu Chen asked this, and then put it down.

The three people of the Lin family have all struggled back from the line of death, their vitality is tenacious enough, she has helped everything she can, for the sake of Lin Xu's face, she has exhausted all her hearts, just do it.

In Qiu Chen's heart, although Lin Xu is here, it is impossible for the two families not to communicate at all, but everyone lives their own lives, and they need to do their best to help, stretch out their hands, and interact with each other on major events during the New Year.

Because the inner wall skin in the courtyard was not dry, and the wall was not pasted, it was because Lin Xu did not move over with Mrs. Lin. Before Qiu Chen sent the title deed and silver over, he said to Lin Xu. Lin Xu was bored for a while, hung his head and called his sister-in-law, and said, "My brother listens to my sister-in-law." ”

After that, Old Lady Lin and Qiu Chen seemed to have forgotten this, and no one mentioned it again. After Lin Xu went over every morning and evening to greet Mrs. Lin, he still went back to the east courtyard to eat and rest, and the rest of the time, he either went to school or studied hard, seeing that people were losing weight, but he was in good spirits, and when he saw Qiu Chen, Afu Aman, and Junwen Junshu, he was still laughing as before, and Qiu Chen was relieved. I just told the Daxing family to add a supper to the five children in the outer courtyard at night, and they wanted something easy to digest.

The next day, Qiu Chen made a special trip to the town with Lan Ying, who was buying vegetables, and went to Huichun Hall to buy medicinal and dietary materials such as wolfberries and codonopsis, and from that day on, stewed a chicken every day, and the chicken was fried to cook, and the chicken soup became a must-have for supper at night, or made chicken soup and small wontons, or made chicken soup noodles, and hooked Afu and Amandu, so they had to eat together, no way, Qiu Chen had to add a small meal to them every night, but the amount was very small, only a small bowl, two wontons, or a few noodles.

At this point, Qiu Chen still felt that it was not enough, and was still thinking about finding something to supplement nutrition.

Today, the Lin family is no longer short of meat, vegetables, and eggs, but Qiu Chen still feels that the nutrition is too simple, far from enough to supplement the needs of children's growth and development. Quite simply, she thought of milk......

After some inquiry, there were no special cows in this era, and after the cows gave birth to calves, they could milk some milk for a month or two. Because it has to be set aside for the calves to eat, because the milk production is very low. However, Daxing has heard that there is a kind of dairy goat, after giving birth, the milk production is very large, and the milk cycle of the lamb is also short, after eating a month of milk, you can use grass and concentrate feed to feed.

The Lin family settled down, because in the autumn harvest season, the recruitment of people in the workshop had to be put aside temporarily. Qiu Chen was busy trying to find a way to add nutrition to the children, and when he asked someone to buy back two dairy goats and a male goat, another episode had passed. In addition to the Chinese New Year, the Chinese pay the most attention to the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15.

Early in the morning of August 13, after receiving three goats and two packets of the simplest mooncake snacks from a carpenter, Qiu Chen suddenly remembered this big day.

People brought Eli Lilly, and Qiu Chen couldn't let the family go home empty-handed, so he took two homemade bacon and a ruler to return the gift.

The old carpenter shirked it, but he couldn't hold the gift in his arms, and said a little embarrassed: "I heard that Mrs. Lin is still looking for a helper...... What's that, my eldest son is nineteen or two years old, and he is seventeen, and he is all down-to-earth and willing to work, if he ...... If only ......"

For such a father who is running around begging for his child, especially such an honest person who can't even speak, being able to do this for his child is also very touching to Qiu Chen by virtue of this father's treatment.

So, without waiting for the old carpenter to finish, Qiu Chen took over with a smile: "Brother, I'm recruiting people for the autumn...... I haven't seen your two children, and I don't dare to come down at this time, but don't worry, when the time comes, I will ask someone to send you a letter, you bring the children over, there is a suitable job, the children are not too tired or too bitter, just stay. ”

"Hey, hey, thank you Mrs. Lin!" The old carpenter rubbed his hands and thanked him again and again, Qiu Chen called Shunzi and sent him out of the door, and he couldn't help but have a happy face as if it was overflowing from his face.

Here, Qiu Chen was talking to the old carpenter, and Junyan Junshu and Afu Aman, who were about to go to school, had already surrounded the three goats in groups, chirping, excited and fresh.

"You don't go to school soon, you're going to be beaten by Mr. when it's too late!" Qiu Chen looked funny, walked over, and patted a few times.

Jun Yan raised his head and asked Qiu Chen, "Auntie, what are we going to do when we buy sheep?" Is it to kill meat for the New Year? ”

Because of its proximity to the north, although Anyang Prefecture has a farming culture, there are also many people who breed goats. On weekdays, the old man or the doll rushes to the hillside to herd the sheep, and when the year comes, you can buy a few before the year to supplement the days of the family, and some of the more prosperous people will also kill a sheep, sell some meat, and leave some meat for their own family for the New Year. Yes, Junyan asked such a question.

Qiu Chen slapped Jun Yan's head funny, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, you kid is hungry for mutton?" ”

Jun Yan covered his head, and said with a smirk: "No, no, I just want to ask, what, auntie, I want to go to herd sheep!" ”

has made a big detour, and this kid has such an idea!

Qiu Chen was about to refuse, but when he changed his mind, he smiled: "Do you want to herd sheep?" ”

Junyan nodded hurriedly.

Qiu Chen pointed at Junzhang again, Ah Fu, Ah Man and said, "Junzhang, what about you?" Ford? Aman? You all want to herd sheep? ”

The three children nodded together, Qiu Chen couldn't laugh or cry, he had never seen this group of children so tacit.

However, this is exactly what she wants.

"Good! I promise you! Qiu Chen smiled and agreed.

The four children immediately cheered. It's just that before they finished cheering, Qiu Chen spoke again: "But...... If you want to herd sheep, after school, you have to finish your homework first, and I can only go after I have checked it! ”

As soon as they heard Qiu Chen's 'but', the four children immediately stopped cheering, looked at Qiu Chen with a worried face, and when they heard that the conditions she said were just to finish their homework, they were immediately relieved. There is no such thing as herding sheep, they will also finish their homework seriously, and at this point, the four children, including the youngest Aman, are very confident! Even a little bit of pride!

Yes, as soon as they heard Qiu Chen's conditions, the four children all breathed a sigh of relief and were about to cheer, but Qiu Chen spoke again: "Also, there are only two people who can go to herd sheep every day." The two who finish their homework first and do it neatly and seriously can go to herd sheep! ”

"Oh, good!"

As soon as these words came out, Junyan was the first to cheer.

He is very confident in himself. After finishing his schoolwork first, he can go to herd sheep, who doesn't know, herding sheep is to put the sheep on the hillside, and he can play around freely.

Junzhang looked at Afu Aman, and when he saw that Afu Aman was also a little excited, he nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

Afu Aman also agreed without hesitation.

Then, the four children happily carried their schoolbags and took their little girls to the school.

After sending the children away, Qiu Chen handed over the three goats to Qingjiang and asked him to take them to the backyard, build a sheep pen for the dairy sheep, and build a shed.

"Madam, we have a lot of half-bricks in our backyard, and the shed built with half-bricks is more cold-proof and stronger, so that it won't be crushed by heavy snow!" Qingjiang tended to flowers and plants, and also knew some simple mud and water work and carpentry work, and was the most ingenious of the three adult servants.

Qiu Chen agreed, and said: "You call Shangshunzi, he can raise horses, and he knows more or less about feeding sheep, see how it is more suitable, our sheep is fed for milking, we must find a way to make the sheepfold cleaner." ”

Qingjiang glanced at the milk of the two ewes, solemnly agreed, led the sheep, and called Shangshunzi to go to the backyard to build a sheepfold.

This matter was handled neatly, Qiu Chen opened a pack of moon cakes, broke one, and saw that the filling inside was almost no different from the skin, it was all a piece of gnocchi, with a few kinds of nuts, if it weren't for some brightly colored green and red silks, it would be no different from the noodles.

Green and red silk, this thing is also available in modern times, and until the eighties and nineties, moon cakes still use this thing as a feature of moon cake filling.

The main ingredients of green and red silk are orange peel, radish, papaya, and the main one is orange peel. When you make haode, it will be strong, sweet, and have a fresh fragrance of orange peel. But if you don't do it well, it will be bitter and astringent, Qiu Chen was the most exclusive thing when he ate moon cakes when he was a child, and every time he would dig out the filling with green and red silk and throw it away secretly.

Now, with a different body and a different shijie, Qiu Chen took a bite of the filling with green and red silk, and the familiar bitter and strange taste was the same as before, and it was even worse than the taste she had eaten when she was a child, but there was a familiarity in it......

The nose was sore, the eye sockets were hot, and two lines of tears burst out of the eyes in an instant......

"Phew! Bah! Phew, it's still so unpalatable! Qiu Chen spit out the mooncakes in his mouth with some venting, raised his sleeves to wipe the tears from his face, and went back to the backyard with two packets of mooncakes.

There are no delicious mooncakes here, no one has made all kinds of mooncakes with different flavors, hyped up, and pulled you to buy them, so she will make several different mooncakes by herself!

However, before making moon cakes, Qiu Chen did not forget about the welfare of the workers.

took a pack of mooncakes she opened and went to the East Cross Courtyard, gave a few mooncakes to Zhi'er, Xiu'er and Yuxiang a few younger, and discussed it with Lan Ying.

The two of them discussed, zuihou decided, and the rest was fine, and the wine and meat were the most affordable. Qiu Chen immediately made a decision, a family of three catties of meat and two catties of wine, sent Lan Ying to call Daxing to go to the town, make a deal with the meat stall and the wine shop, and go to the car tomorrow. also gave Lan Ying a list of dried fruits and candied fruits, and asked her to buy a few catties back according to the list.

She herself went back to the backyard and called the beginning of the Daxing family's Heshunzi's family.

To make moon cakes, put oil, alkaline water, syrup and oil noodles. Qiu Chen has made small cakes and biscuits in modern times, and he has not made moon cakes himself, but has only scanned them a few times on the Internet. Now I don't dare to be careless, go to the dispensing room to weigh the medicine, accurately measure the ratio of edible alkali and flour, the oil is more casual, want the moon cake crust to be softer, just put more, on the contrary, reduce some.

Qiu Chen thought about making it himself, so he used it to give gifts to the old people in the village, so Zhang Luo weighed forty catties of dry flour, one catty of lard and seven catties of sesame oil...... This is a lot of money.

After that, the syrup is boiled first. After the syrup is boiled, add the melted lard, sesame oil and alkaline water, stir vigorously, and then add the flour and noodles. The Daxing family, the Shunzi family, and Qingxing and Yufeng took turns kneading well, and then put them in the basin and woke up.

The ducks hatched in the spring are fed well, and then there are ponds where you can eat fresh fish and shrimp aquatic plants, grow fast, and begin to lay eggs in July, July 167, Daxing's family pickled more than 50 duck eggs into the first batch of salted eggs, calculate the time, almost a month, and the egg yolk should be oily.

Qiu Chen took out five, put them in a small pot and boiled them with water, cut them open and looked, hey, the orange-red egg yolk has been marinated thoroughly, and the oil is oozing out slightly...... Well, it's still a few days away from flowing oil, but it's enough to make mooncakes.

So, Qiu Chen fished out thirty salted eggs and put them in the pot to boil, boiled five haode before, and put everything on a plate in half, and then added vegetables at noon.

A few members of the Daxing family were busy kneading the dough, Qiu Chen had already boiled all the thirty duck eggs, peeled out the egg yolks, and a pot of egg whites made her a little worried.

The salty egg whites are a little hard, and they can't be said to be delicious, but they just throw it away...... Qiu Chen really didn't dare, she was afraid of being drowned by the spittle stars of the villagers! Moreover, after experiencing those days of poverty and hunger, she has already experienced the feelings of the elderly who cherish food very much. The kind of cherishing of food, people who have never been hungry or have never lived a hard life, cannot understand it.

After thinking for a while, Qiu Chen's eyes lit up, and he happily ran to Lan Ying's vegetable garden to cut a leek and came back, beat a few more eggs, cut the salty egg whites into small cubes and mix them with the fresh egg mixture. Wash the leeks and cut them into sections. She went and cut a piece of ham, cut it into fine dices, and then she began to steam the rice.

Qiu Chen thought of egg fried rice. Because Daxing's family had prepared the ingredients for lunch, she added this egg fried rice temporarily, and she didn't dare to make too much, so she steamed a small clay pot.

After steaming, let it dry slightly, first fry the egg mixture mixed with crushed egg whites, fry it and put it out, then put the oil again, after the green onion and ginger are stir-fried, add diced ham, stir-fry, and then put in the rice and fry it, and then add the broken eggs, and leeks segments, stir-fry evenly, and you can get out of the pot.

Qiu Chen took out a small bowl and gave a few tastings to the Daxing family, which was unanimously praised. Qiu Chen himself tasted it, thinking that what these people said was quite sincere, and there were not too many suspicions of sycophancy.

Qiu Chen's egg fried rice was fried, and several of the Daxing family also reconciled the oil noodles to be used to make the moon cake crust. This one needs to wake up for one to two hours, just enough time to make lunch for Daxing's family.

After a while, when the children came back from school, Qiu Chen put his masterpiece, egg fried rice, in a small bowl and let the children eat first, including Qingxing, Yufeng and a few Yuqiang, and a few small ones declined, and a child was only half a bowl smaller, which would not affect lunch.

Successfully disposed of the egg whites, Qiu Chen snickered, took Qingxing to the warehouse, and took out the oven that Yang Shumeng used to make in a large vat before they went to the north, and the three of them took another effort to move the oven to the door of the kitchen, Qiu Chen looked at the structure of the oven and felt that it should be usable. Barbecue mooncake ...... It's all baked!

When it was time for lunch, Lan Ying followed Daxing and came back. I bought half a cart of dried fruit preserves, as well as two baskets of apples, two baskets of pears and a basket of hawthorns......

Qiu Chen looked at the apple and pear...... was stunned, and then waved Junko and Qingjiang into the backyard. Fruits with such a large amount of moisture are made into pulp filling...... Forget it, I'm going to buy some fruit to eat anyway. Just hit it right.

Comforting himself, Qiu Chen picked up the candied dried fruits he bought, and looked at the preserved fruits that were beautiful and not particularly sweet, and then he showed a smile. With these things, you are not afraid of running out of fruit-filled mooncakes to eat.

After lunch, sending the children to school, and starting to make moon cakes again, Qiu Chen remembered a big event. She only thought about making mooncake crust and mooncake filling, but she forgot that she also needed mooncake molds to make mooncakes!

Lan Ying also came over to help in the afternoon, and when she saw her annoyance, she asked, "What's the matter, the things I bought in the morning are useless?" ”

Qiu Chen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "No, no, the things you bought back are very good." But I forgot to buy you something......"

Speaking of this, Qiu Chen realized that she had instructed a large number of people to follow her for a long time, and she hadn't explained what she was going to do.

Stunned, Qiu Chen pointed to the preserved fruits and oil noodles and said: "It's going to be fifteen, I thought about making some moon cakes by myself, just buying the materials, and I forgot to let you buy a few months cake molds back!" ”

"Hey, mooncake molds? We have a purse mold at home, can we use it? ”

Qiu Chen's eyes lit up, and he urged Lan Ying to get it.

The purse that Lan Ying said is not the kind of cloth sewn by Qiu Chen that Qiu Chen knew before, but the pattern steamed buns made of noodles put into a special wooden mold, which are generally used during the New Year, sacrifices, or weddings and funerals...... That, in Qiu Chen's opinion, is almost the same as moon cakes.

Soon, Lan Ying brought back two purse molds from home, one was fish-shaped, the other was round-shaped, and there were chrysanthemum-like patterns. Except that the moon cakes are larger than Qiu Chen's impression, they are basically very suitable.

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "That's it!" ”

Lan Ying smiled: "If you can use it, then I'll go to the next house to find and find, find a few more, let's do it quickly!" There are a lot of tricks, too! ”

Qiu Chen was completely relieved, so he and the Daxing family, the Qingjiang family, and the Shunzi family spread out in the yard, chopped the preserved fruit, put it in a pot and boiled it with a small amount of water, and the zuihou harvest was similar to the pulp filling she had seen, and it was ready to be put out of the pot and put in a pot for later use.

In order to take care of most people's tastes, Qiu Chen made four or five kinds of pulp filling, but the amount of each one was not much. The main thing is to add a variety of dried fruits, preserved fruits, flour, sesame seeds and other substances, fried in oil to make a five-kernel filling. Stir-fried five-kernel filling, Qiu Chen has many experiences in frying oil tea, and the color of the fried tea is golden and the aroma is strong. After stir-frying, add oil and water, and the dough is slightly loose, and it is ready.

When Qiu Chen took a few daughters-in-law to make moon cake fillings, Lan Ying came back with five or six purse molds.

Qiu Chen took a look, ho, it's really all, Lan Ying's family is a pattern of chrysanthemums in full bloom, these borrowed have lotus patterns, peony patterns, carp playing in the water, and there is actually a mandarin duck carved with two rough lines......

"Poof...... Hehe, enough is enough, enough this time! Qiu Chen burst out laughing, but he was afraid that Lan Ying would misunderstand, so he hurriedly smiled and expressed his satisfaction.

Lan Ying happily took it and washed it and put it on the table to dry.

Qiu Chen led people to start wrapping moon cakes.

Wrapping moon cakes is actually very simple, that is, the moon cake filling is dough into balls of the required size, and then wrap a layer of oily dough on the outside.

At this point, the job becomes simple and easy.

There are many people, so Qiu Chen will do an assembly line operation, someone will make balls with different fillings, and then hand them over to the next one to wrap the skin, and then hand over the moon cakes with each filling to one person, and use a fixed mold to make a fixed pattern.

Qiu Chen watched Qingjiang and Daxing take charcoal and light the oven, and when the initial smoke was less, they put the basket where the mooncakes were arranged.

Because there was no clock to keep accurate time, Qiu Chen would drag the grill out from time to time to see the color of the fire. Finally, seeing that the surface of the moon cakes was yellow, she brought over the haode egg liquid, brushed them evenly on the surface of the moon cakes, and pushed them to bake for a minute or two.

The first mooncake is baked in the rich sweet smell!

Qiu Chen happily took a basket and poured the moon cakes into it to dry, it was not hot, Qiu Chen broke one first, the skin was soft, the filling was soft and glutinous, although the appearance was not as good as the electric oven, but it was also very good.

After taking a small bite and sipping it with his tongue slightly, the soft skin and sweet filling melted in his mouth, and the familiar taste made Qiu Chen overflow with joy and nostalgia. Fortunately, this time, she still remembered that many people next to her were watching, and there was no gaffe, but her eyes were red, and she blinked and covered them.

"Oh, stop it, come and try it!" Qiu Chen shouted with joy on his face, and then, he was very satisfied to see that a circle of people, both men and women, all showed surprise and enjoyment, and their smiles overflowed all over their faces.

Qiu Chen's heart fell suddenly, and he was recognized by everyone, and the work below was smooth.

Forty catties of flour and various fillings, zuihou made more than 300, and nearly 400 moon cakes came out. Among them, there are less than 100 fruit fillings, and the remaining 300 are five-kernel fillings.

Qiu Chen beckoned Lan Ying, Yuxiang, and Xiu'er Zhi'er to come over, and directly pressed the heads with a basket, counted them with two people, and carried them to the food warehouse in the East Cross Courtyard. These mooncakes distributed to the helpers will have to wait for Ming'er pork and wine to be delivered, and then distributed to the helpers together.

For the rest, Qiu Chen wrapped it in raw-edged paper, four in a pack, and waited for tomorrow's meat and wine to arrive, and then dispersed it and sent it to the village elders and a few neighbors who got along well.

Qiu Chen assigned these tasks, so she didn't have to do it herself.

On the fourteenth day it was almost noon, and the meat and wine from the town were brought over. Qingjiang and Shunzi are divided into meat, and the other is divided into small jars containing healing medicine. Three catties of meat and two catties of wine. Plus yesterday to make haode moon cakes, one for each helper.

At noon, when Luo Buma was harvested, Daxing issued a notice to rest for one day on August 15.

On the side of the workshop, the work was closed early in the afternoon, the places were cleaned up, and the helpers received a holiday benefit and went home with a smile on their faces. Especially the new helpers, my brother was smiling, they had been working for less than a month, and this was the first time they had come home. Moreover, these things are said to be worth a tael of silver!

Lan Ying, the Qingshan family, and a few other little stewards all took a step late, and they all received double shares. At the same time, the new helpers who saw it were red-eyed, but also more motivated. If you work hard, you can be a steward, and they will receive a few taels of silver, and they will also receive a double salute!

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I've been immersed in coding words for the past few days, and I don't have time to be verbose, so what, don't worry, dear, the plot will come step by step......

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In addition, the New Year is coming soon, there are a lot of things, Su Su has worked hard to code words these days, and strive not to reduce the amount of updates for the New Year, and strive not to ask for leave......

I sit in front of the computer for more than ten hours a day...... Dizzy, legs fluttering, there is wood and ......

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Let the monthly pass rain down and drown the obscene uncle!